Steel steam and flame

There was no response to the previous communication. After observing from a distance, the fleet discovered that something was wrong with the supply ship from the beginning, so it issued an order to all ships not to approach. In order to retrieve the data observed by the ship over the years, a team composed entirely of surgeons wearing protective clothing went to the ship to investigate the specific situation.

It was originally a very normal situation during a voyage, but the problem was that there was a moderate sea breeze at that time. The exploration team did not bring the deadly germs. Instead, under the influence of the sea breeze, the material ship, which had already become a natural breeding ground for the germs, produced a large number of spore-like objects. When the exploration team discovered this fact inside the ship, they immediately contacted Venet through communication. The mothership Si was also a little late.

This was the first recorded incident after the voyage began. Several accompanying ships closer to the supply ship were infected with deadly germs. Fortunately, we know how the spore-like objects spread, and the emergency cleanup and preventive actions taken afterwards minimized the damage. However, it still took away the lives of nearly 2,000 people in less than two weeks, including a dozen surgeons.

The impact of pathogenic bacteria is far beyond the death of nearly 2,000 crew members. But at the time, neither Nonoska nor Hillary had ever experienced such a thing, and did not think further about it.

As if setting an example for what would happen next, the crew members infected by the deadly bacteria actively received treatment at first, and their optimism kept them cooperating with the medical staff.

It was a week and a half after they were infected with the deadly bacteria. Looking back now, Nonoska and Hilarelli didn't know what the cause was. Did the medical staff accidentally reveal the information that it is difficult to cure infection with deadly bacteria, and even if you recover, it will leave serious sequelae? Or is it that among those infected, the mentality and consciousness have already undergone distorted changes that they themselves were not aware of seven years after the voyage?

In the days leading up to death, some infected people became visibly irritable. Afterwards, they destroyed medical equipment, hospital beds and medical equipment on the ship, and finally directly attacked doctors and even female nurses, completely turning the infection caused by the sea breeze into a man-made farce.

A few years later, Nonoska learned about it through an accidental incident. Only a very small part of those infected died of the bacteria in the end, and the rest were all eliminated artificially. But it is undeniable that the first incident planted the seeds for everything that followed.

The first episode seven years later ended like this. At that time, almost no one realized that the Ocean Fleet, as a group of steel islands on the sea that seemed to be separated from the mainland, had lost normal human social activities. Under the surface of seemingly harmonious coexistence, in fact, There has been the beginning of decay.

In the second half of the seventh year, the ocean exploration fleet entered the truly unknown sea for the first time. The sailing speed was much slower, and curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring the unknown diluted the impact of the germs on the fleet. But secretly, it seems that it is human nature, or a normal reaction after seven years of life. At that time, there were already some so-called fusion circles on every ship. There is not much conflict between them, but the appearance of some vague boundaries will always change the taste of certain things.

At that time, Chilman, who did not know Nonoska and Hilary Lee, relied on his keen sense of smell to detect this subtle change. He saw something was wrong. This was his intuition after walking in the dark world for many years.

After three years of calm, the second recorded incident in the ocean-going fleet was caused not by natural forces, but by the crew themselves. For ten years, some people treated the ship itself as their own territory. Some people who gather together are like small forces that are beginning to take shape, gradually becoming aggressive and exclusive.

After ten years of living on a ship, no matter how big the ship is, every detail of it can be grasped by everyone. As a result of living in such an environment for too long, a conflict later turned into a confrontation between several ships. In the end, the weapons depot was destroyed and the password lock was removed. This time, the bloodshed ended with hundreds of deaths. But its effects are even more devastating than the first deadly bug.

The guns in the arsenal were not completely recovered afterward, and some gunpowder, bombs, etc. were also lost to varying degrees. Then, the knives in the kitchen and tool room were consumed rapidly, and even the consumption rate of some steel pipe items also increased rapidly. By the beginning of the twelfth year, the status and role of ships that differed based on their functions seemed to have changed.

Nearing the thirteenth year, by chance, Chilman discovered that a trading network had begun to take shape among the ships. By that time, the number of crew deaths was no longer normal. In just three years, the total number of deaths exceeded 5,000. Although it was ultimately attributed to some diseases, some people knew the real cause very well.

After his own investigation, Chilman realized that in a relatively closed environment, even in an unknown sea, death would occur from time to time due to the influence of the natural environment. But among them, the most terrifying thing is never nature, but a group of human beings who have lost their normal social activities.

Later, hallucinogens were prepared by some doctors with ulterior motives. How long it first appeared, Chilman could not tell. When he conducted the investigation on his own again, he found that a trading network with hallucinogens, weapons, and meat and body trade as its main content spread across dozens of ships. Although the Venetus mothership sent personnel immediately afterwards to conduct a six-month cleanup, some people could never look back after experiencing this experience that seemed like normal life.

And some of them have already regarded this as a voyage without return, and some of them are eager to become the king of this new country. Afterwards, it was only a matter of time before the conflicts deepened. During this period, even Chillman himself encountered assassination attacks by the surgeon. Although it was resolved, following the clues, Chillman also solved the leader behind it. But he understood that many auxiliary ships had begun to decay. He did not notice it at first, just because of his status as a surgeon. Because most of these incidents happen to ordinary people, only a small number of surgeons are currently involved.

By the end of the Fourteenth Year, the ocean-going fleet had been wandering in unknown waters for seven years. During this period, an attached ship was lost due to attacks by marine type II creatures, and there were no other recorded incidents.

At the beginning of the 15th century, one morning, abnormal fog began to appear on the sea surface, and the temperature fluctuated violently. Only when the sun is strong at noon and the fog dissipates can normal sea area detection be carried out. At that time, the main ship of the Venetus made a special trip to issue many orders to prevent any auxiliary ships from getting separated from the main fleet when the fog was thick in the morning. Another important reason is that there are unknown components in the fog, which can affect the transmission of wireless signals.

At that time, as if they knew that the ocean-going fleet had entered a dangerous sea area, the second great change in the mood of many crew members began at this time.

The fog exists in a very large area. The ocean-going fleet has been traveling for nearly a month and still has not left. Soon after, with an attachment ship on the edge of the fleet losing contact in the morning, the first major loss record event for the entire ocean exploration fleet appeared.

At that time, Chilman happened to be on the lost auxiliary ship that was the starting point.