As the floodgates slowly opened, Meng Lei finally took his first step into the deep sea.

When he was immersed in the deep sea more than 2,000 meters below sea level, Meng Lei's first feeling was first of all boundless cold.

Secondly, there is the eternal depth of darkness.

In the eye, there is not a trace of light at all, it is completely pure darkness, and you can't see your fingers.

It's as if you're in a dark-lit room, holding an eye patch and blindfolding your eyes.

In a trance, there is even an illusion that people can't feel their own existence, and there is an inexplicable panic.

It's a terrible feeling, and if you're in this state for a long time, it's easy to have big problems!

After a short period of composure, Meng Lei hurriedly turned on the light on the hood of the wetsuit.

A miserable white pillar of light shot out from above his head, tearing through the black curtain in an instant, dispelling the uneasiness that shrouded Meng Lei's heart.

Although looking into the distance through the mask, the depths were still dark and unknown, but this shallow light brought Meng Lei a rare sense of security.

Holding the metal outer wall of the submarine with one hand, Meng Lei took a deep breath.

"This deep-sea environment is really terrifying, just the step of getting out of the cabin and launching into the water, I'm afraid it will stop most people!"

"Deep-sea phobia, in particular, probably would rather sit and wait in a submarine than take a step out of the hatch."

"It seems that the difficulty of surviving in this survival game is more difficult than I thought before!"

Meng Lei sighed secretly, and then stopped thinking about it.

Now is not the time for unfounded concern.

After leaving the cockpit of the submarine, his golden finger can be said to have lost most of its effectiveness.

The point is that in the absence of a sonar detection system, even if there is a danger approaching in the dark, he will not be able to know it in the first place.

Therefore, it is important not to stay too much outside the submarine!

With his arms sliding slightly, he wandered around the submarine for a moment, and simply adapted to the way he dived in the deep sea.

Meng Lei found that the system seemed to be invisible, and had given him the corresponding diving skills.

Even he, a landlubber who has never been to the beach, can skillfully make all kinds of complex diving movements, as if he has turned into instinct.

Meng Lei secretly figured out that this should be a unified rule in the game.

Otherwise, if you throw a person with no diving experience into the depths of the ocean, it will not be a deep-sea survival, but a red . Naked murder!

Although the current situation is actually similar to murder......

After a minute, Meng Lei felt that he was completely familiar with the diving technique, and then he didn't delay any longer, and slowly swam towards the bottom of the submarine, the raised reef mountain with a dark brown color.

According to the sonar detection system, the anomaly where the iron ore is present is at the entrance to the seabed fissure immediately below the reef mountain.

It was only about thirty or forty meters away from where he was now.

Under the bleak white light of the submarine searchlight, Meng Lei was like a heavy metal swimming fish, swimming slowly in the dim light according to the direction in his memory.

As he advanced, he subconsciously approached the reef mountain next to him.

Because apart from this reef mountain, there is an empty void all around, and you can't see anything, which makes you feel extremely insecure.

Involuntarily, panic will breed in the heart.

Instinct allowed him to be as close as possible to everything he could rely on in this desolate and barren depth.

And as Meng Lei continued to advance, the light from the submarine searchlight gradually faded.

Boundless darkness, pervasive like ink, engulfed everything once more.

By the time Meng Lei descended to the bottom of the reef mountain, the submarine searchlight had completely lost its effect.

Look up.

In the dim distance, there was only a white point of light, which seemed to be fading away under the impetus of the current.

That weird feeling, like watching yourself fall step by step into the bottomless abyss, is creepy.

Meng Lei's breathing suddenly became rapid, and the inexplicable sense of panic made him tremble unconsciously.

"No, you have to finish your work quickly and get back to the submarine as soon as possible, this deep sea environment is too terrifying, it's not a place for people to stay at all!"

Taking a deep breath, Meng Lei withdrew his gaze and tried his best to calm his emotions.

By this time, he had reached the bottom of the reef mountain, and his feet were on the hard and cold seabed.

Through the light cast by the overhead lamp, I glanced around, but found no trace of iron ore.

At the same time, the entrance to the seabed fissure was not seen.

Meng Lei frowned and swam again, walking half a circle around the reef mountain.

Finally, on the other side of the mountain, I found the entrance to the seabed rift, which was three or four meters wide.

The vast and complex seabed fissures that stretch from the distant darkness are at the end of the sea.

Meng Lei stood at the edge of the rift and looked down.

The dark seabed fissure is bottomless, and from time to time a series of bubbles surge up, and it is impossible to see what kind of scene is in the deepest part of the darkness, and what unknown existence lurks.

This kind of cramped and unknown environment is normally intimidating for all but those who are adventure enthusiasts.

But at this time, Meng Lei had no choice.

Fortunately, the sonar detection system did not detect any threat in this rift.

This made Meng Lei feel a lot more at ease.

Suppressing the fear in his heart for the time being, Meng Lei carefully swung his double. legs, slowly sneaking in from the entrance to the chasm.

The pale light reflected on the bare rock face, reflecting a deep sheen.

A dark brown iron ore mixed with a slight glimmer of crystalline light was very abruptly exposed to a corner of the rock wall, and was easily captured by Meng Lei.

"Found it!"

Meng Lei's heart perked up, and he hurriedly swam towards the pile of iron ore.

"This must be the thing, right? It's really strange where it grows! ”

Through the glass shell on the hood of the diving suit, Meng Lei took a closer look at the pile of iron ore and found that it was only the size of an adult's head.

If it weren't for the difference in color and the nearby rock wall, it would not be easy to spot this thing in such a dark environment.

(A pile of resource-poor iron ore is about two or three units in size.) ）

As his gaze focused on the iron ore, a pale golden system prompt resurfaced.

Now that he had found the target, Meng Lei no longer hesitated, directly took off the hand-held mining tool from his waist, and pressed the button on the ore pile in front of him.

The hand-held mining tool that comes with it is actually similar in appearance to a small mini cutter, which is very easy to operate.

Just point the sawtooth at the target mineral and press the button directly.

A slight humming sound accompanied by vibrations centered on the hand-held mining tools radiated outwards in the form of water waves.

Half a minute later, a fist-sized piece of ore was detached from the pile.

[System Prompt: Obtain Iron Ore*1]

When Meng Lei stretched out his hand to catch the iron ore, the mechanical and ethereal system prompt suddenly echoed in his mind.

The voice appeared very abruptly, and in this dark and terrifying environment, Meng Lei was so frightened that he almost threw away the iron ore that he had just arrived.

"Holy! It's hairy, it's scary, and it's not so scary! ”

Meng Lei scolded angrily.

Then he took a deep breath and quickly and carefully put the hard-won iron ore into his backpack.

Beneath your feet is a deep seabed fissure, and you can't see the bottom at all.

If the heavy iron ore fell down in such a free fall, it would give Meng Lei another hundred dares, and he would not dare to dive in to salvage it, the environment would be too terrible.

In fact, if it weren't for this prompt suddenly sent out by the system, Meng Lei would have almost forgotten that this was a survival game.

Whether it's visuals or environmental senses, everything is so real that it's no different from a real world.

With the first piece of iron ore mined by his own hands in his pocket, Meng Lei settled down and continued to work on the remaining ore piles.

After about a minute, the pile of ore the size of a human head was finally divided by Meng Lei, and he also harvested two iron ores.

Overall, this pile of ore provided him with a total of three units of iron ore.

It's a little short of the five parts of iron ore needed for a freshwater extractor, but it's a good start.

In addition, the ten-grid backpack that comes with the diving suit, five units of each resource will occupy one square of space, which also saves Meng Lei a lot of trouble.

After pocketing all three iron ores, Meng Lei looked at the oxygen balance of the diving suit.

Twelve minutes had passed since he had entered the water.

Eighteen minutes remain in the current oxygen level.

The pattern of oxygen consumption in the wetsuit appears to be calculated in terms of time, not the volume of the oxygen cylinder.

Otherwise, his series of mood swings just now will inevitably increase the consumption of oxygen and shorten the use time.

But now, the remaining oxygen content can still last for 18 minutes, and the consumption pattern is self-evident.

Relatively speaking, this is also good news.

Next, Meng Lei did not stay too long at the entrance of this seabed rift.

The deep and dark cracks in the bottom of the sea brought him an extremely unsettling feeling.

He always felt that in the deepest part of the darkness that the light could not reach, there was something faintly watching, and it might suddenly appear at any moment and drag him into the bottomless abyss.

Although this is just his delusion, no one can guarantee that it will not happen.

Return the way you came.

As it continued to rise, the searchlight of the submarine gradually dispelled the darkness, and the uneasiness that enveloped me gradually receded.

When the gate closes, the infinite water pressure disappears with all kinds of negative emotions.

Meng Lei let out a long breath and sat weakly in the airlock chamber, his eyes glazed, and his whole person was a little prostrate.

The short dive of ten minutes brought him an unforgettable experience.

If he had a choice, he would never want to step out of the hatch again!

But reason reminded him that what he had just experienced was only the beginning......