Around seven o'clock in the morning of the seventh day.

When a super fleet of tens of thousands of players sailed out of the cavern full of alien sea monsters, about twenty kilometers later.

At the edge of the sonar display's limiting range, a large green spot of light appeared.

The area of that anomalous spot is extremely vast, nearly two kilometers in size!

Even players who have maxed out their sonar detection system will only see the end of the line when they are about to reach the edge of that spot.

And at this time, even without the help of the sonar display, everyone can see it clearly.

In the deep sea in the boundless darkness ahead, there is a large silhouette of a large building with varying heights, emitting a little light, which is very spectacular on the flat submarine plain.

A huge cylinder like a needle of the sea god was inserted straight into the center of the building, as if connecting heaven and earth!

As a matter of fact.

The other end of this cylinder is submerged in the rock formation at the top of this space, and I don't know what it does.

And as it keeps approaching.

The prompt sound of the system also sounded in the minds of many players one after another.

[System Prompt: Congratulations on arriving at the first outpost gathering place, next, I wish you a happy life!] 】

At this moment.

The tens of thousands of players who survived the catastrophe couldn't help but cheer.

In the channel communication channel, all kinds of comments expressing joy and excitement flew into the sky in an instant!

And in the pirate ship at the very front of the entire fleet group.

The first time Meng Lei saw this building, he had a sense of déjà vu.

Because the layout of the buildings here is very similar to the outpost I encountered before.

Both have a cylindrical building that rises from the center of the facility to the sky.

The only difference is.

The abandoned outpost at the time was blue on the sonar display.

The color of this gathering place is green.

But anyway.

After seven days and hardships, their group finally reached the end of this journey!

Dive to the end marked by the submarine's automatic navigation!

The first outpost gathering place within the 66671st fairway!

"Brother Lei, it's here, we're really here! Hahaha, great, it's finally here! Finally, I don't have to worry about it every day! ”

Looking at the silhouette of the building with a sense of futuristic technology in the distance, Ning Wen almost cried with joy.

"It's not easy!"

Wang Qi also sighed in an extremely complicated manner, and his heart was very excited.

This time.

Huo Ye, Chen Yu and everyone else in the pirate ship all gathered in the bridge command room.

A pair of eyes looked closely at the outpost gathering place that stood in the darkness, with an uplifted expression and a hint of complexity.

At this moment, everyone felt like they were in a different world.

Think about the time when you just crossed a few days ago, for this unknown deep sea world.

Most people are both curious and afraid.

In the cramped and dimly lit submarine, it was extremely difficult to even breathe.

Seven days, so much happened.

At the beginning, no one was sure that he would really be able to get this far.

But now.

And they did!

"This is both the end and the starting point, and to be able to come here is barely qualified to sail in this deep sea!"

Chen Yu had a pipe in his mouth.

staring at the dotted lights outside the porthole with a deep gaze, his expression was full of anticipation.

"That's right, Captain Chen is right."

Meng Lei also nodded and said seriously:

"At best, we are now out of the novice village and into the first real main city.

This unknown world has only just begun, and we must all be mentally prepared to meet greater challenges, and we must not relax! ”

Alien Alliance, Painted Skin Cult, Clown Organizations, Separatist Groups, Pirates......

All kinds of chaotic organizations and forces are mixed in this world.

And that's just a few of the things we know about so far, and we don't know how many potential threats there will be that haven't surfaced yet.

Therefore, Meng Lei maintained a certain vigilance from beginning to end.

Even, the closer he got to the gathering place, he felt a little inexplicably nervous.

However, Huo Ye and the others did not have as many worries as him.

nodded at the moment, and shouted in a high-spirited manner:

"Yes! Commander! ”

After these days of contact, Meng Lei has established absolute prestige in the hearts of everyone.

Fight side by side in an abandoned outpost, and share life and death in the face of strange tides.

In just a few days, the continuous wandering between life and death has made the cohesion of the team reach an unprecedented height.

It is no exaggeration to say.

Even in this kind of situation without any institutional constraints, the members of their small group will be suspicious of Meng Lei.

After a pause, looking at the gathering place that was getting closer and closer, Meng Lei suddenly remembered something.

Turning his head to look at Wang Qi, he said:

"By the way, you should count all the gains of the combat troops in the course of the battle just now.

Then, the mileage points rewarded by the system will be concentrated on the Guixu, which will be uniformly managed and distributed in the future, used for the development of the fleet, and then the overall number of people in the current fleet will be counted. ”

In the all-night fighting last night, the Chongming fleet, as the main force of the battle, has always been in a key position on the battlefield.

Whether it's the acquisition of mileage points or the dismantling of monster corpse materials, there is a great reward.

For the sake of the development of the fleet, these gains must not all be in the hands of the player.

Now that the fleet has just been established, various systems and systems, such as logistics and personnel, have not yet had time to be perfected.

Therefore, we can only focus on the Guixu first, and then make plans later.

"Yes!"

Wang Qi nodded heavily, didn't stay in the bridge command room for long, and walked directly to the fourth-floor berthing cabin.

Then, Meng Lei turned to look at Chen Yu again and said:

"Captain Chen, the situation in the gathering place is unknown now, everything is unknown.

You communicate with the other fleets, maintain the alliance, and share information as much as possible, which will help us understand the world as soon as possible! ”

"Hmm!"

Chen Yu spat out the smoke ring heavily, and said in a deep voice: "I have already communicated with them on the road just now, and everyone's reaction is the same, so you can rest assured." ”

Meng Lei nodded slightly, and suddenly felt that he couldn't let Chen Yu go more and more easily.

Having such a qualified chief of staff by his side can indeed save a lot of worry.

However, this matter is not something he can decide directly.

Chen Yu's stay depends on the situation in the gathering place, and everything needs to be understood first.

In the darkness, the pirate ship piloted by Meng Lei walked at the forefront of everyone.

It was followed by a dense fleet of tens of thousands of ships.

The snow-white searchlight formed a dazzling sea of stars, heading towards the complex of buildings located on the submarine plain.

Soon, a kilometer or two away in the blink of an eye.

As it approached, Meng Lei, who was standing in the porthole, could see it clearly.

In the vast complex of buildings, a large number of lighting equipment has been erected, reflecting the surrounding sea light.

Hundreds of long, narrow corridors like pipes radiate around the complex.

On the seabed between those corridors, there are many electromagnetic turrets, forming an extremely large defensive network.

One after another, large, strangely shaped submarines docked next to those pipe corridors, held in place by huge mechanical arms, as if attached to them.

Through the misty and flickering lights around it, you can vaguely distinguish it.

On the surface of the hulls of those large submarines, some unknown colored paint was used to spray bells and whistles with words and logos.

It seems to be the sign of some kind of company or power, and it looks very eye-catching.

There is no need for a reminder of the gold finger, as can be seen.

The densely arranged metal corridors should be the open-air mooring docks of this gathering place.

This was different from the abandoned outpost that Meng Lei had encountered before.

Don't say anything else.

In terms of the number of dockyards alone, there is no comparison between the two.

The size and architectural layout of this gathering place is more than several times larger than that abandoned outpost!

But it's also true.

To prepare a large gathering place for nearly 100,000 people, how can it be done on a small scale?

And depending on the scale of the complex in front of you, if you want to accommodate 100,000 people, I'm afraid it's impossible.

Meng Lei guessed.

Deep in the rock formation at the top of this space, there should be another building space in the area connected to the cylindrical facility.

Otherwise, all these 40,000 or 50,000 players are pouring in, and it is estimated that they are all crowded, let alone living here.

Between thoughts.

The pirate ship approached.

Through the headset, Meng Lei notified Xu Hui, who was driving the Shenlong nearby, and asked him to order the existing personnel of the Chongming fleet to follow the pirate ship to dock nearby to avoid dispersion.

Then, Meng Lei didn't deliberately choose which metal corridor, but randomly found a docking dock with no other submarines, and leaned over directly.

However, at this time, things changed suddenly!

As the pirate ship approached the cloister pipe with fluorescent paint and the word 58 on the top.

The green strips of light that surrounded the surroundings suddenly turned red and began to flicker wildly!

Meanwhile.

The sirens of the low Momo Lake came faintly from ahead, echoing rapidly around Dock 58.

As if some kind of ban had been triggered, security measures were put into effect.

This sudden change made Meng Lei in the porthole he was looking at suddenly stunned, completely confused.

"What's going on? Don't let it stop? ”

After Chen Yu heard the alarm from Namo Lake, he immediately walked over quickly.

Glancing at the situation outside the window, he was also at a loss.

"What's going on? Why did you start calling the police? ”

Meng Lei shook his head: "I don't know, I didn't move anything, just drive over and that's it." ”

"Could it be that this docking station is malfunctioning?"

Chen Yu took a puzzled breath and said:

"Let's go, try another place."

Meng Lei nodded, and immediately drove the submarine up, turning around and slowly approaching the No. 59 docking next to him.

However, when the Corsair came within a hundred meters of Dock 59.

The same situation happened again.

The green strip of light that surrounds the pipe inexplicably turns red.

Immediately afterward, the rumbling sirens sounded again, and security measures began to be alerted.

At this moment, Chen Yu, who was well-informed, was stunned, and he couldn't figure out the situation at all.

At this time, Meng Lei seemed to realize something.

He did not speak, and drove the submarine directly out of the range of the mooring.

As soon as the corsair was out of range of 100 meters, the alarm was immediately contacted, and everything was back to normal.

At this time, Meng Lei rushed into the earphones again and said:

"Xu Hui, you drive the Shenlong over and dock at the No. 59 docking station."

"Good!"

In the headphones, Xu Hui answered.

Then he drove the Shenlong's initial wasteland boat and slowly approached the cloister pipe of Dock 59.

Not long after, in the solemn eyes of Meng Lei and Chen Yu.

After the Shenlong submarine approached within 20 meters of the No. 59 mooring dock, a huge robotic arm next to it suddenly moved, guiding the Shenlong submarine and slowly approaching the counterpart on the metal corridor.

Immediately after, I heard Xu Hui shouting in the headphones:

"Commander, the airlock door of the Shenlong opens automatically, I ...... I think I'll be able to get off the boat! ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei and Chen Yu glanced at each other.

"Sure enough, the problem is on this pirate ship!"

Meng Lei's expression was a little solemn.

It is clear from the situation in front of you that these docking stations will not be repelled by the player's submarine.

But this pirate ship is obviously not within the acceptable range.

This is like a community parking lot, only the owner's vehicle with the license plate information can enter, and outside vehicles are not allowed to enter.

This situation was something that Meng Lei had never considered before.

"It's a little weird."

Chen Yu also frowned, took a puff of his pipe, and said, "Why don't we drive the Guixu to go in first to see the situation?" ”

As soon as the words fell.

At this time, on the center console of the Corsair, a short-distance communication application was suddenly received.

Meng Lei looked down and found that it was an unknown signal source.

"This should be a communication from the official personnel in the gathering place to verify our identity!"

Chen Yu groaned for a moment and came to such a conclusion.

Meng Lei nodded, did not hesitate, and immediately connected the communication.

In the next moment, a deep voice came from inside the megaphone.

"Who are you, identify yourself immediately! Also, where did this unregistered original Typhon come from, tell the truth! Otherwise, I have the right to sink you on the spot as spies or pirates of the Separatist organization! ”

The tone and attitude of the man was very strong and uncomfortable.

At the same time as he spoke.

Several electromagnetic batteries on the seabed near the dock also turned their muzzles and aimed at the pirate ship at the same time.

It seems that if you don't agree with each other, you will attack immediately!

Meng Lei frowned, although he felt very unhappy, he still immediately replied:

"We're players, and this submarine was found from the D12 outpost!"

Meng Lei's words were very concise, only answering the man's two questions, and he didn't say a single extra word.

In this case, it is more wrong to say more.

Moreover, Meng Lei was also quite dissatisfied with this person's attitude.

After nine deaths, I finally rushed to the gathering place, and now I didn't even get off the boat, and I was threatened when I came up.

But anyone who is a little bloody will probably not have a good face.

Meng Lei is not clear about how the system sets up the local aborigines, accepts them as players, and has an attitude towards players.

But in terms of the current situation, Meng Lei's first impression of this gathering place was very bad.

"Players?! D12 Outpost?! ”

After hearing Meng Lei's answer, the other party seemed to hesitate.

After a pause, the sound on the other end of the megaphone suddenly became much quieter, and then there was a staccato sound in the distance.

The other party seems to be using a communicator to report something to someone.

Chen Yu suddenly leaned into Meng Lei's ear and whispered:

"The people here seem to be very distrustful of us, so we have to be careful no matter what happens."

Meng Lei nodded.

At this time, Xu Hui's voice came from the earphones.

"Commander, the door to the airlock is open, but there are people standing guard in the corridor outside with guns, not letting me out, what the hell is going on?!"

Hearing this, Meng Lei and Chen Yu looked at each other, and at the same time realized that something seemed to be wrong.

The way this plot unfolds, it seems that something went wrong?

If it is said that because of the pirate ship, Meng Lei's identity has been questioned.

That Xu Hui drove the Shenlong to stop the ship, and the officials of this gathering place didn't need to point the finger at Xu Hui?

"Something is wrong! This ......"

Chen Yu frowned, and was about to say something.

Suddenly, Wang Qi's voice came out of the headphones again.

"Commander, many people in the fleet reacted, after they stopped the ship, they encountered the same situation as Xu Hui, and they were all blocked in the cabin by armed men.

Now everyone is asking us, what is the next step? ”

Hearing this, the doubts on Meng Lei and Chen Yu's faces became even heavier.

The two of them couldn't figure out what was wrong.

After thinking about it for a while, Meng Lei avoided his body, left the microphone of the center console, and whispered:

"Tell everyone not to go out yet, just stay in the submarine, and wait for the other party to take the initiative to show their intentions!"

"Good!"

Wang Qi responded.

Obviously, it's no longer a problem with Meng Lei's pirate ship.

All players have encountered similar situations, proving that the root of the problem is in this gathering place.

Therefore, at such a time, it is best to wait and see.

At this time, when Meng Lei had just finished explaining to Wang Qi.

In the loudspeaker on the center console, the muffled voice from just now sounded again.

"Please stop the ship at Dock 59 immediately, wait for inspection, and do not make any unnecessary moves during this period, otherwise we will maintain the right to fire at any time!"

"Oh!"

Hearing this, Meng Lei sighed, and then hung up the communication without saying a word.

Grandma's, endlessly, this is.

After a bloody battle all night, many people died in order to open the way to the gathering place.

I finally arrived, and I actually came up and ate a closed door first!

No one is in a good mood.

"What kind of bullshit gathering place is this, and I deliberately brushed my reputation to friendliness, just like this? Can you return it? Or is it not under the control of the Alien Alliance? ”

Lighting a cigarette, Meng Lei complained depressedly, while controlling the submarine, and slowly approached the No. 59 dock.

"I don't think the other party necessarily understands your reputation at this time."

Chen Yu held his pipe and said thoughtfully:

"Reputation is tied to submarines, but you're not talking to them as the captain of the Guiru.

So, the other party doesn't know whether your reputation is high or low, and they don't even know who you are. ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei nodded suddenly:

"yes, that seems to be the case!"

Immediately, he suddenly realized something, took a deep breath, and said with a solemn face:

"In that case, all the players' information is a blank slate for these alien natives.

The only way they can determine the player's identity is by submarine's name.

If someone robbed someone else's submarine, wouldn't it be possible to impersonate that person and replace everything he had? ”

Chen Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, nodded with a somewhat complicated gaze, and affirmed:

"As things stand, it seems to be true!

In fact, some clues can be seen from what those pirates did a few days ago. ”

Meng Lei took a hard puff of his cigarette and threw the cigarette butt on the deck.

Looking at the No. 59 dock that was getting closer and closer in front of him, he said in a deep voice:

"It's not rigorous, it's too unrigorous! It's simply a disguised encouragement of banditry! ”

Chen Yu shook his head.

The delicate pipe was slightly smoking in his hand, and his face was also gloomy.

"When I just crossed over, the system prompt that came to mind made it clear that it was a game.

At the same time, when the eyes are focused on a certain object, the text introduction that appears in front of you, as well as various miraculous functions, also proves from the side that this seems to be a game! ”

Speaking of this, Chen Yu suddenly paused, and his footsteps stood in place.

Then he continued:

But as the game progresses, the game seems to become more and more strange, closer and closer to reality.

Especially when you get this pirate ship, the communication technology that can't be connected to the Internet, the unpretentious hardware settings, all the details are reminding us.

This should be a real world, not as simple as the system says the game! ”

Meng Lei nodded, he also had the same feeling as Chen Yu.

At this time, when Meng Lei planned to continue to discuss this issue in depth with Chen Yu.

The pirate ship's hull shuddered slightly.

Only then did the two realize that they had come to the front of Dock 59.

A massive robotic arm delicately angles the pirate ship, aligning the airlock chamber hatch at the interface on the outer metal pipes.

The next moment, the huge hull froze in place.

Then, the hatch of the airlock chamber was opened from the outside, and two armed men with loaded guns stepped in through the outside passageway.

One of them was about forty or fifty years old, burly, with a full beard, and his countenance looked a little of European blood.

The other person is about 30 years old, blonde and blue-eyed, obviously Western.

Relatively speaking, the man was a little thin and felt like he had been malnourished for a long time.

The two alien natives, who were completely indistinguishable from the Blue Star people, raised their guns very vigilantly as soon as they entered the door, aiming at Meng Lei and Chen Yu who were standing in the passage.

"Which of you is the captain of this submarine? Stand out! ”

Meng Lei frowned and took a step forward.

"I am, what's the problem?!"

The bearded man frowned vigilantly, looked Meng Lei up and down, and asked:

"You say you're a gamer?"

Meng Lei nodded and said, "That's right! ”

"Where's your submarine? What is the name? The bearded man continued.

"I'm the captain of the Guixu, and the submarine is in the fourth floor of the mooring bay."

Meng Lei's answer remained succinct.

The feeling of being held at gunpoint made him very unhappy.

"Return to the Ruins?!"

Hearing this, the bearded man was slightly stunned, as if he had heard the name of Guixu.

Meng Lei did not have any surprises about this.

If the facts are as he and Chen Yu discussed just now, then these natives in the gathering place should know some information about the Guiru.

After all, how to say that the Guixu is in the 66671 channel, it is quite famous.

At least in the player community, it's everyone who knows it.

And after hearing that Meng Lei claimed to be the captain of the Guixu.

The vigilance in the bearded man's eyes suddenly weakened a little.

But he didn't completely let his guard down, and added:

"We are under the order of the Security Office of Sil City, and now we are going to search your unregistered original Typhon-class submarine, please cooperate and do not make drastic moves without authorization!"

"City of Sil...... Office of Security......"

Meng Lei heard these two words in his ears and remembered them in his heart.

He realized it immediately.

Sil City, it should be the name of this gathering place, the so-called security office, that is, the police station?

"I've been very cooperative with you throughout."

After a little hesitation, Meng Lei frowned and said, "At the same time, I also hope that you don't get too excited!"

We have traveled more than 1,000 kilometers to come here, and this is how you City of Sil treats guests? ”

Hearing this, the bearded man frowned slightly, was slightly entangled, and said in a deep voice:

"That's not our intention, there have been some problems in the alliance recently, and there have been terrorist attacks in other gathering places, which are also caused by the arrival of players, so we must be very vigilant!"

Hearing this, Meng Lei took a breath quietly, and then said:

"This ship is so big, please do it!"

As the words fell, the bearded man nodded and glanced at the thin man next to him.

Then, the two began to search carefully in the area of the first floor of the submarine, not missing a corner.

Meng Lei and Chen Yu glanced at each other, and they both had a general idea in their hearts.

It seems that on a global scale, the players in their 66671 channel are not at the forefront.

Personnel from other shipping lanes had arrived at the gathering place long before them.

Although the cause of the terrorist attack is unknown, it can probably be guessed that it is related to pirates or secessionist groups.

Otherwise, the Blue Star people finally arrived at the shelter, and they would only attack the local natives if they were sick in the brain.

"We're supposed to be lying down."

Meng Lei turned his head and whispered to Chen Yu: "Fortunately, the problem shouldn't be big, as long as it's not aimed at us." ”

"Hmm."

Chen Yu nodded and said, "But we still have to be careful, we don't know what kind of attitude these alien natives will have towards us Blue Star players, in case they use this matter as an excuse to give us a disadvantage!" ”

"Yes!"

Regarding Chen Yu's suggestion, Meng Lei also agreed very much.

The two men followed behind the two security officers, watching them search the submarine as they continued to search.

Soon, the first floor area was searched, and nothing was found.

Then, the four of them came to the second floor of the submarine.

After descending the vertical shaft, you can see the exquisite bony decorations and lavish interiors of the second-floor area.

The two officers of the Security Office were slightly stunned, as if they felt a little incredible.

Immediately, the thin-looking Westerner-looking man put away his gun and took out a notebook to record it.

"Moluok bone style décor, very valuable, in line with the style of the D12 outpost pirates......"

Meng Lei didn't have time to lean over and take a second look.

The thin man closed the notebook vigilantly and asked with a serious face:

"What are you looking at?"

Meng Lei shook his head and walked to the side with a cigarette in his mouth disapprovingly.

The four of them continued their way on, passing through the cafeteria, bar, medical cabin and other facilities.

There is nothing in these living areas on their own, so there is nothing to see.

Soon, several people arrived at the reactor room.

The bearded man seemed to be familiar with these facilities, and he didn't even wear a PUCS suit, and opened the hatch and walked straight inside.

Meng Lei and Chen Yu stood outside the door, and they saw the two people on the opposite side looking up and down the reactor for a moment, constantly muttering something.

faintly audible,

"Typhon...... 970 Series Reactor ...... Gallery Industries ......" and something like that.

Based on some of the information recorded by the thin man just now, Meng Lei probably guessed.

These two people should be making an assessment and judgment on the source of this submarine, and they want to confirm the truth of what he just said from the side.

It can be seen that the aborigines here seem to be quite vigilant.

I don't know if this is the case for them themselves, or if the terrorist attack they just mentioned has had too bad an impact on the Alliance.

This makes them extremely wary of all Blue Star players.

Especially a guy like Meng Lei who stands out from the crowd.

Everyone else drove the initial wasteland boat, but he just got a pirate ship out, which had to make people more vigilant.

However, Meng Lei didn't bother to explain this.

It's really not possible, tens of thousands of players in the entire waterway can testify for him, are you still afraid of these indigenous investigations?

Therefore, in addition to some dissatisfaction in my heart.

Actually, Meng Lei didn't have anything to worry about.

Soon, it didn't take long for the entire three floors of the submarine, including the warehouse, to be searched by two alien armed men.

In the end, even the Guiru in the fourth-floor berthing cabin was rummaged through by the two.

Wang Qi was stunned, and he didn't know what was going on.

In the end, the search was fruitless, and the two did not find anything special.

The bearded man finally put away his gun, walked up to Meng Lei, and said:

"At the moment, you don't really have any problems.

However, as the captain of this unregistered and forbidden submarine, you might as well come with us......"