Immortal Master Invincible

Chapter 1245 Alien World (156)

The water level has dipped to the "TITABISMY" nameplate on both sides of the Titan Bismarck's bow, and the sinking and tilting bow of the Titan Bismarck is even more serious at this time.At this time, the passenger capacity of the lifeboat was finally fully utilized, and the boat No. 56 on the starboard side carried [-] passengers when it was released.

The water diffused directly aft from the working corridor on E-deck, and poured into No. 4 boiler room. The front restaurant on the D floor has almost become a diving training ground, and the center of gravity of the ship is slowly moving forward.The originally peaceful top deck was in chaos, and the passengers finally realized the seriousness of the situation, and rushed to the lifeboats one after another.The unrest continued to escalate, the crew opened fire and suppressed passengers, and the evacuation began to spiral out of control.

At this time, the people on board began to commotion. When the No. 14 lifeboat on the cabin side was carrying 60 people and was about to be released, the crowd tried to jump into the boat, but was frightened by the fifth-class crew member Raul who was in the boat and shot into the sky.Those who remained on the Titan Bismarck were left in despair.

海水继续浸入后面的锅炉室。二等及三等的妇孺乘客分批逃生, 舱侧16号搭载多于50人, 右舷13号搭载64人, 30秒之后，右舷15号上有70人匆忙被放出。

Most of the lifeboats had left the Titan Bismarck to prevent the vortex from the sinking ship from sucking the lifeboats underwater. The last lifeboat on the starboard side was lowered to the surface, and the bow continued to sink.A total of 8 people on the ship's band continued to play music for the passengers under the leadership of the band conductor Wallace Hartley, in order to calm these people who were destined to die in a few 10 minutes, and they played until the last moment.

Faced with the choice of life and death, some people choose to die like a gentleman. The rich man Guggenheim put on a tuxedo, "Even if he dies, he must die like a gentleman."Mrs. Evans gave up the lifeboat seat to a mother of a child, while Ismay, the chairman of the shipping company, abandoned his passengers, his crew, his ship, and jumped in at the last moment when the crew who directed the release of the lifeboat were not paying attention. Collapsible lifeboat C, the good and evil of human nature are fully revealed here.

As more water flooded into the bow section, the stern gradually cleared the water and tilted high, exposing the three huge propellers on the bottom of the Titan Bismarck's stern.

Water began to flood the huge bow deck, very fast. More than 1500 people remained on the sinking ship, and the crew tried their best to maintain order so that women and children could enter the lifeboats. When 44 people boarded the collapsible lifeboat D and released it, there were only the last two lifeboats on board, and it was too late. It was sent to the surface according to the normal process.

The bow deck and front side of the Titan Bismarck have been completely submerged in the water, and the first-class cabin area has begun to flood. Due to the submersion of part of the superstructure, the water-filled area of ​​the bow has reached hundreds of square meters. The No. 4 boiler room It has been more than an hour since the hatch cover was closed, but the seawater still cannot completely fill the place. The workers inside are still working hard, trying to get rid of the stagnant water. They don't know: they are already more than 10 meters below sea level, and all The exits were all blocked by sea water, and they were already working in the "submarine".

The strong water pressure blasted the waterproof board between No. 4 and No. 5 boiler rooms, and many workers were killed on the spot.The sinking speed of the hull was significantly accelerated.The final moments of the Titan Bismarck have come.The bridge part and the crew's cab on the aft part of the bow were about to be flooded. The captain signaled the telegraphers Bit and Philip to leave their posts, and Philip continued to send radio messages.

The captain said to the crew: "Now you have to rely on yourself", and then walked to the bridge, locked yourself in the captain's cabin, and accepted the trial of death.Someone saw the chief designer Thomas Andrew stepping into the first-class smoking room in despair and waiting for death. Many crew members still insisted on their jobs. A large number of passengers ran to the stern in a panic, and many people were trampled to death.

Phillips, who has been sticking to his post, sent the last desperate telegram: "Please come to the rescue quickly, the boiler room is flooded, and the seawater has covered the turbine."The band on the ship stopped playing, and many passengers and crew jumped into the water at this moment.The collapsible lifeboat, one of the last two lifeboats, capsized and dropped about 24 people into the icy water. Raul, a fifth-class crew member of the other lifeboat No. 14 on the side of the cabin, saved nearly half of them.Others were buried in the ocean.

The center of gravity of the ship completely lost its balance, and it kept moving forward, while the stern kept tilting upwards, and soon the propeller at the bottom completely tilted out of the water.The entire outdoor foyer of the bridge part after the bow was submerged in the water, and then was blown to pieces by the pressure of the rushing water.The glass dome collapsed under the water pressure, causing the chimney cables attached to the dome to snap.

The No. 1 chimney was out of balance, and the chimney broke and collapsed, killing many struggling passengers who fell into the water.The bridge section and the crew's cab are also fully submerged.The 29 large boilers inside the cabin left the base one after another, collided with each other and smashed watertight walls one after another, further impacting the underlying structure.

The entire ship has seven and a half waterproof cabins filled with water, the center of gravity has moved forward obviously, and the rear half is still floating on the water, maintaining a huge buoyancy reserve, which is why the ship is tilted up like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.The steel cables fixing the No. 7 chimney finally broke because they could not withstand the huge hydraulic pressure. Then the No. 2 chimney, which had sunk into the sea level, broke and collapsed, sinking into the sea with many passengers who were crushed to death. It sucks in more people.

Because the hull is no longer balanced, some passengers slide from the stern into the water like sitting on a slide.Many people were sucked into the hull and never came out again.The dedicated electrical engineer who had been maintaining electricity in the cabin was eventually electrocuted.The sea water immediately poured into the central power control room, causing a short circuit, and the lights of the whole ship went out instantly, then flashed again for an instant, and finally dimmed forever, and the stern continued to warp up.

After the stern was raised, the hull was under unimaginable pressure, because the weight of the raised stern was far greater than the weight of the submerged bow, and the steel bars were constantly twisting and deforming, and now it finally reached its limit.In a series of cracking sounds and explosions, the middle of the hulls of No. 3 and No. 4 funnels of the Titan Bismarck were blown apart, and the raised stern part fell down after the entire hull was broken. It hit the water heavily, and the remaining two chimneys were also broken.The main body becomes two parts, but the bottom trunk is still disconnected.The bow of the ship sank directly into the water, and the stern temporarily refloated because there was almost no water in it.

As the hull disintegrates, all movable objects within the ship appear to fall simultaneously downward into the water.The stern sank a little bit and slowly became inclined and vertical.Last but not least good news for passengers: The fire was extinguished.The huge buoyancy of the stern resulted in the complete disconnection of the only two main keels connected.The bow of the ship hits the bottom of the sea at a speed of 2 miles per hour. Thanks to the careful design of the designer, the stern of the ship is still floating vertically on the water.

Although the stern barely floated, it sank continuously in less than a minute because the bottom of the fracture was filled with sea water until it completely sank and disappeared on the surface of the Great Ocean, creating a huge vortex Inhaled a large number of passengers and crew who persisted until the end, of course, many passengers and crew have already become stiff corpses.

Although many people surfaced, most of the passengers and crew members who were floating on the water gradually lost their temperature and were frozen to death due to the cold sea water and failure to get rescue in time.The sea returned to calm soon after, and a great ocean liner ended its short and dazzling life here, and more than 1500 passengers who failed to board the lifeboat became its funeral objects.

The entire shipwreck took three hours.For the sea, these three hours are just a moment, but for some people, it is a nightmare of a lifetime.

"Not good, captain, there is a huge vortex ahead!" Just as Pang Xiaonan's thoughts were still stuck in the nightmarish shipwreck, Buenoski's voice sounded, his tone full of anxiety.

After Blossom's Flower was struck by lightning, it experienced a moment of stability, but it was about to drive to the edge of the vortex.

Pang Xiaonan looked around and saw that the vortex was about 20 meters in diameter. No, the eyes seemed to be inaccurate, and it seemed to be at least 50 meters in diameter. The surrounding sea water was swirling around the vortex like the water in a washing machine. Turning and surging, it seems like a black hole that can swallow all objects.

The sky was pitch black. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to find this vortex at all. The dark clouds in the sky blocked all the light from spilling onto the sea. Only when the occasional lightning flashed up, could you see the huge vortex clearly with the help of a short flash of lightning.

At this moment, Blossom's Flower is approaching the vortex. If there is no accident, the ship carrying the scientific expedition team will disappear in the sea in just a quarter of an hour.

Pang Xiaonan looked at Buenoski subconsciously, and asked, "First officer, is there a way to avoid the vortex?"

Buenoski seemed a little anxious at the moment, the continuous waves tossed him a little tired, but as an experienced captain, his eyes were still very steady, "Captain, there is only one way, to use full horsepower to avoid the eddy current. "

"This horrible weather, can you raise the sails?" Pang Xiaonan remembered that the flower of Blossom had run out of fuel and could only rely on the wind to sail on the sea, but under the current environment, can the sails be used normally?

"You can't use sails. Such a strong wind may break the mast." Buenoski held the steering wheel tightly, and pressed a button with his fingers.

"You mean to use the engine and turn on the propeller?" Pang Xiaonan stared at the vortex closely. At this moment, the flower of Blossom was getting closer to the vortex. "But haven't we run out of fuel?"

"There is still a little bit left." Buenoski has already started the propeller, "Since our fuel is running out, I have stopped using the engine and have been sailing with the sails in order to save some fuel for emergencies .”

"Great, then what are you waiting for, start the engine, and try your best to avoid the vortex." Pang Xiaonan felt excited for a moment, it seemed that in the vast sea, how important an experienced old captain is.

"Yes, Captain!" Buenoski struggled to turn the steering wheel, trying his best to adjust the direction of Blossom's Flower.

But the gravitational force of the vortex is very huge, and the flower of Blossom still drifts towards the vortex.

"What's going on?" Pang Xiaonan was a little anxious. According to this situation, the flower of Blossom flew into the vortex.The lightning and the torrential rain did not stop, and hit the ship of Blossom Flower, making a violent impact sound.

"Don't worry, captain, the ship's reaction has a process." Buenoski frowned, and he tried his best not to let the flower of Blossom fall into the huge vortex.

The Flower of Blossom began to swirl around the vortex, and it was about to fall into the unfathomable huge ocean current.

The people in the cabin didn't know what was happening now. They were inside the boat, but they felt that the shaking of the hull was smaller than before, and they didn't know that they were going to sink into the dark seabed soon.

Many people dare not look at the outside situation, because outside the narrow window, there are squalls, torrential rain, lightning and thunder, and the rain has blurred the glass of the window. All I could see was black and white, and occasionally there would be one or two flashes of lightning, which shocked people's hairs all over their bodies.

"Ah..." Buenoski let out a dull roar, and finally, Blossom Flower left the edge of the vortex and escaped towards the periphery.

Pang Xiaonan's heart has been tugging. He doesn't know when the flower of Blossom will sink to the bottom of the sea, but as long as it can still be on the surface of the sea, the few people on board may still survive.

If the boat got stuck in the whirlpool, he wasn't even sure he could survive.The power of nature is unpredictable, and sometimes even the gods can't do anything about it.

Pang Xiaonan began to wonder if this was Shenlong's work. After all, he humiliated it in New Blossom, and it was likely to set up obstacles on the way back to Blossom's flower to avenge that arrow.

But Pang Xiaonan quickly denied this idea. When Shenlonglian dealt with him in New Blossoms, he always dealt with it in a coping manner. The gorilla said that it would not interfere with the actions of its subordinates, but it did not say that it ordered to stop the scientific research. The team returned, according to Shenlong's lazy tone, it is impossible for it to run so far to make a trip.

Fortunately, under Buenoski's control, Blossom's Flower gradually moved away from the center of the vortex and quickly fled towards the periphery. Pang Xiaonan's hanging heart finally let go.

Pang Xiaonan gave Buenoski a thumbs up and said, "Good job, first mate."

Buenoski wiped the sweat from his forehead and said out of breath, "Luck, captain, we almost got caught in that vortex."

"Auspicious people have their own destiny, we will be fine." Pang Xiaonan patted Buenoski on the shoulder, and took a deep breath. Even he had no idea just now, and Buenoski was considered Very calm.

"However, I still want to tell you some bad news." Buenoski's serious expression made Pang Xiaonan's heart skip a beat, "We have completely run out of fuel, and we can only rely on sailing for the future voyage."

Pang Xiaonan breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that Buenoschi would tell him that if the flower of Blossom got water or was damaged, he would die, just like the tragedy of the Titan Bismarck , a small crack in the hull is fatal, fortunately, it's just that the fuel is exhausted.

"Then use the wind to go home. I finally escaped a catastrophe. It's no big deal if the fuel is exhausted."

"But captain, if we encounter such a dangerous situation again, we won't have the motivation to run for our lives." Buenoski added, seeing that Pang Xiaonan didn't understand what he meant.

Pang Xiaonan was nervous again, then laughed, and said: "I said chief mate, can you stop worrying about the sky, can this kind of situation happen at any time, can you have some confidence, I believe, the one who will meet us next It’s all cloudless.”

The flower of Blossom gradually left the center of the storm, the dark clouds gradually dispersed, the raindrops gradually became smaller, and the lightning disappeared, and the starlight could be seen faintly above his head, and Pang Xiaonan's mood was like seeing the sun and the moon through the dark clouds , gradually became cheerful.

He opened the hatch and wanted to go to the deck, but Buenoski grabbed him and said, "Don't go out yet, it won't be too late when we get out of the storm."

"Why?" Pang Xiaonan was a little puzzled, the current Blossom Flower is very stable, and there are no big waves approaching on the sea.

"Just in case, if another thunder strikes, the ship is wet everywhere, and you may be struck by lightning." Buenoski's experience told him that it is not suitable to go on deck now.

"That's right," Pang Xiaonan stroked the wet hair on his head embarrassingly, "You're still old-fashioned."

So Pang Xiaonan closed the hatch, and Buenoski continued to stare at the sea in case of any accident.

Finally, Blossom's Flower was completely away from the storm, and the stars above his head became brighter. Pang Xiaonan looked up at the sky and said, "This time I have completely left the storm."

Buenoski nodded and said, "Yes, thanks to our luck, the typhoon is not coming in our direction."

"What? You don't know the direction of the typhoon's action?" Pang Xiaonan was a little scared. If they escaped in the same direction as the typhoon, they would have to withstand the test of the storm along the way.

"At the center of the storm, how could I see the direction of the typhoon?" Although Buenoski had rich experience, he was really powerless at that time. direction."

"Fortunately!" Pang Xiaonan wiped the cold sweat off his head, this feeling of surviving after a catastrophe is really exciting.

It took almost three or four hours to fight against the storm this time, which exhausted Pang Xiaonan and Buenoski physically and mentally.

It was late at night, and the people in the cabin were exhausted. They were swept up by the huge waves, and they were knocked into a daze in the cabin. At this moment, they all felt a long period of tranquility. All the precautions were removed, someone had already snored lightly, and the sound of snoring spread in the cabin, making most people sleepy.

"First officer, are you sleepy? Why don't you take a rest and I'll take the helm for you." Seeing Buenoski's eyelids twitch, Pang Xiaonan almost fell asleep standing up, and hurried over to get the steering wheel.

"I'm really sleepy, but captain, can you look at the direction?" Buenoski cheered up, but he was still worried about handing over the steering wheel. After all, if this is wrong, don't worry, the ship will have to return to the storm Center to go.

"Don't worry, I'm a physical radar, I can figure out the general direction." Pang Xiaonan took over Buenoski's steering wheel without any explanation, and pushed Buenoski to the side, in the corner of the cockpit There is an old armchair in it, where Buenoski usually rests for a while.

"All right, I'll take a nap for a while. If you're sleepy, wake me up." Buenoski didn't insist, he knew Pang Xiaonan's ability, and there would be no danger in entrusting his life to him. Next to the chair, leaned against the chair, and then fell asleep.

Although Pang Xiaonan was exhausted, he was a bit better than ordinary people. He could take a nap while inhaling spiritual energy, and avoid danger by detecting the fluctuations in the surrounding aura, so he was not afraid of not falling asleep.

Pang Xiaonan grabbed the steering wheel, then closed his eyes and opened his spiritual sense, and fixed the direction in his mind. Now he completely grasped the route of Blossom Flower, and he started to be greedy He quickly absorbed the spiritual energy around him. The experience just now consumed too much spiritual energy, so he had to replenish it properly.

(End of this chapter)