The Flame of All Things Chapter 31 - The Bottom of the Sea
Black Rock Island, 50 kilometers off the coast.
The island was formed by a reef pillar created by a volcano under the sea, and has been moved to the open sea of the East China Sea over the years. The island is ecologically good, and in late autumn it is still green, with the occasional seabird skimming overhead.
Small tropical storms pass by all year round, and there is a station on the island, where some fishermen occasionally rest for the night, except for border guards. There is a building below the watchtower in the center, which is the home of the island's inhabitants.
A huge ship of 1,000 tons broke anchor in deep water a hundred meters from the island, and this was already his fifteenth day here. You can vaguely see the ship's flag painted with a landscape painting of the national style.
On the gray cliffs of the sea stood a man in a dark trench coat, his hand holding a cigar, the embers fading, and his eyes looking up at the sea level in the distance.
His gaze seemed to pierce the darkness of the ocean floor and face the endless abyss.
"How many times has this been?"
"For the tenth time, it has been discovered that there is a strange deep-sea palace below, and the seabed under the palace has been partially raised, and it is already able to reach the depth of the dive, as long as the equipment allows. ”
"Did they enter?"
"I don't know, the informant of the academy does not have the privilege of entering the control room, he can't see the picture sent back by the diver and the instrument mapping of the sonar, and the conversation is not clear, he just saw from the deck that a group of core executives are wearing diving equipment. ”
"Who is it?" the man looked at him lightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked into a smile.
"Executive Terson, Ocean Squad, and ...... Nigel. The fisherman was a little nervous when he said the word Nigel.
"Oh? Looks like there's something down there. ”
"Less...... , Mr. Guang, do you report to the head of the family and use the power of the family to intervene in this operation?"
The man waved his hand and motioned for the fisherman not to do so.
"Qiqi, this is a king-level beast, how can such a good thing be ruined by those pedantic guys?"
"But ......"
"What do you want to say?" his gaze flickered like a thunderbolt.
"Mr. Light, it's rude. The fisherman half-knelt.
"That's it, get up. By the way, how is he?"
The two looked at each other.
"In the Western Regions, in the heart of the desert...... The family has already sent someone to follow, so there shouldn't be a big problem. ”
"Why did he get there? If he had stayed with me, he would have been fighting an S-class poor Qi now!. The man burst out laughing.
He ...... It's still young, and it still needs to grow. ”
"yes, he's still young. But no one will wait for him. The man whispered.
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The Elephant was converted from a wartime supply ship in the Northern Realm, when the North's military assets were inherited by a number of large families after the kingdom was divided. And this huge ship that once dominated the Pacific Ocean has now become an asset of the college.
With a displacement of nearly 1,000 tons, fish, missiles, and naval artillery are the core weapons. Although not comparable to modern military destroyers and aircraft carriers. But as far as ordinary transport ships are concerned, the weapons of the Giant Elephant are already god-level.
Moreover, the academy changed all the above weapon systems to their own developed versions, because they were dealing with ferocious beasts.
In the main control room, Serin, the deputy head of the operations section of Gusuri Academy, propped his hands on the console, his eyes glued to the screen. It was a picture from a kilometer below.
Five miniature single-man submersibles have reached the depths. Searchlights support a brightly lit area with a clear view of the ancient buildings below.
"It's amazing, this kind of building is actually a palace on the side of the beast. Selin looked a little surprised. In his view, the beast could only be the embodiment of no intelligence, rudeness and violence, a savage lower life. They have more than the beasts of the zoo and only have strength.
"Beasts have always been the top life form since ancient times, not to mention that this is the king of their race. Ten thousand years ago, Qiqi led his army to fight everywhere, and he was like the ancient princes and kings crusading in all directions, trying to conquer the whole world. Professor Shepherd said slowly from the side.
The general responsibility for this S-level investigation commission is shepherd. Serin, the deputy chief of the Operations Section, came here as commander-in-chief with the vote of the council and the permission of the board of directors.
"I love to hear you tell stories, and then?" Selin asked, smiling
"Poor Qi has failed, there is more than one king in this world, and the battle between kings will not end until the winner is decided. The end was his death with an unknown king. Yet they are immortal. Each king has forged their palaces in the deepest parts of the world. Professor Shepherd glanced at Deputy Chief Serin.
"I can understand it as a cemetery...... Or is it a coffin?" Selin couldn't help but laugh.
"You won't understand. The shepherd left a word and walked out. He has the tablet in the control room in his hand and can see the images on the screen.
"Strange fellow, so old and so superstitious. Why don't you hang out with Beschi from the Theology Department and stay in the Operations Section?" Deputy Chief Selin retracted his smile.
A huge screen reveals a palace pattern underground. As described in the survey, the surface of the palace resembles the wide roads of the ancient Roman kingdom, with each building having a path to the center.
It symbolizes the place where power and glory meet.
A miniature single-person submersible made of newly developed nanomaterials can accommodate a human unit. For this level of diving, it is several levels more flexible than those super submersibles with hard materials and thick seals.
The academy also sent a proud ocean team. With A-level executive Terson as the captain, plus the academy's new B-level executive Nigill as the action team.
This white-haired student from Europe is not only decathlon, but also proficient in all abilities like a professional practitioner.
The five-man submersible stopped sinking fifty meters above the palace. The counter showed that it was already more than a thousand meters below sea level, but the palace below actually emitted a faint blue light.
"Like the light from the ghost ship in Pirates of the Caribbean?" said a member of the Ocean Squad.
"It's supposed to be schools of deep-sea monkfish that like to roost at a depth of kilometres. Judging by the sheer brightness of the light, there should be a whole group of people here. Telson explains in fluent English.
"Has Qiqi been robbed of his house by Ankang?" Nigel also joked, and it seemed that he was in a good mood.
"What a pity, the dignified beast king, the embodiment of the world's calamity, is actually a palace that has been taken over by a group of fish. The members of the Ocean Squad sighed, as if to be disgusted by the king's worthlessness.
"Look, what's that?" exclaimed.
About twenty meters below, a group of silver shadows suddenly appeared.
"The swarms of silver thread eels, with their vertebrae numbering more than 750 knots, look like a giant silver ribbon of silk from the bottom of the sea, and in the last century some submersibles mistakenly thought that this was the white dragon of Eastern mythology. ”
"I've seen it. "The members of the Ocean Squad are naturally very familiar with the seabed.
"But they shouldn't be at this depth, it's already a deep sea for them. ”
"There's food! Whale carcass or sharks?"
"I'm afraid not. "Nigel seems to have discovered something.
Some broken clothes slowly floated up below.
"Survey commissioned on the description of the diver. This depth can only be in a submersible, and as soon as a person comes out, he will be squeezed by the water pressure. It appears that there was an accident on the submersible. ”
The five of them began to become serious, and they slowly drifted downward, and the sea water in that part of the palace complex was extremely transparent, and there was not a single marine animal in sight under the huge light, and all the fish would bypass that area.
Even hammerhead sharks, which like to cling to the reef, are afraid to approach here.
Like, there is a great danger here.
"Let's release the searchbot first. Captain Tersen ordered.
The five people pressed the button in their hands, and the head of the miniature submersible put down a searchbot the size of a basketball. The submersible and the robot are connected by a rope made of a special material.
A large squid slices slashed over the edge, intending to attach itself to a submersible of an Ocean Team member.
But as soon as they arrived nearby, the pitch-black ink immediately spurted out, and the squid fled quickly.
The creature is in danger instinct!