Before going into the water, Mo Xi told me that diving on the seabed at a depth of several hundred meters is actually very similar to walking in space. The huge buoyancy under the seabed will cause the same feeling of weightlessness as in space, and so
The diving suit worn by astronauts also has many similarities with the space suits worn by astronauts.
And in fact, for humans, deep-sea diving is no less difficult than walking in space, because compared to space, in addition to overcoming the hypoxic environment at the bottom of the sea, you also need to consider the impact of seawater pressure on
The oppression of the human body.
So, Mo Xi finally said to me: "Sijiu, just experience the feeling for a while. Although you may never go to space in your life, after this experience, it is completely unnecessary to go to space."
Whether Mo Xi's words made sense or not, I was still undecided before entering the water, but when I actually stepped on the cold seabed myself, I felt that what she just said was indeed very reasonable.
Wearing a heavy diving suit and a bulky diving helmet, coupled with the silent and cold water around me, I really felt as if I was walking in space. This feeling was the same as when I took the Sea Dragon in the deep sea.
It's completely different when diving.
The ocean floor was so dark that it was almost impossible to see even one's fingertips. However, when we all left the base and entered the ocean floor, a path of light suddenly appeared in front of us.
This set of roads is a road composed of a set of searchlights, leading to the destination of our operation. Colonel White walked at the front, and he said: "Everyone, we are now at the bottom of the sea at a depth of 1,024 feet. UFOs
The hatch is 330 feet northeast of us, and you can reach it by following the direction pointed by these searchlights."
"Understood." Everyone said in unison.
White continued: "Okay, let's get started, but you have to be careful. Sometimes there will be some underwater turbulence nearby. If someone is scattered by these turbulences, remember to recognize these searchlights. Just look at them."
Once you reach them, you can rejoin the main force."
After saying that, White took the lead and walked forward. The rest of the people immediately lined up in a long line, following closely behind him.
The seabed here looks quite desolate, and there are no underwater creatures around. It seems like there are only a few of us on the seabed.
After walking not long, White suddenly stopped and looked into the distance.
Following his gaze, everyone raised their heads together.
The next thing that came into our eyes was the UFO's body as huge as a hill. Compared to being on a submarine, this look made us feel our own insignificance and the hugeness of this spacecraft.
After Mike in the team saw the spaceship, he couldn't help but sigh: "Have you seen the size of this thing? I think I have to take back my words. Such a huge thing cannot be made by humans.
Yeah."
Everyone sighed for a while, and White pointed to a place with dim light under the spacecraft in front and said to us: "Have you seen that over there? The hatch is right there."
As soon as White finished speaking, a figure rushed out of the team and swam towards the place pointed by White. The figure was none other than Agent Harris.
Unlike all of us, Harris did not wear any diving equipment, just a tight-fitting swimming suit. With gills, he could breathe freely on the seabed without the help of external force, just like the legendary mermaid.
Seeing him swimming towards the hatch, White immediately shouted to him through the intercom: "Harris, what do you want to do?"
At this time, Harris's figure had disappeared into the darkness, but his voice still rang on the public channel through the intercom: "Colonel White, you can continue moving forward. I will go over and confirm for you the area around the hatch.
safety.”
White shook his head when he heard this, and then made a gesture to us to move on.
After walking for a while, the road formed by the searchlights in front suddenly disappeared.
So White turned on the portable searchlight and asked each of us to turn on the lights on our helmets.
After checking several sets of lights buried on the seabed, White stood up and said: "Everyone, it seems we have to move forward in the dark. These lights seem to be malfunctioning."
Without these lights, the light from our helmets and the searchlight in White's hand were not enough to provide us with a broad line of sight. Under such circumstances, we only walked for a few minutes.
I felt a sense of loneliness from within.
This feeling of loneliness is not unfamiliar to me. I had this feeling when I was diving into the depths of the sea on the Sea Dragon with Mo Xi. Now this feeling resurfaces, and I can't help but recall the past.
But compared to me, the situation of the three experts from the foundation was much worse. Probably because they were not used to being enveloped in this sense of loneliness, the three of them began to talk to each other in meaningless conversations.
Although these conversations seemed meaningless, Mo Xi still translated them for me.
The first person to start the conversation was the black man Jamie. He looked around in horror and said to the others: "Everyone, do you think there will be sharks here?"
"Hey!" Mike said with some dissatisfaction: "Jamie, can you not talk about those things at this time?"
"But I just want to ask! Do you think the wetsuits we are wearing can be broken by shark bites? I think it is quite strong."
Seeing that such a dark and strong man like Jamie was trembling, Elizabeth couldn't help but rolled her eyes and said: "Jamie, you don't have to worry about sharks at all. The sharks in this sea area are not aggressive.
Even if large sharks occasionally come here, a thousand feet deep is not a favorite feeding area for these sharks."
Elizabeth's words made Jamie feel relieved, but who knew that Elizabeth herself would start talking about some scary topics next.
"In fact, compared to sharks, what we should really be careful about are those little things that don't attract attention, such as sea snakes. You may not die if you are bitten by a shark, but if you are bitten by a sea snake, you will definitely die. Those little
The poison of this thing is the most powerful animal poison in the world."
"That's enough! You two!" Mike turned around and shouted at the two of them.
After Mike's voice sounded, Elizabeth and Jamie immediately shut their mouths, but it seemed that they shut their mouths not because of Mike's words, but because they saw something behind him.
It was a dark figure gradually approaching behind Mike.
When I saw the thing gradually swimming towards Mike, I saw that everyone else was stunned because of the momentary surprise. At that moment, I didn’t care that I didn’t know English anymore, so I could only use my words, hands and feet to signal to Mike that there was something behind him!
Mike noticed my side, but for a moment, he didn't understand what I meant at all. It wasn't until Mo Xi translated for me that Mike suddenly turned around, and at this time, the black shadow had already reached him.
behind.
When he first saw the black figure, Mike was immediately frightened and almost fell backwards.
But at this time, the black figure immediately stretched out his hand and stabilized Mike.
"Haha, don't be afraid, it's just a joke, your reaction is great."
After seeing the true face of the black shadow clearly, the others breathed a sigh of relief, because the person who came turned out to be Harris who had just left.
Harris laughed loudly at first, seemingly satisfied with the effect of his prank. Then he came to Colonel White and said to him: "Colonel, the hatch is not far ahead. I have seen the lights here."
It seems like the wire was chewed off by something."
"We'll talk about the wires later. Let's go to the hatch first!"
"Okay, then come with me."
So, under the guidance of Harris, we continued walking forward in the dark for a while, and an artificial object lying on the seabed appeared in front of us.
This man-made object is cylindrical and looks like a huge water pipe. One end of the pipe is facing us and the other end is attached to the huge spacecraft.