Chapter 708 Accident Crisis (asking for monthly votes)

Chapter 708 Accident Crisis (asking for monthly votes)

According to records.

The Age of Exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries.

At that time, South America was proven to be rich in gold, silver and other rare resources, so the Spanish colonists relied on powerful military force to plunder ship after ship of gold and silver treasures in the New World.

The Atocaf was one of them.

By the time of the War of the Spanish Succession, Atocaf was besieged by British plundering ships on its way back. At that time, it broke through with the sacrifice of the frigate and fled to the north Atlantic with a full ship of treasures.

Unfortunately, it encountered a hurricane on its way out.

Because the hull was too heavy and the sailing speed was slow, the ship was soon swept by the hurricane and eventually sank to the bottom of the sea with a full ship of gold bars, silver bars, emeralds and amethysts.

Because the age is too long, the exact location of the ship has always been a mystery.

The latest news is in 2021.

An underwater explorer named Barrick claimed to have found the location of the Atocaf by using sonar and sold the coordinate information to an ocean treasure hunting travel company.

It is the parent company of the Feiyue sightseeing submarine, Ocean Gate.

That's right.

This underwater sightseeing is the first time that Feiyue has been launched.

The company advertised that this is a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity". The Feiyue sightseeing submarine they customized with a military company can provide adventurers with "unparalleled deep-sea adventures".

A sufficiently exciting journey, coupled with the gimmick of finding historical shipwreck treasures.

Once the project was released, it attracted countless super-rich people and celebrities.

For example, the father and son.

The father of the man with glasses is Thomson, a well-known American businessman, and his son Bruce is just 14 years old.

And the couple who laughed at them.

The man with a short hair is Rustam, the only son of a wealthy oil businessman in the UAE. His model girlfriend Sumeiya is also from a simple background. His family is one of the richest families in the Middle East and has opened various companies.

In short, they are not short of money.

It is no exaggeration to say.

The wealth of the rich people in this submarine combined can almost buy a small country!

So

The interests involved behind this are enough to make people do something with this sightseeing submarine.

More than three hours passed.

As the submarine continued to dive, the color of the surrounding sea water gradually changed from dark blue to inky black.

The lights in the submarine looked particularly dim.

Reflected on everyone's face, they all showed different degrees of tension and anxiety.

Perhaps it was because the voyage took too long, or the dark deep sea had long lost the value of appreciating the scenery. The excitement of many tourists was gradually replaced by an indescribable sense of oppression.

"Woo woo woo..."

"Squeak..."

"Father, what are these sounds?"

14-year-old Bruce sat on the ground, hugged his knees, and seemed a little scared, so he wanted to relieve his inner tension through dialogue.

And the strange sound he mentioned has never stopped since the submarine dived.

This strange sound.

Distant, ethereal, weird, making people unable to tell the direction, as if it were the whisper of a devil.

"This is the sound made by deep-sea creatures. The speed of sound propagation in water is three times that of sound propagation in air, and the attenuation of sound waves in seawater is small. When the waveguide phenomenon exists, the propagation distance will be farther;

So the sounds we hear are likely to be transmitted from creatures thousands of meters away..."

Father Thompson patted the child's shoulder and explained word by word.

Gu Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.

It seems that this guy seems to know the ocean very well.

He was also the first person among many tourists to call out the name of "Greenland Shark".

"So, doesn't it mean that when sailing on the seabed, listening with ears can go farther than "seeing" with eyes?"

"You are right, sir, so submarines use sonar navigation underwater, which is to rely on listening."

Aside, another middle-aged French tourist interrupted curiously.

Because the space inside the submarine is very limited.

Excluding the control room and the power machinery at the stern, the activity cabin in the middle is less than ten meters, and the width is only 1.5 meters, so tourists can only sit side by side.

Perhaps out of boredom, more and more people joined the discussion.

And Thompson seemed to be happy to show off his knowledge of the ocean.

During this period.

Gu Ji once again observed the two "silent factions", the bald man and the black woman with long hair.

As always, they were silent.

The former was resting with his head down and eyes closed, while the latter was still staring at the deep sea outside the window in a daze. Neither of them had any intention of joining the topic discussion.

Gu Ji glanced at the time.

The time limit for the first task was getting closer and closer, which also meant that a real accident disaster could happen at any time.

Otherwise, the system would not be so bored as to issue such a simple survival task.

"How about finding a way to go to the control room?"

Gu Ji turned his head and looked at the white electronic closed door in the bow direction.

Behind the door were the captain, sonar operator, maintenance worker and other submarine staff of the "Flying Leap".

So, he made up his mind to get up.

"Hey! Be careful!"

"Mr. Gould, the bathroom is at the back!"

"Thank you, I'm not going to the bathroom, I just want to ask the captain something."

Due to the narrow space in the cabin.

Gu Ji could only carefully walk over the thighs of others, came to the door, and knocked gently.

"Captain, I want to know the progress of our current trip. Can I go in?"

"Oh, sorry, sir. The control room is a work area and is off-limits. But I have good news to tell you. We have dived to a depth of 3,700 meters and will soon reach the target area of ​​the sunken ship!"

"Captain, sonar detection..."

Just as the captain was answering his question through the loudspeaker.

In the background, an urgent report like that of a sonar operator suddenly came out.

So the captain hurriedly cut off the communication.

As a result, the next second, the hull suddenly shook violently.

Gu Ji's heart "clicked" and thought that an accident had come. He hurriedly grabbed the handrail on the wall next to him and squatted down to stabilize his center of gravity.

"Oh oh oh..."

"The vibration is coming! It's coming!!"

"Did you hear it just now? The captain said that we have dived near the sunken ship. Hahaha, it seems that we will be the first to discover the treasure!"

At the same time.

Other tourists in the cabin also felt the vibration.

But they were not afraid. Instead, they became excited because of the captain's answer that "the sunken ship is about to be found".

"Sorry, adventurers, we have detected that there may be turbulence in the sea ahead. We hope that everyone can hold on to the handrails on the boat arm and sit tight to avoid unnecessary accidents."

After a moment, the captain's voice appeared again.

But it was no longer important.

Because all the energy of everyone at this time was attracted by the treasure of the sunken ship.

Gu Ji narrowed his eyes.

I always felt that something was wrong.

Because he felt that the submarine seemed to be slowing down.

According to common sense, when a submarine encounters turbulence, it should increase the engine horsepower and leave as soon as possible.

Gu Ji was thinking in his heart whether to force his way into the control room to take a look.

As a result, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that someone seemed to be "staring" at him.

Following the source of his sight.

He saw a bald middle-aged man wearing a brown-green casual shirt.

Is it him?

The silent one.

Gu Ji trembled his eyelids slightly.

Since the submarine was launched, this guy has neither paid attention to the marine life outside, nor paid attention to the status of the submarine, nor participated in the discussion of other tourists.

Only at this moment.

Suddenly started to pay attention to me?

Gu Ji couldn't help but feel a little confused about this.

He just stood up and came to the door of the control room. Could it be that... this guy doesn't want me to get close to the submarine control room?

After thinking about it.

This is the only reason that is most sufficient.

Considering the influencing factors of the fallen level, Gu Ji decided to keep his tune for the time being, so he gave up the plan to force his way into the control room and stood up to the stern.

Along the way.

Naturally, he was inevitably scolded by several young people.

"I just want to go to the toilet, young people nowadays, hehe..."

Gu Ji laughed to himself twice.

Just as he walked to the door of the bathroom at the stern, he suddenly staggered and fell to the corner next to him.

Just when he was about to fall.

The bald middle-aged man who had been silent all the time suddenly raised his hand and grabbed his two shoulders.

"Sir, the submarine is encountering turbulence now, be careful."

"Thank you, oh, if you hadn't helped me, I might have fallen just now..."

Gu Ji took the initiative to shake his hand and sat down next to him.

That's right.

He deliberately acted out the fall just now, just to find a reason to get close to the other party.

Unexpectedly, he really found some clues.

From the reaction of this guy reaching out to help just now, the strength is definitely not like an ordinary person.

Sure enough.

When Gu Ji shook hands with him, he felt a thick layer of calluses from the other party's tiger mouth, index finger and other positions.

This shows that the bald man definitely uses a gun frequently.

Police, boat safety officer?

Or...

Terrorist?

Although this round of checkpoints is an accident disaster.

But man-made accidents are also included, just like the plane crash checkpoint in Mexico.

As for the first two, it is not impossible.

Just like airplanes and trains need safety officers and train police.

Although the passengers who participated in the deep-sea tour of the "Flying Leap" this time were all super-rich people and celebrities.

But after all, they were in a completely closed and narrow space, and it was a deep sea thousands of meters away from the mainland.

If something unexpected really happened.

With the presence of a safety officer, the scene can be quickly controlled to avoid more serious consequences.

"It's okay."

Just as Gu Ji imagined.

The bald man simply replied to him briefly with two words, and then continued to remain silent.

Just as Gu Ji was thinking about how to open the topic.

Unexpectedly, a number in the upper left corner of the field of vision

suddenly moved!

[Influence factor: 0.01! ]

What's going on?

What did I do, why did it suddenly attract attention?

Gu Ji was stunned.

I really couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. It couldn't be that there was a problem with talking to the person next to me!

Because the impact factor involves the issue of identity exposure.

Therefore, the moment the number changed, it really hit Gu Ji hard, so that he didn't dare to speak out the words he had prepared.

"Huh...why do I feel like the submarine has stopped?"

"Look! We seem to have reached the bottom of the sea. Something is glowing ahead!"

"God! I saw a huge black shadow. Could it be a sunken ship?"

"Where? Where?"

At this time.

I don't know who shouted first.

In a blink of an eye, the tourists in the cabin stood up and came to the observation window, wishing they could stick their eyes to the glass and stare at the outside of the boat.

Through the searchlight.

Everyone vaguely saw a layer of mist floating around the boat, like black satin in the deep night sky, delicate and soft, which should be the mud and sand stirred up by the submarine on the seabed.

Between this piece of fine yarn, there are many strange creatures emitting faint light, which look like corals and jellyfish.

And as the floating mud and sand around sank.

Thompson finally saw the huge black shadow that someone had shouted before.

Unfortunately, it was not the sunken ship of the Atocaf.

But a raised ridge.

"It seems that we have come to a seabed mountain range. Fortunately, the Leap has active sonar. Otherwise, sailing in such a crisis area without detection equipment, it is easy to hit rocks and trigger..."

Speaking to the end.

Thompson seemed to know that it was not a good thing, and hurriedly shut his mouth.

"There are mountains on the seabed? This is the first time I have seen it..."

"Don't you think it is more exciting? Undersea caves lead to mysterious spaces, shipwrecks, treasures, legends, hahaha, just thinking about it in your mind is very interesting!"

The only son of the oil tycoon with a short haircut, Rustam, became more and more excited.

Just as he said.

This deep-sea mountain range is dotted with strange rocks and caves.

The surface of these rocks is covered with traces of time, as if witnessing the changes of the deep sea, and those caves are like secret passages in the deep sea, attracting people to explore unknown areas.

"Captain, hurry up and take us to find the sunken ship!"

"Yes, Captain, hurry up, it's been almost four hours, I can't wait any longer!"

"Start the boat! Start the boat!!"

For a while.

Everyone was looking forward to the next show, and couldn't wait to urge the captain to move forward.

Under the increasingly intense booing of the crowd.

The "Leap" finally began to move slowly, but the speed was almost "slow" compared to before.

Rustam was originally irritable and did his own thing.

Seeing that the captain was always standing still.

He immediately broke through the crowd, came to the control room, and hammered hard on the door.

"Damn it! I told you to drive faster, didn't you hear me! So many of us spent money to squeeze into this small place, are we here to waste time looking at these broken stones!"

Unexpectedly.

The next second after he hit it.

A sharp sound that made people's teeth ache suddenly came from the bottom of the ship, and then the vibration instantly spread throughout the submarine, as if a huge force was shaking it violently.

The tourists were caught off guard and fell to the ground, losing their balance.

They screamed in fear and held on to the armrests of the seats tightly, trying to steady themselves.

Suddenly, the lights in the submarine went out.

The red alarm lights began to flash wildly.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"