The black clouds pressed low, and the sea undulated restlessly.

The black boat cuts through the black water, leaving a white trail of water.

"You actually disguised it as a fishing boat," Lu Mingfei said loudly to overpower the sound of the gas turbine.

"No, it's a scientific research ship," Yuan Zhisheng also said loudly, "We are a scientific research ship engaged in studying the confluence routes of precious marine fish, and we are now on the high seas, but this is Japan's exclusive economic zone, and we have applied for 12 hours of channel control, and no ship will pass through that sea for 12 hours."

The Japanese branch disguised the Moniach as a fishing boat, with the three white characters "Mani Maru" painted on the bow and a trawl net hanging from the boom at the stern.

They had already sailed for three hours from Pier 4 in the port of Tokyo. The weather forecast for the evening said that there were eight strong winds and two-meter-high waves in the nearby sea tonight, which was not suitable for going to sea, but the rare channel limit was only twelve hours tonight, and it was impossible for them to dive down to explore the dragon's embryo while the sea was coming and going.

When they left the port, it was the sunset and a strong wind blew on the sea, and a large number of fishing boats returned to the port to take shelter from the wind.

Caesar was very relieved to wear the captain's white uniform, leaning against the railing on the side of the ship and looking into the distance, waving to the fishermen, and jumping on the other party's fishing boat to buy a fresh king crab, as if Mani Maru was their yacht, and he was taking the whole ship of supermodels to sunbathe in the Gulf of Genoa.

The searchlights hit the night sky, the black clouds rolled, and there was a faint thunder in the distance, and it looked like there was not only strong winds but also torrential rain tonight. Lu Mingfei felt a chill coming, although the technology of the Moniach is advanced, it is only a medium-sized ship, and the stability of the ship in the sea mainly depends on its own weight, and no matter how advanced the technology is not strong enough, it will not work. He was a little skeptical that the ship could really withstand the storm.

"Don't worry." Gen Zhisheng saw his worries, "The Japanese branch is always fully prepared to do things, and you will know soon." ”

Caesar lifted the lid of the steamer, and the orange king crab came out of the pot.

He picked up Dick Tui Duo and stacked the snow-white crab meat on ice, with mixed wasabi puree and hoisin soy sauce next to it.

He jumped on the fishing boat to buy this crab for tonight's supper, although the mission is about to start, but he still has to find time to enjoy life, in addition to the king crab he also bought a silver-red wild real sea bream, on the bow of the Moniach set up a steamer to stew fish soup, with bamboo shoots and green plums to remove the smell of the sea bream, and spent a full three hours to stew a snow-white fish soup.

Along the way, Caesar sat in the bow of the boat in the wind, flipping through the thick operating manual while taking care of his fish stew steamer.

"He's very patient." Yuan Zhisheng leaned on the side of the boat, smoking a cigarette and said to Chu Zihang.

"He is very patient in certain things, such as waiting for a girl to fall in love with him, and waiting for a girl to marry him." Chu Zihang wiped the long knife in his hand, "But there are also some things that he can't stand if you ask him to wait for a minute." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen," Caesar said, holding up his hand and clapping his hands, "come and try Hokkaido-style king crab, the best seafood cooking technique in the world." ”

"I thought you would say second in the world, just a little bit worse than the Italians." Lu Mingfei stuffed the dismantled crab leg meat into his mouth, and the natural and primitive seafood permeated his mouth, with a hint of sweetness.

"Italian men are natural cooks, but there is still a gap between them and Japanese when it comes to cooking seafood. Japan is an island country that is not suitable for grazing, and before the Meiji Restoration, it relied entirely on fishery protein, and beef was only used at the banquets of the daimyo and the small people had to fill their stomachs with seafood. So they concentrate all their cooking skills on cooking seafood, because there is nothing else for them to cook. Caesar was happy to show off his knowledge of cooking. Yuan Zhisheng's face was expressionless.

He didn't bother to understand whether Caesar was praising Japan or laughing at Japan, and every time he tried to understand the singing and dancing two hundred and five, he would make mistakes, so it was better not to try to understand.

Caesar opened a bottle of noble rot and poured the golden honey-like liquid into four glasses.

"Noble rot from Fort Igan, with lobster and crab is the first choice." Caesar raised his glass, "This time our team is complicated, and some people have different positions, but I hope we don't have infighting before the end of the mission." After completing this mission, we can fight and kill for a free day, and spare no effort to kill each other, and there is a chance. With this glass of wine, I wish our common mission every success. ”

It's a bit of a strange toast, but it can be regarded as a good wish, Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang and Yuan Zhisheng drank it all after clinking glasses.

"Young master, we are about to arrive at the Sumeru seat ahead." The crow walked behind Gen Zhisheng.

"Send a light signal for Sumeru to open the dock." Yuan Zhisheng said.

He turned to Caesar's group. "Now allow me to invite you to enjoy the project of the Rock Flow Research Institute and Maruyama Construction, the unsinkable Sumeru."

This fg flew up, Lu Mingfei complained crazy in his heart, the Titanic was the world's largest passenger ship with the most luxurious internal facilities after the construction was completed, and it had the reputation of "unsinkable".

Looking in the direction he pointed, the sea level hidden in the black clouds suddenly lit up like a burn, and the line at the junction of the sky and the sea was especially bright, almost like the sun projecting on the sea.

Then it was like a palace in the middle of the sea floating, the exquisite pavilions were brightly lit, more brilliant than any mirage, and the sky and the sea were illuminated by those palace-like buildings in dazzling white. The Moniach began to slow down, and the palace in the sea opened its doors to welcome them.

"Floating platform" Caesar understood.

"Yes, that's a family-owned project. These offshore floating platforms are suitable for long-term offshore operations, such as oil exploration or submarine ore veins, and although they move slowly, they are able to withstand force 12 winds and even tsunamis at sea due to their large weight. In Buddhism, Sumeru refers to the pedestal where the Buddha statue or stupa or treasure hall is placed, and we call them Sumeru because they are well-deserved unsinkable seats. The family has concentrated all six Sumeru floating platforms here as a base for this deep-sea survey, which is far more reliable than the Lenin that sank here, so please don't worry about storms. Yuan Zhisheng said.

The Moniach extinguished its gas turbines, attached towing chains to its hull on both sides, and was towed into the dock on floating platforms large enough to accommodate the entire Moniach.

The locks closed, the lights on both sides of the dock turned on one after another, and men dressed in black stood side by side on both sides of the dock, bowing deeply.

"Welcome the young master to visit the Sumeru Seat"

Their voices echoed through the huge enclosed space, shaking people's scalps.

The gantry crane moved over and lowered the drawbridge, and Gen led Caesar's group, escorted by crows and yakshas, to the elevator to the upper floors.

Lu Mingfei only felt that his ears were filled with the hum of the rotating wind turbines, and the smell of seawater was everywhere in this huge floating building, and the stagnant water from nowhere was bubbling and being pumped away by the ubiquitous pumping system.

The floating platform undulates with the waves, even if walking on the flat road paved with steel plates, it seems to be stepping on a soft slope, Lu Mingfei held on to the railing and did not dare to let go, fearing that he would roll down the stairs when a big wave hit.

"Don't worry, the Sumeru seat is fully digitally controlled, and if the waves are large enough to a certain program, the diversion valve under the program will open to remove the thrust of the waves." Yuan Zhisheng said.

"This sea is more than eight kilometers deep, and you can't anchor at all, so how do you secure these Sumeru seats?" asked Caesar.

"I still use an anchor, but the anchor chain doesn't have to be eight kilometers long. The Japan Trench was formed by the collision of two tectonic plates, and the seabed is not so deep except in the abyss at the junction of the tectonic plates. "A total of 16 iron anchors anchored the floating platform to the seabed. ”

They reached the top of the Sumeru Seat, where they looked down as if they were standing at the Awakening Temple overlooking the Shinjuku district, the overlapping waves crashing at the bottom of the Sumeru Seat, with the occasional white foam rushing into the sky, and the Sumeru Seat was also connected by steel cables, which were stretched as tight as strings when the wind came, and when the wind passed, they sagged and drooped.

At the top of each floating platform stood men in white combat uniforms, the rotors of all-weather helicopters blowing their hair to the top of their scalps, an army waiting to be reviewed.

"So many people" Lu Mingfei was taken aback, "Does the logistics team need to be so large?"

Gen Zhisheng took the megaphone from the crow's hand and climbed to the top place, "Tonight's matter, please"

The voices echoed far away on the sea, and all the men on the floating platform responded in unison. "Go all out to complete the task entrusted by the family" The voices of thousands of people overlapped, and the voices of the tide were suppressed in an instant.

"In this operation, the Kansai branch formed a wind team, and their job was to inspect the entire sea area from the air. If someone tries to sabotage the dive, the wind crew will launch a counterattack, in addition to driving away unrelated boats. Yuan Zhisheng said. The crows shoot blue flares into the air, and all-weather helicopter swarms take off, and these black giant birds go in different directions, illuminating the sea with searchlights.

"The Kanto branch formed a fire team, and their job was to guard fire. We equipped them with a small marine police boat, but with twin multi-firing machine guns and individual missiles, as well as a Type 97 light torpedo. With them guarded, the cruiser will also be towed. ”

Red flares were lifted into the air, floating platforms opened the dockyard gates, and the police boats swung up and down the sea, twin machine guns in the bow of the ships swung across the sea.

"The Lin Group, composed of the elite of the Wind Demon Family, has been deployed on our perimeter. They are all in fishing boats, equipped with undersea listening equipment and climate monitoring equipment, and they are responsible for monitoring the situation in the nearby waters and warning us in advance if the weather deteriorates to the point of danger. ”

The crow fired a green flare, and there were faint flashes of lights in all directions, and it was the forest group deployed in the distance who responded to the call of Yuan Zhisheng with searchlights.

"As for the platform we are on, it is the mountain group, and I am personally in charge of the mountain group, and all the members of the team are the elites of the rock flow research institute. The work of the mountain group is to directly support the submersible, and the mountain group will float in this position during the whole process of your dive, whether the wind is eight or twelve, and the wave height is two meters or twenty meters, ready to rescue you at any time, and ready to welcome you back. This is the meaning of the mountain group, immovable as a mountain. Yuan Zhisheng said, "The family dispatched a team of 1,000 people to escort your dive, in addition to operating the deep submersible, please rest assured that the rest of the work will be left to us."

"There's a must," Caesar smoked his cigar, "it's just diving, so it's like it's going to be a battle."

"Someone told me that the teacher of the murderous sword always said to the students who held the sword for the first time, "Have you thought about holding the hilt of the sword, since you hold it, hold it tightly and don't let go, the day you release the hilt of the sword is the day you die." Gen Zhisheng said lightly, "You can understand this as the Japanese way, everything is a war, always force yourself to stand on the edge of the cliff, take a step back and fall into the abyss, so you can live." This is not to catch corals or shells, it may be an ancient dragon-level murderous creature, if it is allowed to surface in the sea, even if the four groups of wind forests and volcanoes go all out, they may not be able to wipe it out. ”

The water broke, and the crane lifted the heavy Refined Brimstone Bomb, painted a conspicuous yellow, shaped not like a stubby cigar rather than the usual bomb, with a narrow tail that did not match the stout body.

"It's actually a Q version." Lu Mingfei said.

"This shape is relatively pressure-tolerant, so you don't want the sulfur bomb to be detonated by the sea pressure halfway," said Gen Zhisheng, "and its power system and guidance functions are very limited, and it can only advance about one kilometer underwater." However, it is absolutely safe for you to detonate at a distance of one kilometer, after all, it does not kill dragons by the power of explosions, but by the penetration and corrosion of refined sulfur and mercury. Oh yes, it's codenamed Momotaro. There are still 30 minutes left before the scheduled time, and the Rock Flow Institute will complete the final inspection and the warm-up of the Dirieste in 30 minutes, these 30 minutes are free time for you to chat or sleep for a while, but my advice is to go to the bathroom, there is really no room for toilets in the submersible.

He took out his phone and dialed. "Professor Schneider, this is the report of the Japanese branch Minamoto Zhisheng. The dive team has arrived at the designated location, and we are waiting for instructions from the headquarters. ”

There was a terrible breathing sound on the other end of the line, a creepy sound, like a tattered bellows being forcibly pulled apart.

The man's lungs were so wounded that the students of the Kassel Academy described his breathing as "like hearing a dry corpse resuscitated."

"Wait until I'm done with this cigarette." Professor Schneider said quietly.

"The first time the pressure test of the Dirieste was 300 atm, and the valve was opened"

"The first round of the circuit test is fully switched and fully loaded, and it is on"

"Test run of propulsion system, 80 output"

"Memory Metal Film Energizing Preparation"

In the dockyard, the Rock Flow Research Institute was putting the finishing touches on the Diliyaste, and the technicians shouted loudly, thousands of cables connected to the Dilriaste, and dozens of instruments flashed around it.

This dock is adjacent to the power room of Sumeru, and the concrete insulating walls can't block the heat of the boilers in the power room, and the dock is more than forty degrees, and the air is completely uncirculated, but during the pressure test, the Diriaste will spew out a twelve-level hurricane-like air flow, and the hot air in the entire dock will flow at high speed, and there will be terrible ultrasonic noise, but none of the technicians of the rock flow research institute show an uncomfortable expression, they are fully absorbed in their own work, and completely exclude irrelevant matters. Caesar sat cross-legged in the corner of the dock, next to Chu Zihang, who was also sitting cross-legged, and the light in the middle of the dock cast their long shadows on the concrete walls.

They have all changed into waterproof combat suits, which are covered with extremely thin and thin metal mesh, which forms an electrostatic barrier to help them resist the mental impact of the embryo.

Chu Zihang wiped the knife in his hand, polished it with oil, and then wiped it again, over and over again.

In fact, he didn't need to do this at all, because his original knife had been broken, and now this handle was copied by the metalworking group of the equipment department, and the equipment department was certainly not in the mood to use the traditional process to temper the jade steel and then sharpen the blade by hand like the Japanese knife workers, and the equipment department used a new type of super alloy to cast and form, and then used the machine tool to open the edge, and finally used the emery wheel to polish. There is no need to maintain the knife made in this way, the superalloy itself is far tougher than jade steel, the blade is not easy to damage, and the blade of the superalloy cannot be polished with the hardness of ordinary grinding stones.

It doesn't matter if the blade is damaged, it only takes less than a day for the equipment department to make a new replica, and it can even be mass-produced.

Even if Chu Zihang is a good man like Tokugawa Qingyin in Samurai 4, the equipment department can ensure that he has a knife to play with at any time, and a knife to change at any time.

Lu Mingfei didn't sit with them, he was very worried about this old antique that should have been in the museum in the last century, and he had to personally inspect the Dirieste again, and loudly used skilled Japanese to command the technicians to inspect the submarine, and the technicians were dissatisfied with this top boss at first, but the Japanese classification system for many years made them subconsciously obey it, and with the orders one by one, the dissatisfaction of the technicians with the top boss who came from the airborne suddenly disappeared.

Lu Mingfei took the report and looked at it carefully, and then patted the technician's shoulder with satisfaction.

Caesar always pays attention to the situation on Lu Mingfei's side, he and Chu Zihang really have nothing to say, and years of hostility have formed a tacit understanding between them, and they can see through each other's minds. He has been paying attention to Lu Mingfei's movements, commanding very professionally, and reaching a good agreement with those technicians, seeing Lu Mingfei's smile on his face, Caesar was slightly relieved, and he believed in Lu Mingfei's technology without reservation.

For two days, Yuan Zhisheng had always felt that the logic of their behavior was very strange, it was a neurotic group that would sing and dance around him anytime and anywhere, and he did not feel pressure for the next dangerous task.

But one thing he didn't figure out was that the three neuropathy lesions were completely different, but just happened to show similar symptoms.

Caesar was fearless because he was conceited, and he felt that he was being enveloped by a pink halo of "wedding blessings" and that all bad luck would be away from him; And Chu Zihang's calmness is because he has perverted self-control, even if the opponent's knife is close to the center of his eyebrows, he will force himself to stare at the blade with his eyes open, only the calmness between life and death can improve the chance of counterattacking; As for Lu Mingfei, he really didn't take it to heart, he gradually began to be numb to death, and the part of human nature slowly disappeared, he had long been aware of this, so he kept talking bad things and putting his mind on the people he valued, so that he could feel that he was a part of being a human being, as for the forbidden area of life, it was like an amusement park in front of him, and the only thing he was worried about was that two people with heart disease and high blood pressure saw the roller coaster, and their eyes lit up.

Suddenly there was a hissing sound of electricity in the headphones, which indicated that the communication channel had been tested, and the Norma system was docking with the Japanese branch of the Tegetsu system, and the command headquarters, Sumeru, Dilriaste, and the dive team in North America were assigned to different channels.

This is the signal that the mission is on, Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang both subconsciously sat up straight, and Caesar on the detection platform also pressed the wireless earbud in his right ear.

After heavy breathing, Schneider's hoarse voice rang out. "Attention Caesar's group, attention Caesar's group, the Longyuan Project is about to begin. I have some things to tell you before the mission starts, and now that I'm using an encrypted channel, the following notes are reserved for only the three of you, and the matter is also confidential to the Japanese branch. Please reply if you receive it. ”

"Received," the three said in unison.

"You're about to dive into the Abyss to destroy a dragon embryo, and the task may be simple and smooth, just locate it, press the brimstone bomb launch button, and float up. But accidents can happen in any mission, and you already know that no more than ten people have reached the bottom of the Abyss in human history, so the Abyss is still a mystery to humanity, and you may face all sorts of unexpected situations in the deep sea. You are all excellent students, especially Caesar and Chu Zihang, you can already be said to be senior commissioners, most of the situations you can judge for yourself how to deal with them, there is only one exception, if you see the door or something similar to the door, you must not approach, let alone enter, unconditionally return" In the end, Schneider's voice was extremely stern and could not be questioned.

"Door," said Caesar, "how can there be a door in the abyss?"

"Don't ask questions, just remember. Door is a taboo word in this operation, if you see a door or something like a door, do you hear it unconditionally?" Schneider snapped.

"I heard it clearly, but I didn't understand it yet." Caesar said.

"You don't have to understand, just remember. During the dive, you will be contacted mainly by the head of the Executive Bureau of the Japanese Branch, Minamoto Zhisheng, who has studied in the headquarters and has rich diving experience, and is an excellent field commander, and you can trust his judgment in most things. The only exception is that if you see the door, you will abandon the survey and return immediately. This is an unshakable principle, and I wish you all the best of luck. Schneider paused, "Chu Zihang, remember to write an email to your mother before diving, she wrote an email to Norma yesterday, saying that she hasn't received your email for a few days, and she can't contact you, so I'm a little worried." She thinks Norma is a real woman, and says she wants to give her cosmetics and asks her to help you find you in the dormitory. ”

"She really reads the email I wrote to her every day," Chu Zihang was a little surprised, "I thought she was just focusing on the email title." ”

"Adults should not think that they have seen through children, and children should not easily think that they have seen through adults." Schneider cut off communications.

Caesar jumped down from the detection platform with one hand on the railing and walked in front of Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei. "The test is almost complete, are you ready, I need a few minutes to change into my combat uniform."

"I'm ready," Lu Mingfei said, "but I don't understand what the warning was just now, what kind of door can there be in the deep sea."

"He said that the door or something like that might mean some kind of door in a broad sense." Caesar said.

"There are too many doors in the broad sense, the cockpit has a hatch, the snorkel valve has a valve, and there are at least a thousand parts in the submersible that can be called a door." Chu Zihang said.

"If these are all counted, then the video door is counted" Lu Mingfei pouted, "Should I delete the small video on my phone?"

"That's it, Chu Zihang will write an email to his mother, Lu Mingfei will delete the photos, I will change into combat uniforms, and we will see you in the deep submersible in fifteen minutes." Caesar slung his captain's suit over his shoulders, "One last word of principle before diving, I am the leader of this group, and your job is to assist me. I don't want the people I bring with me to do their own thing, we are a team, and the team has to have a core. Surround me, ok"

Chu Zihang nodded slightly.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you." Lu Mingfei said, "That troublesome senior brother has worked too hard." I have translated the report of the submarine inspection into Chinese and English, and I will hand it over to you. ”

Caesar nodded with satisfaction and turned to leave, with Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei following behind him.

The long sound of "woo" overpowered the sound of the waves, and the six "Sumeru" seats were lit up at the same time, and these yellow lights swirled and swept across the surrounding sea, and the helicopters in the sky, the sailors coming and going on the sea, and the Lin group fishing boats in the distance were all flashing.

"The diving team has entered the Trieste, the testing has been completed, the submersible is in good condition, and the sea conditions are stable. The headquarters has ordered the Dragon Yuan Project to begin, and the submersible will be able to enter the water once you are in position. Sakura came behind Genjisheng.

Yuan Zhisheng looked at the sea at the top of Sumeru, and his long windbreaker whirled in the wind. His gaze crossed the nearby police boats to the fishing boats in the distance, their lights illuminating the boundary between heaven and sea as if a string of pearls were floating on the surface of the sea.

"Sakura, have you ever heard of ama?" asked Genji.

"I've heard about some, but I don't know much. The ama were pearl diving girls in ancient times, who could dive hundreds of meters deep without equipment and pry open large mussels with knives to collect pearls. "Only girls can do this job because women have more subcutaneous fat than men and are more resistant to cold than men." In the case of men, the low temperature of the deep sea will cause their joints to become deformed and crippled within a few years. ”

"I've heard that ama dive with a rope tied around their waists, and the other end of the rope is given to their loved ones on board. If they encounter danger at the bottom of the sea, they will pull the rope hard, and if their relatives pull the rope back, they may be able to save them, but if they can't, they can recover their bodies. The rope can only be held in the hands of loved ones, because ama only believe in loved ones. But the husbands of the ama said that if you are tired of your wife, take her to a distant sea to pearl diving, and then throw the rope in the water. Yuan Zhisheng said lightly, "So trust is really the most unreliable thing in the world, isn't it?"

He took the headphones Sakura handed him and put them on. "Field Commander Gen Zhisheng is in place, Caesar's team, are you ready?"

"You're late, Gen-kun, I don't like wasting time waiting for someone. After this mission, we can go to Tokyo for a late-night snack if it's early. Caesar's voice came from the headphones.

"The time is 10:15 p.m., the coordinates are 122 degrees 56 minutes east longitude and 35 degrees 33 minutes north latitude, the Longyuan plan is open, I am the on-site commander Yuan Zhisheng, and I ordered the release of the Diriaeste." Gen Zhisheng said, "Good luck to you. ”

The submarine dock at the bottom of the Sumeru seat opened, and the Diliyaste, loaded with heavy loads, fell into the black sea, and white bubbles gushed out from the bottom of the Sumeru seat, which was the air released by the Diliyaste.

The frogmen dived into the sea and attached the safety rope to the safety hook on the top of the Diriaeste, with the other end of the safety line connected to the roulette wheel at the top of the Sumeru seat.

The huge wheel is wrapped around a twelve-kilometre safety rope that is resistant to bending and wearing, and can lift five Dilrieste, and the armament department's special recovery system can recover the submersible from the bottom of the abyss to the surface in less than 20 minutes.

The frogs surfaced and gave a thumbs up to the source at the top of the Sumeru seat, indicating that the work of attaching the safety rope had been successfully completed.

The roulette wheel began to turn, indicating that the Dirieste was heading towards the bottom of the sea.

Sakura understood why Gen Zhisheng suddenly talked about the ama who was pearling.

Yuan Zhisheng took off one of the earphones and dialed the phone. "The submersible has entered the water, so that Eri is ready, and in 80 minutes they will be at the burial place of the gods."

"It's hard work, Hui Yueji has already hacked into the military satellite systems of the United States and Russia, and no satellite can take pictures of the nearby waters tonight." Tachibana Masamune on the other end of the phone said, "Show off your skills, the history of the Eight Families of Snake Qi will be rewritten because of you and me." ”

"How is Eri in condition, can her body bear it?"

"It doesn't matter if she's in good shape or not, everything she points to with a sword can only be killed." Tachibana Masamune paused, "She's our monthly life."

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