Chapter 245 Marine Garbage
In the command room of the TPC Far East Base, a map of the Western Pacific is displayed on the big screen, along with detailed information such as seafloor topographic maps and ocean current maps. Ye Rui is giving everyone Introduce the information currently available on the R sea area.
This area is a newly developed sea area. Due to the advancement of materials and technology, new drilling platforms can be built in the deep sea to exploit oil and gas resources on the seabed. There are also a large number of deep-sea fishing fleets and deep-sea mining companies. Gold, silver, copper and other resources.
In short, the development of every sea area can bring countless resources to mankind. Many large mining companies around the world have established branches dedicated to ocean development, and deep-sea development has therefore become a The focus of the next era of mankind.
The process of human development of the oceans is shown on the screen, from fishing for fish and shells in the offshore, to offshore fishing boats sailing into the deep sea; from people diving to fish for various seafood, to steel pillars. Drill into the seabed to build a platform for oil, gas and mineral extraction.
After humans occupied the land, they began to move toward the sky and the ocean to obtain more living space and various resources needed for life and development.
But these are not what the victory team is concerned about. They just want to know where those strange fish come from and find out the cause of these strange fish, because an hour ago, the man who touched multiple fish carrying The sailor of the multi-toxic monster fish has been declared dead, and others are still under observation.
Because the death of a human being made everyone nervous, hundreds of tons of various fish on the fishing boat were immediately sealed and destroyed immediately after the sampling was completed to prevent the inflow of toxic or radioactive substances The market also asked fishing boats out to sea one by one whether they had ever entered R waters for fishing.
The victory team is more concerned about what kind of radioactive source those strange fish that have detected radioactivity have been exposed to before they mutate into that state. Such a strong radioactive source on the seabed will cause a lot of damage. hazards, so we must find out immediately.
The newly established TPC Ocean Survey Class accepted this task. The team headed by Director Qiao Iwama of the TPC Ocean Survey Class drove a 7500m-level deep sea vessel named 'Ryuugu' that has been in service for nearly eight years. The submarine went to R waters to investigate.
At a water depth of two hundred meters, human eyes cannot see sunlight. When the water depth exceeds one thousand meters, even earth creatures with sharpest vision cannot see sunlight. The water depth that the TPC ocean survey team is going to reach this time More than three thousand meters.
At this depth, no light can be seen at all, only endless darkness, and no sound can be heard, only endless silence.
But at this moment, a slight roar spread very far through the sea water. A few light beams that could shine very far on land barely illuminated a bright place on the dark seabed. Slowly Heading towards the bottom of the sea.
For others, entering the deep sea is an extremely scary and irresistible thing, but for Director Iwama Qiao and others, it is already a familiar road. They have taken this ride in the past few years. A deep-sea submarine named "Ryuugong" has performed deep-sea missions again and again.
Many years of getting along have made them familiar with every screw on the Dragon Palace, and they have great trust in this deep-sea submarine to take them safely to the deep sea and back to land safely.
Director Iwama Qiao looked at the data on the dashboard and said seriously: "We are about to reach the bottom of the sea, please pay attention."
A young man in his twenties sitting next to him said nonchalantly: "Director, this is only three thousand meters, and I have already been to four thousand meters."
"No matter how shallow you are, you must give all your attention," Director Iwama Qiao said seriously: "There must be no No care, this is the deep sea." The crew members collectively responded: "Yes!"
After finishing speaking, Director Iwama Qiao slowed down his voice and said, "The ocean is very dangerous to humans. It’s unfriendly, and the depth we are at does not allow for any mistakes. One thousand meters is shallow enough. I almost didn’t come back because of this depth, so never underestimate the ocean.”
A middle-aged man named Kimura on the left looked at the screen in front of him, tapped the buttons with both hands, and said: "Director, why have I never heard of you?"
"What is such an unlucky thing? It’s fair to say,” Director Iwama Qiao waved his hand, but then he felt that the success he had been having made everyone feel a little elated, so he started talking again: “That was eight years ago, and I just Started to contact deep sea exploration, and followed the seniors to a group of underwater ruins called Ryugu to carry out a salvage commission. "Salvage? Such a deep place?" Kimura was very surprised. The submarine is fully sealed and cannot be opened during the whole process. It can't hold much with plug-ins alone. In such a deep place, even if it is to salvage gold, it will not be cost-effective.
"A round disk, about this big," Director Iwama Qiao raised his hand to indicate the size. It was almost the same as a disk. He recalled, "It looks like a stone, with many carvings on it."
Before he finished speaking, a sonar soldier with Yamashita's pronunciation written on the back of his TPC uniform shouted: "Director, the passive sonar has captured an abnormal noise, and prepare to turn on the active sonar."
Everyone immediately closed their mouths, and even their breathing was much quieter. The sonar soldier named Yamashita slowly amplified the sound, frowned slowly, and said with great confusion: "It sounds like crying?"
Director Iwama Qiao couldn't help being stunned when he heard this: "What did you say? Crying?"
"I have never heard such a sound." Yamashita has been working on sonar for a long time and has heard all kinds of sounds, but this is the first time he heard such a sound. On the console in front of him After a few clicks, the sound he heard was played to the public channel, so that everyone could hear a sound that was indeed close to crying.
Before they could figure out what the sound was, the submarine suddenly shook. The shaking was very slight, but it shocked everyone. The pilot hurriedly pulled the joystick to stabilize the ship, but As soon as he moved the joystick in the opposite direction, the shaking suddenly increased, throwing everyone to the side. The situation was like the situation of everyone in the car after a sudden brake.
Director Iwama Qiao was about to ask why. The camera outside the submarine transmitted the captured external images to the display screen inside the submarine. Plastic bags and glass bottles were tumbling in the turbid seawater illuminated by the light beam. , beverage cans, and countless other garbage.
"Is this... marine garbage?" Director Iwama Qiao looked at the image on the screen in shock. He often drifts in the sea and is no stranger to marine garbage, but this is the first time he has seen so much garbage at such a deep seabed.
(End of this chapter)