ebookland Chapter 685
Chapter 685
He immediately switched to the backup gas cylinder, but found that the cylinder was leaking and oxygen was rapidly lost.
Fortunately, the team of divers he led were very capable and immediately formed a human chain to pass the emergency equipment to Zheng Jing.
Thanks to their joint efforts, the emergency equipment finally arrived in Zheng Jing's hands.
He quickly replaced the breathing tube and gas cylinder and continued with the repair work.
In the end, the temporary blowout preventer was successfully activated and, combined with artificially synthesized quick-setting materials, successfully blocked the cracks in the oil field.
The oil field was restored to 60% of its production capacity, but this came at the cost of a valuable submarine being abandoned.
When Zheng Jing returned to the cruiser, he was pale and exhausted due to a brief lack of oxygen.
He reported the situation on the seabed to Captain Chen, and mentioned that during the emergency repair process, abnormal pressure fluctuations were found in the oil field formation.
Geologists on the mother ship speculated that this might indicate undiscovered submarine volcanic activity.
"Isn't the end of the world over yet?" Captain Chen muttered to himself, a shadow cast over his heart.
Zheng Jing continued to report: "In order to temporarily reinforce the platform, we were searching for usable metal components in the rubble when mechanic Xiaolin discovered a twisted and deformed pipe."
A layer of silver substance is attached to the surface of this section of pipe, which still shines with a special luster even in oil and sea water, and is significantly different in color from conventional alloy steel.
The researchers were keenly aware that this could be a new type of corrosion-resistant alloy.
To further study the alloy, they had to venture out to the underwater oil field again and bring back the section of pipe.
Zheng Jing suffered from hypoxia due to the last extreme underwater operation and is still recuperating in the medical area and has not recovered yet.
The warship selected five other people who were good at diving. They thought Qi Mingyu was very skilled and had received special training, so they wanted to add him as the sixth person in the team.
Captain Chen said that the discovery of this alloy is very important to the future survival of mankind, and he hopes Qi Mingyu can participate.
There are some things that Qi Mingyu is not comfortable asking.
Zhou Shuwan asked about the degree of danger.
Captain Chen said seriously, "The oil field has been repaired, and the risk is now under 20%. The divers who participated in the mission will basically return safely. However, the alloy is too important, and we don't want to take any risks, so we sent a six-person team."
He looked at the two young men in front of him earnestly and said, "I also value Xiao Qi's ability and think he can serve as the captain, so I want to choose him to complete the mission without any mistakes."
New corrosion-resistant alloy?
Qi Mingyu had some guesses in his mind, so he agreed.
The diving team also needs to bring two researchers along.
When we were about to set off, we saw two researchers wearing diving suits and carrying heavy equipment. I had no idea what they were going to test there.
Qi Mingyu seemed to be lost in thought.
He motioned for the members of his team to take the equipment.
One of the researchers, Mr. Li, repeatedly warned: "Be careful!"
The divers are all soldiers, they are much stronger than them in terms of physical strength and can carry more equipment than them.
After swimming behind them for a while, Mr. Li, who had been worried all the time, finally felt relieved.
Qi Mingyu led the diving team and slowly dived to the dark seabed.
In the turbid sea water, the light was dim, and the beam of the diving light barely penetrated the thick darkness, illuminating a small area ahead.
The surrounding sea water was freezing cold and had a strong smell of crude oil, which was nauseating.
Their target was a pipe with a silver substance attached to it located beneath the collapsed drilling platform.
As the diving depth increased, the water pressure became greater and greater, and Qi Mingyu felt a swelling and pain in his eardrums.
Halfway through, he gestured for the team members to check their equipment.
Everyone nodded in response.