The long-distance fleet of the Heavy Fleet,

Four days after Meng Lei's last return, he finally set sail again in the midst of all the attention.

It may be an exaggeration to say that it is all in the limelight,

However, there are indeed many people who are concerned about this matter.

In addition to the members of the Heavy Fleet itself, the Northern Fleet, the Winter Fleet, and the Deep Blue Fleet, including most of the other personnel who have been informed of the news, such as the Knights and some small scattered organizations.

Even some of the more well-informed local bounty hunters have set their sights on Dock 59 in the lower districts of Sil City.

It's different from the scene of watching a long voyage from land.

In the deep-sea environment, people who keep an eye on this matter can only watch the fleet go away through the sonar images on the submarine.

Or drive the submarine yourself and run to the vicinity of dock No. 59.

With the light of the large deep-sea searchlights that stand between the docks, stand on the edge of the porthole and look out at the fleet as it departs.

Therefore, when Meng Lei drove the Sea Locust out of the dock dock and officially embarked on the journey.

On the sonar display in the bridge command room, a dense outline of the submarine immediately appeared.

They gathered around the periphery of the fleet, like solemn and solemn send-offs, watching the fleet set sail.

Driven by this behavior, many people who didn't know at first were also attracted and curiously gathered around.

As a result, the crowd of onlookers is increasing.

Soon a nearby sea area was enclosed, and the scene was extremely spectacular!

And at this moment, in the waterway communication channel, under the disclosure of some insiders, it completely exploded, causing an uproar!

[Comma: I'll go, the heavy fleet has been expanded to five F-class submarines?!] Is this another time to explore the deep zone? They're developing too fast, aren't they? 】

[Period: I've been in Xi'er City for more than half a month, and I don't even know what the channel behind looks like, but people have already hit the second week, and people are more popular than people! 】

[Romeo: Oh God, the five F-class exploration boats, all of which have undergone weapons and structural modifications, why is the heavy fleet so rich?] I didn't even earn two thousand marks in half a month, but they smashed millions on the fleet alone! No matter how many subordinates there are, the gap can't be so exaggerated, right? How exactly do they do it? 】

[Guixi: It is worthy of being a legendary figure with the same name as my submarine, the captain of the Guixu is indeed a talent, and he has been far ahead since the beginning of the crossing, and now it is even more unattainable, admire, admire! 】

[Ai-chan: The Chongming fleet is so powerful, if you join them, you should be able to eat enough, right?] Gollum...... It's so annoying, my stomach is starting to get hungry again......]

There are different opinions in the communication channel,

Since coming to Sil City, after many days, there is once again a common topic that can arouse everyone's heated discussion.

And the words Chongming Fleet and Guiru have once again become the focus of the topic.

At one point, I don't know who started first.

In the crowd of onlookers, there was suddenly a faint ball of light, and in an instant, it drew the void shrouded in a black curtain.

Then, near the rock formation at the top of the cavity, it suddenly exploded and turned into a dazzling light!

Infinite light sprinkled down, instantly lighting up the void near Sil City.

It was a flare, shot out by a Blue Star player who was keen on a sense of ritual.

And with this flare shining up,

The crowd of onlookers seemed to be inspired, and as if they were joining in the fun, they all began to shoot one flare after another into the void.

Suddenly, in the boundless darkness outside the city of Cyr.

Like a meteor passing by, staggered and shuttling in the universe, and then turned into bright stars, reflecting the surrounding sea area!

Dozens or hundreds of flares, like lights on the stars, slowly fall from the dome and sink with the currents.

The darkness cleared, and the road ahead was bright.

Infinite brilliance fell on the five F-class exploration boats that were gradually moving away, and the surface of the hull seemed to be covered with a layer of glow.

Under the refraction of water waves, it is hazy and distorted, like smoke.

The voyage fleet sailed from darkness to the end of light, as if stepping into heaven.

Players who saw this scene were all shocked at the moment.

The picture was so beautiful that it was simply breathtaking.

It's like a picture that has been rendered many times, and there is a dreamlike feeling in the haze, not like it happened in reality.

I don't know how long it took, but the fleet was gone and gradually disappeared.

The flare's aging is about to run out, and the light is gradually becoming more and more intense.

Then.

The turbulent ocean currents bring a large amount of white sediment from afar, like snowflakes blown by the wind, falling all over the sky.

In the twilight light, the hazy snow scene is presented.

At that moment, the surrounding atmosphere changed again, and suddenly there was an inexplicable sense of tragedy.

Before the voyage fleet finally disappeared completely, the back of the audience was reflected in the snow,

Seems lonely and bleak.

Invisibly, there is an indescribable desolation.

Those white sediments scattered in the sky,

Like snowflakes, like paper money,

Drift in the rapids and dance in the dimness.

Five glittering steel ships, like five huge iron coffins floating in the void.

Sorrowful, hollow,

In the shock, it makes people's hearts inexplicably blocked.

The faces of everyone who saw this scene gradually became strange.

There was also a rare moment of silence in the waterway communication channel.

At this moment, a strange atmosphere began to spread in the sea area near Sil City.

Question marks began to emerge in most people's minds.

Why is it that a good celebration and send-off is suddenly like a funeral?

In the Guiru,

Chen Yu stood on the edge of the porthole with his hands in his hands, and the corners of his mouth holding his pipe couldn't help but twitch, and muttered:

"This group of people who watch the excitement is really good at playing, and it is not easy to bring the atmosphere to this effect.

Do you want to call Xiao Meng and the others back and leave at another time?

This environmental atmosphere is really not good! ”

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No matter what Chen Yu and the others are thinking at the moment,

On Meng Lei's side, it will be impossible to know.

Even if he knew, he would at most complain silently a few words, and it was impossible to change the itinerary that had been set.

It's a long way to go, more than 1,300 kilometers from the city of Sil to the colony of Barona!

Even if it is a 24-hour non-stop voyage every day, it will take about ten days to barely reach the target sea area.

And the last three or four hundred kilometers are already in the range of hydrothermal wasteland.

Even if there is no influence of space tides, the road will never be peaceful.

Therefore, they don't have much time to delay, and they must leave as soon as possible to complete the transaction and return to Sil City before the disaster completely erupts.

After leaving the city of Cyr, five F-class exploration boats, lined up in a cone-shaped array, sailed through the endless darkness as far as the eye could see.

As the flagship, the Sea Locust walked at the front of the team to open the way.

Four other submarines lined up on either side of the Sea Locust, escorting the perimeter.

It stands to reason that the flagship belongs to the core of the team and should be protected in the central area to prevent the possibility of being the first to contact the crisis.

However, the other novice captains were all new to ordinary ships other than the initial Wasteland Boat.

Although the operating system is similar, it takes some time to get used to it.

It is no exaggeration to say that even Huo Ye and Xu Hui have more experience in piloting ordinary submarines than the four fleet elites carefully selected by Chen Yu.

Therefore, for the time being, let them escort on both sides, and also give them a certain amount of time to get acquainted.

However, I believe that with the ability of these people, they will quickly become familiar with the facilities and operation modes on the ship.

When the time comes, just change the formation a little more.

In addition, after driving the Sea Locust again this time, Meng Lei faintly felt that the sonar display seemed to have some kind of subtle change compared with before.

This change is not an intuitive change on the visual level, and there is no obvious difference from the picture alone.

It's a strange feeling,

It's like the last time Meng Lei dreamed of that mysterious white light cluster,

When I woke up again, I had some more spiritual insights on the cognitive level of everything around me.

He wasn't sure if the change was caused by the same strange dream.

He also doesn't know what the impact of this change will be.

He just had a feeling that this change, once stabilized, might bring him a new surprise.

So, he spontaneously walked at the front of the line,

And always pay attention to the sonar display, trying to find some clues from it.

Unfortunately, until the early hours of the morning, he didn't notice anything unusual.

The anomaly shows normal, the hint of the gold finger does not show any change, everything is the same.

After a long time, Meng Lei gradually lost interest and stopped paying too much attention.

What is due will always come, and there is no need to rush it.

The fleet left the city of Sil at about eight o'clock in the evening, and then followed the guidance of the navigator and headed east.

It is worth mentioning that

This time, the channel they had traveled to the hydrothermal wasteland was no longer the same path that led to the Meltstone Outpost.

Of course, the first part of the journey was still the same route.

Along the way, all the underground cavities buried in the crevices of the rock formations are all underground cavities, and the channel is narrow, and the bare bare rocks look up, which is very depressing.

But when you pass through a special area called a small cavity, the route of the route changes.

Auto-control navigation guided Meng Lei all the way to the deeper part of the rock formation.

The terrain is getting lower and lower, gradually exceeding the sea area at a depth of 3,200 meters.

It wasn't until about 3,500 meters that the depth stopped dropping, and slowly became gentle, maintaining this data.

The surrounding terrain has not changed much, and it is still walking through the dark and oppressive tunnel.

Meng Lei, who has had an experience, doesn't have much feeling about it.

However, those who sailed in the rock formations for a long time for the first time began to undergo more or less subtle changes in their psychology.

After all, the sea environment in front of Sil City is mostly empty, somewhat similar to the feeling of the open air.

When you are first exposed to this environment, you will feel a strong sense of abandonment, and you will not get refractive feedback even when the lights are out.

To be honest, it does make people feel uneasy and uneasy.

But if you keep sailing in the eternal rock tunnel, you will feel extremely depressed, as if you have entered a dead cycle swallowed by the vortex of time and space, and you will never be able to escape.

At first, this feeling can be alleviated by talking and chatting, playing cards and reading magazines.

But after all, this is a palliative rather than a cure, and the feeling of depression and anxiety has always lingered in my heart, and it has not lingered at all.

In order to allow everyone to adapt as soon as possible and avoid the continuous fermentation of this emotion.

After nightfall, Meng Lei ordered everyone to go to rest immediately, and the personnel on duty were replaced by the native natives of the alien planet.

Of course

Because of the experience of this guy, Eugene didn't dare to be completely reassured by these alien native crews.

Through the short-distance communication system, Meng Lei specially explained to Zhang Chao and Lin Ming that they must arrange their own people to patrol the submarine constantly at night.

Whatever suspicious circumstances are found, they must be suppressed by force at the first opportunity!

These top people who were carefully selected by Chen Yu turned faster than the other.

Through Meng Lei's simple narration, he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

So they nodded their heads and agreed, promising that the security work would be put in place and there would be no mistakes.

Meng Lei nodded in satisfaction, handed over control of the submarine to Simon, and then went back to the captain's room to sleep.

For the next two days, the fleet spent the day navigating through desolate rock tunnels, rarely seeing any other marine environment.

It's a bit boring, but fortunately, there is no danger either.

For the shallow waters around Sil City, a fleet of five F-class submarines is already quite large.

Under normal circumstances, there would not be an eyeless alien sea monster that would choose to do something against a fleet of this size.

This phenomenon caused Lin Ming and the crew of those fleets to be surprised.

bluntly said that he didn't expect that the deeper area behind Sil City was actually safer than the shallow area outside the city.

In this regard, Meng Lei just smiled and reminded them not to be careless.

The journey has just begun, and the real danger is yet to come!

And as if to confirm Meng Lei's words, from the third day, the voyage gradually became difficult.

It's not that the number of sea monsters has increased, but the sea environment along the way has become more complex and changeable.

Not only is the channel itself very narrow and congested, and it is impossible to fully expand the formation, but the rock structure is also more steep and strange.

The flat and smooth dome is gone, replaced by a stalactite-like inverted rock thorn like the fangs and sharp teeth of a beast!

In the process of driving, the slightest carelessness may hit the reef and wall, causing serious scratches to the submarine hull!

Such a marine environment,

It was a huge test for all the captains, including Meng Lei!