Chapter Seventy-One: Suspicion

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There was nothing to pay attention to when returning home, so I took the opportunity to go offline for a while. When I went online again, it was already early the next morning, and the fleet had already entered China's territorial waters, and there were occasional fleets of Chinese guilds around, but the number was relatively small, and the large forces generally did not stay in the inland sea, either going out to patrol the sea for a decisive battle or simply overhauling in the harbor.

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. It is a large reinforced keel structure, shaped like the four hypotenuses of a pyramid, and its four feet just fall on 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 it be to remove the buoyancy of the water and weigh more than 100,000 tons?

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 NPC 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 not normal for a Chinese fleet to create such a tense atmosphere in China's territorial waters, and they are actually aiming at us with the Chinese flag. Obviously there is a ghost in my heart.

Many of the crew members of this fleet are pirate NPCs of the year, and this sudden situation reacts super quickly, and some NPCs are from the undead legion, which is also a regular army, although it was transferred by the army, after all, Su zhì was placed 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 battleships to move to the right side of the fleet. With the Tyrant and the Eternity in front of several large battleships, I don't believe they have the ability to penetrate the Tyrant's ground armor. ”

"Got it!"

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." The herald activates the chameleon system. "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 cannot be completely invisible, the battleship will become a transparent feeling of plexiglass, which is difficult to spot without paying attention, and even if the two sides are close together. This kind of thing can also reduce the opponent's hit rate by 20%.

The other side was very surprised by the change in us, but all they did was point the barrel at us. The warships of both sides confronted each other in this tense atmosphere, and our fleet slowly approached them until the breaking point was reached, 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 players on land are very good at fighting on the ground, China's sea forces have not yet had fleet-level battles, after all, the naval combat system is still mainly external. But this fleet ...... There is a problem. ”

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. Gather a few masters to explore the way! ”

I stood up and said, "Didn't you just let me go?" ”

Hongyue also stood up: "I'll go with you." ”

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

"Aren't you curious about such strange things?"

"I'm curious."

King Chuang immediately said, "You can go!" Come back and help us talk about it, or everyone will have an itch in their hearts. ”

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

"Alright. Let's go! ”

Went with Red Moon to the bilge of the Tyrant and found an Atlantis-like speedboat. I rode up first, and Red Moon swapped out her own artifact equipment and rode up in the Guild 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 off the water, and then I gave her bow again in the air, and the speedboat tilted and plunged into the water at once. 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 use a water wing like an airplane wing to control the depth. So if the boat is pressed into the water, the hydrofoil will not work.

We slipped through the waterproof door at the bottom of the ship and turned around and leaned towards the strange battleships. It's definitely not so easy to spot our two-density speedboat on such a large 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?"

Hongyue didn't say anything but pointed ahead, and I looked in that direction, and it seemed that there was something, and it didn't look small.

"Underwater observation cabinets, sold at the port. Dedicated to 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 Earth Demon Pet, the Night Spirit King. Don't you know? He's now at a higher level and can fit in with me. Much more powerful than your phantom. ”

"I protest against your personal attacks." The apparition suddenly stretched out a white object 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. When I got to the front, I saw that the ground under the huge hanger was not a cable, but a chain. Each ring of the giant chain was the size of a door, and the steel used to make them was 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 weigh tens of thousands of tons. Now there are four chains in total. There is not much separation 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 dive, a rectangular steel frame came into 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. There is a little night in which I can get dark vision. You seem to be able to have night vision too, 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 estimates, this is near the continental shelf. The depth is not too large, but what we didn't expect was that we found a large trench down the chain. The map of "Zero" is modeled after reality, but the undersea map itself is incomplete, and Long Yuan has no way to do it. So the marine landscape is almost entirely wrong. There should be no trench here, otherwise we should know.

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 without fear when he saw the little dragon girl, but he was beaten everywhere just by taking a look. 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 he was. It just looks like a hairtail fish, and it has 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, "I'm a dark mage! ”

This means that it obviously won't, 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 was 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 attack spell. It's just a flash of green light, and one of the tentacles of the squid fell down inexplicably, and the steel claws all reacted to why the opponent's tentacles suddenly broke, but he didn't care so much. Shake off the tentacle to attack its body.

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, and energy is precious in the deep sea. Waste is shameful.

As we continued to descend, all sorts of large monsters began to appear, and they grew bigger and bigger, as if the monsters at the bottom of the sea would always be bigger than the surface of the sea. However, these deep-sea monsters, despite their size, are not as active as the mid-water monsters. The big monsters here are mostly floating at a very slow pace, and it feels like they are floating in limited terms like zoomed in on aquarium fish. 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. Just don't get close to them.

As the chains continued downward, strange things began to begin, and we actually found a light underneath. The area with light is small, about the size of a football field, and it is obvious that people are moving there. It's darker on our side. They can't see us, but we can see them clearly. These people are all wearing a variety of armor, and they all seem to be forehead armor with airlock ability. 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 warship, and it won't be a mission ship, which means that this guy hasn't been silent for long. 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 Chinese guilds 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 be looking for? 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 is so important.

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