flstandardbreds Chapter 820
Chapter 820
The naval patrol took advantage of the period when the wind and snow subsided and patrolled along the coastline with searchlights and portable lighting equipment.
The captain walked in front, wrapped tightly in thick winter clothing, sinking deeply into the snow with every step he took.
The cold wind blew tiny ice particles onto the mask, like countless knives cutting through it.
He squinted his eyes and swept the searchlight in his hand across the ice field in front of him. The light reflected a dazzling white light on the ice.
Suddenly, he paused, and the beam of the searchlight stopped on a huge black shadow not far away.
"What is that?" He asked with a hint of confusion and vigilance.
The team members behind him also stopped and looked in the direction the captain was looking.
The black shadow appeared and disappeared in the wind and snow, its outline was blurred, like a protruding iceberg.
The captain quickened his pace and approached the dark shadow with a searchlight.
As the distance shortened, the outline of the black shadow gradually became clearer.
The team members all gasped.
That was not an iceberg at all, but a huge mechanical device covered with a thick layer of ice, like a steel behemoth that was instantly frozen by a storm.
"What...what is this?" The captain stood there in a daze, the light beam sweeping back and forth across the surface of the machine.
The other team members were also shocked by the scene and gathered around.
Someone used a searchlight to illuminate the bottom of the machine and found that it was not an isolated existence. There were several huge containers piled around it, which were also covered by ice, as if they were the wreckage of a shipwreck that was swept ashore from the bottom of the sea by a storm.
"Captain, look here!" A team member's voice suddenly raised with excitement that was hard to conceal.
The captain looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the team member's searchlight was illuminating a piece of ice not far away.
The ice was piled high with frozen fish, the number of which was staggering.
"Are these...fish?" the captain muttered to himself, a hint of shock in his eyes.
The team members gathered around, and the searchlight beam swept back and forth across the ice, illuminating countless frozen fish, piled up layer by layer, like an ice sculpture of fish.
The number of fish was so large that it was estimated to be at least ten tons.
"Where on earth did this come from?" The captain frowned, his eyes switching back and forth between the mechanical device and the frozen fish.
The team members also fell into deep thought. Everything before them was obviously beyond their understanding.
The storm raged for half a month, and the ice completely froze the sea. Even a living fish could not be seen. However, so many frozen fish and giant machines suddenly appeared on the ice field, as if they appeared out of thin air.
"Captain, should we report to Captain Chen first?" a team member suggested, with a hint of caution in his voice.
The captain nodded and asked the other three team members to go back and report quickly.
The three team members nodded immediately, turned quickly and ran towards the mothership, their figures quickly disappearing in the wind and snow.
The captain took a deep breath, suppressed his anxiety, and turned to wave to the remaining team members. "Everyone, spread out and establish a cordon at a safe distance. Stay away from the machinery and the frozen fish piles. Stay alert and be ready to respond to any emergency."
The team members immediately took action, dispersed, and each took up a favorable position, holding their submachine guns tightly in their hands and scanning the surroundings vigilantly.
The captain stood in front of the mechanical device, and the searchlight beam slowly swept across the surface of the machine.
A thick layer of ice covered the metal shell, and under the light, the ice reflected a dazzling cold light.
He tried to discern the purpose of the machinery, but the ice was so thick that he could only make out vague outlines.
The machine looked huge and complex, like some kind of large-scale engineering equipment, but he couldn't determine what it was exactly.
His eyes turned again to the pile of frozen fish.
The fish were piled up in mountains, frozen stiff and covered with a thin layer of frost.