The fat man pointed at the bow of the ship and muttered that this strange fog was so strange that something big was going to happen.
"Get on the helm! Get on the helm quickly!"
Fatty has rich experience in sailing. Whenever this kind of ghostly fog appears, something big is going to happen and it is a harbinger of disaster!
At this moment, the water is boiling, and the ghost fog is coming again. The plan to retrieve the pills can only be stopped urgently. The top priority is to escape from this sea area.
Navigating in the fog is like a headless journey. No one can identify the direction, including machines. This is the power of nature. Sometimes, no matter how advanced the technology is, it always seems so powerless in the face of nature's little tricks. , when we appeared in the sun, we realized that we had been sailing in the mist for five hours.
7:15 am, location: 200 meters away from the east side of the mysterious island.
Everyone rushed out of the cabin. After a while, there were people lying on the deck, some prone, but no one standing. No one wants to recall what kind of rough waves they experienced just now. A few people and a big boat seemed to have crashed ashore under the Naihe Bridge, and Po Meng's screams were still echoing in their ears.
The calm blue sea and the frightened people became a sharp contrast between the three objects of heaven, earth and sea.
I counted the number of people subconsciously, Lin Qi, Professor Yin, Avril, Fatty, Long Wu, me...
Fatty said that there had been a sudden mist surge on the route before, which was very similar to what happened last night. Fortunately, they were only on the edge of the mist and evacuated in time, while a transport ship more than ten nautical miles away But there is no such good luck. In the center of the fog, the signal of the transport ship mysteriously disappeared. Even the people and the ship have not been able to find any news. The level of horror is no less than the Bermuda Triangle.
The road to Hell is short and the pace is long. Fortunately, a few people made it over without any danger.
Before visiting the mysterious island in front of us, we first began to sort out our respective situations. The clothes of several people were soaked through, and the skin from head to toe was wrinkled. All this was due to the waves last night and our own cold sweat.
Professor Yin suffered the greatest loss in last night's disaster. Despite his desperate protection, three of the pile of porcelain vases were swept away by the waves. He was holding his head in frustration. He had to cherish the remaining porcelain vases even more.
After a few people simply dealt with their own situations, a canned meal was held on the deck. When the physical strength was severely exhausted, canned food was undoubtedly the best choice for people to quickly replenish energy.
Halfway through the meal, the detector started to make some noise. At first Fatty thought that the detector had malfunctioned due to the storm last night. However, he checked again and again and suddenly became more energetic: there was no problem with the detector!
It’s the instinct of a salvage ship to be reminded that there is treasure beckoning from beneath the hull.
Everyone was in high spirits, and they all got busy, turning on the suction machine. The long pipe was dragged into the water, and the sea mud was continuously transported to the uppermost deck by the suction machine. All these messy things. All of them have already been screened by the filter.
As the saying goes, there are three things not to pick up: the ice tea under the tower crane. Beef jerky on the track, raisins under the desk. Most of the things pumped out of the water have the same purpose but the same purpose.
As a rusty metal coin was brought up, everyone's eyes lit up and they couldn't hide their joy. Because this feeling is really amazing, because you know that no one has touched the thing you hold in your hands. No one has touched it for at least five or six hundred years. It has been hidden in this endless seabed, and today it finally comes to light again.
The pipe of the mud suction machine needs to be held by someone at the bottom of the sea. As the water pumped up turned into clear sea water, the other end of the pipe held by the fat man suddenly emerged from the water.
He shouted: "One more person comes down, there is a new discovery!"
I quickly put on my equipment and entered the water. Following the fat man's guidance, he pointed at the underwater part of the island and gave me a good look gesture.
This island is strange. According to common sense, the tip of the island is the exposed surface of the sea, which is also the smallest cross-sectional area of the island. However, the bottom of the island is actually hourglass-shaped, wide at the top and narrow in the middle, and even wider at the bottom!
And the traces of man-made excavation in the middle part are very obvious, and there seem to be some coherent patterns. It is blurry from this angle, but this is the first intuitive perception.
Fatty wanted to let me take a look first and let me decide whether to inform everyone.
I know that Lin Qi is very cautious. Even if we keep silent, he will definitely get into the water later, and things will become troublesome by then.
At this moment, the mud suction pipe held by the fat man suddenly made a muffled sound, and a large hard object was sucked into the pipe. It was too late for us to see clearly. My intuition told me that it seemed to be something unusual.
The fat man and I exchanged gestures and hurriedly got out on the water again.
It is the first time for everyone to see this thing. It is a metal tube about five centimeters in length. There are two picks at the upper end. The picks are closed in the initial state. When you open the two picks, they have rebound force. Let go. Then it will close again by itself. Just when everyone was wondering what this was, Professor Yin groaned: "Let me take a closer look."
The fat man swung the water and hurriedly picked it up and handed it over. Professor Yin took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, then said: "It reminds me of a trip to Europe. I have seen similar things. This thing is only for the royal family and nobles. It is a Plant a self-extinguishing device!" As soon as these words came out, everyone frowned, self-extinguishing device? A very abstract word. Just listen to Professor Yin continue to say that this thing can be put on the candle, and the pick will automatically open. When the candle burns to the position below the pick, the two parts of the pick will close together to achieve the function of extinguishing the candle!
I suddenly understood that it turned out to be a "time switch" from ancient times.
In ancient times, oil lamps and candles were the main lighting tools. Legend has it that the oil of the South China Sea sharks is very resistant to burning and can last for thousands of years. However, this object is used on candles, which basically excludes the connection with oil lamps.
Candles originated in ancient Egypt, and the beeswax at that time was the prototype of candles.
The appearance of this object has little to do with the Qin Emperor. It is mainly composed of brass, and the Qin Dynasty was dominated by bronze vessels. But what is the reason for this object to appear here? Could there be other sunken ships hiding nearby?
I cleared the cigarettes for the others and talked about what I had seen and heard underwater.
Lin Qi couldn't wait to get into the water, which I expected.
He went down as quickly as he came up. After boarding the boat, he murmured to Professor Yin, and then everyone began to discuss whether to continue salvage in this area or land on the island.
Professor Yin was very interested in Lin Qi's feedback. He asked Lin Qi to draw a sketch, and several people discussed the sketch.
In ancient times, Jingwei reclamation was just a myth. Construction in the open sea was almost impossible to achieve with the technological level of the ancients at that time. Therefore, Professor Yin firmly believes that this island must be the largest carrier of a certain project. In other words, the island carries the entrance to somewhere!
This physical phenomenon is not difficult to explain. As long as there is a huge building, even if it is closed, as long as the highest part of the main body is above the water (sea surface), then even if it is hiding in the depths of the sea, there must be air in some areas. . To give a simple example, take an empty mineral water bottle, place it horizontally, and then press the empty bottle into a basin filled with water. As long as part of the plastic bottle is higher than the water surface, the bottle will definitely not be filled. To fill the bottle, the bottle must be completely submerged in the water.
In other words, the island is the highest point, so what kind of wonderful method did they come up with to transport this only source of air to the deep places.
I thought about those underwater patterns. Perhaps the above content can help us understand the past of this island more quickly.
Fatty and Professor Yin are experts at sea, but I am an expert in ancient writing, so Lin Qi and Fatty teamed up to go into the water again to take pictures of the patterns with an underwater camera.
We got the photos, which were very detailed. Many ancient texts jumped out in front of us. Professor Yin’s experienced experience and my translation revealed a huge secret hidden under the sea that we are unraveling.
Professor Yin sighed: "Although I, Mr. Yin, claim to be a professor, I don't dare to recognize all the unpopular ancient texts in the pictures. It's like the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. Comrade Cao Cao's future is immeasurable!"
Professor Yin became even more excited and said bluntly that he still had a few rare and unique copies in his possession, and he would provide them to me after returning to shore to clear up his confusion.
I clearly felt that Professor Yin had completely put away his contempt. They, the professors, regarded themselves as noble, and they naturally disdained to work with wild people like us. It was a last resort before, but now I am convinced and willing to accept my strength.
I have dealt with this kind of people too many times, and I naturally understand the stakes involved. I readily agreed, and even brought the topic back to the matter at hand.
The shooting ability of the underwater camera is indeed commendable. According to the clear content of the photo, the information is: this island is not a shark reef island but a whale bone island. It is said that a Qin Dynasty alchemist discovered this island, and the tunnel will be The remains of a huge whale were towed to the island as a marker. Of course, if these written characters were seal characters, they would not be difficult for Professor Yin, but they are not. Instead, they are extremely abstract pictographic characters. The reason why these characters can be traced is due to an only copy of "Luohe Collection". This work does not leave any author information, but it leaves behind the rules of the ever-changing hieroglyphics. It is a key to unlocking the code of any hieroglyphics. It is a masterpiece. Of course, this rare and unique copy is hidden in I Jingxinzhai. Also no one knows.
As they talked, the plan to land on the island was unstoppable. The salvage ship anchored on the spot, and everyone got on the lifeboats in batches and organized some supplies and equipment. A speedboat and two paddle-type lifeboats were all put to use.
The speedboat moved forward at full speed.
Fatty is particularly excited about landing on the island. On the speedboat, the fat man stood holding the steering wheel and shouted: Look! The island is full of white flowers!
The blue sea in front of the island is like a mirror, and the edge of the island is covered with white bones. Professor Yin held up his glasses, frowned and asked: "Could it be that the giant whale skeleton has been eroded by wind over the years and is like this?"
I could see clearly that the thick white bones were very different from whale bones, and the size and length were actually similar to human bones.
This old man is an expert in ancient porcelain tiles, but he is an amateur in looking at bones and objects.
I said: "Maybe the white color on this island is not fish bones but human bones!"
Lin Qi felt shuddering and said, "What you said made my hair stand on end!"
Although Lin Qi was very skilled, he had no experience in fighting and probing bones. He felt uncomfortable when he touched his arm.
The speedboat made a circle and stopped, and I continued to tell them that in fact, there was a record of an undersea tree in the photo, which coincided with the legendary immortal country.
The Book of Mountains and Seas records an immortal country. The people living in this country have dark skin and are immortal. Could it be referring to the people living on this island? If the dark skin is related to being exposed to the sun all year round on the island, it would be a bit far-fetched. However, the Classic of Mountains and Seas does not emphasize the issue of skin color for no reason. There must be other mysterious reasons that make their skin dark, or their desire to live forever is related to this dark skin. The fat man said: "If it's not sunburned, then it's an old man. I know a few people like this. With their urine, if there were wooden boards, they probably wouldn't be able to build a ship. They would have been used as firewood!"
I told Fatty that this chapter of the Classic of Mountains and Seas must have nothing to do with Africa. I remember that the word black water was mentioned in the article. No one has answered this black water yet. Maybe it is because of being soaked in black water. In this way, I can barely explain it: Soaking in black water affects skin color and changes life span.
Avril said: "Is there a possibility that it is a kind of dress? Their clothes are uniform and give people the impression that their skin is black." Professor Yin said: "Everyone's analysis is very likely. The things recorded by the ancestors are more credible. It cannot be believed that it exists. But there is also a saying that it is better not to hear it than to believe it, and it is better not to read it than to believe it. We still need to find some real connections. If this black water is really related to longevity, then It is possible that the First Emperor traveled thousands of miles to be buried here.”
