Chapter 39 There is something wrong with your island!
Regarding what Chen Mo said, old sailors are very disdainful. Are you kidding me? When I was running on the sea, this kid was still breastfeeding. How can I not understand what the sea conditions are like?
Look at the clear blue sea and clear sky, with no waves, and the rippling sea breeze does not look like a storm. As for lightning strikes, let alone lightning strikes, where is the thunder?
Several grumpy old sailors were already preparing to ridicule Chen Mo during dinner. However, before dinner was ready and the Endurance was less than an hour away from the coastline, the originally clear sky suddenly changed color.
, the calm sea seemed to have changed its face, the waves kept hitting the side of the ship, and the whole ship suddenly began to shake.
"This is unscientific!"
The sailor in charge of the lookout had a look of disbelief on his face. The ship seemed to have crossed an invisible dividing line, with calm waves on one side and rough waves on the other. Although the Endurance can fully withstand the current sea conditions, who knows whether the situation will be more serious?
"This is really weird!"
Some crew members had already taken out their crosses and started talking to God.
"Don't panic, we are professionals!"
After all, Ross was a veteran who had been on the battlefield. He immediately showed the momentum of a leader and all the crew members took their positions, preparing to weather the storm and dock the ship offshore.
In the cabin, Chen Mo was still concentrating on making ammunition. He was originally worried about the shortage of bullets, but after learning from Jonah that the captain secretly prepared several large boxes of NATO standard bullets on the ship before landing, Chen Mo no longer panicked.
, with a hundred bullets in hand, he still has to worry about who to kill first. With a thousand bullets in his hand, then the rain and dew will be evenly distributed, and everyone will get one round. If there are ten thousand bullets, tell me, how many bullets do you want to shoot on which part of the body?
An eye?
Laura, who had gone out to see the land, returned to the room excitedly, then pointed to the door and said.
"That's Yamatai, right?"
"Yes!"
Chen Mo felt the ominous aura on the island from afar. It was a power he couldn't describe, but it was extremely uncomfortable for the few holy lights he had just awakened. Chen Mo estimated that this was Yamatai.
It was caused by the queen's magic, but it's strange. You said she knew magic. In the Three Kingdoms period, she would send envoys to Cao Wei and take the initiative to be her younger brother. How mysterious would the Three Kingdoms period be?
"I knew my judgment was right! I see how Dr. Whitman continues to preach in front of me!"
Laura didn't feel any discomfort, but was very happy. The funding for this scientific research ship came from the family of Laura's Japanese friend Samantha, and the leader of the scientific expedition was a well-known middle-aged man in the archaeological field.
The doctor, named Whitman, has made many achievements in the archaeological history of East Asia and Southeast Asia, but he is very utilitarian and has a very flexible moral bottom line. He and Laura had a dispute over the ship's sailing route before, but Captain Conrad supported Laura
, so Whitman, who felt his face was damaged, had been huddled in his room for the past few days, preparing to hold back his anger.
But before he could hold it all in, the Endurance had already approached the ancient country of Yamatai, and was now chopping through the waves, trying to find a way to reach the island through the increasing wind and waves.
The closer to the island, the greater the amplitude of the waves. Coupled with the rumbling thunder in the sky, Ross suddenly retreated. The Endurance was an old ship, and it was really difficult to face the double attack of thunderstorms and wind and waves.
live.
There was a leak in the house, but it rained all night. Soon the engine room came to report that water was found in the ship's hull. The leak is currently being plugged, but it is not clear how effective it will be.
"Then we return?"
Some crew members suggested that since we now know its location, we can completely prepare the ship and come back next time.
Ross had this intention, but Whitman, the nominal leader of the scientific expedition team, rushed into the bridge to express his objections.
"I have been waiting for this day for a long time, and now there are only the last ten nautical miles left. Captain Ross, think about what we will get. Isn't the title of Captain Conrad Ross, who discovered the legendary lost ancient country, not good?"
“But the sea conditions are complicated!”
"Yes, but that's why we invited you here! It's because of you that we are not afraid of complicated sea conditions, isn't it?"
Whitman was also a mature doctor, so he knew that at this time, he had to adopt a two-pronged approach, tempting and encouraging at the same time, so that Ross could no longer bring up the idea of returning, so he could only nod and express that he would give it a try.
Then bad news kept coming, undercurrents, storms, and lightning strikes took turns. The Endurance was pushed by the ocean currents and gradually approached Yamatai.
"This damn ocean current!"
Ross no longer hesitated and ordered the ship to return, but before the ship could turn around, several lightning bolts pierced the clouds and mist and struck the Endurance.
Seeing the antenna exploded, everyone on the bridge was stunned. They had never seen such an outrageous situation in decades at sea.
What's even more outrageous is that when she found out that the Endurance wanted to leave, Queen Yamatai did not respond. She directly called for lightning and started to chop the ship. The water leakage of the Endurance, which was struck by lightning, became even more serious, and even debris on the deck started to fly due to the lightning strike.
On fire.
"Wang Defa!"
“This island is really evil!”
Ross remembered what Chen Mo said again, and immediately asked someone to invite the other party to see if he had any ideas.
"Go to the island, the other party's attitude is so clear, then we must accept it!"
Although Chen Mo was smiling, his tone was particularly murderous. Ross glanced at him, then ordered to move forward at full speed and prepared to anchor offshore.
It was found that after the Endurance resumed its previous course, the waves and mines had decreased, but they still landed beside the ship from time to time, seeming to intimidate the people on board.
Ross personally took the helm, carefully avoiding the rocks and shipwrecks on the shore, and slowly sailed into a bay. Some of the bays here are sheltered by cliffs, making it a good harbor.
Under the thunder, everyone saw a dilapidated port deep in the bay, with several dilapidated warships and other ships moored at the port.
"Have we traveled through time?"
A sailor with a background in the navy clearly saw the general appearance of the warship. It was an artillery warship with several large parallel forts. Although the specific model was unclear, any fool knew that this ship had withdrawn from the navy of various countries.
"This may have been a military port for the Japanese Navy in World War II, but it was later abandoned!"
"But it's impossible to just leave the warship here for scrap, right? These Japanese are so unprofessional!"
As an old Navy man, Ross looked down upon these foreign seniors.
But no matter what, the Endurance is safe now, and the deep-water port is enough for it to berth. As for the rest, we can only wait until dawn.