The first mate was very experienced in discerning directions, and Bucton Lin nodded silently, very satisfied with his explanation.

At this moment, there was a "bang", and the "Flower of Bloth" was violently impacted, and Buctonlin stumbled and fell to the floor of the wheelhouse.

He quickly got up from the ground, rushed to the door of the wheelhouse, and shouted at the Black Mamba Guards on the deck: "Get ready for battle, sniper, look for the enemy!"

The sniper's very deputy quickly rushed to the side of the ship and looked around with his scope to see what had hit the "Flower of Bloth".

There was another loud bang, and the "Flower of Bloss" shook again, and the sniper was unsteady and about to roll off the deck, but his deputy was quick to grab his shirt and pull him up.

"Captain, it's an unknown creature!" The sniper saw the situation in the water clearly the moment he fell off the deck, it was a huge fish, somewhat similar to a sperm whale, but much smaller than a sperm whale, otherwise with the size of the "Flower of Blos", it would have been knocked over by a sperm whale at this moment.

The sperm whale has a huge head, a small lower jaw, only teeth in the lower jaw, a body length of up to 18 meters, and a weight of more than 50 tons, making it the largest toothed whale, with a head that can occupy 13 of the body, and no dorsal fin. The head is long and large, reaching about 13 of body length, but the lower jaw is extremely small and quite disproportionate. The round, blunt snout protrudes 1.5 meters from the lower forehead. The fumarole is to the left near the front of the head, resembling a slightly raised fissure. The eyes are so small that they are almost "negligible". Although the upper jaw has no functional teeth, the gingiva has molar-like holes that are pierced by the large teeth of the lower jaw and can be mated with the lower teeth, and the maxilla, frontal and temporal bones are all concave downward, forming a large groove filled with cetacean wax, causing the top of the head to bulge, and the whole head is shaped like a barrel. Whale wax can reduce the specific gravity of the body and increase buoyancy, and there is a series of fat carinas in the back 13 places, which can also increase buoyancy. The skull is asymmetrical from side to side.

In the sniper's opinion, the unknown creature that is now attacking the "Flower of Bloss" is a little like a sperm whale except for its head, but its body length is only five or six meters at most, which is less than 13 of the sperm whale.

"Captain, there's more than one unknown creature, there's one at 3 o'clock!" shouted the sniper's deputy.

Buctonlin rushed off the deck and shouted at everyone: "Everyone, aim at the unknown creatures and fire!"

Suddenly, gunfire erupted from the deck, tongues of fire frantically spat out the Flower of Bloss, and the Demoman threw waterproof grenades at the unidentified creatures, sending huge waves across the sea.

The two unidentified creatures let out a terrible wail, cruising in different directions, and soon disappeared from everyone's view, and the "Flower of Bloss" finally regained its stability, but it was a wet patch on the deck, which was splashed on the deck caused by the impact of the unknown creature.

"Everyone, check the damage to the ship. Bucton Lin calmly gave the order, and he also held the side of the ship tightly, his eyes firmly fixed on the sea, to prevent the unknown creature from attacking again.

"Pang Xiaonan, is there anyone injured in the cabin!" Buckton Lin asked towards Bluetooth hanging from his ear, he had forgotten that all the electrical equipment had failed.

But very strangely, Pang Xiaonan heard Bucktonlin's inquiry in the headphones, "Report to the captain, no one was injured in the cabin!" Bucktonlin quickly received Pang Xiaonan's response, although it was a little unclear, and the voice was with a sizzling interference, but Pang Xiaonan's voice was undoubtedly confirmed.

Bucton Lin reacted quickly, he frowned, why did all the equipment on the ship fail, but this Bluetooth headset still works.

He said again into the headphones: "Everyone, check if the Bluetooth headphones can hear me." ”

The teammates responded: "Captain, you can hear it, you can hear it, repeat it, you can hear it." ”

At the last moment, everyone didn't think where the sound came from, and at this time, they were a little surprised to hear the sound coming from the Bluetooth headset, because everyone had heard about the Bloss disc before, and all electronic devices would fail as soon as they entered this sea area.

Buckton Lin didn't dwell too much on this question, he gave an order into the headset: "First mate, keep the course and continue to march towards the inside of the Bloss Circle, the rest of the people, continue to stay on the deck to pay attention to the sea situation, and always be ready for battle, Pang Xiaonan Lewis, continue to stay in the cabin, protect Mr. Bridgemorgan and his assistants, and all the members of the scientific expedition." ”

"Roger!" the responses of all the team members came out of the Bluetooth headset one after another, and Bucton Lin returned to the cockpit with a machine gun in his hand.

"Can you hear sound in your Bluetooth headphones?" the frightened Professor Li Sanming looked at Pang Xiaonan suspiciously.

Pang Xiaonan nodded and said, "You can hear it." ”

"It's strange," the lights in the cabin have been turned off, and only the sunlight through the glass windows brings a glimmer of light, "It is said that all ships passing by the Bloss Disc will have power failure, why can the Bluetooth headset still work?"

Professor Li Sanming frowned, trying to find out the answer to this question.

"Look, is there such a possibility," Pang Xiaonan helped Professor Li Sanming analyze, "All alternating current devices will fail here, but direct current equipment is likely to continue to be used, do you want to look at your mobile phone?"

Professor Li Sanming's eyes lit up, and he said to the assistant not far away, "Look at your phone." ”

Li Sanming's assistant hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, lit up the screen, and then said to Professor Li Sanming: "Professor, except for the lack of signal, the mobile phone seems to be able to use other functions." ”

As he spoke, the assistant handed the phone to Professor Li Sanming.

Professor Li Sanming took the mobile phone and operated it twice, looked at Pang Xiaonan approvingly, and said: "That's right, your analysis is right, the direct current equipment should be usable, it seems that this Bloss disk is interfering with the magnetic field of electricity." ”

"Professor, are there any other theories about the conjectures of the Bloss Disc that you just analyzed?" Pang Xiaonan was very interested in the true situation of the Bloss Disk.

"There is a theory called geomagnetic anomaly, which is related to the failure of electricity. Professor Li Sanming crossed his hands on the table and began to reminisce.

"Some scientists believe that the reason for the disappearance of planes and ships in the Bloss disk is related to the geomagnetic anomaly in the area. The reason for the anomaly of geomagnetism is related to the effect of the sun-night light. In general, the combined effect of the Sun and the Nightlight on Hallelujah reaches its maximum in June and December and decreases to a minimum in March and November. A doctor of physics and mathematics studied the statistics of the disappearances of ships and planes in the Bloss Circle and found a peculiar pattern: he ascertained the coordinates of the sun and night during the accident, and found that the time of the accident coincided with the new moon and the full moon and the period when the precession force reached its maximum, that is, June and December. Based on these peculiar phenomena, he put forward a hypothesis: in the Bloss Circle, the climax of the gravitational attraction of the night and the sun caused the ionization of magma deep in the crust of the triangle, and the inevitable result was that the Bloss disk appeared a geomagnetic anomaly, forming a powerful and strange magnetic field, interfering with the normal navigation of aircraft and ships, causing various instruments to malfunction, causing planes and ships to crash, and the turbulent current would bring the wrecked planes and ships to unknown places. ”

Pang Xiaonan looked at the sea outside the window vigilantly, and found no abnormality, so he said to Professor Li Sanming with a relaxed expression: "This explanation seems to be a bit reluctant, if it is the effect of the night light and the sun, it should not only affect a certain position of Hallelujah, and this situation of the Bloss Disc is unique in the world." ”

Professor Li Sanming nodded and said, "You're right, so this doctrine has not formed a wide acceptance. It's another doctrine that is very popular with everyone. ”

"What doctrine?" Pang Xiaonan's eyes lit up.

Professor Li Sanming stared at Pang Xiaonan with his eyes and asked, "Do you believe that there are aliens?"

The corners of Pang Xiaonan's mouth rose, and he said with a smile: "I believe it." "He himself is an alien, how can he not believe it?

Professor Li Sanming looked out the window, the sea outside the window was calm and magnificent, and the sky was blue, "The astronomer of the Amarika country, Jessepur, and some people in the West believe that the mysterious disappearance of some planes and ships in the Bloss Circle may be caused by extraterrestrial visitors, that is, flying saucers carried by aliens. They believe that the Bloss Disc is a sea area where aliens often operate, and they plunder people, planes, and ships at will. For example, 40 years ago, a large twin-engine military aircraft, the Flying Car Box, with a total of 10 crew members on board, suddenly disappeared while flying over the Bloss Circle. Some people in the West speculate that it may have been plundered by a "flying saucer" from a visitor from outside the world. Because when the plane disappeared, the Amarika spaceship Gemini was flying over the sea area of the Bloss Circle, and astronaut McChwett found a UFO similar to a "flying saucer" with exposed tentacles, flying only 10~20 nautical miles away from the spacecraft, and he immediately took pictures of the UFO with a camera. According to his recollection and description, the UFO appeared to be cylindrical, surrounded by exposed "tentacles", but this "tentacles" may also be just shadows, and from the photograph, it is a large white spot on a black background. The astronaut's ambiguous claims added a layer of mystery to the disappearance of the Flying Carriage, and he later wrote in a reply that during the spacecraft flight, I did see what some people call a flying saucer, but that was not to say that it was a spacecraft from another planet, and that neither I nor anyone else could understand or confirm what it was. ”

Professor Li Sanming paused, turned his head, grabbed his hair, and said: "Some people disagree with the above statement, and they interpret the UFO discovered by the astronauts as a Pegasus artificial satellite that was in orbit at that time, because the artificial satellite has a 96-foot-long antenna that resembles a tentacle. However, after detailed calculations, it was confirmed that when the "flying car" disappeared, the Pegasus artificial satellite was traveling in space more than 1,000 miles above the Bloss Circle, so the UFO discovered by the astronauts could not be the Pegasus artificial satellite at all. Some people believe that although it is not a "Pegasus" satellite, it may also be other metal fragments, because there were as many as 1,400 artificial objects orbiting the Earth at that time, so it is difficult to conclude that it was a flying saucer from outside the sky. What exactly that UFO is is still a mystery. ”

"This statement is indeed amazing, according to that, we are facing aliens when we enter the Bloss Circle this time, and these aliens must have a higher level of technology than us. Pang Xiaonan felt that the current calm was a little too weird, and the scenery outside the window was calm and a little terrifying.

"If there are aliens, according to their means of being able to easily make planes and ships disappear, our level of technology is indeed inferior to theirs, and there is a doctrine that is full of fantasy, but there is also a fact that 50 years ago, a large passenger plane of the Amarica National Airlines. While passing through the Bloss Circle, it suddenly disappeared from the ground-based radar phosphor screen for 10 minutes. How to explain this phenomenon, some people think that due to the time jump, during this time, the plane has left people's time. For the crew on board, all this is done without them knowing, and the clock on the plane is a little slower than on the ground, which means that the plane is in a state of non-existence during this time. This is based on the fact that time does not pass at a speed that is generally considered to be eternal, but at different speeds. If the speed of time at a certain point in space is different from its normal speed, then the ship or plane caught in the time trap will leave our world, temporarily or permanently. At this time, the ship or plane, along with the passengers in it, will experience the future or the past. The mother of a missing driver sometimes feels as if her son is still alive somewhere in space. It is not difficult to see that this explanation is more bordering on bizarre fantasy. ”

"Although it is a bit of a fantasy, I think it is not impossible, as if there have been reports that a person who has disappeared for decades suddenly reappears in people's field of vision, but his wife is old, and he is still the same, and the years have left no trace on him. Pang Xiaonan likes to read some bizarre reports, which are really related to the so-called time lapse.

"Yes, this situation is possible, it is the so-called one day in the sky and one year on the earth," Professor Li Sanming's research concept is very open-minded, as long as it is a possible theory, he treats it with a research attitude, "There is also a theory that the Bloss Disk has an abnormal gravity that is different from other places in Hallelujah, and our astronauts once took extremely high-resolution photos of the sea level when flying over the Bloss Disk area. After analysis, it was found that the sea level here is 25 meters lower than that of other sea areas. This anomaly would have resulted in a powerful ocean rotational current, but it was not. Later, some scientists surveyed the nearby trench. It was found to be 9,215 meters deep, so it does not produce gyratory currents. The reason why this trench is particularly deep is that these scientists believe that there is a lot of unusual overweight material in the crust beneath the trench. This material creates a powerful force of attraction, the abnormal gravity, that pulls the trench tightly and at the same time causes the water above the trench to sink downward. Scientists speculate that once a ship enters the sea surface that suddenly drops 25 meters, it is subjected to an abnormal gravitational field, and all kinds of unimaginable complex situations will occur, causing unimaginable consequences. ”

"This still doesn't explain why the plane disappeared, and besides, it is impossible for astronauts to photograph the Bloss Disk, because we knew before we set off that the Bloss Disc cannot be photographed, it is covered by clouds or something all year round, and it is impossible for it to be photographed by satellites. Pang Xiaonan was very skeptical of this explanation.

"Well," Professor Li Sanming nodded, "since various scientific hypotheses are not convincing, some people have suggested that there are supernatural forces in the Bloss Disk area, and it is believed that the bottom of the Bloss Disk is the base for launching rockets and flying saucers, and it is also the most ideal place to receive spaceships from other imaginary planets." It is said that in the prehistoric period of the Earth, it is likely that astronauts from other planets discovered the geographical feature of the Bloss Disc and installed a powerful energy point and signal system on the seabed here. Imagine that such a device is still in operation today, sending signals to space on time to guide astronauts from alien planets closer to Earth more safely. And when these underwater devices are in regular operation, the powerful light signals they emit will not only directly and seriously affect navigation instruments or human organs, but also destroy ships and aircraft that appear in the triangle at this time. In recent times, there have been more and more reports of flying saucers in the world, and the largest number of them have been found in the area of the Bloss Islands, so it has been speculated that the disappearance of ships and aircraft in the Bloss Circle area was the work of flying saucers, and there seems to be conclusive evidence. Forty years ago, our navy found a monster under the sea in the southeast of Bloss Island, so it sent a warship to track it, and it chased it for four days, but it did not catch up, it sometimes drilled to the bottom of the sea at a depth of 8,000 meters, and people found that it had a propeller. In addition, sponge miners along the coast of the United Kingdom have seen a strange and large, transparent dome on the ocean floor. These phenomena raise suspicions that the Bloss Disc may be a submarine launch site from which UFOs were launched. As you can imagine, this speculation has a larger element of fantasy. ”

I think this statement is more plausible than the others above. Pang Xiaonan looked at Professor Li Sanming with a smile.

"Young people, they're all interested in aliens. Professor Li Sanming also responded with a smile.

Suddenly, Pang Xiaonan saw something swimming over densely on the sea, his heart tightened, and he shouted to the people in the cabin: "Everyone be careful, something is coming!"

Everyone looked out of the window in fear and saw an unknown creature on the sea that was black and oppressive swimming towards the "Flower of Bloth", the fish was not big, but there were many of them, like sardines in groups, but they were larger than sardines, the color was black, and they swam extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were around the Flower of Blos.

The Black Mamba Escort on deck also saw this phenomenon, and the sniper reported the situation to Buctonlin: "Captain, do you attack when you find a group of sardine-like species approaching? Repeat, if you find a group of sardine-like species approaching, do you attack? Do you attack?"

Buctonlin frowned, he didn't know if he was friend or foe, after all, the ships were equipped with a limited number of weapons, if he attacked as soon as he saw an unknown creature, before he landed, all the weapons would be exhausted, and then he would really only be beaten.

"Don't attack yet, let's see what happens!" Buchton Lin commanded into Bluetooth.

By this time, the group of fish had already surrounded the "Flower of Bloth", writhing its body on the hull of the ship.

"What are they doing?" said Combat Officer Wuzhen, staring nervously at the dense school of fish.

"They're ...... Tearing at the hull, yes, they're biting at the hull!" the sniper's lieutenant could see clearly with the scope, the fish baring their sharp teeth and desperately biting at the hard iron hull of the ship.

"Captain, the unknown fish is tearing at the hull of the ship, pleading to fire, pleading to fire!" the sniper asked Buctonlin for combat orders.

Buktonlin frowned, such a large number of fish, a few bullets can't be finished, even if it is fired with a machine gun, it is impossible to hit, the bullets are limited, and this school of fish is definitely not afraid of death, and the fight is not finished.

But if you don't attack, let the fish bite the hull, and no matter how hard the hull is, it will be bitten through the moment.

The scientific expedition team in the cabin was now creepy, "What sound?" Rita Lima nervously gathered the shawl on her shoulders and looked up at the top of her head, goosebumps on her body fell to the ground.

The sound was like a hard awl cutting across a steel plate, "...... ......", which makes people's nerves feel inexplicably frightened.

And not just one awl, but dozens or hundreds of awls at the same time.

Pang Xiaonan explained to the expedition team: "Don't panic, everyone, it's an unknown fish that is biting the hull of the ship. Pang Xiaonan heard the description of his teammates in the Bluetooth headset, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange, these fish, knowing that their teeth are not as good as steel plates, but they are desperate to bite the hull, are they grinding their teeth?

"Piranha!" A member of the scientific expedition called out, the fish that dared to bite the steel plate with their teeth, in addition to piranhas, what other species?

As soon as the three words of piranha came out, all the members of the scientific expedition team panicked, if the fish bit through the steel plate of the hull and poured into the cabin, then everyone in the cabin would not even have bones left.

"Professor, what kind of fish do you think this is?" Pang Xiaonan looked at Professor Li Sanming, who had a flat expression, perhaps he would not be flustered by this little battle.

Li Sanming was lying by the window and looking down, wanting to see the fish that were biting the hull, but because of the angle, he couldn't see it, so he had to sit down and look at Pang Xiaonan and said: "Piranha is also called piranha, piranha, etc., its neck is short, the skull, especially the palatine bone is very hard, the body is oval, the side is flattened, and the tail fin is shaped. Edible fish. The body is oval, flattened laterally, and the caudal fin is also shaped. The body is grayish-green, the back is dark green, and the abdomen is bright red. With sharp teeth and well-developed jaws, it is known for its ferocity. Distinguishing between males and females is more difficult. Generally, males are more showy in color and smaller, while females are larger and lighter in color, and their abdomen is more distended when they are sexually mature. Mature piranhas are similar in appearance to males and females, with bright green backs and bright red bellies with markings on the sides. Have a highly developed sense of hearing. The two jaws are short and powerful, the lower jaw is prominent, and the teeth are triangular, sharp, and staggered up and down. After biting the prey, bite tightly, tear the meat off with the twisting of the body, and bite off 16 cubic centimeters of meat in one bite. The alternating replacement of teeth allows for continuous feeding, and strong dentition can lead to severe bites. ”

Pang Xiaonan gave a thumbs up to Professor Li Sanming: "Professor, I thought you were just a geologist, but I didn't expect you to know so much about animals." ”

Li Sanming laughed and said, "It's true that I'm engaged in geology, but those who engage in geology live in the wild all year round, so they must have some biological knowledge." ”

Li Sanming listened to the still harsh and terrifying sound of grinding teeth, and said: "Because of their sharp teeth and the group of attacking large animals, piranhas have become one of the most notorious animals. Someone once witnessed the terrifying sight of a school of piranha tearing a cow to pieces in just a few seconds. Piranhals have distinctive triangular teeth and an amazing bite that allows them to tear their prey apart with ease. When they eat, they eat their prey clean, leaving only a pile of white bones. The bite force of the piranha's upper and lower palate is amazing, it can bite through cowhide or even hard wooden boards, and can bite off a steel fishing hook, and other fish are certainly no match for it. The crocodile, which usually dominates in the water, once encounters a piranha, will also shrink into a ball in fright, flip its body to face the sky, put its hard back down, and immediately float to the surface, so that the piranha cannot bite the abdomen and save his life. Piranhas often gather in groups of hundreds or thousands, with as little as six in groups, and can simultaneously use their senses of sight, smell and sensitivity to water waves to find targets. However, it has poor eyesight and is distinguished by its discus-like size. Piranhas have the guts to attack animals that are several times or even dozens of times larger than themselves, and they also have a set of effective encirclement and suppression tactics. When they hunt, piranhas always first bite the deadly parts of their prey, such as their eyes or tail, making it lose the ability to escape, and then attack in groups in turn, rushing forward one by one to bite hard, and then get out of the way, leaving room for the fish behind them, quickly breaking the target into zero, and the speed is unbelievably fast. ”

"So, do you think that the group of fish we met this time is a piranha?" Pang Xiaonan had heard the legend of piranhas before, and it was indeed a very terrifying fish.

"The piranhas we know all live in freshwater areas, and there have never been piranhas ever been found in the sea," Professor Li Sanming looked at the ceiling and fell into deep thought, "but with the special environment of the Bloss Disk, maybe there really is a marine piranha." ”

"Captain, if we don't attack, our hull will be bitten through!" the sniper shouted through the Bluetooth headset, he had already seen that the scratches on the hull were getting deeper and deeper, and the strange fish were already coming around.

"Demoman, prepare, attack the fish with grenades!" Bucton Lin decided, if he wanted to attack a large area and area, otherwise it would only be a waste of ammunition.

"Report to the captain, a grenade attack could injure the hull. The Demoman looked at the fish, they were too close to the hull of the ship, and in order to blow them up, the grenade had to be dropped in the water close to the hull.

"Captain, you can consider using a stun gun," Combat Officer Wu Zhen observed the form of the fish, they were very close to each other, and the water surface was a good conductor of electricity, "Fish to fish, can quickly turn over a large area." ”

"Okay, approve the use of stun guns, attack immediately!" Buchton Lin immediately gave the order, if the strange fish was allowed to continue to bite the hull, the hull might soon be scuttled through.

Wu Zhen picked up a stun gun and fired an electric dart at the black-pressed fish.

The dart hit one of the strange fish, and then released a high-voltage electricity, and the current instantly spread to a large area of the strange fish, hitting them belly up and floating on the water, the black pressure of the fish instantly turned into a white flower, and the abdomen of these strange fish turned out to be white.

Wu Zhen fired a few more electric darts out, covering all the strange fish besieging around the "Flower of Bloth", and the belly of the fish with white flowers on the sea surface kept turning up, like a ball of cotton floating around the hull.

The rest of the strange fish were also hit by the residual electricity, and they began to be afraid if they were not killed, they thought that there was electricity on the hull of the ship, so no strange fish dared to come forward and bite the hull of the "Flower of Bloss", and they scattered and fled.

The sound of the spikes of the strange fish biting the hull gradually subsided, and the scientific expedition team members in the cabin finally felt less frightened, Pang Xiaonan explained to everyone: "Our escort team has repelled the fish with electric stun guns, please don't panic again." ”

Professor Li Sanming pondered: "The natural enemy of piranhas is electric eels, one electric eel can deal with more than 30 piranhas, it seems that this bionics saved our lives today." ”

"Pang Xiaonan, report the situation in the cabin!" Buctonlin immediately cared about the safety of the people in the cabin.

"Report to the captain, everything in the cabin is safe, there are no casualties!" Pang Xiaonan replied by pressing the Bluetooth headset.

"Sniper, report the damage to the hull!" Buckton Lin suddenly remembered the danger of the fish, and now he had to determine the size of the damage.

"Report to the captain, there are no holes in the hull, only a few slightly deeper scratches. The sniper carefully examined the hull with a scope for the bites and made sure there were no problems before reporting to Buctonlin.

"Okay, everyone, stay on deck and be ready for battle, and keep an eye on the sea. Buckton Lin turned off the Bluetooth headset and looked at the first mate, "Are all the instruments still out of order?"

The first mate nodded and said, "The instrument has not responded, and I am now sailing in the direction indicated by the watch, making sure that I will not go around the bend." ”

"Well, okay, you keep your eyes on the direction, I'll go take a look in the cabin. With that, Bucton Lin stepped out of the cockpit and headed into the cabin.