Chapter 265 Qin Huang Mirage (2)
? "Good guy, this. Is this the mirage ship of Qin Shihuang?" Uncle Ming was so excited that he almost couldn't speak, and his hands began to tremble inexplicably again. He was so scared that he hurriedly took out a snuff bottle from his body and handed it over.
Fatty Wang said: "In this Yellow Sea, besides the mirage, I would never have imagined that there are any other wooden buildings that can be so magnificent?"
"Brother Fat, didn't that diary say? Mirage is parked next to an isolated island? Why didn't we see the isolated island now, but instead bumped into Mirage first?" I remembered what the female nurse said in her notes before, and immediately reminded me.
Fatty Wang nodded, then pointed to the top of our heads and said, "At the beginning, I always thought there would be an island nearby. Just like when I saw seabirds before, I said that we were not far from the island. But now it seems that the female nurse's previous guess was wrong. There was no isolated island here at all. The island they saw must be the exterior of the mirage. Or there is another possibility that because Uncle Ming had explored the sea route, we found a very safe route, and bypassed the island and killed directly to the vicinity of the mirage."
I had seen a simple drawing of a mirage in the notes of the female nurse. In that, there was a huge group of waterfalls on the mirage. The huge water flow of the waterfalls stirred up endless mist, and the water vapor around it was still spread out. When sunlight shone, it turned into a colorful rainbow light. Countless rainbows held a magnificent palace in the air. The palace was full of palace terraces, divine walls, stele pavilions, corner towers, offering halls, and spiritual terraces. The jade pavilions were completely the atmosphere of the Qin Dynasty. The majestic and majestic Qin bricks and Han tiles stood in the rainbow water vapor, like a transformed palace in the sky. Moreover, the palace was surrounded by green plants, which made the palace look colorful, and suddenly gave people a dreamy feeling of witnessing the city of the sky and the mirage.
In this way, if someone stands in an extremely far place and watches the mirage, it is very likely that the green flora wrapped outside the mirage is an island, and thus mistakenly think that the mirage is anchored next to an island, but he did not expect that the island he saw is itself part of the mirage.
But this statement is a bit far-fetched. It would be better to say that Uncle Ming had enough experience in sailing and took us to safely bypass the island. Because according to the records in the previous diary, when Jude Kao's men found the island, they lost many ships because they broke into the reef, and we did not encounter reefs along the way, so the route they chose must be different from our route at this time.
In addition, among General Meng Yi's last words he found, he mentioned a sentence "on the bank of the sea", which shows that there are landforms such as beaches near the mirage, which also implies that there may be islands nearby, but we happened to have not discovered them.
Fatty Wang waved his hand and said, "Don't you think about the islands or islands. Since we have arrived here safely, then prepare and go in and take a look."
I said, "If you don't go nearby first, you might be able to find the traces of Jude Caw's men. The boat they transported things outside could actually meet us, which means that our basic route should be similar."
Uncle Ming spoke at this time, and he said, "There should be islands nearby! Look at the sea water below the fishing boat, it will drop by a few centimeters. This means that there must be islands within a radius of fifty miles. But the sky is too dark now, and we can't see it for a while."
With Uncle Ming’s guidance, the next thing we did was much easier. Everyone discussed for a while and decided to start immediately and use the rubber boat to penetrate deep into the mirage.
As for Jude Kau's men, this mirage is so big, do you know where they got in? Where did they come out? But we will meet sooner or later, and we don't have to worry about anything anymore. We just need to be prepared at any time.
Then, Uncle Ming started the fishing boat and pulled the bow out of the big hole caused by the impact. Then our group sorted out the equipment, transported it onto three rubber boats, and selected personnel to prepare to enter.
Next, there were six people who were about to enter the Mirage, including Fatty Wang, I, Ah Dai, and the three men under Uncle Ming, led by Erlangzi. Uncle Ming and Uncle Jiang gave up following us into the Mirage because they were too old, and instead stayed on the fishing boat with three friends. This was to collect fresh water, and to explore the surrounding environment at any time to avoid any accidents.
Before leaving, Uncle Ming's eyes were red and said that because he was old, he would not enter and help. Moreover, this fishing boat was our last support at sea, and it was inseparable from him, the old captain. In addition, he is the oldest and most experienced maritime consultant here. Since he is an advisor and an expert, he should not join the operation team, but must stay in a safe area, provide various technical intelligence support for the operation team, and help formulate tactical plans. If the person we enter encounters any trouble, he can send people in to help again.
Afterwards, the six of us got on the rubber boat separately, then started the motor, turned on the strong light placed on the bow of the ship, and slowly entered the big hole in the mirage hull.
Mirage is estimated to have been moored here for thousands of years. The countless winds and rains over the past thousand years have long broken the hull, so the sea water inside the hull is basically the same as the outside world. Not only that, in my opinion, Mirage's bottom has probably touched the seabed and became a shipwreck. However, its size is too large. Although it is a shipwreck, a large part of the hull still appears on the water.
Later, as we continued to deepen, there were so many shipwrecks around the sea that it was difficult to estimate the ruins. These ships were warships, not large in size, and most of them were charge warships. At this time, they also fell into the sea water because of the mirage water. A small part was even completely submerged by the sea water, revealing only the sharp corners of the mast. Looking around, it was like entering a cemetery of the shipwreck.
This has an impact on our journey. We have to slow down the boat and pay attention to whether there are obstacles under the sea water ahead.
Fatty Wang took this opportunity to boast about his valuable experience with us. According to him, the role of this mirage is equivalent to that of the current aircraft carrier, but the F22 Raptor fighter is placed in the body of the aircraft carrier, and the mirage is filled with various warships. Now that the mirage is in the water, these warships have gradually become remains due to the erosion of sea water and years.
Then he reminded everyone that the underwater terrain is complex, with shipwrecks everywhere, and there are some inexplicable evil fish under the sea.
In this way, we walked forward for about five or six miles. During this journey, Fatty Wang also explained some important things to us, so that everyone would be mentally prepared to deal with accidents. I listened very seriously, but Ah Dai and Erlangzi and other friends did not agree. I thought in a blink of an eye that they were all white dragons in the sea, and they were so powerful in dealing with some sea affairs, so naturally they would not cram like me.
In this way, Fatty Wang spoke and we walked forward carefully. But we didn't go far away, we were in trouble.
I saw that on the sea in front, there were countless wrecks piled up, blocking our way.
Fatty Wang shot a flare in front of him. In the light of daylight, we found that as long as we pass through this shipwreck area, there is a stair-like building not far ahead. It seems that it should be a road leading to the upper floor of the mirage.
However, we had no way to pass through this area of the sea-sank shipwreck. We could only board the shipwreck, explore and advance from above, or dive underwater and swim past the bottom.
Fatty Wang snorted, then turned around and asked us that we had no idea.
A Dai frowned and said, "These wrecks are all decayed. If they pass through them, it will probably take a lot of time. So it is better for us to dive and pass under the wreck, so it is faster."
The remaining guys were all masters in the sea, so diving and swimming by the wreck was no problem. So they all nodded and agreed with Ah Dai's suggestion. After asking them, Fatty Wang turned his gaze to me again.
Although I am a bit average, I have participated in a few amateur diving and leisure programs before, so there should be no big problems. So I nodded and signaled that I could do it.
Afterwards, the six of us wore diving frog tools and carried scuba on our backs. We left some unnecessary equipment on the rubber boat, and only took some essential items including weapons and food, ready to go.
"Everyone remember three things. First, the underwater environment is complicated, don't make a quick move; second, one follows the other, and the column moves, with a distance of half a meter to one meter; third, be careful and don't show off." Ah Dai acted as our temporary commander at this time. He told us a few key points with a serious expression, and then asked us to equip us to the water.
After saying that, everyone pressed the frog mirror and entered the water one by one, headed by A Dai, who was the most water-efficient. Erlangzi followed him with an underwater searchlight, followed by Fatty Wang and I, and behind him were the two remaining friends. The six of us followed closely together, diving into the deep water along the strings of a wrecked ship, and going directly through the water from under their remains to the waters and reach the staircase building that had been viewed in advance.
Chapter completed!