Huo Antu and several other people were standing on the deck. Qiao Xuejun had basically seen them before. They were all a team of experts working for the base.
One of them was a meteorological expert, another was an expert in metallurgy and military manufacturing, and several people from the sea fort were senior seafarers.
Huo Antu was slightly surprised when he saw Qiao Xuejun: "Teacher Qiao?"
Although the few people were not familiar with each other, they had met each other before and knew each other's names and greeted each other.
Qiao Xuejun also responded one by one.
Huo Antu asked, "I didn't know that Teacher Qiao would come this time."
Zhao Xian stepped forward: "This time, Teacher Qiao will support the collection operation of the seed bank."
The meteorologist nodded and said, "We should take this opportunity to salvage everything we need to salvage. If it gets colder again, it might be difficult to go out to sea."
There was another person who was a little older in the expert group, and Qiao Xuejun thought he looked familiar.
After hearing someone introduce him, I learned that he was Professor An that Haibao had invited before. It was said that he could research special medicine to subdue mutant creatures. This time he boarded the ship with his assistant, and the main purpose of going out to sea was to collect mutant creature samples.
A sea fort crew member took the initiative to greet Qiao Xuejun: "Teacher Qiao, I heard our factory director mention you. My name is Qin Long. I am fully responsible for this voyage."
Zhao Xian: "He is the captain."
Qin Long looks to be in his early forties and appears to be very reliable.
Qiao Xuejun said politely: "Hello, Captain."
Captain Qin said, "I'm going to the cockpit now. Lord Zhao, would you like to go over and take a look together?"
Captain Qin took Zhao Xian to the cockpit, and Qiao Xuejun followed.
There was another person following Captain Qin. This person was just introduced. He was the first mate, the captain's first deputy, and also from Haibao.
Walk up the stairs to the flight deck, on the top floor.
Zhao Yun was already in the cab, standing in front of the car clock checking the operating equipment. The last time the Great White Shark came back, Zhao Yun was driving with the first and second mates who were originally on the White Shark.
There is a row of monitors in the White Shark's cockpit, all of which are lit and functioning normally. There are no lights in the cockpit itself, but the lights do not affect basic vision.
Nautical charts and navigation for ships mainly rely on satellite radio and radar.
The damage to base stations on land has little impact on ship navigation.
Zhao Yun: "Captain, Captain, we are ready."
After he finished his report, he stepped aside. He had a telescope in his hand, probably because he needed to monitor the navigation situation here.
In addition to Zhao Yun, there were several patrol soldiers guarding the cockpit.
The captain went to the control panel, and when he reached the bell, he began to give instructions on the radio: "Prepare the train. Old Track, please be ready to sail at 6:05."
The meteorologist also came up. He walked towards the electronic chart and sighed, "This is the first time for everyone to go this route. In this kind of weather, we can't even use the sextant. It's very difficult. It's not easy."
He observed the satellite images and communicated with the captain: "The situation has not changed much. We will sail according to the previously determined route map to avoid the storm area in the northwest."
After determining the route, the captain used the walkie-talkie to send navigation instructions to the second and third mates at the bow and stern.
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Qiao Xuejun stayed in the cockpit with Zhao Xian for a while.
There is a row of transparent windows in front of the cockpit, through which you can see the sea and the sky.
But it was too early, and with the thick clouds, there was little light and no horizon to be seen.
All you can see is the dark blue sea surface. It seems calm, but there are still shimmering waves. The ship is also shaking slightly and normally. The night is silent.
There was even an air conditioner running, which made the whole person feel warm. Qiao Xuejun worked until 1 a.m. last night and got up again before 5 a.m.
I was quite energetic because of the breeze the night before I got on board, but now it's so warm in the cockpit that I feel a little drowsy.
Zhao Xian was originally listening to the conversation between the meteorological expert and the captain, but now he saw Qiao Xuejun staring out the window, but his eyes were unfocused and his eyelashes were drooping.
Are you sleepy?
Everything is normal in the cockpit.
"Let's go." Zhao Xian walked out of the cockpit again, and Qiao Xuejun followed him out.
The wind was strong on the deck. The Great White Shark has 4 decks in total. The cockpit is on the highest 4th deck. Looking down from here, you can see the dark sea far away.
Now the White Shark was preparing to leave the port. Qiao Xuejun could see two sailors at the stern operating the mooring machine and pulling the cable.
Qiao Xuejun was walking with Zhao Xian, when suddenly Zhao Xian turned around and said something to her.
But the wind was too strong, and Qiao Xuejun was a little sleepy and slow, so she didn't hear: "What?"
Zhao Xian was helpless and leaned close to her ear and said, "Go take a rest. It will take roughly 7 hours to reach the destination."
Qiao Xuejun nodded: "Why seven hours? I remember it took about an hour and a half to get to the city by car."
Gongzhou has many mountains, and it takes 1.5 hours to go around. Logically speaking, you can just go straight by boat without going around in circles, so why does it take 7 hours? Even if the boat is slow, it won't be that much slower?
Zhao Xian looked at Qiao Xuejun, his eyes moved, and he looked puzzled: "...I can't hear clearly."
Qiao Xuejun also imitated him, leaned close to his ear, and even stood on tiptoe: "I say, why are you so slow?"
So easy to fool, Zhao Xian curled his eyes.
"Let's talk about it after we go downstairs." He did not answer in a hurry. He took Qiao Xuejun's wrist and walked downstairs, directly to the second deck.
This is the living area.
He pushed the door open and walked in, there was a long corridor, like the layout of a hotel, with rooms on both sides, all with closed doors.
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