Reborn: I Stock Up and Bully the Trash to Dominate the Apocalypse

The floating ball fell into the sea, splashing a small splash of water, and then floated quietly on the water.

But the next moment, Zhou Jianghai's pupils suddenly shrank.

It felt like the cruise ship was not moving, but the floating ball quickly moved away in a very short time and soon turned into a blurry dot.

"This……"

His heart trembled, and he subconsciously picked up another floating ball and threw it out.

The results are exactly the same.

The cruise ship seemed to be motionless, but the floating ball was thrown far away at a rapid speed.

This speed has exceeded the cruise speed of the cruise ship itself, which is terrifying.

Zhou Jianghai didn't dare to delay and immediately turned around and ran towards the cockpit.

When I pushed the door open, Qi Mingyu was staring intently at the sea ahead, while Mu Mu was checking the instruments on the side.

Obviously, they have discovered something.

Zhou Jianghai told them the results of his test.

Qi Mingyu didn't hesitate and pressed the stop button directly, allowing the cruise ship to stop on the sea.

He and Mu Mu followed Zhou Jianghai to the sea.

Zhou Jianghai picked up another buoy and threw it down.

The three of them stared at the buoy at the same time.

Sure enough, the buoy made almost no fluctuations on the sea surface, but in their sight, it was rapidly retreating, as if the cruise ship was moving forward at a very fast speed.

But the deck beneath their feet was so stable that there was not a single vibration, and there was no feeling of being pushed back by the roar of the engine.

"It's not us who are moving." Qi Mingyu's voice was low. "It's this ocean current that's carrying us."

Mu Mu's face darkened. "There's no wind on the surface, but there's an undercurrent deep down, and it's flowing very fast. We appear to be standing still, but we're actually being pushed along by the undercurrent."

At this time, they didn't know what they were encountering.

But later they would realize that they had encountered a very common marine phenomenon during the daytime - the mirror current.

In the daytime environment of the end of the world, there is no wind interference, and the sea surface is in a windless and still state, forming a mirror-like appearance.

However, the deep sea water is still flowing rapidly due to the influence of the Coriolis force and temperature differences, forming undercurrents that are inconsistent with the calm appearance of the sea surface.

Therefore, the sea surface is as smooth as a mirror and the ship seems to be stationary, but in fact it is carried to an unknown area by undercurrents and may deviate from the original route by more than 10 to 20 kilometers within an hour.

Crew members are prone to dizziness, disorientation, and even misjudgment of sailing direction due to visual stillness.

It is considered the most easily encountered invisible killer during daytime sailing!

But for Qi Mingyu and the others, without Zhou Shuwan's space, they could not directly cross the sea area and could only rely on themselves to find a way to leave.

Qi Mingyu quickly thought of a countermeasure in his mind.

"We need to determine the direction of drifting first." He looked at Mu Mu and Zhou Jianghai: "Continue to throw buoys, mark the location, and then try to drive in the opposite direction."

Mu Mu nodded and immediately took out a large bag of buoys from the cruise ship's storage room.

The three people took turns throwing the buoy into the sea, and each time, they could clearly see the small orange dots shrinking rapidly.

They determined the direction of sailing based on the direction the buoy was moving away.

The cruise ship started, and the low hum of the engine seemed particularly abrupt on the silent sea.

Qi Mingyu personally controlled the direction, trying to sail against the undercurrent.

But half an hour later, when they threw the buoy again, the result was the same.

The buoy was still moving backwards rapidly. They did not escape the pull of the undercurrent, but instead felt that they were getting further and further away.

"We can't go on like this." Zhou Jianghai stood in the cockpit, his voice a little hoarse: "We are almost out of buoys."

The sun shone quietly on the deck, and the surrounding sea seemed to be shrouded by an invisible barrier, so quiet that it was suffocating.

Qi Mingyu frowned, his eyes searching for any reference target in the boundless sea ahead.