ebookland Chapter 1122
Chapter 1122
Zhou Shuwan would never have said that if it weren't good news concerning the survival of the fleet.
Zhou Shuwan nodded and said slowly, "Captain, we may be able to find a new habitat."
"What?" Captain Chen and Lieutenant Yun exclaimed simultaneously, their faces filled with disbelief.
Lieutenant Yun quickly stepped forward and asked anxiously, "Dr. Zhou, is what you're saying true? You've found a new island?"
Zhou Shuwan then began to explain in detail.
It turns out that after she was thrown into the sea, she lay in the deep water, and in the instant she lost consciousness, her spatial perception instantly sensed many places.
At the time, she didn't notice this abnormality because of the pain in her body. Later, as she recovered, she suddenly remembered what she had "seen" at that time. And three or four hundred nautical miles away from here, there were towering islands.
She later tried to perceive distant areas, but she could no longer do so.
However, after thinking it over, she realized that what she had "seen" back then was not a dream, but something that truly existed.
That's why she came to Captain Chen, wanting him to go and see for himself whether the island actually existed, following the route she had given him.
Of course, she wouldn't tell Captain Chen about these thoughts. Instead, she told him the story she had agreed upon with her family: "Actually, Qi Mingyu and I had been to this area before. At that time, we were looking for minerals on the seabed. We didn't find that blue-green algae area, so we left after exploring it without any results. But on our way out, we encountered something strange. We saw a mirage."
Captain Chen exclaimed in surprise: "A mirage?"
Zhou Shuwan nodded and said affirmatively, "Yes, islands actually appeared in mid-air at that time. But we thought it was just a hallucination caused by exhaustion and didn't dare to change our course to check it out."
"But things are different now. We've come to this area again, very close to where we first saw the mirage. I've been lying in bed recovering these past few days, constantly thinking about it. Could it be... that it wasn't an illusion at all, but rather a special refraction of light that projected a real island into the air?"
Captain Chen fell silent, his fingers tapping unconsciously on the table as he pondered.
He understood Zhou Shuwan's personality: calm, cautious, and never speaking without reason.
She would never have said such a thing at this time if she wasn't absolutely certain.
Lieutenant Yun also frowned and began to think. Mirages are indeed mostly illusions, but in very rare cases, due to special weather conditions, they can project real objects from afar.
If what Zhou Shuwan said is true, then for the entire fleet, it is undoubtedly a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation.
"Dr. Zhou, can you determine the approximate direction and distance of the mirage you saw back then?" Captain Chen looked up, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.
“Yes.” Zhou Shuwan nodded firmly: “I remember it very clearly, it’s about seven or eight hundred nautical miles northeast of here.”
Seven or eight hundred nautical miles is not a long distance for a mothership; it can be reached in about a few days.
Should we go take a look? Or continue drifting along the original route?
Captain Chen made his decision without much deliberation: "Alright! Let's hold a meeting immediately and then make a decision!"
Although some senior officials questioned Zhou Shuwan's abilities at the meeting, her accuracy in making decisions over the past few years has dispelled the doubts of others.
Ultimately, the meeting unanimously decided to go with Zhou Shuwan to see the mirage.
The mothership's engines were reactivated, and it sailed at full speed toward the northeast direction indicated by Zhou Shuwan.
People gathered in twos and threes on the deck, their faces filled with barely suppressed anticipation.
Although no one dared to be 100% certain that the so-called "mirage" was a real island, it was the fleet's only hope after months of drifting.