Chapter 16 Chapter Fourteen Monsoon

The scientific research ship has to avoid countless tornadoes, and also has to avoid some bottomless deep holes on the sea.Every second, the scientific research ship is facing the danger of imminent disaster. Two days and three nights passed, and everyone was exhausted.The environment on the sea has not changed.The shaking of the scientific research ship's hull began to become more severe, and some noisy sounds of metal tearing and friction could even be heard. Not to mention that people can't support it, the scientific research ship is also on the verge of falling apart. Everyone didn't eat for several days and only relied on drinking water for maintenance. Their physical exertion was approaching the limit.It could be seen on everyone's faces that everyone was about to give up.

Cao Cang asked Ximei, "How long can you hold on?" "I can't hold on now." Ximei said with a wry smile, "Everyone just give up." Cao Cang held Ximei's shoulders and shook them twice, staring at Ximei. "I don't want to be so tired anymore." Ximei said, "Why should my family bear this. It's too unfair." "Even if we die, we can't die in slack." Cao Cang said, "Since the country has chosen us, we can't let the motherland down." "In this place, who knows what we are doing. No matter how hard we try, who will understand?"

"Ourselves." Cao Cang said, "That's enough." Ximei, who barely pulled herself together, persisted for another day.This day is a very critical day, because, starting from the second day, the manic ocean finally began to weaken its strength.There were fewer tornadoes on the sea, and only the most powerful water columns appeared alternately. The sea is much calmer. Everyone began to take turns to rest.Joseph signaled to Ximei that she could rest for a while. Ximei lay down on the deck and fell asleep immediately.Ximei slept for several hours, and when she stood up again, Cao Cang couldn't hold on anymore, and fell asleep while sitting half-sitting against the bulkhead.

Cao Cang's sleep was very quality, he didn't dream, and he made full use of the rest time to recover his physical strength. There are still rough seas on the sea now, but compared to before, the power of the waves is no longer so disorderly and chaotic.The tornado on the sea still existed, but there were only a few huge water columns left. Some water columns facing each other were pulled by the surrounding hurricanes, shattered and turned into rainwater.The water columns in the same direction gradually merged. In the process of fusion, the water columns slowly contacted each other, collided with each other, and twisted into weird shapes.After a long period of adjustment, part of the volume was lost before being integrated into one.

The wind on the sea finally turned in one direction.At this time, the largest water column also fell sideways to the water surface and disappeared into the vast ocean.The main directions of airflow have been determined.The sea water on the sea surface is flowing rapidly, and the sea water where the scientific research ship is located is like a rushing river, moving forward. Now there is no need for the power of the scientific research ship itself, and the ship moves very fast, flat and stable at first.Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, except for Ximei and Joseph, everyone sat down. Sister Zhou said to Cao Cang: "It turns out that the ocean current here is intermittent. It rises with the monsoon and stops with the end of the monsoon."

"So complicated?" Cao Cang said. "Wrong!" Sister Zhou said, "On the contrary, the flow and cause of ocean currents here are much simpler than those on Earth. Ocean currents on Earth are not only affected by climate factors, but also affected by the salinity of seawater. Here, at least From now on, it just moves with the flow of the atmosphere." "The hurricanes and waves we experience are the changes in ocean currents in different seas?" "Yes." Sister Zhou said, "Maybe, the whole Yihai is like this now. The monsoons in different directions drive the sea water to flow. This is the climate characteristic of Yihai. When it is calm, it is the Dead Sea. When the monsoon starts, the ocean currents across the ocean."

The Other Sea is not the Dead Sea. Cao Cang vaguely knew the purpose of this experiment. The countries in the world who can grasp this secret must want to develop their own power in this alien sea. This is geopolitics. The different sea is the new continent that human beings are looking for, no—it is the new ocean. At this time, the sea began to be different, and there were fish everywhere.Driven by the current, all kinds of fish swim quickly.These fish, like scientific research ships, follow the ocean current and move forward.Many fish jumped out from under the sea surface and soared into the air.

Some fish even jumped onto the deck of the research vessel.There are also descendants of some large reptiles, which occasionally surfaced and collided with the scientific research ship several times. Fortunately, Joseph avoided it in time. These animals are not aggressive, all of their current behaviors are only one, moving forward with the ocean current, moving forward... Americans also understand this.Although they don't have a climatologist like Sister Zhou, everyone understands the phenomenon in front of them. This ocean current is an important link for the survival of all living things.

"Those dead fish," Carlin said, "the layers of fish carcasses floating on the sea surface, they died not strangely, they were squeezed to death. There are too many creatures in this ocean. In the environment of the Dead Sea, there is no convection. For this reason, the living space of creatures becomes narrow. In the narrow space, creatures gradually lose their diversity. This is not the most severe reality, but the creatures in a space will become more and more More and more, overcrowded, weaker organisms cannot survive. And the survivors who supported them waited for this ocean current, which drove the creatures in the sea to another remote place in the ocean, and different The blending between species actually expands the living space. This is also the selection of biological species by the environment, and the organisms that can adapt to this climate are the masters of this ocean."

"Our earth is a crowded and narrow space." Sister Zhou said to Cao Cang indifferently. "So we can't squeeze to death on the earth." Cao Cang said, "That's why the country sent us here." Cao Cang heard Karin continue to talk: "Humans have become the top of the biological chain on the earth. As a species without natural enemies, the biggest threat to survival is its own number. Nature will subtly limit the reproduction of such creatures. For example, the large cats on the earth, the genes of the creatures will make their reproductive ability drop rapidly, and the creatures at the bottom of the biological chain will use their huge reproductive ability to maintain the population continuation."

"But human beings are different. Humans have overcome this law. At the top of the earth's biological chain, they can multiply their own population indefinitely. This is absolutely against the laws of nature. There are only two means for human beings to survive-either consciously control The number of their own population. This is what the Chinese are already doing. There is another way, which is to expand the living space. If it is not for the geographical discovery of the age of great exploration, Europe may have already fallen. The ocean we are in may be The next new continent." Cao Cang could tell from the shocked expressions on the faces of the Americans that they, like himself, had only now truly understood the ultimate purpose of this experiment. "The continuation of the nation. The continuation of the nation." The officer's words rang in Cao Cang's ears again.There is also the old man who met Cao Cang in the mysterious building, the old man who grasped the direction of the country, and his expectations for Cao Cang.Cao Cang is vivid. Yes, this experiment is a war, and it is a war whose time is infinitely stretched.The nations in the world that can continue to this day all began to expand their living space in the era of civilization and enlightenment. The entire history of the development of human civilization is a process of competing for living space.This kind of behavior of competing for living space is absolutely exclusive and self-interested.If it is not a last resort, they will never cooperate with each other. Now the three countries with the most comprehensive strength on the earth have fully realized this and have taken action. The different sea is the next battlefield for the continuation of civilization.Cao Cang now fully understands the purpose of this experiment. Everyone on the scientific research ship, as well as the typhoon nuclear submarine lurking in the depths of the sea, are the pioneers dispatched by China, the United States, and the Soviet Union to the different seas.Now Cao Cang can barely deduce the process of this experiment from planning to implementation based on the clues he knows.The Americans must have found the way to enter the different sea first, but to complete the experiment, there was an important person missing. Coincidentally, this person was a descendant of the Cao family.When the Americans were secretly looking for the descendants of the Cao family, the spies hidden in the US intelligence agency discovered the importance of this experiment.Perhaps this spy is the person in charge of the search for the descendants of the Cao family.So the Chinese side also knew the importance of the experiment, obtained some experimental data, and conducted similar experiments at XX University and Lop Nur.However, the experiment failed. China knew that it could not complete the experiment with its own strength, so it turned to cooperate with the United States, hoping to use the resources and technological strength of the United States to complete the experiment.Because of the descendants of the Cao family, the Americans can only agree to China's request.China knows that with its own strength alone, even if the Chinese enter the different seas, they will not be able to maintain their advantage.In this way, it is necessary to bring in a country that can contain the United States.This country must also be strong and hostile to the United States, so that the weakest Chinese power can benefit from the struggle between the two big countries.Is there a better option than the USSR? Driven by the ocean current, the scientific research ship moved forward quickly.Ximei and Joseph took turns commanding the ship.A few days have passed, and now it's time for Ximei to rest. Like everyone else, Cao Cang relaxed and went to sleep in his cabin.After waking up, Cao Cang went to see Lao Song.Lao Song has now been untied, but the Americans are still locked in the cabin and will not let him out. When Lao Song saw Cao Cang, he cursed bitterly: "Traitor!" Cao Cang wanted to explain to Lao Song, but Lao Song turned his back and ignored him.Cao Cang turned and walked out, just in time to meet Zhou Jie coming in with food, accompanied by Karin and Joey.When Sister Zhou saw Cao Cang, she raised her head and showed disdain for Cao Cang. Cao Cang walked to the side of the boat, held onto the railing with both hands, and looked into the distance.Cao Cang found that 50 to 60 meters away from the scientific research ship, there was a series of vortices, not too big, and the thickest was only a few meters, but there were many, arranged in an irregular line, with no ends visible on either side. Just when Cao Cang felt strange, the bow of the scientific research ship began to shake from side to side.Cao Cang noticed that the current on the sea surface became chaotic again, disturbing the direction of the scientific research ship.The scientific research ship drove in the direction of these vortices several times, and then barely reversed its direction and turned around.It seems that Joseph has realized the danger and is trying to adjust. Looking around, Cao Cang could faintly see the direction of the current on the distant sea, which was also flowing rapidly, and the direction was just opposite to the ocean current where the scientific research ship was located.The edge where the two ocean currents intersect creates countless small eddies. It seems that the ocean current is very wide, so wide that when Joseph was sailing, he could not notice that the direction had deviated from the exact center of the ocean current. It seems that in this different sea, the flow of ocean currents is not much different from that of rivers. The closer to the edge, the more unpredictable the direction of water flow.In the central part, although the flow rate is faster, the flow direction is very stable. Joseph, who understood this, relied on the power of the scientific research ship to gradually drive the scientific research ship back to the center of the ocean current.After Joseph gradually understood the current characteristics of this ocean current, he turned the scientific research ship in another direction and gradually approached it.His purpose is obviously to calculate the width of ocean currents.Cao Cang was also secretly estimating it based on the speed and angle of the ship. This ocean current should be tens of kilometers wide.Only such a huge ocean current system can support the exchange of biological species in the entire different sea. Cao Cang saw the birds again.A flock of overwhelming birds flew in the sky far behind the stern, following the direction of the monsoon wind over the ocean current.This flock of birds should have started late, and they flew very fast. With the help of the monsoon, their speed was far faster than that of the scientific research ship, and they flew to a place not far behind the scientific research ship. Now Americans also see birds in flight.Except Allen and Joseph, everyone gathered at the stern to watch the seabirds. Carlin once said that because there is no land in this alien sea, it is impossible for birds to evolve.Now everyone wants to prove that Carlin's inference is wrong.Because everyone is hoping in their hearts that there is land in this strange sea. The flock of birds flew closer and closer.As they got closer, everyone realized that the densely packed birds suddenly began to gather, forming a triangle from a scattered team, and the sharp corner of the triangle was facing the direction of the scientific research ship. When the top bird was less than 100 meters away from the stern of the scientific research ship, the humans on board finally understood the intention of the flying bird: they were tired from flying and could not wait to find a place to stay, and the scientific research ship was what they were looking for point. The first few birds had already flown to the scientific research ship, but instead of standing and resting on the deck, they began to frantically attack everyone on board. Everyone was caught off guard and was thrown onto the deck by these birds. Karin hugged a seabird with his hands, held it vigorously, and handed it to his eyes. "They're not birds!" Carlin screamed in panic. Without Karin's reminder, Cao Cang also saw that these were indeed not birds, they were fish—flying fish. This ocean, which is completely different from the earth, has evolved flying fish that can fly in the air for a long time.These flying fish still retain some of the characteristics of fish.They have no feet, and the wings on their backs are derived from fish fins. Even if these fish have lost the ability to dive into the seabed, they should be able to live on the surface of the sea, but why did they fall on the scientific research ship? This question was immediately answered. Countless sea fish have now surfaced, waiting for the tired sea fish to land.Some impatient big fish jumped several meters from the water and bit the flying fish from the air.The fish waiting for the flying fish all come up, waiting for a feast. More and more flying fish flooded onto the scientific research ship, and each one was very fierce, everyone was bitten.After Cao Cang tried his best to pull the flying fish off his body, he found severe pain in several places on his body.But more flying fish pounced on them again.The black flying fish has completely enveloped the scientific research ship. Fortunately, these flying fish have no legs, and after being thrown away by people, they cannot use their feet to chase and bite people.Moreover, they were all tired, and after falling on the deck, they could only rest. Only a few strong flying fish could bounce up from the ground and fly a certain distance to pounce on people. Everyone ran into the wheelhouse and closed the door.There are more and more flying fish flying on the scientific research ship.The scientific research ship is hard to bear weight, and the draft is very deep. Everyone barely looked out from the glass where the flying fish were lying on their stomachs, and saw that more flying fish had already landed on the surface of the sea.They can swim, but they have too many natural enemies on the sea surface, and when they fall on the sea surface, they become food for aquatic organisms. Are these flying fish that choose to fly to the scientific research ship to rest, do they have the survival instinct of sea fish, or do they have some kind of wisdom?Where would they end up without a research ship? What happened next gave everyone a clue.On the left and right of the scientific research ship, several giant creatures slowly rose from the bottom of the sea. "Floating dragon." Carlin said, "I have seen their fossils, but they are not so big." Cao Cang didn't understand the name of Fulong, but he understood what Karin said later. "Don't worry," Carlin said to Joseph, "They're not carnivores." "Here, who knows." Joseph still insisted on grasping the direction, trying to avoid these large animals rising from the bottom of the sea.However, these animals are indeed very gentle, and they are also avoiding the research ship during their ascent. There are more and more floating dragons coming up, and their sizes are getting bigger. The back of the largest floating dragon floats on the sea surface, and it is 20 to 30 meters long.Around the big floating dragon, there are several smaller ones of the same kind, ranging from a few meters to more than ten meters. It seems that the mother beast is leading the cubs. All the flying fish in the sky landed on the backs of these floating dragons.The backs of these floating dragons are very broad, like small reefs floating on the sea. They maintain balance and move forward smoothly on the turbulent ocean currents. The flying fish on the scientific research ship also started to leave, flying to these floating dragons. Flying fish on the scientific research ship gradually decreased.Everyone can clearly see the sea.Except for the flying fish that had no physical strength to fly and remained on the deck, the other flying fish were transferred to the backs of these floating dragons. After hesitating for a while, everyone walked out of the rudder cabin and began to clean up the dying flying fish left on the boat into the sea. Cao Cang saw that those flying fish that successfully flew to the back of the floating dragon swallowed heavily on the body of the floating dragon. Could it be that Fulong is so altruistic, offering his own body to the flying fish?When everyone was wondering, a not-so-big floating dragon floated towards the scientific research ship. Cao Cang saw clearly that what the flying fish ate was not the body of the floating dragon, but the shellfish parasitic on the floating dragon.The floating dragon must have been tortured by these parasitic shellfish for a long time, just like the ringworm on humans.And flying fish are their partners in eliminating these shellfish. No wonder these flying fish flew to the scientific research ship desperately, and bit the human beings as soon as they saw them. It turned out that they thought the scientific research ship was a floating dragon.This kind of cooperation between creatures does not know how many years it has lasted. This strange phenomenon aroused everyone's curiosity, and they all waited and watched.Half a day passed, and the rested flying fish began to take off again.The floating dragon on the sea also began to dive. Some floating dragons came up and floated smoothly on the sea.Cao Cang was wondering, when he saw another group of flying fish flying over in the sky behind the scientific research ship. It seems that the creatures in the different seas are also working hard to continue their own species. Many flying fish are looking for a suitable foothold.The floating dragons on the bottom of the sea rose up one after another.One is bigger than the other. "What's the maximum size this animal can grow?" Joy asked Karin. "The one we saw was more than 30 meters long." Karin replied, "Maybe this is the biggest one." "Then how do you explain this one?" Joey pointed forward. Everyone followed Joey's pointing and looked over: the sea ahead was churning, which was completely different from other sea movements.A long strip of black object has been faintly revealed. This floating dragon is too big, obviously over a hundred meters, far beyond the size of other floating dragons.The flying fish in the air also gathered together and flew towards this "floating dragon". But when this behemoth emerged one meter high from the sea, everyone realized that it was definitely not a floating dragon. This is a fusiform object with a very even arc, not in the form of a creature.This is a man-made product - the Typhoon nuclear submarine of the Soviets! They finally showed up. The Americans finally saw this huge nuclear submarine clearly.After a while of panic, the five Americans said something tacitly to each other, which seemed to be an agreed code word.Then they entered the cabin where Allen was, and drew out their weapons.It turned out that these weapons had been hidden inside the scientific research ship. It seems that the Americans will only take out their weapons when they are at the stage of battle.After Cao Cang saw it, he was secretly startled.These are heavy weapons. Allen and Joey skillfully put a machine gun on the bow; Joseph carried a box of bullets; Joshua carried the M72-750 rocket launcher; distance. Cao Cang has received intensive weapon operation training, and was very surprised at their proficiency in operating weapons.Cao Cang can also see from his own war experience that they are a well-coordinated combat unit.It seems that the Chinese are really too careless to them.Unexpectedly, these scientists with their own academic specialties are also well-trained soldiers.The Americans were much more prepared for this experiment than Cao Cang thought. Cao Cang began to rejoice that he did not follow Lao Song's temptation to attack the Americans.Maybe fighting alone and attacking suddenly, Cao Cang can eliminate one or two Americans in the shortest time, but seeing how proficient the Americans cooperate with each other, Cao Cang knows that he will never gain the upper hand in the end. The weapons and equipment that the Americans are taking out now look like they are ready to fight.What kind of enemy were they preparing these weapons against? It should not be the Soviet nuclear submarine, because these weapons are too childish to deal with nuclear submarines.Not to mention the typhoon nuclear submarine with a length of more than 100 meters.It seems that the Americans did not expect the Soviets to intervene at the beginning of the experiment. Now the Soviet submarine must be very clear about the position of the scientific research ship.They should have followed the scientific research ship all the time, hiding under the sea surface of the scientific research ship. When they first entered the different sea, because of the vibration of the space and the shielding of the electromagnetic force, they did not act rashly.When they were bewitched by monkfish, they floated on the surface of the sea, and Lao Yang tried to get close to them.Until now, Cao Cang still hasn't figured out what the purpose of Lao Yang's approach to the Soviet nuclear submarine is. The Americans held their weapons and looked at the submarine nervously. The atmosphere was very tense.Cao Cang couldn't help but look towards the sea, carefully watching the movements on the sea.If a fast water line rushes towards the scientific research ship, it means that the submarine is launching a torpedo to the scientific research ship. But this worrying thing has not happened for a long time. This situation of continuous high tension brought everyone close to collapse.However, Allen and Joshua did not take the initiative to launch an attack. They had a very accurate judgment of the situation, knowing that the current situation was completely in favor of the Soviets, and an active attack was undoubtedly seeking their own death. The submarine maintained the same speed as the scientific research ship, neither approaching nor leaving. The Soviets must have been watching the research ship.What are they still thinking about, why not attack?This kind of sudden meeting, in the environment of the Cold War, and under the circumstances that they cannot communicate with each other, will definitely lead to fighting. The minutes passed and the Soviets did not attack. Suddenly, Joey realized something, and hurried to the captain's room.A minute later, Joey ran back to the deck and spoke to Joshua very quickly. Cao Cang was a little far away and couldn't hear him clearly.But Cao Cang heard a few words, which repeatedly appeared in Joey's mouth: "SOS, SOS..." Cao Cang was extremely shocked. The Soviets on the submarine were calling for help!