185. Sword and Shield
Almost at the same time as the warning was broadcast, the Yamal suddenly accelerated and tilted.
This giant 20,000-ton icebreaker is trying to make a turn like a motorboat. It is not difficult to imagine that the first officer is in the steering gear room fully controlling the steering of the ship to avoid something unknown and necessarily huge.
A few seconds later, Caesar and Abbas saw the thing. It was a large black ship, driven by the ice storm, sliding along the ice and crashing straight towards them!
Visually, the displacement of that ship is slightly smaller than that of the Yamal, but it is still like a black iron wall when it comes across.
If the visibility was good, the Yamal could definitely change its route in advance to avoid it, but the opponent was hidden in the ice storm and had already taxied directly in front of them when it appeared on the radar.
"Oh my God!" Caesar whispered.
When they boarded the ship, Rybalko also used the Titanic as an example, saying that the tragedy of the Titanic would never happen to the Yamal, because this ship was built to smash icebergs.
But the giant ship that could smash icebergs now encountered a steel obstacle.
"Run!" Abbas shouted.
No matter how much the Yamal changed its course, it was impossible to avoid the ship approaching at high speed. After it turned, it faced the ship sideways. In less than half a minute, the side of the ship where the Sunshine Hall was located would have collided with the ship.
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It is not difficult to imagine the result of such a collision. Icebreakers all have a hard bow, but the armor on the side walls is weak. The hull structure on this side will collapse, and all watertight compartments will not be saved. The cranes, antennas, flagpoles, etc. above the deck of the opposite ship will be damaged.
The protrusions will also penetrate the cabin on this side of the Yamal like a dense array of guns.
Caesar and Abbas rushed out of the Sunshine Hall almost side by side and ran wildly in the passage.
The safest place is below the deck on the other side of the ship. The hard hull can serve as their shield.
"Snow!" Abbas ran a few steps and suddenly stopped.
Caesar was stunned and understood immediately.
Xue has always lived in the medical cabin, and the plexiglass compartment has a locked door. Neither Rybalko nor von Schneider wants this little girl whose origins are not yet clear to wander around the ship.
At this moment, everyone on this side of the ship should have gone to the other side of the ship to avoid danger, just like Caesar and Abbas, except for the little girl.
But there was no way for Caesar to think, ‘It’s not too late to save that little girl.’ Abbas had already climbed over the railing and jumped down, and the medical cabin was still a few floors down.
The noble prince's moral standards could not allow Caesar to fall behind Abbas, so he climbed over the railing and followed.
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Von Schneider rushed into the steering gear room with Fingel. Rybalko had already arrived first, and the first officer controlled the ship's steering wheel.
Rybalko stood by the side window, looking at the rapidly approaching black ship with menacing eyes.
"Power cabin! We need more power!" Rybalko yelled.
"The power output has exceeded the upper limit, and the reactor may overheat at any time!" The first mate's face was covered in cold sweat.
The reactor on the Yamal is powerful, but at this moment they are surrounded by several meters of ice. Even if the power output is adjusted to the maximum, the speed is still not optimistic.
The ship on the opposite side was gliding along the ice, and the speeds of the two were simply incomparable.
On the screen, the computer was constantly calculating the Yamal's trajectory and estimating the probability of collision.
The probability was always above 70%. Rybalko tried every means to avoid it, but they didn't have much time left.
"Can we withstand this level of impact?" Von Schneider asked in a low voice.
"The opponent's tonnage is close to ours. Even if our ice-breaking armor is thicker, it must be severely damaged." Rybalko looked grim.
The result of severe damage can be imagined. This almost indestructible ship will sink into the vast sea of ice. They don't have to wait for a rescue ship. There are few ships in the world that can sail along the Yamal's channel.
If the ship doesn't sink quickly, they have a chance to abandon the ship and get on the ice, but that would make them food for polar bears.
This is the territory of the God of Death. The reason why they can remain calm along the way is because of the warm nuclear reactor, but they will soon lose it.
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Caesar and Abbas rushed into the medical cabin. Xue was wearing a small white skirt and standing behind the plexiglass wall of the operating room.
Abbas kicked the plexiglass wall, but the wall was much stronger than he thought, showing no signs of damage, and it also caused severe pain in his ankle.
Caesar took out the Desert Eagle without hesitation and shot at the plexiglass wall, but the bullet only left a white crack and crater.
Caesar was stunned and couldn't understand why there was such a sturdy operating room on this ship. It was a scientific research ship before and then a gambling ship. It did not need an operating table for dissecting aliens.
Abbas looked around, found a long-handled wrench, weighed it, and smashed it against the glass wall with all his strength.
This time the plexiglass wall shook slightly, and cracks appeared.
"Get out of the way!" Abbas pounded the glass wall hard and talked to the snow inside.
When he has free time these days, he will come here to chat with Xue for a while. She actually knows a little bit of English.
Xue's expression was calm or dull, "God has come to kill me, you should leave quickly. If God kills me, everything will be fine."
Abbas was stunned and couldn't help but shudder.
Snow had said something similar before. Abbas could probably be understood as ignoring the sequelae of "traumatic mental disorder", but it was really weird if you think about it carefully.
What is the probability of encountering a hulk in the Arctic Circle? In the ice storm with extremely low visibility, the hulk came to the Yamal like a ghost.
This girl was cursed, because she had been to God's place, and God was going to kill her. If she was killed, no one would be able to find God's territory again.
God doesn't have to come singing whale songs herself, she can bring a hulk to sink them.
Before he could clear his mind, a black shadow flashed next to him. It wasn't a loud bang, but the entire plexiglass wall was instantly covered with cracks. It only took a light kick to completely remove it.
Kicked to pieces.
Abbas and Caesar were stunned, looking at the figure that suddenly appeared, it was the girl wearing ski clothes and a red scarf.
"There is no need to repeat the nonsense." The girl's eyes and brows were cold and deserted, "The one who kills is the god!"
"Cool!" Caesar's eyes lit up, then he took a step forward, picked up the snow and threw it on his shoulder without any explanation.
Abbas also came to his senses and smiled involuntarily.
He has been suspicious recently because he has something on his mind, but they have traveled thousands of miles to come to trouble the 'gods'. What curse are they afraid of?
For thousands of years, the violent members of the secret party have been doing the same thing. Whether they are gods, ghosts or dragon kings, all mysterious things that threaten the existence of the human world must be killed by the sword.
They are walls and gates, standing between the human world and the unknown world, and they are also muskets and cannons.
But now, when they were hesitating, it was a fragile-looking girl who woke them up. This was really shameful.
"Would you like to bring your toys?" Xia Mi looked back.
She was talking about the grenade thrown in the corner, which Snow had been holding in her arms like a teddy bear for the past few days.
Chapter completed!