Dragon Race: Dragon of Eternal Time

Chapter 263 The Crisis of Life and Death

This is the highest level of alert.

Apparently a major crisis is approaching the Yamal.

There was noise outside the cabin, and everyone was awakened by the harsh alarm, asking what happened.

Xue's hand holding the game console suddenly trembled violently, her little face turned pale, and she kept murmuring: "God is coming to kill me, God is coming to kill me, I will die, I can't escape..."

"Don't be afraid, with me here, even a god can't kill you." Mo Shi comforted Xue while looking out of the porthole.

At the end of his line of sight, where the ice sea meets the sky, a snow-white line is chasing the Yamal.

It looks like an ice storm that is approaching rapidly, and it is still about ten kilometers away from the Yamal, but its speed is very fast, and it may only take a few minutes to catch up with the Yamal.

In just an instant, the thin snow-white line expanded into a high silver-white wall, rolling and screaming towards it.

The crew reacted immediately, shouting loudly, busy taking various measures to deal with the ice storm.

The temperature outside dropped rapidly, dropping by as much as ten degrees in a short period of time. Ice crystals like spider webs climbed up the glass windows, and the high snow-white wall on the side of the ship covered the sky. It was dark for a moment.

Captain Sasha's voice also rang from the radio: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is an ice storm suddenly appearing on the side, but there is no need to worry, the Yamal is sufficient to deal with this crisis."

Mo Shi frowned, the matter was not as simple as Captain Sasha said, the blizzard was too abnormal.

Sure enough, Professor Schneider's hoarse voice sounded, "Please come to the command room immediately for a meeting with all the crew."

Mo Shi glanced at the shivering Xue, like a frightened kitten, knowing that she couldn't be left alone in the room, so he took her hand and walked towards the command room.

At this time, the first ice storm came into contact with the Yamal, and a towering snow wall hit the side of the ship fiercely. Even with the tonnage of the Yamal, the ship's hull tilted more than 30 degrees.

The aisle shook violently, Xue let out an exclamation, and almost fell, but fortunately, Mo Shi immediately supported Xue, preventing her from falling and hitting the cabin wall during the violent shaking.

Looking out of the porthole, there is only the turbulent wind and snow, and the whole space seems to be trembling in the snowstorm. The stern wind sounds like thousands of ghosts dancing wildly, roaring and roaring.

Mo Shi walked into the command room with Xue, and everyone focused their attention on him. Mo Shi glanced at him and found that everyone had arrived. Professor Schneider looked solemn.

The command room was transformed from a very delicate small library on the yamal, which replaced Captain Sasha's captain's cabin and became the nerve center of the entire ship.

"Sorry, sorry, I seem to be late." Mo Shi held Xue's hand restlessly, with a slightly apologetic smile on his face.

"It's okay, find a seat and sit down." Schneider said.

Mo Shi nodded and pulled Xue to find a seat nearby and sit down.

"EVA, why didn't we receive an ice storm warning in advance?" Schneider asked looking at EVA's virtual projection.

This extremely huge and terrifying ice storm EVA did not have an early warning, which is obviously a very abnormal situation.

"I'm sorry, but due to various disturbances, I didn't detect the sign of this ice storm. It appeared suddenly." EVA replied, "But this is in line with natural phenomena."

"Really?" Schneider hesitated and nodded slightly.

Although EVA said it was normal, he had a faint sense of foreboding, but he couldn't tell where the problem was.

"Yes, this is the conclusion I came to after analysis, but it's just for reference." EVA said very formulaic.

"Can the Yamal survive a storm of this level?" Chu Zihang looked at Captain Sasha and asked in a low voice.

Others also cast inquiring glances at Captain Sasha. They came here to slay dragons, and they didn't want to lose their precious lives because of an ice storm.

"Please rest assured, of course there is no problem, this ship was built for this purpose." Captain Sasha said with a grin.

The other senior crew members chatted softly in Russian, obviously not paying attention to this terrifying ice storm.

Chu Zihang nodded slightly and stopped talking.After receiving an affirmative answer, the elites of Kassel Academy were also relieved.

Captain Sasha showed a smug expression, and continued: "The Yamal is the largest icebreaker in the world, equipped with two nuclear reactors, the accident of the Titanic will not happen on this ship, just like it is fatal to a school of mackerel The vortex is just a splash to the giant whale."

Captain Sasha has sailed the yamal on the ice sea for half his life, and no one will question his professionalism.

"The captain is right," the first mate added, "however, it is not without a little impact. During our passage through the ice storm, some facilities on the ship had to be temporarily out of use."

"For example?" Chu Zihang asked.

"There is a high probability that the radio communication system and satellite navigation system will fail. There will definitely be some problems with the air conditioning and hot water systems. There will be temporary power outages. The equipment on the deck will have to be disabled. The constant temperature swimming pool will also fail. Spill, the restaurant has to be temporarily closed, we can't use open flames at this time..."

The first officer snapped his fingers and began to speak eloquently.

"You've said so much in one breath, why don't you just say what equipment is available!" Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded.

This is a bit outrageous.Everyone was left in a cold sweat.

"The heating system can still be used. We use mechanical heating. The hot water is exported from the cooling water of the reactor and delivered to each cabin." The chief officer smiled proudly.

"Is there only hot water from the nuclear reactor left?" Lu Mingfei said with a sad face, "Can that thing really take a bath?"

"There may be a small amount of nuclear radiation, but it's not a big problem, and you don't need to take a bath all the time. It's not a problem if you don't take a bath all year round in the Arctic." The first officer spread his hands.

Some girls showed reluctant expressions.

"Okay, we are here for a mission, not for a vacation. As long as we can survive, everything will be fine." Schneider saw their dissatisfaction and waved his hand.

"There is another system that will be unavailable." EVA's voice sounded, "During the voyage in the storm, the satellite signal will be very weak, and I will not be able to provide services for you."

As soon as her words fell, the whole boat suddenly trembled.

All the lights went out in an instant, the command room became pitch black, and some people let out a low cry. The darkness lasted only a few seconds, and the emergency lights came on, but the projection of EVA did not recover, and the sound no longer appeared. .

"Hell, I'm going to fix the power system."

The first mate cursed in Russian, stood up and walked outside. When passing by Professor Schneider's podium, he picked up a bottle of wine, as if he was holding the wine bottle to teach the damn power supply system Similarly, at the moment he is cursing in Russian while rushing to the front line of maintenance.

Everyone sat in their seats and watched him go away.

"You have a group of smart crew." Professor Schneider looked at Captain Sasha and said very seriously.

"Thank you. Every crew member on my ship has undergone strict training and can deal with all kinds of emergencies. The power supply system will return to normal within an hour. It is our duty to escort customers!" Captain Sasha said very proudly explain.

"No." Schneider pointed to the wine bottle on his table, "I mean, in such dim light, he still picked my best bottle of vodka accurately."

In the dim light, everyone laughed at the same time, and the originally tense atmosphere was swept away.

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the harsh siren sounded again, and everyone's nerves tensed instantly.

"What happened again? Didn't you say there is no problem?" Lu Mingfei wanted to cry, "Can you be more reliable!"

He said what everyone was thinking, and the whole room was whispering, looking out the porthole, but unfortunately they couldn't see anything except the sky full of waste snow and dust.

Visibility was extremely low under the influence of the ice storm.

"What do you think?" Nuonuo came to Mo Shi's side.

Standing beside her were Xia Mi, Renata and Erika, and they all looked at Mo Shi, waiting for his answer.

"It's not that simple." Mo Shi said calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the first officer shouted with a Russian accent: "Attention all crew members in all departments! Prepare for impact! Prepare for impact!"

In the steering gear room, the first officer was operating frantically, the Yamal suddenly accelerated and tilted, this [-]-ton giant icebreaker was trying to make a turn like a motorboat, obviously he wanted to dodge some unknown and extremely huge thing .

"What is that?! Ship?"

Someone pointed out the porthole in horror and exclaimed.

Looking in the direction of his finger, everyone saw the thing that the first mate wanted to dodge, it was a big black ship, under the ice storm, it was rushing towards Yamal at a very high speed!

Visually, the displacement of that ship was slightly smaller than that of the Yamal, but it still looked like a black iron wall when it crossed over, and it looked like steel giants walking side by side on the ice!
Because the ice storm enveloped it and reduced the range of vision, Yamal didn't notice the ship in the first place!
"My God!" Lu Mingfei opened his mouth wide.

Everyone showed extremely terrified expressions, because the Yamal can smash into icebergs, but it is [-]% unable to smash into a big ship made of steel that is only one size smaller than itself.

"Everyone take refuge on the other side of the ship! Immediately!" Professor Schneider shouted and Captain Sasha rushed to the steering engine room.

No matter how much the Yamal changed its course, it was impossible to completely avoid the large ship that was approaching at high speed, and after it turned around, it faced the ship sideways. In less than half a minute, the side of the ship where the command room was located would be covered by a black ship. Hit head on.

It is not difficult to imagine the result of this kind of impact. The icebreaker has a hard bow but the armor of the side wall is weak. The hull structure on this side will collapse, and all watertight compartments will not be able to hold. , The flagpole will also penetrate the cabin on the side of the Yamal like a dense gun array. Right now, we can only pray that the nuclear reactor will not be damaged.

The safest place now is below the deck on the other side of the ship. The hard hull can serve as their shield.

The crowd who received the instruction quickly poured out of the command room.

"Brother Mo Shi, hurry up and take refuge!" Lu Mingfei shouted.

"Well, let's go too." Mo Shi hugged the trembling snow and walked at the end of the crowd.The four girls followed closely behind.

Mo Shi, who has always remained calm, seemed out of place with the frightened crowd. Some people who noticed that Mo Shi remained calm were affected, and they calmed down a lot. They praised Mo Shi, "As expected of the strongest dragon slayer in the history of Kassel Academy Or, in this situation, you can still keep your face unchanged, amazing!"

Everyone was running wildly in the aisle, and the sound of dense footsteps echoed repeatedly in the aisle, even overshadowing the harsh sirens. Even so, it didn't seem crowded, because all the people present had received professional emergency training.

Professor Schneider and Captain Sasha rushed into the steering wheel room. At this moment, the first officer was tightly controlling the steering wheel of the Yamal. His face was full of determination. Even in the icy Arctic, the clothes on the back had already been sweated. Soaked.

His palms were also sweating, and his mind was highly concentrated, because now the lives of hundreds of people on the entire ship were in his hands.

"Very good! You continue to try to turn! Let me see! Let me see!" Captain Sasha hurriedly ran to the side window, watching the fast approaching black ship, his mind quickly thinking about all the possibilities.

Schneider didn't speak. He knew that all he could do was to believe that Captain Sasha and the first mate, as well as the entire crew of the ship, were the fighters who could operate the ship.

"Power cabin! We need more power!" Captain Sasha yelled, "Speed ​​up and avoid that guy!"

"The power output has exceeded the upper limit! The reactor may overheat at any time!" The first officer responded with a loud sweat.

Although Yamal is powerful, the several-meter-thick ice greatly hindered its forward speed, while the big black ship that hit from the side was gliding on the ice!Much faster!

"Damn it! There is a [-]% chance of hitting it!" Captain Sasha stared intently at the analysis results on the blue screen.

"Can our ship withstand this level of impact?" Professor Schneider looked at Captain Sasha and asked in a low voice.

"I don't know, even if our ice-breaking armor is thicker, it will suffer serious damage." Captain Sasha looked serious.

Schneider was horrified.Captain Sasha's words are very obvious, suffering serious damage, even this almost indestructible giant ship will sink into the vast ice sea, once this happens, it is almost impossible for them to wait for a rescue ship here, because there are almost no one Any icebreaker can come here.

Coupled with the impact of abnormal weather conditions, almost all icebreakers have stopped sailing in the Arctic Circle.

(End of this chapter)