Chapter 167: Deep Sea Exploration
"It's been raining heavily for a few days." Lan Ya looked at the heavy rain outside the window with some sadness and muttered, according to previous weather reports, these heavy rains are the product of earthquakes and tsunamis, accompanied by typhoons of varying degrees. Typhoons and torrential rains are more severe in towns near Dongzhou City that are closer to the coastline.
"I thought you didn't like the rain? Can it be glued together? Chu Yunxuan laughed softly, wrapped his arms around Lan Ya's waist from behind, rested his chin on her shoulder, and looked at the heavy rain outside the window in a daze.
Lan Ya pursed her lips and said: "It's very hot in summer, it's good to be cool when it rains heavily, but it's not convenient to travel for so many days in a row, and you can't go out to play with auspicious wishes, and I'm so depressed at home every day." ”
As she spoke, Lan Ya poked Ruyi, who was lying on the ground, with her toes. The guy lay sideways on the ground motionless, looking lifeless, and then sighed in annoyance. Jixiang is okay, lying by the window and looking at the scenery outside the window.
"You really will cooperate with your sister Lanya......" Chu Yunxuan said with his foot and pushed Ruyi's ass.
Chu Yunxuan immediately looked at the heavy rain outside the window and sighed, this heavy rain caused a relatively serious waterlogging in Dongzhou City and nearby cities, and even the water in many places in many first-tier cities like Dongzhou City was flooded to more than ten centimeters, not to mention those surrounding small towns and villages, serious flooding accompanied by mudslides brought a lot of economic losses and civilian casualties.
He had already submitted the details of the fact that there had never been an earthquake in his previous life to the Order, and Dragonclaw said that he would send a team of technologists to investigate, but he also needed an agent from the Dragon's Organization.
This idea was reported by Chu Yunxuan. Of course, he had to go in person, so he offered to go with the research team to investigate, and the departure time was scheduled for Saturday morning, three days later.
"Xiaoya, I'm going out on Saturday to participate in a scientific research mission, take a submarine to the bottom of the sea, don't participate in the battle, there is no danger, it's like participating in an undersea tour, and I'll go back in one day." Chu Yunxuan laughed softly.
"Shall I go with us? Anyway, it's just a visit to the bottom of the sea, right? Lan Ya turned her face and kissed Chu Yunxuan's face, and asked with a smile, "I've always liked deep-sea exploration shows." ”
Chu Yunxuan raised his eyebrows and looked at her. There was silence for a while. Lan Ya asked aggrievedly, "No?" ”
"Yes." Chu Yunxuan smiled. "This is really okay, I'll just report it to the organization."
However, as soon as this matter was spread, it was soon known to Lin Zhi and others, but only one person proposed to go with him.
"What? Yufei is going? Didn't you tell her I was an agent? Chu Yunxuan frowned.
"No, uncle." Xiao Xiao hurriedly explained. "We were heard by the girl when we said that we would not go to waters more than ten meters deep. She said that she especially liked the book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I'd love to experience it. We're just here to ask you, and we haven't told her about it yet. If you agree, we'll find a way to explain it to her. ”
Lin Zhi also chimed in: "Yes." After all, there aren't many opportunities for this, we know that you are a righteous person, so let's ask. But don't have any psychological pressure, she doesn't know that she has this kind of stubble. ”
"You really put a high hat on me, you all said that I am very righteous, so am I embarrassed to refuse?" Chu Yunxuan said a little angrily, and then sighed: "It's okay, then bring her with you, it's not a big deal." Except for Xiaoya and Yufei, no one else wants to go, right? ”
"If you beg me to go, I won't go, what if you go to such a deep seabed, what if you can't get up at once?" Xiao Xiao muttered, "And there are sharks, krakens, and all kinds of terrifying monsters at the bottom of the sea, and the deeper the sea area, the more monsters there are." No one knows what's in the deep sea, and I feel creepy just thinking about it. ”
"My daughter still has a phobia of the deep sea." Chu Yunxuan smiled bitterly and rubbed Xiao Xiao's brain.
Therefore, on the day of departure, Lan Ya and Wang Yufei went to the Zhanqi Port in Dongzhou City with him and entered the submarine sent by the Dragon Organization. Of course, what Wang Yufei explained was that they were recommended by the school to participate in a scientific research investigation. Wang Yufei's mind was full of going to the deep sea for exploration, and she readily agreed without further studying this reason.
Along with the scientific research team, there was also an acquaintance of Chu Yunxuan, who had a good relationship with him in his previous life.
"Old Mo!" Chu Yunxuan was pleasantly surprised when he saw the gentleman old man on the deck who was in good spirits and smiling kindly.
"Hello, sir, I have heard something about you." Lao Mo's voice was as elegant and soft as in his previous life, his voice was very soft but subdued, he used to be a hacker in charge of backup, just like Lan Lei. Later, he defected from the fraudsters with Dragon Claw, and independently supported the creation of the Dragon Organization's exclusive support team, and was also one of the veterans.
Lao Mo's personality is kind and kind, and to every agent who graduated from the Dragon Organization is like an uncle's character, and everyone likes and respects him. Chu Yunxuan was the same, so seeing this old man really made him feel happy.
"It's great to see you're in good health, Old Mo." Chu Yunxuan and Lao Mo hugged and said with a smile.
"Thank you very much, sir." Lao Mo smiled slightly, shook hands with Chu Yunxuan again, then bowed slightly to Lan Ya and Wang Yufei, raised his hand and said, "Two beautiful young ladies please come here, pay attention to your head when you go down, don't touch it." ”
The three of them followed Lao Mo down from the deck to the inside of the submarine, and after closing the valve above, only the red indicator light was left in the light source below, which made the atmosphere of the submarine oppressive and dim, and the passage was also very narrow and short, completely lacking the comfort and grandeur described in 20,000 miles under the sea.
"Watch your head." Chu Yunxuan pressed his hand on the top of Wang Yufei and Lan Ya's heads and said.
"It's so boring here, it shouldn't be like this all the time, right?" Lanya complained quietly.
"You girl, you have to come and complain...... Don't worry, just get to the cabin in front. Chu Yunxuan instructed, and followed behind Lao Mo with Lan Ya and Wang Yufei. After passing through the power room. The passage gradually widened.
Soon, they came to the rest pod, a wide hallway with rows of bedrooms on either side. The bedroom is also more spacious inside, with a double bedroom with bunk beds, table and chairs, and even a mini wall-mounted TV. The Dragon Organization has abundant funds and developed technology, so it has always been more extravagant in terms of backup, and this kind of submarine is quite ordinary.
"The gentleman and the two ladies can rest in this luxurious cabin, which has a bathroom, living room and bedroom." Lao Mo smiled elegantly. Then continue to lead the way. "The cafeteria is here, and there is a warning on the radio during the meal, and if you feel hungry, there is a vending machine over there. It can be purchased with Mr.'s ID card. Behind this is the cockpit. ”
said. Lao Mo pointed to the ladder in the corner of the cafeteria: "The people over there are all technicians. So please don't enter the cockpit at will and disturb the driving, I hope the two beautiful ladies can cooperate. Visit if needed. In your luxury cabin, you can see the sea outside directly from the window, so please refrain from wandering around the submarine unless you are eating. ”
"But when I got to that depth, it was pitch black outside, and I couldn't see anything." Chu Yunxuan reminded.
At this time, the submarine shook and began to dive gradually. Wang Yufei said excitedly: "Let's go to the bedroom and have a look!" ”
Most of the crew members on the ship were foreigners, all of whom were members of the logistics team of the Dragon Organization, and they all respected the field agents, so when the three of them passed by with them, they all greeted Chu Yunxuan, which made Wang Yufei a little puzzled: "Why do they seem to know you?" And look at you with adoration in your eyes......"
"I've been here once before,......" Chu Yunxuan smiled bitterly, "Okay, let's go back to the room quickly." ”
When they arrived in the bedroom, they sat on the couch and watched the situation outside. The bedroom is no different from an ordinary hotel room, the whole is mainly white, and the living room has a wall-mounted TV, a set of sofas and a coffee table, and a water dispenser next to the sofa; The bedroom is much simpler, with a bed, bedside table and wardrobe, as well as a small bathroom.
It's a small space, but it's not crowded. From the window, their layer has already been flooded by the sea, so there is no change for a while, and some fish can be vaguely seen flashing through the window.
"Wow, that's beautiful!" Lan Ya looked at the blue sea outside and sighed, chatting with Wang Yufei.
Chu Yunxuan was not interested in this, so he sat on the sofa and watched TV.
After about ten minutes, the submarine went down to a deeper sea, and it began to get dark outside, so Lan Ya and Wang Yufei had no choice but to return to the living room. Chu Yunxuan chuckled and said, "Is it that you can't see anything?" ”
"It's okay, you can still see the fish swimming past the window, but a good ugly fish was pasted up just now." Lanya couldn't help but mutter, "It seems to be called monkfish or something." ”
"That fish tastes good, you might be able to taste it later." Chu Yunxuan said with a smile.
At this time, the announcement on the radio asked Chu Yunxuan to go to the cockpit to attend the meeting, so he pressed Lan Ya's head and instructed her and Wang Yufei: "I'll go for a while, I may have to go outside to participate in scientific research or something, but don't worry." ”
"Are you going outside? Can I come along? Wang Yufei asked excitedly.
"Sorry, no." Chu Yunxuan smiled slightly guiltily, "You must be trained to go out in the deep sea, otherwise it will be very dangerous." I promised your parents that they would take care of you, and of course I couldn't let you go on any more adventures. ”
Immediately, Chu Yunxuan added: "But ...... Isn't it fair that I can let you go to the monitoring room and see what the cameras on our dive equipment are getting from there? ”
As he spoke, Chu Yunxuan stretched out his hand to Wang Yufei. This girl raised her chin, and after thinking about it for a while, she shook Chu Yunxuan's hand with a smile and said, "Well, it's fair enough, deal." ”
Chu Yunxuan came all the way to the cockpit, the captain and some technical personnel were operating in front of the console, and the people of the scientific research team and Lao Mo were already waiting here, seeing Chu Yunxuan's arrival, Lao Mo said lightly: "You can start." ”
"So, what do you need me to do?" Chu Yunxuan then asked, and a bald young researcher with glasses explained: "That's right, we need you to go to the vicinity of the epicenter to collect some things, considering the various possibilities of causing an earthquake, the diving suit has the effect of anti-radiation so it is very heavy, plus the terrain is relatively rugged." We don't have the power to follow. ”
"So you mean you want me to go alone?" Chu Yunxuan raised his eyebrows and asked.
"We'll let some of the ship's soldiers follow, but the wetsuit is still too heavy for them, and only a super human like you can use it freely, so you'll have to rely on yourself when you enter the danger zone," Mo explained. ”
"I know." Chu Yunxuan nodded and said, Lao Mo clapped his hands and said, "Then start preparing immediately, everyone please wait in the diving cabin, we will bring the diving equipment." ”
The special diving equipment is indeed much thicker and heavier than ordinary diving suits because of the addition of radiation-resistant materials, and even the position of the arms is not like the light and thin materials used in ordinary protective suits, but thick armor.
"How about sir. Is it possible to move? "When several scientific researchers helped Chu Yunxuan put it on. Lao Mo asked on the side.
"It's a little reluctant, but you can move." Chu Yunxuan nodded.
"Okay, you guys, send Mr. to the previous epicenter area. Then mark it with a signal light. Mark his route forward and back. Lao Mo instructed a few other people in diving suits. Don't make mistakes. ”
The soldiers stood up and saluted, shouting in unison: "Yes! Immediately, the idlers left the diving module. After trying to connect the audio and video connections of the connected device, it is correct. The dive chamber began to fill with water.
"Please take care of me." Chu Yunxuan saluted everyone in the diving cabin, and the water slowly passed over his mask. Immediately, the hatch was opened, and the sea outside was pitch black, and the searchlight on the head could only shine about a meter around.
"Let's go." Chu Yunxuan said, pressed the buttons on both sides of the mask, and the light above his head immediately spread, and a new layer of glass with night vision ability covered his eyes, and the scene in front of him was only slightly brighter.
The other members of the dive team also turned on their night vision and scattered lights and began to move forward in the water.
Chu Yunxuan's wetsuit was too heavy, so he could only walk on foot at the bottom of the sea, and he could use a jetpack to float a short distance if necessary. The ground under his feet was very hard, and the rocks that stood on the bottom of the sea made the area a labyrinth, and he could only follow the circle of light illuminated by the soldiers above.
"Sir, you're about to enter the epicenter area, beware, the rock structure there is already a mess and could collapse at any moment. In case you get buried, your wetsuit will resist blows and won't hurt you, and the oxygen is also an infinitely circulating device, so don't panic and use the electric drill equipped with the diving equipment to try to escape. Lao Mo reminded.
"Understood." Chu Yunxuan replied, staying in the diving suit was a bit unreal, it felt like he was looking at the world through the first perspective of other people. Although there is barely anything to see in sight other than rocks.
As he continued to go, some sea creatures such as fish, shrimp, and jellyfish passed in front of him from time to time, but he didn't feel it. Immediately, he felt something soft under his feet, and he was suddenly startled, and looked down to check it. If he was stuck in quicksand, he would have to use a jetpack, but upon looking at it, he realized that it was just an octopus the size of a watermelon.
"Sorry to step on you, man, it's too dark in here to see." Chu Yunxuan threw the octopus at his feet away, and this guy kept opening and closing like an umbrella, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Chu Yunxuan was still a little nervous, after all, this was a deep sea area of more than six thousand meters, and there were many creatures here that humans had not yet discovered, and God knew what the Dao was all about.
Chu Yunxuan continued to move forward, and the scientific researchers kept discussing on the other side of the headset, and when he passed by a large rock with a strange shape, the group of scientific researchers suddenly stopped him: "Wait! Go back a bit and look at that rock! ”
Chu Yunxuan retreated a little as they said, and the gang continued: "Look fast on the right, look carefully." ”
Chu Yunxuan turned around and looked at it, and suddenly felt a sense of horror, what kind of rock is this, it is simply the corpse of a huge undersea creature. The volume is three or four meters, there are six or seven rings growing, and the mouth is extremely hideous.
"Don't be nervous, it's just a spider crab, and it's dead." "From the shell it looks intact, it doesn't look like it's been blasted." In this way, our previous conclusion that the earthquake was caused by a strong epicenter caused by blasting is not valid. ”
Chu Yunxuan went around to the front of this thing and looked at it, and found that it was indeed a super huge crab.
Another female researcher replied, "It's weird. But the rock structure around here has been damaged, could it be because the shell of this thing is too hard? Anyway, get its body back and investigate. ”
"Roger." Chu Yunxuan said, pressed a button on the forearm, and the armor on the surface opened, revealing something like a needle, and then Chu Yunxuan took out three injections and placed them on the big crab, forming a small triangular positioning, so that the excavation robot inside the submarine could follow the signal and bring the big guy back.
After solving this, Chu Yunxuan continued to move forward. Due to the labyrinth and the deep sea. He's slow. About ten minutes later, a large black shadow passed over his head, and the scientist immediately explained: "It's a sperm whale, don't care." Most of the creatures of the deep sea are very docile. There are very few carnivorous creatures. ”
"You are talking about the species that are currently known. Right? Chu Yunxuan sniffed and replied.
"Uh...... Indeed, well. But your wetsuit is similar to a spacesuit, which can withstand both high temperatures and high pressures. So don't worry too much. The researcher explained, and Chu Yunxuan continued to move forward.
The voice of a soldier came from the headphones, the colonel leading the group of soldiers in charge of lighting above.
"Sir, there is a large landslide on the right in front of you, please step back a little, go back to the previous road conditions and walk from the left, follow the instructions to avoid the area of the landslide, please hurry up, otherwise you will be dragged in by the whirlpool." The colonel instructed.
"Roger, understood." Chu Yunxuan answered, began to retreat, and then continued to follow the indicator light.
There are actually all kinds of sounds on the bottom of the deep sea, and the black seabed is a bit scary. Chu Yunxuan knew that this was because there was a kind of "channel" called the deep-sea channel in the deep sea, which could spread certain sounds for thousands of miles without weakening.
Despite this, this loneliness of being the only one in the world still made him a little panicked.
"Yun Xuan......" Lan Ya timidly called over there, and Chu Yunxuan's mood suddenly improved: "Yo, where did this little angel call my name?" Is Heaven calling to me? ”
"Nasty, don't say that. Also, don't be like that with so many people. Lanya complained over there.
"Okay, can you see what's going on on my camera?" Chu Yunxuan laughed softly.
Lanya whispered, "Hmm...... It's so dark, you can't see anything, are you afraid? ”
"I'm not afraid of you." Chu Yunxuan said with a fighting spirit, "Doctors, what else do you need?" ”
The members of the scientific research team replied nonchalantly: "After continuing to move forward for a while, we need to obtain a rock sample at each of the six coordinates, and then collect as many samples as possible from the corpses of those dead sea creatures. ”
"Understood." Chu Yunxuan said spiritually and took a step forward. It would be much better to have Lanya in the headphones to accompany him.
After this lasted for about two hours, the sampling of the rocks ended, and Chu Yunxuan found the carcass of a sperm whale nearby, and planned to place triangular coordinates on it. But this guy's size was quite large, about sixteen meters long, and Chu Yunxuan had to circle around it. Upon reaching the sperm whale's belly, he found a hole the size of a bowl in the carcass.
"This is? It's not like a blast mark, if it's the only one it's definitely not a blast, you must get this thing back and investigate. The scientific researcher said, Chu Yunxuan nodded, and then he seemed to find something squirming in the hole, and before he could check it, a black shadow rushed out of it like lightning and hit his mask.
"Uh......" Chu Yunxuan snorted, his head couldn't help but tilt back, and everyone in the headphones was startled, screaming one after another. Chu Yunxuan saw that thing, it was a deep-sea viper fish, with a hideous appearance, sharp teeth more than ten centimeters long. After that one took the lead, the whale's body suddenly became agitated, and about dozens of viper fish emerged from it.
Almost in an instant, Chu Yunxuan was surrounded by these things, their speed was extremely fast, and in Chu Yunxuan's eyes, he could only see a black shadow flashing continuously, and he took a bite from time to time.
But the good news was that even if they had sharp teeth, they couldn't bite through this diving suit, Chu Yunxuan only felt pushed by someone at best, and hurriedly used the jetpack to float up, escaping from the encirclement of these creatures as soon as possible......
"Xiaozi is right, don't come to this kind of place in the future." After returning to the diving cabin and taking off the diving suit, Chu Yunxuan threw the mask aside and sighed. (To be continued......)