When Meng Lei and his entourage were full of hope, they escaped from the shaft elevator.

What is presented in front of you is not the picture you expected.

Rather, there is a deeper despair.

The boundless darkness engulfed all hope, and the whole world seemed to be completely shrouded in darkness, and there was not a single light in sight.

Not only were all the searchlights on the perimeter of the buildings in the lower area extinguished, but even the hazy glimmer of light shining through the portholes inside the building was gone.

It seems that the power system in the lower area has been completely destroyed, and it seems that the entire facility has been completely swallowed up by the sea.

There was a deathly silence to everything.

Not to mention, there are already a few submarines in the dock, and there is not even a shadow to be seen at the moment.

Boundless despair and thick doubts instantly surfaced in everyone's hearts.

Originally, I thought that if I escaped from that purgatory-like city, I would be able to get out of trouble and regain my life.

But no one thought that this would be the case outside.

"What about submarines? Where did the submarine go? ”

"Could it be that all the submarines were destroyed? Or when the riot broke out, all the people who stayed in the submarine ran away in the boat? ”

No one knows exactly what happened.

Looking at Zhou Tian's inky black environment, everyone was only panic and despair.

If the ship was really driven away, then what was the point of them desperately rushing out?

It is better to hide directly in the house and enjoy the last brief peace before dying.

Meng Lei is the most panicked among all of them, but he is also the most emotionally calm.

He didn't think that Gina and Hawke, who stayed on the ship, would escape alone in the boat when the captain's fate was unknown.

Judging from the contact in the past two days, the nature of the two should not be bad.

What he was most worried about was whether there would be other accidents in the lower area that would cause the two of them to encounter any danger.

After all, all the ships are gone, which is obviously very abnormal.

With huge doubts, Meng Lei didn't lose his mind for long.

Gesturing to a few people behind him to calm their emotions, Meng Lei took a deep breath, picked up the flashlight and quickly swam downward.

He planned to observe the situation up close, at least to have a rough judgment in his mind.

If there is really no way out, then in the end, you can only temporarily retreat to the airlock room of the shaft elevator, and one more second of life is a second.

Pair. The legs swung quickly, the flexibility of the combat wetsuit was high, and it didn't take long for Meng Lei to swim to the edge of the lower zone.

Through the bright pillar of light emitted by the tactical flashlight, it can be vaguely seen that there are obviously many damages on the building shell in the lower area.

But looking at the damage marks, it doesn't seem like it was caused by the explosion.

Instead, it was more like some kind of ship-based weapon forcibly tearing the building wall from the outside, causing pressure imbalance and seawater backing up, eventually flooding the entire facility.

The vicinity of the dockyard's mooring passage was empty at the moment.

There were only one or two submarines scattered here, as if they had lost their energy power, and only a huge black shadow was revealed, quietly traversing the bottom of the sea.

Seeing this, the pressure in Meng Lei's heart suddenly eased a lot.

As long as there are submarines at the dock, it is not a corner, at least there is some hope of survival.

Although they did not have the ID cards of these submarines, they could not open the external airlock compartment hatches.

However, in the buildings in the lower part of the city, it should be possible to find tools such as hand-held cutters and force their way in.

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At this time, Huo Ye and Simon and others, who were following behind Meng Lei, obviously realized this.

There was a hint of surprise on his face full of despair, revealing the joy of flying from hell to heaven.

Meng Lei waved at a few people, ignored the submarines for the time being, turned around and swam in the direction of the facility gap where the external wall was torn apart.

Time is of the essence, and the oxygen content of the wetsuit is limited.

Before they run out of oxygen, they have to find a tool to break the door, enter the submarine and start the reactor, and get the oxygen concentrator running.

As for where exactly the Sea Locust went, now is not the time to dwell on this issue.

The life-and-death crisis has not yet been resolved, and no matter what, we must first ensure that we can survive.

The group swam quickly, through a gap in the outer wall, into the facility that had been completely submerged by the sea.

Along the way, you can see a large number of storage boxes scattered on the ground in the passages inside the facility.

Traces of a battle can be seen nearby.

These traces obviously appeared recently, because when Meng Lei and the others first arrived, there were no such traces and storage boxes.

"What's going on? Why are there so many storage bins? ”

Meng Lei was a little puzzled, unable to figure out what was happening in the lower area at the same time as the outbreak of the painting skin infection in the upper area.

However, he held the diving knife tightly in his hand from beginning to end, and did not dare to let his guard down.

Because he clearly remembered that several security officers in the lower area of the molten rock outpost were also infected with the painting skin parasite at that time.

If nothing else, I'm afraid it would have mutated a long time ago at this time.

Continuing deeper, there was a fork in the road.

At this time, Lanny sped up and swam over from the side, stepped forward and patted Meng Lei on the shoulder.

Meng Lei turned his head suspiciously, and saw Lanny pointing to another passage next to him, motioning for Meng Lei to follow.

Lenny was obviously much more familiar with the environment than Meng Lei.

After realizing that everyone needed tools to break the door, Lenny led everyone directly to the shipyard area of the lower district.

Then from a sealed cabinet in a workshop, a bunch of repair tools were found.

These include hand-held cutters and underwater welding tools.

The group took the guys, didn't linger in the same place for long, didn't bother to pay attention to the storage boxes scattered in the passage, and hurried back to the dock dock.

Led by two engineers, Karl and Hans, several men found a submarine and used a cutter to cut open the outer hatch of the airlock.

As soon as everyone was inside the submarine, Karl ran to the reactor room and activated the submarine's reactor.

Hans, on the other hand, made some simple repairs to the damaged hatch and temporarily plugged the cut gap.

It didn't take long for the energy system to return to normal, and the lights in the dark cabin flickered.

At this time, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Saved!

On the deck of the first floor of the submarine, Lenny sat on the ground, slapped the ground with old tears, and shouted with a handful of snot and tears:

"Thank God, thank God! I didn't expect it to really come out, it really came out! ”

Huo Ye was lying on the ground without strength, laughing loudly, hysterical, and everyone was a little stunned.

"Hahaha...... What a bullshit skin monster, what a damn alliance conspiracy, all can't trap Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu escaped! ”

"Great, great, we're finally saved!"

Jia Quan even hugged Simon's arm, jumping vigorously, shaking desperately, the excitement in his eyes turned into tears and overflowed outward, crying with joy!

Everyone is expressing the joy of the rest of their lives in their own way.

Break free from the abyss of hell and finally regain her life.

At this moment, everyone felt as if they were in a different world, and there were some unreal illusions.

As a captain, Meng Lei did not show too strong mood swings like others.

Taking a breath, he walked around the strange submarine for a while and briefly understood the situation.

Through the very scarce logbook of the central control system, he probably understood.

The captain of this submarine was supposed to be a bounty hunter.

This morning, I had just arrived at the Molten Outpost.

In the course of the previous mission, the ship lost a lot of manpower, so it temporarily settled at the molten outpost, intending to replenish a few crew members here.

After Meng Lei read it, he immediately understood everything.

When the disaster in the commercial area occurred, the captain of the submarine was probably leading his men to purchase supplies in the city and recruit crew members at the same time.

In order to save energy, the submarine was turned off and temporarily left at the dock.

Unexpectedly, everyone, including him, was trapped in the city and became a pitiful victim.

And the other two submarines in the vicinity are in the same situation.

The only thing that makes Meng Lei wonder to this day is where did the Sea Locust go?

It stands to reason that even after the explosion, Gina and Hawke did not try to go into the city to save them.

But at least you shouldn't run away?

Or did they realize that the situation was wrong and find a way to find a place to move the rescuers?

After all, the beacon station in the vicinity was out of order, the wireless network signal was lost, and there was no way to get in touch with the alliance.

In order for the Sea Locust to reconnect to the network, it had to go out and find a place with a signal.

Thinking of this, Meng Lei took off his diving suit, took out a hand-held tablet from his arms, and opened it to take a look.

Sure enough, the internet connection was still disconnected.

After getting the confirmation, Meng Lei relaxed a little, maybe this is the case.

When the accident happened, Hawke and the others saw that they were powerless to help, and eighty percent of them went to ventilate the ship.

But another question arises, who will do the hole in the shell of the building in the lower area?

Was it part of the outpost Alliance's high-level conspiracy, or was there something else unexpected?

Between thoughts.

The hatch of the bridge command room was opened from the outside, and Simon, Huo Ye and the others calmed down and walked in one after another.

"Captain!"

"Commander!"

Several mermaids rushed in and stood in front of Meng Lei.

"The Molten Outpost must be finished, what should we do next?"

Huo Ye asked questions, and others also cast inquiring glances.

Meng Lei pondered for a moment and was about to speak.

At this time, in the pitch-black sea outside the porthole, a faint light inexplicably lit up.

And as time passed, the light source gradually became larger, slowly moving towards them.

"There's a submarine coming!"

Jia Quan immediately shouted, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

Everyone turned their heads to look, and Meng Lei even hit the searchlight directly.

All the crew members of the Sea Locust, looking at the approaching submarine in the distance, always felt that the shadow of the lake had a kind of déjà vu.

At the same time, a series of numbers suddenly popped up in the short-range communication list of the center console.

At the end of the number, three familiar characters appear in front of you.

None other than the "Sea Locust"!

"I'll go!"

Huo Ye was immediately stunned, and then said with great joy: "Our ship is back?!" ”

Hans and the others also looked at each other, a little confused in surprise.

At the moment when it was certain that the Sea Locust had disappeared, in fact, they did not have much hope in their hearts.

thinks that Hawke and Gina, eighty percent of them saw an armed raid, escaped from the battle, and opened the battle alone.

Who would have thought that the Sea Locust would suddenly turn back at this time?

And among all of them, the most excited is naturally Meng Lei.

Although he forcibly occupied a submarine that could be said to be ownerless, in the end, the Sea Locust was his home.

Almost all of his belongings and assets were on the Sea Locust.

The original Typhon that he had carefully remodeled was his own, and feelings couldn't be bought with money.

At that moment, with excitement, Meng Lei directly opened the short-distance communication system and sent a communication application to the Sea Locust.

After a short wait, the communication was connected.

A soft voice sounded from the speaker on the center console:

"Hello, strange friend, Captain Gina is talking to you."

Familiar voice, familiar style, it's that crazy ship doctor mother-in-law!

"Gina, it's me!" Meng Lei immediately shouted excitedly: "I'm Meng Lei!" ”

Hearing this, Gina's tone didn't seem to feel any surprise.

But between the words, it was full of ridicule, and said with a smile:

"Yo, dear little captain, you finally came out alive, I thought I would never see you again!

It's been a long time for me to break my heart! ”

This crazy woman, no matter when, has never been in shape.

Meng Lei complained helplessly in his heart, and then said:

"Where did you just go? Why did it suddenly come back again? Also, what the hell is going on in the lower districts? Why are all the ships gone? ”

"Hee-hee-hee......"

Gina had just chuckled twice, and was about to continue her out-of-tune remarks when Hawke's voice suddenly sounded from the loudspeaker.

"Captain?! Is it really you, Captain?! You came out of town? ”

After receiving Meng Lei's affirmative reply, Hawke suddenly shouted excitedly:

"Thank God! Thank God! It's okay if you're okay, it's okay if you're okay, we were all scared to death just now, for fear that you would encounter some accidents! Fortunately, you are blessed with a great life and finally got out of trouble! ”

The two sides exchanged a few words, and then Hawke began to ask Meng Lei what was going on in the city.

Meng Lei couldn't say anything clearly, so he told Hawke to drive the boat over, and everyone met to talk.

Five minutes later.

Everyone, including the girl and Lenny, gathered on the first deck of the Guiru.

Hawke dragged his broken leg and limped to Meng Lei.

Most of the time, he was a paralyzed face, and he rarely showed an excited look.

"Captain, you're really okay! That's just great! ”

It can be seen that Hawke is happy from the bottom of his heart to see Meng Lei and the others again.

Gina was carrying a bottle of spirits in her hand, leaning on the bulkhead with her shoulders half exposed, her blue eyes hidden under the messy hair, and she looked at everyone with a smile and no extra movements.

As for the bottle of wine in her hand, she doesn't have to think about it to know where it came from.

In this regard, Meng Lei didn't bother to say that she was so much.

After the ghost door was closed, Meng Lei's mentality changed slightly.

As long as people live, money is something outside the body, and it is good to be happy.

At least, that's what he thinks at this moment.

"Captain, what the hell is going on at the Molten Rock Outpost?! Is it the comeback of the Painted Skin Cult? How could a painted skin parasite suddenly appear and blow up the shaft elevator? ”

After a warm greeting, Hawke couldn't wait to ask his own questions.

Meng Lei gave a brief explanation, and roughly told Hawke what happened in the city.

After listening, Hawke suddenly showed a shocked face, his eyes showed a sense of disbelief, and he suddenly said:

"There is a new type of painted skin parasite, and even the skin worm can't be killed!? Oh my God, no wonder the chaos started so suddenly! ”

When the words fell, Hawke muttered again:

"If that's the case, I'm afraid those who left before will already be buried at the bottom of the sea!"

Meng Lei's insight was very sharp, and he could clearly see that there was a slight schadenfreude on Hawke's face.

Out of curiosity, Meng Lei also asked his doubts.

"What happened to the lower floor after the explosion?! How do I feel like there's been a fight here? ”

Huo Zhi nodded thoughtfully, and said in a deep voice:

"It's really a battle, and it's fierce!"

Speaking of this, he paused, and Huo Ye immediately said urgently:

"Lao Huo, don't sell it, what's wrong? Who's going to fight whom!? Who wins in the end? ”

Huo Ke took a deep breath and glanced at Huo Ye helplessly, obviously dissatisfied with the title of "Old Huo".

But he didn't take it to heart, looked up at Meng Lei, and explained:

"After the explosion in the shaft passage, the lower area was immediately ready for emergency repairs, but due to the lack of manpower, there was a lack of professional technicians.

In the end, the hatch of the passage can only be closed first, and the status quo will be maintained for the time being.

But it didn't take long for the shipyard to start commotion. Disorderly.

Several security officers turned into painted skins and attacked the shipyard, infecting most of them.

Then they began to wreak havoc in the lower districts, launching indiscriminate attacks.

In a short period of time, the entire lower area was in chaos! ”

Speaking of this, Hawke gasped.

Seeing that a group of people around him were waiting for him to follow, he continued:

"At this time, there were many people who stayed behind in the dock submarine, realizing that the turmoil was coming, and tried to take advantage of the fire.

They drove the submarine to destroy the façade of the building, allowing the sea to flood the entire lower area.

Then the doors of the storage area were opened, and the warehouse was ransacked.

At that time, almost everyone participated, and in order to compete for the materials in the warehouse, a group of people fought inextricably, and the scene was very chaotic.

Dr. Gina and I were worried about the ripples, so we stayed away.

In the end, it feels like the time is almost up, and I'm worried that after you come out, if you can't find us, something will happen.

So I hurried back and checked the situation. ”

Hawke looked at Meng Lei again and said excitedly:

"I didn't expect you guys to really come out! It's just great! ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei nodded thoughtfully and said:

"No wonder, just now we were in the building in the lower area, and we saw a large number of storage boxes scattered on the ground, as well as signs of battle.

It turned out that the guys who stayed in the boat took the snow storage area under the site! ”

After a pause, Meng Lei took a deep breath and sighed:

"That's really ...... How audacious! Aren't they afraid that the alliance will come back to them for trouble? ”

At this time, Simon suddenly shook his head and said:

"After this incident, the entire outpost will probably be destroyed, and the alliance will only point the finger at the people behind this incident, and will not care about the behavior of these little shrimps at all.

Moreover, the lower area has been completely submerged, and it is estimated that even the surveillance data has been destroyed, and no one knows who did it.

If you really want to investigate, you can blame everything on the Painted Skin Sect, so you don't have to worry about it at all.

That's why those bounty hunters are so bold. ”

As soon as the words fell, Huo Ye suddenly shouted excitedly:

"In that case, can we also plug in and get something by the way, it's all a mental loss fee!?

I think there's a lot of stuff in there, so it's worth a lot of money, right?! ”

Simon shrugged his shoulders noncommittally, spread his hands, and said:

"As long as you don't get caught by the alliance, it's really okay!"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

Only Lenny's face was a little stiff, and he said bitterly:

"Those damn robbers, I still have hundreds of thousands of goods in the warehouse, this is a complete calf!"

As he spoke, he looked at Meng Lei and the others again.

"Everyone, everyone! Raise your noble hands, you will find my goods, but you must keep them for me! ”

Hearing him say this, Meng Lei and the others suddenly turned their heads suspiciously and looked at Lenny with disdain.

"It's not your goods, aren't they all your company's products? The loss should also be borne by the company, what do you have to do? ”

"That's it, where is the magnanimity when you asked everyone to pick out a diving suit just now? Why is it that as soon as you get out of danger, people are stingy? ”

"Lao Lan, you can turn a blind eye to this matter, if you don't say it, who knows that we took it?! When you go back and report to the company, you will say that you were robbed by others, and let the alliance compensate you for your losses! ”

"That's it!"

……

After escaping, everyone was in a good mood, and they spoke much more casually.

Several people gossiped and blamed Lenny.

Ranny wanted to cry without tears, raised his hands in surrender, and wailed:

"Okay, well, listen to you, listen to you, take it, take it! I don't care! ”

The crowd laughed.

Meng Lei also patted Lanny's shoulder with a smile and said seriously:

"Teachable!"

At this time, Simon faced Meng Lei and said:

"By the way, Captain, we have gained much more than that!

These nearby submarines are now ownerless, and according to the laws of the Alliance, as long as no one reports the theft of these submarines, we can take possession of them!

When we get back to Sil City, spend some money to change the owner again, and it can become our private property! ”

Hearing this, without waiting for Meng Lei to speak, Jia Quan asked:

"Won't the coalition recycle these submarines?"

Simon shook his head and said:

"No, as long as it is an individual's private assets, the alliance will not recover them under normal circumstances.

Only those warships that belong to the military armament of the alliance will be forcibly recovered by the alliance, and even if they are robbed, they will not be able to sail in the waters ruled by the alliance.

That's why there are so many pirates who often attack private submarines. ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei nodded thoughtfully.

Before Hawke and Gina came back just now, he was still thinking for a moment.

Although he forcibly captured a submarine and successfully escaped, he turned back to the gathering place, and it would be troublesome if he was taken away by the alliance again.

Now hearing Simon say this, he immediately became excited!

Good guys, there are at least three submarines of the size and class of the Sea Locust in this vicinity!

Not to mention anything else, these three submarines alone are worth at least hundreds of thousands!

This time I came to the outpost of Molten Rock, although I was dead for a lifetime, I encountered a painting skin crisis incident.

But if you can drive these three submarines away, it's definitely worth it!

The only sad thing is that Charlie died at the hands of Painted Skin, not being able to escape with them.

Thinking of this, Meng Lei was still a little excited just now, and suddenly he was low.

But in order not to affect the others, he took a deep breath and adjusted his emotions a little.

At this time, Gina, who had not spoken on the side, suddenly carried a wine bottle and staggered through the crowd.

While walking towards the shaft passage on the second floor, he said drunkly:

"The matter is almost over, if this incident is really related to the alliance leaders here, then the armed warship that came to meet them is estimated to be there soon.

If you don't want to be bumped into by them, you'd better move faster......"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

Gina's words were like a resounding slap in the face, waking everyone up at once.

At this time, they suddenly remembered that although they were out of danger at present, this matter was not over.

As Gina said, if this painted skin crisis is as they guessed before, the mastermind behind it has something to do with the Molten Rock Outpost Alliance.

Then after the incident broke out, they would definitely have to complete the evacuation before the Alliance's survey fleet arrived.

Therefore, there must be an armed responder.

If you are bumped into by their answering staff, in order to ensure that the secret is not revealed.

Then their fate can be imagined!

Now more than an hour has passed since the outbreak of the painting skin infection, and no one knows when the opposing armed fleet will arrive.

Meng Lei's eyes froze, and he realized a hint of crisis.

However, he never wants to see the fat in front of him go away.

The boat has to be!

Supplies must be asked for too!

The spiritual compensation in exchange for nine deaths and one life must not be missed so easily!

Otherwise, the name Sea Locust will have no soul!

At that moment, he did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately ordered:

"Everyone, bring guns and ammunition and go into the water immediately, and loot all the materials that can be found in the lower area!"

"Yes!"

Everyone also realized that time was pressing, and no longer hesitated, and immediately took action.

At this time, Meng Lei suddenly remembered something, turned to look at the girl squatting in the corner, and asked softly:

"Do you know anything about this painting crisis, can you tell me?"