Dragon Clan: Reboot Life

Chapter 172
"In addition... the strange thing is not only Pompeii, but also the Japanese branch."

"The Japanese branch?" Manstein pondered, "If I remember correctly, many students who were sent to Japan for internships did not respond very well."

"It's not just bad, it's really in dire straits." Schneider said, "Strictly speaking, the Japanese branch is not an institution directly under the academy, so the executive department rarely asks for their assistance. But this time, we have no choice but to turn to Japan for help." branch, and the Japanese branch was surprisingly enthusiastic."

"What do you mean?"

"They not only mobilized high-level cadres, but also invested in the entire Yanliu Research Institute. They are more interested in the things in the abyss than we are. What's even more weird is that they always refuse to admit that the thing is the embryo of a dragon. "

Schneider Road,
"In addition, the Japanese branch, which insisted on continuing to observe the embryos, suddenly expressed its full support for the Longyuan Project, and within two days it obtained the government's prohibition order, controlled the sea area, and quickly mobilized 6 floating platforms to build a sea base. It's like ...as if they knew something ahead of time."

"It sounds like, in this operation, the headquarters, which was supposed to be the protagonist, became an outsider." Manstein complained.

"Yes. Pompeii and the Japanese branch put us in the middle. It looks like we have been assisted from both sides, but in fact we are like laboratory mice. And the most helpless thing is that even knowing the following It's dangerous, and we have to grit our teeth and rush forward."

Schneider was expressionless.

"But the problem is..." Manstein suddenly looked confused, "Caesar, the heir of the Gattuso family, and Yuan Zhisheng, the representative of the executive department of the Japanese branch, are all participants in this operation. It is completely from the commissioner of the department." Only Chu Zihang is alone."

He spread his hands: "I understand what you mean, but judging from the results, the three of us are one to one."

Schneider said with deep eyes: "What I am most curious about now is what is the relationship between Pompeii and Frost, or the internal structure of the Gattuso family."

"The Longyuan Project is right under your nose, do you still have the time to worry about other people's parents?"

"It's not because the parents are short-sighted, it's very important." Schneider whispered, "The acting master Frost desperately tried to prevent Caesar from going into the sea, but the real master, Caesar's father, Pompey raised his hands to support Caesar going into the sea, don't you Do you find it strange? I always thought that Frost was the helm of the Gattuso family, but looking at it now, I am afraid that this guy was kept in the dark by Pompey, or by the family."

"You suspect... Frost is a puppet?" Manstein's eyes widened.

"The puppet may not be there." Schneider said quietly, "But at least, he is far from the core of the secret of the Gattuso family."

A shrill siren interrupted their conversation.

The superimposed holographic projection screens quickly appeared around Schneider.

The dense data scrolls up crazily!
On the cross-section of the Trieste, No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 air chambers are marked in red and flashing continuously.

Schneider's face changed suddenly: "The air cabin leaked?"

The Trieste, which has undergone numerous inspections, has a mechanical failure!
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The Trieste was shaking violently.

Caesar looked surprised: "Oh! The deep submersible is malfunctioning! This is a malfunction of the deep submersible! Hold on tight, everyone, don't panic!"

"The pressure of watertight compartments 1, 2, and 3 drops at the same time, we are losing buoyancy! Call Sumizuo, repeat, we are losing buoyancy!"

Yuan Zhisheng roared.

There was no abnormality beforehand, but suddenly the deep submersible faltered, and the readings of all the instruments changed drastically.

The Diriast had 4 air chambers in total, and 3 air chambers leaked at the same time.

Compressed air is escaping like crazy.The feeling of weightlessness hit immediately, the numbers on the depth gauge jumped wildly, and they were falling into the deep sea at high speed!
"2400...2680...3260..."

Chu Zihang quickly reported that they had sunk one kilometer in just one minute, and he shouted,
"At this rate we'll be sinking in 10 minutes!"

The deep submersible is still sinking at a high speed, not only sinking, but also rolling!
"What the hell is going on? Team Caesar! Check the gauges and valves, quick!"

The anxious voice of the crow on the Xumizuo came from the earphones.

"Slow down! Find a way to slow down! The surge in water pressure will damage the shell of the submersible!" Yuan Zhisheng yelled.

"Young Master? Young Master, are you okay?!" Crow shouted.

"Everyone calm down, everything will be fine." Caesar comforted.

"Don't talk nonsense! Think of a solution quickly! Safety hooks! Yes, we still have safety hooks! Activate the safety hooks!" Yuan Zhisheng suddenly remembered that they still need safety hooks as the last insurance.

"Safety hook? Okay! Who the hell, activate the safety hook! What the hell are you watching me do! Hurry up and activate the safety hook for me!" Crow roared.

"Calm down, the more you get to this kind of time, the more you can't mess yourself up." Caesar said calmly like a leader.

"Young master, please calm down. It will take some time for the safety hook to activate. Please put the submersible in the right position during this period."

Sakura's reliable voice came from the walkie-talkie, like a cup of iced mung bean soup in the dog days, which made Yuan Zhisheng calm down instantly.

"I'm trying to open the balance rudder and the deep submersible will come forward first." Chu Zihang said in a deep voice.

"Sakura, you can't act too hastily when activating the safety hook, you must grasp the strength of the winch, otherwise the safety rope will break!" Yuan Zhisheng spoke extremely fast.

"Understood! I will personally direct!"

Everyone was in a hurry, and the only exception was Caesar.

This guy waved a cigar and loudly comforted everyone not to give up hope. A hopeful tomorrow is waiting for them. He will definitely bring everyone back alive...

"To shut up!"

Yuan Zhisheng and Chu Zihang turned their heads at the same time, the veins on their foreheads twitched violently, and roared together.

The piercing sound of metal bending came from above the cockpit, and the feeling of weightlessness disappeared suddenly, followed by the feeling of overweight.

At a depth of 7500 meters, the speedometer finally returned to zero.

Di Trieste submersible was suspended in the deep sea with difficulty, slightly tilted, as if supported by a steel wire.All the lights in the cockpit flickered and suddenly went out.

Yuan Zhisheng and Chu Zihang almost jumped up from their seats, grabbed the flashlight, and quickly checked the various instruments on the console.

"Well, there is no damage. We completed the planned four-hour dive in 10 minutes. Everything is under control."

Caesar's lazy voice sounded.

"The circuits and pipelines are still normal, and the No. [-] watertight cabin can still work normally." Chu Zihang turned his head to look at Yuan Zhisheng, and said seriously, "I remember I reminded you last night."

Yuan Zhisheng choked for breath, and grabbed the walkie-talkie with a blank expression, "Sakura, go find out who was in charge of the comprehensive inspection at the institute last night."

"Yes!"

Putting down the walkie-talkie, Yuanzhi said in a deep voice, "The Japanese branch will give you an explanation for this matter."

"Small problems, don't worry about them." Caesar waved his hands proudly.

He is now content. Although the body felt extremely uncomfortable during the fall just now, it was very exciting. This was a different kind of pleasure for him, as if he had conquered this abyss.

Looking at Caesar, Yuan Zhisheng was puzzled.

He felt that Caesar's actions just now were very suspicious. It was a life-and-death crisis, but Caesar showed great expectations, looking like a neuropathy.

"You've just……"

Yuan Zhisheng was about to say something when Caesar raised his finger to his lips to signal him to keep silent.

Yuan Zhisheng fell silent suddenly.

He also felt that something was wrong...

The lighting system inside and outside the watertight cabin was powered off just now. It is reasonable to say that the watertight cabin should be completely dark now, but at this moment he can clearly see the faces of Caesar and Chu Zihang, and there is no need for a flashlight at all.

He turned his head slowly, his eyes moved towards the porthole...

Chu Zihang and Caesar are doing the same thing.

They didn't dare to turn their heads away suddenly, so as not to scare themselves, this kind of incredible thing... It's better to get used to it slowly.

Something was lying on the porthole looking at them, its pupils were like huge candles, illuminating the entire watertight cabin in flames!
They were both stunned at the same time, stunned by the incredible creature that appeared outside the window.

That's a whale!
"This is... the Dragon King Whale?" Yuan Zhisheng asked in surprise.

This huge monster left the deep submersible quietly.

It walked slowly into the distance, its long tail stirred the sea water, leaving a transparent vortex with a diameter of more than ten meters, its huge body hit the sea water, making a thunderous sound.

"This guy is more than [-] meters long. There shouldn't be such a big whale in this world." Caesar whispered.

"It looks like the extinct Dragon King Whale." Chu Zihang agreed with Yuan Zhisheng's statement.

"The ecological environment here is abnormal. It seems that something has changed the environmental structure here." Yuan Zhisheng whispered, "Such a deep sea is not suitable for a large creature like the Dragon King Whale to survive."

"Hey, look, there are devil fish and turtles!" Caesar suddenly shouted.

The three of them huddled together in front of the porthole and looked at the same time, only to find that the water in this area was emitting a glow like a flowing sunset.

A large school of thousands of fish floats in the glow-like water, some go out of a spiral upward arc, and some plunge into the bottom of the sea like a whirlpool. Some of these fish are as white as silver, some are almost transparent, and some The others emit a faint blue fluorescence.

Occasionally, giant stingrays flap their feathery, fleshy fins through the shoal, at which point the shoal opens a gap for the stingray to pass through, before snapping back into shape.

Most of these fish have never been seen before, and even if they are similar to some fish, they are very different.

For example, the manta ray has a black and white patterned exoskeleton on its head.

The turtle's carapace is not hard but fleshy, like cracked red basalt.

The scene in front of me has a vast and glorious momentum.

This is the beauty of dreams, beyond the limits of imagination, making people mistakenly think that the sunset-colored sea outside the porthole is the sky before sunset, and fish schools are inviting to swim in the sky.

"Crack."

The flash almost blinded Caesar and Yuan Zhisheng.

"Where did you get the camera?"

"Crack."

There was another shutter sound.

While recording the deep sea scene outside the porthole, Chu Zihang explained: "Lu Mingfei sent me his camera a few days ago, and when he contacted me last night, he asked me to take some pictures for him under the sea. Photos, to make up for the regret of not participating in the mission."

"You guys still kept in touch last night?" Caesar asked in surprise.

Yuan Zhisheng moved slightly in his heart and said, "Lu Mingfei... What kind of person is he in your impression?"

Hearing this question, Caesar silently re-lit himself a cigar, Chu Zihang put down his camera and fell into deep thought.

"Is this question difficult to answer?"

Seeing no reply for a long time, Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but said.

Caesar patted him on the shoulder: "Excellent, the next president of the student union."

Chu Zihang murmured: "Very simple guy, by the way, he asked me to say sorry to you."

The endless apology made Yuan Zhisheng frowned, but Chu Zihang didn't give him a chance to ask questions, because he didn't know the answer either.

"Look down, we are right above the abyss now."

Caesar and Yuan Zhisheng lay on the observation window and looked down.

I finally understand why the sea here is red like sunset.

They are currently directly above the Japan Trench.

On the left is the gently sloping seabed that belongs to the Eurasian plate.

On the right are jagged cliffs that belong to the Pacific Plate.

They collided with each other to form an extremely deep submarine grand canyon. At the bottom of the canyon was a golden crack running from north to south, where the earth's crust was broken, and the burnt red rock layer rolled out.

The magma gushes out intermittently and slowly overflows to the surroundings. The ice-cold sea water and the hot magma blend like water and milk, and the faint thunder echoes all around.

"It's so beautiful." Caesar praised sincerely. "It's like a wound on the earth. Someone split the earth with a knife, and the molten golden blood that belongs to the earth flowed out."

"Crack." Chu Zihang took a photo and continued to explain, "This is the wound of the earth. The crust is cracked here, and the mantle layer is directly exposed. Below the abyss is a warehouse that stores trillions of tons of magma. "

"Good luck, we fell directly into the right place." Caesar said cheerfully, and he put on the earphones again, "Now let's continue diving, we haven't reached the end of this trip yet."

There was silence in the watertight cabin.

Chu Zihang and Yuan Zhisheng returned to their seats to take charge of their work, but neither of them spoke because they didn't know what to say now.

Under Caesar's operation, the submersible reached a depth of 8100 meters.

Caesar successfully stabilized this "classic car" at this depth, and 400 meters further down was the bottom of the Japan Trench, where magma flowed across and thunder shook continuously.

In all versions of mythology, this environment is collectively called—hell!
The propellers turned on, and the Trieste cruised slowly above the magma, maintaining its depth.

The three people in the cabin were lying on the observation port, looking around.

"The embryo should be right below. If I guessed correctly, it changed the surrounding environment."

"But hasn't it hatched yet?"

"For the ancient species, hatching is not birth, but rebirth. They were just sleeping before."

At this moment, if you look down from the top, the cracks on the seabed are like an abyss burning with fire, and the 15-meter-long Dirieste is as small as a midge.

It glides lightly and steadily over the raging flames, and its entire body is reflected golden.

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"Have you found the sinking fault of the deep submersible?"

In the campus headquarters, the central control room, Schneider was holding the phone.

"It is speculated that the pressure valves of the three watertight cabins leaked. Those valves are all products from 1960. It is not surprising that there is a problem. The remaining watertight cabin is enough to help them return."

Sakura, who temporarily replaced the crow, said calmly, "Even if the fourth watertight compartment is broken, we can use the safety rope to pull them up."

"How can I trust the equipment that the equipment department has touched?" Schneider touched his forehead with a layer of cold sweat.

(End of this chapter)