The two women waited for about half an hour before the gate of the base opened again.

Hai Cao Chang walked out of it, and Nelly immediately greeted her, her eyes full of anticipation, but then Hai Caochang's words poured cold water on her.

"I told my superiors the story you told me, but it was so ridiculous that it was hard to believe."

"What about the photos? Did you give them the photos? ”

"Of course," Captain Kai nodded, "those photos are surprising, but they only prove that there is a real underwater ruin near Yonaguni Island, and that's something the archaeological community should be worried about, and we don't know if these photos are faked." ”

Nelly's heart sank when she heard this.

But then she listened to Hai Cao's long words, "Even so, we just asked about the hotel, the airport, the dive shop, and the boat to send you back, and learned that you do have a companion who did not come back after diving with you. ”

"How many are there?" Nelly rekindled hope.

"Two patrol boats, counting me, a total of 25 members of the Naval Self-Defense Force."

"There are too few people." Nelly shook her head, "And in the water we're no match for those monsters. ”

"It's a shame that that's the most people we can produce." After a long pause, he continued, "We will bring some weapons, which is the greatest help I can provide to you within the scope of my duties. ”

Nelly knew it was the best they could get.

Perhaps it was only after seeing the underwater palace with their own eyes that these SDF soldiers could really change their minds.

Just as Nelle was about to express her gratitude to Hai Caochang, she suddenly heard Han Lu ask in English, "Where is the camera?" ”

"In the hands of the people in the back, I'll give you back the camera when I get on the boat." Without waiting for Nelly to translate, Hai Cao Chang also replied in English, and then he looked at Han Lu, "Do you have any other questions?" ”

Although Han Lu still felt that something was wrong, he could only shake his head, maybe as Nelly said, when these soldiers really saw the undersea tunnel and what was underneath, they would believe their previous words.

"Saving people is like fighting fire, so let's go now." Haicao said.

…………

When she came to the navy's special dock and saw the endless water, Nelly's heart couldn't help but feel a sense of resistance, after experiencing this dive, it was difficult for her to love this blue without reservation like before, and even had to shake her head vigorously to drive fear out of it.

The two patrol boats of the Self-Defense Forces have already been prepared, and they are filled with soldiers, in addition to regular naval soldiers, and some frogmen with diving equipment.

Nelly also felt a little bit of security from those resolute faces.

Hai Cao Chang took the two girls onto one of the patrol boats and arranged them in the cockpit, this was to facilitate them to guide the way, and as soon as he sat down, Han Lu said again, "Can the camera be returned to us?" ”

"Of course." Hai Cao said long, and then made a gesture and asked a soldier to take Nelly's underwater camera and return it to the two girls, but Han Lu's expression changed soon after taking the camera.

"Where's the SD card inside?"

"We detached the SD card, and as I said before, we need to verify the authenticity of those photos." Hai Cao said, "After the identification, we will naturally return the SD card to you, and if you need it, I can give you a blank card first." ”

"But why don't you just make a copy of the photo and return the SD card to us?" Han Lu asked.

Hearing this, Hai Cao Chang glanced at Han Lu deeply, but did not answer again.

In the end, it was Nelly who came out to play the round, "It's okay, anyway, the Self-Defense Forces have already sent someone, I'll pay back the SD card later, everyone's purpose is the same, that is, to solve this crisis as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this, Han Lu glanced at the soldiers outside the cockpit who were armed to the teeth, and didn't say anything more.

The speedboat quickly drove to the place where the three of them dived before, and then Neli and Han Lu also found the reef they got out of trouble based on their memories.

But this time, there was no need to send frogmen down for a dive, and you could see that there was no undersea tunnel underneath.

In fact, it is a reef beach at all, except for the reef that is exposed to the water, there are also reefs underwater, not to mention the passage that can accommodate sperm whales in and out, and even the slightly larger dolphins are estimated to be stuck in it.

Nelly's eyes widened, "This...... How is this possible?! That's where we escaped in the afternoon! ”

"Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Hai Cao Chang on the side asked.

"yes, I remember that reef, it looked like ...... A saddle, and the reef next to it looked like an onion. Nelly said.

"This is the place," Han Lu also said in English, "I will never forget this place." ”

"But where is the underwater palace you are talking about?" Haicao frowned.

"It should be right here, through that huge undersea tunnel, and below that mysterious and terrifying undersea palace." When Nelly said this, she seemed to remember what happened below, and she couldn't help but shudder.

Hai Cao Chang shook his head, "When you first told me that story, I honestly didn't believe it, not to mention the strange parts of it, just talking about the undersea tunnel and the palace, you are the dive guide here, it should be very clear, this area has always been a very popular diving site, and it will receive a lot of divers in the peak season every year, if there is really an undersea tunnel and a palace down here, do you think no one will find it until today?" ”

"This ......" Nelly was stunned, she had to admit that Hai Cao's words were still very reasonable, but she had indeed escaped from here just a few hours ago.

But now it all seemed like a hallucination on her part.

Could it be that it's all the red water? But how can this be solved, she and Han Lu happened to have exactly the same hallucination. And where did Zhang Heng go after that, was he just an illusion?

Nelly looked around blankly, she couldn't tell what reality was and what was her delusion.

Hai Cao Chang was quite patient, and then said in English, "The reason why I brought people here even though I knew you were lying was because I found that some of your companions were indeed missing, but if you still keep telling me about monsters and underwater palaces, believe me, it will not help you find your companions." ”

He looked into Nelly's eyes, "I want to help you, but first you have to tell me what's going on underwater." ”

Nelly opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.