Chapter 1404: The Other World (119)
At this moment, Bucton Lin gave the first battle order, "Sniper, immediately shoot the whale in the lead to warn again." ”
Standing next to the side of the ship with an infrared telescope, Buckton Lin saw three whales swimming in a zigzag towards the "Flower of Bloss".
"Bang!" the sniper's bullet pierced through the night sky with a whistling sound, and soon, all the Black Mamba Guards on the ship heard a terrible cry from the prehistoric whale that was taking the lead, and the sniper hit the target.
Bucton Lin raised his telescope and looked over there, only to see the prehistoric giant whale that had been shot struggling in the water a few times, making a huge splash, but the other two whales did not stop their cruising route, and still came in a straight line towards the "Flower of Bloss".
"Captain, do you want to attack?" shouted Combat Officer Wu Zhen at Buktonlin as the whale figure drew closer.
"The combat officer is on standby, and the sniper shoots another whale. Bucton Lin commanded calmly.
The sniper fired another bullet, hitting another whale.
There was another terrible wail, and another whale made a huge splash.
"Sniper continue, last whale!" Bucton Lynn spotted in his telescope that he had hit two whales in a row, and the last whale showed no signs of stopping.
The sniper fired another bullet, right in front of another whale, followed by another mournful wail and a huge splash.
At this time, the whale that had been shot before continued to move forward as if it was fine.
"Captain, the whale is only twenty or thirty meters away from us!" the sniper's deputy reported the situation in real time.
"Everyone, be ready to fight, fire with all your might, and don't let the whales get close to our ship!" Bucton Lin finally figured out at this time that the three whales were either coming to visit the door or coming towards their boat, and looking at this posture, they would not turn back if they did not knock the boat over.
The sniper's three bullets obviously didn't do much damage to the whales, maybe the prehistoric giant whales had thick skin, and the sniper bullets only caused them a little skin trauma.
Uquake's machine gun rang out first, and the crazy bullets rained down on one of the whales, and this time Uquake didn't save bullets compared to the first round of strikes.
Immediately after, the Demoman's bazooka was fired, and the rocket, with its fiery red tail, ignited a line of fire in the night sky, and finally hit the back of the three whales.
And the sniper is constantly firing bullets, slamming into the same whale.
In an instant, a sea of fire was on the sea more than ten meters away from the "Flower of Bulos", illuminating a large area of the sea, and the wails of whales came and went, but they were ruthlessly drowned out by the sound of guns.
Buckton Lin picked up the infrared telescope and looked at the situation, and nodded in satisfaction, for he finally saw the three whales stop their path and roll in place.
"You keep monitoring the sea, I'll go to the cockpit first. Bucton Lin left a word, turned and ran into the cockpit.
"First mate, bypass the sea area ahead and move on. Bucton Lin pointed to the sea where the whales were fluttering, and told the first mate to be careful not to hit the corpses.
Pang Xiaonan rushed back to the deck, he wanted to see if there was anything he could do to help, but the battle was over, and in the blink of an eye, the sea in the distance seemed to have calmed down a lot, and there were no more whales.
Pang Xiaonan walked up to the sniper's side and asked with a smile, "The whale was killed by you?"
"It should be said that they were killed by us together. The sniper withdrew his eyes from the scope and blinked, "After watching for a long time, I didn't find any other whales approaching, so the three whales that should have attacked us are the only ones." ”
"Don't be careless, big brother," Pang Xiaonan said thoughtfully, "Whales seem to be social animals, you said that if their partners knew that they had sacrificed, would they come together to trouble us?"
The sniper punched Pang Xiaonan, "Can you not be scary? Three whales are enough for us to deal with, if there is another group, it will really kill you." ”
"It's a pity that the whale is too big, and if we can catch it and eat it, then we can be considered to have tasted whale meat. Pang Xiaonan looked at the sniper teasingly.
The night was already deep, and there was only one emergency light on the deck, but under the starlight, it was not dark on the deck, everyone could see each other's expressions, and the feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe made everyone's faces smile.
Buchton Lin stood in the cockpit, staring at the sea without blinking, and said to the first mate: "It's really inconvenient to have no radar, I don't know what is coming." ”
The first mate shook his head helplessly and said, "Yes, the things around here can still be seen with the naked eye, if there are any creatures coming under the water, then I don't know." ”
"Have you noticed that these waves of attacks seem to be targeted, and it stands to reason that these animals should not have come to attack us on their own initiative, as if they were premeditated? Buctonlin frowned, and the animals all rushed towards the "Flower of Bloss", as if instructed to do so.
"It's true, in general, animals in the sea don't actively attack ships. "The first mate has been on the ocean for decades, and it is rare for a large animal to attack a ship, and in general, they will only walk around or cruise with the boat.
"What time is it? Buchton Lin looked at his watch on the bridge, but it was dim and he couldn't see clearly.
"It's almost 12 o'clock. The first mate steered the steering wheel calmly.
"Would you like to take a break and let me take the pilot?" Bucton Lin thought to himself, no one knows how long the voyage at sea will be, and the first mate can't be allowed to rotate, otherwise it is not certain when this boatload will be able to get out of the Bloss Circle.
"It's okay, if I'm sleepy, I'll switch to autopilot mode, you may not be able to grasp this direction. The first mate didn't mean to leave the cockpit, his eyes were fixed on his watch and the stars in the sky.
"Okay, thank you, I'll go to the cabin. With that, Bucton Lin walked out of the cockpit and went to the deck.
"Everyone, be on duty in two groups!" Buchton Lin said loudly, "The sniper, the sniper deputy, Pang Xiaonan, and the medical officer will be on duty for the first half of the night, and the rest of the people will rest first, and then be on duty in the middle of the night!"
"Yes, Captain!" the Black Mamba Escort followed the captain's instructions, some remained on deck, and some followed Buctonlin into the cabin.
The expedition team in the cabin did not experience a life-and-death duel on the deck, and the concept of danger only stopped at hearing some gunfire, and some people had begun to fall asleep.
"Ladies and gentlemen," said Buchtonlin, looking around, "now go back to bed, get some rest, and I'll come and wake you up in the morning." ”
The sea voyage was already exhausting, and everyone had experienced several dangers, and they were even more exhausted, and they were not allowed to rest at this time, and Bucton Lin was worried that these scientists who had been in the laboratory for many years would face collapse.
Professor Li Sanming stood up and said to Buctonlin, "Major Buctonlin, has the danger been lifted?"
Bucton Lin snorted coldly and said, "Professor, this is the Bloss Disk, danger is everywhere, but please rest assured, we will take care of it, your top priority, rest first, reserve your strength and wait for landing." ”
Professor Li Sanming nodded and said, "Well, okay, then we'll rest first, thank you for your hard work." ”
Oda Rima stood up and said to Buctonlin, "Captain Buctonlin, do you need me to go to the deck to guard you?"
There was no trace of tiredness in Oda Rima's eyes, she had not yet recovered from the horror of meeting the prehistoric giant whale just now, this Bloss Disc was full of danger, and it made her heart excited to meet a creature that had long since disappeared.
Bucton Lin shook his head and said, "You can rest first, it's dark at night, and we can't see anything from the other side, and it won't help you to stay on the deck." ”
Rita Yama nodded slowly and silently walked into her cabin.
On the deck, Pang Xiaonan and sniper Wu Yongqiang chatted.
"You say, do the animals in this sea sleep at night?" Pang Xiaonan leaned on the side of the boat with his hands propped up, his eyes glancing into the distance.
"As far as I know, animals in the sea sleep for sleep, but they don't know day and night, and they sleep when they are sleepy. Wu Yongqiang looked at Pang Xiaonan, "What do you mean, do you mean that we will be attacked at night?"
"I don't know, if they don't have to sleep at night, they might come and play with us on a whim. Pang Xiaonan didn't doze off much, but he was worried that if the attacks in the sea continued, these teammates of the Black Mamba Escort would not be able to withstand it, after all, they were people, and it was very tiring to maintain a high alert state for a long time.
"Play with them to the end. "Wu Yongqiang is very calm, as a sniper, he often lies on the ground and does not move.
Sniper deputy Zhao Guifei squatted next to Wu Yongqiang, he put down the scope and interjected: "Three waves of attacks in a row, one wave is more ferocious than one wave, I don't know what will happen after that, this Bloss disc really deserves its name." ”
Pang Xiaonan looked at Zhao Guifei curiously, this is a small man, who has been silent in the Black Mamba Escort Team, "Eh, why did you join this mission?
Pang Xiaonan's implication is that the people on the ship may be buried at the bottom of the sea at any time, this is an extremely dangerous mission, and he is here to improve his combat effectiveness, so what is the purpose of the other team members' spirit of not wanting to die?
Zhao Guifei smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'll tell you the truth, for the sake of money, the reward for this mission is many times better than for us to participate in other missions." ”
"Isn't it okay to have money to spend and not use it?" Pang Xiaonan was unabashed.
"It doesn't matter if you don't have a life," Zhao Guifei looked at the dark sea in the distance, "Anyway, our pension will be handed over to the family, my family's economic situation is not very good, and it is worth it for me to improve their lives." ”
What a simple reason, Pang Xiaonan couldn't help but have a kind of admiration for Zhao Guifei.
"Zhao Guifei, you go over there and keep an eye on it. Wu Yongqiang pointed to the other side of the deck, "I'll stare at this side, you stare at that side, let's divide the work." ”
Pang Xiaonan walked to the side of the medical officer, Nandegrad, who was sitting cross-legged on the deck and looking at the sea boredly, Pang Xiaonan touched his arm.
"Isn't it boring, until now, you haven't played your strengths?" Pang Xiaonan also sat on the deck.
"It's better not to use me. Nandegrad didn't look back, still looking at the sea.
Pang Xiaonan nodded and said, "Indeed, it's better not to use you." ”
Nandegrad was a strong man with blond hair and blue eyes, and Pang Xiaonan really couldn't connect him with the doctor.
"Pang Xiaonan, to be honest, the first time I saw you, I thought you were stupid. Nandegrad kept his hunched back unchanged, and his voice was slow and leisurely.
"Why?" Pang Xiaonan was surprised by Nandegrad's statement.
"You are in your 20s at most, why can't you think so much about participating in this operation, you still have a lot of possibilities in life, are you not a good brain. "Nandegrad was about 40 years old, accustomed to seeing life and death, and countless people died under his hands, so he had a lot of insight into life.
"Hey, what you taught me is that you have come and gone, and you can only resign yourself to your fate. Pang Xiaonan knew that he was a special existence in the Black Mamba Escort.
"Then why did you come to participate in this operation, can't you think about it?" Pang Xiaonan turned his head and stared straight at Nandegrad.
"I'm thinking too much," Nandegrad also turned his head to look at Pang Xiaonan, his green eyes revealed a deep look, "I have rescued countless people, and countless people have died in my hands, I have already looked down on life and death, and any task is the same for me." ”
Pang Xiaonan nodded, turned his head and looked at the sea, "Yes, you are used to your profession." As for me, it may be a habit of mind, the more dangerous the task, the more interested I am. ”
"Sick," Nandegrad also turned his head to look at the sea, "you're really sick." ”
The two of them sat quietly like this, Pang Xiaonan silently closed his eyes, sank into the dantian, and began to suck spiritual power.
Suddenly, the spiritual power around Pang Xiaonan's body began to surge towards him, and even Nandegrad felt a trace of cold wind coming.
In the sea area of this Blos Circle, the aura value is much higher than that in Pang Xiaonan's villa, Pang Xiaonan only felt that his spirit was refreshing, and he was immediately immersed in the joy of absorbing spiritual power.
At this moment, Pang Xiaonan felt the fluctuations of spiritual power in the surrounding sea, and the flow of spiritual energy was very calm, which meant that the surrounding environment was very safe, and there were no large-scale biological activities.
Bucton Lin entered the cockpit and asked First Officer Buenorski, "Are you sure you don't need to rest?"
Buenolski shook his head and replied: "I can withstand it for the time being, but I can't do it, I'll go and ask the equipment officer Kim Ji-hoon to replace me, he is also familiar with the equipment on the ship." ”
Bucton Lin pulled a chair and sat down, and explained: "That's okay, you guard first, I'll squint for a while, and call me at any time if there is something." ”
"Yes, Captain. Buenovski looked at his watch, and it was almost 1 a.m.
On the deck, Pang Xiaonan and Nandegrad sat side by side, facing the direction of the "Flower of Bulos", while the sniper Wu Yongqiang and the sniper's deputy Zhao Guifei were guarding on both sides of the ship, observing the movement of the sea.
Pang Xiaonan sat motionless beside Nandegrad, Nandegrad turned his head curiously and looked at him a few times, thinking that he was dozing, so he ignored him and looked straight ahead silently.
When Pang Xiaonan absorbed the spiritual power, he felt that the aura in the sea area of this Bulos Circle was not only thicker than that of other sea areas, but also very pure, as if it was absorbing air in other sea areas, and it was pure oxygen that was absorbed here, and that feeling made the whole person feel refreshed.
This feeling made Pang Xiaonan faintly feel that the Bloss Disc was definitely a paradise that had not been polluted by humans, if in terms of cultivation, this was definitely the best cultivation holy place, if he could live in it for a period of time, then his attainments in skill would definitely be able to improve by leaps and bounds.
With this thought, Pang Xiaonan couldn't help but be glad that he participated in this operation, no matter what, this trip would definitely not be in vain.
Soon, it was about 3 o'clock in the morning, the "Flower of Bloss" did not suffer any attack, and the members of the Black Mamba Escort on the deck also felt a little sleepy, at this time, Bucton Lin came to the deck and said to the four people guarding the deck: "Go and rest, I will let the other team members take your place." ”
Zhao Guifei, Wu Yongqiang, and Nandegrad all got up, stretched their waists, and walked towards the cabin one after another, but Pang Xiaonan sat still, and Buctonlin thought he was asleep, so he shook his shoulder.
Pang Xiaonan turned around and said, "Captain, let me stay on the deck." ”
"Obey orders, Pang Xiaonan!" Bucton Lin didn't have a good impression of Pang Xiaonan, and at this moment he openly disobeyed his orders, this is a typical personal heroism, you know, if Pang Xiaonan has any mistakes, it will not only harm him personally, it is likely to drag down the entire team.
"Captain, I'm really not sleepy," Pang Xiaonan got up and explained, "Isn't the radar out of order now, I can feel the unknown creatures around me approaching, so let me act as a radar." ”
"Can you feel the unknown creature approaching?" Bucton Lin withdrew the hand that was on Pang Xiaonan's shoulder, "How do you feel, don't tell me, it's intuitive." ”
"No, I can feel the fluctuation of Qi," Pang Xiaonan explained to Buctonlin as easy to understand as possible, "Each creature emits a specific breath, which is what we talked about in ancient times as the source flow of the Qi body, and those of us who practice can feel the fluctuation of this Qi, so as to determine if there are any unknown creatures approaching." ”
"For example," Pang Xiaonan pointed to the sea in the distance, "the whale's swimming will cause fluctuations in the sea surface, which can be seen with the naked eye, but if it does not swim on the surface of the sea, but swims in the seawater, it will not be visible to the naked eye, but the breath it emits will also cause changes in the surrounding aura, and then I can feel its approach." ”
Bucton Lin frowned and thought for a moment, as if this was indeed the case.
"You can really feel it...... Qi's fluctuations?" Although Bucton Lin knew that Pang Xiaonan was a kung fu master, he was still skeptical of this unbelievable skill.
"As long as I sit on the deck and feel the aura around me, I can detect the fluctuations of Qi. Pang Xiaonan's eyes are very firm, which is unquestionable.
"Are you really not sleepy?" Bucton Lin still doubted that Pang Xiaonan's physical strength could be kept full for a long time, if his physical strength was not exhausted, let alone feeling the fluctuation of Qi, he would have to trouble other teammates to take care of him.
"When I'm exercising, I'm actually semi-dormant, which means I can act as a radar while I'm resting. Pang Xiaonan said seriously.
In fact, Pang Xiaonan has two ways to act as a radar, the first is to open the spiritual sense and go to the sea to explore, and the second way is to sit on the deck to absorb the aura and feel the fluctuations of the aura.
The first method is too consuming to be used for a long time, but the second method is to be able to probe the changes in the surrounding aura while increasing physical strength.
Buckton Lin frowned, he was weighing the pros and cons, it was not dawn yet, and the battery of the emergency light could not guarantee that there was power, and it was not very clear to observe the sea surface with the naked eye, if Pang Xiaonan could really act as a radar, it would obviously be able to greatly prevent the risk of being attacked.
"Okay, then you stay on deck," Buchton Lin decided to believe Pang Xiaonan once, "If you feel sleepy, go and rest immediately." After saying that, Bucton Lin walked towards the cockpit, and for some reason, after Pang Xiaonan explained to him, his heart was a little more relieved.
One by one, the substitutes left the cabin and came to the deck. Pang Xiaonan saw Liu Weiwei, the communications officer, who was the first to go out of the cabin with heavy communication equipment on his back, and when Liu Weiwei walked to him, he asked casually: "Can you establish communication with the outside world?"
Liu Weiwei shook his head slowly, "No, now we have completely lost contact with the outside world." ”
Pang Xiaonan smiled: "Then we can only support ourselves." ”
Lewis also walked out of the cabin, walked in front of Pang Xiaonan, and said with a smile: "Aren't you going to take a break?"
Pang Xiaonan put his arm around Lewis's shoulders and said mysteriously: "You try to suck the aura on the deck, let me tell you, the aura here tastes very good." ”
"Really?" Lewis's eyes lit up, he had just experienced the joy of absorbing spiritual power, and he wished that he could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth every day.
"What am I lying to you for?" Pang Xiaonan waved his hand exaggeratedly and drew a circle towards the vast sea, "This is the great sea surface I have prepared for you, enjoy this gluttonous meal to the fullest!"
Then Pang Xiaonan said to Lewis: "There is another use for sucking aura, isn't our radar out of order? You can feel the fluctuations of the surrounding aura when you inhale aura, and predict the approach of unknown creatures." ”
"Then I'll try it right away!" Lewis couldn't wait to sit down and began to inhale the aura according to the method taught by Pang Xiaonan.
But after all, he had only sucked the aura in the Seven Star Spirit Stone Formation for a few days, and Lewis's luck was not so smooth, he tried several times without success, opened his eyes, and said to Pang Xiaonan: "I can't suck it." ”
Pang Xiaonan winked at Lewis with a grin, "Look, what is this?" After speaking, he took out something from the side pocket of his pants.
Lewis fixed his eyes and saw that it was a spirit stone.
"Wow, why are you still carrying a spirit stone with you!" Lewis took the spirit stone and played with it over and over again, and the spirit stone actually emitted a faint brilliance under the light of the stars.
"I prepared it for you," Pang Xiaonan put his hands behind his back, "I'm afraid that you won't be able to absorb the aura alone, so the tools prepared for you, you can put him in front of you and try it again." ”
"Great!" Lewis sat back on the deck, carefully placed the spirit stone in front of him, and exercised again.
"There's a reaction!" Not long after, Lewis felt the aura surging towards him, and he opened his eyes excitedly and looked at Pang Xiaonan.
"It's good if it works, I was going to bring all seven spirit stones," Pang Xiaonan smacked his lips, "But it's too heavy and inconvenient, just bring one, and you will use it." ”
"Okay, then I'll start exercising. Lewis closed his eyes again, trying to absorb the aura of the Bloss Circle.
Pang Xiaonan also sat down, he was not very worried about Lewis's exercises at this stage, he had to absorb the aura at the same time, so as to feel the fluctuations of the surrounding aura and predict the arrival of danger.
Pang Xiaonan chose a place that was quite a long distance away from Lewis to make luck, so as not to interfere with Lewis.
His luck was relatively gentle, and he didn't let the aura surge quickly, after all, he had already absorbed it to his full, and now his task was only to feel the fluctuation of the aura, and he didn't need to absorb the aura excessively.
The surrounding aura flowed to Pang Xiaonan like a breeze, making him feel very comfortable.
By 4 a.m., Bucton Lin had no sleepiness and sat up from his cockpit chair, the surrounding sea was too calm, which made people feel uneasy.
The first mate Buenoski's place had been taken by Liu Weiwei, and Bucton Lin stepped forward and asked Liu Weiwei: "How far have we come?" ”