Hysterical roars came from Eugene's mouth.

He was pinned down on the back by Simon, who was five big and three thick, and was pressed to the ground.

But he still struggled to raise his head, staring at Meng Lei viciously with a gaze full of resentment,

The mouth kept shouting all kinds of vicious curses with religious overtones, which made people shudder.

He is in this state of extreme madness,

It's hard to associate him with the introverted and shy youth before.

After hearing the sound of the clown's horn, Eugene's change in spirit and personality is like two people!

Meng Lei looked at Eugene condescendingly, with a sneer on his face.

He was able to catch the clown hiding in the crew so easily, and to be honest, he was also a little surprised.

Originally, I thought about playing a deep-sea werewolf kill, and it took a lot of effort.

Unexpectedly, the appearance of the clown horn directly ended the whole game, but it made him suddenly feel a little bored.

"Alright, confiscate all the things on him, tie him up and lock him in the crew room."

Meng Lei waved his hand at Huo Ye and Simon.

"Captain, lock him up and it's over? And then what? ”

Simon's rugged face was frosty, and his tone was a little surprised, surprised by Meng Lei's approach.

"And then?"

Meng Lei glanced at Eugene and snorted coldly:

"Then wait until you get to the outpost, and then hand him over to the Alliance, what, why don't you really plan to let him go for an outdoor swim?"

Although he hated Eugene's actions very much, Meng Lei would not make that kind of inhumane punishment.

After all, after all, he is a big living person.

Let him push a person into the abyss with his own hands, with his current ideology and mentality, he can't be so ruthless.

But Simon and the others seemed to have long been accustomed to this kind of behavior, and lifted Eugene from the ground nonchalantly, and said viciously:

"If you want me to say, you should throw this guy into the sea!

If you report an accidental death, the alliance will not investigate. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Eugene again and asked angrily:

"Damn it, we didn't provoke you, you're going to kill us all! What the hell do you think?! ”

Eugene's expression was still distorted.

There was not even any blood on his face, and there was an eerie madness in his paleness.

Staring at Simon coldly, Eugene let out a hysterical laugh:

"You should be honored to have been chosen by me to be the sacrifice of Our Lady of the Clown!

The time is coming for the Lady to awaken, and the souls imprisoned in the shell will bloom!

If you can't escape, all of you will eventually return to the arms of Our Lady, this is your fate! ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei frowned slightly.

"Our Lady of the Clown? What's that? Cult leader? ”

Without waiting for Meng Lei to ask, Huo Ye took the lead in asking.

To this question, Eugene still laughed and replied:

"You'll see! All will see it! ”

Next

No matter what everyone said, Eugene kept saying this sentence over and over again, and couldn't ask anything.

In desperation, Meng Lei could only give up.

With a wave of his hand, he motioned for Simon to take Eugene down and keep a tight watch.

Meng Lei called Hans, returned to the command room, and asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

"What kind of organization is this clown? How did you come up with such a bunch of madmen? ”

Hans shook his head, with a helpless expression on his face, and said:

"I don't know the specific situation, the appearance of clowns has been coming from a long time, and it can even be traced back to nearly a hundred years ago!"

"Wow! So long?! ”

Meng Lei couldn't help but be shocked when he heard it.

But when I think about it, it's not particularly surprising.

The age of the shipwreck of the Ceres is also seventy or eighty years ago, and the clown already existed at that time.

And listening to the tone of the captain of the Ceres, it seems that the clown appeared during that time.

But after all these years, the organization still exists and remains active.

Such tenacious vitality is indeed incredible.

At this point, Hans nodded, and continued:

"There were magazines that did a survey about clown organizations before, and I remember them once mentioning,

Through some very old documents, at the beginning of the establishment of the Alliance,

The presence of clowns is an attempt to relieve emotions and help people cope with the mental stress and negativity brought about by the deep-sea environment.

The League hopes to use the Joker's hilarious behavior to decompress the Trailblazers in the Deep Zone.

However, this experiment seems to have taken a turn of events, resulting in the loss of contact with an outpost in the Deep Zone.

When investigators arrived, all they found at the scene were bloodstained clown suits, scattered around the outpost, and all of them had disappeared! ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei couldn't help but take a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"So weird?"

Hans nodded, and continued:

"Yes! No one knows exactly what happened to that Deep Zone outpost.

And after that incident, the clown seems to have disappeared for a long time.

Later, when the tidal phenomena of space and the hyperspace environment were confirmed,

It has been claimed that

While salvaging a shipwreck in the deep zone, a woman in a clown costume was found in one of the crew rooms.

The woman was not infected by the painting skin parasite, and slept peacefully in the high-pressure environment of the deep sea.

With the arrival of the salvage personnel, the woman was suddenly awakened,

And then, like a madman, hysterically fled the scene......"

Speaking of which,

With a look of horror on his face, Hans gestured to Meng Lei in a swimming pose:

"She didn't wear a wetsuit, she just swam away like a fish!

You know, it was in the deep sea at a depth of nearly 20,000 meters, and she was only wearing a clown costume and nothing else!

Everyone was stupefied and thought they were hallucinating.

At that time, the Coalition had launched a large-scale investigation, but with the collapse of the deep waterway, much of the data was buried.

So people took that incident as a legend, and no one knew whether it was true or not. ”

After a pause, Hans scratched his head,

It seems that there is also a feeling that I don't understand, and I said ambiguously:

"But someone noticed that it seems that it started at that time,

Between the level and shallow areas, people wearing clown costumes began to appear in various gathering places and outposts.

I don't know if the appearance of these clowns has anything to do with that woman. ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei was also shocked and inexplicable.

Good guys, the deep sea at a depth of nearly 20,000 meters is almost completely forbidden to life. That's the pressure, that's enough to crush everything!

But in this kind of place, there is actually a "sleeping beauty" wearing a clown costume?

How does such a thing sound so mysterious?

This is beyond the realm of basic physics and biology, right?

"And what about later? Did that woman ever reappear? How are the other clowns generated? What is their purpose? ”

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Meng Lei curiously sent out a series of questions.

Hans shrugged his shoulders and said with a helpless expression:

"Captain, that's just a legend, no one knows its truth, and there are no other sightings.

However, many people suspect that the woman who was found in the wreck may be the so-called Madonna of Clowns!

Because since the legend began, those guys wearing clown costumes have frequently appeared in major gathering places.

At first, these clowns didn't show any malice, but they behaved a little strangely.

Likes to honk at people for no apparent reason, or graffiti on the walls unscrupulously.

But then, I don't know when it started, their behavior began to get weird.

Sometimes, they will wreak havoc in outposts, plant explosives, carry out armed raids, and in the flesh mills.

Sometimes, they are also very kind.

Help unload the transport ship free of charge, bring food to the dying of hunger, and stay at the beacon station without pay to maintain the normal operation of the beacon......

Wait a minute......

Their behavior is polarized and loved-hate!

Some people speculate that these clowns are also divided into two factions, good and bad, and that we should co-opt those good clowns and suppress the bad clowns.

It is also believed that there are no factions at all for these clowns,

Their actions were completely random and based on the state of mind at the time!

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the gathering place, the alliance decided to treat all clowns equally and suppress them in all aspects.

After all, no one knows what crazy actions this group of crazy people will make in the next second.

Therefore, clowns are rarely seen in the gathering place now.

Most of them wander between the shipping ships, or bounty ships, between the various shipping lanes.

However, it will occasionally be seen in the congregation, but if it does, it will soon be hunted down by the security officer.

But most of the time, before the security officer arrived, they disappeared inexplicably......"

After saying such a long list of words, Hans took a breath and asked Meng Lei for a cigarette.

After igniting it, he took a deep breath and sighed:

"As for how exactly these clowns are generated, no one knows.

After a lot of investigation, the alliance found that some of these guys dressed as clowns were never registered.

That is, they have not been among the people under the jurisdiction of the Union since childhood.

Either born in an independent colony or a rebel outpost of a separatist group, or from elsewhere.

Maybe it's the deep zone that has long been lost?

Perhaps the mysterious realm of hyperspace?

No one knows.

Of course, there are also some clowns who are natives under the rule of the Union.

But the reason and process of their transformation are still a mystery.

And their purpose is even less known.

It's a bunch of outright crazy people with no logic at all......"

In the smoke, Meng Lei's eyes narrowed slightly.

Hans has said so much that in fact, in the end, it can be summed up in one word.

Nothing!

Yes, that's it, to put it bluntly.

As for the origin of the clowns, as well as their purpose, all speculation is based on some rumors.

There is no credible and convincing evidence to explain the existence of the Clown organization.

But one thing is certain.

The first group of clowns was probably related to an experiment that the Alliance had conducted.

Although the original intention of this experiment is positive, it is an attempt to alleviate the psychological state of human beings who may develop pathologies when they are in a deep-sea environment for a long time.

But the end result was a definite proof that the alliance had failed.

The appearance of these clowns may be the product of some kind of accident.

As for the legendary deep-sea "Sleeping Beauty", Meng Lei was originally a little scoffing.

In his opinion, such legends are complete nonsense.

Not to mention the flesh-and-blood carbon-based creatures of human beings, 20,000 meters deep in the sea, even if the Transformers come, they will have to be crushed into a pile of scrap iron!

It's impossible!

However, Eugene's fanatical and determined attitude made him feel a little unusual.

The female clown sleeping in the deep sea, combined with the title of Our Lady of the Clown, is hard not to associate with it on a deeper level.

After being silent for a long time, Meng Lei removed these messy thoughts from his mind.

Members of extremist churches like these will come up with a representative spiritual belief to pay for their extreme behavior.

Whether the Holy Mother of Clown existed or not meant nothing to Meng Lei.

The alliance hasn't figured out the problem for decades, why is he wasting so many brain cells here?

It's purely mediocre self-disturbance.

Eugene was captured, and the hidden danger on the ship was temporarily lifted.

But at this time, such an incident happened, and everyone was in no mood to sleep anymore.

So, Meng Lei arranged for Huo Ye and Simon to take turns to guard.

Then he drove the Sea Locust and continued on his way.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, everyone arrived at a barren sea with strange rocks.

The sea environment of this place is a bit like the sea near the birth point when Meng Lei first crossed.

In addition to the dark mud and coral reefs, the barren seabed is dotted with seafloor fissures.

These chasms are deep, and the environment within them is complex.

The sonar detector can only detect the terrain at a depth of about seventy or eighty meters at most.

Further, the feedback is rather confusing, and it is impossible to analyze a detailed topographic map.

And the mission released by the alliance to clean up the lair of the Swift Dragon is in this dark and deep seabed rift.

"Old Huo, Simon, pack up and get ready to work!"

Meng Lei hovered the Sea Locust over the surface of the seabed and turned to walk out of the cockpit.

The coordinates of the mission provided by the alliance are where he is currently parked.

merely

The location of the mire dragon's lair was somewhere below, and it was up to them to explore in the darkness on their own.

Originally, this task did not need to be done by Meng Leiqili himself.

However, considering that Goldfinger may be able to avoid some potential dangers in advance during the process of exploring the lair.

Therefore, Meng Lei decided to follow the team into the water.

Escort the rest of the team.

"Hans, Jia Quan! I'll leave that guy Eugene to you, take care of him, don't let him make any small moves! ”

Before entering the water, Meng Lei specially told the few people who stayed behind.

Hans and Jia Quan swore and patted their chests. Breast, promise to complete the task, and never let that grandson make any trouble.

At this time, Gina walked over with graceful steps.

The slender white fingers played with a syringe, and some unknown liquid could be faintly seen in it.

She lazily leaned against the wall on the side of the cabin and looked at Meng Lei with a smile.

"Don't worry, young captain, I've already injected him.

At least he won't wake up until he arrives at the Molten Outpost, so you can go in peace. ”

Meng Lei was slightly stunned, and then a touch of joy appeared on his face, and he gave a thumbs up to Gina.

"Yes, well done!"

Due to Gina's somewhat neurotic personality, Meng Lei doesn't like to come into contact with her very much.

So in many cases, she will unconsciously ignore her existence.

But I have to say that this crazy woman has finally done a practical thing since she got on the boat.

Putting Eugene in a coma is indeed a lot less troublesome.

At the moment, Meng Lei did not delay any longer.

and Huo Ye, Hawke, and Simon, each put on a diving suit, and then brought a weapon.

Hand-held thrusters and sonar, as well as signal buoys that are not affected by the slightest current, walked neatly towards the airlock chamber.

"Brothers, let's go!"

…………

Channel 66671, Molten Outpost.

The second floor of the administrative area, the stationmaster's office.

"Dongdong, Dongdong!"

A rhythmic knock on the door echoed through the empty hallway.

The stationmaster, Bard Hull, put down the papers in his hand, threw them on the table, cleared his throat, and shouted:

"Enter!"

The door opened, and Eddie, the secretary, stepped in.

Then, gently closing the door, with a hint of unconcealed excitement on his face, he came to Bud's desk.

"Eddie, what's so happy?"

Bard, who was in his forties, was bloated and had a thick cigar in his mouth.

Looks less like a politician and more like a fat-headed businessman.

After seeing the look on Eddie's face, Bud realized that something good must be happening, so he couldn't help but smile on his face.

It's just that, against the backdrop of that fat face,

The smile was greasy and disgusting.

Eddie stepped forward, as if he had some secret to report, lowered his voice, and whispered in a decibel that only two people could hear:

"Stationmaster, that batch of things has arrived!"

"Something? What is it? ”

Hearing this, Bard didn't react at the first time, and his face showed a trace of confusion.

Eddie took a deep breath and reminded:

"The eggs I bought from the Yellow Sand Sea of Channel 66645! I just received a notice that the cargo ship has docked and is ready to unload! ”

Hearing this, Bud's face showed a hint of abruptness.

Immediately, his eyes lit up, and he said quietly:

"Not bad, not bad! After waiting for so many days, it's finally here! ”

Although the expression on his face did not change much, the sparkling gaze revealed the true emotions in his heart.

After a pause, Bard took a puff of his cigar with great enjoyment and asked:

"How much is there in this shipment? The result? ”

Eddie made a no-go gesture at Budby, and then said:

"A total of 100 pieces were brought in this time, and it is said that they came from a certain biological research institute in the flat area.

The effect is more reluctant, and the incubation period is shorter!

The seller has done experiments, and it takes less than six hours for a creeper to go from infection to complete parasitism!

If it acts on the human body, it only takes about an hour!

Moreover, ordinary skin worm can only play a temporary inhibitory role, and cannot be completely eradicated.

As long as we can ensure that the first batch of parasites are infected smoothly,

Next, it will soon spread to the whole city! ”

Hearing this, Bard nodded with satisfaction and said three good words in a row.

He wanted to stand up and move, but in case the partition wall had ears, he finally held back, sat on the chair and whispered:

"Is everyone arranged?"

Eddie nodded:

"The security officers of the second-floor administrative district have all been replaced by members of our breakaway organization.

After the plan is implemented, they will be concentrated in the second-floor administrative area in the name of a meeting to protect the security here.

When the time comes, everyone else will be sent to the lower business district to be on duty, and it will not affect our plans! ”

Wen Yan,

The corners of Bard's mouth were full of fat, and he struggled to raise an arc upward, and said with a cruel smile:

"Not bad!

If this is done well, it will not only bring us millions of marks, but also use it as an excuse to further shake the stability of the alliance.

Now that the prophesied Blue Star player has arrived, the alliance is bound to fall into a period of chaos next.

We can take this opportunity to suppress the coalition regime and increase the influence of the organization! ”

After a pause, Bard looked at Eddie and said in a deep voice:

"You should know that this plan was actually instructed by the organization.

So, there must be no mistakes! ”

"Yes!"

Eddie nodded heavily,

Then, a touch of regret suddenly appeared on his face, and he sighed:

"However, once the plan is complete, I'm afraid this molten outpost will be abandoned, and you won't be able to stay in the stationmaster's position anymore.

After so many years here, I suddenly feel a little reluctant......"

Bard smiled, raised his thick arm and gently patted Eddie's shoulder, and said earnestly:

"Scrap is scrap, we've been lurking for so many years, isn't it just for this moment?

Besides, when the eggs of these thousands of people in the city are sold,

With millions of marks in our pockets, where can't we be chic and happy?

When the time comes, I'm just afraid that you will sing songs every night, where will there be so much reluctance? ”

Eddie nodded noncommittally, and was about to say something when a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

Then, before he could speak, Bard confessed:

"By the way, don't forget to destroy the shaft access to the borough and the dock in advance!

lest they run to the upper floors to take refuge, or be cut off from the docks.

You must know that infecting one more person is an extra profit of nearly two thousand marks, so you must pay attention!

In addition, the nearest beacon station should also be done one step in advance.

The later the Alliance knows about it, the better our chances of success! ”

"Yes!"

Eddie nodded again.

Then Bud remembered something again, and admonished again:

"Also, when choosing the first batch of parasites, give priority to those security officers in the business district.

If you infect them first, the lower area will lose its fire support,

Leave those unarmed residents and bounty hunters without worry! ”

Bard didn't have any mood swings as he said this.

It seems that for him, those fresh lives are just thoughtless commodities, just bargaining chips for him to achieve his goals and accumulate wealth.

Eddie took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"Knowing the stationmaster, I'll arrange everything properly!"

"Hmm."

Bud smiled at Eddie and waved his hand:

"Let's get ready, if all goes well, we'll have a carnival tonight!"

"Yes!"

Eddie nodded heavily and turned to leave the stationmaster's office.

Through the shaft elevator of the second-floor administrative area, Eddie descends to the first-floor commercial area.

He didn't immediately do what Bard had told him to do, but walked briskly towards the living area next to the business district.

Due to population and floor area limitations, the Molten Outpost does not divide the business district and living area into two floors like Sil City.

The commercial area and living area here are on the same floor.

Between the two zones, there is only a gate.

Once in the living quarters, Eddie heads straight to a small single-family building on the edge.

There was a knock on the door, and the door opened from the inside.

The door was opened by a handsome girl in her early twenties.

"Eddie? How did you get back? ”

The girl looked at Eddie with a puzzled look, a little unclear.

Eddie took a deep breath, stepped forward and held the girl's delicate face, his eyes were fixed on the other party, and his expression was extremely serious:

"Lynn, don't ask anything, don't say anything, remember my words!

Before five o'clock this afternoon, don't bring anything, take your ID card and wait for me in the upper borough!

Remember, no matter what happens, before five o'clock, be sure to go to the borough and don't stay on the ground floor!

Remember?! ”

The girl nodded a little confused, her eyes were full of confusion, but she still said obediently:

"Good...... I...... I know. ”

"Hmm!"

Eddie was relieved to receive the girl's affirmative reply.

Just about to turn away, suddenly he paused, turned around and kissed the girl's bright red. on the lips.

"Gone!"

Then, Eddie left only these two words for the girl, and walked away quickly.

The slightly messy and hasty back soon disappeared into the steel jungle leading to the business district.

…………

Nearly a hundred kilometers away from the outpost of Molten Rock in the dark depths of the sea.

Meng Lei and Huo Ye were using tactical flashlights, shuttling through the narrow and cramped seabed cracks.

Although this area of the sea may seem barren on the surface, it can be hidden deep into the underground fissures under the seabed.

However, it can be found that the ecological structure below is actually quite rich.

A large number of shimmering algae clings to the smooth and raised rock face, reflecting a glow like fireflies in the darkness, flickering all around.

It is some kind of fish with light-emitting organs that uses itself as bait to attract prey.

Or, become prey to other creatures.

There are also some polyps that grow freely in the dark, proudly stretching their branches, swaying with the current and ignoring any eyes.

It is a beautiful water world that has never been revealed, with an independent, rich and complete ecosystem.

Yet it was hidden in darkness under a barren seabed full of mud and sand.

If it were a normal day, Meng Lei might have forgotten to return to this beautiful scenery.

But now, he is not in that mood.

Because he knows very well that hidden under this gentle and beautiful appearance is a deadly killing machine!

Here, there is a lair of the Mire Swift Dragon.

Although the rich ecological environment provides abundant living space for a large number of creatures, it has also become a natural breeding ground for alien sea monsters.

Therefore, all the way down, he did not pay attention to the scenery around him at all.

All the attention was focused on the handheld sonar monitor on his waist.

At a certain moment, when the depth of the dive was close to the surface of the seabed nearly 100 meters below.

On the sonar display, there were finally several anomalies in activity.

Meng Lei immediately perked up and shouted in his headphones:

"Attention, everyone, get ready to fight!"