Ivan's eyes widened at the huge upside-down pyramids and their reflections in the water, a spectacle he had never seen in all his years at sea, in the most violent storms.

"What the hell is that?"

Boris was equally shocked, and the cigar in his hand finally fell on the deck, but he could no longer care about it.

"Go back." Stone said.

Ivan immediately understood that this was not a good thing, and he commanded loudly as the captain: "Go back to the cabin, quickly!" ”

Although reluctant to retract their gaze from the shocking sight, the well-trained veterans obeyed the order and quickly left the deck and entered the submarine cabin.

Ivan waited for Stone to go down before he disembarked and closed the hatch.

Boris still couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Stone, what the hell is that, it can't be an alien star destroyer attacking the earth, right?" ”

His question was the same as that of the entire crew.

Stone did not go back to his break room, but went into the command cabin with the others. He smiled and said to Boris, "What if you guessed correctly?" ”

"Oh, fuck it! Shoot it in the ass with a torpedo! ”

"I said Boris, how do you know that aliens have asses, have you done it!"

Everyone in the cabin laughed.

Boris was also amused, and said with a smile: "If you don't have an ass, you have to do something else, they must have a hole in them or something!" ”

Stone was very satisfied with their joking appearance, and said in his heart that he was worthy of being a veteran of the maritime industry, and he could remain optimistic in such a situation. Of course, the money he just transferred to them using the satellite network on the surface also played a key role. Aren't these people risking their lives to go to sea just to make some money and make a good life for their families?

But jokes are jokes, and no one is really just there to be silly, everyone is in their respective positions and doing their own work. Some stared at the instruments, some stared at the periscope, and some tested the power of the submarine, but their faces looked relaxed, and they did not feel like they were facing a great enemy.

Ivan carefully checked the work of each post and listened to their reports. He's a strict person, others can joke around, but he can't. These people were all called by him, although he knew that everyone was not afraid of death, but he had the responsibility to protect everyone, and it was best to go back alive, which was something he prayed for every time he went out on a mission.

Soon, the crew who had been observing the periscope reported: "Ivan, we seem to be surrounded by those ghosts. ”

Ivan looked at Stone: "Sir......"

Stone waved his hand at him and said, "The mission is over, the rest is how to get back, now you are the commander, everything is up to you." ”

Ivan nodded, and immediately ordered the other crew members: "Turn on all active sonar and magnetic detection equipment." ”

"Report, sonar equipment is normal, unable to detect the presence of those things."

"Report, magnetic probe is underway, magnetic interference detected."

"Determine the location and pass through their gaps."

……

"Report, there is magnetic interference everywhere, and magnetic detection cannot be accurately located."

Ivan pushed away the crew who were observing the periscope, brought his eyes closer to the observation port, and then ordered: "Twenty-five on the left side, three on the front." ”

"Yes, twenty-five on the left side, three on the front."

The submarine shook slightly, and turned on the surface of the sea. Ivan could see from the periscope that the submarine was heading towards the gap between the two inverted pyramids.

However, as the submarine moved, the things that looked like upside-down icebergs also swirled and changed ethereally.

Fack! Ivan cursed in his heart.

"Slow down, five on the right side, one forward."

"Yes, slow down, right rudder five, forward one."

……

"Keep course, go two."

"Yes, keep course, go two."

Ivan has been directing the advance of the submarine by observing with the naked eye, which requires a lot of experience at sea, otherwise he is likely to collide with something in front of him. He didn't know what would happen if he crashed into it.

Although those things cannot be detected by sonar, there is only magnetic interference, which is theoretically not a physical object, and it may cause the submarine's electronic equipment to malfunction at most. But he didn't want to take any chances, if something unpredictable happened, or even if it was just a failure of the electronics, if it wasn't repaired, the possibility of the submarine going back in the vast Pacific Ocean was very small.

However, things didn't go so well. Not only are these inverted pyramids moving, making it difficult to pinpoint them, but more importantly, their numbers are also difficult to judge. It was far away just now, and Ivan couldn't see it, but now that it was a little closer, he found that even if he passed between the two pyramids, there were many shadows behind him, as if there were countless pyramids.

He adjusted the angle of the periscope and looked at the very top of the towers, which were about four hundred to five hundred feet high, and because they were upside down, the flush tops looked like they were connected in a line.

"Prepare to dive." He commanded.

"Yes, prepare to dive."

"Six hundred feet deep."

"Yes, diving."

"One hundred feet."

"Two hundred feet."

……

"Six hundred feet."

Ivan left the periscope, and at this depth, nothing could be seen in the scope. Submarines can only rely on electronics under water.

"How's the sonar and magnetic sounding?"

"Report, sonar is all right."

"Report, the magnetic interference is still there, and those things are still there."

"Keep diving."

"Yes, keep diving, six hundred and fifty feet...... Seven hundred feet ......"

"How?"

"Report, no change."

"Keep diving."

"Yes, keep diving, seven hundred and fifty feet...... Eight hundred feet ......"

Ivan asked again, and the magnetic probe showed that the objects were still around them.

"Keep diving."

"Dive any further and you'll be at the limit." One veteran reminded, "The guy we're riding in is the same age as my father, and he may not be able to handle it." ”

How could Ivan not know, but he had inspected the submarine, it was very well maintained, and it was not a big problem to withstand the extreme depth, what he was worried about was that it would be the same result if it dived, and what was the difference between nine hundred feet and eight hundred feet? He even doubted that even if they could dive to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, those things would still be there.

He was ruthless and ordered, "Dive." ”

"Yes, dive."

The submarine soon reached its extreme depth, but as expected, judging by the magnetic interference, those things did not disappear.

Ivan was silent. Everyone looked at him, and the pressure of the nine hundred feet of deep sea seemed to be transmitted through the bulkhead, and the command module seemed oppressive and dull.

"Fuck it, just hit it, maybe there's nothing!" Boris couldn't help but say, seeing that Ivan was still thinking, he roared, "I said Ivan, when did you become such a bear?" ”

Ivan ignored him, but looked at Arthur Stone and said, "Mr. Stone, don't you have anything to say to us?" ”