Chapter 328 (1/2)

Church's Diary

Originally, we had decided to sail north, because putting aside all kinds of unreliable assumptions, it is the most scientific cognition that we are still in place. The voyage less than two days north is the tubuai islands. In any case, the probability of encountering land in the north is higher. The worst result is that we missed the southern islands and Hawaiian Islands all the way to the Aleutian Islands, which is better than meeting icebergs in the South Pole. As long as we meet a larger island on the road, we can confirm the location according to the chart, then adjust the course to find the mainland where people live.

However, after sailing for a few hours, I found the problem - we were in circles.

The problem is with the compass. The magnetic pole of the pointer seems to have no problem, but after the ship sails for a certain distance, it will deflect slightly and turn with the discovery.

This slight change of direction is not very recognizable to the naked eye, but as an experienced helmsman, I soon found it wrong. Not only me, but many of my first mate, second mate and sailors found the problem. We all saw that the discovery was circling the sea, and the compass pointed to a fixed point on the vast sea.

I told Mr. Robbins about the situation. He said that there may be a strong magnetic field somewhere on the seabed, which may be the root of a series of strange things we have encountered recently, and the source of the magnetic field may be related to the pyramid we are looking for.

The speculation is exciting. We drove in the direction indicated by the pointer, hoping to reach above the center of the magnetic field. But strangely, the compass never seems to bring us to the center of that point. It may be affected by the double influence of the earth's magnetic pole. It always corrects its direction along the tangent line at the edge of the magnetic field.

Now I really didn't withdraw. If I can't even use the compass, the discovery will really become blind in the vast Pacific Ocean. Do you want me to sail according to the wind and feeling like an old pirate ship? But that's too dangerous.

Robbins asked me if I could find the center of the magnetic field by experience. It didn't have to be very accurate. As long as it was the same, we could go to the sea to have a look. The communication on the ship just failed, and other equipment was still good.

I said it was too late. I'll try again tomorrow.

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Church's Diary

Fortunately, when I sailed with the old captain when I was young, science and technology were not developed enough. At that time, what the ship could most rely on was not scientific and technological equipment and navigation system, but people's eyes and experience.

If not, I don't think I could find the center of that strange magnetic field today.

I first drove the boat around the magnetic field according to the instructions of the compass, then judged the center direction and distance of the circle according to experience, turned the bow and sailed. In this process, the magnetic needle of the compass has been shaking randomly.

About forty minutes later, I felt I had reached the place and stopped the boat. At this time, the magnetic needle returned to calm. Judging by the position of the sun, it pointed to the north and south poles, as if the strong magnetic field on the seabed had disappeared. I guess the magnetic field may have a hollow area like the eye of a hurricane. The surrounding magnetic field is very strong, but the center point is empty.

I suddenly found a GPS signal. This is really exciting news, more than the joy of my just perfect experience. I immediately wanted to tell Robbins the news. When I ran to the cabin, I almost bumped into the correspondent responsible for contacting the ground command center at the aisle.

He was also going to find Robbins because all communication equipment had been restored. Moreover, when the equipment was restored, it strangely continued the instructions before the loss of contact and sent a request report of ”arrive at the destination, prepare to anchor and request satellite angle calibration” to the ground.

However, before we could find Robbins, we heard a sailor shouting at the bow: Tsunami! Get back to the cabin! tsunami!