I once read in a book that people are particularly prone to fear in a closed environment. This is true in a sealed elevator and also in a submarine on the bottom of the sea.
But now, I really understood what this sentence meant. In the dark sea water, fear came towards me in waves like a turbulent undercurrent on the bottom of the sea.
However, just when I was almost trembling with fear, I saw a smile on Mo Xi's face.
At that time, the lighting in the cockpit of the Jiaolong was not turned on, and the faint reddish light on the instrument panel shone on her face, making Mo Xi's face look indescribably weird.
Looking at Mo Xi's face, I didn't know where the heroic words I had spoken to Gao Liang on the deck had been thrown. I asked in a trembling voice: "Mo, Dr. Mo, what are you laughing at?"
While looking out of the observation window at the dark seabed, Mo Xi said to me without looking back: "Don't you think this environment is very comfortable? It's dark and quiet, which makes people feel particularly at ease and safe.
feel."
…
Peace of mind, sister!
I couldn't help but curse in my heart. I remember Gao Liang once told me that geniuses in the world actually have some mental problems. Now it seems that Gao Liang's words are sincere. Although this Mo Xi has a frighteningly high IQ,
She is a doctor at a young age, but her mental condition is serious. This seabed is dark, she can't see anything, and she can't hear anything. What is going on in her head that makes her think that this place is going to happen.
Give people a sense of security?
Just when I was thinking this, Mo Xi suddenly turned around, as if she could hear what I was saying, and suddenly asked: "Do you think I have a mental problem?"
"No! How could I have such an idea? Hahaha." I scratched the back of my head and giggled.
Mo Xi said: "You don't need to deny that I do have some mental illness. According to psychology, I seem to have severe social phobia. In a closed environment, this symptom will be greatly reduced, so
That's why I feel so safe here. And haven't you noticed that I talk more than usual now? This is also the impact of the closed environment on me."
When Mo Xi said this, I realized that she indeed talked several times more than usual today. But social phobia... Why does a genius like her have such a psychological problem?
I asked my question and Mo Xi listened, but she didn't answer me immediately. Just when I thought her old habit of not talking was about to happen again, Mo Xi suddenly said: "This is actually the same as what I used to do."
It is related to my experiences. Since I was a child, my extraordinary intelligence has been discovered by adults, and they regard me as a genius or a superman. There are many people who like me, know me, and compliment me, but no one really understands me and knows that
What do I want.
Until later, I met a person. Only that person was different from others. He would treat me as an ordinary girl and an ordinary person. Originally, I thought that I had finally found a suitable friend. In the future, maybe we
We will grow up and live together. But who knows, as he grows older, that person will start to become like other people, and gradually regard me as a genius, as a person in a completely different world from him. He no longer
He understood me, and even started to be jealous of me because of the pressure his family put on him.
Ever since him, I knew that I was alone in this world. Later, my loneliness caused me to suffer from social phobia."
A pair of people for life, half drunk, half awake and half floating.
After listening to Mo Xi's words, I suddenly thought of the poem she hung on the wall of the dormitory, and asked: "Is the person you are talking about your childhood sweetheart?"
Mo Xi fell into silence, but I knew that I had guessed correctly.
It took almost twenty minutes to dive from the surface of the sea to the location where the underwater diving machine sent out the distress signal. But thanks to Mo Xi's words just now, this time passed in the blink of an eye for me.
When Mo Xi fell silent again and returned to his usual taciturn state from the excitement of first entering the seabed, the Jiaolong had already dived into the designated depth.
I came to the observation window. Outside the window was a pitch-black sea, and I couldn't see anything at all. Apart from that, it was deathly quiet outside, except for the constant sound of carbon dioxide being discharged from the cabin through the exhaust valve of the Jiaolong.
Apart from the sound, no other movement could be heard in the sea water.
Feeling that the fear I had driven away just now due to my interaction with Mo Xi was coming back, I quickly patted Mo Xi on the shoulder and asked her: "Dr. Mo, where is the submersible machine? How can we find it when it's so dark outside?
it?"
Mo Xi answered me directly with actions. I saw her pressing a few buttons on the control panel. Directly in front of the observation window, there were several bright light pillars. Under the illumination of these light pillars, everything around
Slowly revealing his true face.
A few dozen meters around the Jiaolong was an undersea desert. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but a gray-white sand, neither a coral forest nor a school of fish in the sea.
However, just on this undersea desert, a cylindrical black shadow was strikingly stuck in the sand.
I immediately pointed at the black shadow and said, "Dr. Mo, is that the Jiaolong?"
"Yes, that's it."
Mo Xi pushed a push rod in front of him, and then a dull motor sound came from the surroundings. Under the action of the underwater propeller, the Jiaolong began to slowly float towards the submersible machine.
At the same time, Mo Xi also asked me to remove an intercom in the cockpit. Through this thing and the cables on the Jiaolong, we can get in touch with the Xuelong. According to the plan we made in advance, once we discover
If you find traces of the submersible machine, you must inform the Snow Dragon immediately.
Soon, the communication with the Snow Dragon was established. Knowing that we had found the submersible machine, there was a burst of cheers from the other side.
However, compared to the good news we brought, there were two not-so-good news coming from the Snow Dragon.
The first news is that so far, the crew on the Snow Dragon and the people on the KA-32 helicopter have not found any trace of the white monster. Although there are still more than ten minutes left before the monster is scheduled to appear, but
Such a huge monster cannot appear suddenly. There should be some traces that can be found before that. Unfortunately, even if there are similar traces, the Snow Dragon has not observed them at all.
If the fact that the monster hasn't appeared yet can only be regarded as good news, then what comes next is probably 100% bad news.
Almost at the same time that the Jiaolong arrived at the bottom of the sea, the Xuelong suddenly received a communication request from other ships around it. After the communication was connected, Wang Jingzhong and the others discovered to their surprise that this communication actually came from a U.S. Navy ship.
Destroyer's!
In the communication, after asking about the identity of the Xuelong, the other party asked the Xuelong to leave this area immediately, because the US Navy will conduct a live-fire exercise in this area in half an hour. If the Xuelong is
Without leaving, the U.S. Navy will not guarantee the safety of the Snow Dragon!
"U.S. Navy?"
It’s really a hell. I can’t understand how our luck could be so bad. Although the Arctic Ocean is not big, it is still a large sea. How could it be such a coincidence that we met the US Navy at this time? Moreover,
What's even more coincidental is that they actually want to conduct military exercises in this sea area where the monster is about to appear.
Is all this just a coincidence, or is there another mystery behind it?