Chapter 15 Chapter Thirteen The Storm

After Lao Yang's death, the negative impact on everyone began to be revealed. People on both sides of China and the United States began to alienate because of the language barrier, and then began to be wary of each other. Americans and Chinese no longer speak to each other. Cao Cang saw hostility in the eyes of the Americans.Cao Cang wondered if the Americans had planned to kick the Chinese out of this experiment. Cao Cang felt the pressure from Lao Yang during his lifetime.He wanted to take Lao Yang's place, but it was impossible.In fact, if you think about it in your own shoes, the task of Lao Yang participating in the experiment is to eliminate the barrier between the two parties.Now that this "bridge" was broken, the atmosphere on board became tense.

Lao Song began to complain that the food Karin distributed to the Chinese was left over from their meals. It was difficult for Cao Cang to explain to Lao Song. After all, people from the two parties are not eating together now, and of course it is impossible to see what other people are eating. All the fish were brought up from the sea by Kalin with long shovels.One fish is enough to eat several meals for the people on board, and it is difficult to achieve an even distribution in terms of distribution. Lao Song bewitched Ximei to go fishing in the sea, but Ximei didn't say anything.After Ximei caught the fish, Lao Song signaled to the Americans that they no longer needed their food.

So people on both sides fished and cooked separately, instead of eating food cooked in the same pot. This is a very dangerous start, and if it continues like this, people from both parties will have to divide the scope of activities on the scientific research ship.There is already a sign of this, and Lao Song is preventing Karin from fishing at the stern, and he is not letting Cao Cang go to the bow to fish with a long scorpion. Gradually, the Americans went to the stern less and less often, and the Chinese rarely went to the bow.Except for the common location of the dining room and kitchen, everyone seldom oversteps the threshold.

Cao Cang also followed the crowd, seldom talked to Americans, and seldom went to the bow.There were two or three times when Cao Cang and Ai Lun met and wanted to say a few words with gestures, but the original harmony was lost. If things go on like this, the Americans and the Chinese will clash sooner or later. Such worries were not superfluous. Within a few days, Lao Song and Joseph started to quarrel on the deck at the stern, and they were immediately stopped by others before they started.The two parties looked at each other for a long time on the deck. Now Americans have five, but Chinese only have four, including two women.The Chinese are clearly at a disadvantage.

"We must find a way to kill them all." Lao Song whispered to the other three Chinese after the conflict, "If we don't do it first, we will definitely be kicked off the ship by them." Ximei and Zhoujie didn't speak.Judging from their expressions, they thought Lao Song was too radical. Cao Cang now thinks that Lao Song's analysis is very reasonable.Now the relationship between the two parties is very tense, and any small matter will become a fuse, making the two parties completely hostile. Pre-empting talent is the key to survival.Now the hostility of the Americans is obvious. Without the "bridge" of Lao Yang, they must be like Lao Song, guessing about the Chinese.

The two sides are originally from different camps, and their cultures and personalities are completely different. There is no need for any reason for the conflict to occur.Elimination of dissidents is the reason.What is a dissident is someone who cannot communicate and compromise with himself.This truth has been proven countless times in human history. After more than ten days, the land still did not appear. Cao Cang also began to agree with Kalin's idea that there is no land in this strange sea.Now everyone's activity space is this scientific research ship. In this extreme environment, the instincts of human beings and animals are beginning to be revealed.Competing for living space is the instinct of animals.

Cao Cang began to carry the pistol left by Lao Yang with him at all times. Lao Song found Cao Cang again: "We must do it." Cao Cang was noncommittal. "I just want to live." Lao Song said, "I don't have so many lofty ideals. My ideals were completely shattered after the last experiment. What is working together and helping each other are all false. To live is to truth." "Why are you so excited?" "Have you ever thought about it," Lao Song said, "Now our environment is relatively stable and food sources are abundant... But when food is scarce, for example, fish in the sea are no longer so easy to catch... This situation is very serious. It could happen..."

"Did you also encounter this kind of situation in Lop Nur?" "Almost, but what we are fighting for is water. You know, there was water at the beginning, and then... there are only two people left. The two of us no longer disappeared inexplicably, and we stayed together for a long time, but Xiao Liu , he secretly drank my water while I was sleeping. We haven't been able to find a water source for a long time..." "So you killed him." "He must have killed someone. He has no scruples. If he doesn't die, I will die. He will definitely kill me for the water on my body."

"So you killed your last teammate in order to drink more water." Cao Cang knew why the country sent people like Lao Song to participate in this experiment.Whether Lao Song killed his teammates, the superior may not be sure, but the superior must have seen Lao Song's way of thinking that he will do anything to survive.In Yihai, survival is the most important thing.That must be the purpose of the experiment. In the face of cruel reality, all ideals and doctrines are pale and powerless.The country got Lao Song into this experiment because it took a fancy to Lao Song's strong desire to survive and his character of being able to do anything to survive.

Lao Song is definitely the best candidate to participate in the experiment. Cao Cang thought that Lao Song must have been a well-mannered scientist before he participated in the Lop Nur experiment.But Lop Nur's experience revealed his instinctive character.In the extreme environment of Lop Nur, his inner character is no longer suppressed by the social order. If this person is in society, he may become a very dangerous person, but here in Yihai, he has become an undisputed strongman.Lao Song is likely to be the last person to survive in Yihai. battlefield! Cao Cang remembered what he did on the battlefield. Many times, when he faced the Vietnamese people face to face, there were women, children and the elderly among them. If he had hesitated a little, he would have become a martyr long ago.Cao Cang understood that he and Lao Song were actually the same kind of people.Cao Cang had to admit that Lao Song's proposal was very reasonable.

A large-scale conflict between a large number of ethnic groups needs to go through a long period of sporadic friction, and finally all the contradictions erupt together.And if the number of people in the group is small, the process of accumulating conflicts will not take so long.If there is a fight between two people, it is often just a disagreement, and they start to fight. In the current situation, there are not many people on both sides, and mutual communication is basically cut off.Maybe next time, if the people on both sides have a dispute again, they will fight to the death. Lao Song is suggesting to Cao Cang how to deal with the Americans.At first, Lao Song suggested that the Americans should attack suddenly while they were asleep.However, this method was rejected by Cao Cang. The Americans were on duty at night, which was not easy to do. "Then secretly poison their food." Lao Song stopped talking as soon as he finished speaking. In this vast ocean, there is only such a boat. Where can I find poison. Or you can count on catching poisonous fish in the sea, but Karin is a biologist, and it is more likely that the Americans will use this method to deal with the Chinese. "Your gun...the pistol that Lao Yang left for you..." Lao Song said, he finally talked about this. Cao Cang understood that what Lao Song said before was nonsense, and he just wanted to mention this gun in a roundabout way. "Unless it is absolutely necessary, you can't use this," Cao Cang said. "You just give me the gun." Lao Song couldn't restrain the expectation on his face.Lao Song could tell that Cao Cang was still hesitating, that Cao Cang was still trying to bridge the gap between the two parties, and didn't want to really take the step of fighting. Cao Cang pressed the pistol to his waist subconsciously.Seeing this action, Lao Song said angrily, "You still don't believe me." Cao Cang said: "This gun should be an American, maybe Johnson gave it to Lao Yang. Do you think it is possible for the Chinese to bring the weapon to the ship?" "I don't care about that much anymore." "This shows a problem. The Americans don't want to maintain an antagonistic attitude with us." Cao Cang said, "We should find a way to communicate with them." "You are going to die, don't drag me!" Lao Song no longer concealed his inner thoughts, "If you don't deal with them, we will only die." "You are holding a gun, not only to deal with the Americans." Cao Cang said coldly. "What do you mean?" Lao Song's voice was much louder, "What do you mean, I'm helping you with all my heart, and you think so." "Have you thought about a problem?" Cao Cang said, "Since the Americans can give us pistols, they are sure of it. This shows that they have more weapons." "Then what to do, then what to do?" Lao Song was rubbing his hands.He was determined to kill, but was stopped by Cao Cang with reason, and he didn't know what to do for a while. Cao Cang said: "What we can do now is not to intensify the conflict." "You mean, wait?" "In this strange sea, who knows how many powerful creatures there are, and how many dangers we have to face. Wait for the next time..." "You...you are right, I read it right, you are the most powerful person on this ship." Lao Song said, "We will attack suddenly while the ship is in chaos." Cao Cang didn't know what to do, after all, the two sides hadn't reached the point of death and death, but if it really came to that point, the Chinese side would have no chance at all. Cao Cang and Lao Song stayed at the stern of the boat, silent for a while, watching the vast sea quietly. At this time, the sky changed, and the clouds in the sky were moving rapidly, which was very obvious.The black cloud covered the sky behind the starboard side of the ship, and chased the scientific research ship very quickly. Before the black cloud arrived, suddenly, a strong wind blew over with a whistling sound. Cao Cang immediately ran towards sister Zhou and Ximei's cabin, but sister Zhou was already on the deck. "What's going on?" Cao Cang said, "Didn't you say that there are no ocean currents or monsoons here?" "I can only speculate based on what I saw." Sister Zhou said, "Before this, I was right, but now I know that the climate in Yihai is very extreme." "What do you want to say?" "Our original environment, I'm talking about the ordinary marine environment, how many days is the longest without rain or wind, and how many days is the longest with storms?" "You are an expert in climatology," Cao Cang said, "Why do you ask me?" "It has been about a month since we came to Yihai. There is no wind, no waves, and even the clouds don't move." Sister Zhou said. "what do you mean……" "Correspondingly," Sister Zhou said, "It's just that the Yihai is dead. If there is climate change, we can't measure it according to the ordinary climate of the earth." "Is this what you call extreme weather?" "This climate is just a reference to the Earth's climate." Sister Zhou said, "Before that, the storm was about to be as violent as the calmness of the sea. How long the storm will last as long as the sea is calm .” Cao Cang already fully understood what Sister Zhou meant. Even if sister Zhou didn't say that, Cao Cang knew how severe the storm in the different sea was: the black cloud hadn't completely caught up with the scientific research ship, and half of the sky above the ship was covered by the black cloud.But the sea has begun to boil. The Americans began to run on the boat in a panic again.Joseph and Joshua went to the rudder cabin, Carlin and Allen were in the engine room, Joey ran to Ximei and gestured to Ximei, apparently asking Ximei to help them command the ship.Now the only person on board who has rich sailing experience is Ximei. Before Cao Cang took part in this experiment, he had never been at sea, let alone encountered a sea storm.At the beginning of the experiment, I entered the huge vortex, and then came out and encountered a tsunami.Haiyang gave Cao Canglin the first blow, and made his fear of the sea firmly embedded in his heart. But then, the strange sea was very calm again, except for the vicious large fish, the ocean itself did not pose any threat to the scientific research ship.Cao Cang gradually forgot his fear of the great power of the ocean.Now, the ocean has finally torn off the veil of calm, revealing a hideous face.Sea water is everywhere, and the turbulent waves on the sea surface rush to the deck over and over again, intertwined with the majestic heavy rain in the sky.It is no longer suitable for people to stand on the deck, but now there is no leader telling everyone to go to a safe place. The Americans ran around the deck in a panic, must be dealing with some malfunction in the hull. When Cao Cang saw Alan running, he was thrown on the deck by a wave, but Ailun immediately stood up and went to the stern to anchor. Cao Cang wanted to help, but he didn't know what to do.Cao Cang and Lao Song held fast to the fixed objects on the boat to avoid being thrown out by the bumpy hull. It was getting darker and darker, but I could still barely see things around me.At this time, a bolt of lightning struck down, and the space around Cao Cang suddenly became bright.At this moment, the light of lightning shone on Lao Song's face. There was an expression of ecstasy on Lao Song's face. It seems that Lao Song is going to take advantage of this opportunity to start dealing with the Americans. Not long after, Cao Cang saw Alan running to the rudder cabin in a panic again. When he ran past Lao Song, Lao Song rushed towards Alan and pushed Alan into the sea desperately.Allen was not prepared, and most of his body was vacated beyond the railing of the ship's side. The instinct to survive made Allen hold on to the railing tightly, no matter how hard Lao Song tried, Allen just wouldn't let go. Another wave hit, and both Ai Lun and Lao Song almost fell off. Lao Song choked on water and coughed, but he still didn't relax his hands, and was still trying to push Alan out. "What are you waiting for!" Lao Song shouted to Cao Cang while coughing.Cao Cang hurriedly staggered to their side. Cao Cang picked up Alan's legs and sent them outside the railing.When Ai Lun's body fell out of the railing, Cao Cang saw Ai Lun's eyes. There was no pleading in Ai Lun's eyes, but he was surprised. He didn't believe that Cao Cang would treat him like this. "Come on!" Lao Song shouted, "Push him down, and we'll go to the engine room to deal with the other one." At this time, Cao Cang was heartbroken and hit Lao Song hard on the bridge of the nose with his elbow.Lao Song fell backwards.Cao Cang hit hard, Lao Song temporarily lost consciousness. "Thank you." Allen rolled in from the railing. Cao Cang suddenly changed his mind at the moment of lightning and flint just now, not only because he saw Alan's eyes.Instead, he saw this violent ocean, a boundless ocean, vast and vast, and the scientific research ship was extremely small in the ocean.In this environment, if he really followed Lao Song's idea, even if he survived, so what.If Lao Song's idea is successfully implemented, the most likely ending is that he will kill Lao Song himself in the end, and then drift alone in this empty ocean. This experiment must trust each other to be successful.Even if you don't trust each other, you must cooperate with each other. Failure to cooperate means the failure of the experiment.This is why Lao Song's experiment in Lop Nur failed. Cao Cang figured it out. It's not that the Americans can't do it, but they knew it a long time ago, so they haven't kicked the Chinese away. Cao Cang and Allen worked together to lift Lao Song into a cabin and tie Lao Song inside. When Cao Cang and Ai Lun walked onto the deck again, sister Zhou was standing on the deck. "Go back to the cabin!" Cao Cang shouted to Sister Zhou. "You are indeed an American spy." Sister Zhou said bitterly, "You have won." Cao Cang couldn't explain to Sister Zhou now, so he and Allen walked back to the rudder cabin.Sister Zhou looked at Cao Cang with disdain, and walked back to the cabin. When Cao Cang and Allen arrived at the rudder cabin, they saw Ximei directing Joseph to steer the scientific research ship in the direction of the scientific research ship, so that the scientific research ship rushed into the oncoming waves at an angle of forty-five degrees as much as possible. The scientific research ship stood upright at an angle, almost perpendicular to the sea level.Cao Cang felt that the boat was about to be overturned by the waves. However, the scientific research ship is still insisting on confronting the wave, climbing to the top of the wave bit by bit. "Come on, come on." Cao Cang shouted silently in his heart. Everyone on the boat was silent, just like Cao Cang, staring at the waves.Suddenly, the bow of the ship suddenly began to drop, and after a while, it fell vertically into the sea water ahead, and then immediately rebounded from the sea water. This wave passed, but tens of meters away, another wave rushed towards the scientific research ship. Sister pointed in the direction with her finger, and Joseph obeyed Sister's command.This time the bow of the boat was not facing the wave at the same angle as before, but kept parallel to the wave.Cao Cang didn't understand why Ximei wanted to command like this. Didn't this make the scientific research ship kill itself? But Cao Cang knew Ximei's intention immediately.The wind direction on the sea suddenly changed. Two opposing hurricanes collided head-on, creating a swirl, which also drove the sea water to rotate.The sea was torn apart by the wind, the waves scattered, and the scientific research ship spun and fell. Ximei still calmly directed Joseph to adjust the direction of the scientific research ship.Now everyone has no doubt about Ximei's ability. Her sailing experience far exceeds that of Lao Yang, and she can predict the change of wind direction. The scientific research ship is temporarily safe, and the next wave is still some distance away from the scientific research ship.The wind was blowing harder and harder.Joseph understood what Ximei meant. The boat was racing quickly against the waves behind her. Ximei was waiting. She was waiting for the waves to catch up and find a chance to escape. Huge waves were chasing the scientific research ship, the top of the waves had curled into an arc, and the tail of the scientific research ship was raised.Under Ximei's gesture, Allen quickly ran back to the engine room.The power of the scientific research ship was increased to the limit, and the hull began to shake violently. The direction of the scientific research ship has been adjusted. It is no longer perpendicular to the waves, but along the slanted line of the waves. With the help of the waves themselves, it travels obliquely in the waves. The top of the waves has rolled over and covered the top of the scientific research ship. . However, the scientific research ship got out deftly before the top of the waves weighed down.The crest of the rolling waves was still chasing the scientific research ship closely, everyone was extremely nervous, the waves rolled behind them, forming a hollow, like a big mouth, chasing the scientific research ship, trying to swallow it in.Several times, the waves have successfully covered the scientific research ship, but the scientific research ship still rushed out of it. The boat is full of water.In this situation, Cao Cang can't use all his skills.Only Ximei is the real leader on the boat. Although Ximei's face remained calm, Cao Cang saw that Ximei's shoulders were trembling.She is not as calm as she looks.Americans are very skilled in operating ships.Joseph executed Ximei's instructions as quickly as possible. I don't know how long it has passed, it should be a long time, ten minutes, or twenty minutes... Cao Cang has been unable to accurately grasp the passage of time in such a dangerous environment. "This way, this way!" Ximei jumped up suddenly, pointing to the front right.This direction is the direction in which the waves cut across.Joseph carried out Ximei's order without hesitation, and the bow of the scientific research ship slanted to face the waves again. Only then did Cao Cang see that there was also a huge wave coming from the front left, but it was not parallel to the wave on the right. This wave suddenly appeared from everyone's sight. When everyone can see clearly, the waves on the left are more than ten meters away from the scientific research ship.What method did Ximei use to predict this sudden wave in advance? Everyone knew what would happen if the two waves collided head-on.If the scientific research ship still maintains the direction just now, there is no way to break through.However, the two waves converged in front and collided with each other, forming an angle. This angle was approaching the scientific research ship at an incredible speed. At this time, the scientific research ship increased its horsepower and rushed towards the angle. This is the only way, Ximei is gambling, she hopes that the strength of the two waves will reduce each other, so that the scientific research ship can take advantage of it.This approach is absolutely forbidden in the common sense of navigation.But who can find a better way out?Cao Cang had no time to think about how the scientific research ship would withstand the attack of these two huge forces. The scientific research ship was thrown high up.Everyone is temporarily weightless, and at this moment, time seems to stop.When everyone fell heavily to the ground, they regained their awareness of the surrounding environment. The boat didn't capsize, Ximei won the bet! The first thing everyone did when they stood up was to run to the door and look at the waves behind them. The two waves were biting each other, rushing into the range of tens of meters of each other, trying to engulf each other, like two huge dragons, quickly They are entangled together, arousing huge energy, and then twist and sway.The waves of water hit each other, making a "rumbling" sound, which surpassed the sound of the storm. Like everyone else, Cao Cang narrowly escaped death, and now he knows that this scientific research ship is by no means as simple as it appears on the surface.This is a small ship that has been carefully refitted.This refitted scientific research ship can withstand the test of harsh environments.If you change to a normal-sized ship, you will definitely not be able to withstand such strong winds and waves. Now, there are no longer the huge waves that cannot see the edge just now.In its place is uncountable turbulence.The wind direction is completely chaotic, and the hurricanes from all directions bring up the waves, one after another on the sea. The hurricane became entangled, and some parts of the sea sank into huge potholes. At this time, an even more chilling phenomenon happened: a tornado appeared on the sea surface, and the tornado sucked the sea water up from the sea surface, forming dozens of hundreds of meters of water. Some of the water columns are slender, some are thick, and the nearest one is more than ten meters away from the scientific research ship. Ximei and Joseph quickly changed the direction of the ship, trying to get out of the tornado.The hull evades left and right among numerous tornadoes... If a scientific research ship is involved in such a tornado, it will definitely be pulled into the air.Cao Cang remembered what Sister Zhou said, knowing that this climate will last for a very long time. Facing such a harsh environment, can the people on board persevere?