Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 163 Packaged Things

The experience of riding on the back of a whale is fresh enough. It is big enough to carry us without any effort. I have only heard that dolphins can save people, because dolphins are not fish, they are also mammals, and small dolphins are prone to drowning when breathing Therefore, the dolphin family will carry the baby dolphins out of the nature of protecting their young. Over time, they like to carry floating objects on the sea.

Of course, this is the explanation of biologists, but it is a little strange, because it is not uncommon to be rescued by dolphins in shipwrecks, and many people who have experienced it have described it.In the process of floating in the sea, after being discovered by a dolphin, the dolphin will attract other partners by calling, and then either carry or push people away. The strangest thing is that they will push people ashore. to the nearest island.

If it is only out of the nature of protecting young, then how do dolphins know how to send people to the shore to save people?It's always been a puzzle, but it's odd enough that we weren't rescued by a dolphin, but by a whale.Professor Lin touched the humpback whale with a smile and said, "It's repaying its kindness."

At this moment, a round of red sun finally jumped out of the sky, and the place where the sea and the sky meet in the distance is full of rays of light. We lost our way at the moment, and we can only roughly judge that we are going to the south by the direction of the sun.

Counting the time, due to the repeated tossing, the time is a bit chaotic.Professor Lin and Carp made a rough estimate of our voyage time. If we want to go back to the Bohai Sea, we need at least one day and one night's journey, because we deviated from the channel due to the storm, and then boarded the USO and were rushed to the sea. South brought out most of the night.

Although there is a humpback whale carrying us at this moment, it is an animal after all, and it is impossible to change its direction according to our wishes, but it is heading southwest.

Professor Lin said: "To the southwest, near the North Pacific Ocean, that piece of water is very suitable for the survival of humpback whales, so it will always drive there. It may not be easy for us to make it turn around. Moreover, it can Camel us for one day, but not for two days, sooner or later it will leave, we have to think of a perfect plan."

I said: "At sea, there is nothing else to rely on except ships."

Tofu said: "Don't mention the boat, I'm scared when I hear the boat now, why don't we ride Xiao Hei to Time and Space Island."

I said: "Okay, then you can first ask Xiao Hei if he agrees, and you will receive a lower fee." Tofu touched his nose awkwardly. I originally hated iron but steel. The more unreliable it is, and he is about to be educated, but Professor Lin said: "Xiaodou's idea, you can try it."

Not to mention me, the rest of the people were stunned, so Professor Lin smiled and said: "The direction the humpback whale is going to is similar to the direction of Time and Space Island. It happens to be on the way. Since you can't go back, it's better to go forward. And The chances of being rescued are higher when you go to Time and Space Island, and there are more ships near that area."

Tofu was supported by Professor Lin, and he immediately became proud, saying: "The hero sees the same thing, but I heard that Fusang people like to hunt and kill whales, right?"

Professor Lin nodded and said: "Not only Fusang, some European countries also like to hunt whaling. This phenomenon is relatively rare in our country. There are many places in the sea around Fusang that set up whaling nets." Mouth, no more words.No amount of discussion at this moment is superfluous. After all, we are all riding on the back of the whale. It is free to swim wherever it goes, unless we roll off its back.

Since yesterday during the day, we have been cut off from fresh water. We ate raw fish and drank fish juice from traveling fish, and there was not much fish juice. We were already hungry at this moment.I can bear the hunger, but I can't bear the thirst. I just feel like chewing sand in my mouth. Tofu even wants to drink sea water.

Sea water is salty, and it will only make you thirstier, and people's physique is not suitable for drinking sea water.

We shut our mouths and stopped talking. The more we talk, the faster we become thirsty. In silence, we let the humpback whale carry it. It will dive occasionally, probably looking for food, but it won’t take long We loaded up again, so our clothes didn't have time to dry.

Since fishing gear and other things have already been lost with the shipwreck, even if we are in the sea, we have no way to catch fish. We can only stare at the occasional fish that jump up on the sea surface.The tofu was all about thinking about eating, and soon came up with an idea, took out an iron braze, tied the clothes into four knots on the iron braze, made a simple fishing net, and salvaged it all afternoon. By luck, we caught a fish that was about 12 centimeters long. There were [-] of us in our group, and a small portion of this fish was enough to fit between the teeth.When night fell, the humpback suddenly stopped swimming and dived underwater, and did not come out for more than half an hour.

The sea water at night was icy cold, and Tofu shrank his neck and said, "Xiao Hei probably won't go to sleep."

Aying said: "Probably not. I heard people say that whales have three postures when sleeping. One is vertical in the sea, the other is lying flat in the sea, and the third is left and right brain alternately. Half sleep and half wake up, one eye Open, close one eye, and swim while asleep."

Tofu said: "Maybe it adopts the first sleeping position."

I said: "Don't think about the worst, it's an animal after all, we more than a dozen living people, can we still count on a whale to live? Swim by yourself, I hope there is a reef or a small island nearby." Hearing this, the carp seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "I don't remember any small islands or reefs in this sea area...but there is a place where we may temporarily rest for the night."

Gu Wenmin asked: "Where is it? There is such a place to rest, why didn't you tell me earlier."

Ah Ying seemed to have thought of something, covered her mouth and said, "Ah, you said that place...that place is too evil, I can't go there."

Evil door?I said: "What kind of evil is not evil, let's make it clear, it's not a problem for us to soak in the sea."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Yu said, "Actually, if our ship is not damaged and sails according to the original course, we will be able to pass that place on the fourth day, which is probably not far from where we are now." It is only after the explanation that we know what the so-called evil door is all about.

To say this, we have to mention the landform environment of the ocean.

Many people may think that the closer to the middle of the sea, the deeper the sea. In fact, this is a wrong statement. The depth of the sea is related to the environment at the bottom of the ocean.Yang Fang's Wang Qi cheat book says: There are mountains in water and dragons, and they come from Kunlun.What this means is that there are not only mountains and dragon veins on land, but also mountains and valleys in the sea, and the birthplace of water dragons in the sea comes from Kunlun Mountains.

The ancient people did not have diving equipment. How did they know the topography of the seabed? That's all.Therefore, it is not that the closer to the middle of the sea, the deeper the sea water is. If the middle of the sea happens to be a place with higher submarine mountains, it will become a shallow water area instead.

Ships usually go around that place, because of the ebb and flow of the sea, if one is unlucky, it is easy to run aground there. Over time, there are many rotten ships that have accidents in that place, and the ships are layered on top of each other. When it came out of the water, it formed such a strange place.

Of course, there is no USO in that place, and people on the boat have seen it more or less, but the reason why they dare not approach it is that the area is very evil, and some curious people have been there before, and they will get sick after returning to the boat, so some people I think that place is not clean, but it is more said that there may be some kind of virus in that place.

In the sea, intestinal diseases and parasites are more likely to be infected, and then there is sepsis. The rest of the viruses are not easy to spread because of the salt content of seawater.We are now floating on the sea, with nowhere to rely on, and our feet keep hitting the water. The longer we soak, the greater our physical exertion. While talking about that evil place, while watching the humpback whale, we still haven’t seen it come up for a long time, maybe I really went to sleep as Tofu said.

We have no choice right now, if we continue to soak, I am afraid that we will exhaust our energy, and we will not be able to swim anymore. We weighed it, thinking that everyone has gas masks, and when we get there, we will wear gas masks and gloves. , should be fine.After everyone's discussion, Dang even, led by the carp, swam towards the dark place ahead. We barely illuminated with flashlights in our mouths. After swimming for 10 minutes, we heard the carp say, "I saw the darkness ahead." There is no... that's right there." Everyone stopped, stepped on the water with their feet, took down the flashlight, and pointed it forward.

Several flashlights gathered together, and the dark mass was suddenly exposed under the strong light. Ships of various shapes were either fallen or inserted upside down and gathered in one place, and rotten wooden boards were piled up everywhere. A natural wooden bridge is formed, and the toppled masts stretch out in all directions, some protrude from the sea water, and some masts still have rags hanging on them, fluttering in the sea breeze, making people feel uncomfortable just by looking at them .

But there is no need to be picky right now. Everyone stopped not far from it, took out the gas mask in the equipment bag, and put it on. This is modern mushroom digging equipment, which was used by us in advance. I also wore plastic gloves on my body, just like fighting against SARS.After getting ready, everyone climbed up, sat on the wooden board and gasped for breath.

After resting for a while, the tofu became uneasy, and got up and ran around. There are rotten logs everywhere. Although it is not big, it is like a maze when walking inside, going in on the left and exiting on the right, so it is easy to hide people.

Not long after, Tofu also found some things, perhaps left by the curious people who came here to explore, there were vacuum-packed expired sausages, pocket watches, moldy cigarettes, and a strange thing .

The thing was about the size of a pen, and it was wrapped in cloth strips. When I opened it, there was another layer of plastic bag inside. When I opened the plastic again, there was another layer of plastic inside. After the third layer of plastic was opened, there was a fourth layer inside.

Tofu said: "What are you doing, a prank?"

(End of this chapter)