The Guide to the End of the World: Four Sentinels Compete for Favor

Ai Wanxin frowned slightly. Was Xue Muqing talking about the meteor shower on the day she was reborn?

The wind roared angrily, carrying the surging waves and throwing them viciously towards the ship, splashing debris all over the sky.

The raincoat was of no use. Rain and sea water flowed down Xue Muqing's cold jaw into his white military shirt. His gloomy eyes seemed to have two beams of deep purple flames burning in the depths of his eyes, scanning the sea in the darkness like an eagle.

"Found it!" The soldier who had been observing the data sent back by the detection robot not far away shouted in surprise, "We found the abnormal energy source!"

Xue Muqing raised his sharp eyebrows and strode towards the soldiers on the slippery and swaying deck.

Fu Meng followed closely, and everyone else lay on the side of the boat, leaning over to look out at the dark, surging sea.

All the searchlight beams were focused on the sea area in front of the main ship's stern, and the soldier in charge of operating the detection robot kept reporting the current progress loudly.

"The depth measured under the ship is 1700 meters. The detection robot is rising steadily. The real-time depth is 1600 meters and 1500 meters—"

Ai Wanxin didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt the boat was swaying even more violently.

Under their feet was a destroyer with a fully loaded displacement of nearly 10,000 tons. In a calm state, the deck was more than ten meters above the sea surface. Even such a behemoth could only be at the mercy of the raging and boundless sea.

......

"Real-time depth 500 meters, 450 meters——"

There seemed to be a faint light, penetrating the dark sea, covering all the ships. The wind and waves were getting stronger and stronger, vowing to sweep everyone on the deck into the sea. Fu Meng's eyes were almost unable to open due to the heavy rain. He shouted to Xue Muqing: "General, the wind and waves are too strong!"

Xue Muqing's veins popped out as he grabbed the side of the boat. He shouted, "Keep going!"

"Real-time depth 350 meters, 300 meters——"

The sea surface in front of them was arching upward at a speed visible to the naked eye, the stern of the destroyer was tilted upward, and an ominous creaking sound came from the hull. Everyone had to hold on to the side of the ship with both hands to avoid being thrown toward the bow.

At this time, if a ship passes by from a distance, it will see such a strange scene through the layers of wind and waves.

It seemed as if there was a huge balloon under the sea that was rapidly expanding. The balloon was so huge that dozens of warships embedded in the curved sea surface were as insignificant as a few sesame seeds on a fluffy hamburger.

"200 meters, 150 meters - lower the crane arm, release the recovery device -"

The people on the deck couldn't even stand steadily, but no one would give up until Xue Muqing gave the order.

The soldier clung to the side of the ship and entered commands with difficulty. The gantry at the stern made a loud noise and the spindle-shaped recoverer swung and fell into the sea.

"The retriever is approaching the target, 30 meters, 15 meters - capture the target! Repeat, capture the target!"

The strong wind roared violently, and the waves surged to a new high again. At the moment when the battleship was almost overturned, the sea water suddenly receded, the sea surface sank very low, and the stern fell down with a slam, hitting the churning sea.

A funnel-shaped whirlpool formed on the entire sea surface. The waves rushed onto the deck like piles of snow. Everyone felt dizzy and screamed uncontrollably. A feeling of weightlessness suddenly came over them. Ai Wan's eyes blurred and he fell off the rugged deck.

"Gull--gull--"

Sharp cries rang in her ears one after another. Ai Wanxin opened her eyes and saw a clear blue sky. A large group of seagulls with snow-white bellies were circling above her head.

The memory of Seagull was not a very good one. Ai Wanxin quickly sat up. Under her was still the iron-gray ship. Xue Muqing and Fu Meng seemed to have just woken up and climbed up from the deck staggeringly.

Ai Wanxin stood up and looked around. The silky deep blue sea was vast and calm. The sunlight was sparkling on the water. Apart from the sea and seagulls, there were no ships in sight.

What about the rest of the ships?

"General..." The soldier ran towards them from the bridge in a panic, his voice trembling. "All radars are out of order. Phased array radar, sea search radar, target indication radar, over-the-horizon radar, fire control radar, navigation radar, and weather radar are all paralyzed. The communication system, identification friend or foe equipment, and bow sonar are also out of order."

Fu Meng suddenly raised his head, his tired face pale. Xue Muqing said in a deep voice: "Where is the power system?"

The soldier shook his head and said in a hoarse voice: "All the electronic equipment on the ship is not working."

In other words, they are now like a tin can floating on the sea.

Xue Muqing's straight lips were tightly clenched. He turned and walked towards the bridge where the command room was located, and ordered: "Count the number of people and bring the sextant and nautical calendar."

The soldiers who woke up on the deck started to move. In the command room, Fu Meng took out a black metal sextant, adjusted it for a while towards the sea sky line and the sun, then opened the nautical calendar and calculated something at a very fast speed while lying on the command desk.

On the other side, someone brought a nautical chart. Fu Meng combined the latitude calculated by the sextant and the longitude calculated by the difference between the time when the sun passed through the sky at the departure point and the time when the sun passed through the sky at the observation point to form the longitude and latitude of their current location, and then circled a circle on the nautical chart with a red pen.

"General, how did we get here? I remember we were here..."

His fingertips moved towards the Lost Coast Sea south of Eagle City. Beads of sweat the size of beans slid down Fu Meng's forehead. There was a moment of deathly silence in the command room, and everyone turned their eyes to Xue Muqing.

The location Fu Meng pointed to was roughly halfway around the continent from where they were currently located, which was circled with a red circle on the nautical chart.

Now they are no longer in their territorial waters, but deep in the center of the ocean, between their country and Thunder Bay.

Fortunately, this should still be the high seas. Otherwise, if a warship suddenly appeared in the territorial waters of another country, it would not end well.

Although their current location had been determined, they had no power system and their electronic equipment was out of order. Unless a passing ship spotted them, even if the military discovered they were missing, it would be impossible for them to search so far away all at once.

Xue Muqing stared for a moment and pointed at a point on the sea chart: "This is the closest to the Forgotten Islands overseas military base. If the helicopter cannot take off, put down the work boat and go to the base for help."

"General..." the soldier who had just brought the sea chart suddenly said, "The ship seems to be moving..."