Before the start of the White Nile project, in order to check the quality of the dam and bridge piers, Mecca used a very simple underwater robot. On the third day of Qian Long's visit, it was the period of high water, and in order to learn more about the project, Qian Long and Mecca boarded the surface carrier together. This makes it possible to control and monitor underwater robots on the mothership.

When Qian Long boarded the ship that day, it was a very sunny day. Northwesterly breezes, with wind speeds of up to 2 m/s, are ideal for this type of survey.

Originally, everything went according to the plan in advance.

However, when the underwater robot dived to a depth of about 200 meters and began to carry out operations, one of the cables suddenly failed. (This simple underwater robot, when performing underwater movements and operations, is controlled and monitored by the operator on the surface carrier, but it does rely on cables to provide power to the machine itself and exchange information.) In other words, once the cable fails, everything underwater. Underwater cameras, underwater cameras, and lights cannot continue to work effectively. ）

Qian Long remembered that Mecca was on the boat at the time, and after seeing this situation, he casually asked the staff next to him. "Could it be that Connor 1 (the name of the underwater robot) ran into a reef or a large fish underwater, so it malfunctioned?"

The staff replied, "We are familiar with this watershed, and this should not be the case!" ”

"And why do you say?"

When confronted with Mecca's questioning, the staff member could not answer.

This kind of extremely simple underwater robot is not comparable to a large underwater robot that can dive thousands of meters at every turn, but it is a depth of several hundred meters. It's not something that ordinary people say they can go. Mecca could only ask the staff to bring Connor 1 back first, and then make plans.

But what happened next was even stranger.

The operator tinkered there for a long time, and finally told Mecca very helplessly, "The control console is out of order, the lifting equipment is malfunctioning, and the operation of the Connor 1 cannot be continued!" The reason is unknown! ”

"How so?" Mecca was stunned. Then he looked at Qian Long with some embarrassment, rubbed his hands, and said, "Our equipment is too old!" It's so old! ”

Qian Long smiled, of course this smile is not funny. Then Qian Long first patted Mecca on the shoulder, and then said in a strange voice, "In ancient China, a man named Confucius said that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, if you don't even have reliable equipment." What kind of project are you working on? ”

Qian Long's attitude was condescending, so the translator next to Qian Long, who was also pretending to be a tiger, translated the words to Mecca as they were.

Mecca knew Confucius, but he didn't know what this tongue twister meant for him. Considering Qian Long's special status, Mecca didn't dare to offend him, so she had to swallow her anger and flatter him, saying, "Mr. Qian, what you said makes sense. But now ......"

"Such an old thing, throw it away, why do you want him to do it?" Qian Long, which pot is not opened, if Mecca's capital budget is enough, doesn't he want to change to a useful equipment?

This time, the translator was afraid that as soon as he said this, he would provoke the two of them to turn their faces on the spot, so he changed the sentence and said it very tactfully.

After hearing this, Mecca said, "There will be a way, and after a while, it will be all right!" ”

But the idea of Mecca was too optimistic.

Later, more than 5 hours passed, Qian Long and the translator had finished eating, and went to the rest room prepared for them in Mecca to sleep for a short time, and when they came back, Connor 1's console still did not respond.

Qian Long walked over to take a look, only to see that the indicator light on the operation panel was flashing extremely abnormally.

If there is no power supply, the indicators on the operation panel should be completely turned off.

But at this time, the lifting button on the console was on for a while and off for a while, as if there was some force majeure factor, which was constantly affecting the movement range of Connor 1. Not to mention that Qian Long has never seen this situation, even the other staff who often use Connor 1 have also not seen it.

At that time, to make matters worse, a huge fog suddenly rose on the water, and visibility instantly dropped to very low. After a while, the thick fog that could not be dissolved seemed to be connected with the blue sky, and there was no clear boundary between the water and the sky, and even from a distance, it was impossible to distinguish where the sky was and where the river was!

Mecca and all the staff on the ship, all their faces changed suddenly!

The sudden change in the weather, which did not match the weather forecast, and the sudden "disconnection" of Connor 1, all of this cast a shadow on the hearts of the people on the ship.

Only Qian Long's face remained unchanged, looking at the fog around him that couldn't be dissolved, and sneered, "Look at your panicked looks, useless guys!" Calm down! ”

As he spoke, Qian Long walked to the bow of the boat again, took the telescope of a staff member, and used the telescope to circle around to check the surrounding situation.

Although it was foggy, the wind was very small, so the ship remained in place. This reassured everyone a little.

Qian Long looked at it for a long time, and what appeared on the telescope was nothing except a white marshmallow-like fog. Qian Long watched for a long time, suddenly lost his direction, and told the people on the boat not to act rashly, just wait there, and when the fog clears, they will naturally go back, don't worry about this.

However......

Just when Qian Long was about to put down the telescope and go to check the operation panel of Connor 1 again.

There was a huge afterimage of something in the telescope, and suddenly it disappeared!

That thing left a deep impression on Qian Long, as if a ship was looming in the fog and disappeared!

Qian Long was stunned for a moment, and quickly raised the telescope to continue looking, but there was nothing, Qian Long felt that the situation was becoming more and more weird, so he threw the telescope away, closed his eyes, and kept turning thoughts in his heart.

Everyone continued to wait on the boat for more than 20 minutes or so.

The fog showed no sign of dissipating, and at that moment, Connor 1's control panel suddenly returned to normal. The screen next to the panel reappeared, which means that the underwater camera and camera equipment are back to work!

What's going on?

Everyone, including Mecca and Qianlong, gathered together. Immediately afterwards, there were more than 30 people on the boat, more than 60 pairs of eyes, and only those standing in the front row could see the picture from the green display.

First, in the upper right corner, the depth of water appeared on the display, and suddenly jumped to more than 6,000 meters!

It's impossible!

No way!

Because first of all, with Connor 1's ability, it is impossible to dive to such a depth. It was only a very small underwater robot, and the technology at that time was not so advanced, and it was impossible to dive to more than 6,000 meters.

Second, the water depth of the Nile River is absolutely impossible to reach 6,000 meters, and it is difficult to reach such a depth even if three Niles are stacked on top of each other.

But......

What's going on on the screen?

Fault!

There must be a malfunction in the survey equipment!

Everyone said in unison. But apparently, this reason is not entirely convincing to everyone. So everyone continued to keep their eyes glued to the display.

The synchronization information uploaded from the screen indicates that Connor 1 is still diving!

In a while, 6020 meters!

6050 meters!

6100 meters!

Everyone gasped!

At the same time, everyone realized a very critical problem, that is, the cable equipment of Connor 1 is not so long, if it is in such a deep place underwater, it is estimated that the whole body of Connor 1 has been crushed a long time ago, how can it resist the water pressure and still continue to work?

But what's going on in front of you?

No one can give a reasonable explanation.

Even Qian Long, who has an arrogant attitude, feels that his heart is beating very fast at this moment, and he feels that his lips are dry, so he keeps licking his lips with the tip of his tongue while looking at the display. At the same time, there was a more excited and greedy light in his eyes!

What can you see?

If you can see unknown organisms, if you can see the glorious and majestic underwater ruins, then this time you have not run in vain! It's all worth it!

Just when Qian Long was thinking so, Connor 1 was still declining!

In a short time, it descended to a depth of more than 7,000 meters.

And at this time, the images of the surrounding environment on the display screen have made everyone unable to believe their eyes!

They saw one gigantic skeleton after another on the screen. Compared with the size of Connor 1, Mecca quickly deduced that the skeleton volume of the unidentified underwater creature was actually hundreds of meters long and more than 20 meters high! Irony is just bloody.

This means that even the world's longest dinosaur, once the largest "monster" on Earth, will never exceed 50 meters in length, and it is said that the largest is only 7 stories tall and about 40 meters long.

But the skeleton of the unidentified creature at the bottom of the sea......

It is more than 100 meters long and twice as tall as the world's largest dinosaur!

It was almost as tall as a 14-story behemoth, standing proudly underwater!

"How so? Impossible, I don't believe it! "Mecca, suddenly, at this moment, rushed to the console like crazy, tapping two fingers on the control panel on the ascent!

However......

No effect!

Mecca continued to press the other buttons, and the result was the same. Although the indicator light on the panel reminds people that everything is normal, at that moment it feels like Connor 1 is out of people's control, and it is controlled by another unknown force!

And when the skeleton of this behemoth appeared in the field of vision of the people standing in the front row, these people had an intuition in their hearts, that is, the depth shown on the display was completely real!

No one had ever found the skeleton of such a behemoth in the Nile, and if it did, it would mean that Connor 1 had descended into an unknown area, and whatever strange creatures were hiding in that place, they thought it was completely real! Because they don't know where that area is!

……

A few more minutes later, when Mecca saw that the screen on the screen was still declining, a voice in his heart suddenly yelled, "Turn it all off!" Can't go any further! This is because Mecca has felt a great panic, especially the dense fog around it has not yet shown any signs of dissipating, and Mecca is very afraid that at this moment, a monstrous monster suddenly sprang out from under the Nile, and swallowed the boat with one mouth!

So Mecca immediately activated the stop button on the panel!

Let the underwater camera stop working in an instant!

Strangely, although Mecca couldn't control the lifting of Connor 1, as soon as he pressed this button, the display immediately went out. That strange and mysterious image disappeared from everyone's vision in an instant!

However, before the screen on the screen disappeared, Qian Long's interpreter tried to stop Mecca's move, but Mecca's movement was too fast and the translation was unsuccessful. Qian Long took advantage of that moment to continue to stare greedily at the display screen, and his eyes captured the last picture of the display screen before it was wiped out!

That image shocked him!

At the same time, it also made him feel extremely excited!

Because Qian Long saw something extremely incredible, which all scientists in the world could not understand, appeared underwater!

However......

What the hell is that thing?

Everything recorded in the Morse code suddenly stopped!