In the dark.

Ugly-looking gray algae crawlers, like hungry ghosts crawling out of the abyss of hell, saw delicacies that exuded a mesmerizing fragrance.

Crazy, greedy, fearless of death,

Towards the only light source in the darkness, it roared away.

The bloated bodies were extremely fast, and under the searchlight, they broke through the water and turned into black shadows.

As it advances, there is a piercing screech.

The sound pierced through the sea, reached the surface of the submarine, and then echoed in the cabin, making the scalp tingle of those who listened.

Meng Lei calmly piloted the submarine, and while diving, he quickly retreated.

constantly distanced itself from the creeper group above,

In order to ensure that several people in the artillery control room can have enough firing range and space for continuous firepower output.

And Simon and the others did not live up to Meng Lei's expectations.

The electromagnetic turret and the machine-gun turret roared wildly, emitting a shocking humming sound.

A series of bullets and shells wrapped in bubbles, under the reflection of the searchlight on the top of the submarine, whizzed vertically and horizontally, interweaving into a dense and brilliant network of firepower.

The first few creepers to rush into the area of fire coverage,

As soon as he appeared, he was immediately cut off by a dense rain of bullets and shot on the spot!

I have to say that Hawke's shooting level is indeed extremely exquisite.

In the past, when Meng Lei and Huo Ye controlled the turret, they purely used powerful firepower output to suppress the sea monster.

And Hawke is different,

His shooting method is mostly point-fired, and he will never waste a single shell easily.

And the prediction of the sea monster's actions is also quite accurate.

Although it is not as exaggerated as the bullet without a false hair,

But after the first round of volleys, half of the six creepers killed by everyone were killed by Hawke alone!

It's enough to see that this guy's artillery control skills are superb!

"Lao Huo! Well done! ”

Huo Ye clearly saw the scene of Hawke easily killing the creeper through the periscope, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Hans's evaluation of you is really not a little watery, you play with the electromagnetic cannon in your hand, it is really amazing!"

Hearing this, Hawke didn't react much,

Still sticking his head to the periscope, he kept shooting at the crawlers wandering around,

At the same time, he said a sentence:

"My surname is Ho, my surname is Barham."

Hearing this, Huo Ye suddenly scratched his head in embarrassment, and said with a smile:

"Ahaha, huh? I still think we're our family......"

As soon as the words fell, Meng Lei's roar came from the earphones:

"Ten o'clock in front of the top, two o'clock in the back, two groups of nearly twenty creepers, ready to shoot!"

"Laser ready, there's a creeper coming down there!"

Hearing this, everyone immediately turned their guns and hit the searchlight in the direction pointed out by Meng Lei.

When the snow-white pillar of light tears through the black curtain,

In the dimness, I saw a large dense shadow, passing in front of me.

Hawke and Huo Ye were one of them controlling the electromagnetic turret, and the other was controlling the machine gun turret, and immediately pressed the firing button without hesitation.

Several long tongues of fire swept away in the darkness.

Vast expanses of blood spread out, staining the surrounding sea with scarlet!

Simon, who was staying by the laser battery, was always paying close attention to the environment at the bottom of the submarine.

After seeing a creeper circling the sea below, attempting to attack from the bottom.

Simon's rugged face, full of beards, suddenly showed a hideous smile.

"Die!

Dirty and ugly reptiles, let Lao Tzu go to hell! ”

With a hysterical roar, a dazzling three-pronged laser shot out.

This laser weapon, which does not have any delay, although it cannot shoot continuously, has a ridiculously high hit rate.

At the moment of shooting, the creeper sea monster directly exposed to the muzzle of the gun was easily pierced, leaving only a black and charred hole at the edge, and all organs and bones were completely dissolved!

However, while several men were on fire, a large number of creeper corpses were left nearby.

But there are too many of these monsters.

With only two shipborne batteries on top of the submarine, it is simply impossible to intercept all the sea monsters at the same time.

In the end, it was inevitable that nearly ten sea monsters broke through the fire blockade of the two Hawkes and lay on the submarine hull of the Sea Locust.

Then, with its bloody mouth full of sharp teeth, it began to gnaw frantically at the hull.

"Sonorous!"

"Zila......"

……

Meng Lei sat in the command room of the bridge, and clearly heard the sound of scratching and rubbing against metal from above his head.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

The voice was extremely harsh,

In the dark deep-sea environment all around, you can't help but feel your scalp tingle.

however

Meng Lei didn't show any panicked look, and his expression was extremely determined.

The arm was gently raised and rested next to the central console, an obvious newly installed precision instrument.

At the top of the device, there is a red button.

In the dimly lit cabin, the scarlet was so striking that it seemed to drip blood.

Meng Lei put his palm on it, staring at the sonar map, the few anomalies that swam back and forth around the submarine.

At a certain moment,

When most of the anomalies are clinging to the hull of the submarine.

In the headphones, the shouts of Huo Ye and Huo Ke came at the same time.

"Commander, those monsters have run into the blind spot, you can't see them, hurry up and get rid of them!"

"Captain, the creeper has stuck to the boat, immediately dive urgently!"

Hearing this, Meng Lei smiled slightly.

But he did not follow Hawke's reminder and manipulate the submarine to sink.

The palm of the hand on the red button pressed down slightly.

The next moment.

A powerful electric current surged out from all around the electromagnetic coil device on the top of the submarine!

The blue-white electric light shines in an instant,

Then it covered the surface of the submarine's hull, as if forming a protective film, and the entire submarine shook slightly.

It's just for a moment, though.

But Huo Ye and Huo Ke clearly saw through the periscope the scene of a powerful electric current bursting out in the seawater.

Even if that scene was short, it was incomparably gorgeous!

pause,

The crawlers who were lying on the submarine and frantically gnawing on the shell immediately convulsed as if they were having an epilepsy.

The bloated and ugly body began to spasm uncontrollably, stretching to a state of extreme distortion.

Subsequently, the body begins to stiffen.

The gnawing action stopped, and the piercing scratching sound disappeared.

Everything was quiet.

Seeing this scene, the taciturn Hawke's unchanged expression suddenly showed a touch of surprise.

"Solenoid coil?! An electromagnetic coil was actually installed on this ship? ”

Simon's periscope vision was underneath the submarine, so he didn't see the current blooming just now.

Hawk's whispering voice could be heard from the headphones, and Simon was also surprised:

"Solenoid coil, this device is not cheap!

Unexpectedly, the equipment on this original Typhon boat is quite complete! ”

Solenoid coils are indeed a bit expensive.

Nearly one-third of the 40,000 yuan spent on refitting submarines was swallowed up by this thing.

However, the effect is also quite significant.

Nearly a dozen creepers, who had used the shell of the Sea Locust as a teething stick, were treated with electric shocks.

Although he did not die, he was temporarily paralyzed.

At least for a short period of time, I will definitely not be able to move freely.

One hit to the top,

At that moment, Meng Lei drove the submarine very decisively.

Quickly distance yourself from the creepers who were stiff, floating in the sea and twitching, powerless to resist.

Then he shouted into the headphones:

"Shoot now and wipe out the remnants of the enemy! Brothers, five thousand marks are coming soon! ”

Don't wait for Meng Lei to speak.

Hawk, who was experienced in combat, pressed the launch button of the electromagnetic turret as soon as the creeper was exposed to the firing range.

The thick barrel rumbles and bursts out with deadly murder!

The hit rate of moving targets is about 70 or 80 percent, and it is naturally not a problem to hit this kind of fixed target.

Even Huo Ye howled excitedly and fired wildly at those corpse creepers.

Soon, with the cooperation of the two.

Seven or eight creepers drank and hated one after another, and their corpses were beaten to pieces.

At this time, the few surviving creepers in the tribe seemed to realize that something was wrong.

This small but well-armed iron bump doesn't seem to be as easy to bully as others, and it's a tough nut to crack.

The few remaining creepers immediately turned around and retreated desperately towards the rock dome at the top of the cavity.

Seeing this, Hawke immediately reminded:

"Captain, these creepers are going to run, get up to the surface urgently, and kill them all!

Otherwise, the completion of the task will be greatly reduced! ”

"Hmm!"

Meng Lei replied in a deep voice, and then controlled the submarine to chase upward.

Time

The power of the water pump in the ballast tank is running to the limit!

A large amount of seawater is expelled, and buoyancy comes into play.

Like a balloon mixed with hydrogen, the Sea Locust soared into the air and pursued the fleeing creepers.

In fact, there was no need for Hawke's reminder, and Meng Lei didn't plan to let go of these creepers who fled in a hurry.

Because it has been clearly stated in the mission introduction,

Ask the executor to kill all the sea monsters, not even the hatchlings.

This is enough to prove that the ultimate goal of this mission is to kill them all!

For the sake of insurance, Meng Lei will naturally carry out the requirements of the task.

But then again, it was the first time in so many days that he had seen a situation where the alien sea monster would flee on its own initiative.

apparently

These terrifying and ugly creatures not only have the instinct to kill and prey, but also have a certain degree of intelligence.

At the very least, the basic sense of crisis is still there.

Between chasing and fleeing, before the sea locust is about to reach the top,

The last few creepers were finally wiped out.

At this time, the sea locust was only thirty or forty meters away from the rock formation at the top of the cavity.

By the light of the searchlight, Meng Lei could faintly see,

The majestic rock wall above your head is dotted with holes of various sizes, like honeycombs.

It was pitch black inside, and I couldn't see anything clearly.

Even sonar detection systems, because of the complex environment, cannot present too detailed images.

This exterminated creeper race apparently came out of this.

Meng Lei couldn't help but be curious,

What are these dense holes connected to?

In this regard, Simon put on his wetsuit and explained:

"These holes are already there, and they are complex, and it's easy to get lost.

In order to investigate the environmental and ecological structure, the alliance has awarded many bounty tasks.

However, due to the limited oxygen content of the diving suit, only about two kilometers of cave structure was drawn, and the investigation was forced to stop.

As for where these caves eventually lead, no one knows to this day. ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei's curiosity couldn't help but become heavier.

But he also knows that no matter how curious he is, he can only hold it in his heart.

The alliance is helpless in the ocean cave, what trick can he, an alien who has just arrived here, do?

And now is not the time for curiosity.

If you don't pick up the corpses of the creepers outside, they'll all sink into the trench.

That's all money!

There are more than twenty creepers, and they can be sold for two thousand yuan, which is worth nearly half of the mission bounty!

Present

Huo Ye, Simon and Hawke, including Xu Hui and Jia Quan, who fought on the boat.

Several people put on their diving suits, and one person took a hand-held thruster and went out of the cabin.

Then

Hans, who was actively preparing for the battle in the electrical room and was always ready for emergency repairs, came to the command room.

watched Meng Lei connect the handheld tablet to the center console, and then called up the battle footage captured by the submarine's external camera and uploaded it to the mission system.

Hans opened his mouth and said:

"Captain, the difficulty of this clean-up task has exceeded the estimated level, and it can fully reach the minimum B-level standard.

Therefore, when submitting a task, you can apply to the alliance to increase the bounty amount.

Don't forget that. ”

Worried that Meng Lei would take on the mission for the first time, he didn't know the details.

Hanster rushed over to remind Meng Lei.

Meng Lei nodded abruptly and expressed his gratitude.

Then he asked curiously:

"Just the encounter of these twenty or thirty sea monsters, can the difficulty reach B level?

How do I feel relaxed? ”

It's not that he's arrogant, but he really feels that way.

From the outbreak to the end, the whole battle only lasted no more than five minutes.

Before even a single ammo box could be filled, dozens of creepers were all killed.

It may be an exaggeration to say that it is effortless, but it is really not that difficult.

If this level of mission can reach the level of B.

As a full-time bounty hunter, it seems to be quite quick to make money.

"This number of sea monsters is not small!"

Hearing this, Hans couldn't help but smile and explained:

"Under normal circumstances, the number of sea monsters in C-level difficulty should be kept below twenty.

The reason why we were able to easily solve all the sea monsters was that the electromagnetic coil played a huge role. ”

After a pause, he looked at Meng Lei's eyes still with a little doubt.

Hans continues:

"For any submarine, once it gets close to a sea monster, it is extremely deadly!

Due to the limited firing angle of the ship's weapons, it is impossible to remove the monsters lying on the surface of the hull.

At this time, it is necessary for the security officer to go out of the cabin to fight.

If there are fewer sea monsters outside the cabin, it may not be too dangerous.

And once you are close to a large number of sea monsters, the possibility of being able to escape after leaving the cabin is very small.

But it is not enough to clean up without leaving the cabin, because the fangs and sharp teeth of these sea monsters will soon tear apart the hull shell of the submarine.

When the time comes, the trouble will be even greater!

Therefore, thanks to the electromagnetic coil this time, we were able to complete the task so easily and smoothly.

Otherwise, this number of sea monsters is really a bit tricky! ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei nodded suddenly.

It seems that the decision to install an electromagnetic coil was quite correct.

If you give up the equipment transformation in this area for the sake of the remaining more than 10,000 yuan, maybe this time you will be disadvantaged and come up to suffer a big loss!

As soon as he thought of this, Meng Lei couldn't help but feel a little proud.

Meizizi uploaded the battle footage captured by the submarine and the data record of the sonar system at that time to the mission system of the handheld tablet.

Then, in the task feedback, the situation at that time was described in detail and the details were carefully explained.

Finally, gently press the submit button.

The Sea Locust's first bounty mission, this is considered complete.

However, after the task is submitted, the alliance still needs to review it, and it cannot give a conclusion in time.

Meng Lei was not in a hurry.

Taking advantage of this time, he drove the submarine around the neighborhood.

Let Simon and the others salvage as many of the creeper's corpses left in the nearby waters as possible, and then throw them into the ballast tanks.

However, since too long has passed since the battle.

Many of the creeper's corpses were carried away by the current, and some sank into the trench at the bottom of the cavity.

In the end, less than fifteen corpses were recovered.

In the end, it can be sold for about 1,500 marks, which is an additional gain.

When Simon and the others returned to the cabin, the Sea Locust continued to set sail.

At this time, the alliance also came to a conclusion on the mission review.

Based on the evidence provided by the battle video and the statistics of the outliers in the sonar system, the alliance finally rated this hunting mission, which was estimated to be C-level difficulty, to B-class.

The original bounty of 5,000 marks was increased to 6,500 marks.

Counting the income from the creeper's corpse, the income from this bounty task alone made Meng Lei earn nearly 8,000 yuan!

Other than that

After completing the mission, the Alliance also awarded 25 reputation points.

Along with the 6,500 marks, it was simultaneously credited to Meng Lei's personal account.

It's easy, 8,000 to hand.

At this moment, looking at the balance and prestige of his personal account, Meng Lei's mood was extremely wonderful.

And Hans and Charlie looked at Meng Lei with a hint of envy.

Only twelve hours after leaving Ciel City, the reward for completing a bounty mission was higher than their monthly commission.

That's why there are a lot of people who would rather take risks and go to sea to become bounty hunters.

The risks and benefits are directly proportional.

Again,

Crises and opportunities coexist, and there will never be a free lunch in the world.

In fact, crewmembers like Hans also have a bounty hunter dream.

The reason why I am willing to take the risk of going to sea with a ship is also because the commission for going to sea is several times higher than that of a job in the city!

and only go to sea with the boat,

They have the opportunity to save enough money to buy a submarine of their own.

Otherwise,

Even if you work in the city for half your life, you may not be able to save so much money.

The point is that an ordinary submarine freshly baked from a shipyard is a bare ship, and it is almost impossible to perform some high-yield tasks.

Before heading out into the deep seas, it has to go through a series of upgrades and modifications.

Again, that's quite a huge expense.

So

These various messy thresholds have invisibly cut off most people's bounty dreams.

I can only watch others make money, looking forward to the day when I can realize my dreams.

Ten o'clock in the evening.

After leaving the small cavity area, the Sea Locust continued towards the Molten Stronghold.

The sea area where the submarine is currently located is still nearly seventy kilometers away from the coordinate point where the mission of the Swift Menglong's Lair is located.

At normal speed, it would have to take at least five or six hours.

Meng Lei decided to leave one officer on duty to keep vigil in the bridge command room, and let the others go to rest first.

When the boat arrived at the place, it stopped nearby.

The task is not in a hurry, and only when you have a good rest can you have sufficient physical strength and mental work.

And today's night watchman, for the time being, let Jia Quan serve first.

After the arrangement was made, everyone dispersed and went back to their respective crew rooms to sleep.

Meng Lei also came to the captain's room.

Hold a magazine about the marine environment and fill up your knowledge before you go to sleep.

Until a thick tiredness hits,

Before he knew it, he was leaning on the soft pillow and fell asleep.

……

Two o'clock in the morning.

In the cabin in eco mode, it was dark everywhere.

The surging lights hung from the metal bulkheads on either side of the deck only served as a guide, and did not provide sufficient illumination.

But in such a dead of night, the pale and piercing incandescent lamps are obviously unnecessary.

Everyone fell into a deep sleep,

In that bizarre dream world, experience what happens in your dreams.

The whole world fell into absolute dead silence,

Only the humming roar of the engine, as evidence that the world still exists.

Jia Quan stayed alone in the command room, holding a coffee cup in his hand, looking at the sonar display screen boringly.

At first, his waist was quite straight.

Determined to be a qualified night watchman to ensure the safety of submarines at night.

But as time passed, sleepiness hit.

Coupled with the eternal and unchanging dark environment around them, people feel bored and boring inexplicably, which greatly affects the mental state.

Gradually, his sitting posture began to seek comfort.

Sitting crooked on a leather-sewn chair, with Erlang's legs crossed, he picked up an alien magazine to pass the time of boredom.

But

From time to time, his eyes would still look at the sonar display and the external environment of the submarine directly in front of him.

Make sure that the submarine does not hit a wall.

At about half past two, perhaps because I had drunk too much coffee, I suddenly felt a rush of urine.

Jia Quan put down the magazine in his hand, stood up and shivered.

After glancing down at the sonar map and making sure that there were no obstacles in front of him, he turned around and walked out of the command room, climbed the ladder through the nearby shaft, and came to the living quarters on the second floor of the submarine, ready to go to the bathroom to release water.

A red indicator light that glows faintly in the dark.

The surrounding environment is very ambiguous, and you can't see anything clearly.

However, after staying on the ship for so long, Jia Quan is still very familiar with the internal environment of the submarine.

Even without adequate lighting, he could touch the bathroom.

So, he didn't turn on the lighting, hummed a little song and walked in the direction of the bathroom.

But when he just turned the corridor outside the cafeteria,

In the dead darkness in the distance, there was a faint sound of rustling.

The sound was slight, but it was particularly noticeable in this quiet environment.

Jia Quan immediately frowned.

At this point in time, everyone should be sleeping in the crew room, how can anyone be active in the public area?

The point is, why didn't that person turn on the lights?

It's so black, you can't see anything?

With doubts, Jia Quan asked in a low voice in the direction where the voice sounded:

"Who's there?"

Suddenly, the rustling sound came to an abrupt end.

It's like a thief who is stealing, and suddenly his master has discovered it, and he immediately stops what he is doing.

The whole world was dead again, as if nothing had happened.

"Did I hear it wrong?"

Jia Quan scratched his head suspiciously, feeling very puzzled.

His eyes looked again at the location where the voice had come from.

There, it seems, is the direction of the reactor engine room.

The darkness was too thick, and the corridor dozens of meters long could not see the end of the scene at all.

"It's so late, who's going to run to the reactor room? I guess I heard it wrong! ”

Thinking so in my heart,

But driven by curiosity, Jia Quan still sent a ghost and walked a distance there.

As we get closer, the vision becomes clearer.

Jia Quan's footsteps, which were not very fast, suddenly stopped.

He saw.

Outside the hatch of the reactor engine room, there is a wetsuit cabinet.

In the darkness, there seems to be a man standing!

The man's posture was very strange, hunched over, as if he was tinkering with something, but it was suddenly interrupted, so the whole person maintained his original posture, and stood motionless in place.

This is such a strange scene, Jia Quan can't help but feel cold when he sees it.

In the middle of the night, a man stood alone in the empty hallway, silent all around, facing an unclear figure in the darkness in the distance.

In this kind of environment, anyone has to be furious.

Fortunately, Jia Quan's nerves are relatively big.

In addition, today's daytime has also mixed up the crew on the ship.

So after the momentary loss of consciousness, there was no particularly fearful emotion.

He was just curious.

Who is the other party?

What are you doing outside the reactor room at such a late hour?

"Who are you? I don't sleep at night, why are you here? ”

While asking, Jia Quan stepped forward.

But at this moment, the figure on the opposite side saw Jia Quan walking towards him step by step, as if he didn't want to be seen by others.

When Jia Quan was less than twenty meters away from him, he suddenly pulled out his legs and ran.

He was very fast, and he didn't give Jia Quan time to react at all.

The figure flickered, and immediately disappeared into a passage next to it.

In the darkness, only the sound of hurried footsteps was left, and they quickly left into the distance.

It was only at this time that Jia Quan finally realized that something was wrong, hurriedly followed quickly, and asked loudly:

"Who the hell are you?! Hold it! Don't run! ”

While speaking, the other party had already run to a nearby shaft passage, climbed the escalator in three or two, opened the hatch and rushed into the first floor area.

Jia Quan chased after him, while constantly yelling.

", stop!"

"What are you doing sneaking around there, don't run!"

But the other party was obviously a thief, he didn't listen to him at all, and he didn't look back.

When Jia Quan followed the man to the area on the first floor, he saw a black shadow flash at the location of another shaft passage.

The other party actually passed through another shaft and returned to the second floor.

Jia Quan followed angrily, went around and returned to the second floor.

But by this time, the footsteps had disappeared.

In the empty and silent corridor, the shadow of the man was no longer visible.

Only Jia Quan was left standing alone.

It's as if everything that just happened was just an illusion......