Flying in a hot air balloon was much more difficult and painful than imagined. However, Gao Qi did not know this, but Wang Mingyuan was clear about it in advance.
If they could ascend to the stratosphere, their speed would be much faster, but Wang Mingyuan would die if they ascended to the stratosphere.
Therefore, the process of walking slowly in the troposphere at a height that Wang Mingyuan could bear was far more difficult than Gao Qi and Wang Mingyuan had imagined.
He had to finish the path he chose, even if he had to hold back his tears.
Wang Mingyuan said weakly, "The wind direction has changed. It's now west. You can either ascend to find the wind direction, or land to rest."
The wind direction had changed again. Gao Qi was helpless, but if they were blown back by the west wind, they would have to go back for a long time.
"In my impression, North America is in the west, and Shenzhou is in the east. Old Wang, do you think we're going east or west?"
Wang Mingyuan said weakly, "Of course we're going west."
"But …"
Wang Mingyuan said impatiently, "Shut up. The Earth is round, but now we're crossing the Pacific Ocean. According to the concept of left, west, right, and east on the map, we're going west, so we need the east wind. If we have to distinguish between east and west, it's a concept from a historical and political perspective."
Gao Qi was speechless because Wang Mingyuan blocked his words. After hesitating for a while, he finally said, "But if we ascend higher, can you bear it?"
Wang Mingyuan was a little tortured, but he could only roll his eyes helplessly and said, "We're in the Pacific Ocean, the Pacific Ocean! It's difficult to find an island. If we don't fly up, where else can we go? "
It had already been four days. Gao Qi did not know how far he had flown, nor did he know how much further he would have to fly. He only knew that when he looked down, all he could see was the blue sea. Even finding a small island was difficult.
With a helpless sigh, Gao Qi was ready to increase the firepower and ascend because he did not want to be blown back by the wind.
However, after looking down helplessly, Gao Qi suddenly felt cold. He rubbed his eyes and said, "Elder Wang, there's … an island below."
Wang Ming Yuan pulled the quilt impatiently and muttered, but he was too lazy to answer.
"No, look, there really is an island!"
Wang Ming Yuan pulled down a part of the down quilt covering his face. Then he said angrily, "If we fly south, we might pass over the Hawaiian Islands. If we fly north, we might fly over the Aleutian Islands. But now! Right now, we are flying at the 40th parallel of north latitude. If there is no deviation, then there is no island in this dimension of the Pacific Ocean! "
Gao Qi stood up, pointed down and shouted, "Look, look! There is an island! "
Wang Ming Yuan sighed and said, "We should really fly over the North Pole. That way, we can land often, but you don't want to. I don't understand why you don't choose the North Pole route but … Damn!"
People were like this. Although he did not believe it, although he felt that it was against common sense, although he felt that it was an insult to his intelligence, because he saw Gao Qi's surprised expression, Wang Ming Yuan could not help but look down. Then, he was dumbfounded.
"There's really … an island?"
There was indeed a black island on the surface of the sea, but looking down from above, the black island was surrounded by a large black shadow. This made it look very different from an ordinary island.
After carefully observing for a moment, Wang Ming Yuan said anxiously, "No, no! Look carefully, a normal island will have white waves around it. Also, a normal island must be the part of the land that is higher than the sea level, so the surrounding depth is stable. But look below! This is clearly a huge object floating on the sea. Most of it is hidden in the water, and a small part of it is exposed. This is … this is a monster! "
Gao Qi looked down carefully, and then he felt a little creeped out. He said, "It's a little … scary."
Wang Ming Yuan raised his binoculars and looked down for a while. He said, "I can't see the head, and I can't see the limbs. It doesn't seem to be moving, but …"
Wang Ming Yuan raised his head and looked at Gao Qi. Then, Gao Qi said in a low voice, "Is there such a big exotic beast?"
"You're asking me? You're the expert in studying special abilities and exotic beasts. How would I know how big an exotic beast is? If I had seen such a big exotic beast, would I have survived until now? "
After speaking confidently, Wang Ming Yuan lowered his voice and said, "Let's go down and take a look?"
"Don't joke around. It's so dangerous. If you say it's an exotic beast, and we go down like this …"
Gao Qi rationally refused, but soon, he couldn't help but look down. He said, "Let's go down and take a look. It's not impossible for us to go down and take a look."
The impulse to seek death quickly replaced Gao Qi's rationality. It was because of curiosity, because it was hard to suppress his curiosity.
"Wait a moment, let me estimate the size of this thing below. Hey, lower the altitude. The wind is blowing us away from the monster."
After bluntly instructing Gao Qi, Wang Ming Yuan took out his binoculars and looked down. He then took out an altimeter and said, "The current altitude is 4200 meters. Well, the diagonal distance is about 12,000 meters. Visual estimation … Holy sh * t!"
Wang Ming Yuan looked at Gao Qi again and said with a look of astonishment, "Including the underwater part, this monster is over 400 meters long! Its width is about 100 meters. This length and size is even bigger than a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier! "
Gao Qi was stunned for a while. Then, he asked curiously, "And then?"
"And then … I'm describing how big this monster is, and then there's nothing else."
Wang Ming Yuan said with a little excitement, "Do you want to go down and take a look? It should be fine, right? What height should we descend to? "
Gao Qi didn't say anything, but he controlled the balloon to descend. Wang Ming Yuan quickly said, "Faster, faster. We'll be blown away from the monster by the wind."
As the altitude decreased, Gao Qi's rationality took over again. He suddenly said, "No, my goal is to find Bernhard for revenge, not to study some exotic beast on the way. What if it's a mythical beast? I'm courting death."
Wang Ming Yuan said anxiously, "Do you know how rare it is to encounter such an exotic beast? It's so big! Are we going to miss it just like that? It'll be difficult to see it again. "
He didn't expect to encounter such a huge exotic beast on the way. If he looked, he felt that it was dangerous. If he didn't look, his curiosity was too strong.
Go up or down? Gao Qi was in a dilemma.
Wang Ming Yuan looked at Gao Qi and made a downward gesture. Then, he said very seriously, "Go down and take a look. Don't regret it in the future. With your ability, do you still have to be afraid of such an exotic beast? I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"
Gao Qi thought for a while. Then, he finally nodded and said, "Okay … but the wind is blowing in the wrong direction. We can't get close."
"You must have a way, right?"
Do I have a way? Actually, I do have a way.
Gao Qi thought for a while and finally said, "Okay, let's go down and take a look."
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