bestfiction Chapter 609
Chapter 609
However, in the afternoon, Mu Mu, who was on duty at the lookout tower, suddenly exclaimed, "Ships! So many ships!"
When Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu heard Mu Mu's voice, they immediately ran to the lookout tower.
Raising the telescope, Zhou Shuwan saw a group of ships appearing on the sea in the distance, heading towards them. There were many of them, of different sizes, like a school of frightened fish, fleeing in panic in the vast ocean.
"These ships... seem to be in a panic." Zhou Shuwan handed the telescope to Qi Mingyu with a frown.
Qi Mingyu picked up the telescope and observed carefully for a while, his expression becoming serious: "Looking at them, it seems like there's some danger approaching from behind."
He made a prompt decision: "Mu Mu, come with me to start the cruise ship, let's get out of here first!"
The huge cruise ship started slowly and headed towards the deep sea.
The ships fleeing in panic at the rear were also very surprised to see a medium-sized cruise ship suddenly appear on the sea.
After the cruise ship sailed forward for a distance, Zhou Shuwan, who was standing on the deck observing the surroundings, suddenly noticed that the water on the sea surface was actually emitting some hot steam. Looking closely, it seemed that it was due to the increase in water temperature.
Considering yesterday's volcanic eruption, could it be an underwater volcano eruption?
Zhou Shuwan's heart tightened, and he quickly ran to the cockpit to tell Qi Mingyu and Mu Mu the news.
Qi Mingyu frowned and turned on the seawater temperature measuring device first. Generally, cruise ships are equipped with temperature sensors on the bottom that can monitor the seawater temperature in real time.
When he saw the temperature displayed was 50 degrees Celsius, his expression became even more solemn.
He immediately increased the speed of the cruise ship to the maximum and headed towards the farther sea.
On the sea surface, the heat became thicker and thicker, the sea water rolled more violently, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur.
This should be due to frequent submarine volcanic activities or violent crustal movements, which lead to the release of a large amount of geothermal heat. This heat is conducted upward, causing the sea temperature to rise, especially in the shallow sea areas near the coastline. The sea water is shallow, and heat is more easily conducted to the sea surface, while the heat conduction in the deep sea area is relatively slow.
That's why those ships are desperately heading towards the deep sea areas.
Come to think of it, we haven't seen them from yesterday until now. They must have stayed where they were after passing the danger zone and didn't want to go to the deep sea.
Later, when they discovered that the sea temperature was rising, they decided to escape to the deep sea.
Zhou Shuwan also thought of a very crucial point.
If the sea temperature rises, it will inevitably lead to extremely serious collapse of the marine ecosystem, and many marine organisms will die or even become extinct.
Now that the land has been greatly reduced, the survivors basically rely on marine life for survival.
If marine life becomes extinct again, what will be the way for humanity to survive?
This topic is too heavy!
Zhou Shuwan didn't dare to think further, he just hoped that the water temperature in the deep sea area would be normal so that humans could have a place.
The cruise ship sped forward on the rough sea, like a wild horse running away from its reins, heading towards the unknown distance.
At this moment, at the very distant horizon, red rays of light suddenly appeared on the sea.
After hearing the news, Zhou Jianghai and Zhong Tiyun also came to the deck to observe the situation.
Seeing this, Zhong Tiyun cried out, "What is that?"
Zhou Shuwan's expression was solemn: "That should be the magma erupted by the submarine volcano."
Zhong Tiyun covered her mouth, tears of despair in her eyes: "Is God really going to kill us?"
A red light appeared in another direction.
It soared into the sky, tearing the sea surface like a giant firework thrower, and the red flames greedily licked the dark clouds. The splashing sparks fell into the sea, exploding into fine golden light in the boiling waves.
It’s really dazzling and shocking!