This kind of difficult and stable peaceful life, Yu Moji was not able to live for long.

When the graduation ceremony was about to come, Jin Niang brought news again. The Underwater Armor, in which the Cardinal has been investing a great deal of power, has finally made decisive progress, with significant improvements in the performance and safety of the Mecha. The Yanshi in charge of this matter agreed that it was time for those who would definitely go to the deep sea in the south to enter the water.

Naturally, the ink marks are among them.

At this time, Jin Niang realized that because Yu Moji was a child who grew up in the mountains, his water nature was really not very good.

But the departure date had already been set, so Jin Niang had to deliberately find a time to dial the ink marks a few times, guide her to maintain balance in deep water, and teach her the skills of ventilation with the help of a small Yanji.

In this way, Yu Moji will not suffocate underwater before he succeeds.

Although there has been some progress in this matter, after all, it involves the deep sea, which is said to be the source of the thousand-year-old gold, and it is still a matter of secrecy in the cardinal. So it wasn't until the time of departure that Yu Moji found out that there were only four people who went to test the underwater armor together, and all of them were familiar with her.

Yuan Pingzhi took the lead, Jin Niang led Yu Moji to follow behind, and the last one was Lu Chen, who was already in a high position and rarely needed to go to the front line in person. This staffing, supposedly for secrecy; On the other hand, when the underwater armor was first built, it could not accommodate too many people for a while.

This is a good feeling—Yu Mochen thought to himself—but if something happens to the batch of armor that has just been confirmed to be usable, the youngest cardinal candidate in forty years, the backbone of the Cardinal's Desert Guard, but he has to take his wife and disciples and fold it under the water.

It is said that the place where the underwater armor was developed was in a cold pool. Yu Moji originally thought that they were going to travel a long way, but they didn't expect that their group didn't walk out of the cardinal at all.

The entrance to that cold pool was actually in the arrow washing pond that Lao Meng opened when he sent Jin Niang back.

The one responsible for opening the mechanism is Yuan Zhizhi.

His movements were quite smooth, but not so fast that Yu Moji couldn't see clearly.

Only then did Yu Moji notice that the chaotic and complicated furnishings around the small star picking platform did not appear in their places in vain. It's not just the ones that Yuan used to rely on it, I'm afraid that under every ornament, there are clever hidden opportunities.

A familiar scene was once again presented in front of Yu Moji. The water in the arrow pond receded in an instant, and the boulders at the bottom of the water slid away silently, revealing a black hole in the mouth. A rudimentary staircase, apparently made of the natural form of stone and shaped like a fang, winds its way down to the bottomless.

Yu Moji followed Jin Niang up the first stone step, and after a few steps, he immediately felt a sharp increase in humidity in the air.

After Lu Chen went down to the tunnel, there was a sound of gears and pry bars around him. Although the voice was not loud, it was much clearer than the last time Lao Meng appeared. As this sound sounded, the entrance closed silently behind Lu Chen.

The light source from the small star picking platform disappeared, and all that could be used for illumination was the bright lights on both sides of the tunnel.

These lights seem to be just a discrete copper lamp, but they can't deceive the remaining ink marks today. As soon as she looked at the exposed part of the wall, she knew that there must be a connecting structure underneath. She could be sure by smelling the smell that the bronze lamp must be burning with Chitose gold.

She remembered that when she completed the admission test in the trial ground, she had walked through a similar tunnel, but at that time she had not yet figured out how to light this extremely low-key and ingenious lantern, so she had to walk out in the dark.

Thinking of this, Yu Moji's mind couldn't help but move. She remembered what Ling Ai had said about the "ghost path". In the walls of the Cardinal's Chamber, under the ground, there are many such secret passages.

After following Jin Niang and Yuan Yizhi to walk zigzag underground for a long time, Yu Moji's sense of direction, which he had worked hard for a long time, gradually lost his effect. She didn't even know if she was still near the Cardinal. In this situation, she can only put herself in the hands of this group of people who have made a huge difference in her life.

They eventually arrived in a naturally occurring cave.

Yu Moji roughly understood where he was.

The flat and vast landform of the imperial capital is actually the result of the accumulation of manpower from generation to generation. The rolling hills to the west and south are the nature of nature. When I heard that Yuan Yizhi went to the lecture hall to draw a map, Yu Moji took it with him and paid attention to some geological knowledge. That bit of knowledge was naturally of little use, but based on the condition of the surrounding mountains and rocks, Yu Moji could tell that they should be in a valley at the moment.

When the sergeants stationed here saw them, they didn't say a word, but silently opened an artificially set barricade, and a cold underground pool appeared in front of them.

The water is so clear that you can see not only the rocks overhead, but also the silent shadow of a giant beast underneath.

That's the armor that the Cardinal has placed underwater.

For the sake of secrecy, there was no one here but the sergeant standing outside the barricade. There was only a natural chamber formed by a karst cave around, and the door of the cave was dumbly open to this pedestrian.

Some of them were used as warehouses for machine parts. But the humid atmosphere is not conducive to the preservation of those things that are too delicate. So the Yanshi used a lot of oil to keep out the moisture. From afar, you can smell the pungent smell of the ink marks.

Jin Niang didn't care, so she only led Yu Moji into one of the rooms, hid inside, and changed into the fish skin water prepared in advance.

It's really cold in this place. When he was changing clothes, Yu Moji was so cold that he shivered involuntarily. Jin Niang didn't speak, only gave her a warm hug.

Although the two of them have very different temperaments, their bodies are actually quite similar, and at this moment they are dressed in the same water, and their hair is tightly tied up with the same silver ring, and they look very similar; It's just that Jin Niang's erect chest and confident bearing instantly separated herself from Yu Moji.

The ink marks on the frowns and eyes are only envious.

Jin Niang checked Yu Moji's equipment for the last time, and then made a "ready to go" gesture to Lu Chen and Yuan Yizhi, who had already entered the shore monitoring room, and jumped into the water like a mermaid, swinging her legs very smoothly and diving slowly.

Ink marks followed.

A thin layer of water could not stop the coldness of the pool water and the heavier and heavier water pressure on the head. Yu Moji gritted his teeth lightly, and just followed the fish-like Jin Niang in front of him.

When they were about to touch the bottom of the pool, a black shadow suddenly followed from behind Yu Moji, and without any scruples, it crossed the startled Yu Moji and went straight to Jinniang.

Jin Niang just turned her head slightly, glanced at the visitor, and continued to swim forward.

It seems that Jin Niang had expected the appearance of this person and was not surprised.

Yu Moji remained silent, only trying to look in the direction of the monitoring room on the shore. Maybe it's because the scene of the first encounter with Jin Niang is too bizarre, in Yu Moji's heart, she doesn't trust Jin Niang as much as she does with Yuan Yizhi.

Yu Moji tilted his head with some difficulty, only to realize that there was a tower-like structure above the huge body of the underwater armor. She herself was in the shadows cast by the tower.

Although she and Jin Niang were about to swim through this shadow soon, for a moment, from the location where Yuan Pingzhi and Lu Chen were, they should not be able to see the situation here.

The black shadow that silently wandered beside Jin Niang obviously deliberately seized this opportunity.

There was no movement on the shore. The pool is dark, and under the cover of the mask of the eye protector, it is difficult to see the condition on the clear water. She had no way of judging whether Yuan Pingzhi and Lu Chen knew about the existence of this black shadow.

The oppressive feeling of deep water strikes again. In the current situation, it is difficult for Yu Moji to leave Jin Niang to float alone. For the time being, she decided to take it one step at a time.

They were now very close to the huge armor underwater. The black shadow swam past Jin Niang and climbed the escalator made of iron pipes that led to the entrance to the Yanjia.

The man opened the entrance with considerable skill. At the same time, Jin Niang quickly reached out and grabbed the ink marks that were not so comfortable in the water. The three of them slipped into the armor together.

The sound of the machine running sounded dullly. The pool of water, which poured in at the same time as the three people who had entered the armor, was quickly drained out by some kind of mechanism. Despite being obscured by the goggle mask, the aftermath could see that they were in a cramped cabin.

I'm afraid this place is not as spacious as Ling Ai's carriage.

But in terms of underwater conditions, it is really difficult to preserve such a space where you can breathe smoothly. Yu Moji's knowledge of the structure of the armor has actually surpassed that of most of the reserves of the same period, so he naturally understands this matter. Rao was like this, and she couldn't imagine what kind of method the Yanshi who designed this oversized armor used to solve this problem.

She was still thinking that Jin Niang had already leaned over.

When Yu Moji was distracted, Jin Niang took the lead in taking off things like a goggle mask. These equipment can protect the snorkel well in the water, but once out of the water, it is so heavy that it is only cumbersome and uncomfortable to hang on the body.

Jin Niang reached out and wiped the water on her face and blinked her beautiful eyes. She let out a long exhale as she helped Ink Marks unload the devices, which were a bit complicated for her. She always has a kind of style between her gestures, and Yu Moji has never seen a woman who looks so good with every casual movement.

Yu Moji was embarrassed to keep staring at Jin Niang. As soon as she turned her head, she saw the dark figure on the edge of the entrance that had been resealed, and the mask was removed, revealing its true face.

It turned out to be Lao Meng.