[16] Ningen reappeared
Soon, news came from the Wise Leopard Horse from the research room. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Vice President, the location of those two suspicious creatures has been determined, they are underwater 8 kilometers away from Urashima Maru, and we will immediately launch an underwater search operation." The voice of the wise leopard horse came from the communication device.
Kojima responded, "Okay! Let's get started! At the same time, he said to Hidehiko Maori: "Captain Maori, please also prepare the manpower to assist immediately." ”
"Yes!" Captain Hidehiko Mori immediately went to the command platform and ordered to go down with a walkie-talkie.
Half an hour later, Urashimamaru tracked the two suspicious creatures to the top of the sea where they were, and Lin Fan looked from the platform outside the command room towards the deck, and saw that many researchers and sailors had gathered there to prepare for the search operation.
At this time, Lin Fan saw a familiar figure appear on the windowsill of the opposite tower, it was the girl who folded a thousand paper cranes, she was wearing a yellow down jacket today, and she was leaning against the window to look at the people who were busy on the deck below.
After coming out of Wellington, Lin Fan had seen her for several days, so he naturally paid special attention, he looked at her in the window sill opposite from a distance, and found that her body would tremble a few times from time to time, and she lowered her head and pressed her chest, as if she was coughing.
Is she sick? He couldn't help but be a little worried.
"Look, Mr. Lin! That's the 'Deep Sea-6500' deep-water probe made by Sanyo Seiko! Yusuke Kojima's voice pulled Lin Fan back.
“…… Oh? Lin Fan looked in the direction of the island, and a piece of the side wall of the central ship of the Urashima Maru was raised, and a white spherical submersible emerged from below deck, which was pushed out of the side wall of the ship by the ship's teleportation device and was about to descend to the sea.
"The 'Deep Sea-6500' is made of titanium alloy material, which can dive to a maximum depth of 10,000 meters and can withstand high temperatures and extremely low temperatures of 650 °C, making it one of the world's top deep-sea submersibles." Kojima introduced.
Lin Fan saw the white spherical submersible slowly descending to the surface of the sea, and at the same time, an assault boat was also lowered with a crane, which was specially used to assist the submersible in capturing underwater creatures, and the sailors on the assault boat were all holding spearguns.
When everything was ready, the vortex engine of the "Deep-Sea-6500" submersible began to start, and the white sphere gradually submerged into the water and soon disappeared under the navy blue water.
"Mr. Lin, the underwater footage taken by the submersible can be seen on the TV here." Nishimura Antelope's magnetic voice came from behind Lin Fan.
"Really?"
Lin Fan hurriedly returned to the command room and found that the display screen hanging in the corner of the command room had transmitted back the underwater pictures taken by the submersible.
From the point of view of the picture, the camera that took the underwater image should be installed in the front of the submersible, and I saw that the picture was surrounded by dark blue water, and the visibility was not high, and there was no shadow of any sea creatures, only a faint ray of light moving in it.
"REPORT, WE ARE DIVING AT A SPEED OF 5KM/H, THE CURRENT DEPTH OF THE DIVE IS 50 METERS, THERE ARE STILL 2724 METERS FROM THE TARGET, IT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 1.5 HOURS TO REACH THE TARGET POSITION, EVERYTHING IS NORMAL, COMPLETE." The voice of the submersible pilot can be heard in the footage.
"Understood, please keep going at this speed, over." Listening to the voice, it should be the wise leopard horse, who is conducting the research office of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The submersible dives quietly, with occasional fleeting images of plankton and schools of fish, and as the depth increases, the surrounding waters get darker and darker, and before long, the sunlight from above fades into the shadows.
The submersible turned on its white xenon lamps, but the light could only reach a limited extent, and beyond the hazy halo was a pitch-black world.
"Report, have dived to 500 meters underwater, now need to start slowing down the dive, the instrument is normal, over." The driver broadcasts the dive.
"Understood!"
Since the deeper the sea, the greater the pressure, so after the submersible has reached a certain depth, it needs to slow down the dive speed to balance the pressure.
After nearly an hour of diving, the pilot of the submersible again reported the progress.
"REPORT, THE CURRENT DIVING DEPTH IS 1845 METERS, THE DIVING SPEED IS 2KM/H, AND THERE IS STILL 929 METERS FROM THE TARGET DEPTH, AND IT IS PREDICTED THAT IT WILL ARRIVE IN 30 MINUTES, AND THE INSTRUMENT IS NORMAL, COMPLETE."
"Understood! Please check the condition of the anesthetic gun and stun stick, and you are done. ”
Lin Fan listened to the target distance of the broadcast, and found that the location of the suspicious creature seemed to have not moved, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "Aren't those two creatures moving?" ”
His doubts were quickly answered, and when the submersible dived to a depth of more than 2,000 meters, the pilot suddenly reported: "Report, the detected target is moving, the distance has changed, and the route needs to be re-corrected, over." ”
"Yes, please report the latest target distance, done."
"The current target distance is 640 meters, 610 meters...... They are approaching, and it is predicted that they will meet us in advance! ”
"Understood, please start preparing for the capture! Always on standby! Complete. ”
"Yes!"
The sudden change made everyone nervous, Yusuke Kojima and the captain and others stared intently at the screen, and the Nishimura antelope on the side also showed a somewhat worried look.
The submersible continued to dive to 2380 meters, more than 100 meters away from the target, when a group of yellow-green light spots suddenly appeared in the dark water, which were densely spread around the submersible and moved in pieces, the scene was quite weird.
"Ahh What are these points of light? Have you seen the headquarters? The driver's exclamation was heard in the picture.
"Don't panic, Utada, please confirm what these points of light are, over." Wise Leopard Horse immediately responded.
"Yes!"
The submersible moved in the direction of the light point, and suddenly the yellow-green light point poured out of the black curtain like a tide, and instantly swam to the front of the submersible, under the xenon lamp of the submersible, everyone saw that the yellow-green photoelectric was a group of crustacean creatures with translucent carapace and multiple pairs of tentacle feet on the abdomen.
"Ahh These are shrimp, they are shrimp! The driver shouted.
“…… These should be Antarctic krill~" The voice of a wise leopard horse came from the picture.
"Vulgar ~ (amazing), there are so many shrimps here, and they will shine densely." The island beside Lin Fan and the captain and others exclaimed.
Lin Fan remembered that when he studied marine biology in the past, the teacher had talked about Antarctic krill, saying that krill eggs are laid in the deep sea where there are fewer predators, and when the shrimp eggs develop into adults, they will slowly swim from the deep sea to the shallow sea life with more nutrients.
"Utada, please bypass the shrimp and continue to move towards the target, over." The voice of the wise leopard horse came from the picture.
"Yes, yes!"
The submersible bypassed the shrimp school and continued to dive, and after a while the shrimp school with a yellow-green light disappeared from the video screen, but not long after it regained its calm, a more amazing luminous body appeared in the dark sea, the luminous body glowed with a bright white light, floating quietly in the dark deep sea, under the faint light, you can see that there is something similar to a building skeleton near the luminous body, this skeleton structure is extremely large, it looks like the wreckage of a shipwreck, and it looks like an abandoned palace.
"W-What is this?!" The driver shouted.
"......" But no one in the lab responded.
Lin Fan and Kojima were both shocked by the picture taken by the submersible, and even Reiko Nishimura, who had always been unfazed, stood up from her seat, only to see a frightened look on her beautiful face.
But before everyone could calm down, an even more amazing scene happened.
Two milky white forelimbs suddenly appeared in the pitch-black sea, and a white creature with a human face appeared in front of the submersible's xenon lamp, and under the light, it revealed a strange face with no nose and ears, only two black eyes and a large mouth with fangs......
"Yikes!" Nishimura Antagoshi's lips opened lightly, Kojima, the captain and the first mate were stunned for a moment, and the voices of the pilot and the research institute were also mixed, only to hear "Monster!" Monsters! Screams came from the frame.
The creature slowly swam in front of the submersible, and its entire body appeared in the surveillance screen, only to see that its whole body was milky white, with forelimbs and a head similar to that of a primate, but it had the body structure of a fish, and the size was unknown.
"Calm down! Calm down! ~This is Ning's !! Ning'en !! The cry of the wise leopard horse came from the picture
Xiao Dao looked at Lin Fan excitedly, and pointed to the creature on the screen with one hand, as if to confirm something to him.
Lin Fan nodded.
-- It's Ning.
"Nin! Ning'en!! Wise! Grab it~!! Can't let it run away! Yusuke Kojima hurriedly took the intercom and shouted.
"Yes! Vice President! The wise voice came back from the intercom.
"Search party! The creature that appears in the picture is Ningne! Catch it now! ”
"Yes, understood!"
The surveillance screen began to move, it was the submersible adjusting its position, and then everyone saw another Ning En appear in the dark sea, it swam to the side of the Ning En just now, the two Ning En were about the same size, their bodies rubbed against each other, and then they looked around the submersible, and let out a "murmur, murmur" sound.
"What are they going to do?!" The driver shouted in horror.
"Don't worry so much! Utada! Get ready to fire the tranquilizer gun! ”
"Yes, yes!"
A burst of bubbles suddenly appeared on one side of the picture, and a speargun shot out from the side of the boat, stabbing one of Ning En, only to see a strange cry of "mum" from Ning En, his body twitched and swam away, and the other Ning En saw his companion frightened away, and immediately swam away.
"Don't let them run!!"
"Yes!"
The two Nin swam so fast that they sank into the pitch-black water, and the submersible could only use its probe to locate them.
"Don't let them escape!" Yusuke Kojima shouted into the communicator.
"Yes! Vice President, don't worry! The tranquilizer guns have hit their target, and they won't be able to escape far! Wise replied.
The submersible was rushing in the dark deep sea, judging from the distance of the broadcast, the two Ningen were not far from the submersible, but because the deep sea was dark and the range of the submersible's lights was very limited, they had not been able to see the two Ningen.
"They're slowing down! We're getting close to our goal! The driver reported, "Understood! Be careful! ”
Sure enough, after a while, two Ning En's white figures appeared in the dark sea water in front of them, only to see that one Ning En had stopped swimming and was suspended in the water, while the other was "muttering, murmuring" beside it, and pulling it to swim with two arm-like forelimbs.
"Don't let them go, Utada is ready to fire the tranquilizer gun again!"
"Yes!"
Another speargun shot from the side of the boat, and shot at the unanesthetized Ningn, but the Ningn seemed to be prepared, and it hurriedly used its forelimbs to protect its body, and finally the speargun only shot at its arm.
It stared at the submersible with wide black eyes, and there was a hint of horror on its strange face that made everyone feel weird. It seemed to realize that it could not stand up to what was in front of it, and let out a "mum" scream, leaving behind its companion and fleeing into the dark depths of the sea.
For some reason, seeing this scene, Lin Fan actually felt a sense of pity for Ning En, and he felt that its frightened eyes and screams seemed to be like a frightened and helpless child.
"Report! Is there a pursuit of the target? The driver's voice came.
"No, bring the anesthetized Ning En first, and the other one will wait later." Wise Leopard Horse replied.
"Yes! Understand! ”
The submersible came to the anesthetized Ningen, two mechanical arms stretched out from both sides, grabbed Ningen's two forelimbs, and then a large annular clamp stretched out from the belly of the hull, the ring clamp cuffed Ningen's body, and after fixing it, the search team began to operate the submersible to float.
"Yo Si! Finally caught Ning'en! Maori get some bottles of champagne and we'll celebrate! Kojima said excitedly.
"Okay, of course!" He ordered to go down, and soon a crew member brought a bottle of champagne.
Kojima opened the champagne and raised his glass to celebrate: "Today's success is inseparable from your efforts, thank you very much!" Then he spoke to the communicator: "Wise, you have worked hard over there! On behalf of Sanyo, I thank you! Have a drink, too! ”
"Yes, thank you Vice President~!" Wise Leopard replied.
Everyone raised their glasses in response, and Lin Fan took a few sips.
Kojima took a sip of the champagne from the glass, and then said, "Next, let's go meet Ning'en!" ”