1855 United States Tycoon

18. In August of 1991, Dena and Alice, accompanied by the extremely black water agent, boarded the luxury cruise ship "Atlantic Cruiser" in the UK to North America. This is a huge and beautiful cruise ship with a displacement of up to 20,000 tons. Although it was much smaller than the 46,000-ton displacement of the famous "Titanic" many years later, at the end of the 19th century, this ship was already outright huge. Overlord.

Dena, who got on the boat, still couldn't get off. It is really painful for her to stay honestly in the luxurious suites of the upper class, or to deal with the ladies of the upper class. In Dena's view, it is crazy to spend a few hours of precious time every day, after "God has created a face for you", and then "make yourself another face". Moreover, although she was able to follow the rules of those guys freely, moving in and out of them with ease, she could even easily become the core around them. After all, although there are some nobles or rich men on this boat, their net worth is much worse than that of Dena. But Dena felt that she was staying with those gangsters who knew almost nothing about the world, but she always felt that she knew everything and was almost worthless to the world, but she always felt that the whole world should be staying with the stupid woman who revolves around her. It is simply suffering.

In contrast, Dena was more willing to run around on the deck and go down to the third-class cabin to chat with the poor immigrants-at least with them, she still knew something she rarely had access to. In addition to this, it is to run to the captain's cabin to see how such a large ship is maneuvered, or listen to the bragging of the sailors, or even follow them to the power cabin to see the steam engine.

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"The ship was shaking a bit badly today." Dena said to the sailor Roy, standing on the observation deck.

Roy knows that the identity of the girl next to her must be very special, because, generally speaking, certain positions of the ship are very taboo for women to come in, such as the captain's room, the chart room and so on. Some things are definitely not allowed to be touched by women, such as the rudder wheel, but this Miss can easily enter the captain’s room, the chart room, and even Captain Grant followed her to explain to her the captain’s room. The role of various facilities, and how to use the chart to determine the location of the ship. Even, the always conservative and serious Captain Grant let this Miss sail at the helm for at least ten minutes. All in all, there is no position on this ship that cannot be opened to this Miss. Roy even felt that if this Miss was interested in the men's room on the ship, Captain Grant would agree to let her visit.

However, although this Miss must have a very big background, she is not bad, quite approachable, and even joking with ordinary inferior people, not at all as arrogant as the other Miss who live in the first class. It's just that this Miss is too courageous and curiosity is also very heavy, this is not, all climbed to the observation deck on the mast.

"If my daughter becomes like this in the future, I will definitely have a very headache." Roy couldn't help but think about it."Dana Miss, today's wind and waves are actually not bigger than yesterday, just because you are at a higher position now, and the slight shaking below is magnified here."

Dena thought for a while, this statement is undoubtedly reasonable, and it is very easy to prove mathematically. So she said to Roy: "Mr. Roy, yesterday and today should be considered very calm and the waves are shaking so badly. If you encounter strong winds and waves, wouldn't it be very uncomfortable?"

"If you encounter such sea conditions." Roy smiled and pointed to a rope next to Dena and said, "I need to use this rope to tie myself to this position, otherwise, the boat is shaking. Get up and throw me directly into the sea."

"So serious?" Dena was taken aback.

"Miss, one of the biggest characteristics of the North Atlantic is the strong wind and waves, especially in the North Sea. Fortunately, we don’t need to pass there this time. Sometimes when there is a big storm, the height of the wave can exceed five or six meters. Sometimes, When a big wave comes, the entire bow of the ship will be buried in it. The ship can shake more than twenty degrees. Without the help of rope, no one can stay in this position without being thrown into the sea. And this position is so high. , Fell to the sea from here, guess what the result will be?"

"It's probably not much different from falling on the deck from this height?" Dena thought for a while and replied.

"Basically." Roy nodded and said, "But the difference is still there. If you fall on the deck, you have a funeral and a pension. If you fall into the sea, the company won't admit that you are dead. They It will only say that you are'missing' so that you don't have to pay a pension."

"A big wave five or six meters high?" Dena imagined the scene for a moment, and then said: "It is really spectacular. If it is paired with "The Wandering Dutch Overture", it would be perfect... Ah, Roy Sir, have you been a seaman for many years? How high is the highest wave you have ever seen?"

"I have been a seaman for almost fifteen years. To say the highest wave I have ever seen..." At this point, Roy's face showed a look of fear, "Speaking of the highest wave I have ever seen, then It’s almost 20 meters high. That was six or seven years ago. I was still working on a cargo ship. In the Indian Ocean, we saw that big wave. Fortunately, the wave didn’t hit the ship where I was. It was hit on another cargo ship called the Sandrew about four kilometers away. That ship sank almost immediately. I was almost silly on the observation deck at the time."

"A huge wave of more than 20 meters? Then I am afraid that the ordinary waves were more than 10 meters, right?" Thinking about the scene, Dena felt a little scary.

"No, Dena Miss, the day was calm, even smaller than today's wind and waves, and the sea was as calm as a big pond. Then suddenly, a big wave appeared out of thin air, and then some disappeared out of thin air. It was almost like It's like a ghost. In the hands of the water, we call this kind of waves. Ghost waves, also called murder waves, because any ship, as long as it hits this way, it will probably be finished." Roy said.

"Is there really such a weird thing?" Obviously this kind of weird thing caught Dena's attention. "Then do you know how this strange wave is produced?"

"I don't know about that." Roy said, "Although almost all the sailors on our ship saw the wave with their own eyes, the experts of the British Academy of Sciences believed that we must be bragging because according to their calculations, It is impossible for a huge wave higher than ten meters to appear on the sea. Later, I also often wondered if I was dazzled. If it hadn’t been for the Sandrew, I would have doubted whether I was wrong and appeared. Hallucinations."

"What if our boat encounters such a wave?" Dena asked suddenly.

"Damn it! Don't talk nonsense!" Although he knew Dena's identity was unusual, Roy lowered his head and spit heavily when hearing such unlucky words, and then drew a cross on his chest.

Most sailors are very superstitious, and Dena also knows this. The observation deck is very windy, and although it is August, it is summer, but the ship is now within the range of the East Greenland cold current. Even in August, the water temperature of this ocean current is less than three degrees Celsius. . The lower water temperature naturally makes the temperature in this area much lower. In addition, the high wind was so strong that Dena started to sneeze. So she said goodbye to Roy, and then left the lookout.

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At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the bored Dena came to the wheelhouse of the ship again. At this time, the sun outside is too big and the upper deck is very uncomfortable, and here is the cabin with the best view on the entire ship.

"Dana Miss, do you want to take the helm again?" It was Harding, the first officer on the ship, who was talking, and now he was controlling the steering wheel.

"Ah, no. I'm just here to look at the sea." Dena replied.

"Dana Miss, the boat has been running at sea for more than a week. Have you not seen enough of the sea?"

"Mr. Harding, you have been on the boat for so many years, are you tired of it?" Dena asked rhetorically.

"I often get tired of seeing it, but if you really go ashore, you will think about it in less than a week. Just like my wife, when I look at her, I feel tired, and I miss it when I can't see it."

This metaphor made Dena laugh. She just wanted to say something, but suddenly she looked outside, her eyes widened, and she couldn't say a word.

"Is that so?" Harding asked when Dena looked wrong.

"Huge waves! Ghost waves!" Dena shouted.

Harding turned his head and saw that a wall of water nearly thirty meters high was suddenly erected on the sea not far in front, and hit the bow of the ship.

"Keep down!" Harding shouted, and at the same time he squatted down sharply. At the same time, he noticed that Dena also rolled on the spot at an astonishing speed and hid behind a table. Then he heard a loud noise, and the glass in front of the cab shattered. The broken glass flew around like bullets, and then a large stream of sea water rushed in. Almost instantly, the water in the cab exceeded half a meter. At the same time, both Dena and Harding felt that the whole boat seemed to be lifted high and fell down suddenly.

Harding and Dena stood up from the stagnant water, Dena saw that Harding's face was full of blood. Tingshi and they also noticed that the engine of this huge wheel that was originally driving at high speed seemed to have stopped, and when they listened carefully, they seemed to be able to hear the sound of clicking, as if something had broken.

"Damn it! Dena Miss, are you okay?" Harding said, "I'll see the captain and find out about the damage to the ship. You'd better go to the lifeboat and wait. God knows that when it fell just now, this How much damage has the ship suffered, and can it continue to float on the sea?"

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