There was nothing to pay attention to when returning home, so I took the opportunity to go offline for a while. By the time I went online again, it was already early the next morning, and the fleet had already entered China's territorial waters, and I could occasionally see some Chinese guild fleets around, but the number was relatively small, and the large troops generally did not stay in the inland sea, either going out to patrol the sea for a decisive battle or simply overhauling in the port.

I was standing on the deck looking at the sea in the faint morning light, when suddenly a strangely shaped ship caught my eye. It is a quadrannomy, a rectangular structure of four ships joined to be exact. The four ships that served as support were all large, and the superstructure was completely dismantled, and the huge and wide deck had neither island bridges nor masts, not even weapons. If such a large ship is not equipped with any weapons, it must have other uses.

In the middle of the four ships, I found the one they were carrying. This is a system error! - 0x000000008,112619180 Very large reinforced keel structure, which is shaped like the four hypotenuses of a pyramid, and its four feet just fall on four boats. There are some more complex structures on the convergence point in the center of the steel keel, which looks like some gears and transmissions. The four black threads hanging from the center went straight into the water, and it was obvious that there was something underneath. If I'm not mistaken, this should be a salvage ship, and the tonnage is not small. The four ships that are used as support are all 10,000-ton ships, and the four together are absolutely 100,000 tons, maybe more than 200,000 tons. And now, judging by the draft, the ships seem to be heavily loaded, the rulers are not visible, and they are clearly overloaded. The demolition of the island bridge was to reduce the load, so it is impossible for these ships to carry goods and the draft is so deep, the only explanation is the lifting cantilever above them, what it hangs in the water is the real load. What is so heavy in the water? How big should there be more than 100,000 tons of things after the buoyancy of the water?

There were several circles of warships parked in the sea near the salvage ship, and the ship was protected among them, with the obvious purpose of not letting people approach. It's strange that such a strange fleet can go unnoticed.

"Warning! Signs of fire readiness were detected, and the whole fleet was in a state of emergency of the first level. "The horn on the Tyrant suddenly sounded, and it was operated by the NPCs in the observation room. Raising this alarm means that the opposing ships have begun to reload their guns and are starting to aim at us. It is already very abnormal for a Chinese fleet to create such a tense atmosphere in China's territorial waters, and it is obvious that they have a ghost in their hearts when they are still aiming at us flying the Chinese flag.

Many of the crew members of this fleet are pirate NPCs back then, and this sudden situation reacts super quickly, and some of the other NPCs are from the undead legion, which is also a regular army, although it was transferred by the army, after all, the quality is there. Less than 30 seconds after the alarm went off, the fleet responded. Several battleships, the Tyrant and the Eternity, began to turn their turrets for fire aiming, and automatic weapons were put into readiness.

"Don't fire yet, maybe it's a misunderstanding." The first thing I said when I rushed to the bridge was to stop the shooting, maybe the other side was just overly nervous about some important task.

"President, at such a close distance, if we don't fire first, the loss will be great."

"Order the small warships to move to the right side of the fleet, and put the Tyrant and the Eternity several large battleships in front, I don't believe they have the ability to penetrate the Tyrant's armor."

"Understood."

Our fleet began to change formations, and all the large battleships with thicker armor were concentrated on the left side of the fleet to form a defensive line. In order to ensure that in case the opponent fires, we can immediately return fire, and the speed of the fleet also begins to decrease, so that it is easier for us to aim.

The opposing fleet also began to change its position in relation to our actions, and all the warships took the initiative to gather here to confront us, and the salvage ship was blocked behind and became an object of protection. This action made us even more nervous.

I held up the binoculars and said, "King Chuang, order the chameleon system to be activated." "The so-called chameleon system is an optical stealth system from the black octopus family, but we have made some improvements, and now the practical product is the chameleon system. Although it can't be completely invisible, the battleship will turn into a plexiglass system error! -0x000000008, 112619180 transparent feeling, it is difficult to spot without paying attention, and even if the two sides are very close, this kind of thing can reduce the opponent's hit rate by 20%.

The other side was very surprised by our change, but all they did was point the barrel at us to pass. The warships of both sides confronted each other in this tense atmosphere, and our fleet slowly approached them until they reached a tipping point, and the distance began to gradually close. Seeing that we were moving away, the opponent's weapons still did not let their guard down, and it was not until we left the range of the opponent's fire that they turned their guns away and resumed their circular protective formation.

Hongyue looked in the direction of those ships and said, "Don't you think there's something strange?" ”

King Chuang also nodded and said, "That's it." How can you see the Chinese fleet so nervous. Although the land players are fighting very well, China's sea forces have not had fleet-level battles so far, after all, the naval combat system is still dominated by the outside world. But this fleet ...... Problematic! ”

Lin Yue said: "It seems that we need to investigate." It's a pity that I don't have much combat power when I go into the water, so you can gather a few masters to explore the way, right? ”

I stood up: "Aren't you just telling me to go?" ”

Red Moon also stood up. "I'll go with you."

"I haven't said if I want to go yet!"

"Aren't you curious about strange things?"

"I'm curious."

King Chuang immediately said, "You can go!" Come back and help us talk about it, otherwise everyone will be nourished in their hearts. ”

"Alright! Red Moon, let's go. King Chuang took command until the fleet arrived. ”

"Alright, let's go!"

System error! -0x000000008, 112619180 and Red Moon went to the bilge of the Tyrant and found an Atlantis-like speedboat. I rode up first, and Red Moon swapped out her own artifact gear and rode up with the Guild's Order suit. She patted my helmet to signal that it was time to go, and I flicked the switch and the speedboat sprang out.

As soon as I pulled the handle, the speedboat flew out of the water, and then I pressed the bow of the boat in the air, and the speedboat leaned forward, and when I entered the water, it was immediately plunged under the water. This is a special way for this kind of speedboat to enter the water, small speedboats do not have a buoyancy control system, and can only control the depth with hydrofoils similar to airplane wings, so the hydrofoil will not work if the boat is not pressed into the water.

We slipped out of the hull through the waterproof door at the bottom of the ship and turned around and leaned towards the strange battleships. It's definitely not that easy to spot our two-meter-long speedboat in such a big sea, not to mention that we are still underwater. The waves on the sea are our best cover, and the tracks of the speedboat are quickly washed away by the waves, and no one wants to see us.

Soon approached the fleet on the periphery of the guard, and went straight to the center without caring about them. When I got to the side of the four conjoined boats, Hongyue suddenly grabbed my arm and pulled it violently, my hand moved the steering handle, and the speedboat made a big U-turn and almost flew out of the water.

"What are you doing?"

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Red Moon didn't speak, just pointed ahead. I looked over to that line of defense, and there seemed to be something, and it didn't look small.

"The underwater observation cabinet is sold in the port, and it is specially used for non-combat players. But they seem to be using this thing as an underwater sentry post. ”

"You've got sharp eyes."

"It's not my sharp eyes, it's Xiao Ye who found out."

"Saya?"

"My pet, the Night King, don't you know? He's now at a higher level, and he can be with me. Much more powerful than your phantom. ”

"I protest against your personal attacks." The phantom suddenly stretched out a white limb and shook desperately in protest.

I quickly pressed the phantom back. "What do we do now?"

"Anyway, we're going to see what they're fishing, just down. There's no way they're going to connect that thing all the way to the bottom of the ocean, can they? ”

"That's right." The speedboat was started again and rushed underwater.

The opponent's reconnaissance post only extended for more than 30 meters. We try to be close to the center. System error! -0x000000008, 112619180 arrived at the front and saw clearly that there were not cables but chains hanging under the huge hanger. Each ring of the giant chain is the size of a door, and the steel used to make them is thicker than my waist. Tying me to Red Moon is about the same thickness as these rebars.

It doesn't seem to weigh as much as I thought at first, after all, the chains themselves should be tens of thousands of tons. Now there are four chains in total, and there are not many separate from each other. This means that there is a lot of depth underneath, or that it is not a big thing.

As we continued to descend, a rectangular steel frame appeared in our view. The four chains that come down from above are actually attached to the four corners of this steel frame. The steel frame has some gears and transmission mechanisms inside, and it also looks like a winch. Six chains protrude from under the steel frame and continue down until they are completely surrounded by darkness.

"It's dark down there, do you want to turn on the lights?" I asked Red Moon.

"No, I don't. I can get dark vision in the night, and you seem to be able to see at night, so let's not turn on the lights, so as not to expose the target. ”

"Alright, let's dive on."

As the depth of the water increases, it gets darker and darker, but this does not affect our movements. According to the initial estimate, this is near the continental shelf, and the depth will not be too large, but what we didn't expect was to find a large trench along the chain down. The map of "Zero" is modeled after reality, but the undersea map itself is incomplete, and Long Yuan cannot compare it, so the marine landforms are almost all wrong. There should be no such trench in reality, otherwise we should have known.

The chains went deep into the dark trench, and we had to follow them downward. "Watch over there." Red Moon suddenly tugged at my arm, and we performed another stunt of sharp turns, and a giant monster scurried in front of us like lightning. We were only two or three meters away from its slammed mouth.

This guy immediately turned around and rushed up again after missing the blow, and I made a quick move The little dragon girl rushed out of a water vortex in the shape of a dragon. The big guy rushed up fearlessly when he saw the little dragon girl, but he didn't hit him and jumped around just a face. The monster seems to be a fish, but it is large and strangely shaped, and the creatures of the deep sea are stranger. But a fish is a fish after all, no matter how big it is, it's not a powerful thing, and it will be scarred and run away in three or two clicks.

Since that guy escaped, no monsters around dared to approach us, and the little dragon girl always circled around us, and those monsters followed us from afar, but they didn't come close. There are so many creatures down there, and many of the creatures you can only see in your nightmares have appeared in this deep sea area. Among them was a double-headed hairtail, I don't know what it was, it just looked like a hairtail, and it had two heads. This guy was going to attack us, but as he approached, he was sucked in by something that suddenly protruded from the edge of the cliff, and never reappeared. What a dangerous trench.

As the depth continued to increase, suddenly a large squid appeared in front of her, and the little dragon girl made a threatening gesture, but the thing still rushed up. The little dragon girl and the guy got entangled and scuffled, and I wanted to help but didn't know how to intervene. I suddenly remembered that deep-sea animals are afraid of bright light. "Red Moon, do you know how to illuminate?"

Red Moon replied in surprise: System error! -0x000000008, 112619180 "I'm a dark mage, huh?" ”

This means obviously no, and you can't summon Xiaochun here! By the way, and the steel claws. Quickly get the steel claws out, and as soon as he appeared, he immediately pounced. The tentacles of this squid are only sixteen, and there are more steel claws than it, and the tentacles of both sides are immediately entangled with each other, and no one can move, but the little dragon girl is saved. The freed little dragon girl was very angry, and her whole body lit up with a green light. "Dragon Dissociation."

This is the first time that the little dragon girl has been seen using a direct offensive spell. Just a flash of green light, one of the tentacles of the squid fell inexplicably, and the steel claw didn't react to why the opponent's tentacles suddenly broke, but he didn't care so much, and it was convenient to attack its body by throwing off the tentacles.

The little dragon girl's dissociation technique did not seem to end, and the tentacles of the squid began to break one by one, and finally turned into a large bald scoop of light. The steel claw immediately wrapped its tentacles around the big one, and then tore the creature alive. The black ink sprayed like a bomb, and nothing could be seen around it.

When the ink spreads, there are only some suspended minced meat and some small monsters around to grab food, in the deep sea energy is very precious, and it is shameful to waste it.

As you go down, all sorts of large monsters begin to appear, and they get bigger and bigger, as if the monsters at the bottom of the sea will always be bigger than the surface of the sea. However, these deep-sea monsters, despite their size, are not as active as those in the mid-waters. The big monsters here are basically very slow with system errors! -0x000000008, the speed of 112619180 is floating, and it feels like an enlarged ornamental fish, leisurely drifting. But these big guys still prove to be aggressive, except that they never chase their prey, and will be swallowed as soon as something floats within its range.

These big monsters are safer than the things above, as long as you don't get close to them.

As the chains continued downward, strange things began to occur, and we actually found a light underneath. The area with light is small, about the size of a football field, and people can clearly be seen moving there. It's dark on our side, and they can't see us, but we can see them clearly. These people are all wearing a variety of armor, all of which appear to have airlock abilities. Although diving armor is not very difficult to obtain, it is by no means easy to get, let alone so much.

The men seemed to be digging in the water, and some were holding the end of the chain and hanging something that looked familiar.

"A battleship?" Red Moon recognized the thing first.

I looked at it carefully for a long time, and this is indeed a battleship. But a lot of metal precipitation has turned this thing out of recognition. Corpses on the surface of the sea will quickly decay and refresh away, and shipwrecks on the bottom of the sea are similar. Unless it is a mission shipwreck, the system will quickly cover the sediment on the ship and then refresh it. This seems to be a new type of battleship, and it won't be a mission ship, which means that this guy hasn't been sinking for a long time. The more I looked at it, the more I felt that it looked like a Japanese ship, and the bee waist structure was not like a Chinese design.

I suddenly remembered that the last time I came back from Japan, I met a strange Chinese fleet and asked us about the Japanese camouflage ship, could it be this one? It feels like the location is about the same, and the ship type and size are also in line, so it is likely that this is the Japanese camouflage ship that we sank last time. So why did these people from the Chinese guild salvage this Japanese ship?

"Look there." Red Moon pointed to the stern part.

The stern of the ship was blown off by our shells at that time, and the place is now a big hole. A lot of players come and go here and there as if they're looking for something. But what can they find? With such a large tonnage boom, it took so much manpower and material resources, and it was not to salvage the entire ship, so what could it be?

Let's analyze it as it stands. First of all, this thing must be heavy, otherwise it wouldn't have used such a large boom. Secondly, this thing is very important or very valuable, otherwise it would not be so troublesome to salvage. In the end, this thing came from China, and the Japanese needed it very much, and the camouflage ships of that day were not going to attack us, but wanted to leave with this thing. Objects that meet so many conditions can't be too simple, right? I'm going to see what's so important.