第2章 梅布尔霍金斯号（1 / 2）

1 月1日, 1894

在《梅布尔·霍金斯号》的航行日志中，记录了我们今天离港，踏上了一次对人类仍然未知的深渊的海洋研究探险。我们的资助者是米斯卡托尼克大学的著名教授卢西安·沃德，愿上帝保佑他的灵魂。虽然他已于两个冬天前辞世，这对我们的研究领域来说是一个损失，但他的学生和探险伙伴托马斯·安德鲁斯先生继续以科学探索的精神前行。

安德鲁斯先生在海洋生物学方面的日志和先前的著作为他赢得了一定的声誉，也是通过沃德教授的持久联系获得了这次探险的资金支持。我们的目的地是南太平洋的深处，有两千个英寻深，那里出现的生物在先前的航行中已经透露出比表面生命更加多样的形态。在无光的海沟中，隐藏着怪异而非欧几里得的真相，我几乎无法想象。

1月2日

今天，安德鲁斯先生在船上完成了即将开始的探险时代的计划和准备工作。我们的捕捞设备和标本瓶被编目，食物和燃料也被准备好，以供进入黑暗深渊所需的灯和压缩机使用。鸦片和绷带的存货也为在如此陌生的领域中发生的意外做好了准备，那里的压力可以轻易地压碎一个人，就像上面的海浪可以拍死一只苍蝇一样。根据最新的深度和地理记录绘制了地图，而经验丰富的潜水员康斯托克和怀特利则对他们的装备和头盔进行了最后的检查。在无光的深渊平原上可能等待我们观察的神秘事物，一切似乎都准备就绪。

1月4日

今天是我们首次使用新的汤普森潜水服进行练习。这套密封良好的铜制装甲和舷窗旨在将人类带入无光的深处。在我们的学徒穿上黄铜盔甲之前，我们发现并修补了一些小漏洞，然后他慢慢地下降到我们的船尾，身着闪亮的潜水服。一个小时愉快地度过，他们采集了潜在生物和海百合样本，既用潜水服也用采样罐进行。所有人都安全返回，没有遭受任何不良影响，证明该装备在未来更深的任务中表现良好。然而，它的机动性和负载能力的局限性也被记录下来，以应对即将面临的挑战。

1月5日，1894

黎明时分，穿戴潜水服的怀特利和康斯托克历史性地开始下潜，用编织的绳索牵引着装甲船圣安娜。灯光照亮着他们，安德鲁斯先生最新的发明将他们带入了人类尚未涉足的无光深渊。所有人都在栏杆前守望，几分钟过去，仿佛过了几个小时，紧张地凝视着，直到——一道信号弹！一切安好，标本开始被取出进行编目。奇异的球状生物是第一个被带回的，它们在生命消逝之际发出腐烂的荧光。更深的拖网带来了带带状形体和边缘多裥的菌类生长，完全超出了我们的认知。

一个新的探索时代开始了，怀特利和康斯托克花了几个小时捕捉以前从未见过的奇特生物。奇异的眼睛和薄膜状的鳍似乎暗示着智慧的存在，尽管它们看似缺乏我们所理解的思维。然而，谁能说在永恒的黑暗中会进化出什么黑暗的智慧，或者感知会如何在完全无光的孤立中发展？无形的意识在暗流的指挥下显现出来，生物发光的模式随着邪恶的节奏起伏。

1月17日

进一步的调查发现了陷入黑暗深渊的峡谷，仪器无法探测到更黑暗的深处，峡谷壁上长满了钩爪状和尖牙状的珊瑚。磷光诱饵从裂缝中摇曳，像引手般招手，暗示着未知的恐怖可能潜伏在以前未被人们注视的地方。夜幕降临时，海水平静下来，揭示出奇怪的轮廓在黑色的海底上呈现，蔓延到未知的距离。那些巨大的石头是以地狱般的几何形状排列在疯狂的山下，还是仅仅是发热的眼睛在努力凝视着浑然黑夜中的幻影？那些被水手们超凡脱俗地回避的恶魔般的设计中，可能镜映着那些不受神圣允许的远古时代的统治？尽管没有发现沉没的遗迹或人类活动的痕迹，但在黑暗的梦境中，那无声的百万年深渊可能隐藏着什么答案？比记忆更久远的帝国是否正在发挥其隐秘的影响？

1月20日1894

前一天令人不安的事件过后，船上的船员和船舶都笼罩在一片忧郁的情绪中。怀特利和康斯托克依然受困，他们的名字和脸庞上写满了一些不可名状的恐怖，他们在其他人无忧无虑地入眠时，却看到了无名的恶魔。他们的胡言乱语暗示着一些亵渎的启示，只带来了疯狂、非欧几里得的几何学和幻景，这些幻景既能看到，又从来不是为凡人的眼睛而设计的。胸中沉重，人们决定他们的潜水服和技能必须从进一步的任务中退休，因为人们越来越担心每一次进入深不可测的黑暗中都会带来怎样的景象。

然而，安德鲁斯先生的热情依然坚定不移，宣称只要再次将光带入那些无边深渊，就能从黑暗的海岸挽救更多的知识。因此，大家一起祈求引导和保护，继续准备工作，准备好拖网和液体采样器，以探索在天堂之光下等待的新奇的神秘事物。在怀特利和康斯托克发现只有毁灭的地方，人们希望天堂的眷顾能够引导他们在黑暗的深渊中找到宝贵的东西。

1月21日

黎明时分，詹姆森和特里弗被选中执行这个孤注一掷的任务，他们是经验丰富的人，他们的神经似乎最能抵挡那些潜伏在听不到和看不到的恐怖。在莫里斯操作着潜水服和绞车的情况下，大家都希望天堂的眷顾会引导他们，让他们找到怀特利和康斯托克只能看到毁灭的地方。顺利降落后，他们消失在了无光的水面之下，那水面如同永恒的一段时间般平静，没有任何迹象显示出那些黑暗的边界上潜伏着什么存在。几个小时过去了，大家都焦虑地守望着，为了使潜水员能够安全返回，大家纷纷祈祷，以免噩梦从虚无中变成现实。

最后，一声叫喊将所有人从沉思中惊醒——詹姆森的呼喊清晰地在阿瑟爵士号上回响。在灯光和放大镜的照射下，他们迷离的话语中透露出一种不可思议的发现，一个庞大而非欧几里得的结构，令人难以理解。从无光的深处拖上来的证据——一件太巨大、太精细的工艺品，任何自然海洋建筑都无法制造。

黎明时分，准备工作接近尾声，标本和文物被妥善保管，准备运回米斯卡托尼克大学的学院。尽管人们对从无光深渊中升起的构造物的性质心存疑虑，但所有人都认真地记录了保存下来的形态。整个过程中，似乎有一个未知的观察者潜伏在索具和帆布之间，用一种比自然更加恶劣的光芒观察着下方的活动。由于工作需要，没有人能够清楚地辨别出这个观察者的样貌，但一种即将降临的邪恶氛围似乎始终存在，因为任务临近结束。

黄昏降临时，安德鲁斯先生来到指挥舱，寻求答案，而黑暗也逐渐笼罩了一切。在那里，他只看到船长霍金斯独自一人指挥，对这种报道一无所知。从舵手的位置上看，没有陌生人可以悄无声息地渗透进来，然而，这个谜团却像从那个无名的金属遗物中渗透出来的一种瘴气一样加深了。尽管霍金斯的保证使人放心，但疑虑现在日益加剧，安德鲁斯先生决定整夜放哨，以查明这种不祥的好奇心的本质，并驱散或揭示现在困扰着船员的扰动。

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Their senses see no longer liited to the body, butperceive fite rationthe universe.In the depth of this universe, crew bers see their past, present, and future, and ti sees no longer lear, but an tered existence.

They experiehe ysteries of the universe and perceive its creation aru.However, this deep experience is full of risks, and the nsess of the crew sees to be engulfed by the abyss.

They fell to a nstantly distorted reality, and their bodies seed to bee void and no longer urol.At this ont, a crew ber began to roar, his voice filled with fear and despair. He tried to break free fro this deep experience, but it seed that he uld no lourn back. The other crew bers also felt deep fear, not knog whether their nsess uld safely return.Suddenly, the body of a crew ber began to eit a dazzlg light, as if he had bee a carrier of so a existence.

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As the sphere ford, the entire depth began to treble violently. The crew felt their souls treble, as if they were about to leave their bodies and fly towards the agical pearl.The crew poted their fgers towards thecrew ber, who idiately shouted, 'No!'The crew did not s and o approach their fgers. At this ont, the words' 0 'suddenly fshedthe crew's view.The crew's nsess quickly awakened, and they revered fro their psychedelic state and saw the terrifyg se before the.What did I... what did I do? I jt wao take a agast those crew bers. "

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Is it an ilsionNo, I heard a sound, it should be nearbyIt's ipossible, are you still aliveEveryone searched around and fally found the round ball of lightthe rhe crew held ittheir hands and carefully observed it. This sphere is very beautiful, eittg a soft and war light, akg it irresistible to py with.

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they uldn't help but iss their faily and even had the idea of exitg this adve they eventually gave up this idea. Becae they found that the existence of this isnd is worth it, it is a very iportant experintal base, and perhaps the only pcethe world with boratories and job positions is that isnd. Although the isnd isgreat crisis, it does exist.Ti slowly passedthe long and dry wait, and three days had already passeda blk of an eye. Durg these three days,

the crew's ood beca creasgly anxio, fearg that the isnd would sk to the botto of the sea or never surfa theof the fifth day, a huge wave suddenly rose on the o, and the botto of the sea shook cessantly, as if ahquake had ourred.Sothg's wrong! "Soone shouted.Everyone ran out of the cab door to check the situation. I saw untless huge waves billog on the sea, as if sothg huge was about to break through the water.

A dark shadow slowly erged fro the water, seegly reseblg a yacht, but its size was any tis rger than that of a regur yacht. Its body is vered with thick scales, and its o sharp horns have sharp serrations at the . This is a dragon fish! Its dorsal and caudal fs are very broad, reseblg the shape of a scallop. After the dragon fish erged fro the water, it opes outh and sprayed a be bubble. The bubble hit the protective vers of the crew and exploded.

This be bubble ntas extrely strong rrosiveness andeasily tear apart tal.Quickly dodge! "Excid the crew, quickly avoidg the bubble.The ship began to shake violently, and the crew had to stabilize their figure. They found that the dragon fish was chargg towards the sea at a very fast speed. The dragon fish's back swelled up, revealg a thid sturdy spe. Its abdon swells like a hill, as if it is pregnant with sothg. At this ont, a fierce roar suddeed fro the sea, and a huge air wave surged up to a huers high, stantly drowng the dragon fish.After strugglg for a few sends, the dragon fish sank to the botto of the sea.

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