Chapter 36: The Eye of the Deep Lake (1)

In the early morning, there was still a faint layer of mist on the surface of the lake, and the sun in the distance only leaked a little light. Several ripples flashed quickly above the water, and then the entire lake fell into a deathly silence. The silence did not last long, though, and soon a loud roar was heard from the sky.

The mist was blown away by the roar in the sky, and the originally calm surface of the lake was also blown ripples layer after layer by layer by the roar. Gradually, the roar became quieter, and the lake gradually returned to calm. And at the edge of this wide lake, what previously roared in the sky fell!

It was a small flying machine, and here Onno and three camouflage soldiers arrived. This is where the second red dot is located, when it was first detected as a lake, the mastermind had sent a team of twenty soldiers to investigate the lake, and the team disappeared as soon as they entered the area of the lake, and the only information that came back proved that this place could only be entered after waiting for Onno to get the first red dot item.

Now, Ono took the three camouflage soldiers assigned to him by the mastermind to the place where the lake was located, and stayed at the place where the team had last disappeared. There was nothing here except a few traces of improvised tents left by the soldiers and some detection equipment. On the other hand, when he looked at the lake that was sparkling because of the reflection of sunlight, he inexplicably felt a sense of fear and excitement.

Shaking his head to dispel this strange thought, Onno helped the three camouflage soldiers move some of the newer ones down and align them at the sparkling lake, ready to take a first step to find out what was going on beneath the huge lake, so that they could take some countermeasures.

Un Nuo and the three camouflage soldiers were constantly adjusting their underwater breathing apparatus as they tested the water. The armor of the three camouflage soldiers has been modified, their hands and feet have been added to the purples to allow them to swim in the water, and the rocket jump jet behind them has been changed to an underwater recoil jet to dive deeper faster.

As for Ono Nuo, his equipment is different, after all, the "Alpha" Combat Expedition Rig on his body has not been considered to enter underwater, so it does not have an underwater breathing function. The symbiote suit can grow a set of "mimic gills" that share oxygen with Onno's body for breathing according to the needs of Onno. As a result, the laser cannon on Onno's body was unloaded and replaced with the previous two sonic weapons. The rest of the equipment has also undergone minor modifications, allowing Ono to move freely underwater.

After adjusting the equipment on his body, the underwater detection instrument also sent a report. The lake is more than 200 meters deep and a kilometer wide, and in the middle of the lake there is a deep crater, which cannot be detected, but radiation similar to that of the Dead Hand can be sensed radiating from the crater. The lake is also home to a large number of freshwater creatures. However, there is a big difference from the previously discovered creatures on this planet, and the habits of the creatures are unknown. However, the good news is that the largest of these mutated creatures is just over ten centimeters long, and they can't have a terrible effect on Onno and the three camouflage soldiers.

As for the water in the lake, the instrument shows that there is no problem with the water here, although it needs to be filtered if you want to drink the water directly. The water temperature is always at a very low but not freezing temperature, which is not a problem for Onno. Immediately afterward, Onno received the complete shape of the entire lake taken from high in the sky by an aerial probe.

It is a huge lake, with a flattened oval shape like a human eye, and a large crater in the middle of the lake, where the water takes on a deep blue color in the sunlight. This bizarre color palette also led to a suspicion that he was looking at a picture of a giant eye, not the endless lake in front of him.

"The equipment has been adjusted, the 'mimic gills' have begun to work, and the underwater breathing system of the camouflage soldiers has been integrated, and they are ready to go!" When he heard Ya's voice in his ear, he confirmed that they could enter, and immediately beckoned the three camouflage soldiers into the lake in front of him and headed for the huge crater in the middle of the lake.

As soon as he entered the water, Onno shivered, because the temperature of the lake was extremely cold! Onno's "mimic gills" began to work, and from time to time a series of small bubbles floated up the edge of Onno's neck. As soon as they left the lake, Onno and the others did not find any living creatures, but through the equipment they carried, they could see that there were a large number of creatures living in the deeper water layers.

As the four of them left the edge of the shallow water of the lake, a place that looked like an underwater cliff appeared, and the direction of the ground here was cut off as if someone had cut it, forming a deep water area! At this time, Onno was already about twenty meters away from the water, and although the sunlight could still penetrate and shine through, the light was already a little weak. Onno and the others turned on the lights on their equipment or armor and began to inspect the deep waters.

The light shone downward, and a pillar of light spread rapidly in the water, but it still couldn't reach the bottom of the lake. Onno looked around and at the simulated map of the lake floor on his arm, and motioned for the three camouflage soldiers to follow. After receiving a confirmed answer, the modified underwater thruster behind and in his feet began to dive to the deepest depth.

Along the way, Onno's ears were filled with the sound of his body discharging the water, and he looked at the lake around him, which gradually became deeper and darker, and the fear and excitement that he had felt by the lake were transmitted again. Feeling the fear and excitement, Onno looked around and saw that it was already dark, with only his own lights and the lights of the three soldiers present.

Beyond the light, there was an eerie darkness, so thick that it was impossible to see what was there. Now when Onno looks at the top of his head, the soles of his feet, or in any direction to the left or right, he can only see darkness. According to the simulation on his wrist, Onno had descended to less than thirty meters from the bottom of the lake at this time.

At such a deep point, Onno gradually felt a great pressure on his body, and his ears gradually had a feeling of pain. Ya sensed through the sensor that the water pressure here was extremely high, and that Onno's ears or all other organs might feel pain, and immediately activated a technological product from the main brains on the equipment, which can be immune to all kinds of uncomfortable sensations caused by water pressure to a certain extent.

Ya activated the device, and the uncomfortable feeling of Onno was gone. Gradually, Onno and the others have come to the bottom of the water. Begin to walk towards the giant ring in the middle of the lake. Stepping on the mud at the bottom of the lake, Onno had the feeling of walking in outer space, but the sticky underwater mud Onno pulled out of the illusion of spacewalking.

After walking less than two steps, Onno suddenly felt a huge tremor on the ground around him, shaking the entire seabed into chaos, and a large amount of mud and sand was mixed in the water because of the tremor, completely "drowning" Onno and the other three people. Onno immediately informed the three camouflage soldiers to stop where they were and prepare their defenses in case of an attack on the position.

The tremor was over, and the sand gradually sank back to the bottom. Ono looked behind him, and the three camouflage soldiers were still there. As soon as he was calming down, he turned his head and saw several strange stone-like things appear in front of his eyes. These stone-like things all take on a strange oval shape. Onno motioned for three camouflage soldiers to approach him, then cautiously approached the nearest raised stone.

Angno's hand carefully touched it, and the stone actually shook a little, and then several cracks appeared on the stone. At the same time, on this huge "plain" at the bottom of the lake, all the stones that appeared because of the previous tremor made a sound of shattering and breaking out of their shells!

The sound sounded very strange underwater, and the one closest to the four of Onno had already begun to peel off the stone-like shell, revealing the grayish white body inside in the light! The slender arms and sharp claws exude a sense of intimidation.

"Gollum!" With the appearance of the first monster, more and more "eggs" disguised as stones hatched! And the first monster became larger the moment it touched the water. Under the illumination of the lights, the true appearance of the monster was revealed, but when Onno saw the appearance of these "monsters", the whole person was stunned.

Because he saw that there was a mysterious creature called a mermaid in the myths and legends he had heard when he was a child, but there was no such thing on his home planet. And in this lake, Onno actually saw the legendary mermaid! These guys have the upper body of a human female and a huge fish tail with a forked tail! This is not the most magical, the most amazing thing is that these "mermaids" are very much in line with human aesthetics! Even in the eyes of Onno, these are some pretty beautiful beauties.

After these mermaids hatched, they did not launch any visible attacks on Onno and the three camouflage soldiers, but instead circled around the lights on Onno's body twice with great interest and then quietly stopped in front of Onno's eyes, looking at Onno and the others with a look full of anticipation and curiosity.

Unsure of what to do, Onno asks Ya, who says that this is the first time she has seen this creature in her database, and she doesn't know how to communicate. When the mermaid saw that Onno looked at him stunned and didn't speak, a smile actually appeared on his face, and then grabbed Onno's hand, and when the other mermaids also grabbed the camouflage soldiers, they swam towards the upper lake with Onno and the three camouflage soldiers with the strength that Onno couldn't break free......