Seeing Buctonlin coming in, Bridgemorgan stood up and asked anxiously, "Major Buctonlin, what's the situation, how far are we from the continent of the Bloss Circle?" ”

"Mr. Bridgemorgan, our ship's instruments are all out of order, and we have just been repulsed by our convoy after two rounds of attack, and now we can only move in a straight line in the direction indicated by our watch, and we do not know how long it will be before we reach the land inside the Bloss Circle," explained Buchtonlin. ”

"The direction indicated by the watch?" Bridgemorgan looked at his watch suspiciously, this is a multi-function watch, there are several subdials on it to indicate air pressure, altitude and other data, but there is no direction function, "How does the watch indicate the direction?"

"I can't explain this to you at once, but in short, we have a way to determine the direction using mechanical and astronomical principles, please rest assured. Although Bucton Lin had just listened to the principle explained to him by the first mate, he couldn't memorize it all of a sudden, so he had to stabilize people's hearts first.

Bucton Lin walked up to Oda Rima and asked, "Professor Oda Rima, the two attacks we encountered were caused by unknown creatures, if possible, I hope you can follow me to the deck, and the next time we encounter other creatures, we can ask you to give us an identification to see what the natural enemies of this creature are, so that we can do targeted protection work." ”

As the world's most famous paleontologist, Oda Rima must have a lot of experience in identifying unknown creatures, and Bucton Lin thought that if he could identify the species of unknown creatures in the first place, he would be able to find the most effective way to attack.

"No, it's too dangerous. Before Rima Oda could speak, BridgeMorgan spoke up, and he had been sitting with Rima Oda all this time.

"It's okay, I'll go!" Rita stood up, "instead of sitting in the cabin and being scared, let's go out on deck and get some fresh air." Rita Rima smiled at BridgeMorgan, revealing her white teeth.

Bucton Lin once again confessed to Pang Xiaonan: "Protect the people in the cabin." ”

"Hmm. Pang Xiaonan nodded at Buctonlin, his eyes showing a resolute look.

Bucton Lin took Oda Rima to the deck, and Bridgemorgan wanted to go up but didn't want to go up, and the last man sat by the window and looked out at the sea.

Pang Xiaonan walked to Lewis's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay," Lewis shook his head, "I feel like the attack ahead is just a prelude, and we'll have more tricky situations to come." ”

"yes, I think so too, the first two attacks, although they seem dangerous, have not caused us any real damage. Pang Xiaonan stared at the members of the scientific expedition team in the cabin, everyone's faces were not very calm, except for Professor Li Sanming, who was in his 70s, he had already put life and death aside.

"What do you think will happen next?" Lewis looked out the window at the sea, the current calm only made people even more frightened, because storms always come after calm.

"I don't know, I'll leave it to fate. Pang Xiaonan left Lewis's side, walked to the other side of the cabin, and sat down with Professor Li Sanming.

"Your name is Pang Xiaonan, Xiao Nan, I see that you are different from other Black Mamba members. Professor Li Sanming tilted his head and looked at Pang Xiaonan with a smile.

"Yes, what's the difference?" Pang Xiaonan leaned back on his seat and stretched out his legs and yawned.

"The landslide does not change color in front of you, your calmness impresses me deeply, this should not be the psychological quality that you should have at your age. Professor Li Sanming has read countless people, and he only thinks that Pang Xiaonan, a young member of the armed team, seems to have a much better psychological quality than others.

"It's not a big deal to pass the professor's prize. Pang Xiaonan sat up straight, thinking that there were many dangers I had encountered before, and life and death were all in the blink of an eye.

"Are you still a student? Or are you no longer studying?" Professor Li Sanming looked at Pang Xiaonan at most 20 years old, which was the time to squander his youth on the university campus.

"I'm still a student, studying at the Dongli Military Academy," Pang Xiaonan leaned closer to Professor Li Sanming's ear and lowered his voice, "I'm only working part-time in Black Mamba. ”

"Oh?" Professor Li Sanming frowned, a little surprised, "Black Mamba can still work part-time, since it is a part-time job, why choose such a dangerous operation?" Of course, he didn't understand that Pang Xiaonan had to choose such a dangerous mission, the security organization was not the army, not the military order was like a mountain, but could choose whether to accept this mission or not, no one would be stupid enough to participate in an impossible mission.

Pang Xiaonan put the index finger of his right hand to his lips, "Be quiet, professor, my part-time job is confidential in Black Mamba." Pang Xiaonan didn't hide Li Sanming either, "If it is heard by other team members, they will have opinions." ”

Pang Xiaonan leaned on his back with his head in his hands, "As for why we take on such a dangerous task, we are all young people with ideals and ambitions, and we are not willing to take on a non-dangerous task, besides, we still have the opportunity to be with so many scientists, and we can also get a little knowledge of the fairy spirit." ”

Speaking of the back, Pang Xiaonan's tone was relaxed, and he looked at Li Sanming with an ambiguous expression.

"Haha," Professor Li Sanming happily patted Pang Xiaonan's thigh, "You kid, you can still joke when it's so dangerous, sure enough, there are two brushes, I know why the Black Mamba sent you to protect us." You must be the ace among them. ”

"I don't dare to be an ace, but it's not a problem to fight a few monsters. "Pang Xiaonan used his spiritual sense to probe the strength of his teammates in the Black Mamba Escort before he got on the ship, and in terms of naked fighting, he is indeed the strongest on this ship, but after all, they all bring weapons, so in terms of combat effectiveness, they may not be the strongest, if only the Fangzheng glasses could be developed earlier.

In Pang Xiaonan's opinion, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the combat officer Wu Zhen on this ship is definitely the first, and the set of equipment on his body alone can kill a reinforced company.

"Eh, Xiao Nan, you said that you are a student of Dongli Military Academy, so if we return safely this time, you still have to go back to school to attend classes, how about it, are you interested in coming to me?" Professor Li Sanming has always liked excellent young people, Pang Xiaonan, this young man is good, being able to be admitted to Dongli Military Academy shows that his intelligence is extraordinary, and he has such a good psychological quality and force, and if he is trained a little in the future, he will definitely shine in the scientific community.

Li Sanming's assistant next to him was surprised, being able to worship under Professor Li Sanming basically established the status of a leader in the scientific community in the future, but where is it so easy for Li Sanming's disciples to join, take himself as an example, they are all doctoral graduates who have published countless influential papers in the academic world, so they have the opportunity to follow Professor Li Sanming.

And now Professor Li Sanming and Pang Xiaonan have only been together for a few days, and just by getting along in the past few days, he took the initiative to invite Pang Xiaonan to join his disciples, which is a unique opportunity, and ordinary young people have already jumped up happily.

"Professor, it's not that I don't agree to you, it's really that I'm stupid, I'm afraid that I will fail your cultivation," Pang Xiaonan refused Li Sanming's invitation without thinking about it, "I'm a person, it's all good luck to be admitted to Dongli Military Academy, if I am allowed to do research again, I will definitely not achieve anything, thank you." ”

Pang Xiaonan is really not interested in academics or anything, so if he wants to sit in the laboratory honestly, it is better to let him go to the mountains to meditate and absorb some spiritual energy.

"I see, you're not interested in my old man's research direction. Li Sanming thought that Pang Xiaonan didn't like geology.

"No, no, no, I'm not interested in anything. Pang Xiaonan said unashamedly, "If you use your brain too much, you can't do it," Pang Xiaonan pointed to his head, "My brain is not as developed as the cerebellum, and I can barely cope with it, but if I deal with those who are based on the principle of formulas, I will definitely have a big head." ”

"No, let me ask you, if you want to follow Professor Rita Rima, would you be willing?" Professor Li Sanming cast an ambiguous look at Pang Xiaonan.

Pang Xiaonan waved his hand again and again, "Look at you, it turns out that you scientists are also so filthy? You must concentrate on research, and you can't think about anything wrong, if you think about something that is not science, but between people of the opposite sex, then your research must not be good." Pang Xiaonan smiled and taught Li Sanming a lesson.

Li Sanming laughed, pointed at Pang Xiaonan and said: "Are you very reasonable, with your reaction, don't worry about your research, why, really don't consider following me to do research, let me tell you, I can also work part-time there." ”

In order to win over Pang Xiaonan, Li Sanming also put forward lucrative conditions. It is not too much for ordinary talents to follow an internationally renowned professor like Li Sanming, and to be on call 24 hours a day, all year round.

The assistant next to him really couldn't stop, he interjected: "Pang Xiaonan, Professor Li Sanming is very fond of you, you must know that I joined his team with a lot of effort." ”

The assistant's words sounded like praising Pang Xiaonan, but in fact he was expressing his dissatisfaction, why are they all people, Li Sanming wants to be so good to Pang Xiaonan, and he has been following Li Sanming for many years, and Pang Xiaonan is just a stranger who can't get along for a few days.

Pang Xiaonan turned his head to look at Li Sanming's assistant and said: "This teacher, the professor is joking with me, my qualifications, even if I give you a bag, I am a freshman, in front of all scientists, just like a primary school student, how can I be qualified to follow you in the scientific community." ”

Although Pang Xiaonan sounded like a joke, he was just very happy with Li Sanming's assistant, he no longer bothered with Pang Xiaonan, and looked at the scenery outside the window and entered his own world of thoughts.

Buckton Lin pressed the Bluetooth headset and asked, "Sniper, have you found anything?"

"Report to the captain, I haven't found it yet. "The sniper holds the sniper rifle on the side of the ship and observes the sea through the scope, and the sea is calm at the moment, without any ups and downs.

Bucton Lin looked at the sky, it was getting darker, and his heart was entangled, if it was night, the uncertain things that happened at sea would be even more difficult to deal with, not to mention anything else, even the enemy's attack would be difficult to detect, because there was no radar on the ship, and the enemy's approach depended purely on sight to detect.

"First mate, how long have we been in the Bloss Circle. Bucton Lin looked at the first mate next to him, his face was unwavering, and he didn't seem worried.

"It's been more than four hours. The first mate's eyes glanced at his watch, and then looked up at the sea in front of him.

"What is our speed now?" Bucton Lin also looked at the vast sea in front of him, the calmer the sea, the more bottomless his heart became.

"It's about 50 km/h. The "Flower of Bloss" is fuel-powered, and in theory, 50 kilometers per hour is quite fast.

"Can't it be faster?" Bucton Lin wanted to get to land early, and if there was no land on the Bloss Circle, he had to pass through it as soon as possible.

"Captain, we're almost full speed ahead. The first mate explained, "The speed of modern warships is basically about 30 knots, and ordinary people must think that warships don't sail as fast as possible? In this way, they can take the lead in occupying a strategic advantage or advantageous position in combat, but in fact this is not the case." Now warships carry all kinds of missiles, and no matter how fast a warship runs, it can't run faster than missiles, so speed is not so important for a warship. The climate and environment on the ocean are more complicated, if the speed is too fast, it will be extremely unstable when sailing on the ocean, and the impact of the current on the hull of the ship is also relatively large, and accidents may occur. After the test of the technicians, it was found that 30 knots is the most suitable sailing speed for warships, and the speed of 30 knots also saves fuel, and at the same distance, the speed of 30 knots is 60% less fuel than 40 knots. 30 knots is the conclusion reached after a lot of verification, one knot is equal to 1.852 km/h, 30 knots is equal to 55.56 km/h, this speed is not fast on land, but it is very fast in the ocean, the marine environment is too complex to be measured by the speed on land. Our ship is smaller than ordinary warships, and the fuel it carries is also limited, and if it is too fast and consumes too much fuel, there is no guarantee that there will be enough fuel to pass through the waters of the Bloss Circle. ”

Bucton Lin nodded and said, "Well, just go at this speed, you have to keep the direction and not deviate, otherwise we will be in circles here, and it will be difficult to get out." ”

"Don't worry, Captain. The first mate stared intently ahead, his hands gripping the steering wheel.

Buctonlin stepped out of the cockpit, and when he came to the door, he turned around and asked, "What is the diameter of the Bloss disc?"

The first mate looked at Buctonlin and said, "According to the previous calculations, it is about 1,500 kilometers. ”

"At our current speed, it would take 30 hours to traverse the entire Bloss Circle. Buckton Lin frowned, it had only been four or five hours, even if there was no change in the middle, it would take more than one day, and there were too many changes that could happen in these dozens of hours.

"It's all thankful to be able to go out in such a short time. "The first mate has a lot of experience in sailing, and theoretically it is impossible to rely on time, and the slightest storm will have to be delayed for several hours.

"Okay, I see. Bucton Lin closed the cockpit door and stepped out onto the deck.

All of the Black Mamba Guards on deck were clinging to the side of the ship, keeping their eyes on the surface of the sea unblinking, in case an unknown creature approached.

Professor Rita Rima stood behind the combat officer, her eyes staring intently ahead.

Bucton Lin walked up to Oda Rima and said, "Professor Oda Rima, it's getting dark, you and I can go back to the cabin and have something to eat, and we'll come up when we're done." ”

Oda Rima said yes and followed Bucton Lin towards the cabin. Towards the entrance, she turned to look at the Black Mamba Escort on the deck and asked Buctonlin, "Don't they eat?"

Bucton Lin replied: "They carry with them food such as compressed biscuits, and they can replenish it when they are hungry, and they can't leave the deck now, they have to keep an eye here." ”

"Okay. Rita Rima stepped off the deck and headed for the cabin.

Arriving at the cabin, Bucton Lin said to the crowd, "Everyone eat something first, it is estimated that we will still have a long time in the Bloss Circle, and we will try to save as much food as possible." Pang Xiaonan, you and Lewis will distribute some food. ”

"Yes, Captain. Pang Xiaonan walked to the end of the cabin, took out convenience food from the locker, and together with Lewis, distributed food to everyone.

The food carried by the "Flower of Blous" this time was similar to the in-flight meal on the plane, it was very simple, Bridgemorgan received his own box lunch, and frowned, he had never eaten such low-level food.

BridgeMorgan turned to his assistant and said, "Bring me my wine." ”

"Okay, boss. The assistant went to the lockers in the cabin, opened one of the cabinets, and took out a bottle of wine.

Oda Rima smiled and said to Bridgemorgan, "I'm going to enjoy it." ”

BridgeMorgan took the red wine handed over by the assistant and replied with a smile: "Life needs a sense of ritual, although the food is not good, but the mood must be there." ”

Rita gave BridgeMorgan a thumbs up and opened her lunch box.

"Would you like to have a drink with me?" BridgeMorgan invited Oda Rima.

Oda Rima shook her hand and refused with a smile: "No, I still have to go up to the deck to keep an eye on it later, and it will be easy to make a mistake if I drink too much later." ”

BridgeMorgan gave Rita a thumbs up in return, he liked women with measure.

Pang Xiaonan stood next to Professor Li Sanming and nibbled on bread and asked, "Professor, are you still used to eating?"

"Accustomed to eating!" Professor Li Sanming chewed the cake in his mouth, and there were crumbs at the corners of his mouth, "When we used to be in the wild, sometimes we couldn't eat for a few days, so we all tried to find food by ourselves, sometimes we went to the river to fish, sometimes we went to hunt a hare, oops, there was no seasoning, but when people were hungry, everything was delicious." ”

"Professor, you can live a good enough life, eat game every day. Pang Xiaonan was aroused by Professor Li Sanming.

"Hey, once in a while, it's called game, and it's tasteless every day. Professor Li Sanming unceremoniously pointed out Pang Xiaonan's mistake, eating too much is really tasteless.

"Eh, you reminded me that there weren't unknown creatures attacking us just now?" Pang Xiaonan pointed out the window, "If we don't have anything to eat by then, we will catch those creatures and eat them, what do you think?"

"It's a good idea, it's better than nibbling bread every day," Professor Li Sanming was also interested, his eyes lit up, "but you have to catch it." ”

"When people are hungry, they can do anything. Pang Xiaonan disappetically stuffed the whole bread into his mouth, then grabbed a bottle of mineral water and poured it into his mouth.

It was slowly getting dark, and Buctonlin's brow furrowed more and more, because it had been several hours since there were unknown creatures to interfere with the route, which meant that the calm before the storm might mean more danger.

Pang Xiaonan also felt that something was abnormal, according to the previous two dangerous rhythms, the interval this time was a little too long, and he always thought in his heart that it was not so simple to enter the Bloss Disc to easily escape.

Even Professor Li Sanming was a little worried, he looked at Pang Xiaonan and asked, "Didn't Captain Bucton Lin find anything there?"

Although the standby time of the Bluetooth headset is limited, it is not a problem for more than ten hours, but in Li Sanming's opinion, no matter how long the standby time is, it may fail in an instant, after all, this is the Bloss Disk, the unexplored area of the entire Hallelujah Star.

Pang Xiaonan walked to Li Sanming's side and sat down, chewed on licorice and said, "Professor, don't worry too much, if you find something, Major Bucton Lin will inform me, and we are still safe for the time being." ”

Professor Li Sanming looked at Pang Xiaonan chewing something easily, and asked curiously: "What are you chewing, chewing gum?"

"Plant chewing gum," Pang Xiaonan stuck out his tongue and pushed out the licorice in his mouth, "Do you want to have some, licorice, sweet, chewy." ”

"Give me a little, I'm idle anyway. Professor Li Sanming was not taboo, and directly stretched out his hand to Pang Xiaonan to ask for it.

Pang Xiaonan took out a transparent plastic bag from his trouser pocket, which was wrapped with some licorice, "Here, here you go." ”

Professor Li Sanming took out a stick of licorice from the plastic bag, put it in his mouth and chewed it with relish, "I didn't think licorice tasted anything before, but this time I chewed out some flavor." ”

Originally, licorice was a Chinese medicine, a kind of tonic Chinese herb. A very good medicine for the human body, the medicinal parts are roots and rhizomes, and the medicinal herbs are cylindrical, 25~100 cm long, 0.6~3.5 cm in diameter. The outer skin is unevenly elastic and has a reddish-brown or grayish-brown surface. The rhizome is cylindrical, with bud marks on the surface and pith in the middle of the section. The breath is slight, the taste is sweet and special. Functions: Clearing heat and detoxifying, expectorant and coughing, belly and abdomen, etc.

On top of that, licorice can replace ordinary chewy snacks, such as betel nut, chewing gum, etc., known as plant-based chewing gum, and it is the best way to pass the time. Pang Xiaonan likes to chew licorice in his mouth the most, enjoying the slight sweetness while also getting the pleasure of chewing.