ebookland Chapter 1088
Chapter 1088
The clear seawater seemed to freeze instantly, without a single ripple disturbing it. Even the sea breeze seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, unable to stir even the slightest ripple.
Sunlight pierced through the clouds and poured down onto this "mirror," instantly refracting thousands of golden rays that were so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at them.
People instinctively raised their hands to shield their eyes, but the light leaking through their fingers was still so bright it made their eyes hurt.
As the fleet drew closer, the details of the "mirror-like current" became increasingly clear.
At the edge, the waves that normally roll in the sea seem to crash into an invisible wall, shattering and dissolving at the edge of the "mirror," forming a clear boundary.
On one side is the surging blue sea, and on the other side is the eerily smooth, mirror-like sea surface. The two states of seawater do not interfere with each other, which makes people's scalp tingle.
"I've never seen a sea like this in my entire life..." a young sailor murmured, his voice filled with awe.
He unconsciously reached out and wiped the porthole, wondering if he was hallucinating.
The "mirror" in front of us was so realistic that it could even clearly reflect the clouds drifting across the sky, and even cast clear shadows of the fleet's outline, as if another identical fleet was hidden underwater.
When Zhou Shuwan passed through the Mirror Current last time, her space was unusable, and she had a splitting headache and was feeling very unwell.
So, taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Shuwan closed her eyes, and her senses spread out like a fine net towards the "mirror".
She could clearly "see" that the water underwater did not flow like normal seawater, but instead carried a solidified, heavy feel.
It was as if the water was still, denser than normal seawater, as if it had been frozen.
Qi Mingyu stood beside her, gazing at the lifeless "mirror," and said in a low voice, "The mirror-like currents here are even more desolate than the ones we've seen before."
Captain Wang sighed and said to Captain Chen, "When we passed through last time, the 'mirror current' in this area wasn't this strong. I didn't expect it to have expanded so much now."
His eyes were grave: "Don't be fooled by this calm appearance. The undercurrents beneath are more dangerous than whirlpools. If we're not careful, we might get swept into an underwater whirlpool and never be able to leave this place."
Captain Chen looked at Zhou Shuwan: "Dr. Zhou, can we avoid this area? Are there any undercurrents?"
Zhou Shuwan frowned slightly: "The Mirror Current covers a wide area; we can't avoid it. We can only get away from here as soon as possible. And..."
She did not continue.
Once she penetrated the seemingly still waters underwater, she could clearly "see" the intense undercurrents seven or eight meters below.
At this moment, the two right-side channels twisted into vortexes, with a flow rate of more than 20 meters per second.
The two sections on the left are relatively gentle, but there are undercurrents every hundred meters, like underwater traps.
They can silently ensnare ships, pulling them in completely opposite directions, making it impossible for them to break free.
No wonder they couldn't get rid of the mirror-like currents they encountered before.
At this moment, the undercurrent had caught the ship's propeller, and the mothership suddenly began to glide to the left.
However, because everyone was as still as a mirror, they couldn't see with the naked eye that their course had deviated.
Only Zhou Shuwan sensed it immediately. Without speaking to Captain Chen, she directly told the controller, "Our course has deviated. There are undercurrents and whirlpools holding us back. Immediately steer 5 degrees to the left."
Everyone present was suddenly startled.
They didn't sense anything.
Captain Chen immediately looked out the window at the sea, but found nothing.
However, he quickly gave the order: "Everyone, listen to Dr. Zhou's instructions and change course!"
"Yes!"
“Turn 7 degrees to the left 30 meters ahead!” Unlike the tension of the others, Zhou Shuwan’s voice was calm.
The operator immediately turned the rudder to the left, and the mothership grazed the edge of the node.