Chapter XXII: Submarines
The island country is controlled by several major chaebols, about the appearance of Jiaolong, the higher the heat of this matter is hyped, the greater the value of Jiaolong, almost all chaebols pay attention to Jiaolong, want to get its value, compared with this value, businessmen will not care about the interests of a few tourists, but it is not that the island people are really cheap.
If Lan Kan becomes another sea monster, maybe there will not be this heat, but he is a dragon species, and the culture of the island country follows the Celestial Empire, and it is naturally extremely exciting to see the dragon in their sea area.
On the other hand, the prime minister has recently been forced by the people to be anxious, and there happened to be a Jiaolong incident, so he added fuel to the fire behind the scenes and diverted the attention of the people.
So the chaebol, the official, and the people stir up hot topics, and it is inevitable for Jiaolong!
The world's top experts in the field of biology gathered and arrived in Nagasaki on the third day of the Iwangjima incident.
In addition, many environmentalists, sea monster researchers, and animal lovers came to Nagasaki, and for a time Nagasaki was full of foreigners, and the major hotels were full.
The oceanographic research ship sent from the largest biological research institute in the United States has arrived at the port, and they decided to go to the waters of the Wrestling Beach in the afternoon to look for Jiaolong.
The route in the nearby waters was already escorted by the Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the research ship soon arrived in the waters of the Shoal.
There are already a number of media boats in this area, and in addition to some private boats that want to see the dragon, they have been ordered to disperse.
"Right here, the unicorn of the sea monster smashed the iron cage, but it didn't hurt the boat of the film crew."
"Oh, maybe this big guy has the wisdom."
Experts are talking, waiting for the submarine probe to be launched.
"Plop plop plop!"
Three probes were launched in a row, which are equivalent to small unmanned submarines, launching from three directions of the research ship and sinking all the way to the bottom to explore this sea area. The probe can detect the environment and organisms within 30 nautical miles of the seabed, and can quickly and accurately calculate the data.
"No ...... found"
"This is normal, take the probe back, let's go to Yiwang Island, put a probe every 30 nautical miles, and explore the nearby sea area first."
The research ship searched for the traces of the so-called dragon all the way, and until about 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was dark, and the dragon could not be found.
"I don't think there's anything to be gained today."
"Don't be in a hurry, at least go to Yiwang Island. Tomorrow we will change places. ”
"It's too slow, and even if we detect it, we won't be able to catch up with it."
"It's good to make sure it exists first."
The experts were very hot, and when night fell, they continued to explore, and finally, at about eight o'clock in the evening, they came to the coast of Yiwang Island.
"Professor Fitz, shall we stop for today?" An island official asked in English.
The old man with glasses sighed, nodded, and said, "Put the probe one last time, and then go back!" ”
"Yes!"
Just off the coast of Yiwang Island, the research ship dropped three probes, and several researchers began to repeat the afternoon's work, studying the information fed back by the probes.
"Still haven't found out."
"Professor Fitz, look?"
Professor Fitz nodded and said, "Take back the probe!" ”
"Huh?" A young researcher was suddenly shocked.
Professor Fitz's eyes lit up and he asked, "Found it?" ”
"Oh! Teacher, there is no ...... But this sea area ...... There are no fish ......," the researcher said curiously.
"No fish?"
"Yes, teacher...... Except for a few shellfish, there is not a single fish in this area......"
Fitz slapped the table and said in surprise: "The ecological circle of this sea is balanced, shellfish and seabed vegetation are abundant, it is impossible to be without fish!" Have they all been driven out by sea monsters? ”
No one answered, but Fitz still said seriously: "Search along Yiwang Island, maybe that big guy is nearby!" ”
"Okay......"
The research ship began to travel along Iwang Island, and then, thirty nautical miles, dropped the probe again.
……
Lan Kan is entrenched at the bottom of the sea cliff where the clams are settled, and when it becomes like this, he usually has nothing to do, except to occasionally create some turbulence to play.
The fish in this vicinity were either chased away, scared away, or simply eaten by him.
While he was testing his ability to control the current at the bottom of the sea, he suddenly felt that several large ships were coming towards him.
"That's ......"
Lan Kan swam in the direction of the boats, and began to float upwards from a long distance, floating to the place where he was about to emerge from the water, and opened his eyes to look at the ships.
"There are warships? Is this coming for me? ”
Lan Kan noticed that the direction in which the boats were moving was near the cliff where the clams were. He had an idea, and thought to himself that these ships must be looking for him, should I take the opportunity to drop the clams?
In the past two days, because of the clams, he can't swim freely in the sea at all, so it is better to take this opportunity to let them find the clams.
"But the clam watched me transform after all, and she's the only one who saw me for what I really am. In the past, it was okay to leave it to the police, and no one would believe her, but now that the warships have started to come to me, if she says it's human, it becomes ...... It's tricky! ”
"No! I can't let the clam expose me now, and when I come back from the dragon, I will find a way to deal with the clam matter. ”
Handing it over to the police is not the same as handing it over to the military, you used to be able to ignore clams, but now it can't, Lankan feels that he has made a lot of noise.
Thinking of this, Lan Kan was about to transfer the clam away, but suddenly stopped.
"I can't dive well with clams, why don't you lure this group away?"
Lan Kan was thinking about it when suddenly a ship sank three instruments, as well as searchlights.
"Find me this way?"
As soon as his mind turned, Lan Kan turned his head and ran, heading directly towards the open sea.
The speed was deliberately slowed down, just waiting for this group of people to follow him.
Sure enough, the warship caught up first.
"If you can catch up with me, you're amazing!"
How fast is Lan Kan after transforming into a dragon? In fact, he didn't know the exact data, after all, no one tested him.
But he tried to chase the shark, first scared the other party, waited for more than ten seconds, and then chased with all his strength from afar, in one breath, less than a second, he directly caught up with the shark and swallowed it into his stomach, this speed, I think it should be extremely fast.
Now Lankan only swam for a while, like a dog, never throwing off the warship, and swam like this for about forty nautical miles.
And the research ship left in the original sea area was completely boiling, and they finally found the sea monster, the real sea monster, the living sea monster!
Several elderly professors trembled with excitement and looked at the detected data in disbelief.
"Serpentine, about 309 meters long, the maximum diameter of the waist is about 2.2 meters, and the speed is ...... In the ......"
"What's the speed?"
"Section 92 ......"
"This ......"
"Oops! Don't chase it anymore! In case it is a problem to drive it out to the open sea. We'll come back tomorrow! Get the cruiser back! ”
……
"Captain, the sea monster is too fast, and even if we catch up, we won't have the means to keep it. Let's go back and don't drive the sea monster away. A middle-aged man said to the captain.
The captain was a strong man in his thirties, and after listening to the words of the deputy captain, he said indifferently: "Catch up with it and launch rockets, deep bombs, and torpedoes." ”
"Huh?" The co-captain thought he had misheard.
"I command you, attack it!" The captain repeated the command again.
“…… Be. "The deputy captain wanted to speak out against it several times, but he gave up, anyway, since it was an order, there was no problem in obeying it.
But soon the deputy captain reported again: "Captain, I can't catch up with ......."
"Maximum speed ......"
"We can't catch up with the captain, we speed up, and the sea monster also speeds up......" The deputy captain didn't understand the captain's order.
"Then use a helicopter to expand the detection range and attack range!" The captain said firmly.
The deputy captain finally couldn't help but say, "Captain, let's go back to the ship...... Don't hurt the sea monster. ”
The captain said solemnly: "I know! ”
"Chuan Cheng, you don't think that the sea monster is a rui beast like the civilians, right?"
"Uh......" the deputy captain was speechless.
"Chuan Cheng, I won't kill it, just hurt it, just obey the order." The captain didn't explain much.
The deputy captain did not dare to completely disobey the order, and it was said that the captain had a big background, so he had to convey the order to chase the sea monster by helicopter and fire deep bombs.
"Wait! Used in conjunction with torpedoes. ”
"Uh, yes!"
The helicopter pursued Lan Kan in the sea at high speed, but Lan Kan did not know what was going on on the sea.
His perceptual abilities perceive ships at most, and as for the heavens, he can't perceive them.
But he didn't know that a crisis hung over his head.
"It's about the same distance, but unfortunately only one warship catches up, I don't know if the other warships will find the clams...... Shake this off and go back and see! ”
Lan Kan was about to shake off the opponent at full speed, when suddenly four bombs fell into the water in a row and sank rapidly.
"Huh?"
Lan Kan was stunned, and those bombs quickly sank to his side and exploded in an instant.
"Boom!" Lan Kan only felt a roar in his brain, his body involuntarily twisted and rolled, and then two torpedoes came closely, followed by a sharp pain, he hurriedly ejected, and his body swooped out for hundreds of meters, and the instant speed reached two hundred knots, leaving a trail of blood to escape.
The first full-speed outbreak stunned the people on the warship, the speed of the voyage was two hundred knots, although it was only a very short sprint, but the speed of the sea monster itself far exceeded them, even if it was not careless, the speed was ninety knots, and it was impossible to catch up with them.
The captain was only stunned for a moment, and then ordered: "Return!" ”
When the warship returned, the captain picked up a satellite phone alone and called it, and quickly said: "It has been damaged, yes!" Escaped, the explosion location is in ......"
The captain reported the coordinates of Lan Kan's injuries, quickly hung up the phone, and then looked calm.
He calmed down, but Lan Kan was angry.
After being injured by the explosion, he rushed out of dozens of nautical miles in a panic before stopping.
"It hurts me!"
Lan Kan rolled up in a ball to check his injuries, but the rest of the place was fine, the skin was rough and the flesh was thick, and the scales were abnormally hard.
But the abdomen was injured, and the gap between the scales there was relatively large, and the explosion just now blew up the flesh and skin there, and several pieces of black scales fell off.
"You're here to get me? No, they can't catch up with me, maybe they're ready to kill me? ”
Lan Kan thought wildly, the explosion just now blew him up, and now that he thought about it, there was no need for him to run away, his black scales were too hard, unless he was directly attached to them and exploded, he would be slightly injured at most.
"What am I running? Damn, since they are here to kill me, the clams can't let them find out, otherwise once they know that I am a human being, what should I do if the surrounding sea blockade is consumed with me? Won't you go ashore? ”
Thinking of this, Lan Kan became anxious, hurriedly turned around, and rushed back at full speed.
It didn't take long for him to return to the area where he had been bombed, where the previous warship was gone, but a submarine had appeared.
Lan Kan had already decided that the warship was trying to kill him, so when he saw the submarine, his first reaction was that the other party was also here to trouble him, and it was understandable to send a submarine to deal with a creature like him, but I don't know why there was only one, and it was not big.
"They also sent submarines to me? Nima! Look for death! ”
Lan Kan rushed towards the submarine in a rage.