Three o'clock in the morning.

The vast depths of the ocean still maintain the darkness that has been present since time immemorial.

The ancient sea plains were equally gloomy, and the splendor of the hydrothermal wasteland, which was invisible to the naked eye, was long gone.

Metal buildings have been buried by endless sea sand, and the collapsed ruins have been eroded by the sea and time, turning into iron pillars and reefs that stretch for thousands of kilometers.

There are occasional ruins that stand upright, and there are also various corals and parasites everywhere, as well as a large amount of gray seaweed.

It seems to have been burned by fire, and it looks like tombstones, scattered scattered.

On the pitch-black submarine plain, with the surging of ocean currents, there was a surging hum, as if an ancient undead were whimpering......

From the edge of the hydrothermal wasteland, about 100 kilometers away, deep in the ruins of a vein.

Six large black shadows float silently on the seabed.

Below, there are clusters of underwater jungle paved with giant seaweed tens of meters high, and large areas of collapsed and dilapidated building ruins.

Countless palm-sized arthropods climbed through it, and strangely shaped crustaceans roamed the ruins, like a breeding ground for harmonious and happy creatures.

Looking up, there is boundless darkness.

I don't know where it started, I don't know where it ends.

Infinite darkness engulfs everything, as if the universe was full of confusion and chaos before the opening of the world.

In the midst of this endless darkness, the six silent black shadows remained silent for a long time.

It's like six icy reefs floating in the air, with no life.

When you get closer, you can see that they are not completely silent, and there is a faint hum of the engine inside, which is constantly rippling around through the faint current.

These are six submarines.

To be exact, six Ghost submarines with all external lighting and active sonar turned off, maintaining only the lowest operating power.

In the current situation, the submarine no longer has any early warning function and has become completely blind.

Although it can conceal its existence to a great extent, it also loses a critical perception of the outside world.

The crew inside the submarine cannot capture the situation outside the cabin with the naked eye, and can only roughly judge whether there is a strong noise object approaching based on the sound wave signal heard by the passive sonar.

It is difficult to ensure the timeliness and validity of such judgments.

However, it is also the only option for the submarine to be dormant.

On the Sea Locust, the person on duty tonight is Xu Hui.

Since his abdominal wound had not healed and he was unable to engage in too high-intensity combat, Meng Lei had not let him participate in the work of cleaning up the battlefield and going out of the cabin these days.

As compensation for other combatants, Xu Hui also volunteered to take up the night shift.

However, in the command room of the bridge at this moment, there was another person besides Xu Hui.

The man was small, with shoulder-length hair and a wide doctor's uniform, looking soft and weak.

It was the little girl who was rescued by Meng Lei from the Molten Rock Outpost, Lin.

Speaking of which, Xu Hui's pursuit of Lin is no secret in the small circle of the Sea Locust and the top of the Chongming fleet.

Since the last time the fleet returned to Si'er City, Xu Hui began to deliberately treat the little girl when he had nothing to do.

Although she kept hitting a wall at first, as time passed, the little girl gradually let go of everything that had happened in the past.

In addition, Xu Hui himself has good eloquence and outstanding ability, otherwise Chen Yu would not have chosen him as his deputy at the beginning of the establishment of the Kyushu Fleet.

With his three-inch incorruptible tongue, Xu Hui really used a lot of "rhetoric" to open the little girl's heart.

came and went, although the relationship between the two has not been confirmed for the time being, they are much more familiar than before, and they often stick together.

The same was true tonight, and while everyone was asleep, he pulled the little girl over to accompany him for the night.

And Xu Hui's method of picking up girls is actually very simple, he only needs to make up a story about Lanxing's things and tell them to the other party, which can often bring countless topics.

For those who have been facing depression and darkness all year round since birth,

The blue sky, the turquoise grassland, the vast universe and the stars in the sky are unreachable that only exist in the book.

It has a great attraction.

As long as Xu Hui processes it a little, even a small matter about the Blue Star Society can attract Lin's constant questioning and curiosity.

"In our place, there is an animal called the panda, which is a national treasure unique to our country! The black and white hair and the round body shape are so cute that you don't want it! ”

"My favorite thing to eat is a plant called bamboo, which is kind of similar to that pot of sea emperor bamboo."

In the bridge command room, Xu Hui sat in the driver's seat in front of the center console, pointing to the green potted plant in the corner of the porthole, and dancing with his hands.

Lin moved the lazy chair that Meng Lei used to view the scenery before, and sat next to Xu Hui, with a curious look on his cheeks with his hands on his cheeks, and his eyes were hopeful, as if he was full of yearning for the world depicted by Xu Hui.

In dim light.

The two were very close and slightly intimate.

"However, although the panda looks cute, you must not be fooled by its appearance, in fact, it is an omnivorous animal, extremely fierce!"

"If it's single-handed, even the Creeper is no match for it, and it can be knocked over with a slap!"

Xu Hui deliberately showed a fierce expression, adding some thriller elements at the right time.

The little girl who listened was curious and a little apprehensive, and subconsciously shortened the distance between the two a little closer.

Seeing this, Xu Hui showed a smile on his face that his treacherous plan had succeeded.

He leaned in quietly to the other side, and then stretched out his arms in a lazy manner, trying to tentatively wrap his arms around the little girl's shoulders.

But at this moment, his gaze inadvertently swept to the sonar display next to the center console.

Suddenly, I felt that the three-dimensional projection of the mold lake seemed to have some strange changes.

Suddenly, Xu Hui's arm hanging in mid-air froze in place, and he didn't make the next move.

The image heard by the submarine's passive sonar is very different from that of the active sonar.

Active sonar can clearly depict a detailed topographic map within a radius of two kilometers through acoustic feedback signals, and any obstacles can be clearly displayed.

However, due to its different functions, passive sonar can only detect and reflect the general situation of the target area by listening to the sound wave signals transmitted by the other party.

In the silence of the surrounding environment, the picture on the display is very vague and hazy, and it does not provide a full picture of the nearby sea.

At that moment just now, Xu Hui vaguely noticed.

In that blank haze, there seemed to be some strange fluctuation appearing, like water ripples, gently rippling.

But soon, the fluctuation disappeared as if nothing had happened.

Seeing him pause suddenly, Lin also turned her head sideways curiously, her big eyes flickered, and she asked suspiciously:

"Brother Xu, what's wrong?"

Xu Hui was stunned for a second, his eyes stayed on the sonar display, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he said a little sneeringly:

"Just now...... I look like I've seen something......"

Hearing this, Lin also set her eyes on a hazy sonar display, but found nothing.

After a pause, the little girl said suspiciously:

"Brother Xu, what the hell is it? Why didn't I see it? ”

Xu Hui scratched his head, feeling very puzzled, it was the first time he had encountered such a thing, and he couldn't tell if he was dazzled.

After all, the ripples of that moment were very inconspicuous in the chaotic ocean current signal.

It is like a pebble falling into a large lake, which dissipates into nothing in the waves, and does not make any waves.

Eventually, the two stared at the sonar display for a long time.

However, the mysterious fluctuation never appeared again, as if everything was an illusion.

"Strange, I saw it?"

Xu Hui frowned slightly, feeling incomprehensible about this unknown phenomenon.

After a little hesitation, Xu Hui originally wanted to expose this matter, but he was all dazzled.

Anyway, the surroundings are quiet, and it doesn't look like something has happened.

can remember Meng Lei's repeated instructions before going to bed, coupled with the frequent strange things recently, Xu Hui still raised some vigilance.

Eventually, he turned on the short-range communication system of the Sea Locust and applied for short-range communication to several other submarines in the fleet.

I tried to go through multiple forensics to determine whether the mysterious fluctuations I just saw were real.

The fleet of six submarines, including the E-class transport, were manned at night.

Xu Hui sent them a newsletter one by one, and got a different answer from each of them.

Some people said that they seemed to see it, while others said that nothing happened at all, and the nearby sea area was always quiet, and the sonar display did not change at all.

Everyone said different things, and Xu Hui was also suspicious, unable to judge the authenticity of this matter.

In the end, he could only tell everyone to be vigilant, and if there is anything to discover, be sure to be the first to be a policeman.

There was such a small episode, and Xu Hui was no longer in the mood to pick up girls.

Lin also consciously said goodnight to Xu Hui, left the bridge command room, and went back to his crew room to sleep.

Since the situation was not serious, Xu Hui did not alarm Meng Lei for the time being, but focused all his energy on the sonar display, and did not dare to relax in the slightest.

You must know that with the full-scale outbreak of space tides, strange things have been happening frequently recently.

No one knows what the impact of some strange changes will ultimately be.

Especially in this deep-sea environment, once something unknown happens, there is really nowhere to hide, and there is only a dead end to leave the submarine.

Therefore, it is necessary to react immediately as soon as something happens.

I just stared at the sonar display and sat for more than an hour.

At more than four o'clock in the morning, Xu Hui's eyes were sour, heavy tiredness hit madly, and his eyelids kept fighting.

He got up and walked out of the cockpit and went to the dining room to make a cup of coffee.

At the moment when the hatch of the command room fell, a strange change suddenly appeared on the sonar display screen, which had not changed for a long time.

The fluctuations were even more fierce than just now, like a boulder falling into an ancient well, instantly setting off thousands of waves!

At the same time, on the seabed about a kilometer northeast of the vein site where the fleet docked.

In the depths of the darkness that the naked eye could not distinguish, a large amount of red mist suddenly rose inexplicably.

This fog came very strangely, as if it was born out of thin air, and it seemed to seep into another layer of space, like ink entering water, and it spread rapidly.

Soon, almost in the blink of an eye.

The endless blood-colored mist, like the thick smoke spewed from the black chimneys of the deep sea, instantly filled a large area of the surrounding sea.

The sky was full of blood, completely staining the vicinity into a sea of blood, from far and near, towards the place where the fleet was docked.

"Woo ......"

At this moment, in the darkness, a strange scream sounded.

As the blood mist continued to thicken and approach, it seemed as if some terrible monster was born in it, letting out a terrible roar.

The sound grew louder and louder.

Through the faint light scattered by the school of glowing fish that was gradually shrouded nearby, it was vaguely visible, and in the deepest part of the blood mist, there were black shadows quickly passing by.

The body is hideous, with teeth and claws.

With that terrible roar, it was like a ghost crying all over the sky, spreading wildly, making people's scalps tingle!

The change was so sudden that it was a surprise at all.

On the Sea Locust, Xu Hui had just left the bridge command room, and the short-range communication bell on the center console immediately rang wildly.

And at this time, even if there was no communication, Xu Hui could clearly hear it clearly when he stood in the empty and dead cabin on the first floor, and a terrifying roar suddenly sounded outside the cabin.

The voice was strange and poignant, growing more and more, getting closer and closer.

Xu Hui stood in place with the teacup in his hand, his head was in cold sweat, and he was stupid.

Outside the cabin, the blood-colored fog erupted wildly, and countless shadows approached quickly under the wrapping of the blood mist, and in the air above the dock of the fleet, a whirlpool swept in, like a dark cloud under a clear sky, shocking and terrifying!

"Damn! Damn it! What the hell is going on?! ”

Xu Hui was shocked, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.

He immediately turned around and ran to the bridge command room at the bow of the ship, throwing off his arms and running desperately, his soul almost frightened.

"Woo ......"

And just as he shuttled all the way through the passage of the first floor of the cabin, the blood mist swirled the white sand at the bottom of the sea, enveloping the dense black shadows like hellish ghosts, and in the blink of an eye, he reached the ruins of the ore vein where the fleet docked.

In addition, as the blood mist continues to unfold, the scope of dispersion is getting larger and larger.

In the central area of the blood mist eruption, on the pitch-black seabed, an incomparably huge shadow suddenly rose into the sky.

It was like an ancient demon crawling out of the abyss, carrying a monstrous demonic mist and descending to the world!

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