Chapter 8: Secrets in the Cave
The clear blue sky, the scorching rays of the bright sun showed their power wantonly under the cover of clouds, and the slight water vapor on the sea surface made the light slightly distorted under the high temperature, obstructing the normal observation line. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Even though it's past the hottest time of the day, the temperature at this time is quite staggering. The scorching sea breeze and the spray of the waves mingled, and there seemed to be only this rhythmic murmur in the whole world.
At this moment, under the canopy of the sky nowhere, several small black dots are rising from the coastal airspace, flying towards a higher sky.
The seemingly small and delicate miniature flying machines are the culprits that broke the silence and caused a series of roars not long ago.
In the sea not far from where they had just climbed, there were several black-brown marks of the reef burned by the fire, as well as gray structures that had been shattered by the radiation shockwave. The most amazing scene was the shimmering light blue crystal ball hovering over the sea level, and some magical force caused it to stop in place instead of drifting with the current.
This is exactly the scene of the radiation core that is more occasionally exploded after the deep sea is sunk, and if there is a shipwn here, it will naturally be quickly put away. But after the departure of those carrier-based planes just now, there was no sound in this sea area, and everything returned to calm.
Following the route of the carrier-based aircraft soaring in the sky, you can finally observe the three girls who are moving towards a certain place at high speed more than ten kilometers away. Carrying metal ship suits, they were smiling at the moment, as if they had learned some excellent news.
"Sister Anne is so good that she can sink them from such a distance." , as the most advanced girl in the formation with a golden spiral ponytail, she couldn't help but marvel after obtaining battle information from her comrades through the spiritual network.
"Whew, it's just that the cost of using them is much greater than that of controlling a ship's guns." The girl in the center of the formation tied her light yellow hair slightly, wiped the slight sweat from her forehead, and said. Even a relatively thin opponent like just now needed a rest after a bombing mission.
The tactics of aviation strikes can indeed carry out avant-garde warfare or even direct annihilation outside the combat distance of ordinary ship girls, but it will also bring a considerable degree of pressure to the execution, and it still has an impact on the ship girls who need to be vigilant about the surrounding situation at all times.
"Miss Anne, please rest first, and I will take on the task of patrolling and monitoring for the time being." The girl at the end of the formation has dazzling blonde hair that is completely different from the two in front of her, and at this moment she also made a suggestion to Anne, who is the core of the formation.
As a combat detachment with an aircraft carrier like Anne as the core, its first task during combat is to ensure that Anne, who has the greatest attack range and strength, maintains her mental strength above the warning line in order to deal with unexpected situations. And Des Moines, as the second in line, naturally took on the task of assisting and conducting radar monitoring.
"Good work." The girl named Anne smiled slightly, began to recover the carrier-based aircraft, and began to wait for the return of mental power.
"But this is the first time I've dropped a Radiant Core in the past few days, and sure enough, the drop probability I've obtained before is real." , The girl who was already quite familiar with the two girls next to her said softly in the spiritual network.
"The data I queried before was about three percent of the probability of falling, and based on the number of sunks we've sunk in the past few days, it seems to be lucky." Although Des Moines is on a reconnaissance cruise, the mental advantage brought by the prototype allows her to still chat with her teammates freely.
"But only Betty and the two of them can use it, and the others don't seem to have found it yet." As a capital ship, Anne naturally knows more information, and she is quite clear about the current inventory situation of her admiral.
"Betty doesn't need it at the moment~ It seems that the next energy level promotion will be a long time ~ " When talking about this, even the girl who was full of anger showed a bitter face, and the golden dull hair that was originally fluttering in the wind also collapsed.
Betty is not alone. As a capital ship, Anne also felt the same barrier after the first energy level promotion, even if it was hard training, it was difficult to stimulate and increase the radiation energy in the core, and several girls who encountered this situation for the first time were a little hit, until later I learned that most ship girls were like this, and gradually let go of the knot.
If it is said that upgrading from the first energy level to the second energy level is just a matter of course for most ship girls, then breaking through to the third energy level can block many ship girls. Although some of them are due to their own lack of potential, but more of them are due to the excessive amount of time and experience accumulated in this process.
As for the radiant core, it is basically not too much of a problem, and although the core of the second level is not as common as the core of the first level, it is also relatively easy to obtain.
In the midst of this casual chat, the three girls sailed into the deep sea that had just been sunk, and Betty, as the vanguard of the fleet, arrived first and put away the crystal ball that emitted a non-weak radiation reaction, and transferred it to her own subspace.
As Anne silently calculated the sunset and estimated the time of her return trip, a message from De Moines beside her made her temporarily stop thinking about whether to return home.
"A deep-sea cruiser I was tracking five minutes ago suddenly disappeared, and I didn't catch any more traces in the waters around there." Des Moines said with a little surprise.
As for the tracking and reconnaissance of the deep sea in the sea area with many islands and reefs, Anne naturally expected to run into trouble before, and naturally did not think too much about it, but thought that De Moine had accidentally omitted it.
"How dangerous is that deep-sea? If necessary, I can send fighter jets for reconnaissance. Anne asked softly.
"It's the same type of deep-sea cruiser with a higher speed as last time, and it's a three-level guy, it's better to solve it as soon as possible." After a brief debriefing on his assessment, Des Moines looked at Anne, who was releasing the carrier-based aircraft from the flight deck, and learned that she had come to her aid.
"I had locked the general direction of this deep sea before, and I was about to report the coordinates to you, but suddenly I disappeared...... But it doesn't seem to be found in that area. Des Moine relayed the image from the recent past to Anne, and a trace of doubt lingered in her mind.
"There are no targets in the sea, and based on the trajectory of your previous cruise, you shouldn't miss the deep sea completely, the only possibility is that the deep sea is hidden between some islands." Anne, who had taken over the task from Des Moines, said after using the available data to do some calculations.
"It's just that the three-level deep sea should not have such intelligence." Des Moines asked rhetorically.
"Yes...... It's better to try more detailed reconnaissance, and it's better not to let it run away this time when you have a chance. Anne, who is the leader of the team, said.
A deep-sea cruiser with a fairly high speed and a high energy level would have a considerable impact on the course if it appeared on the escort route, and there was still a lot of time at the moment, and Anne planned to try it before making other decisions.
"I hope it's still here......" Des Moines, which also mobilized carrier-based aircraft for more detailed cruises, also allocated more energy to reconnaissance planes. She did not recall her reconnaissance plane, but focused on the area that had just been infested in the deep sea as the core to conduct reconnaissance in circles, constantly narrowing down the unconfirmed area and ruling out possibilities.
And Betty on the side can only share what the two girls have done through the spiritual link at the moment, and she doesn't have the ability to do so, so she can only watch the two of them perform the task, and she can't help but feel a little envy in her heart. If she could, she would also like to have the same abilities as the two of them, but reality and her own talent also determined that she was better at performing escort and protection missions.
Annie, who dispatched a large number of carrier-based aircraft and occupied most of her spirit, only had the mental power to maintain normal navigation in her body at this moment, and Betty, who was watching her from the sidelines, could carefully notice the sluggishness on Annie's face at the moment.
It is precisely because of the use of carrier-based aircraft that their energy is distracted, and the aircraft carriers, as capital ships, need the cooperation and protection of other ships.
Anne's attention at the moment was naturally following the carrier-based aircraft into many different visions. As she scattered the twenty fighters into the smallest two-plane formation for reconnaissance, the sudden extra ten visions made her a little uncomfortable, but as time went on, the mental power required for her control became less and less.
"If nothing else, this is the island." After a considerable period of reconnaissance, Anne brought the formation closer together and conveyed the exact bearing coordinates to Des Moines.
After ruling out all possibilities, the two finally confirmed that the deep sea was most likely here, but the dense trees and disorganized reefs made it more difficult for the two to investigate.
The two men, who had detected a faint radiation reaction somewhere, controlled the carrier-based aircraft to comb through more detail, and finally locked on to a half-hidden reef cave.
Due to the narrow entrance and exit, De Moin had to abandon the idea of using reconnaissance planes to explore the cave, and had to let Anne control several carrier-based aircraft to explore.
The narrow passage forced Anne to slow down the carrier-based aircraft, and finally realized the surprise before she ran out of power and was about to fall.
Knowing that the situation had changed, Anne relayed the information detected by the carrier-based aircraft to Aritus, who was still in the distant town, because she really couldn't tell what the situation was here, so she still asked the boy for help.
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The image message from the spiritual link silenced the boy and girl who were still in the rudimentary office for a moment, both of them thinking about the special existence behind the message.
"Admiral, what level of radiation would be needed to produce such large-scale crystallization in a place similar to the original ore of Aojin?" Carefully observing the almost endless dark blue crystal wall in the image, the girl asked aloud.
"Even if the raw ore is more sensitive to radiation, this is the case...... If it is released by the deep sea, it will need at least four levels or higher......" The young man cautiously came to this conclusion, but the room suddenly fell silent.
"Does it really take such a high-energy level of the deep sea for this to happen...... The probability of such a deep sea in this sea is too low......" The white-haired girl paused as she spoke, unable to tell if such a deep sea really existed in such a chaotic sea.
"I should have thought about it, even the deep sea cannot release such radiant energy for a long time, and it is unlikely that it is caused by the deep sea." After a little thought, Aritaus discarded his original assumption, and the scale of Gain's place really couldn't have been made by some idle and boring deep sea.
If there really is a high-level deep sea in this area, according to their nature and the contradiction with human interests, it will naturally lead to a more comprehensive conflict. And if a deep sea has a flagship-level leader, its destructive power is much higher than that of those scattered and wandering deep seas. But none of that is here.
The young man's pupils flashed with a thoughtful light, and as his thoughts diverged, he began to inquire about something on the light screen, and after frowning and thinking for a long time, he said softly:
"Maybe it's the presence of some natural source of radiation...... I've seen before that certain terrain causes the intensity of radiant energy to increase abnormally, and perhaps this is the case. ”
"So you can eliminate the previous safety hazards?" Veneto asked.
At this moment, the young man seemed to be stunned for a moment, and when he received the message from Anne again, he synchronized a scene into Veneto's mind, and then said cautiously:
"The deep sea was lured out by Anne and sunk, and this is the result of another investigation."
"Let's let Anne withdraw it, we can't make sure it's safe...... Veneto suggested.
"You were in an unexpected coma last time...... Looks like I'm going to need to make a trip. The teenager eventually came to this conclusion.
"The danger of that thing...... Can the Admiral really guarantee that there will be no accidents after contact? Veneto was still a little worried.
"Had to go...... You can't just give up the Aojin Ore that might exist there......," the young man said with a long sigh of relief.
"It's just that the Admiral still needs to deal with the construction work here." Veneto reminded.
"yes...... Let's let Annie and the others protect this place to a certain extent during this time...... "The teenager who was already in the labor of the construction work needed to think about the sudden occurrence of this incident, and he couldn't help but feel tired.