Endless route

Chapter 255 25. Earth Segment

The sky and sea lines were covered with a layer of gray. After four days of sailing, the scientific research ship passed through a thick white fog, entered W-00 Earth from the W-01 leg, and entered the Western Pacific.

The earth is the starting point of the route.

It means a lot to everyone.

Ever since Zheng He chased pirates and strayed into the Sea of ​​Mist in 1405, this sea hidden in the depths of the Pacific has never been quiet, with a large number of ships passing by all the time.

At this moment too.

Although it was nighttime, the dark sea was dotted with bright lights. One hundred thousand-ton cargo ships and cruise ships jumped from the edge of the Sea of ​​Fog one after another. There were also a large number of ships leaving the earth and heading west out of the Pacific Ocean to other planets.

During the period before and after the scientific research ship jumped, at least thirty ships passed by on the left and right, so close that one could see the tourists in the portholes of the opposite cruise ship, and even their faces.

This sight is rarely seen.

The huge ships are lit up in the sky at night, like giant cities on the sea, riding the wind and waves through the night sea, one after another, reflecting the dark sea and sailing slowly from the opposite direction.

The ship lights connect.

Like strips of light stretching across the sea.

If you look down from space, the Pacific Ocean, which should be pitch black, looks like a modern city, with dots of ships charting a route from the port to the depths of the mist.

The ancient ocean-going fleet represents mankind's yearning for the dark sea, and the busy shipping lanes now represent mankind's conquest of endless routes. Thousands of cruise ships completely light up this foggy sea, making it never dark for a moment.

In the restaurant in the third area of ​​the scientific research ship.

Zheng Yun and others gathered together and sat in the corner by the window, sitting and watching with many young people on the scientific research ship. They waited from twelve o'clock in the evening until two o'clock in the evening to witness this scene with their own eyes.

Time is Earth time.

Serious earth time.

"Shocking."

Ji Dao looked out the window and sighed.

Nearby are sea cities passing by, and there are more stars in the distance, as if the Milky Way is reflected upside down on the sea.

To put it bluntly, the traffic volume of this ship is greater than the traffic volume at the entrance of Jinhuai Road. Large ships with a starting weight of 100,000 tons are as common here as small cars on the road.

Of course there are small boats, but small boats usually sail in the "light channel", which is the giant ship channel. It is easy for small boats to get into trouble and get crushed if they are not careful.

The pressure of a 100,000-ton steel cruise ship is already astonishing. It was almost unimaginable in ancient times. However, on the giant ship channel, 100,000 tons has just entered the door.

One hundred thousand tons sounds scary.

But there are megatons up there.

Among the freighters that take fixed routes in stable sea areas, there are ships with a full load of one million tons, with a starting length of four to five hundred meters, and are truly giant sea ships with heavy shipping routes.

But that kind of thing is indeed not common. If you want to cope with the complex sea conditions of endless shipping routes, the 100,000-ton level is the limit, and it should not be exceeded for a long time.

"Times have changed."

Zheng Yun was also very emotional.

This waterway is one of the busiest waterways in mankind. It is making history every moment. The ship traffic is increasing every year, constantly setting historical records.

If the ancients saw this scene, they would probably be shocked and their mouths would open wide. They could not imagine that modern technology could reach this level, and they would even wonder what was in such a large ship.

"What are so many ships transporting? Are there so many things that need to be transported? Why do we have to pull them here and there, build cities on the spot, and process them on the spot? Can't we save a lot of trouble?"

Ji Dao opened his mouth and asked in confusion.

Zheng Yun did not answer his question, and it was not clear for a while. Building a city on the same site was the only option for ancient times with backward technology, but it is not the only option for modern times.

The Ming Dynasty created relics of gods and ghosts and a large number of capitals everywhere, just because the Ming Dynasty was unable to transport them away. The same situation was the same in the ancient West. Immigration and colonization were the most efficient development method.

Jidao's thinking is that of the ancients. It is difficult for him to understand the scene in front of him, and he even feels that it is a waste of resources.

“Everything can be transported, including energy, minerals, raw materials, crops, and industrial products. Building a city on the same site can indeed save some resources, but there is no need to save if there is no sea route.”

"And this is a choice made by capital following interests. In the long run, it feels like a waste of resources, but from a short-term perspective, the cost of shipping is obviously less than the cost of building a city."

Liu Ming put down his teacup and whispered.

"What are those red and blue things on the sea?" Ji Dao pointed to the distance again, and could see strips of true light floating on the sea dividing the waterway into several channels.

"You can think of it as traffic lights and indicator lines, which are similar to airport runways. They divide one-way channels to prevent two freighters from colliding head-on after jumping into the foggy sea."

Hu Ruihua explained to Ji Dao carefully.

This restaurant is full of young people, and a group of graduate students are sitting at the table behind them, taking photos with their mobile phones.

Ji Dao asked too many questions, and the questions he asked were very elementary. Liu Ming and Hu Ruihua knew that Ji Dao was from a Taoist family, but others present did not know and frequently turned to look at Ji Dao.

There shouldn't be any disdain.

They just wanted to see who asked.

This scientific research ship is staffed by industry leaders and authoritative professors, led by the Fuen Cultural Relics Bureau, and brings together archeology and exploration elites from the Western Route from W-02 to W-07.

These graduate students who come with university professors are at the lowest level on this ship, because they can only contribute physical strength, mainly to study and train the new generation.

They are the next generation of workhorses.

But I am still a student at this moment.

Pulling in any member of the rescue team will have more experience at sea and exploration than them, and they will contribute more.

Because the people who can appear on this ship are all elites who are at the forefront of all walks of life. They have made great achievements in other fields, and the rescue teams are also well-known rescue teams.

Industry specializing in surgery.

Everyone knows this.

But there are probably not many people like Nobuyoshi who are even curious about what the cargo ship is pulling on this ship. He is even the only one. Apart from Nobuyoshi, there is no other person.

It's really a bit too ignorant.

And he has a pretty loud voice...

"Oh, it's true. In Chapter 12 of Volume 13 of Ming Xian Hai Ji, there is a strange incident on the sea recorded, that is, two ships collided, and then overlapped like souls. One of the two ships was one of them. You are suspected of being a ghost descending from the underworld."

"There are many taboos at sea."

Ji Dao muttered and nodded.

"Overlap? Is there such a thing in history?" Huzi looked at Jidao in confusion.

The red line at sea does not prevent this kind of situation. It prevents a ship from jumping out and being in the thick fog, but has no time to turn and collides with a ship coming from the opposite direction.

There are rules for the jump in the Sea of ​​Mist. The jump line is not a line, but a certain distance. The official jump will only take place after the entire ship enters the jump line.

If there are obstacles at the jump landing point, the jump will not be successful at all. It will continue to sail in the jump zone and jump again after the obstacles disappear. It is impossible to collide during the jump.

And if there are ships jumping in both directions at the same time, it doesn't matter. You jump on yours and I jump on mine.

Therefore, Zheng Yun and others had never heard of the situation Jidao mentioned, and had never heard of anything similar.

"Yes, several times. The time I'm talking about happened in the autumn of the seventh year of Anzong in the Ming Dynasty, when Triton went to sea. It was written in great detail in the Jiuzi Islands in Qiuxian Yingnan. The Records of the Ming Xian Sea are very detailed."

Ji Dao looked at Zheng Yun and whispered.

These are all strange things at sea recorded in history, but only one result was recorded, and the detailed process was not written. It is estimated that the sea guards were not very clear at the time and did not investigate the results.

"Where is Qiuxian Ying?" Song Wan sat in front of the window next to Zheng Yun, holding a hot water cup and asked curiously.

"This... I know where it is, but how can I explain it to you? Qiuxian Yingnan is to the south of Jiazizhou. There is also a fairy turtle island to the west of Jiazizhou. There are fairy turtles on it. Their meat is fat and juicy, and they are delicious. It can prolong life.”

Ji Dao was slightly embarrassed.

The place names he knew were all ancient place names, which were completely different from modern place names, but he didn't know what the modern place names were, and he couldn't figure it out even though he tried to explain them.

"May I ask who this Ming Xian Hai Ji is?"

Suddenly a voice sounded from behind.

On the table on Zheng Yun's left hand not adjacent to the window, there were several old professors wearing glasses. There were empty plates and sleeping pills on the table. At this moment, they got up and walked to their table to ask.

"..."

Jidao looked at Zheng Yun without saying a word.

He deliberately lowered his voice when speaking, but he didn't want to be heard. Although he felt that the matter was not important, it was possible that he had said something he shouldn't have said.

Ji Dao felt aggrieved when he thought of this.

He knew these things and wanted to talk to his relatives and friends. Besides these things, what else could he say?

"Fragments of a family heirloom."

Zheng Yun answered the question politely.

For questions like this, this answer is generally correct, because there are many fragments of this kind of ghosts and ghosts circulating in the market. At that time, every household had a few copies. Like supernatural novels, ten out of ten books were fabricated.

Common people love to see this.

The more bizarre and frightening the story is, and the more likely it is to be true, the more it will be widely spread among the people. There are even stories about the Eight Great Spirits and Monsters, all of which are said to have been brought out of the palace.

In fact, it's all fake.

They are all made up by the common people themselves.

It is impossible for the real records of gods and ghosts to leak out. Those things are all true. They can really be found in reality by following the records in the book. If someone follows the book and finds the blood elixir recipe, and then sells it to the powerful, then Another man-made disaster.

The words "Ming Xian Hai Ji" sound like a historical record, and there are many fragments of this style of writing in the market. The more official the writing style is, the more money they can sell.

Zheng Yun's statement basically refutes the authenticity. Whether these old professors believe it or not is another matter.

"The four words "Ming Xian Hai Ji" appeared in the history of the Ming Dynasty. It is not an ordinary fragment of the book, but a real logbook recorded by the sea guards. How many pieces of this fragment do you have? Its value exceeds that of ordinary people. Imagine.”

The old professor asked Zheng Yun.

"The one you mentioned later, Qiuxian Yingnan, is it the place where the Qiuxian disaster occurred in history?"

Another old professor looked at Ji Dao.

"..."

Jidao asked for help and looked at Zheng Yun.

As soon as the two old professors opened their mouths, Ji Dao knew that he had met someone knowledgeable this time, because they got it right. The place was called Qiu Xian Ying Nan, not Qiu Xian Ying.

Song Wan made the wrong decision.

The old professor at the back was not only correct, but he could also recall the disasters caused by seeking immortality without even turning to the book. He must be an authority on the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Because as soon as the Qiuxian Disaster came out, Ji Dao remembered it vaguely. He seemed to have seen this incident. It had only been more than 20 years since Zheng He went to sea, and only seven fishermen died in the disaster. It was completely A trivial matter.

Little things like this come out of your mouth.

This professor is absolutely professional.

And it is difficult for this kind of people to fool them, because they can catch up on all the details by just flipping through the book when they go back.

the fat is in the fire.

This is trouble.

"I don't remember where I put it. Let's go back and look for it. If we find it, we will hand it over to the Cultural Relics Bureau for safekeeping."

Zheng Yun's expression was natural and he answered casually. He could have said it more nicely, because he wouldn't have found it.

"No, Brother Zheng, you have a museum, why bother handing it over? You can just put it in your own museum." Huzi became anxious when he heard this, and he took it seriously.

"You have a museum?"

The old professor adjusted his glasses, looked down at the pass cards on everyone's chests, and scanned them one by one.

Huzi is a member of the rescue team.

Liu Ming is a student of Professor Zhang.

This information is clearly written, from name to age and origin, as well as the member's mission type and group.

But when it comes to Jidao and Zheng Yun, the above information is different. They only have names and ages, the task type is empty, and Zheng Yun's group is still Group A (A).

"The same goes for putting it in a museum. I hope you can dig it out. This kind of ancient scroll is of great significance for research. It sounds like your accent is from Fuen. What is the name of your museum?"

"When you find it, can you let us know? We will visit you and borrow the ancient scrolls for a look."

The two old professors nodded and stopped asking questions. They didn't even doubt the museum's information and just believed it.

Because Zheng Yun's pass is very special.

That group seemed to be randomly arranged. The official did not clearly indicate the meaning of the group and deliberately blurred the level.

But it is actually an authority group. This word is used to replace words such as supervisor, captain, and leader.

One group can participate in the closed-door meeting of the archaeological team, participate in discussing the mission details and goals of the entire archaeological team, and discuss and decide on response measures after encountering a crisis situation.

The A in the back means captain. After arriving at the Nanze ruins, he will lead a team to explore alone.

As long as this set of armor is hung, there must be an objective reason. No matter how young the wearer is, it is not a reason to doubt whether the issuance of this certificate is reasonable.

Industry specializing in surgery.

People cannot be judged based on their age.

Zheng Yun didn't know about this, but even if he knew, he had to get out of the limelight and put his name in a group of armors, because it was a necessary regulation.

Without this authority, he is not qualified to wander around the ruins, because the Nanze ruins not only have the Fuen Cultural Relics Bureau, but also the Museum and the General Bureau, and the rules and regulations are very strict.

In Fu'en City, Xu Yu gives you preferential treatment. If you encounter this kind of situation, you can make a phone call and the checkpoint will release you.

But when you get to the site of the General Administration of History and Museum, no one recognizes you. Everyone is so busy that they don’t have time to answer anyone’s phone calls, let alone deal with these trivial matters.

If you don't have this group of passes, you will not be allowed to enter the area blocked by Gubo. Once you have this group of passes, you can enter and exit at will.

So this certificate is a must.

Instead of calling Mr. Xu again and again and using Mr. Xu's favor to trouble others to communicate with the General Administration, it would be better to just use Mr. Xu's favor once and get the matter done directly in Fu'en City.

Xu Yu also had this consideration in mind and didn't want to keep calling people from the General Administration for trivial matters, so he simply changed his group directly to Zheng Yun without saying a word.

"Okay, senior, please leave your contact information."

Zheng Yun was confused, but he agreed with a sigh because these two seniors were really very polite.

I am a young man myself.

But they didn't take it lightly.

"Xiao Liu, come here and scan the QR code for me?" The old professor took out a smartphone and wanted to add Zheng Yun as a friend, but he didn't know how to use a mobile phone, so he waved to the table behind Zheng Yun.

"Okay, here we come."

A graduate student stood up immediately, walked to the dining table with a slight surprise, glanced at Zheng Yun and the others, took the professor's cell phone, opened the QR code scanning function, and added Zheng Yun as a friend.