Chapter 292 (1/2)
Arthur stone didn't look worried and said, ”those things are formed under a special magnetic field, but there must be a real thing behind them. As long as we avoid the real thing, our submarine will not be physically damaged. However, it's hard to predict the impact on the safety of submarine equipment and personnel under the interference of strong magnetic field.”
”What's that thing you're talking about?” Ivan asked.
Arthur Stone said, ”it's a pyramid.”
”Pyramid?” Boris widened his eyes. ”Are you kidding? We are now on the edge of the South Pacific Basin. Are the Maori descendants of the ancient Egyptians?”
”Do you know where we are now?” stone asked.
”Of course.” Boris glanced at the chart and positioning system. ”Now it's about 150 degrees west longitude and 30 degrees south latitude, the eastern edge of the South Pacific Basin, and a little further north to tubuai island.”
Stone nodded and said, ”you can imagine, if there is a straight line from us to the center of the earth, where is the other end of the earth?”
Boris had a globe in his mind. He imagined a straight line passing through the center of the earth from their position and muttered, ”the corresponding longitude and latitude is 30 degrees east longitude and 30 degrees north latitude. It should be...”
He searched his memory. For those who run on the sea all year round, they can remember the location of each island, but they have little geographical knowledge of the mainland.
”That's Egypt,” Ivan said.
Boris seemed to think of something and said, ”don't tell me that the pyramids in Egypt fell from the other side of the earth.”
”It's not as like as two peas, but they made the same thing on the other side of the globe,” Stone said.
”Who did this?” Boris said curiously. ”I don't believe the Pharaohs would come to Polynesia in warships.”
”It's hard to say. Maybe they made those stone people on Easter Island,” someone said.
”Come on, you said Stonehenge. I still believe that Easter Island is OK.”
”But Easter Island is not far from here. What miracles are there in the South Pacific? Didn't the same group do it?”
……
Everyone said a word. Only Ivan didn't speak. He looked at stone and knew that he probably wouldn't say more news. Anyway, if something happened, none of the people in the boat could run away.
”Ivan, the magnetic interference is getting stronger and stronger. They are getting closer and closer to us.”
”Drive at full power, go in the direction of weak magnetic interference as far as possible, and rush at full speed,” Ivan ordered.
”Do you want to float to the surface first?”
The speed of this old submarine is much slower than that of modern submarine. If it can float to the surface and sprint again, the speed will be increased by at least three knots.
”It's too late,” Ivan said.
”OK, full speed.”
At this time, everyone stopped joking and looked ready. Even Boris put away his joking expression and angry temper.
The submarine headed for the place with the weakest magnetic interference at the speed of 13 knots.
If someone can see the deep sea at this time, they will find that in the deep blue sea, a circle of transparent inverted pyramid objects with light blue light are suspended in the sea like icebergs.
A dark old submarine, like a huge whale, silently hit those strange things.
Those floating inverted pyramids are also moving and merging at a very fast speed, which seems to devour the submarine.
”Ivan, the magnetic detection is completely disordered. We seem to be surrounded by a strong and disordered magnetic field!”
”Fortunately, in such a magnetic field, our instruments and equipment did not fail!”
”Ivan, sonar detection is responding. There's something ahead!”
”What?”
”It's an iceberg!... no!... it's not an iceberg, it's a pyramid, an inverted pyramid! It's the same as those seen on the sea!”
”Turn the rudder! Avoid it!”
”Yes, left rudder 25, forward three!”
……
”Ivan, we can't seem to avoid it. It's still right in front of us!”
”Could it be another one?”
”No, the sonar shows only one.”
”...” Ivan looked at stone, but stone was lost in thought.
”Almost, Ivan!”