Chapter 17 1. Orphans from Dragon Palace

Just when I was running out of ideas for writing the Legend of the Demon Realm, as if God helped me, I met Zhezhu Sunliu who had just returned to China after six years. What is the background of this person, and his appearance makes me so excited?As you may not know, Zhezhusunliu is a hunter who travels all over the world to catch rare animals.He is not employed by a regular employer, but "freelances," in the fashionable parlance.People who buy things from him include not only wealthy and powerful domestic collectors, but also museums and scholars from all over the world.And for me as a writer, Oretake is even more a treasure-like character.

He has been to countless places, many of which are demonic realms that ordinary people dare not step into.For example, dense forests with spongy wet soil that are dark and dark during the day, icy plateaus where even mercury can be frozen, and so on.I was lucky enough to meet Zhe Zhu today, so I hurriedly asked him about the Demon Realm. "Is there any magic place on the sea? Like Zaohai?" I wanted to pose a problem to Zhezhu, so I asked. I haven't heard of any magic land on the sea. If it is a mysterious island, it should be considered land.Only mysterious areas that appear in the hinterland of the mainland, deep in dense forests, on glaciers, or in swamps filled with poisonous miasma are considered demonic lands.

I mentioned Zaohai just now, in fact, Zaohai is no longer a magic realm.With a single turn of the propeller, the strange sargassum in the sea of ​​algae can be chopped to pieces.In the middle of the Gulf Stream, in the sea area between 20° and 30° north latitude, there is a terrible sea of ​​algae. Hanoun, a navigator from Carthage BC, discovered this sea of ​​algae.After sailing into the sea of ​​algae, if there is no wind on the sea and the rudder is entangled in seaweed, the crew can only sit and wait to die. The silent algae sea is as gloomy as the Styx, surrounded by broken ships that have been stranded for hundreds of years.Bones of sailors leaned against the masts of wrecks.The new victims were utterly devastated when they saw this, and some became mad before they died.Food and fresh water are reduced day by day, and they will die of sepsis if they are not starved to death.After death, the corpse rotted, and the eyeballs were pecked away by seabirds. This miserable scene was scary to hear.Fortunately, with advanced technology now, boats no longer rely on oars, but powerful steel propellers, so the sea of ​​algae is no longer a threat, and it is not a magical place.

"Is there really no magic realm in the sea?" Seeing that I was so disappointed, Zhezhu said to me with a three-pointed mocking tone: "Hey, you don't even look at who I am. You still mention antiques like Zaohai, and you can still write about the magic world with this little knowledge." Novel? Speaking of the magical land on the sea... one here, one there... well, there are at least three." Ugh?I didn't know any of them, but Zhezhu said there were three?So where is this demonic realm—no, it should be the demonic sea?Calling it the "Magic Sea", there must be something unusual... Could it be a place that can't be found on the sea chart?

"This magic sea...is right in the middle of the Pacific Ocean." These words surprised me again. "That place is at one hundred and sixty degrees east longitude and two and a half degrees south latitude. It's less than a thousand miles east of the Bismarck Islands, and it's only 800 kilometers southeast from Greenwich Island. Don't know? It's in Micron Between the Nicene islands and the Melanesian islands formerly inhabited by cannibals." "Oh? What's the name there?" "There are many different names, but the most common is the name used by the natives of New Guinea, Dabukku—'sea hole'."

The language of the natives is indeed very naive, but it is also very vivid. "Sea water loophole" actually refers to an eddy sea area with a diameter of hundreds of nautical miles. This sea area is within the range of the equatorial windless zone "hot fog ring", and the environment is extremely hot and humid.The velocity of seawater in the periphery of the vortex is very slow, but the closer to the center, the velocity of seawater is faster.This vortex is hundreds of times larger than the "Meru Torrem Great Vortex", and it is not a collection of several small vortexes, but a single large vortex with a diameter of hundreds of nautical miles.

The waves in the vortex are as high as the earth bank.Especially on the side facing the equator, because of the rotation of the earth, the speed of the ocean current rotation can be described as flying.The waves generated by the rotation are several meters high, which looks like a circle of large atolls. The first to discover this great vortex was the Spaniards in the seventeenth century.This group of daredevils did not find Australia, but found such a monster. When they saw the waves as high as the embankment appear in front of them, they hurriedly turned the bow and fled backwards. Some people call it "Los Islas de Tempeturas", which means "hurricane islands".

"So that's how it is." The more I listened, the more excited I became, but I didn't understand something, so I asked, "What does the archipelago mean? Is there an island in the center of the whirlpool?" "Yes, there are seven or eight islands, large and small. Those islands have been isolated from the world for thousands of years. You really want to know what is on the island?" Zhezhu smiled meaningfully, his eyes made me feel that there must be a shocking story in it.Then, he began to describe the situation of the islands in Dabukku. "The natives of New Guinea mistook the island like a black spot in the center of the vortex for a hole. The center of the vortex is lower than the sea surface and looks like a big funnel, so it is called a 'leak hole'."

"Oh, that's where the Pacific leaks come from." "Yes, maybe there is a big hole in the center of the vortex, which is why such a large vortex is formed. No one has successfully entered the large vortex for many years, so no one knows the real cause." "In 1912, the expedition team organized by the German New Guinea Company wanted to challenge the 'Pacific Sinkhole'. This expedition gave modern people the first taste of the horror of the magic sea. There is a hidden reef under the surface of the leakhole, whether it is It is very difficult to break through longitudinally or advance downstream. Ships with too heavy hull or high resistance, such as motorboats, will be pierced by reefs as long as they drive in. In the end, the expedition team can only take the most primitive paddle canoes."

"The canoe is much lighter than the motorboat, and the hull is slender and has low resistance. It was sucked in by the vortex in an instant. The problem of how to enter the vortex has finally been solved. Next, we need to consider which island to land on. It's pretty smooth here, but once you enter the big vortex, you can't turn back, because you can't go upstream in the vortex...For the expedition team, this is a one-way adventure." "..." Zhezhu kept mentioning the word "Dragon Palace", and I couldn't bear it anymore.This kid must have concealed something very important.

"There is still a big obstacle in front of the expedition team. As I said just now, the environment here is extremely hot and humid. The 'Pacific Sinkhole' is also in the shape of a large funnel, and the sea surface temperature becomes extremely high. The steam can even block the sun, and the surrounding area is dark. Skylight. The expedition members dubbed this phenomenon the 'tidal cavity.'" "At that time, the expedition team also conducted an experiment. They put the box containing the large aphid into the sea, and put it into the transpiration sea surface along the water. The air temperature at that time was about 45 degrees Celsius. After about ten minutes, they Pulling up the box, I found that the body temperature of the big aphid has also become forty-five degrees. Think about it, if the human body temperature becomes forty-five degrees, what kind of brain will be burned?" "I can't imagine it. It's probably the hottest place on earth." "Well, even if you don't consider the temperature, take a canoe to enter the big vortex. It takes about half a day for the canoe to drift along the ocean current at a speed of 30 knots to the island closest to the open sea. During this half day, the canoe has been It's spinning in circles at high speed. Thirty knots per hour... Can the person sitting on it survive? Although I'm not a doctor, I think most people must die." "I understand." I put down my notes, and said to Zhezhu disappointedly, "I understand, as long as people are still flesh and blood, they can't enter the 'Pacific Sinkhole' at all. Then you talked for a long time, didn't you just make me happy ." Hearing this, Zhezhu suddenly put away his leisurely expression before, and said with some displeasure: "Hey, can someone finish the story? I haven't started the main story yet, this is just an introduction. I'm going to The secret of the 'Pacific Sink' is told." "Yes...is it?" "Hey, with your intuition as a writer, you should have already guessed that there must be some secrets hidden in the 'Pacific Sink'? Although I have never been there, I know someone who has been there. He was the only one at that time Survivors have a romantic relationship with me." "Oh! Who is he?" "That was just a five-year-old kid." Five year old?I was too surprised to speak.Readers must think that they are wrong, right?Five years old, indeed five years old.There are so many strange things in this "Pacific Sink" Drift.