fictionpage Chapter 708 Accident Crisis (asking for monthly ticket)
Chapter 708 Accident Crisis (asking for monthly ticket)
Chapter 708 Accident Crisis (asking for monthly ticket)
According to records.
The Age of Exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries.
At that time, South America was proven to be rich in gold, silver and other rare resources. Therefore, the Spanish colonists relied on their powerful military force to plunder ship after ship of gold, silver and treasures in the New World.
The Atocaf was one of them.
During the War of the Spanish Succession, Atocaf was besieged by British plundering ships on its way back. It broke through with the sacrifice of its frigate and fled to the north Atlantic with a ship full of treasures.
Unfortunately, it encountered a hurricane on its way out.
Because the ship was overloaded and sailing slowly, it was soon swept by a hurricane and eventually sank to the bottom of the sea forever, carrying a ship full of gold bars, silver bars, emeralds and amethysts.
Because of its age, the exact location of the ship has remained a mystery.
And the latest news is in 2021.
An underwater explorer named Barrick claimed to have found the location of the Atocaf by using sonar and sold the coordinates to an ocean treasure hunting tour company.
It is Ocean Gate, the parent company of the Feiyue tourist submarine.
That's right.
This underwater tour is the first time that Feiyue has gone into the water.
The company advertised that this was a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" and that the Leap sightseeing submarine they customized with a military company would provide adventurers with "unparalleled deep-sea adventure."
It's a thrilling enough journey, plus the gimmick of searching for treasures from historical shipwrecks.
As soon as the project was released, it attracted countless super-rich people and celebrities.
Just like that father and son.
The father of the man with glasses is Thomson, a well-known American businessman, and his son Bruce is only 14 years old.
And the lovers who laughed at them.
The man with a buzz cut is Rustam, the only son of a wealthy oil businessman in the UAE. His model girlfriend, Sumaiya, also has a background as her family is one of the richest families in the Middle East and owns various companies.
In short, I’m not short of money.
without any exaggeration.
The combined wealth of the wealthy people on this submarine is enough to buy a small country!
and so.
The interests involved behind this are enough to make people tamper with this tourist submarine.
More than three hours passed.
As the submarine continued to dive, the color of the surrounding sea water gradually changed from dark blue to inky black.
The lights inside the submarine seemed particularly dim.
Reflected on everyone's face, there were varying degrees of tension and anxiety.
Perhaps it was because the voyage took too long, or perhaps the dark deep sea had long lost its value for appreciating the scenery, the excitement of many tourists was gradually replaced by an indescribable feeling of oppression.
"Woooooooo..."
"Squeak..."
"Father, what are these noises?"
14-year-old Bruce sat on the ground, hugged his knees, seemed a little scared, so he wanted to relieve his inner tension through conversation.
The strange noise he mentioned has never stopped since the submarine dived.
This strange sound.
Distant, ethereal, and eerie, it makes it hard to tell the direction, as if it is the whisper of a devil.
"This is the sound made by deep-sea creatures. The speed of sound propagation in water is three times that of sound propagation in air, and the attenuation of sound waves in seawater is small. When the waveguide phenomenon exists, the propagation distance will be longer.
So the sounds we heard were probably transmitted from creatures thousands of meters away..."
Father Thompson patted the child on the shoulder and explained word by word.
Gu Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.
It seems that this guy knows a lot about the ocean.
He was also the first person among many tourists to shout out the name "Greenland Shark".
"So, doesn't it mean that when sailing on the seabed, you can hear farther with your ears than you can see with your eyes?"
"You are quite correct sir, that is why submarines use sonar navigation underwater, which means relying on listening."
On the side, another middle-aged French tourist interrupted out of curiosity.
Because the space inside a submarine is very limited.
Excluding the control room and the stern power machinery, the activity cabin in the middle is less than ten meters long and only 1.5 meters wide, so tourists can only sit side by side.
Perhaps out of boredom, more and more people joined the discussion.
And Thompson seemed happy to show off his knowledge of the ocean.
During this period.
Gu Ji once again looked at the two "silent ones", the bald man and the black woman with long hair.
Still silent as always.
The former was resting with his head down and eyes closed, while the latter was still staring at the deep sea outside the window in a daze. Neither of them had any intention of joining the discussion.
Gu Ji glanced at the time.
The time limit for the first mission is getting closer, which also means that real accidents and disasters may happen at any time.
Otherwise, the system wouldn't be so bored as to issue such a simple survival mission.
"How about trying to get to the control room?"
Gu Ji turned his head and looked at the white electronic sealing door at the bow of the boat.
Behind the door are the captain, sonar operator, maintenance workers and other submarine staff of the "Flying Leap".
So he made up his mind to get up.
"Hey! Be careful!"
"Mr. Gould, the bathroom is in the back!"
"Thank you. I'm not going to the bathroom. I just want to ask the captain something."
Due to the narrow space in the cabin.
Gu Ji could only carefully walk over the thighs of others, come to the door, and knock gently.
"Captain, I would like to know the progress of our current trip. Can you let me in for a moment?"
"Oh, sorry sir, the control room is a work area and is off-limits. But I have good news to tell you that we have dived to a depth of 3700 meters and will soon reach the target shipwreck area!"
"Captain, sonar detection..."
Just as the captain was answering his question through the loudspeaker.
In the background, there was a sudden urgent report from what sounded like a sonar operator.
So the captain quickly cut off the communication.
As a result, the next second, the ship suddenly shook violently.
Gu Ji's heart skipped a beat, thinking that an accident was about to happen. He quickly grabbed the handrail on the wall next to him, squatted down, and stabilized his center of gravity.
"Oh oh oh..."
"The shock is coming! It's coming!!"
"Did you hear what the captain said? We have already dived near the shipwreck. Hahaha, it looks like we will be the first to discover the treasure!"
at the same time.
Other passengers in the cabin also felt the vibration.
But instead of being afraid, they became excited because of the captain's answer just now: "A sunken ship is about to be discovered."
"I'm sorry, fellow adventurers. We have detected possible turbulence in the sea ahead. We hope that everyone can hold on to the handrails on the boat's arms and sit tight to avoid unnecessary accidents."
After a moment, the captain's voice appeared again.
But this is no longer important.
Because all of everyone's attention at this moment has been attracted by the treasure in the shipwreck.
Gu Ji narrowed his eyes.
I always feel that something is not right.
Because he felt that the submarine seemed to be slowing down.
Normally, when a submarine encounters turbulence, it should increase engine horsepower and sail away as quickly as possible.
Gu Ji was wondering whether he should break into the control room to see what was going on.
As a result, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that someone seemed to be "staring" at him.
Follow the source of sight.
He saw a bald middle-aged man wearing a brown-green casual shirt.
It's him?
The silent one.
Gu Ji's eyelids twitched slightly.
From the time the submarine was launched until now, this guy has neither paid attention to the marine life outside nor the status of the submarine, nor has he participated in discussions with other tourists.
Only this moment.
Are you suddenly paying attention to me?
Gu Ji couldn't help but feel a little confused about this.
He just stood up and walked to the door of the control room. Could it be that... this guy doesn't want me to get close to the submarine control room?
Think about it.
This is the only most sufficient reason.
Taking into account the influencing factors of the fallen level, Gu Ji decided to maintain his position for the time being, so he gave up the idea of breaking into the control room and stood up to the stern of the boat.
Along the way.
Naturally, he couldn't avoid being criticized by a few young people.
"I just want to go to the toilet. Young people nowadays, hahaha..."
Gu Ji laughed to himself twice.
Just as he reached the door of the bathroom at the stern, he suddenly stumbled and fell to the corner next to him.
Just when he was about to fall.
The bald middle-aged man who had been silent all this time suddenly raised his hands and grabbed his shoulders.
"Sir, the submarine is experiencing turbulence now, be careful."
"Thank you. Oh, if you hadn't helped me, I might have fallen down..."
Gu Ji took the initiative to shake hands and sat down next to him.
That's right.
He had deliberately acted out the fall just now in order to find a reason to get closer to the other person.
Unexpectedly, he actually discovered some clues.
Judging from this guy's reaction and strength when he reached out to help just now, he is definitely not an ordinary person.
as predicted.
The moment Gu Ji shook hands with him, he felt a thick layer of calluses on the other person's palm of hand and index finger.
This shows that the bald man definitely uses guns frequently.
Police, boat safety officer?
still is……
terrorist?
Although this round of levels is an accident disaster.
But man-made accidents are also included, like the plane crash at the Mexican checkpoint.
As for the first two, it is not impossible.
Just like planes and trains need security guards and conductors.
Although the passengers participating in the "Flying Leap" deep-sea tour are all super-rich people and celebrities.
But after all, they were in a completely enclosed and narrow space, and in the deep sea thousands of meters away from the mainland.
What if something unexpected really happens?
With the presence of a safety officer, the scene can be quickly controlled to avoid more serious consequences.
"fine."
Just as Gu Ji imagined.
The bald man simply replied with two words and remained silent.
Just as Gu Ji was thinking about how to open the topic.
Unexpectedly, a number in the upper left corner of the field of vision
Suddenly, it moved!
【Impact Factor: 0.01! 】
what's the situation?
What did I do to suddenly attract attention?
Gu Ji was startled.
I really can't figure out what went wrong with me. It couldn't be that there was something wrong with the way I talked to the person next to me!
Because the impact factor involves the issue of identity exposure.
Therefore, the moment the numbers changed, it was a real blow to Gu Ji, so much so that he didn't dare to speak out the words he had prepared.
"Huh...why do I feel like the submarine has stopped?"
"Look! We seem to have reached the bottom of the sea. There is something glowing ahead!"
"My God! I saw a huge dark shadow. Could it be a shipwreck?"
"Where? Where?"
At this moment.
I don't know who shouted first.
In a blink of an eye, the tourists in the cabin stood up and gathered in front of the observation window, staring outside the boat with their eyes glued to the glass.
Through the searchlight.
Everyone vaguely saw a layer of mist floating around the hull, like black satin in the deep night sky, delicate and soft. It should be the mud and sand stirred up by the submarine on the seabed.
Scattered among this fine yarn are many strange creatures emitting faint light, which look like both corals and jellyfish.
And as the mud and sand floating around settled down.
Thompson finally saw the giant black shadow that someone had shouted out earlier.
Sadly, that was not the Atocaf wreck.
It's a raised ridge.
"It seems that we have come to the vicinity of an underwater mountain range. Fortunately, the Flying Leap has active sonar. Otherwise, sailing in such a dangerous area without detection equipment, it is easy to hit rocks and trigger..."
To the end.
Thompson seemed to know that it was not a good thing and quickly shut his mouth.
"There are mountains under the sea? This is the first time I've seen this..."
"Don't you think this is more exciting? Undersea caves lead to mysterious spaces, shipwrecks, treasures, legends. Hahaha, just thinking about it is very interesting!"
Rustam, the only son of the oil tycoon with a buzz cut, became more and more excited as he spoke.
Just as he said.
This deep-sea mountain range is dotted with strange rocks and caves.
The surface of these rocks is covered with traces of time, as if witnessing the changes of the deep sea, and those caves are like secret passages in the deep sea, attracting people to explore the unknown.
"Captain, take us to find the sunken ship quickly!"
"Yes, Captain, hurry up, it's been almost four hours, I can't wait any longer!"
"Start the boat! Start the boat!!"
For a while.
Everyone was looking forward to the next action and couldn't wait to urge the captain to move forward.
Amid the increasingly intense cheering from the crowd.
The "Flying Leap" finally began to move slowly, but compared with the previous speed, it could only be described as "turtle speed".
Rustam has a bad temper and does what he wants.
Seeing that the captain was still standing still.
He immediately pushed through the crowd, came to the control room, and hammered hard on the door.
"Damn it! I told you to drive faster, didn't you hear me? So many of us paid to squeeze into this small place, are we here to waste our time looking at these broken stones?"
did not expect.
The next second after he hit it.
Suddenly, a sharp and teeth-grinding sound came from the bottom of the ship, and then the vibration instantly spread throughout the submarine, as if a huge force was shaking it violently.
The tourists were caught off guard and fell to the ground, losing their balance.
They screamed in fear and grabbed the armrests of the seats, trying to steady themselves.
Suddenly, the lights in the submarine went out.
The scarlet alarm light began to flash wildly.
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"
(End of this chapter)