Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The Aztec Moonfish

After traveling for a long time, the boat finally left the horrible crack area. "The crack has widened again," Miller said. "We don't have much time left, and maybe we won't be able to get rid of the power of this crack next time." "Not even a pocket watch?" "Yes." Miller said, "the pocket watch is just a machine, a machine made by some intelligent creature. From a human point of view, its power is infinite, but compared with the power of nature and the universe, it It's so insignificant!" "Will this ever-growing crack eventually tear the earth and the sea apart?" Cao Cang asked.

"In theory, yes." Miller said, "but there is another possibility. After the earth is annihilated, this crack will stabilize. Of course, this crack will continue to tear apart the sea. But this process It will be very long, so long that we can ignore its impact on human beings." "The fate of the Earth is already decided, isn't it?" "We already figured out this outcome the first time we ran the experiment," Miller said. "This crack is so massive that it swallows everything around it." "This is a black hole, a small black hole." Dr. Jian walked out of the cabin at an unknown time, stood beside Miller and Cao Cang, and said calmly, "Before I entered the alien sea, cutting-edge theoretical physics The idea has already been proposed.”

"Black hole?" Neither Cao Cang nor Miller could understand the word Dr. Jian said. "A black hole is a conjecture, a calculated theoretical object. Of course, this still needs a lot of evidence to prove." Dr. Jian said, "They used astronomical telescopes on the earth to look for black holes that might exist in the universe, but they didn't expect this thing , not only exists, but it is so close to the earth!" Neither Miller nor Cao Cang had heard of such a strange term.But the cracks in the facts made them quickly understand Dr. Jane's meaning. "That's why you must return to Earth?" Dr. Jane said, "but why don't you tell the reason?"

"It's a very simple reason." Miller said, "Humans must leave the earth to colonize the alien sea, but not all of them, some of them must not enter the alien sea." "A freemason?" Cao Cang was very sensitive. It was obvious that there must be a lot of freemasons who had entered the different sea!Joshua is an example. "You can say that," Miller said, "but not all of them. If human beings want to enter the alien sea, they must eliminate the alien species hidden within the group." "Are you obsessed with going back because you want to get rid of the aliens, and then choose suitable humans to enter the alien sea?" Dr. Jian said, "Your racial discrimination is terrible. If it is true, it is better to let humans live on Earth. Fend for yourself!"

"The alien you are talking about is the family that keeps the pocket watch?" Dr. Jian said, "The pocket watch in your hand was snatched from the descendants of this kind of family, right?" Miller was noncommittal, acquiescing. "Then here is another person who is a descendant of this kind of alien." Dr. Jian pointed to Cao Cang and said, "His pocket watch is a relic of the family that has lasted for thousands of years." "He's absolutely not," Miller said. "He's just a soldier, like me." Cao Cang was shocked. Miller had already seen through his identity.No wonder Miller hasn't turned on himself.

"Why do you say that?" Dr. Jian said, "He can become the leader of the third experiment because he is a descendant of that family." "That can only show that Cao standing in front of us is an out-and-out impostor." Miller said with certainty. Cao Cang's face turned pale. "How did you find out? Because I'm a professional soldier?" Cao Cang knew that Miller must have known his true identity from some way, and he really couldn't hide it anymore, or he would lose Miller. Trust is very detrimental to oneself in the future. "Cao..." Dr. Jian said in surprise, "Are you really an imposter?"

"None of you have anything to do with that mysterious group." Miller said, "Your bodies have been integrated into the cells of seaweed. Just like us, the genes of seaweed continue in the body." "Is there any explanation for this?" Cao Cang asked. "The body tissues of people of that species will never be fused by seaweed cells." Miller continued, "You forgot that I had a disagreement with you. When I left the island, several people followed me. They wanted to Use me to go back to earth and accomplish their purpose. But when all of us are infected by seaweed, only their bodies start to get sick, and their body rejects the cells of seaweed. Eventually they all die of respiratory failure and suffocation. Their bodies didn't have the algae-incorporated genes until they died."

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Cao Cang still didn't understand. "What I want to say is already obvious." Miller said, "They are different from us, not only in thought, but even in physiology. And this kind of person is precisely the leader of all human attempts to enter the alien sea! You Don't you think it's strange?" Cao Cang thought of Karin and Joshua, they were such people.They couldn't bear it anymore, so they conducted two experiments in a short period of time.Obviously, Joshua is the leader of the two experiments.This is not enough, they also found the descendants of the Cao family to enter.Joshua believed in Cao Cang. He told Cao Cang that they were brothers.

The country must know something, so it deliberately let itself replace Cao Cang.This intention is not just as simple as placing a chess piece, its real intention should be to prevent the real descendants of the Cao family from entering the alien sea. "Yes." Cao Cang finally said, "My real name is Wu XX, and I am an impostor. I am a soldier." After Cao Cang finished speaking, he felt relieved.Now he knows that what he has to do is to follow Miller closely.Looking at Dr. Jane's confused face, Cao Cang knew that Dr. Jane would also agree with Miller's point of view, but it would take time.

"Is it as simple as bringing these people into the sea every time you approach the crack?" Cao Cang said to Miller. "Of course not." Miller said, "I have been thinking about how to use the function of a pocket watch to return to the earth from the crack. But now I give up! Based on my understanding of pocket watches, I will never go back through the crack, and I will never come again gone." "You mean that you have to occupy the island, and then use the island's special magnetic poles to return to Earth?" Cao Cang said. "It can only be this way."

"You have fewer people now than before." Cao Cang said, "Aren't you more likely to win?" Miller shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true. The strength of the small island has also been greatly weakened. Their situation is not much better than ours, is it?" Cao Cang couldn't help admiring Miller's analytical ability. "I can still search for some accidental entrants in the different seas." Miller looked at Cao Cang and said, "There is another very important factor... We now have two pocket watches! This means that we can travel freely Lead the ship into that limit." "Why are you so sure I'll help you?" "I knew from the first time I met you that you were going to stand with me," Miller said. "You didn't shoot." "So, you are very confident?" Cao Cang said, "In terms of pure strength, you have now gained the upper hand." "I have another advantage." Miller said, "The people on the island must have begun to waver now, so that they themselves will have internal friction. Am I right?" "That's right." Cao Cang admitted. The Indian fishing boat that escaped through the crack, because the mast was broken during the tearing of space, now has to be towed by the warship on the sea, and four of the Indians have climbed along the rope. Sailors from Miller's ship surrounded them with weapons.From this point of view, not every entrant expressed submission to Miller from the beginning. The leading Indian held a silver knife with a large ring hanging from it, and each of the other three held a wooden stick with two rows of obsidian blades.It is said that this kind of stick can cut off the head of a horse. The sailors around Miller motioned for them to drop their weapons. The Indian didn't seem to fully understand what the sailor meant, and insisted on refusing to put down his arms, but just said a word to the sailor on board.Cao Cang couldn't understand this, so he didn't know what language it was. Another Indian also began to speak, still using a language that Cao Cang could not understand. But Miller understood, and immediately asked his sailors, "Who can speak Spanish?" Immediately, a sailor stood up and said to Miller: "He just said that their priest's knife cannot be put down." "Ask who they are?" Miller said. The sailor, who knew Spanish, immediately asked the Indian a question.The Indians said a whole lot. "They are descendants of the Aztec dynasty." "Didn't the Aztecs perish hundreds of years ago?" Dr. Jane asked strangely. The Indian continued to speak, and the sailor who knew Spanish followed the translator: "They are looking for moon fish in the sea according to Montezuma's order..." Dr. Jane immediately exclaimed: "The era of Montezuma is four hundred years from now!" The Indians from 400 years ago also came to the different sea!However, Cao Cang was no longer shocked by this thing that was extremely out of common sense.The same goes for Miller and Dr. Jane. First of all, the time of the earth and the different seas are not consistent, and they have already speculated on this phenomenon.Secondly, Cao Cang has already seen Ding Li on the tanker.Ding Li, who participated in the Lop Nur experiment with Lao Song, has become an old woman in the wandering space.This proves that there is a space independent of the earth and other seas. Although the conditions are harsh, human beings can barely survive. As for Miller, he saw more of this time disorder, so he was not surprised to see a team of Indians claiming to be from four hundred years ago.In the strange sea, there are too many surprising things, this is just one of them. "Ask them if they know where they are," Miller ordered. The sailor interrupted the Indian to ask Miller's question. The Spanish-speaking Indian answered immediately. The sailor listened for a while and said: "They know where they are. They are in the world ruled by the moon. After catching the moon fish and digging out the heart of the moon fish, they return to the world ruled by the sun god, which is their own world. " "Do they really think they live in two worlds?" Dr. Jane said in amazement, "Two calendars have been handed down from the Aztecs. It turns out that the lunar calendar is not just a need for sacrifices, but they are really for another A world-made calendar." The other world that Dr. Jian mentioned is undoubtedly the different sea. "Ask if they can go back?" Miller became excited, "Ask how they can go back!" Miller couldn't wait for the translator to ask questions, so he quickly took the pocket watch in his hand and showed it to the Indians.The leading Indian hesitated for a long time, with a very surprised look on his face.Spanish-speaking Indians keep saying a noun. Miller's sailors were also very surprised, and said to Miller: "Captain, he said that he is willing to surrender to you, unconditionally!" "why?" "Because he's saying you're their god—the Feathered Serpent God!" The leading Indian raised the silver knife in his hand.Cao Cang saw clearly that the gold ornament on the handle of the knife was exactly the same pocket watch as his own! These Indians were simply using pocket watches to enter the alien sea, not wanting to go back.But due to their influence, the crack widened. "Ask them how to get back!" Miller's voice was a little hysterical. Seeing Miller's appearance, the Indians thought that Miller was angry, and quickly crawled down, speaking their language. The sailor asked a question quickly in Spanish. The Indian looked puzzled and said something. The sailor said, "Captain, they think you can lead them back to a world ruled by the sun." "Then you ask them, if I'm not here, how can they go back?" Miller tried to put his tone as calmly as possible. The sailor repeated Miller's question. The Indian quickly drew on the deck with his pocket knife. Miller looked at it, smiled wryly and said to Cao Cang, "Their solution is to go to the old place." "Island?" "Yes," Miller said, "the only land that exists in the alien sea. The direction they drew is that small island." The Indian pointed to the drawn chart and continued talking. The sailor also translated at the same time: "When the moon world is frozen, they will go to that small island and use their pocket watches to return to the world ruled by the sun god." Miller became agitated and scratched his head with his hands. Cao Cang realized a problem, and immediately said to Miller: "We use the pocket watch to return to the earth. Will the time when we return be misplaced?" Miller thought for a long time, and said to Cao Cang, "No." "I don't think so either." Dr. Jian also said. Cao Cang looked at Dr. Jian suspiciously: "Why?" "Because of the pocket watch." Dr. Jian said, "This machine is a very precise instrument, an instrument that can move in space. The operating principle of the pocket watch has exceeded the dimension that we humans can perceive. In the dimension of the pocket watch, the positioning between spaces It is a relatively simple distance. The same is true for time, they can accurately set the time of the earth when entering the alien sea." "So..." Cao Cang understood, "The Indians used their pocket watches to return to the earth again, and it was still four hundred years ago; Miller must have returned to the earth with his pocket watch after World War I; we Returning to Earth with the pocket watch in my hand, it must be after the 1980s." "There may be a slight error in this time, but it will only be delayed, not advanced." Dr. Jian said, "The passage of time cannot be reversed." Cao Cang said with a half-comprehension: "No matter how disorderly the reference time of the earth is in the different seas, as long as you return to the earth, you can still enter the time of the earth by relying on your pocket watch." "There is only one exception," Dr. Jane said. "Yes." Miller continued, "People and objects brought into the alien sea by the force of nature without using a pocket watch do not abide by this time rule." Miller said to the Spanish-speaking sailors: "Let them follow me. I will use their power to occupy the island and send them back." The sailor translated Miller's words. The Indian shook his head, and said a lot more. "They have to catch fish to go back." The translator said, "They said a lot of reasons, the general idea is that they must catch fish, this is the reason they entered the moon world. If you don't go back with the heart of the moon fish, There is no blood to be given to the stars of the plague—well, Venus. There is a very serious plague in their people, and their people are dying in great numbers." At this time, someone on the Indian fishing boat was shouting loudly.When the Indian priest on Miller's boat heard it, he was very excited and ran to the side of the boat, pointing his finger into the sea, shouting Indian words loudly. "Moon fish!" Miller's sailors also shouted. On the Indian's wooden boat, two small rafts were lowered, and five people stood on each raft.The Indians on the raft rowed vigorously toward the middle of the sea. Cao Cang saw nothing on the sea.After a few minutes, the raft reached an area.The Indians on the raft danced strangely and cheered loudly. The Indian priest on the boat cut his middle finger and thumb with a silver knife, and then kept splashing the blood from his fingers into the sea water. The situation on the sea changed, it was no longer calm, and the sea where the raft was sitting began to roll. The raft was swung away by the raised sea water, but the Indians on the raft did not give up and continued to paddle hard to that area. The surface of the sea suddenly parted, and a "hill" of narrow shape emerged from the surface of the sea. The top of this flaky "small mountain" that separates the sea is a long and narrow sheet, and the lower part is much thicker, but it is still long and narrow, and the whole body is black in color. After the "hill" moved on the sea surface for a while, it sank into the bottom of the sea again, and a huge vortex appeared on the sea surface. The Indians became even more crazy, biting their fingers one after another, splashing blood into the sea water. The "hill" protruded from the sea again. Cao Cang saw clearly, very clearly, this is a huge mackerel, more than ten meters long!The mackerel swims on the surface of the sea with its mouth open. The teeth in the mouth are evenly arranged on the upper and lower lips one by one, which looks very sharp. This is what the Indians call the moon fish. To remove its heart from the body of such a giant fish is simply a dream.Cao Cang wanted to know how the Indians did it. Miller didn't have as many thoughts as Cao Cang. He asked the Indian priest through the sailors whether he really needed the heart of mackerel. The answer is yes. Miller immediately commanded the gunners on the warship to fire on the mackerel.But the mackerel sank to the bottom of the sea before the shelling.A raft was overturned by the spray from the mackerel's dive. The Indians were terrified when they heard the cannon.Quickly gestured to Miller with his hand, and said something quickly. The sailor said to Miller: "Moon fish cannot be struck by lightning, they can only be killed with their spears and broadswords, and the hearts they get are useful. They can only defeat the moon fish through their own efforts, not by the power of gods. Catching the moon fish is itself a test for them by the sun god." Cao Cang saw that none of the Indians who were on the raft swam back, and no one called for help on the sea.Where are they, should be expected. Cao Cang couldn't help thinking about the huge lips and sharp teeth of the mackerel just now. The Indian priest was saying something to Miller. The sailor said, "They are going to the sea, and they are going to kill the moon fish. Please don't strike them and the fish with lightning... They think you are angry." Miller thought for a long time before ordering the crew to lower a lifeboat.The Indian was very happy and quickly jumped into the lifeboat.As soon as the lifeboat was on the surface they paddled cheerfully towards the mackerel with their oars, as if they were going not to die but to a festival. The Indian priest stood in the lifeboat while the other three paddled their oars toward the surface where the mackerel appeared. Cao Cang knew that mackerel must be a bloodthirsty fish.It smelled the smell of blood in the sea, of course it would not leave.That was the purpose of these Aztecs, who were determined to hunt mackerel even with their lives at stake. The mackerel on the bottom of the sea hadn't appeared for a long time, and Cao Cang guessed that after the mackerel had eaten several people, their thirst for blood had weakened. The Aztecs on the lifeboat and the raft began to shout hoarsely, shouting rhythmically, and their bodies jumped rhythmically with the shouting. The mackerel appeared again, this time with a large, toothy maw emerging first from the surface.Seawater flows down the sides of the fish's lips. The Aztecs on the raft pointed their spears at the mouth of the fish and poked them fiercely. The mackerel's mouth was closed and all the spears were lodged in the mackerel's teeth.The Indian tried desperately to pull back the spear, but in vain.The heads of the mackerel began to shake and the Indians let go of their spears.One of them reacted a little slower and was thrown into the air. With a cry of surprise, the unlucky man landed on the surface of the sea and struggled in vain on the surface of the sea. The mackerel swam to him and opened its mouth wide.Panicked, the unfortunate man tried to get away from the mackerel as best he could, and uttered a desperate cry for help. Cao Cang snatched the old-fashioned Mauser rifle from a person beside him, and quickly fired a shot at the mackerel.The mackerel was struck in one eye, snapped its mouth shut, and quickly devoured the hapless Indian.The mackerel sank again, leaving only a red swirl on the surface. "They have no chance of winning." Miller said to Cao Cang, "How can they hunt and kill such a big fish?" "They must have a solution," Cao Cang said. The mackerel never came up, just swimming in the water not too deep from the surface.Cao Cang could see clearly that the shadow of the mackerel was swimming in circles under the water, and it was just under the raft and the lifeboat. The rafts and lifeboats were tiny compared to the mackerel body! Cao Cang saw that the mackerel must be attracted by something so that they would not leave this sea area.Sure enough, the priest on the raft began to mutter something while throwing something into the water.This kind of thing is a powdery object, and it may be this object that melts in the sea water so that the mackerel cannot leave. Gradually, the mackerel's swimming was not as regular as before. There was something wrong with itself, and it came up involuntarily. Cao Cang saw a scene that he did not expect. The two Indians on the raft held up a long spear-this kind of spear is actually a wooden pole five or six meters long with a sharp point at the top.Holding the back end of the long pole, the two took two steps back on the raft, aimed at the back of the slowly rising mackerel, and then jumped into the air with the help of the elasticity of the wooden pole, just like a pole vault.When they reached the highest point in the air, they let go of the long pole, and the people continued to jump forward and landed on the lifeboat with great precision. Cao Cang was right. It was not the first time they had hunted mackerel, and they had a lot of experience. But there were no hunting tools they used to on the lifeboat.Now they are in the lifeboat, unable to continue the action just now. The two men who remained on the raft began to blow some kind of concealed weapon on the mackerel with their blowing pipes.There is no doubt that this hidden weapon is a kind of poisonous dart they used for hunting. This kind of dart must be very poisonous, even for a creature as big as a mackerel, after being hit a few times, its movements obviously slowed down, and its body began to turn over. The mackerel temporarily lost consciousness, and the Indians on the lifeboat saw the opportunity and jumped into the sea one after another and swam to the mackerel.They all took their short knives and slashed wildly at the mackerel.However, the mackerel's body is covered with thick scales, and they cannot stand stably, so it is very difficult to cut the mackerel. But the priest crawled slowly up to the mackerel's gills and slashed hard at the gills.They could see that they were in a great hurry and wanted to use the time to kill the mackerel. Their eagerness is justified.The mackerel slowly woke up. No matter how powerful the toxins used by the Indians were, they still targeted different receptors differently.With a body as big as a mackerel, this ferocious toxin can only temporarily stun it for a moment. Soon the mackerel was fully awake, and his body returned to normal, and the Indians jumped into the water again and swam quickly to the raft. The mackerel's consciousness was stimulated by the toxin, and it was temporarily unable to attack, but it had no intention of leaving.The toxin damages the mackerel's brain, making its movements sluggish and weird.It circled in the sea without any sense of direction, and the blood on its cheeks kept gushing out, staining the surrounding sea red. The Indians on the raft kept greeting Miller with their hands, as if expressing something.But Miller didn't understand what they meant for the time being. Cao Cang said: "They should be begging you to bring the warship closer to the mackerel. That's what their gestures mean." Miller said: "Not our warships, but their own wooden ships." Miller ordered it to be done. The intention of the Indians, Miller understood correctly.For they all cheered as the Indian's wooden boat approached. A long, thick wooden pole protruded from the Indian's wooden boat, and a rope hung from the top of the wooden pole.It appeared to be their rod with which they were going to catch mackerel. But the mackerel has been alarmed, how can it be caught. Cao Cang was still wondering, when he saw a bait hanging from the end of the rope.This bait is a big living person! The ankles of the Indian at the end of the rope were tightly bound by the rope, his body was hanging upside down, and he was holding a huge machete in his hand. The fishing rod moved near the head of the mackerel, and the Indian who had been used as bait slashed at the gills of the mackerel with a big knife in his hand.It appears that the gills of the mackerel are its lifeblood. The confused mackerel subconsciously opened its mouth and took a bite at the Indian on the rope, not very fast.The rod operator on the wooden boat moved the rod quickly, and the mackerel took a small bite. The rod moved again over the mackerel and the bait Indian was still chopping at the gills.The scales of the mackerel are very strong, although the gills are its weak point, but so many cuts have no decisive effect except to make the mackerel bleed more. The mackerel's sanity gradually became clearer, and his counterattack became faster.The battle between the Indians and the mackerel reached a stalemate.After a few rounds, the man who fell at the end of the rod line was a little slower to react and had his left arm bitten off by a mackerel. This man was very fierce. Even with one arm broken and bleeding profusely, he kept using his remaining hand to swing the machete at the mackerel.But it seemed that he couldn't hold it for long, and would soon go into shock due to excessive blood loss. But the fishing rod was not retracted.It seems that the Indians came to hunt mackerel without thinking about their own lives at all. "If this continues, we will all be implicated by these Indians." Miller said. Cao Cang didn't understand Miller's meaning for a while. "This is a dangerous sea area." Miller said, "Didn't you notice that the green algae have completely disappeared?" Cao Cang remembered that the ecological environment of Yihai was a little different from that of the earth.Certain species live in relatively isolated environments.That is to say, different biological groups have their own living areas relatively, and do not overlap with each other.The dangerous sea area that Miller mentioned should mean that there are fierce creatures similar to mackerel in the sea. Cao Cang guessed right.Because he immediately saw many dark shadows under the nearby sea water slowly moving towards the sea surface where he was.These shadows are large, bigger than a mackerel. "Giant shark." Miller said, "This kind of shark also exists on the earth, but it became extinct a few million years ago. I didn't expect that there are still a large number of different seas." "Have you ever dealt with these sharks?" Cao Cang asked, "Have you ever suffered?" "They're easier to deal with," Miller replied. "I'm afraid of another animal." "Is there any creature more powerful than this giant shark?" Cao Cang asked in horror. "Giant sharks have a low IQ, and relatively speaking, they are not that fierce." Miller said, "There is also a marine animal that once lived on the earth. Fortunately, they lived before humans appeared. Disappeared for a long time." "What creature?" Just after Cao Cang finished asking, he saw a huge shark jumping up from the surface of the sea in the distance. He said it was a shark but not exactly, because it was twice as big as the largest whale shark on earth.Although that thing is huge, it is not bulky. It jumps out of the sea more than ten meters high, covering the sky like a mountain! What frightened Cao Cang even more was that the body of this giant shark was only half in length!No, the body of the giant shark was thrown into the air! "Neptosaurus!" Miller said, "The scariest marine creature known to man, they should be a kind of dinosaur, and they will eat everything." Cao Cang didn't need to listen to Miller's introduction anymore. The scene in front of him made him understand the cruelty of this animal very well. Giant sharks are completely weak fish in front of Neptune. Although there are many of them, they are relatively scattered.Neptune is the natural enemy of giant sharks. This Neptune is killing a pack of giant sharks.Cao Cang discovered that Neptune's purpose of attacking the giant shark was not for food.It had just bitten off a giant shark in half, and then threw half of the giant shark's carcass into the sea. It's not hunting, it's playing! Neptune is now chasing the fleeing giant shark.Different from the hunting habits of carnivores on the earth, Neptune is chasing the most powerful of the giant sharks, unlike the carnivores on earth that only target the old, weak, sick and disabled individuals. The giant shark's IQ is not high, and it cannot attack Neptune in groups.The biggest giant shark was chased by Neptune, knowing that he could not escape, he turned around suddenly and took the initiative to attack Neptune's abdomen.Although the sea king dragon is huge, its body is very flexible. It quickly twisted its body and bit the tail of the giant shark. The two huge monsters sank into the depths of the sea together, disappeared without a trace, and formed a huge vortex.If there is no pocket watch, Miller's warship must also be swept into the depths of the strange sea by the vortex. The fight between the Indians and the mackerel continued, unaware of the approach of the Neptune and the giant shark.The giant sharks are bloodthirsty animals, they must have been attracted to this sea area by mackerel and human blood, and the giant sharks attracted the Neptune. Cao Cang had been paying attention to the fight between Neptune and the giant shark just now. When he returned to the fishing rod again, he saw that the Indian who had been tied to the fishing rod with a rope just now had only one bloody thigh left. The mackerel was wide awake and had already gnawed at Miller's lifeboat.The big waves it swam overturned the raft, and then it swallowed two people in an instant. "We need to help them." Cao Cang worried that Miller wanted to escape, and reminded Miller, "We can't leave." Miller said firmly: "The biggest difference between humans and animals is that we can cooperate with each other. Don't worry, I will not leave." Cao Cang was ashamed of his thoughts just now, so he said to Miller: "Let me go down, I will help them deal with the mackerel. They will not give up until they kill the mackerel." "Have you thought of a way to deal with mackerel?" Miller responded very quickly. "I need a few people, a weapon and a three-meter wooden pole." "It's the same as I thought!" Miller said with a smile, "If it weren't for you, I would have done the same." Miller picked three people to jump into another lifeboat with Cao Cang.Cao Cang rejected the Mauser rifle, which was useless on the sea because it was not waterproof and the time between shots was too long.Cao Cang believes that spears and machetes are still useful, and of course there is a three-meter-long wooden pole with sharpened ends. The lifeboat where Cao Cang was in was thrown into the air by the mackerel. This was not intentional by the mackerel, but after it was attacked, it went berserk, and when it saw an object on the sea, it was about to rush towards it. The lifeboat hit the water hard and turned upside down. Cao Cang and three others swam desperately to the raft with weapons. "Wooden pole, wooden pole!" Cao Cang shouted anxiously, "Don't drop the wooden pole!" The other three people understood what Cao Cang meant, grabbed the wooden pole and swam to the raft together. The mackerel swam towards Cao Cang and the other four. The Indians on the raft were not at all frightened, and jumped into the water to deal with the mackerel. By the time Cao Cang and others climbed onto the raft, all the Indians had disappeared, leaving only the furious mackerel swimming in circles on the sea.The eyes of the mackerel were completely blind, it could not see anything, it just swam on the surface of the sea by instinct, but did not dive. Cao Cang was thinking why the mackerel did not dare to dive, when he suddenly saw the blood on the sea surface beside the mackerel!The entire sea area turned bright red, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. The surface of the sea suddenly and violently churned.The sea king dragon and the giant shark rushed out of the sea from under the mackerel, and the two huge and ferocious monsters were entangled with each other, biting each other tightly. The giant shark and Neptune are fighting, and they don't care about other creatures. Neptune has completely gained the upper hand, even though its abdomen was bitten open by a giant shark.The giant shark clung to the wound on Neptune's abdomen, but its tail was completely bitten off, and the back half of its body was bloody.The giant shark is already on the brink of death, and its strength to resist is getting weaker and weaker. The blind mackerel bumped into Neptune's side indiscriminately, and bit the head of the giant shark violently, and the giant shark was completely dead. Neptune seemed irritated by the mackerel's unexpected behavior, and it let go of the giant shark, snapping back and biting the mackerel's back.Although the back of the mackerel is not a fatal part, the body of the mackerel cannot bend and circle like the Neptune, so it can only be held by the back of the Neptune for a while, and cannot resist. Neptune raised its head high, lifted the whole body of the mackerel above the surface of the sea, and then shook its head desperately.The mackerel's back was torn apart under the sharp teeth of the Neptune, and its body fell into the sea. Neptune's mouth opened and closed twice, swallowing the meat just bit off from the mackerel. Then he dived into the sea again and took a bite of the mackerel's head.The mackerel that had just been severely injured had no time to resist, and its entire head was bitten to pieces. Neptune killed giant sharks and mackerel in succession, exhausted a lot of physical strength, temporarily calmed down, but still floated on the sea, staring straight at the raft where Cao Cang and others were. Cao Cang knew it was resting, it had an IQ, and now it might be thinking about how to deal with the humans on the raft. There were only five people left on the raft, except for Cao Cang and Miller's three subordinates, the only Indian left was the priest.Cao Cang was thinking, what kind of attack would this huge sea king dragon launch?Did it swallow the whole raft in one gulp?Or overturn the raft and eat the humans who fell into the water one by one with ease? The priest wasn't frightened at all, and his attention wasn't even on the Neptune, but on the mackerel.He wants the heart of a mackerel. 木筏上的人已经和海王龙靠得非常近了，距离海王龙的嘴巴只有不到两米的距离，海王龙在无声无息地靠近木筏！ 海王龙的嘴巴突然张开，下唇浸在海面之下，上唇已经高出海面两米。 God!它就要咬下来了！ 翻滚着巨浪的海面上，一个巨大而恐怖的怪物张着血盆大口半潜在海里，几颗长长的獠牙交错在一排尖锐的牙齿之间，一个残破的木筏在海面上即将倾覆，木筏上的人手拿着长矛和砍刀，全身肌肉紧绷，准备进行生死决斗。 这就是异海！恐怖和不测交织在一起的异海！ 曹沧等待着时机。 米勒出手了，他的战船已经退到炮弹的射程距离，炮声过后，一发炮弹击中海王龙的身体。无论海王龙多么凶猛、庞大，但仍然是血肉之躯。炮弹少许偏了一点，从海王龙的身体下方划过，带走一片腹部的血肉。海王龙的腹部刚才已经被巨鲨咬伤，现在又多了一个巨大的伤口。海王龙感到疼痛，身体高高耸出海面，一堆像巨型轮胎一样粗细的东西从海王龙的腹部流了出来。曹沧知道那一定是肠子！ 海王龙身体又重重地摔到海面上，木筏被激起的海浪推远。 海王龙此刻彻底被激怒，但由于身体受了重伤，体力下降，活动的速度迟缓很多。 米勒的战船又开始炮击，这一发击中了海王龙的身体后侧。海王龙朝木筏游动的速度更加慢了。 木筏上的人看到海王龙渐渐逼近，都紧张地看着这个巨大的怪物寻找攻击的机会。 米勒的炮击偏了很多，因为木筏此刻正处在战船和海王龙之间，曹沧不敢回头看战船的方位。曹沧知道米勒一定正在移动战船，重新寻找炮击的角度。 海王龙的嘴巴再次张开，朝着木筏的方向胡乱咬了一口，刚好咬在木筏旁边，曹沧等人紧紧抓住木杆才稳住身体，没有被巨大的晃动甩到海里去。 海王龙的嘴巴又张大了，可这次并没有立即咬下来。 “就是现在！”曹沧大声喊道。 木杆被狠狠地送进海王龙的嘴巴，刺入上颚后部接近喉咙的地方，这让它暂时不能吞咽。曹沧和身边的一个人迅速跳入进海王龙的口中，又用木杆斜插入海王龙的舌头上。 由于接连的剧痛，海王龙本能地想要闭上嘴巴。由于海王龙上下颚的压力，木杆两边的尖头深深地戳入它的上下颚，海王龙暂时停顿了一下，但是随即又继续合拢。曹沧的反应稍微快点，借力跳入海水。但是另外一个人却被海王龙吞到了肚子里。 剧烈的疼痛让海王龙在海水里不停地翻滚，再也不能发起任何攻击。 曹沧的目的达到了，像海王龙这么巨大的生物对肢体上的知觉会迟钝一点，即便是感到疼痛也会有所延迟。这类大型动物最薄弱的位置在嘴里。现在木杆下端的尖头捅出了海王龙的下巴，如果曹沧预想的没错，上端也已经穿过了海王龙上颚的骨头缝隙，刺入海王龙的大脑。 现在海王龙的头部被木杆串起来，从它的动作来看，它已经受了致命的伤。 祭司把木筏划到海王龙的腹部旁边，木筏上的人，纷纷向着腹部的伤口疯砍。 海王龙的嘴巴再次张开。曹沧看到那根木杆正牢牢地刺在海王龙的上颚上，它的嘴巴里全部是血。海王龙扭头向木筏方向咬去，一口咬空，它的嘴巴又闭上了，这下彻底要了自己的性命。那根木杆深深地捅入海王龙的大脑，直接伤到了中枢神经。此刻海王龙的大脑已经死亡了，可它的身体仍旧能做出攻击的反应——尾巴横扫，把木筏掀翻。 这是曹沧始料不及的。后来他再次遇到卡林，对卡林提起海王龙的时候才得到了答案。由于大型恐龙的身体巨大，一个大脑不足以感知身体的所有感觉，所以它们的脊柱神经异常发达，取代了一部分大脑的功能。所以海王龙在大脑死亡的情况下，身体仍然能够存活一段时间，并且因为本能，会做出临死前的攻击。 海面上的人类都远远游开，看着海王龙在海面上毫无目标地用尾巴攻击一切事物。 十几分钟后，海面才重新恢复平静。 那个祭司，游到已经死亡的鲭鱼旁边，慢慢用锋利的银刀割开鲭鱼的腹部。鲭鱼的身体太大，曹沧游过去，给祭司帮忙。 在曹沧的帮助下，祭司钻进鲭鱼的尸体，终于把它梦寐以求的心脏挖了出来。心脏没有曹沧想的那么巨大，他很难想象一个如同篮球大小的心脏怎么能够支撑起这么大体型生物的血液循环！ everything is over. 大家都回到战船上，攻击鲭鱼的印第安人只剩下祭司，留在他们木船上的只剩下一个人，其他的印第安人都在刚刚结束的那场战斗中死掉了。 印第安人祭司走到米勒身边，把银刀举起递给米勒。 米勒明白，祭司一定是在向他求助，让他回到自己的世界。 米勒的战船在海面上漂浮了很多天之后终于迎来了季风。 船只快速在海面上行驶。印第安人的木船也维修好，可以独自随着米勒的战船航行。 曹沧现在和米勒无话不谈，米勒用他的实际行动，证明了他的人格魅力。曹沧不再怀疑米勒对那些偶入者的动机，他是真的承诺偶入者回到地球，并没有半分欺骗，即便是利用他们攻击小岛，也一定说清楚。 可是这次米勒接近裂缝并没有多大的收获，仅仅加入了两个印第安人，实力反而不如上次攻击小岛的时候强。 米勒已经能和印第安人的祭司勉强交流，让他明白想要回去只能去占领小岛。祭司对米勒非常崇拜，根本不需要这个交代。 曹沧在米勒面前提起他的疑虑，现在攻击小岛实在是没有任何胜算。 米勒说道：“现在我的力量比前几次强大了很多，以前我之所以不能成功，最大的原因在于不能让所有的船一次性进入那个界限。现在不同了，如果你站在我这边，我们可以利用怀表，同时进入三条船。” “可是现在你只有两条船。”曹沧问道。 “还有一条。”米勒回答，“我现在就去和他们联系。” “苏联人的潜艇！”曹沧大声说道，“你们已经碰过面了？” “是的。”米勒说道，“雷缪斯和我交谈过，可是他并不想回到地球。我没有把我的想法告诉他。如果告诉他小岛是让我们回去的唯一途径，我没有把握他们会不会用那种可怕的武器攻击小岛。” “你已经知道他们有核武器了？” “核武器研究本来就是我们国家最先开始的。”米勒说道，“时间又过了这么久，他们应该能研究出来了。” “看来，你对核武器非常熟悉。” “比你想象的要熟悉得多。”米勒说道，“我至少见过被核武器攻击过的残迹。” “你怎么会见过？”曹沧惊奇地问道，“美国人试爆核武器的时候，你已经进入异海。” “我见过的核弹爆炸后的地方，就在异海。”米勒说道，“我们现在就要去那个地方。雷缪斯和我约定，在那里碰头。现在他们就在那个地方等我们。” “那里是什么地方？” 米勒说道：“异海和地球最后一块共同拥有的大陆——亚特兰蒂斯。” 曹沧说道：“异海和地球究竟是什么样的关系？” 米勒说道：“我知道你的英语是临时训练出来的，很多深奥的术语，你一定不明白，我尽量说得浅显一点。” 米勒接着说道：“我是物理学家，如果我不是进入异海，而是继续在地球进行我的理论研究，也许我会走上另外一条道路。” 米勒说这句话的时候，摘下了头上的帽子斜靠在船舷上，脸上的表情变得深邃，完全是个教授的样子。米勒背后，茫茫大海正在翻腾，海平面在夕阳下映射出橘红色的光芒。 米勒开始慢慢说起来：“宇宙的产生就是个从无到有的过程……最初是个质点，然后这个质点用我们无法理解的速度膨胀（这是宇宙大爆炸理论的雏形，20世纪初已经有物理学家开始设想这个概念，米勒不知道在地球的20世纪80年代，人们已经逐渐接受这个理论。曹沧接受的训练没有这个深层次的内容，所以无论对于米勒还是对于曹沧来说，这个理论都是非常超前甚至科幻的设想）。我一直在想，是一种什么样的力量引爆了这个质点。这个质点在膨胀之前，究竟处于什么样的空间，也许根本就不是空间。因为那之前，还没有空间。总之，这个质点飞速地发展成了我们现在的宇宙。时间产生了，空间也产生了。可是这个过程，并不是仅限于我们能感知到的地球的范围。” “你的意思是说，这个质点膨胀后不仅仅只出现了一个宇宙，我们能感知到的宇宙，仅仅是其中的一个，异海所在的宇宙，是另外一个……哦，应该是同时分裂出了无数个宇宙，异海的宇宙也只是其中一个而已。”曹沧说道。 “你的说法只有一部分是正确的。”米勒说道，“质点的膨胀速度太快，空间的分裂就要慢很多，异海和地球以前就是同一个空间，它们是慢慢分离开来的。” “这就证明了异海的生物根本就和地球上的生物是一样的！”曹沧说道，“只是因为异海的时间相对地球缓慢，现在异海的生物在千万年前曾在地球上辉煌过！” “异海和地球完全分离的时间并不长，早期的人类保留了异海环境的记忆，异海和地球最后的联系，就是亚特兰蒂斯。在异海和地球从空间上完全隔离的时候……” “就像两个相互重叠的泡沫完全分离开来那样，”曹沧迫不及待地插嘴，“一个巨大泡沫渐渐分离成两个独立的泡沫，然后两个泡沫相互离开。这就是地球和异海空间的比喻。” “是个科学家对你说的吧？”米勒说道，“他能用这个作比喻，证明他是个很有学问的人。” “可惜他死了，不然一定和你谈得来。”曹沧说道。 “就用这个比喻吧，当两个泡沫完全分离的瞬间，它们之间的接触点会发生什么？” “当然有很大的震动！”曹沧说道。 “是的，这种震动就相当于核武器的作用。”米勒说道，“亚特兰蒂斯就是这个最后的接触点。这块大陆最终沉入异海的海底，原因就是巨大的震动，引起了大陆板块的地质断裂。” “可是小岛该怎么解释呢？” “小岛原本就是异海世界最高的山脉顶峰。”米勒说道，“小岛是异海的磁极，异海虽然和地球在空间和时间上完全失去联系，但是还有一种物理特性能够相互影响。” “就是看不见的电磁力。”曹沧明白了米勒的意图。其实这些理论，曹沧以前大致听说，只是米勒解释得更加详细。 “是的，异海和地球之间受到电磁力的相互影响，于是产生了无规则的裂缝。小岛是异海的磁极，所以有人在小岛上安了一个装置，留下一个通道，让地球和人类能有意识地进入异海……” “等等……等等！”曹沧忽然意识到了米勒语言中的一个漏洞。 米勒不说了，等着曹沧提出这个疑问。 “你刚才说，小岛上的通道是有人故意留下的装置？”曹沧惊愕地问道，“按照你的推测，这个装置是在很久之前异海和地球没有空间分离之前设置的，可是那个时间，也许那个时间还没有人类在地球上出现！” “从某种角度上说，他们才是真正意义上的人，而我们不是。”米勒说道。 “你到底在说什么？”曹沧说道，“我真不明白你的意思！” 米勒把他的怀表拿在手上，曹沧也把怀表拿出来。 “就算是人类目前的科技水平，你认为我们能制造出这个机械吗？”米勒说道。 曹沧听得脊背直冒冷汗，身体抑制不住地发抖。米勒现在暗示给他的信息实在是太恐怖了！一直自认为是万物之灵的人类竟然没有意识到还有一种更高级的生命在角落里默默蹲伏！而且这种高级生命一直在筹划着抛弃地球，进入异海！ “他们是什么？” “他们是人。”米勒说道，“我说过的。” “那我们是什么？” “我们就是他们。” 曹沧在这么短的时间内，连续接受了两个超级震撼的信息，脑袋一片混乱！无数个宇宙画面在他脑海里闪现，还有对人类生物的迷惑。这些问题，这些信息，在曹沧脑海里交织纠缠。 曹沧把头捧住，拼命地摇晃。 隔了很久，米勒说道：“我知道我们的国家为什么要选我。换别人，现在要做的就是自杀，这是真实发生过的事情。如果不是一个经历过战争洗礼，经历过无数生死考验的军人，根本没有强大的心理素质来接受这个事实！更不可能完成这个任务！” “约书亚、卡林他们这些共济会的人也是人类，只是和我们有一点区别？”曹沧问道。 “不仅仅是他们。”米勒说道，“还有很多，非常多，多到你无法想象的地步。只是有些还能保留一些古老的记忆，有些就不能。” “比如我们？”曹沧用手擦去额头上的汗水。 曹沧知道自己进入异海的任务已经不仅仅是国家要求的民族延续这么简单了。所谓的“民族延续”，已经远远超出了民族的范畴，而是整个人类！ 米勒看到曹沧的情绪有些失控，就不再对曹沧说下去，而是换了个话题，对曹沧说道：“我们已经到了。” “到了什么地方？” “亚特兰蒂斯的原址。”米勒说道，“它就在我们的脚下。” “那雷缪斯的潜艇呢？”曹沧说道，“在哪里？” “他们一定是走了。”米勒说道，“看样子，雷缪斯已经失约。” 曹沧显然还没从巨大的震惊中缓过神来。 米勒说道：“我带你去看看海面之下的遗迹吧，让你看看人类的文明并不是一个直线发展的过程。”