Chapter 3 Chapter 2 South China Sea Vacation

In the absolute darkness, there are deliberately lowered conversational voices. A bright light source suddenly appeared and gradually shrank, and what came into view was the gorgeous streetscape of New York, the largest city in the United States.At night when people come and go, the neon lights of Times Square are shining. Suddenly, a giant fly with no friends appeared in the sky over New York City, and its strange compound eyes stared at the fleeing crowd.A group of fighter jets dispatched after hearing the wind tried to attack the giant fly, but were shot down one by one.The screaming crowd ran for their lives on the streets of New York.At the end of the street, there are huge ants fighting with the armored convoy...

At this moment, a burst of laughter finally broke out in the dark space. The lights were turned on again, and the large classroom that could accommodate hundreds of people was filled with students in darkness.On the podium, the old black-and-white film of "Giant Worms in New York" was still vaguely projected on the projection screen.Sitting next to the podium was a handsome, silver-haired old man. At the moment, he was watching this group of rowdy University of Hawaii students with great interest. Professor Silver Demo, who lectured on entomology, is one of the most popular professors at the University of Hawaii.Nicknamed "Professor Bug", Yin Demo's class is always full of seats. Although today is the last class of the semester at the University of Hawaii, the professor's class is still full of students attracted by his teaching charm.

"Insects are the most beautiful, strongest, and most reasonable creatures on the earth," Yin Demo said loudly in class: "Maybe everyone will find it very funny after watching the 'Giant Bugs Raising New York', but , if you are familiar with biology and entomology, you will find that in the long history of biological evolution, insects did not become the spirits of all things, but the direction of evolution chose us, which is a very intriguing mystery." Professor Yindemo projected a page of brightly colored charts on the projection screen. "Beautiful, strong, elegant, powerful, and agile. These are the five footnotes I give to the insect species..." The professor paused skillfully, looked around for a while, and was about to speak, but was caught off guard. was interrupted by a sentence.

"Tell my mom about this when she sees a cockroach," said a fat boy in the front seat playfully. "She'll be very happy." All the students couldn't help laughing.Professor Yin Demo didn't think he was disobedient amidst the laughter, he pointed to the chart and continued talking. "There is no doubt that the biokinetic energy of insects is high. In terms of motion, fleas can jump over distances dozens of times their body length, and the well-known ants can lift objects dozens of times heavier than their bodies without changing their complexion at all." .Some butterfly species can fly thousands of kilometers continuously. Converting these data to the size of a human being, if a person has the jumping ability of a flea, he can easily jump up a tall building with more than ten floors. If he has the ability of an ant , maybe he can lift a container by himself. And if he can fly like some species of butterflies..."

"Then, we can fly across the Pacific Ocean easily, right?" a tall, thin girl said excitedly. "In theory, that's it." Professor Yin Demo nodded approvingly. He pressed the button of the projector again, and another scene was shown on the projector. "Insects don't stop there. A well-known argument in science states that all winged insects, if explained by classical physics, are impossible to fly because, in theory, their thin, transparent wings In any case, it is impossible to support the weight of the body in the air. However, despite this theory, in reality, insects have been flying freely and freely on our earth for tens of millions of years."

"There is another school of scientists who have also made such bold inferences. Because the physiological structure of insects is so outstanding, they believe that robots will inevitably be used in future space exploration, and the design of these robots must be in accordance with The structure of insects, because there is no biological structure that is more reasonable and superior than insects." Professor Yin Demo said with a smile: "So, we should be thankful that insects are not the masters of the garbage on this earth. If they had been as big as us, I think we would have no place on Earth..."

A tall, thin white boy raised his right hand in the backseat.Professor Yindemo recognized this student. His name was Seth, and he was on the school's field hockey team. Compared with the rest of the school team players, Seth was an outstanding student with well-developed limbs and good grades in his class. student. The professor has always had a good impression of Seth, and nodded with a smile, motioning for him to speak. "If this is the case, from another perspective, if there are aliens on the earth today, it is possible that what we have come into contact with may not be 'people' from aliens, but 'worms' from aliens. yes?"

Professor Yin Demo was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer. "If an alien came to the earth today, he would have no concept of our civilization," Seth said more and more vigorously, "From the biological point of view, would they think that the most advanced animal on this planet is an insect? gone?" Professor Yin Demo has always had a good impression of this imaginative student, but he is not interested in talking about this issue with him on the last day of the semester.And Seth is not the most difficult student, if it is... "Seth, your question is quite interesting." Professor Yin Demo said a little slyly: "It's just that you don't think that everything on the earth alone is enough for us to study life after life. For extraterrestrial things, we have to wait until We'll talk about it when they actually show up, okay?"

Suddenly, a calm and soft voice sounded from the far corner of the classroom. "If you only talk about things on the earth, the theory you just said is a bit untenable." coming!Professor Yin Demo whispered in his heart.But he didn't show his inner emotions, he just smiled gracefully. He didn't need to look in the direction of the student who spoke, to know who the speaker was, because as long as Seth asked strange questions in the first place, then this person would definitely lead to even more unanswerable theories. "Yao Weifeng," Professor Yin Demo had a love-hate relationship with the most outstanding student in this class. This oriental boy was the most insightful and talented student among the students the professor had ever taught.As long as there is any doubt, he is often overwhelmed in class, and sometimes he is almost overwhelmed. "Tell me what's wrong with my theory?"

The students in the classroom turned to the corner where Yao Weifeng was, listening to him. Yao Weifeng is a bright and cheerful Taiwanese boy with short hair and white teeth when he smiles. He has broad shoulders and strong arms.However, he was sitting in a wheelchair, with his lower limbs hanging limply, which did not match his healthy and strong upper body.Professor Yindemo once heard Yao Weifeng mentioned that he was seriously injured in childhood, and his lower body lost its normal function after the injury. "The professor said just now that insects have excellent abilities in all aspects. I don't think anyone can deny this. In addition to the five major advantages mentioned by the professor, there is another point, that is, the vitality of insects is so strong that no other animal in the world can bear it." unparalleled."

"Well said, it seems that the cockroaches that everyone knows have existed since millions of years ago. Even if all the living things on the earth are extinct, traces of cockroaches can still be seen." Professor Yin Demo said: "In a certain In some unofficial records, there are also examples of bedbugs 'turning off' all their bodily functions in an environment without food, and reviving after three years." "However, if it is said that insects become as big as humans, they can dominate the whole world from then on, I don't agree with this statement." "Go on." Professor Yindemo's blue eyes showed admiration. "The strength of insects, as well as most of their outstanding abilities, lies in their 'smallness'." Yao Weifeng said loudly: "With the same structure, mosquitoes can dance lightly on human hair without being known. Flies are so agile that few people can kill them with bare hands. Ants have a high load-bearing capacity, and fleas and crickets have excellent jumping abilities. These abilities are actually based on their "smallness". If the insects are bigger Some, those abilities will all be lost.” "I don't understand." A cute little black girl showed a puzzled expression. "Because it goes without saying that the body is as big as a human being. As long as it is three times larger, there will be problems." Yao Weifeng laughed: "If the body size is three times larger, the volume will become 27 times the cube of three. In this way, The structure of the insect would have to be strengthened twenty-seven times to match." "If it's as big as a human being..." Another boy took out the computer: "It's just..." "Not only is there a problem with the structure, but even the digestive system and respiratory system cannot be established." Yao Weifeng said: "Under high-momentum movements, there must be an equally efficient digestive system to respond, but such a system cannot exist. And I have also calculated, based on the oxygen concentration of the air, the trachea of ​​each insect," he pointed to the parts on both sides of his abdomen, "can barely handle it with a stronger speed than a turbocharged engine." An older middle-aged auditor held a different view. "However, nature has its own laws. If necessary, such creatures may not have appeared..." "The spirit of science lies in discussing existing phenomena, not..." The bell for the end of the get out of class had already rung, and Professor Yindemo couldn't stop his last class of the school year.The students in a room were discussing eagerly, unaware that the bell for the end of get out of class had already rang for a while. "Okay, okay," the professor clapped his hands and came out to smooth things over, trying to end this introductory entomology course. "I don't think I need to remind you? Blue sky, blue sea, cocktails, everyone, I wish you a wonderful summer vacation, see you in autumn." Among the crowd after class, Professor Yin Demo tidied up the textbooks on the desk, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of Yao Weifeng, who was sitting in a wheelchair, also put away the books neatly, and walked towards the door of the classroom with a beautiful maneuver.The professor called him from a distance across the crowd. "Yao Weifeng!" He said, "Excellent speech, have fun in summer vacation!" "Sure!" Yao Weifeng waved his hand chicly, and the wheelchair slid into the sunlight outside the door. Of course, Hawaii in June is a place of dazzling sunshine. The campus of the University of Hawaii at the end of the semester is much smaller than usual, and there is a sporadic and joyful atmosphere. Yao Weifeng slid down the sidewalk of the campus, took out his sunglasses from his pocket, put them on, brushed his hair, and looked at the blue sea and blue sky at the other end of the campus avenue.Behind him, there was a sound of sliding bones. "Yao Weifeng!" Chasing up from behind was Seth on a pulley, carrying a huge backpack and wearing a green helmet that Yao Weifeng called "beetle head" with a smile. "The part I just talked about in class is really wonderful!" Seth jumped up and down between the flower pots and the sidewalk energetically, and the inline pulleys on his feet made harsh friction sounds from time to time. "Seth," Yao Weifeng squinted at him. "What's up?" "After class," Yao Weifeng deliberately pretended to be indifferent, but couldn't help laughing out loud, "talk to my secretary about business." The smiling figures of the two slid past the crowd on the campus and came to a long slope.Seth made an exaggerated pomade gesture, sweeping his palms back from his temples. "Want to come?" He looked at Yao Weifeng and smiled maliciously. Yao Weifeng also smiled, took off his sunglasses, and put on a pair of leather gloves. "certainly." "Three, two, one!" In the green background of the campus, Seth yelled strangely: "Get up!" At that moment, Yao Weifeng slammed his arms hard, and the wheelchair slid forward rapidly, and then slid down the slope.Seth slid in a straight line, still not as fast as him, sliding his hands violently in the air, and then caught up. Wheelchairs and inline roller shoes slid past the campus of the University of Hawaii, and most of the students who occasionally passed by were not surprised.For students at the University of Hawaii, it's a picture they've taken for granted. Yao Weifeng and members of the hockey team often play such games on campus. In the thrill of extreme speed, they seem to be able to find themselves.The players of the hockey team who stepped on the roller shoes to attack the goal all day long also admired Yao Weifeng. Except for Seth who occasionally won once or twice, no one has ever been able to win such a race. Yao Weifeng. At this time, a curve appeared on the downhill slope. Yao Weifeng squinted his eyes in the wind, concentrating on manipulating the wheelchair. The contact of the gloves with the rapidly turning wheels gave off a pungent burnt smell. After the corner, Seth was left far behind. Suddenly, a small red sports car suddenly flashed from the side of the road. Yao Weifeng was slightly startled, turned his body sideways, turned the wheelchair on the slope and made a big turn, and flashed past the small red sports car. The little red sports car deliberately slowed down.Seth had already followed the soil at this time, shouting excitedly from a distance. "Yun!" The driving girl who was called "Yun" by Seth turned around at this time and smiled brightly at Yao Weifeng and Seth.She had a sweet smile, but she looked younger and more immature than the two of them. There was a pale yellow silk scarf around her neck, which fluttered with the wind.At this moment, she suddenly let go of her hands on the steering wheel, reached out to the back seat and took two bright red apples, without looking at them, she threw them to Yao Weifeng and Seth who were sliding beside the car. Seth reached out to take it, and Yao Weifeng let the apple fall into his arms because he had to control the wheelchair with both hands. "Ziyun, be careful!" The passenger sitting next to her couldn't help but yelled out.Only then did Yao Weifeng notice another boy was born in Ziyun's car.In addition to screaming, the boy also instinctively reached out his hand, intending to help Ziyun hold the steering wheel, but his palm slipped, but his hand slipped, causing the car to skid suddenly. Seth, who was closely following him, did not expect this sudden situation. With a flash of intuition, he almost fell over on the avenue.He came back to his senses, and cursed at the already ahead of the little red sports car. Ziyun let out a "puchi" laugh in the sports car, waved her hands vigorously with her back to the two, put her hands back on the steering wheel, and accelerated to leave the two behind.The small red sports car drove slowly into the parking lot of the restaurant of the university, followed by Yao Weifeng and Seth, and walked into the restaurant. Entering the restaurant, Ziyun and the boy were already seated on a seat by the window. Seeing the two coming in, Ziyun stood up happily and waved to them. Seth walked by, put the helmet down on the table with a "bang", and glared at the strange boy angrily. "What the hell are you doing? I almost fell to my death on the road, you know that?" "Don't be angry, Seth, it's all my fault," Ziyun stuck out her tongue and laughed, "He doesn't know that we often play like this, so he was taken aback." That boy is obviously not a character who is used to being scolded by others. At this moment, his face was livid, and he said in a loud voice: "Anyone with a bit of common sense will know that skating in a row next to a car is the most stupid act of risking your life." Amidst the ridicule of the two back and forth, Yao Weifeng whispered to Ziyun, "Who is this person?" Ziyun also replied narrowly and quietly: "He is a classmate of mine in the medical school, and because he is going to Kelua Island during the summer vacation, I will bring him here to meet you." The girl Ziyun is a sixth-grade student at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine, but she is indeed a few years younger than Yao Weifeng. She is talented and intelligent. She entered university at the age of fifteen and skipped several grades. Is a prospective doctor.In the summer of this year, Yao Weifeng, Seth, and Ziyun had already planned to go to Kelua Island in the South Pacific for vacation and work, so they met in the school cafeteria to discuss before the end of the semester. "Ha! This funeral corpse also wants to go to work in Keluwa?" Seth heard the conversation between Yao Weifeng and Ziyun, and shouted strangely: "Don't think about it! Why didn't you come to ask me? The quota of part-time jobs has already been set. , This guy wants to go to Kelua, don't even think about it!" The boy still had a cold face, wanted to say something, but held back.Ziyun saw that the two were really not at odds, so she hurried out to smooth things over. "Come on, Seth, let me introduce you," she said with a smile, "This is You Lixiang, a classmate of mine from the medical school." You Lixiang stretched out his hand expressionlessly to shake Yao Weifeng's hand, but pretended not to see Seth. "You Lixiang, like us, will go to Kelua Island this summer, but he's only going there for vacation and won't work with us." Ziyun patiently explained. "Young master." Seth murmured in a low voice, not loud, but just enough to reach everyone's ears. At this moment You Lixiang couldn't hold back anymore, he stood up holding back his anger, put the chair back under the table, and kissed Ziyun's cheek. "I left beforehand, we'll see you in Kelua." Then, without even looking at Yao Weifeng and Seth, he turned and left without looking back. "No matter how you look at it, it looks like he ran to Kelua Island to chase you." Seth looked at You Lixiang's back and said mercilessly. "Look at you," Ziyun complained, "No matter how you say it, you must be a friend I introduced! You treat her like this." Seth grinned and was about to answer when he saw a man walking straight towards their table.The man held some thick computer printing paper in his hands, and walked slowly in a daze, oblivious to the surrounding environment. Yao Weifeng was about to call him, but Ziyun quietly put her finger on her lips, signaling to everyone to keep quiet. When the man was about to touch the table, the three of them suddenly yelled "Wow".The man was obsessed with the materials, and was taken aback by the three people. He let go of his hand, and the printed paper fell all over the floor. "The computer is stupid, and I found some terrible heresy on the Internet?" Ziyun asked with a smile. Wu Zhenggang, a boy from the Department of Electrical Engineering of the university known as a "computer nerd", seemed to have just woken up from a dream. Looking at the three familiar friends, he smiled embarrassedly. "Yao Weifeng said," Seth snatched the printing paper in his hand and put it aside heavily, "Don't talk about class after class. Starting today, you don't touch the computer anymore. For two months in a row, You can only have three things in your head." "Which three things?" Wu Zhenggang asked in a daze. "Cruis, Keluis, and Keluis." Ziyun couldn't help laughing out "puchi", and Wu Zhenggang also scratched his head in embarrassment.In a relaxed atmosphere, Yao Weifeng asked casually. "Speaking of what you have in your hand, why are you so fascinated by it?" He asked, "Is there anything good?" Wu Zhenggang thought about it for a while, closed his eyes, opened them, looked at the expressions of everyone, and shook his head again. "What does this mean? Playing the Zen machine?" Seth used pure Chinese for the last sentence.Having been with these boys and girls from Taiwan for a long time, sometimes Seth can speak a few words of Chinese. "You won't believe it." Wu Zhenggang said stubbornly. "Then you can try." Wu Zhenggang looked at the document, thought for a while, and then opened his mouth slowly. "It's a statement similar to a conspiracy theory," he looked at the dot matrix text on the information. "On May 15, 2001, the U.S. government prepared to issue an order to the people of the whole country that alien civilizations invaded, and hoped that the people of the whole country would fight side by side with the country." The other three looked at each other, showing weird expressions, and wanted to laugh out loud, but they couldn't because even the jokes were too old-fashioned. "Not funny," Seth said, frowning. "Maybe it's really a conspiracy," Yao Weifeng shrugged. "The imagination of the cyber hackers will disappear, and the cybernets will lose the motivation to evolve. Maybe a computer disaster will emerge as the times require." "But if you think about it further, maybe its essence is really weird," Wu Zhenggang read out the information: "Because its plot is very clumsy, it may be true, because only man-made A lie is beautiful and has few flaws." "Let's talk about its basis first." Yao Weifeng said. "The information at the beginning came from the hackers in Washington. They found shredded papers from the White House in a large garbage dump, and tried to find relevant information about the White House. It was not a bad attempt, but a certain kind of affirmation of their own abilities. method." After a pause, he added: "They often do this kind of thing." "But aren't all the White House materials destroyed by shredders?" "Strictly speaking, yes. That's why the White House is so relieved to let it go to the garbage dump. But the hackers are very talented. They analyze the shredded paper, find the slight difference in the distance between the shredded paper, and then scan it , put it in the computer to arrange it automatically, and over time, a complete file will appear." "Is this how this 'Star Wars Message to Our Compatriots' came about?" Yao Weifeng asked. "That's right, and someone even went to find the information on May 15th. Although it was carefully covered up later, there were indeed several unusual military buildups and sudden high-level meetings during that period. And ..." "And what?" Seth asked hurriedly, listening a little absorbedly. "Moreover, this news was posted on a certain website on May 18, but within three hours after the news was sent, this website mysteriously disappeared. At the same time, a well-known hacker group, A user called 'Crash and Burn' has since disappeared, and it is because of this that everyone knows that he is the host of this website." "Silent?" Seth quickly threw the information in his hand on the table. "Then looking at this information, isn't it more dangerous than playing with fire?" "Of course not now, because on May 19th, it was very strange that this information was widely circulated on websites all over the world, and anyone with a computer could get it." "Of course!" Ziyun said calmly, her eyes shone with a mature wisdom that did not belong to her age. "Just because the content is so old-fashioned, if you want to bury the truth, it is a wonderful way to spread it widely!" Ziyun explained it to several boys in detail.During the Cold War period in the 1980s, the White House in the United States and the Kremlin in Russia were recognized by the media as the most difficult units to find information. It is difficult to deal with Russia’s secretive intelligence, but the White House’s excessive information is also an excellent way to hide information. . In the beautiful sunshine of Hawaii, Yao Weifeng took off his leather gloves and calmly came to a conclusion. "However, we can almost conclude that no matter what kind of suspicion it is, it really can only be regarded as groundless." Everyone turned their eyes to him, wanting to hear why he could be so sure. "The conclusion is very simple!" He smiled easily. "May 15th, it's been more than a month ago. Let me ask you, has anyone seen aliens? Has Star Wars happened?" Everyone froze for a moment, and laughed easily.Sure enough, this is just a nonsensical debate.The wind is blowing, the sky is blue, and the flowers are blooming. Similarly, no one (at least not officially recorded) has seen aliens.Star Wars never happened on Earth either. "So, I agree with Seth. In the next two months, we only have three things, and that is Kolua, Kolowa, Kolowa." Yao Weifeng laughed: "To hell with Star Wars, to hell with it The fifteenth of May, the fifteenth of May when nothing happened." That concludes the topic of Star Wars conspiracy theories.At this time, several young people focused their attention on the trip to Kolua Island in the South Pacific for the next two months.Blue skies, swaying palms, schools of colorful tropical fish, chocolate-toned beauties in swimsuits, and maybe a cold margarita. During the intense discussion, Seth was occasionally distracted. Yao Weifeng looked at him in surprise, and Ziyun and Wu Zhenggang on the side also noticed it.Seth noticed everyone's eyes and smiled a little embarrassedly. "I just suddenly thought of a report that I came across when looking through the information of Kelua Island that day. Actually, nothing happened on May 15th." "What happened?" "On May 15, a strong earthquake occurred 80 kilometers north of Kelua Island, destroying a small island." He said, "That small island seems to be called Locke Island." After the discussion came to an end, Seth drove Yao Weifeng to the airline to pick up a ticket.After getting the air ticket, Yao Weifeng couldn't help but took another brief introduction to the small islands in the South Pacific.Yao Weifeng frowned when he saw Rock Island, a small island marked above Kelua Island. "Is this the Rock Island you were talking about?" he asked Seth. "The one with the earthquake?" "Scared?" Seth laughed. "Do you want me to prepare a set of 'Earthquake Survival Equipment' for you?" As famous as the large "Green Beetle" helmet on Seth's head, he has been carrying an oversized backpack on his back for many years, which contains cans, drinking water, oil lamps and a universal can opener.According to Sai, it was "earthquake survival equipment" prepared for survival in case of an earthquake.The American boy Seth has faithfully inherited the characteristics of cherishing life as gold in American culture, and has always been one of Yao Weifeng's favorite topics to make fun of him. Yao Weifeng imagined the funny appearance of Seth carrying a big backpack, smiled and shook his head. "Excited, aren't you? I'm going to live on such a small island for two months." Seth patted him on the shoulder, "Remember to arrive at the airport on time tomorrow, but there is no airport on Luwa Island, so we have to go to the big island first , and then take a boat to Keluwa Island." He took out a small box of pills from his pocket, and spoke playfully in Chinese: "So, I have already bought anti-sickness medicine." Yao Weifeng laughed. "Yes," he said seriously, "avoid the 'dizziness' medicine." The two giggled and walked out the door.The automatic door of the airline opened, and a middle-aged man who walked in almost bumped into Yao Weifeng's wheelchair. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The middle-aged man apologized politely to Yao Weifeng, watched them go out, and then went to the counter. Less than a minute ago, Yao Weifeng and Seth were talking about the strong earthquake in "Rock Island", a small island in the north of Kelua Island.How surprised would they be if they knew that it was this middle-aged man who passed by and razed Locke Island to the ground with his own hands? Lieutenant Colonel Jed, a bombing expert of the U.S. Air Force, came to the counter of the airline and carefully looked at the flight schedule. "Hello," he looked at the counter lady politely. "Please check for me. Is there any air ticket to Kelua Island in the South Pacific Ocean?" The endless sunshine poured down from the clear blue sky of the South Pacific Ocean, making people's skin a little sore.The sea water swayed quietly under your feet, and the sea breeze was slightly salty. The ferry from the big island was not fast. There were a few greedy seagulls flying alongside the ferry, expecting to grab a few pieces of food from the tourists. This is a gentle world that is peaceful and serene no matter how you look at it. Yao Weifeng fixed the brakes of the wheelchair, and temporarily stayed on the deck to watch the beautiful and peaceful scenery of the South China Sea. Seth beside him was not in such a good mood, his face was pale at the moment, and he slumped beside the railing.He couldn't go into the cabin, because as long as there was no sea breeze, he would definitely vomit again. Obviously, the anti-sickness medicine he specially prepared two days ago did not work. He was talking and laughing when he first got off the big island, but after a few trips on the waves, it stopped. The seasickness plus the night before In less than an hour on board the boat, Seth had already vomited out the contents of his stomach. A gust of wind and waves hit, Seth's eyes widened, and he staggered half of his body out of the railing and vomited wildly. Ziyun came out of the cabin and saw Seth's miserable condition, she couldn't help feeling a little worried. "Is he okay? How many times is this already?" "It doesn't matter, he's fine." Yao Weifeng shrugged, "There is such a genius. He held a carnival dance the night before the long-distance trip. I heard that he drank a truckload of beer and was a little hangover when he boarded the plane!" Seth flopped back over the railing limply, gasping for breath.He reached into his pocket to take out a handkerchief to wipe his face, but found out a small cannon for a dance. "Bang!" Wu Zhenggang, who came out after him, couldn't help feeling amused when he saw the cannon that Seth took out.He held a glass of water in his hand and handed it to Seth. "Drink it! I added some salt, it will make you feel better after drinking it." The bartender on the ship played hard rock Pacific Aboriginal music in the bar, and several tourists in colorful blouses were chatting in front of the bar.This is a medium-sized ferry with dozens of passengers on board. The passengers on board are either drinking or chatting very leisurely.A middle-aged man was sitting at a small round table by the bar, concentrating on some written materials. Looking at his figure, Yao Weifeng felt a little friendly, and after a while he remembered that he had met this middle-aged man at the airline counter. Wu Zhenggang followed his gaze. "You know him too?" Yao Weifeng shook his head. "No," he said, "but what does 'also' mean? Is it someone you know?" "Well, I chatted with him just now. I heard that he is a computer engineer from a big company. This time I came to Kelua Island for vacation." Wu Zhenggang pointed in the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Jed, who just raised his head at this moment. Come on, his face was a little pale, and when he saw Wu Zhenggang pointing at him, he reluctantly nodded and smiled. "What's wrong with him? Is he seasick too?" Yao Weifeng asked casually. "I don't know, maybe it's because I read the materials on the rickety boat!" Wu Zhenggang said relaxedly, "I lent him the 'Star Wars Message to the All Compatriots' to read, and I don't know why he read it so well. Fascinated." In the sea breeze, Ziyun was wearing a crisp white dress, giggling, holding a handful of potato chips and feeding the seagulls on the deck.The medical student You Lixiang, who was at odds with Seth, pulled up a small chair and sat beside her, smoking a cigarette with gentle eyes. "Look!" At some point, Seth, who had just vomited out of his wits, regained his spirit a little bit, and walked to their side again, "I said this kid must have come to Kelua after chasing Ziyun. .” "Maybe!" Yao Weifeng said quietly, skating on the wheelchair for fun, "However, that's none of our business, is it?" On the deck, You Lixiang stood up gracefully, put his hands in his pockets smartly, and was about to say something to Ziyun.Seeing that Seth had recovered a bit, Ziyun yelled for joy, threw the remaining potato chips into the sky, and walked towards them, but You Lixiang stood there in a daze. Suddenly, a few burly men flashed out from the hatch, almost bumping into Ziyun.The leading man was a South American man with a dark complexion and a nonchalant smile, with a long scar on his face.A long-haired fat man behind him opened his strange eyes, saw Ziyun's reckless actions, and burst out a curse, just about to explode, but was blocked by the leader's hand. "I'm sorry," he bowed exaggeratedly, and said to Ziyun in impure English: "Ladies first." Ziyun crossed over suspiciously, looked back at them, and then quickly walked towards Yao Weifeng and the others. Several men who were obviously of South American descent walked towards the other end of the deck talking and laughing loudly. "What do these people do?" Ziyun asked in shock. "I don't know, but it shouldn't be a good man or a faithful woman," Yao Weifeng said in a deep voice, "When I almost bumped into you, the people behind me instinctively reached out to touch your arms, and they seemed to be very used to carrying guns. In my opinion, it's better to stay away from them and go to the cabin." He looked at Seth, and Seth gave a light bite, indicating that there was no problem, and walked in with them. After entering the cabin, the bartender had already replaced the heavy rock music with soft indigenous string music.Several people found a table to sit down and chat.The middle-aged man who claimed to be a computer engineer went somewhere.Two gloomy-looking women also walked into the cabin at this time, both of them were wearing khaki shorts and shorts, long hiking boots, and there was a bright green dazzling badge on the chest of the shorts. "People from the Green League." At some point, Lieutenant Colonel Jed suddenly appeared behind Wu Zhenggang and said quietly. "Thank you for the information, it's very interesting." The lieutenant colonel returned the computer information to Wu Zhenggang.Yao Weifeng nodded to him, and made a space for the lieutenant colonel to move a chair and sit down. "My name is Jed. I'm an engineer from California Computer Company." For unknown reasons, the lieutenant colonel deliberately concealed his identity. "This time I'm here on Kelua Island for vacation." Yao Weifeng and others politely introduced their identities one by one. "You just mentioned people from the Green League," Yao Weifeng asked, "What's going on?" Lieutenant Colonel Jed snorted and motioned them to look at the two women with gloomy expressions. "Those two women are investigators of the Green League." The lieutenant colonel said, "The Green League is an organization that spares no effort in supporting environmental protection, and sometimes commits extreme acts, so some people call them 'environmental terrorists.'" Wu Zhenggang looked at the expressions of the two women and thought that perhaps this statement was not an exaggeration. “那么，难道在可鲁瓦岛上有什么环保的问题吗？”紫芸好奇地问道：“据我所知太平洋的小岛上是全世界环保问题最少的地方。” “你们听过'洛克岛'这个地方吗？”中校迟疑了一下，问道。 “当然听过，”赛斯很有兴致地接口：“之前我们就听过这个地方，五月十五日，小岛毁于强震。” “五月十五日，也就是我给你看的这篇'星战告全国同胞书'署明的那一天。” “那就对了，不知道为什么，绿盟的人认为那是一场核爆试验后所造成的结果。”中校意有所指地说道：“可是，那根本是一种毫无根据的说法。” 但是，在座的几名年轻人当然不曾知道，洛克岛上，也许的确没有过核爆，但是丢下中子弹将小岛全毁的，就是他们眼前这位杰德中校。 “我不晓得他们怎么归纳出这个想法的，如果洛克岛上有核弹爆炸，只有八十公里距离的可鲁瓦岛是不可能没事的。”姚伟风说道。他在学校是动物学和环境科学双主修，所以对这方面的问题特别有研究。 “但绿盟的人当然不这样想，他们坚持的事，是没人可以劝得通的。”中校说道：“五月十五日，仿佛是个莫大的日子。像这篇资料所说的，星际战争的事，你们也都知道吗？” 伍正刚点点头。 “他们都看过。但是我们都认为这只是个没有根据的设想，其中一个重大的关键，就是至今没有任何外星人的讯息，星际大战的动作却是个不争的事实。” “还有其它的资讯吗？我对这种事情一向都很有兴趣。” “没了，就这些。”伍正刚耸耸肩。 “也许您跟着那些绿盟的姐姐们到洛克岛去，可以挖到更多的消息喔！”赛斯打趣地说道。 可是，他当然不会想到，那就是中校来到可鲁瓦岛最主要的目的。 在轰炸洛克岛后的两周内，中校的军旅生涯起了莫大的变化，夏威夷的基地司令在一夜之间被调至接近北极的阿拉斯加基地，中校自己则在不久后收到一纸调职令，将他调往德州的一个军事补给中心担任补给主任。 将一个优秀的飞行员调至为可有可无的闲职人员，在美国军方来说是一种非常耐人寻味的行为。中校自认在军旅生涯中从来未曾犯过致命的错误，唯一的意外，应该就只有二○○一年五月十五日那场轰炸任务。而且，在他的调职令上也很有技巧地暗示他：“安守军人的本份，不要发表对军方造成危害的言论。” 思虑周密的中校认为，一切事情的关键，应该就在洛克岛上。也因此，他才会在这样一个夏天，风尘仆仆地来到可鲁瓦岛。然而，却在渡轮上从伍正刚的手上得知了那场“星战告全国同胞书”的谣言讯息。 中校沉迷于自己的思考推理当中，丝毫没有注意到两名坐在吧枱旁，仿佛已经有几分醉意的观光客偶尔会以森冷的眼光偷眼看他。 一名看似悠闲的年轻男人在舱内悠然地弹起了吉他，指法并不出色，但是也还不到扰人的地步。 姚伟风几个人这时早已远远将和中校谈的话题抛开，兴高采烈地谈着未来两周在可鲁瓦岛上的生活。赛斯的晕船症显然已经无碍，他说得兴起，手上不住把玩着那个前天舞会狂欢时留下的小响炮。他一边和同伴们谈笑，一边将小响炮的拉环丝绳在手指上缠绕。那几名面貌凶恶的南美洲男人这时也谈笑地走进船舱。 突然之间，赛斯手上的响炮“砰”的一声炸了开来，七彩缤纷的花纸洒了他一头一脸。 而原先尚称平静的船舱内此时却起了惊人的变化。 “砰”的一声巨响响起时，那群南美洲男子纷纷熟练地卧倒，同时有人还从怀里掏出枪械。 那名脸上有刀疤的男人大声喝止，正待做下一个的动作时，突然听见脑后“喀”的一声，有人扣上板机，紧接着冰冷的枪管抵上他的脑门。 "It's you?" 说话的是吧枱前喝酒的观光客之一，他的个头中等，冷酷的脸色和他身上的热带彩色短衫显得极不搭调。 在场众人对这张脸也许没有什么概念，然而在南北美洲的毒枭眼里，只要见到了中情局的“虎斑蛇”贾奈特，通常就等于见到了死亡、鲜血或是终生的监禁。 贾奈特此行另有任务，却在这个突发状况下意外制住了哥伦比亚贩毒集团的中等头目“太保”提诺。 “太保”提诺此刻对贾奈特的问话恍若未闻，只是怔怔地盯住那名弹吉他的男人发楞。 "It's you?" 弹吉他的男人翻翻白眼，又开始弹着不成调的曲子，不再理会周遭的环境。 中情局探长贾奈特也回过头来，冷冷地打量他许久，收起枪支，示意提诺可以离去。 “去吧！但是别让我抓到把柄。” 提诺回过神来，他的手下也纷纷站起，默然走出船舱。临去前，他仍然不安地瞪视着吉他手。 贾奈特又打量了那名吉他手一下，转眼看见惹出这场风波的赛斯仍木然地坐在原位，两眼睁得老大，手上的响炮也依然握住，一头一脸的彩色纸带。贾奈特不再去理会他，兀自坐回吧枱旁边，又恢复了先前漫不经心的醉态。 窗外，海一样的湛蓝，摇摇晃晃随着船的律动着。在海天衔接的那一线，已经可以隐约见到陆地了。 一船的人们就这样各怀着不同的心事、企图，慢慢接近此行的目标：南太平洋，可鲁瓦岛。