Chapter 1465 The Past and Agreement of Ocean Exploration (Part 2)
There was no response to the previous communication. After observing from a distance, the fleet discovered that something was wrong with the supply ship at the beginning, so it issued an order to all ships not to approach. In order to retrieve the data of the supply ship observations over the years,
A team composed entirely of surgeons wearing protective clothing went to the ship to investigate the specific situation.
It was originally a very normal situation during a voyage, but the problem was that there was a moderate sea breeze at that time. The exploration team did not bring the deadly germs. On the contrary, under the action of the sea breeze, the materials had already become a natural breeding ground for the germs.
The ship produced a large number of spore-like objects. By the time the exploration team discovered this fact inside the ship, even if they immediately contacted the mothership Venetus via communication, it was still a little late.
This was the first recorded incident after the voyage began. Several accompanying ships that were close to the supply ship were infected with deadly germs. Fortunately, the transmission route of spore-like objects was known, and the emergency cleanup and preventive actions carried out afterwards greatly reduced the losses.
It was reduced to the minimum. But it still took away the lives of nearly 2,000 people in less than two weeks, including a dozen surgeons.
The impact of the pathogenic bacteria was far beyond the death of nearly two thousand crew members. But under the circumstances, neither Nonoska nor Hillary had ever experienced such a thing, and did not think more about it.
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As if setting an example for what would happen in the future, the crew members who were infected by the deadly bacteria actively received treatment at the beginning, and their optimism kept them cooperating with the medical staff.
Time went by a week and a half after they were infected with the deadly bacteria. Looking back now, Nonoska and Hilarelli didn't know what the cause was at that time. It was the medical staff who accidentally revealed that it was difficult to cure infection with the deadly bacteria. Even if they recovered,
Will it also leave information about serious sequelae? Or is it that among those infected, the mentality and consciousness have already undergone distorted changes that they themselves were not aware of seven years after the voyage?
In the days leading up to death, some of the infected people became obviously irritable. Later, they destroyed medical equipment, beds on the ship, and medical equipment, and finally directly attacked doctors and even female nurses, completely making this scene because of
The infection brought by the sea breeze becomes an artificial farce.
A few years later, Nonoska learned from an accidental incident that only a very small part of those infected died of the bacteria, and the rest were all eliminated artificially. But it is undeniable that first
This incident laid the seeds for everything that followed.
The first episode seven years later ended like this. At that time, almost no one realized that the Ocean Fleet, as a group of steel islands on the sea that seemed to be separated from the mainland, had lost normal human social activities. Under the surface of seemingly harmonious coexistence, in fact,
There has been the beginning of decay.
In the second half of the seventh year, the ocean exploration fleet entered the truly unknown waters for the first time. The sailing speed was much slower, and curiosity and enthusiasm for unknown exploration diluted the impact of the germs on the fleet. But secretly
, it seems to be human nature, or a normal reaction after seven years of life. At that time, there were already some so-called fusion circles on every ship. There was not much conflict between them, but if there were some
If there are no boundaries, the taste of certain things will always change.
At that time, Chilman, who had not met Nonoska and Hilary Lee, relied on his keen sense of smell to detect this vague change. He saw that something was wrong. This was his intuition after walking in the dark world all year round.
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After three years of calm, the second incident recorded by the Ocean Fleet was not caused by natural forces, but by the crew themselves. For ten years, some people treated the ship itself as their own territory. Some people gathered together with each other.
Like a small force that is beginning to take shape, it is gradually becoming aggressive and xenophobic.
After living on a ship for ten years, no matter how big the ship is, every detail of it can be grasped by everyone. Because of living in such an environment for too long, one conflict later turned into several ships.
The confrontation between the ships. In the end, the weapons depot was destroyed and the combination lock was destroyed. This time, the death of hundreds of people declared the end of the bloodshed. But its impact was worse than the first fatal bacteria.
The guns in the arsenal were not completely recovered after the incident, and some gunpowder, bombs, etc. were also lost to varying degrees. After that, the knives in the kitchen and tool room were consumed rapidly, and even the consumption rate of some steel pipes also increased rapidly.
.By the beginning of the twelfth year, the status and role of ships that differed based on their functions seemed to have changed.
Nearing the thirteenth year, Chilman accidentally discovered that a large-scale trading network had been formed among various ships. At that time, the number of crew deaths was no longer normal. In just three years,
Here, the total death toll exceeded 5,000. Although it was ultimately attributed to some diseases, some people knew the real cause very well.
After his own investigation, Chilman realized that in a relatively closed environment, even in an unknown sea, death would occur from time to time due to the influence of the natural environment. But among them, the most terrifying thing is never nature.
On the contrary, they are a group of human beings who have lost their normal social activities.
Later, hallucinogens were prepared by some doctors with ulterior motives. How long did it first appear? Chillman could not tell clearly. When he conducted investigations on his own again, he was trading hallucinogens, weapons, and flesh.
The main content of the trading network is spread across dozens of ships. Although the Venetus mothership sent personnel immediately after the incident and carried out a six-month cleanup, some people had a taste of this normal life.
After this experience, you will never look back.
And some of them have regarded this as a voyage with no return, and some of them are eager to become the king of this new country. Then, it is only a matter of time before the contradiction deepens. During this period, even Chillman himself encountered the assassination of the surgeon.
Although the attack was neutralized, Chilman followed the clues and solved the leader behind it. But he understood that many auxiliary ships had begun to decay, and he did not notice it at first, just because of his identity as the surgeon. Because most of these were
At present, only a small number of surgeons are involved in the troubles that happen to ordinary people.
By the end of the 14th year, the ocean-going fleet had been wandering in unknown waters for seven years. During this period, one attached ship was lost due to attacks by marine second-type creatures, and there were no other recorded incidents.
At the beginning of the 15th century, one morning, abnormal fog began to appear on the sea surface, and the temperature fluctuated violently. Only when the sun was strong at noon, the fog dispersed, and normal sea area detection could be carried out. At that time, the Venetus master
The ship issued many special orders for this purpose to prevent the auxiliary ship from getting separated from the main fleet when the fog was thick in the morning. Another important reason was that there were unknown components in the fog, which could affect the transmission of wireless signals.
At that time, as if they knew that the ocean-going fleet had entered a dangerous sea area, the mood of many crew members began to undergo a second huge change.
The scope of the fog was very large. The ocean-going fleet had traveled for nearly a month and still had not left. Soon after, as an auxiliary ship on the edge of the fleet lost contact in the morning, the entire ocean-going exploration fleet suffered its first major loss.
There are signs of recording events.
At that time, Chilman happened to be on the lost auxiliary ship that was the starting point.