Just when the feedback signal on the sonar display is just showing the outline of the beacon site.

Another behemoth, much larger than the outline of the beacon site, appeared on the three-dimensional projection of the display screen almost simultaneously.

Outwardly, the object has an almost rectangular appearance, with a slightly flattened end.

It is similar to the shape of the Falcon-class submarine, a new member of the fleet.

However, the size of that object was much larger than that of the F-class Falcon class exploration boat.

Not even a beacon site can compare to it.

According to the proportion projected by the sonar display, the overall size of the object must be at least the size of an E-class submarine.

It's about the same size as the E-class frigate that I encountered outside the Lava Outpost before.

"An E-class submarine?! Arrived before us? ”

Meng Lei took a deep breath and looked at the object that was obviously the outline of a submarine, and a touch of strangeness appeared on his face.

With so little information available, he couldn't tell if the submarine had just arrived, or if it had been parked for a long time.

If it's the former, then everything is easy to say, everyone is in a hurry.

But if it's the latter, then something is clearly wrong.

The purpose of the submarine parked here is actually self-evident, it is to repair the beacon site.

Because the location of the beacon site is generally on the surface rock formation a few kilometers away from the normal shipping course, no one would normally drive a good turn here.

But a long time has passed, and so far, the network signal has not been restored.

It's hard not to wonder if something unknown has happened to the submarine.

As she pondered, the Sea Locust kept moving forward, gradually approaching the location of the submarine and the beacon station.

When there was only about a kilometer left between the two sides, Meng Lei didn't dare to get any closer, and hovered the Sea Locust in place.

At the same time, at the end of the list of short-range communication systems, a new contact object has also been refreshed, which must be the strange submarine in the distance.

Now that there is communication, everything is easy to say.

As long as you can get in touch with the other person, you can determine the current situation and the current state of the other person.

The only thing that made Meng Lei puzzled was that.

Under normal circumstances, the short-range communication device installed on the submarine can receive signals from the opposing vessel's ship from a distance of two kilometers.

Its communication distance is about the same as the limit distance of a sonar detector.

However, the ship's communication system was obviously disturbed in some way, and it was not until the Sea Locust approached a distance of about a kilometer that it received a signal from the other party.

At this point, there is really a trace of abnormal feeling.

Taking a deep breath, Meng Lei didn't think too much about it for the time being.

After halting the fleet, he launched a short-haul communication directly at the unknown submarine, which only had a long list of numbers.

"Drip ...... Drip...... Drip ......"

After a while, the other party did not respond at all.

Neither refuse nor answer.

It was like a ghost ship with all the crew gone, hovering quietly in the darkness in the distance, with a strange aura invisibly.

"What's going on? No one answered? Is something really wrong? ”

Meng Lei frowned slightly, and an ominous premonition gradually surfaced in his heart.

At this time, Hans, Hawke and others, who did not know why, opened the hatch of the bridge command room and walked in from the outside to inquire about the situation.

Meng Lei briefly described the situation he was currently experiencing, and everyone immediately looked towards the sonar display in unison.

"Have any of you been in a similar situation before? How are they solved in general? ”

Meng Lei asked seriously.

It was the first time he had encountered this kind of thing, without any experience, and hoped that someone would be able to give some valuable advice.

After a long silence, Hans was the first to speak:

"Under normal circumstances, the maintenance of the beacon station only requires engineers to go out of the cabin to deal with it, and does not require the ship's crew to go out collectively.

In particular, even if there is no captain on duty in the bridge command room, there will be people who will always pay attention to the data on the ship, and it is impossible for no one to answer the short-distance communication application.

In the current situation, there is only one possibility! ”

Speaking of this, Hans took a deep breath, a solemnity appeared on his face, and said in a deep voice:

"Eighty percent of the people on this ship have all died!"

Hans's tone was very firm.

said that it was eighty percent, but the expression on his face showed ten percent certainty.

As soon as these words came out,

The temperature in the command room of the Sea Locust bridge seemed to turn cold in an instant.

Everyone present felt a strong chill for no reason.

"Dead?!"

Huo Ye shouted: "The ship is still parked here, neither sinking nor tilting, which proves that all functions are still functioning normally, and it doesn't look like it has been attacked, so for what reason will the people on the ship die?" ”

Simon on the side took a deep breath, closed his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice:

"There are too many possibilities to list them all, and it is impossible to determine the truth from sonar detection data alone without observing the real situation up close."

"For example?"

Xu Hui interjected on the side and asked, "This kind of situation is definitely not common, we must make some preparations in advance based on experience, right?"

Otherwise, what if you take the liberty of taking a closer look, what if you are also hit? ”

Simon shook his head when he heard this, and sighed helplessly:

"There's nothing to prepare, and we don't have exploratory drones on our ship, so we can only drive them over.

Or, just like last time, send a group of people to enter the troops as underwater, and quietly touch over to check the situation.

Other than that, there is no way. ”

Simon's voice fell, and everyone present turned their eyes to Meng Lei and handed over the decision to him.

"No matter what happens ahead, the beacon station must be repaired, otherwise we simply won't be able to move forward.

Now it would be too much time to turn around and reroute, and our food supplies would not be enough to support us in re-planning our routes. ”

Hans looked at Meng Lei worriedly, and said in a deep voice:

"Captain, what to do next, you can decide as soon as possible!"

In the solemn atmosphere of the bridge command room, the sound of Didi communication applications continued to echo, like the sound of a bell urging life, which made people extremely nervous.

Meng Lei listened to the discussion of several people, and he was also thinking in his heart.

After a while, he finally made a decision, his eyes lit up, and he said in a deep voice:

"In this case, it is categorically impossible to drive the ship directly, even the submarine of the size of the E-class frigate has been hit, if there is really any danger, eighty percent of our F-class submarines will not escape!

It's better to send someone out of the cabin to reconnoitre, and be safe. ”

Everyone nodded their heads one after another, maintaining a high degree of approval for Meng Lei's decision.

Then, Meng Lei called the captains of several other frigates through the short-range communication system and gave a brief introduction to the situation.

"That's probably the case.

Now, I need you to each send an underwater advance force out of the capsule to the vicinity of the beacon station to arrive at the reconnaissance.

Whatever you find, report it immediately! ”

"Yes!"

After Zhang Chao and the others received the order, they immediately nodded in agreement.

At this point, you can see the benefits of teamwork, even if there is danger ahead, there is no need for Meng Lei to do it himself, and everything will be on the front line.

It is completely possible to remotely direct his subordinates to explore the path and minimize their own risks.

This is the first time Meng Lei has enjoyed the privilege of being a commander, and it feels pretty good.

Soon, as one order after another was given, the security officers on each submarine sprang into action and began to assemble at the door of the airlock chamber in full gear.

Taking advantage of the time to integrate the team, Meng Lei commanded the fleet to move forward for a distance.

At a distance of about four or five hundred meters from the submarine and the beacon station, it hovered quietly.

During the whole process, nothing unusual happened, and everything was quiet.

The surrounding sea water is full of sinking darkness, and incomparably desolate dead silence, not even a single swimming fish, and the silence is heartwarming.

And the mysterious unknown submarine never answered the communication, allowing the communicator to keep making a rapid dripping sound, which made people feel panicked.

At this point, Meng Lei really didn't dare to move forward.

About 500 meters can be said to be a relatively safe distance, and if you get closer, it is difficult to respond in time if there is an emergency.

At present, this distance is just the limit of the maximum signal range that wireless communication headphones can receive.

While the reconnaissance personnel are moving forward, it is also convenient to communicate with the ship and report the situation in a timely manner.

When everything is ready,

A total of fifteen security officers from five ships, including Huo Ye and Simon, walked out of the hatch of the airlock room at the same time, and then completed the assembly at the porthole at the nose of the Sea Locust.

Fifteen people, except for Huo Ye and Simon, were dressed in ordinary diving suits of the same style, holding underwater thrusters in their hands, carrying grenade launchers and underwater rifles and other standard weapons on their shoulders, and holding sonar detectors in their waists.

The group was lined up in a neat row, suspended in the ocean like a void, like a school of swimming fish, towards the dark depths of the distance.

Meng Lei stood at the front of the command room of the Sea Locust with his hands in his hands, and watched them go away with his own eyes.

At the same time, he kept reminding him in the headphones.

"Everyone pay attention to safety, report anything you find immediately, and don't act rashly!"

In the headphones, Simon's low and cold answer came:

"Roger!"

He was the captain of the reconnaissance mission, responsible for leading the team, and was also a senior security officer with rich experience in underwater operations.

With Simon here, it's enough to deal with most emergencies.

It didn't take long for the light emitted by the underwater thrusters to disappear into the darkness in the distance.

Even the high-powered searchlight on the top of the Sea Locust could no longer capture the reconnaissance team.

A line of milky white silhouettes, engulfed in the infinite darkness that surrounds them.

In the headphones, only the heavy breathing of everyone could be heard, and the whole world fell silent again.

Time passes imperceptibly, minute by minute.

After about half a minute, the reconnaissance team still didn't notice anything unusual.

Simon reported in his headset that the sonar detector showed that they were very close to the ghost ship and the beacon station, with only about a hundred meters left.

At this time, the signal of the short-distance communication headset gradually began to become unstable.

The transmission efficiency of electromagnetic waves has reached its limit, but if the reconnaissance team goes any further distance, it is likely to cause a complete interruption of communication.

Seeing that there was no danger for the time being, Meng Lei groaned and controlled the Sea Locust to continue to move forward for a distance, keeping the communication open.

At this time, Simon suddenly shouted in the headphones:

"Captain, we have arrived at the target location, the submarine looks like it is still running, the engines are not turned off, the external searchlights are working, there are no signs of an accident!"

Hearing this, Meng Lei suddenly frowned, and said suspiciously:

"What's going on? Where did all the people on the submarine go? ”

Simon said in a deep voice: "I don't know, let's take a closer look, there seems to be something at the bottom of the submarine, I can't see it clearly, I ......"

The sound of electricity appeared in Meng Lei's headphones.

Even though he kept a certain distance from the reconnaissance team at all times, when Simon approached the submarine, the signal seemed to be disturbed in some way, and it became extremely unstable.

So much so that Meng Lei couldn't hear the second half of Simon's sentence too clearly.

All he knew was that he seemed to have discovered something, and was about to go over to investigate.

Meng Lei whispered in the earphones:

"Simon, be careful no matter what, return immediately if the situation is not right, do you hear that?"

"Know...... Finish...... Captain ......"

Simon's answer was intermittent, but fortunately, it was probably a positive answer.

Meng Lei took a deep breath and took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the center console and lit it to ease the anxiety in his heart.

"The Evil God"

He stood in the cockpit with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth, worried about the development of events.

In the headphones, except for Simon's commanding voice, the others didn't communicate much, and Meng Lei didn't know what they saw on that ship.

A moment later, an exclamation suddenly came from the headphones.

"Damn...... It's actually a mound...... Remove...... Everyone, get out of ...... Hurry up! Don't get touched by those cells! ”

The voice was clearly made by Simon, and there was a hint of anxiety and horror in his tone, apparently that he had discovered something unusual.

Meng Lei was suddenly startled when he heard this, and was about to speak.

At this moment, I heard a jumbled exclamation coming from the headphones.

", what the hell is this?!"

"Fire, fire!"

"They came out of the cabin...... Too much...... Too much...... What the hell is this......"

"Listen to the captain...... Withdraw first...... Don't let them hit you...... Fast...... Ah......h

……

Time

Exclamations, curses, howls, and the muffled sound of firearms firing.

In a very short period of time, it became a ring.

The reconnaissance team seems to have encountered something extremely terrifying, and it was a mess in an instant!