The ship gradually left the estuary area and slowly entered the offshore area. After staring at the sonar detection screen for a long time, Bai Ning also seemed very bored. He turned around and prepared to walk on the deck. When he turned around, he found that Liu Cheng had already been killed. Lots of compressed biscuits and plastic-wrapped roast chicken.
Bai Ning didn't bother to care about this thin man with a big stomach who only knew how to eat, and went straight to the deck to get some air.
The sea is quiet and windless at night, and the night view spreads across the sea, making it impossible to distinguish the difference between the night sky and the sea. The lights on the distant coastline are swaying, waving goodbye to this lonely ship that is drifting away.
It is hard to imagine why Feilong, who had been injured, hid himself in a shallow reed marsh on that stormy night.
Next to him is the boundless sea, and there is a tunnel leading to a secret residence under the sea. Even if he is injured and dormant, he should go to the place where the nest is.
Bai Ning has been thinking about this contradiction. It was only now that he saw this seemingly infinitely lonely sea that he finally gained some insights.
Perhaps it wasn't that the flying dragon didn't want to go back, but that it couldn't.
Or, when it came to the edge of its nest and found that it had been followed, it simply died in a shallow and low reed bush.
Would you rather die alone than expose more things?
So, what kind of secrets does this underground cavity on the seabed now contain?
Thoughts were iterating rapidly, and Bai Ning's mind was in chaos. Suddenly, a breeze blew up, carrying the coldness of sea water around his neck. The bone-eroding coldness brought Bai Ning back from his meditative state.
Just as he was doubting himself, the hull of the ship suddenly shook violently, as if it had hit some reef.
Bohai Bay is an inland sea, and various reefs are very obvious on the charts. What's more, they are still conducting sonar detection, so it is impossible to accidentally touch the reefs.
"Something suddenly went through the bottom of the boat."
The person in charge of the sonar gave a loud warning, and Bai Ning quickly looked towards the sea. It seemed that there was indeed a black shadow passing quickly under the sea.
Whales have been found in Bohai Bay, but this is an offshore area and fish are scarce, so it is impossible for whales to come here specifically.
Could it be...
A possibility flashed through his mind, but was quickly dismissed by Bai Ning.
How can it be? !
In such a huge Bohai Bay, would that dragon be so stupid as to come and hit the bottom of their boat?
"Did the sonar capture the general body shape of the object that just moved?"
Returning to the room where the equipment was stored, Bai Ning asked this question head-on. The person in charge of the instrument had obviously anticipated such an operation and was already urgently restoring the sonar image just now.
At this time, Liu Cheng also came over, his little head looking around, and he didn't know whether he could understand the various image materials filling the screen.
"It's being generated, it'll be ready in a few minutes."
The quiet waiting was the hardest part. The final sonar image showed that the creature quickly approaching the bottom of their boat seemed to be a spindle-shaped creature.
It's pointed at both ends and fat in the middle, and it really seems like it's just a lost whale.
"It seems to be a whale."
The captain who was summoned also rushed over. Looking at the sonar image on the screen, he also gave his own experience.
"whale?
Is it unusual for whales to hit ships? "
Liu Cheng, who was watching in confusion, saw that he could finally interject, so he expressed some non-irritating nonsense.
To be honest, he has been eating a little better in the past few days, and his body's vitality has been gradually stimulated. Liu Cheng feels that his thinking has become more active.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Liu Cheng also seemed a little embarrassed. He wanted to eat again when he was embarrassed, and slowly left the crowd.
For Bai Ning at this time, it was indeed unnecessary for the whale to collide with the ship, but it seemed a bit suspicious that it would hit their ship at this moment.
"Something hit me again!"
While Bai Ning was thinking, the person in charge of the sonar warned again.
This time the impact was stronger than the previous one, and the entire ship began to shake violently.
There is no doubt that the whale strike was a planned attack rather than some fanciful coincidence.
The question extends again, why was their ship just out to sea attacked by a whale?
Why did a whale that rarely appeared in the Bohai Bay attack their ship?
The attack was so weird that the only enemy Bai Ning could think of was the Night Demon Society.
However, a member of the Night Demon Society who can control whales seems a bit unbelievable when he thinks about it.
Furthermore, he, Bai Ning, had just arrived here. How could the members of the Night Demon Society arrive in such timely manner?
He can even summon whales to target him, Bai Ning.
The captain returned to the cab step by step amid the bumpy ship, but the news that came back was not very good. The propeller malfunctioned during the impact just now, which also meant that the hull had lost power.
Calling a tugboat service is not an immediate solution to the current crisis, and no one knows whether the crazed whale at the bottom of the sea will knock the boat out of water.
Regardless of whether it works or not, they have to go through the basic rescue procedures. Even if the situation is critical, they have to call the coast guard for rescue. If they are lucky, they can get a maritime rescue helicopter to come over.
All the people on the boat were very smart and put on life jackets, and they all gathered in the cabin one step away from the deck.
Everyone was waiting for the third impact, but the whale seemed to have suddenly disappeared, and there was no more movement in the sea.
Bai Ning took the sonar operator back to the control room and performed some operations on the sonar, but did not find any whales in the detection range again.
Everything shows that their crisis is over, and they just need to wait quietly for the tugboat to come to the rescue.
More good news came again. The captain sent someone to check the engine. It was found that the engine stalled only due to the impact. After restarting, the ship gained power again.
The whale hit just now must have caused considerable damage to the hull. Maybe the part on the bottom of the ship has cracked and needs to be returned to the factory for maintenance before it can go back to sea.
After the power was restored, even though Bai Ning did not give any orders, the captain immediately turned the rudder and returned home.
The ship had just left the sea and was about to return. Liu Cheng, who had no opinion on this, could only eat to relieve stress.
Although he has no voice and is so humble that he can only pass the time by eating, it seems quite interesting to sit quietly and watch the show and observe what the cold-faced profiteer will do next.
After taking a few bites, he found Bai Ning quickly walking away. Judging from the path, he should be heading to the cab.
The ship quickly stopped returning. Even if the captain protested, Bai Ning was able to suppress it.
The captain finally compromised and had no choice but to send people to inspect the bottom of the ship and check the damage on the outside of the hull.
The main reason why Bai Ning prevented the ship from returning was because he discovered the real reason for the whale's attack.
This is most likely to create opportunities for members of the Night Stalkers to sneak in.
Combined with the efficient actions of the members of the Night Demon Society last time, when Bai Ning and Jiang Yingxue flew to Chita City, they had already met members of the Night Demon Society on the plane who came to inquire about the situation.
In the subsequent process, members of the Night Demon Society also sneaked in midway.
It can be seen that it will take a long time to achieve hypnosis at the cognitive bias level.
Now Bai Ning's actions are too fast, and all the people he uses are randomly selected acquaintances, and the members of the Night Demon Society are not given enough time. They will use the whale to create a malfunction, giving Bai Ning's team a short rest period. .
In this way, the members of the Night Demon Society who have rejoined Bai Ning's team can not only follow Bai Ning on subsequent expeditions, but can even obtain the benefits of previous expeditions from Bai Ning with the help of necessary hypnosis.
Now, the entire ship is a self-isolated island, which is the best way to prevent the infiltration of members of the Night Demon Society.
It was impossible to go back, and even for subsequent supplies replenishment, Bai Ning decided to use helicopters to complete the hoisting, or at least secretly transport them by small boats.
As a result, the ship had no chance to dock, and the members of the Night Demon Society completely lost the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos and sneak in.
The inspection of the ship has been completed. Although the dent in the bottom of the ship is large, there are no cracks. At Bai Ning's request, the captain can only stay at sea for the sake of heavy compensation.
Everything continued in an orderly manner, and there was no preparation to continue docking.
In order to prevent subsequent collisions with whales, Bai Ning also asked technicians to play the whale's annoying ultrasonic waves through backup sonar equipment to achieve the effect of driving away the whale.
However, what Bai Ning didn't expect was that the third impact would come as promised!
The third collision seemed even more crazy. Cracks had appeared in the bottom of the ship, and a large amount of water poured in. If it were not for the segmented compartments in the hull, and by quickly closing the relevant valves, the ship could temporarily avoid the fate of sinking.
The captain, who was sweating profusely from exhaustion, looked at Bai Ning with extremely complicated eyes. If he hadn't considered the issue of not receiving the subsequent compensation, he would have scolded Bai Ning to the point of scolding him.
Due to the third violent impact, the engine stalled again. The engineer was currently too busy to touch the ground, and there was no doubt whether it could be repaired.
The captain's long, disgusting face, coupled with Bai Ning's silent attitude, left only some inevitable background noise disturbing people's minds.
Liu Cheng, who felt like a waste, was eating roast chicken while watching the development of the situation on the court.
As if there was an unexplained feeling, Liu Cheng felt that his days of making a living seemed to be coming to an end.
The current situation is to eat as much as you can. As long as you can't hold it to death, hold it to death!
After several hours of busy work, the chief engineer came up with his men covered in oil. Although the engine was not completely repaired, it was already running normally and it would not be a problem to make it to the shore.
Having already received Bai Ning's promise of compensation, the captain was not in the mood to care about anything else and drove the ship back to the port in a hurry.
