"Who! Damn it! How many times have I said knock on the door before you enter the office!"

No sooner had the door been pushed open than a roar rang out from inside the room.

This room is more suitable for an exhibition hall than an office.

On the table, on the floor, on the wall, there are countless specimens of marine life and wall charts. Hammerhead sharks, mizuki, starfish, spider crabs......

Although the office is very large, it is crammed with so many things that Xinyun can't find a place to stay.

The one who roared was an old man with white hair, with his back to the doorway, sorting out a large box.

"Old Isaiah, your temper is still so hot. Xinyun smiled and replied in English as well.

Hearing Xinyun's voice, the white-haired old man straightened up suddenly, turned around quickly, and his face was full of disbelief: "Be careful with Yun?!"

Then he ignored the things on the ground, and rushed to the door with a vigorous pace that was not commensurate with his age, and gasped uncontrollably: "You...... Why did you come here all of a sudden?!Don't make a phone call beforehand!Damn!My office is so messy...... You should have told me sooner so I could clean up!"

Jiang Xiao saw that the white old man had a wrinkled face and a big hooked nose, although he looked far more than sixty years old, he did not have the sluggishness and slump of ordinary old men.

If you only look at the movements, you can't imagine his real age.

Xinyun looked at the excited look of old Isaiah and smiled: "Some...... Small situation, it is not convenient to contact you in advance. I'm here to ask for your help. ”

"Please ask me for help?" Isaiah Sr. was a little surprised, "I...... How can I help you? I'm just a civilian, and I don't have any natural abilities......"

Xinyun waved her hand: "It has nothing to do with ability." What I need your help with is your professional ability. ”

"No problem!" Old Isaiah believed that Xinyun really had something to do, and hurriedly patted his chest: "As long as I can really help, just open my mouth!"

"Thanks!" Xinyun stood on tiptoe and patted old Isaiah's tall shoulder: "You...... Are you going to just let us stand at the door?"

"No, no, of course not...... How is this possible!" Old Isaiah shook his head busily, and only then did he notice Jiang Xiao and the others standing behind Xinyun, and looked back at the messy office behind him with some embarrassment: "Wait a minute, I'll clean it up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around, holding a large water tank nearly half a person tall in the middle of the road, and easily lifted it and moved it to the corner.

There seems to be a lot of stuff in this room, but the main thing is that it's scattered. It took old Isaiah less than two minutes to easily clear a small clearing in the middle of his office. Then he rushed out of the door like a whirlwind, and soon returned to the office with four chairs on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, it's such a mess. Old Isaiah smiled apologetically, set up his chairs in the cleared space, beckoned everyone to sit down, and went to the coffee machine in the corner to pick up four cups of coffee, and delivered them to the four of them, before closing the door and sitting back in his place: "Tell me, if there is anything I can do to help." ”

"We ...... Wanted four sets of wetsuits. Xinyun took a sip of the coffee brought by old Isaiah and nodded with satisfaction: "But it's not an ordinary soft wetsuit, but a reloaded hard atmospheric wetsuit." It's hard to come by in the market, and it's too ostentatious. I'm worried that I'll be discovered by the enemy, so I'll have to come to you. ”

"Atmospheric wetsuit?" Old Isaiah was stunned for a moment, but was quickly attracted by another word in Xinyun's words: "Wait, you just said ...... Enemy?"

"Hmm. Enemy. Xinyun nodded: "An organization called the Academy." But you've been busy tinkering with your sea creatures all day, and you don't have much contact with the other Awoken, so you probably haven't interacted with them. ”

"Academy?" Old Isaiah shook his head blankly, indicating that he had indeed not heard the name: "They...... Why should I be your enemy?"

"This kind of thing...... You still don't want to know as well. Xinyun sighed softly: "It's not that I don't want to tell you. Isaiah, Sr., you have always been one of my most trusted people, and I have always known that you are only obsessed with your oceanographic research and have nothing to do with the other Awakened. I'm not telling you, I'm just trying to protect you. The more you know, the more dangerous it is for you. ”

"This ......" old Isaiah was about to retort, but was interrupted by Xinyun: "Besides, even if I tell you, you may not know what is going on." Have you heard of ...... Seeds?"

Old Isaiah shook his head again with a blank look on his face.

"Look, you don't know anything, and it doesn't make sense for me to tell you. Xinyun smiled: "So, don't ask so much, just help us prepare what we want." ”

"Okay. Old Isaiah shrugged: "So...... How deep do you want it to be? If it's just the usual 300 meters deep, I think with the physical fitness of the Awakened, you can also achieve it with a soft wetsuit. But if it's a 500-meter deep ...... I'm ...... here."

He raised his head and thought, "It seems that there are only two sets of free ones." If you want to make up four sets, I'm afraid you have to wait for a scientific research ship to come back. ”

"How long will it take to get back to ...... Wait! What are you talking about?500 meters?" Xinyun was suddenly stunned: "The maximum diving depth is only 500 meters?"

"What do you mean only?" Old Isaiah looked a little unhappy: "Do you know how great the water pressure is at a depth of 500 meters? Do you need to resist such a large water pressure, and how high the structural strength is required? Universities and marine scientific research institutions in all countries in the world, all the hard diving suits that can reach a depth of 500 meters will not exceed 100 sets combined!"

"Damn!" Xinyun turned her head to look at Jiang Xiao with a bitter face: "I...... It seems to have been miscalculated. ”

Jiang Xiao also heard of this kind of thing for the first time, and he also frowned and asked old Isaiah, "That...... Do you have the equipment to dive deeper?"

"How deep? ”

"A thousand...... About 700 meters. ”

"That can't be. There is no hard wetsuit in the world that can reach this depth. Old Isaiah immediately shook his head without the slightest hesitation: "God, what are you going to do in such depths!"

"Go and find ...... Something. Jiang Xiao could only answer vaguely.

"This kind of depth, no wetsuit can reach, let go of your illusions. Old Isaiah easily shattered Jiang Xiao's illusions: "If you just want to find something, machines will be more efficient than humans." I have a deep-sea exploration robot here that can work up to 2,000 meters, which should be able to meet your needs. It's also safer, as you only need to control it remotely from the controls and screens on board. ”

"...... robot?" Jiang Xiao and Xinyun glanced at each other and shook their heads: "No." We had to go underwater, get there. ”

In the records left by Ziyan, it was clearly stated that she relied on the spiritual induction of the seed to find the correct direction smoothly. And the opening of the seed will also open because it senses the identity of the awakened. If it were a remotely controlled deep-sea robot alone, it would be impossible to find the seed at all.

Let alone...... Their purpose is to get inside the seed and find what is hidden in it!

"Is there any other solution?" Jiang Xiao still didn't give up, and asked with a frown.

"If that's the case...... Then you can only use deep-sea submersibles. Old Isaiah thought for a moment, "I have one, but I'm on my way to sea, and I won't be back until a week." And...... It has a rated crew of only three people. ”

"Three...... That's fine, it's better than nothing. Xinyun thought about it, and it seemed that this was the only solution: "So...... We'll be waiting for you here for a week. ”

"Wait!" Jiang Xiao immediately asked a sharp question: "This deep-sea submersible ...... How big?"

"How big?" Old Isaiah was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at his office: "If it's just the main body, probably this office of mine can be put down." After all, most of the maintenance equipment is installed on the ship, which can reduce the size of the submersible as much as possible. ”

"And ...... Boat?" Jiang Xiao sighed heavily.

This ...... Maybe it's really troublesome.

"Of course, there must be supporting ships to work! What do you think is that? A nuclear submarine that stays at the bottom of the sea for several months once it leaves the port?" Old Isaiah didn't seem to expect Jiang Xiao to ask such a ridiculous question, and his eyes widened: "Do you think this thing can be driven to the operational sea area by itself!"

"Okay, I see. Jiang Xiao nodded, raised his eyes to look at Xinyun, and also had a headache on his face.

Submersibles alone are already troublesome enough, not to mention ...... There is also a supporting research ship!

According to old Isaiah, without a research ship, the submersible would not have worked!

If the location of that seed is in some part of the ocean, it's not a big problem.

But now, the target is Lake Baikal, deep in the hinterland of Russia's Far Eastern Siberia!

How do you get such a big thing there?

The academy is such a huge organization, I'm afraid that as soon as there is a move here, it will be known there.

Jiang Xiao's advantage is that the academy still doesn't know the specific location of the seed, and it doesn't know their next trip, so they can only follow closely behind them and pursue step by step.

And to get a ship from the sea into Lake Baikal, not to mention whether it can be done or not. Even if it could, it would be a huge undertaking. Doing so is tantamount to directly exposing the location of the seed to the eyes of the academy.

"Damn......" Xinyun sighed: "I'm afraid...... We'll have to think of something else. ”

"What's wrong?" Old Isaiah looked at Xinyun puzzled, "Didn't I say that in a week, the ship will be back." Don't worry, I have enough authority to let you go wherever you want to go. ”

"Really?" Jiang Xiao looked at old Isaiah with a wry smile: "But what if...... If it's not the sea?"

"It's not...... So why do you want such a high depth index?"

Old Isaiah was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reacted, his eyes widened: "You want to use it on Lake Baikal?!"

"Yes. Jiang Xiao spread his hands: "So, do you have the ability to send this guy to Lake Baikal?"

"This ...... How is this possible!" Old Isaiah shook his head quickly, "Do you think it's a toy that you can carry with you in your bag......?" Wait......"

He suddenly stopped talking, tilted his head and thought about it, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face: "What if...... Can you find someone...... No, that can't be!"

"Whatever comes to mind, say it. Even if it's something you think is impossible. Xinyun keenly captures the mystery of the old Isaiah's words: "Even if it's just the slightest possibility, let's try it." ”

"Hmm......" Old Isaiah hesitated, but nodded and said, "About three years ago, I once broke down on a road in the suburbs. It was late at night, my phone was out of battery, there was no way to call for help, and there was no car passing by for a long time. It was an unlucky night, and I thought I was going to spend the night in the car. ”

"It was winter, damn it, for the first time I knew that winter nights on the southwest coast could be so cold. Since I couldn't turn on the air conditioner, I wrapped myself tightly and huddled in the car waiting for the sunrise. ”

"Daze, I fell asleep. But not long after, I was woken up by the sound of a car horn. It was a kind young man who got out of the car and asked me if I needed help. God, I look like the kind of idiot who would feel more comfortable sleeping in a car on the side of the road late at night than in a warm bed at home!"

"I just wanted to borrow his phone so I could call the towing center, but he refused. He said he couldn't let an old man wait any longer on a night like this, let me get in his car, and he drove me straight home. ”

"Of course I turned him down. How could I just leave my car behind? But he just smiled, told me to get out of the car, and pressed one hand on the hood of my classic car. ”

"And then ......"

Old Isaiah raised his head and looked at Jiang Xiao and Xinyun: "I think, you should be able to guess what happened later, right? That's right, my car is shrinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it is as small as a model! An incomparably delicate model that has not lost a single detail!"

He stretched out his hand and gestured with his thumb and forefinger: "Look, it's so big!"

I was stunned, and realized that he was also an Awakened One, and that he had such amazing abilities. I pocketed my car, got into his car, and let him take me all the way home. In my garage, he asked me to take out the classic car, which had been reduced to a model, and put it on the ground and point it with one finger. God, I watched the car change back to its original shape!"

Jiang Xiao and Xinyun glanced at each other excitedly.

"In other words, as long as we find this person, we will be able to take the research ship to Lake Baikal without attracting anyone's attention, right?" Xinyun nodded and said to old Isaiah.

"Yes. But......" Isaiah Sr. spread his hands, "You know, I have little to do with the other Awakened Ones. More precisely, I hate the Awakened. Well, except for the heart rhyme you. So, I just thanked him, but didn't leave any contact information for him. And you know...... How big is California, how big is the population? On such a large scale, looking for an awakened person with a specific ability is simply looking for a needle in a haystack. ”

"At least we have seven days left. At least we have hope. Xinyun thought for a moment: "At present, it seems that this is the only way, to find the awakened person who has the ability to shrink." Tell me a little bit more about him. ”

"Good. Old Isaiah frowned and recalled, "He ...... It's not very old, it looks like it's less than thirty years old, and it's very ...... In the words of your young people, it's a hip-hop feeling. He had a gold chain around his neck, and lip studs, maybe three or four, and there was no music in his car that day, but some kind ......of talk show, I guess something like a talk show, but it wasn't English, or Spanish, or German, or French, so I couldn't understand a word, but he listened to it with relish, and he burst out laughing from time to time. ”

"Wait......" Jiang Xiao's eyes widened sharply and asked, "The kind of language you said you didn't understand...... Isn't that so?"

He hurriedly switched to Chinese, learning the tone of a certain teacher Guo: "Excuse me, uncle, how to get to the United States?—— then who knows!

"Is that so?" Jiang Xiao looked at old Isaiah expectantly.

"It should ...... That's right. Old Isaiah closed his eyes and recalled, nodding affirmatively: "That's pretty much how it feels." Don't...... This is Chinese?"

"So, that young man is a black man?" Jiang Xiao slapped his thigh: "Why didn't you say such an important one earlier!"

"I ...... Didn't you say that?" Old Isaiah frowned and shook his head, remembered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Ah...... You know, the political correctness here in California is ...... So it's rare to mention someone else's skin color...... It's a habit. ”

"This is really ......" Jiang Xiao smiled at Xinyun: "There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it." ”