Everything was so quiet.

A large number of fish died, and the spread of concentrated poisons in the seawater turned the sea area into a silent dead place. As time passed, the carcasses of large sea creatures continued to come to the surface. Among them, it also includes the hammerhead shark that was caught by Su Hao and ran wildly.

The commander of the fleet was a middle-aged man in his fifties. Due to the good maintenance, it looks no more than forty or so on the outside. He was tall and tall, with a military uniform and a large cap that made him look imposing and extraordinary. In fact, because of his appearance and appearance, he has always had many female supporters in the army, but it has little to do with his own ability.

He frowned all the time, and his handsome face, which had a strong attraction to women, was full of anger and distorted a little.

Su Hao's body was still not found. The man seemed to disappear directly into the air, and there was no trace of him.

Everything that needs to be done has been done. Air formations have increased the range of agent dropping, tripling the area around the core sea area. For the fourth time, the fleet expanded the search area, and the number of various support vessels increased to hundreds. The soldier in charge of monitoring double-checked every suspicious signal, and after expecting it, the results were always disappointing

It is indeed much more difficult to search for people in the ocean than to catch people on land. Even with zone locking, there are still obstacles that cannot be directly observed with the naked eye, and it is difficult to overcome.

However, in the vast ocean, there is certainly nowhere to run from the target. Even if he carried the arch oxygen facility, it wouldn't last long. What's more, intelligence officers have analyzed the blurry images captured by the AWACS aircraft, and when the seat is ejected and separated, it does not carry additional special devices. The surface of the ocean is monitored so that there are no blind spots. But for what's the matter, that guy doesn't even have his head out. Could it be that his diving ability is even better than that of cetaceans? You don't need oxygen at all, can you hold it for a few days and nights on the bottom of the sea?

A lieutenant colonel in a white naval uniform walked over and carefully lowered his voice: "General, the search force has sent a second report, and still no trace of the defector has been found. ”

In official documents issued by the military department, Su Hao was called a "defector".

The fleet commander raised his head and peered through the bridge porthole into the clear sky outside.

It was past nine o'clock in the morning. At this moment, the sea is calm, and the greasy milky white poison is not as strong as before. It is lightly soaked by seawater, like a faint white mist dissolved in water. Still, the power of the poison remains, and the squeezing of dead fish and stinky shrimp in a trawl not far away is the best example.

The search time was nearly six hours before and after, and the rigor of the three-dimensional search network was indeed impeccable. The fleet commander was puzzled: Where is Su Hao?

If he dies, the body should surface. There are dozens of submarines guarding the area, and any sea creatures of a slightly larger size can be attacked, and the bottom of the sea is not too deep. In such a short period of time, it was simply impossible for the body of the deceased to be swallowed by a school of fish.

If he were alive, the idea would be even more absurd. Everyone knows that humans need oxygen to survive. Even a fifth-order enhancement person still belongs to the category of "human" and does not have the special ability to breathe with his cheeks. It is simply impossible to stay underwater for such a long time.

What's more, even if he had some special way to survive underwater, would he just remain motionless and silent? Submarines and warships have been scanning the seabed environment, and all topographic maps in the area are stored in computers for comparison at any time. But that's how weird it is. More than five hours have passed, and this sea area is as quiet as a ghost area, and repeated searches still find nothing.

The fleet commander weighed and pondered, and subconsciously stroked the ring on the ring finger of his left hand. Although his face was majestic and there was no slightest emotional fluctuation, his heart was full of horror and fear.

When he first received the order from the military headquarters, the commander of the fleet only felt that this was a task that was not too difficult. However, in the next half hour, he received successive phone calls from Zhao Zhikai, chairman of the military department, and Sun Zhan, head of the administrative headquarters. Both of these are giants he must look up to. Zhao Zhikai's phone call sounded like an inquiry about the daily work of the fleet, but in fact it was a side-knocking, indicating in cryptic words: The defector must be found. In contrast, Sun Zhan's rhetoric is more direct. He obviously didn't have so many scruples, and told the fleet commander bluntly: If you find this person, then your career can go further. If not, then you don't have to be in that position.

The fleet commander only felt a cold sweat break out on his back, and even his shirt was soaked.

He twisted the ring vigorously, and his tone became cold and ruthless: "Order all ships to expand the search area." With the drop point as the core, expand outward by 100 nautical miles. Request more support from the Air Force Headquarters to release high-energy agents into the search area again. In any case, be sure to find the target. ”

The lieutenant colonel's staff officer standing next to him was startled, his face was embarrassed, and he subconsciously said: "General, I'm afraid this is not realistic." Once the search radius is expanded, the surveillance network will definitely become sparse. Even if the Air Force headquarters promised to provide support, the number of ships in our fleet would not be enough. The scope is just too big. Not to mention ......"

The fleet commander turned around abruptly and stared at the lieutenant colonel with a fierce and hideous gaze: "What, you are questioning my orders?" ”

The lieutenant colonel shivered in his heart, his body trembled for a while, and he hurriedly squeezed out a strong smile: "No, I definitely didn't mean that." I, I'm just ......"

"Execute the order now"

The commander of the fleet did not give the lieutenant colonel a chance to plead his case at all. He turned around and gave orders to the other fleet officers who were standing nearby, but not participating in the discussion, at the same time: "Be fast, and the new search deployment must be completed by twelve o'clock at noon." Even if the target is eaten by a shark, we need to find out all the undigested meat left. ”

The moment his head poked out of the sea, Su Hao only felt that his whole body had become completely relaxed, and an unprecedented feeling of heartiness ran through his body.

There are clouds floating in the blue sky, and the view is extremely open. As far as the eye can see, the horizon is still a clear blue. The sea surface was very calm, and the slight waves slowly pushed Su Hao, and from time to time, schools of fish such as dolphins jumped out of the water, drawing a beautiful arc in mid-air.

When he was brought to the bottom of the sea by hammerhead sharks, Su Hao let go of his hands when he was about to approach the surface seabed. He clings to the mud and sand of the seabed, leaning on coral reefs and rocks, carefully climbing and diving. The speed was very slow, and Su Hao was also extremely careful. He is very familiar with scanning instruments and knows how they work in detail. In this case, every seaweed, every reef, and even all kinds of messy sunken objects on the seabed have become props for Su Hao to cover up his existence.

After all, the seabed scanning was not as intuitive as the naked eye, so much so that a few hours later, Su Hao left the search area far away and sneaked to the periphery of the blockade network, and the entire search force still knew nothing.

Within a radius of a kilometer nearby, there are no longer traces of ships and submarines. Su Hao swam slowly in the seawater, no matter his movements or speed, he was no different from a real fish.

It's a truly amazing feeling.

Both bones and blood have undergone drastic changes. This change is so strong that Su Hao, who is the party concerned, can't explain it himself. In the case of bone, the divergent calcium is concentrated in the core of the bone, creating a terrible metal-like hardness. The various trace elements that were originally free in the body are thoroughly absorbed and become part of the bone structure. While the hardness is extreme, it also has extremely strong toughness. In the process of swimming underwater, Su Hao even found that his arms and legs could be bent. It is by no means the normal twist of the knee or ankle, but the entire femur is bent into an arch or even a more curved semicircle by the action of nerves and muscles.

The legs are like fishtails. If there is a tail fin, Su Hao is a real mermaid.

It's very pleasant to float in the water. Su Hao didn't think that he was on the run, but roamed in the world he was most familiar with. Whether it is a warship on the sea, a submarine in the water, or a huge fleet of aircraft in the sky, they are just useless mosquitoes and flies in this world. They do themselves harm, of course, but only to the most superficial, the most insignificant. Just like a mosquito, it always likes to lie on humans and suck blood, and often ends up being slapped to death.

Huge trace elements frantically poured into Su Hao's body. They originally existed in this worldly realm, and Su Hao's swimming in the sea water was more like an unscrupulous eating. He took off his flight suit, was naked, opened every pore of his body, and slowly walked forward under the impetus of the waves. Molecules, invisible to the naked eye, burst into his body, seeping into his muscles and into his veins. As if attracted by a magnet, they gathered towards Su Hao, quickly filling every trace of space in his body.

This is an extremely mysterious process of absorption and fusion. Su Hao is like a sponge, greedily absorbing the gifts from the ocean.

"Worker bees" who have taken alpha gene drugs mentioned in the report that they feel the air flowing in their bodies, and they feel that the ground under their feet is very soft, as if they can penetrate into their bodies and become a part of their bodies.

"Worker bees" who have taken ordinary genetic drugs do not feel this way. They are just powerful, but they don't have more conscious sensations and no more physical changes. Of course, this may also be due to the fact that ordinary evolutionaries can be monitored by the Atlanteans and are always taken away at the first time, so there is no way to describe more in the report

Every Alpha Evolver gets stronger over time. This has been confirmed by previous experiments. The newborn evolutionary who had just taken the alpha potion was indeed not as powerful as the one who had taken the potion earlier. But it's weird, and as far as any alpha evolver, there is no difference in the amount of force. The only difference between them is the divergence distance of the thinking consciousness, the strength of the physique, the ability of the body to resist blows, as well as the agility of movements, running speed, body coordination, etc.

Another important reason why I am willing to go to the United States with the delegation to attend the United Nations General Assembly is this.

Su Hao had to have a reasonable enough excuse to enter the ocean. Of course, he could have led the army directly to the sea. However, in doing so, it is inevitable that some people will notice the omission. It's not just about taking a dip in the sea. Su Hao wants to explore more and get more from it.

Torpedoes, poisons, bombs... These things could not pose a threat to Su Hao. He felt his body strength unprecedented. A torpedo can sink a battleship, but an explosion of that magnitude can't tear through one's own skin. What's more, the prototype elixir also gave Su Hao a strong self-healing ability.

A squid slid past Su Hao, and it curiously stretched out its tentacles and slowly stroked the strange human. The squid did not feel hostility, but it was very comfortable, like the kindness of its mildest kind.

The water overhead is about five or six meters deep. The sunlight illuminates the surface of the water in a clear blue. Su Hao raised his head, soft and slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.

Even underwater, he could still see the busy ships in the distance. Those people are still busy trying to catch themselves. It was not their own will, but the pressure of power from the top of the hierarchy. Kill them, and it will be useless,

The feeling of the sea gently caressing the surface of the body is very pleasant, which seems to prove from another perspective that humans did evolve from sea creatures. This verification had no effect on Su Hao's consciousness at the moment. His full attention was still focused on ships, submarines and planes in the distance.

Squinting slightly, Su Hao suddenly arched his body and took on a posture in the water. Then, he shot out like a cannonball, plunging headlong into the turquoise sea, making a beautiful arc in the water.

At the same time, on a destroyer marked "B 1039" at the outermost part of the sea surface search network, a warrant officer who was engrossed in staring at the surveillance computer screen suddenly noticed that the underwater probe had captured a sudden and fleeting ripple track. It appears for a very short time, only a few seconds before and after, and if you don't pay attention, you can easily see a shark or dolphin swimming.

The warrant officer's reaction, like that of most people, was to casually glance at it and put the detection in the category of "useless information".

After all, it's the periphery of the search network. There are tens of thousands of marine creatures under water in the vicinity, and it is impossible to analyze them one by one. What's more, the target of the search is humans, and the speed of that ripple trail is extremely fast, even the world's world swimming champion cannot reach such an astonishing speed. There is no more plausible explanation than fish.

The abandoned city of Jinan is southwest of more than 30 kilometers away from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

This is the new Jinan base city, which was just completed last month.

There is no Baotu Spring that fascinates the tea people, nor is there a lotus flower that reflects the sun, only the towering city walls, the staggered height of the guard tower, and the blood and broken corpses that litter the wilderness.

Liu Jiangyuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, tiredly tore open the buttons of his shirt, exposed his entire chest, grabbed the stiff collar of his clothes with his right hand, and fanned a little cool breeze around his neck.

The temperature is just too high. The thermometer pointer hanging on the wall has crossed the red line of 43 degrees and is slowly moving towards the black limit of 50 degrees.

Fang Chen sat on the chair opposite, his upper body naked, and his lower body was only wearing a pair of army green shorts. His hair was cut short, and dense beads of sweat oozed from the roots, slowly sliding down the sides of his forehead, converging at the lowest point of his jaw, and dripping to the ground, forming a shallow pool of wet marks.

On the table were a few cans of canned food, as well as a box of compressed biscuits with the seal torn open. However, Liu Jiangyuan and Fang Chen had no interest in these foods. They all picked up their military kettles and poured them into their mouths, and poured the rest of the water over their heads. When these clear liquids flow happily over the surface of the body, you can feel a trace of extremely rare and incomparably comfortable coolness.

Putting down the empty kettle, Fang Chen still felt unsatisfied, and scolded very unhappily: "Fuck, this damn weather, it's too hot." ”

Liu Jiangyuan shook off the water droplets on his head, reached out and grabbed the military uniform that was lying on the back of the chair, took out a cigarette and a lighter from his pocket, took out one and threw it to Fang Chen, and lit another one for himself.

"No matter how hot it is, you can only endure it, otherwise what else can you do?"

He puffed out a puff of smoke and said lightly, "The line of defense will not be shifted because of the climate. It's the same in summer and winter. We can't do anything but obey orders. ”

Fang Chen raised his head, and through the corner of his sweat-soaked eyes, he saw the trace of helplessness on Liu Jiangyuan's face.

Both the 517th Division and Pei are new divisional regiments that continue to use the old numbers. After recuperation and replenishment of personnel, it was again included in the sequence of "Category A" troops and sent to the eastern front to fight.

Compared with when they were under Zhang Shengfei before, Liu Jiangyuan and Fang Chen really saw the cruelty of the eastern front.

The troops here have a mission that is not just "stationed". They must take the initiative and attack an abandoned city in their respective lots. The scale of the attack is mostly limited to the squadron level, and the level of combat is not intense. But as long as there is fighting, there will be casualties.

Taking the abandoned city of Jinan as an example, in the direction of the 517th Division and Pei's garrison, there are dozens of entrances and exits leading to the interior of the abandoned city. According to the order of the military headquarters, a certain number of troops must be sent in every day to actively look for fighters. Although soldiers are familiar with coordinated attacks, it is inevitable that there will always be casualties in battle. On average, the number of mutant creatures killed per day is about 500 to 700, but the number of seriously wounded and killed in battle will not be less than 100.

It's a terrifying flesh millstone. As is customary, the logistics center sends a batch of recruits every month. The roster of personnel is changed almost daily, and a number of war dead are crossed out to leave enough empty space for new recruits.