In the headquarters room of the tpc Far East base, a map of the western Pacific Ocean was displayed on the big screen, and there was detailed information such as topographic maps and currents maps of the seabed next to it.

This area is a newly developed area, because advances in materials and technology have made it possible to build new drilling platforms in the deep sea for the exploitation of oil and gas resources on the seabed, as well as a large number of deep-sea fishing fleets and the exploitation of gold, silver, copper and other resources in the deep sea.

In short, the development of every sea area can bring countless kinds of resources to mankind, and many large mining companies around the world have set up branches dedicated to the development of the ocean, and the development of the deep sea has become the focus of the next era of mankind.

The screen closely follows the process of human exploitation of the ocean, from the fishing of fish and shells in the inshore waters, to the deep sea fishing boats; From people diving to fish for all kinds of seafood, to driving steel pillars into the seabed to build platforms for oil and gas exploitation, mineral exploitation...

After occupying the land, human beings began to go to the sky and the sea to obtain more living space and various resources needed for life development.

However, these are not the concerns of the victorious team, they just want to know where the strange fish came from in order to find out the cause of these strange fish, because an hour ago, the sailor who touched several strange fish carrying multiple poisonous substances on their bodies has been declared dead, and the others are still watching.

Because of the death of a human being, everyone was nervous, and the hundreds of tons of various fish on the fishing boat were immediately sealed and destroyed as soon as the sampling was completed, so as to prevent toxic or radioactive materials from entering the market.

The winning team is more concerned about the strange fish that have detected radioactivity, what kind of radioactive source will mutate into that shape, such a strong radioactive source will cause great harm on the bottom of the sea, so it must be found out immediately.

The newly established TPC Oceanographic Survey Team accepted the task, and a team led by Director Joe Iwama of the TPC Oceanographic Survey Team drove a 7,500-meter-class deep-sea submarine called Ryugu, which had been in service for nearly eight years, to the R Sea area to conduct a survey.

At a depth of 200 meters, human eyes cannot see sunlight, and when the water depth exceeds 1,000 meters, even the most discerning earth creatures cannot see sunlight, and the TPC oceanographic survey team will reach a depth of more than 3,000 meters.

At this depth, there was no light to be seen, only endless darkness and no sound to be heard, only boundless dead silence.

But at this moment, a slight roar was transmitted through the sea water at a very long distance, and a few pillars of light that could shine a very long distance on the land barely illuminated a bright place on the dark seabed, slowly heading towards the bottom of the sea.

For others, entering the deep sea is an extremely terrifying and irresistible thing, but for Director Iwama Qiao, they are already familiar with it, and they have carried out deep-sea missions again and again in this deep-sea submarine called 'Ryugu' in the past few years.

After years of getting along, they are familiar with every screw on the 'Dragon Palace', and they also trust this deep-sea submarine very much, which can take them safely to the deep sea and then return to land safely.

Director Iwama Qiao looked at the data on the dashboard and said, "It's about to reach the bottom of the sea, pay attention." ”

A young man in his twenties sitting next to him said nonchalantly: "Director, it's only three thousand meters, and I've been there for four thousand meters." ”

"No matter how shallow it is, you have to pay full attention," Director Iwama said very seriously, "There must be no carelessness, this is the deep sea." ”

The crew collectively replied: "Yes! ”

After Director Iwama Qiao finished speaking, he slowed down his voice and said: "The ocean is not friendly to human beings, and the depth we are at is not allowed to be missed, a thousand meters is shallow enough, I almost didn't come back because of this depth, so never underestimate the ocean." ”

A middle-aged man named Kimura on the left hand side looked at the screen in front of him, tapped the buttons with both hands, and said, "Director, why have I never heard you say that?" ”

"What is there to say about such an unfortunate thing," Director Iwama Qiao waved his hand, but then felt that the success that had been so long seemed to make everyone a little fluttering, so he began to say again: "That was eight years ago, and I had just started to get in touch with deep-sea exploration, and I followed my predecessors to the South Pacific Ocean, a group of underwater ruins called Ryugu, to carry out the salvage commission." ”

"Salvage? Such a deep place? Kimura was very surprised, the deep-sea submarine is fully sealed, and it can't be opened throughout the whole process, and it can't hold much by the plug-in alone.

"A disc, probably... Well, it's so big," Director Iwama Qiao raised his hand to compare the size, which was about the same as a plate, and recalled, "It looks like a stone, and there are a lot of carvings on it..."

Before he finished speaking, a sonar soldier with a mountain accent written on the back of his TPC uniform shouted: "Director, passive sonar has caught an abnormal noise and is ready to turn on active sonar." ”

Everyone immediately closed their mouths, and even the sound of breathing was much quieter, while the sonar soldiers under Minwei Mountain slowly amplified their voices, their brows slowly furrowed, and they said in great confusion: "It sounds... It seems like... Crying? ”

Director Iwama Qiao couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "You... What did you say? Cry? ”

"I've never heard anything like it." Yamashita had been in the sonar post for a long time, and had heard all kinds of sounds, but it was the first time he had heard such a voice, and he clicked a few times on the console in front of him to play the sound he heard to the public channel, so that everyone could hear a sound that was indeed close to crying.

Before they could tell what the sound was, the submarine suddenly shook, the shaking amplitude was very slight, but it surprised everyone, the pilot hurriedly pulled the control stick to stabilize the hull, but as soon as he moved the control stick in the opposite direction, the shaking amplitude suddenly increased, throwing everyone to the side, the situation was like the situation of everyone in the car after braking suddenly.

Director Iwama was about to ask the reason, but the camera outside the submarine transmitted the captured images of the outside world to the display screen inside the submarine, and in the turbid sea water illuminated by the pillar of light, countless garbage such as plastic bags, glass bottles, and beverage cans rolled over.

"It's... Marine litter? Director Iwama looked at the image on the screen in amazement, he often wandered in the sea, and he was no stranger to marine garbage, but it was the first time he had seen so much garbage at such a deep seabed.