New World 1620

From time to time, there are birds flying from the depths of the grass in the forest or the river beach, and the slightly earthy and rancid natural atmosphere is mixed with the moist breeze.The dense forest reveals mottled autumn colors everywhere, and the river beach soil under the feet is soft and elastic. This is an extremely fertile land.

For about ten minutes after breaking up with the Liaodong Dahan, Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong kept almost silent except for occasionally reminding each other to pay attention to their feet.

"Su Zining, you should have guessed something, right?" Yan Xiaosong took a temporary rest among the rocks while turning on the kettle while pointing to the south.

"Hehe, how do you know?" Su Zining threw the stone in his hand into the river vigorously, but did not answer directly.

"The river channel is getting wider and wider, and there are more tidal flats and wetlands. There are even non-inland birds. This is a typical estuary terrain." Yan Xiaosong handed over the water bottle, showing a mysterious smile, "Why, Are you still thinking about that cross? A Westerner who died for hundreds of years, and the wooden cross still exists."

"It's you who are thinking about it." Su Zining smiled ugly, "Since yesterday, you seem to keep hinting at me, but in fact I should ask you more questions. For example, we all voluntarily came out to search, in fact, we just wanted to verify Down."

"I estimate that those in the temporary self-rescue leadership team should have known the result yesterday. Although there is no satellite signal and the GPS cannot be used, several captains are on the leadership list of the self-rescue team, and the various instruments and equipment on board will not It doesn't work at all." Yan Xiaosong's face gradually became serious, "These hundreds of people, even a small half of the port, were inexplicably sent to this place, and everyone's brains will not be normal. At least until now, no lunatics have been found. Existence shows that everyone has their own guesses."

"It's only been a day, maybe in a few days, I'll be the first to go crazy?" Su Zining tidied up his backpack, took out the flare gun from it, and stood up, "Go on, let's try to reach the river mouth."

More than half an hour passed, and after bypassing a large swamp, the two finally stood at the end of the forest and river beach with a tacit understanding.

In front of you, there is a line of water and sky, the mouth of the river is several kilometers wide, and there is a small island about one kilometer away.

Obviously, more than one river came from the estuary into the sea. Along the southern tip of the land under the feet, there was also a relatively small river coming from the northeast.On the other side of the river, there is a larger virgin forest area, but it is not known whether that land is also an island.

"Okay, we are all satisfied." Yan Xiaosong made a mark on the drawing board, and then took a long breath, "The higher-dimensional area in the northern hemisphere faces the sea outlet in the south. There is no human habitation, if you don't count the cross."

"If possible, I would like to go around the southern end and continue to look over." Su Zining also responded with a tacit smile, but raised his hand and raised his watch, indicating that the time is almost up, "Go back, just our team People, don’t try to finish the walk in one day.”

Just as he was speaking, there was a clear gunshot from the northern forest behind him.The two of them paused, showing surprised expressions.

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Although it has been more than an hour since the separation, the actual distance will not be too far because of the slow walking along the way.

Less than 10 minutes after rushing along the original coastal road in the direction of the gunshots, I saw a small soldier from the armed police and a big man from Liaodong standing on the edge of the river in a state of embarrassment.

The anti-riot policeman was very nervous holding the 81-type rifle. Obviously, he was the one who made the gunshot just now, while Dong Jiunan on the other side was a little depressed holding the fire ax upside down.

"I met a wild animal in the woods just now, it seems to be a wild boar." The Liaodong man shrugged his shoulders and looked at the riot police who fired with a look of hatred.

"It's a miracle that you all escaped unscathed." Su Zining took off his backpack with a smile, while looking into the depths of the forest, "You must know that wild boars are usually not alone, and the whole family follows them."

"It's not a wild boar, it's a wild wolf! It's been following me for a long time." The nervous riot policeman suddenly shouted, "When I was a child, there were similar ones in the woods of my hometown. I know them!"

The accent of the riot police officer Cheng Peng was also from the Northeast, and it seemed that he was quite frightened this time.

wolf?That's even worse!This kind of guy lives in groups and hunts!The expressions of Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong changed at the same time.

"Go back to the boat!"

Several people shouted at almost the same time, and then Su Zining raised his hand and fired the flare from the flare gun.The four ran towards the north along the river bank at the fastest speed.

Seeing the signal flare, Zhou Kemin and the boat doctor quickly picked up the four of them on the motorboat. Not long after the motorboat left the river bank, under Su Zining's turn, a few low people appeared in the grass at the edge of the forest. Animal figures.

See how these intelligent yet brutal animals actually stalk them all the time.Su Zining and the others shuddered.

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At about 13 o'clock in the afternoon, the search and rescue team found nothing and finally returned to the starting point, only to see countless temporary shacks built with broken fiberglass tiles appearing on the edge of the forest.

After the disaster, after recovering their physical strength overnight, the people began to swear all kinds of things again.Strong men will even get into physical tussles to prove that a certain box is their pre-disaster luggage.

Many women shrank shiveringly in the overturned dock container, timidly and anxiously fumbling with the phone, but they did not get any feedback.

Dozens of uniformed personnel have been clearly organized to maintain safety in various parts of the river beach and among the wharf ruins, quelling the small frictions that occur from time to time.

After Su Zining simply ate something, he reported what he and Yan Xiaosong found along the way to Zheng Quan, the highest commander of the temporary self-rescue leading group and captain of the customs anti-smuggling team.But the latter didn't seem to show much surprise, but only expressed great importance to the presence of wild wolves more than ten kilometers away to the south.

"Wait, Xiao Su. Lao Qi told me about your situation before. Although you are young, you have rich experience in grassroots work, and you are also calm and knowledgeable, so we decided to let you join the temporary self-rescue leading group. "The customs anti-smuggling officer over forty years old showed a candid smile to Su Zining.

Thinking of Qi Jianjun's expression of trust before departure, Su Zining roughly understood the meaning.

"Captain Zheng, I want to know our current coordinates. I don't think you need to hide from me anymore? I believe that the few captains in the self-rescue leadership group who have been on the sea for many years know how to measure astronomical latitude and longitude."

Su Zining did not directly agree to Zheng Quan's invitation, but finally threw out the question that he had been thinking about all night and half a day.

"Although I have traveled to very few places, it is obvious that this is not China." After Su Zining finished speaking, he took out another piece of paper from his pocket, which was the word in unfamiliar letters on the cross that Yan Xiaosong copied.

"I think we should find someone among the survivors who can understand these words. I am an English major, but I can't understand this." Su Zining solemnly laid the paper on a large packing box that was temporarily used as a table .

"Get on the boat and talk about it." Seeing the young man's irresistible gaze, Zheng Quan just nodded slowly.

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Yuan Xinyi is a translator for a private high-paying energy company in the south.On the day of the disaster, the company's engineers and the chief engineer from South Africa's SASOL Energy Company were inspecting a set of imported equipment at the port wharf.

First, he encountered a natural disaster that made people terrified until now, and then he came to such a strange world that looked no different from a virgin forest, and then the black South African engineer who was lifted out of the ruins was beyond recognition.Yuan Xinyi, who is only 24 years old, almost fell into a state of sluggishness.

The sound of horns from the entire campsite seeking foreign language translation finally woke Yuan Xinyi up during lunch, and under the guidance of a customs anti-smuggling team member, she boarded the customs anti-smuggling boat that had successfully escaped from the stranded state.

There were still many men standing in the command cabin, but they all showed embarrassment. It seemed that there was a problem that was bothering everyone.

"Hello, I am Zheng Quan, the leader of the temporary self-rescue leading group and the captain of the customs anti-smuggling team. This is Su Zining, a member of the team. We found something in the south this morning. I want comrades who can speak foreign languages ​​to see what it means."

With that said, Zheng Quan put a piece of paper on the table.

"Well, it's in Dutch, but the grammar is still a little different from what it is now." Yuan Xinyi, who has mastered many European languages, can see the series of words on the paper at a glance, "It means: God has forgiven Poladou Fansini For all his sins, his integrity and piety have kept him in the Lord's side. May he rest in peace in this rich new world, and his widow and two children far away in Amsterdam in good health."

After reading, Yuan Xinyi looked at the people around inexplicably, and saw that everyone showed uncomfortable expressions.

"Well, it's a simple epitaph. It's also a Dutchman from Amsterdam. Are we in the Netherlands?" A man on the side who claimed to be very good at English and came to help temporarily muttered.

"Thank you, everyone, I'll come back to you if I have something to do!" Zheng Quan quickly winked, and the customs anti-smuggling team sent these people away politely.

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cross? !

After leaving the customs ship, Su Zining couldn't calm down like a train passing by.Zheng Quan finally gave him an answer that he had predicted for a long time, and the content was more than he thought.

Although the modern satellite communication system has been scrapped, but using simple tools, the captain of a bulk carrier came up with a result last night.The survivors are now on another continent, which is the east coast of North America in terms of latitude and longitude.

But this news is currently only known within the self-rescue leading group, and it is strictly guaranteed that it will not be leaked for the time being.Thinking of the haggard, sluggish, or anxious faces of the hundreds of survivors here, young and old, Su Zining knew that this decision was correct at least for now.

Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong sat by the campfire, both silent.

"The location has been confirmed. This is the area where the Hudson River empties into the sea. In other words, where we are sitting now is the downtown area of ​​Manhattan?" Yan Xiaosong's always optimistic face has rarely become like a bitter melon, " If they insist that the astronomical starlight measurement data is correct, then I doubt that I have not only traveled geographically, but also time traveled."

"Didn't you say this morning that I've been thinking about the time on the cross. A cemetery that looks like ten years at most." Contrary to Yan Xiaosong's expression, Su Zining unexpectedly smiled uncharacteristically.

"Well, you and I had this prediction in mind at the time. It's just that you didn't say it all the time. Of course, I didn't say it. Why?" Yan Xiaosong laughed, "Well, let's assume that we are trapped by a wormhole similar to a typhoon. It hit, and then the powerful energy engulfed half of the pier, and finally sent us to the east coast of North America in the early 17th century."

"Well, Zheng Quan and the others probably have to accept this result." Su Zining nodded.

"And then?" Yan Xiaosong drooped his head weakly.

"About a few years later, a Dutch businessman will buy the entire island of Manhattan from the Indians with junk goods worth 24 dollars. This time, to be precise, is a certain day in 1624." Su Zining took out the cigarette case and put the last two The roots were divided, and then I took a deep breath, "And then, after hundreds of years, the land price has soared, and the return on investment is unparalleled."

"Yes, there are Indians here!"

At this point in the story, the two jumped up almost at the same time, and the survivors who were chatting in front of a bonfire not far away were all taken aback.