Highlights of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Highlights from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Highlights from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

1. Over there, about a mile and a half away from the battleship, is a long black body A future emerges from the water. Its tail agitated the water and turned it into a large whirlpool. No tail of anything could strike the water with such force. The animal passed by, leaving a huge, dazzling snow-white water pattern behind its tail, and it was drawn into a long curve.

2. By about one o'clock in the morning, I felt extremely tired. My limbs were severely spasmed and gradually became stiff and I could no longer use them flexibly. Conseil had to support me, and the burden of preserving our lives fell entirely on him. Presently I heard the poor man gasp; his breathing became shorter and shorter. I understand that he can't support it for long.

3. Seeing the most bizarre, ridiculous, and even mythical creatures would not frighten me to this extent. It is easy to understand why the things created by the hands of the Creator are amazing. Now, when you suddenly see that the impossible is mysteriously realized by human hands, you can't help but be very surprised!

4. Three seconds before I received Minister Hobson’s letter, I was as unwilling to chase the sea unicorn as I was unwilling to travel to the Arctic Ocean. Three seconds after I read the Secretary of the Navy's letter, I understood that my true ambition, my only purpose in life, was to capture such a troublemaking monster and rid it of the world.

5. Due to the inherent volatility, it is easy to run from one extreme to another. Those who had been the most ardent supporters of the expedition were now its most vehement opponents. This time the repercussions started from the bilges, from the warehouse keeper's post to the officers' mess on the ship's staff. There is no doubt that if Captain Farragut had not been so insistent, the ship would have turned around and headed south.

6. Everyone was on alert until dawn, and everyone was preparing to fight. All kinds of fishing equipment are placed beside the railing of the boat. The second mate was equipped with a large-caliber sniper, which could shoot the harpoon a mile away, and a long cannon that opened the shell, which could fatally wound even the most powerful animals with one hit. Ned Land himself was just there sharpening his harpoon, which was a formidable weapon in his hands.

7. However, when he was about to throw the harpoon, the whale immediately ran away. It moved quickly. According to me, its speed was at least thirty knots per hour. Even when our ship was sailing at its fastest speed, it was able to circle around the ship, as if it were joking with us! Angry shouts burst out from everyone's chest!

8. Of course, I trust such a loyal servant. Normally I never ask him if he would like to travel with me, but this trip is a little different. It is an expedition that can be extended indefinitely. It is an adventure with many dangers. It is a pursuit that can sink a ship like a walnut shell. The animals of the second-level battleship: Even the most insensible people should think about this issue! What would Conseil say?

9. Captain Farragut is an excellent sailor, fully worthy of the battleship he commands. His ship became one with him, he was its soul. There was no doubt in his mind about the cetacean, and he was not allowed to discuss the animal's presence on board the ship. He believed in the existence of this animal, as many honest women believe in sea monsters, based solely on faith and not on reason. The monster existed, and he vowed to rid it of the sea. He is like the knight of Rhodes, like Duduney. De Gossen went to fight the serpents that were infesting his island. Either Captain Farragut kills the Narwhal, or the Narwhal kills Captain Farragut. There is no middle way.

10. The time when the battleship collided with the whale was around eleven o'clock at night. So we still had eight hours of swimming to do before the sun came up. We alternate between swimming, and we can definitely do it in eight hours. The sea was quite calm and we were not overtired. Sometimes, I tried to see through the deep darkness, but could see nothing, only a glint of light from the waves stirred up by our swimming movements.

The bright water waves broke under my hands, dotted on the mirror-like water, like pieces of blue-gray metal. It can be said that we are swimming in mercury.

11. But Conseil is still holding me back. Sometimes he raised his head, looked straight ahead, and called out, and the voice that answered him came closer and closer. I hardly heard, my strength was gone, my fingers were stiff, my hands could no longer support me: my mouth twitched, and when I opened it it was filled with sea water: the cold air invaded me. I raised my head for the last time, and then sank again...

12. However, this useless search can no longer be delayed for too long. The Lincoln had done its best, and there was really nothing to blame. The men assigned to the ship by the United States Navy had never shown so much patience and enthusiasm; they were not to blame for the failure; there was nothing to do now except return home.

13. Captain Anderson ordered the ship to be stopped immediately and ordered a diver to go into the water to inspect the damage to the hull. After a while, he knew that there was a large hole two meters long in the bottom of the boat. Such a breach could not be plugged, and the Scotia had to continue sailing even though its wheels were half submerged in water. At that time, the ship was still three hundred nautical miles away from the Klea Gap. By the time the ship arrived at the company's dock, it had already been delayed for three days. During these three days, everyone in Liverpool was anxious about it.

14. Half an hour passed, and our situation did not change at all. At this moment, the darkness in front of us suddenly turned into extreme light. Our prison suddenly became bright, that is to say, the room was suddenly filled with a very powerful luminous body, which at first I could not stand. Seeing this snow-white, intense light, I recognized that it was the beautiful phosphorescence-like electric light that occurred around the submarine. I naturally closed my eyes for a moment, and then opened them again. I saw that the light was emitted from a translucent hemisphere mounted on the roof of the cabin.

15. The battleship sailed along the southeastern coast of America at an astonishing speed. On July 3, we arrived at the mouth of the Strait of Magellan, at the same latitude as the Strait of the Virgin. But Captain Farragut was unwilling to pass through the tortuous nature of the strait, which was divided into two categories by the ancient Greek Democritus. Locke made it clear that we must go around Cape Horn.

16. During the entire hour, the battleship could only maintain this speed and could not advance two meters more! This is really embarrassing for one of the fastest battleships in the U.S. Navy. There was uncontrollable anger among the crew. The sailors cursed the monster, but the monster ignored them. Captain Farragut wasn't just holding on to his bushy beard, he was now wringing it.

17. This is often the case when people decide to chase the monster. The monster never appears again. Within two months, no one had any news about the monster, and no ship encountered it. It seems that this sea unicorn has received information that people are preparing to attack it. Because everyone said it too much, even using the submarine wires in the Atlantic Ocean! Therefore, people who like to tell jokes say that this elf thing must have eavesdropped on the telegram on the way, and now it is on guard. No more casually coming out.

18. Therefore, our fate is completely determined by the will of the mysterious pilot who commands this machine. If they dive in, we're screwed! Except in this case, I don't doubt the possibility of getting in touch with them. Exactly, if they cannot create air, they must often come to the ocean to change the air they breathe. Therefore, there must be a hole in the upper layer of the ship so that the inside of the ship can communicate with the outside atmosphere.

19. However, towards midnight, it disappeared, or to put it more accurately, it stopped glowing like a big firefly. Did it escape? I'm afraid it will escape, we don't want it to escape. But at 0:53 in the morning, there was a deafening roar, like the roar of a water column squeezed out of an oak tree by extremely strong pressure.

20. At this time, Captain Farragut was asking people to untie the last few iron ropes that tied the Lincoln to the bitts at the Brooklyn Pier.

It seemed that if I had been late a quarter of an hour, half an hour, the ship would have sailed away, and I would not have been able to take part in this amazing, mysterious, and unbelievable expedition. Although the history of this expedition is a true record, some people may still doubt it in the future.

21. He gave orders. In order not to wake up the enemy, the Lincoln reduced its speed and advanced cautiously. It is not uncommon to encounter sleeping whales in the sea and successfully attack them. Ned Land also stabbed whales while they were sleeping on more than one occasion. The Canadian was again under the bowsprit and took up his old post.