On the terrace, Caesar's group sat silently in the wind, sitting up straight, watching Yuan Zhisheng take out his notebook, charts, and various materials.

"You're cheating us." Caesar lowered his voice.

"I warned you a long time ago, but I didn't expect you to do so much for the sake of the so-called face, admiration and admiration." Lu Mingfei also lowered his voice.

"Damn, you've already figured this out, and you'll just watch us drink it, it's piping hot tea!"

"You guys drank too fast, it seems that if you don't show it, it's a very rude behavior, and I can't stop it, but that Tachibana Masamune can't be underestimated, and he can bear it."

"It seems that the headmaster is sometimes right, but we have broken the tricks of these Japanese."

Chu Zihang licked the hot mouth and palate, and didn't know if the cup of hot tea had scalded off a layer of skin there.

Although he did not dare to agree with Caesar that he had won this round of contact, a person with strong self-esteem did not seem to complain about Caesar's competitiveness.

"I've got the ice cubes I've prepared for you a long time ago, come in."

Lu Mingfei clapped his hands, Sakura came in with an ice bucket, Caesar and Chu Zihang glanced at Lu Mingfei deeply, put down the reserved, grabbed the ice cube and swallowed it in his mouth, and the hot pain in his mouth was slightly relieved.

"I'm really sorry, but I don't think you need to be serious with Mr. Masamune about the tea ceremony, in fact, he doesn't understand the tea ceremony at all, he's just a half-tone Japanese." Yuan Zhisheng said lightly. "But I was surprised by the attitude of the road commissioner."

"He, a Russian, dares to make an axe in front of his ancestors in the tea ceremony? Wouldn't you send me a face and let me hit it? Lu Mingfei said that this kind of pretending to slap his face feels really good, he really loves this feeling, and the previous hardships have not been in vain.

"Because he really wants to turn himself into a Japanese, sword fighting, tea ceremony, kyudo, kendo and ikebana or something," Gen Zhisheng turned to look into the distance, "All the wandering people want to find a place that can be called 'home', right?" Yuan Zhisheng said, "It's just that the hot tea doesn't get in the way, so I'll start reporting to work." ”

"The mission statement Norma has been passed on to the team leader, and I think you all know that your mission this time is to survey the icebreaker Lenin, which sank in 1992, and now I will give you a detailed mission statement." Gen Zhisheng spread out the chart on the table and put a red circle on a certain position, "This is the chart of the Sea of Japan, and the last distress signal of the Lenin was sent from this position that I circled, 120 nautical miles from the coastline of Japan." ”

"We know." Caesar nodded.

"Although there are not many routes through that area, it is a safe area, there are no reefs, no icebergs and no turbulence, and for an icebreaker of tonnage like the Lenin, it is extremely unlikely that it will be wrecked in a safe area. It is designed to conquer the most dangerous seas in the world, and a torpedo will not sink on a head-on hit. But it was such a ship that actually wrecked in a safe sea area, which is one of the biggest unsolved cases in the archives of the Japanese Coast Guard. ”

"Yes." Caesar nodded.

"They don't know why the Lenin sank or why the Lenin passed through the Sea of Japan, but it didn't invade Japan's territorial waters, so there is no way to pursue it. The ship may have been carrying dragon-related cargo, according to an alumnus who worked in Russian intelligence, but he was unable to find more evidence to support this conclusion. He said that the sinking of the Lenin was a taboo in both the Northern Fleet and the KGB, and that no one wanted to talk about it, and no one could find anyone who really knew about it, as if everyone thought that if they got involved in it, they would be entangled in bad luck, and that there was something unclean like a ghost in it. The academy has been trying to search for shipwrecks since recent years, but the work has been slow because it is one of the deepest seas in the world. ”

"I see." Caesar continued to nod.

"The site of the Lenin wreck is located directly above the Japan Trench. You may have heard of the trench, which is actually one with the Kuril Trench, the Ogasawara Trench, and the Mariana Trench, which is an abyss at the bottom of the sea, thousands of kilometers long, which is geologically the dividing line between the Eurasian plate and the Pacific plate. The Pacific plate rushes underneath the Eurasian plate, forming an extremely deep fracture at the junction. The deepest part of the trench is called the Tuscarola, with a depth of 8,513 meters. Yuan Zhisheng pointed to the chart.

"The Tuscarolas Abyss was considered the deepest in the world before the Fichaz Abyss in the Mariana Trench was determined to be the deepest in the world." Chu Zihang said vaguely with ice cubes in his mouth.

It is for this reason that this undersea abyss, also known as the Abyss, is the most mysterious area on Earth. Almost no one has ever been there, and what we know so far about the Abyss is based on speculation. From the analysis of the sinking site, the Lenin may have been in the Tuscalola abyss. The best tool for exploring the Abyss is sonar, where we scan the depths of the abyss with sound waves of a specific frequency. The result is not a shipwreck, but a heartbeat signal. Deep in the abyss of Tuscarola, there was a creature, a huge creature, and its heartbeat was strong, and it was getting stronger. ”

Chu Zihang's face changed. "It's supposed to be a no-go zone for life."

"You mean there's a dragon hidden in the abyss?" Caesar said.

"A dragon embryo with an increased heartbeat indicates that it is hatching."

"The secret cargo on the Lenin is a dragon embryo?"

"Yes, the Lenin passed through the unnamed port of Northern Siberia and took a precious dragon embryo, which was destroyed in a fire. No one knows where the embryo is going to be shipped, and the final destination may be Japan or it may just be passing through, but apparently it failed to reach its destination and the dragon embryo fell into the depths of the trench. The embryo has been slowly hatching all these years, but we have not been aware of it. ”

"If it's a dragon, it can probably endure the harsh environment in the abyss, right? It is the best hatchery and refuge for dragons. Chu Zihang said, "Seawater is its protective layer. ”

"Exactly." Yuan Zhisheng said.

"Now we know that there is a dragon hatching in the Abyss," Lu Mingfei said, "Then it would be better to have an underwater nuclear explosion and blow the Abyss flat." ”

"This method is good, there is a possibility of implementation, and it is trouble-free." Caesar nodded.

If the group of neurotics in the armament department sat in this meeting, they would have cheered, and finally someone understood their lofty ideals.

"If we throw nuclear bombs into the trench indiscriminately, it may lead to landslides on the continental shelf, and Japan will be affected, as well as uncontrollable sequelae such as tsunami and nuclear pollution. We can only remove the embryo with precision blasting, but it is difficult for us to pinpoint the exact location of the embryo with sonar alone, so in this mission we will send a manned submersible deep into the bottom of the abyss to investigate, and if we find the embryo, we will send it a parcel bomb. Codenamed 'Dragon Abyss', you will travel to the Dragon's Abyss. ”

"I still think it's more convenient to throw a nuclear bomb, because the difference between going and not going is that we are active, and the other is passive, and we have to catch the three of us." Lu Mingfei insisted on his own point of view. "It's a forbidden area for life, who knows how many Deadpools there are, and once they fight, it's not much better than a nuclear explosion."

"It is precisely because of this that the level of the mission is SS-level." Yuan Zhisheng said.

"I'm not talking to you about the classification of tasks, I mean how did the three of us dive to such a deep place? Eight kilometres? Are you kidding? Even if there is a deep-sea diving suit, the huge water pressure can directly turn us into sausages, only with a deep submersible, you must know that the technology on the surface cannot reach that height at all, as far as I know, the vast majority of manned deep submersibles in the world cannot even reach a depth of 6,000 meters, and the pressure in the abyss is hundreds of times that on the ground, which can crush the deep submersible into a flat iron sheet. ”

"Indeed, the Abyss is a more extreme environment than outer space, and it cannot be reached without the most sophisticated equipment. That's why the Armament Department has prepared equipment for you that is unique in the history of mankind. It is being inspected by the Iwarunu Research Institute, which is affiliated with the Japan Branch, so please come with me. Genjisheng stood up and pressed his palm against the wall, and the two granite slabs carved with Amaterasu and Tsukiyomi parted silently, revealing a black passageway.

The black-clothed and armed men in the passage bowed deeply, "Young master." ”

Gen Zhisheng did not return the salute, and led Ryoma Genichiro and Caesar's group through the passage. The passage is blocked by a dense network of infrared lasers, and anyone who tries to sneak in will trigger an alarm, not to mention the black-clad armed men.

Chu Zihang showed a look of alertness, Caesar released the sickle, and he heard countless heartbeats and the sound of machinery running.

The swarm of sharms surged forward like bats, and the swarms split at each fork in the road, flying farther and farther away, the sound of their wings flapping echoed at the end of the passage, and the map of the passage opened wider and wider in Caesar's mind.

This passage crisscrosses like a spider's web, leading in all directions.

"These passages allow you to reach all floors," Ryoma explains, "This building technique was practiced as early as the Sengoku period, when the daimyo built secret passages in his castle tower to prevent the assassination of ninjas and the rebellion of his men. ”

Gen entered the code and opened the small elevator hidden in the wall. "Please."

The elevator descended rapidly, and Caesar suddenly heard the sound of water, not the sound of water gurgling in the pipes, but the sound of the tide, and the stacks of waves chasing each other.

"Welcome to the Rock Flow Research Institute." The elevator door opened, and the man in the white lab coat bowed deeply, "I am the director of the Miyamoto Shio, and I am also the head of the Miyamoto family. ”

Their ears were filled with the sound of the tide, and they actually saw the white waves. This is already the underground of Genji Heavy Industries, but it is not a basement in the usual sense, this is the inside of a tunnel with a diameter of more than 12 meters, half of the tunnel is flooded, the raging water washes the metal walls of the tunnel, and the xenon lamps on the top of the tunnel go one after another into the distance, submerging into complete darkness, and the huge construction machinery slides against the tunnel wall, automatically checking the water level and flow rate.

"Holy!" Lu Mingfei was amazed.

His voice echoed through the vast space, an astonishing tunnel comparable to the undersea tunnel between England and France, capable of accommodating trains to pass through, and if a highway were to be built in it, it could accommodate at least six cars in parallel, and the water beneath their feet was a huge river.

"This is the drainage system under Tokyo." "Tokyo is often hit by hurricanes, and it rains a lot during hurricanes, and rainwater from the surrounding mountains also collects here. As a result, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has built a large drainage system underground, including such pipes and a giant underground reservoir and a giant turbine that can store water from a lake underground during heavy rains and discharge it into the sea through the turbines and pipes. Because the entire underground space is built with corrosion-resistant special steel, we call it the 'Iron Dome Temple'. The family's Maruyama Construction Office undertook the project, and thanks to its completion, there has been no flooding in Tokyo since its completion. The secret factory of the Rock Flow Research Institute is located here, and there is also a dock where small submarines can reach Genji Heavy Industries directly from the waterway. ”

"It's also convenient to transport prohibited items this way, right?" Caesar said.

"This is one of the reasons why Maruyama Construction is willing to take on this government project." Yuan Zhisheng said.

Sirens swept through the tunnel, and there was a faint thunderous sound.

"The next wave of tide is coming, so let's go to a higher place so as not to splash our clothes." Shio Miyamoto said.

The head of the family was not yet 30 years old, handsome, wearing old-fashioned tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses, and his hair was neatly combed, not at all like an underworld, but like a young teacher in some academy.

As soon as they reached the peak of the white tide, the tunnel was trembling and the water was splashing, like a white dragon forcibly restrained by the tunnel, and it struggled forward as it roared and roared.

When the tide crest passes by, they can't hear each other's roars, and they can only look at the shape of their mouths.

"It rained hard last night, and today there will be several consecutive peaks. However, when it doesn't rain, the water surface is very quiet, and you can think of it as a river, and sitting by the water to make tea is also quite zen. When the cherry blossoms fall, there is a layer of petals floating on the water, which we call 'Sakura Ryumi', and you can see it if you stay a few days longer. "We are busy debugging the equipment that has arrived from the Equipment Department, and it took a little more time because the Equipment Department refused to send someone to assist in the commissioning, but it is almost finished, so we will not delay your mission." ”

They walked along the iron suspension ladder, and suddenly turned around, and Lu Mingfei's eyes were illuminated.

Torrential sparks fell from the sky, like fleeting fireworks in the night sky, huge black shadows were suspended from the top of the tunnel, dozens of engineering workers were busy hanging in the air around the black shadows, sparks coming from the welding guns in their hands.

"That's the submersible you'll be using, the Dirieste. It is a legendary piece of equipment in the history of diving, having reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960 to a depth of more than 10,000 meters. This is not a replica but a prototype, because the process of deep submersibles is extremely demanding, and if there is a leak with a large pinhole in the shell, the entire submersible can be torn apart by high pressure. Even if the armament department is asked to improvise one according to the drawings of the Trieste, there is no way to ensure safety, and the most reliable is the prototype that has been tested in practice. "Although it set a world record in 1960, in the half century since, no comparable submersible has been built." ”

"In modern times, you can't even imitate it? This is an antique that is more than half a century old! Lu Mingfei's eyes did not hide the disdain at all.

"Isn't this my thing?" Caesar was a little confused.

"This is indeed the collection of the Gattuso family, donated to the academy by the head of the family, Pompeii, and then transformed by the equipment department." Shio Miyamoto said.

"Wow, Daddy, do you still have this kind of treasure at home?" Lu Mingfei's understanding of Gao Shuaifu was refreshed.

Compared with this thing, brand-name sports cars and yachts are nothing at all, this level of collection, unique in the world, in any museum in the world is considered a treasure, and some people actually buy it home just for their own fun.

"Bought with the Apollo lunar module," Caesar shrugged, "My father was a playboy who loved to collect all sorts of weird. ”

"Playboy is supposed to collect watches, cars, and women, but he seems to love science."

"The ultimate goal of the playboy collecting everything is to collect women, some women like famous watches and cars, and some women love science, so he sometimes has to pretend to be a tech nerd to approach those women. That time, he fell in love with a female doctor from the United Nations Space Agency, and he had to buy something interesting to attract the other party to his house for dinner. ”

"Did he get it?" Lu Mingfei was curious.

"I think they got it, anyway, they made a lot of noise on the Diriaeste. I just locked the hatch on the outside, and they stayed inside for 48 hours before they were rescued by the fire brigade. As a son, I can only help him get here, and if nothing happens in such a long time, he will be in vain the first horse of the Gattuso family. Caesar's face was full of contempt, "Maybe we'll find the female doctor's stockings inside." ”

"I didn't find it, we checked it the first time it arrived in Tokyo." Shio Miyamoto said.

"It's okay to pick it up, you can keep it yourself when you pick it up, I guess that thing is not part of the collection." Lu Mingfei said.

"To say that he has a richer collection in this area......"

"Stop, we don't want to hear about your father's romantic past, we are all innocent little boys, don't take us badly. Senior Brother Chu and I are very dedicated to our feelings and are loyal. Lu Mingfei hurriedly stopped this topic of step-by-step towards the point of no return," we continued to talk about deep submersibles. ”

Miyamoto high-fived him hard, and a beam of light shot into the air, illuminating the huge black shadow. Half a century after being forgotten, legends from the history of diving are revived, in a sparkling livery.

The alien submarine was painted white with a huge red dot sprayed in the middle.

"I look ......familiar with this livery," Lu Mingfei said.

It's hard not to look familiar, the Diliyaste is painted like a plaster flag.

"Oh, it's ugly." Caesar was a little caught off guard.

"This is your father's request. He said that the submersible was donated to the academy for free, but he made sure to paint it for me as a Japanese flag. He said that the sunrise in the east was a good omen, and wished my son's trip to Japan a smooth and successful trip. Shio Miyamoto said.

"When I locked him in, I knew he was always going to find a way to get revenge on me." Caesar said.

"I didn't expect you to pull out an old antique for us to carry out the mission, it is better to give me a certain amount of mechanics and funds, I will build you a space battleship, rest assured that when the time comes, I will definitely invite you to travel in space together." Lu Mingfei didn't know the bottom of his heart.

"It has been stored in the diving museum funded by my family, and there is a special person responsible for maintaining it every year." "The livery is also changed every year. ”

"Change the livery?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

"In the year China and Italy established diplomatic relations, they put it in the livery of the five-star red flag; The year Picasso died, the museum copied his famous 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' on the shell of the Dilriaste, and in 2006, when Madonna was painted gold and taken around the world on a world tour, Madonna was covered in gold dust and came out to sing the opening track. Caesar thought for a moment, "I think it was used in Jackson's show, I can't remember." ”

"So it's been completely reduced to a prop over the past half-century, right? Your home takes care of it like art and antiques, right? Painted with oil and taken to exhibitions all over the world, it hasn't even been soaked in water! ”

"The armament department has done a makeover," says Miyamoto, "and judging from the instructions for use, they have worked hard this time, not only installing several new systems, but also reinforcing the inside of the shell with memory metal, and Director Akadullah has repeatedly said that 'quality is guaranteed'." ”

"If they transform the bomb, I don't even need to look at it, absolutely rest assured, but this is a submarine, a submarine that is going to the deep sea, but let the research bomb be transformed, do you want the three of us to go to the blood sacrifice before the nuclear bomb is released? To pay tribute to the innocent people who are about to die? What do you think, brother? Lu Mingfei turned to Chu Zihang for help, hoping that he could say a fair word to calm these two neurotics and challenge Jiyuan in an old antique that had just been pulled out of the museum? Or was it modified by the Ministry of Armament? That's just getting tired! Even if he begins to ignore death, it is not his style to take the initiative to send it to death.

"Good groove." Chu Zihang nodded slightly. What do you mean? Lu Mingfei blinked.

"I said the groove you just spit out Caesar was interesting." Chu Zihang said.

"I rely on your face, senior brother, to prepare to pay the party dues and bravely take justice!"

"When to dive?" Caesar asked.

"Tomorrow night, in the name of scientific investigations, we applied to the Maritime Safety Administration for an injunction prohibiting all civilian vessels from passing through the nearby waters tomorrow night, but the injunction is only valid for 12 hours, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. In other words, we only have 12 hours of operation. Yuan Zhisheng said.

"In such a hurry? Time is really tight. Caesar said.

"The operation of the deep submersible is not complicated, one day is enough time for you to master, this is the operation manual of the deep submersible." Yuan Zhisheng handed the thick operation manual to Caesar, "We will prepare the rest of the matters, the time is not relaxed, but it is enough." ”

"I mean I've also booked a couple of specialty restaurants, a couple of attractions I'd like to visit, some souvenirs to buy, and I've got a few pages of shopping lists."

"I still want to go to Akihabara." Lu Mingfei said.

"You're obviously not at ease, but you still have time to go to Akihabara?" Chu Zihang asked.

"If you don't live in Akihabara, it's useless to be called an otaku. Seeing that you are going to die for a lifetime, why don't you hurry up? I'm my obsession, you know how hard I'm suppressed by Zero. ”

Yuan Zhisheng watched in silence at the surging white waves in the giant drainage pipe...... These two hundred and five began to sing and dance around him again! Carrying out a mission with these two hundred and five is like a knight riding a donkey to the battlefield, even if you raise your saber and roar like thunder and have the will to sacrifice your life for the country, you can't be sure that you can kill the enemy...... Because the donkey under your crotch will be happy at any moment, and will spread its hooves and lead you to the edge of the sky.

(End of chapter)