Age Of The Sirens

When consciousness came to life bit by bit, Tang Yi felt the unusual pressure on his body.The ubiquitous pressure covered every inch of the body, accompanied by the deep cold that gradually penetrated into the blood and bone marrow through nanomaterials and skin.His hands and feet were so numb that he lost consciousness, and when he moved a little, a rustling, itchy, soreness spread all over his body.

He opened his eyes, but only saw a bottomless darkness.

His breathing became rapid, and he raised his arms in front of his eyes despite the discomfort, but he still couldn't see anything.He hastily reached out to twist the light on the helmet, and turned the knob several times, but there was no response.

Now there are two possibilities, one, his headlight was damaged; two, he was blinded...

He hoped it was the first...

He had never seen such an impenetrable blackness, which forced him to swallow him from every angle in the void, without giving him the slightest chance to breathe.He didn't know where he was, so he reached out and fumbled around, and found a solid wall-like thing covered with slimy algae.He sat up with his body propped up, leaned back against the wall, reached out to turn on the intercom button next to his ear, and tried to call others.But there is no response.

The walkie-talkie was also crashed, but his breathing system was only slightly damaged, and he was still continuously extracting oxygen from the seawater.It's just that the oxygen concentration is a little low, and after breathing for a long time, there will be a feeling of chest tightness and shortness of breath.Tang Yi was so angry that he thumped the ground in a circle, and let out a low growl in frustration.His heart was beating fast, and this dark world was not silent.The vast and ancient distant sigh unique to the deep sea, the silent collision and murmur between the convection currents, the ugly fish in the dark opening and closing their mouths and making hollow sounds, the sound of sea anemones swallowing shrimp and crabs that should not fall into the trap Satisfy the sigh and the silent scream of the prey.Although these sounds are at or below the boundary of infrasonic waves, they can usually be suppressed in the subconscious mind without paying attention.But now, Tang Yi couldn't see. He was at the bottom of the vast Chinese Ocean, surrounded by decaying cities that had been dead for hundreds of years, hiding mysterious and unknown monsters and ghosts. The feeling of fear and anxiety had completely overwhelmed him.

He just felt that those weird and suspicious sounds were everywhere, and sometimes he could even feel unidentified fish passing by his cheeks.Due to shortness of breath, the conversion of the underwater breathing system could not keep up with the speed of his oxygen consumption, which made him feel more and more suffocated.Tang Yi knew that if he continued like this, he would kill himself.

He said to himself, "Tang Yi! Calm down! Breathe!"

He clung to the only thing he could hold onto with his hands—a section of the wall of a building in the crumbling Old City.He counted silently in his heart, followed the rhythm and forced himself to inhale deeply and exhale slowly.The only thought he could grasp at the moment was Mercury's firm and clear eyes, and thinking about those eyes somehow brought him back a little bit of calm.

But then he thought, what about mercury?

Without a headset, there was no way for his voice to reach the helmet.His cries were muffled in the glass, appearing futile and powerless.

Tang Yi cursed in a low voice, leaned on the wall and stood up unsteadily.He checked his weapon, and there was still a small microwave gun hanging on his waist. The wrist gun seemed to be still usable, but there was not much energy left.He put away the flippers on his shoes, and it was more reliable to walk close to the bottom of the sea when he couldn't see them.He groped for all the obstacles he could touch, stumbled and chose a random direction and started walking.

Without light, he had no idea where he was going or whether he was spinning in circles.His only reference was the direction in which the water flowed, which he felt vaguely.It is summer now, and they are already close to the junction of the Chinese Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It should be near the ancient city called Shanghai, and the slightly warm water they feel should flow toward the northern hemisphere.Using this as a reference, he judged that he was heading east at the moment.

Hearing his beating heartbeat, Tang Yi still couldn't help shouting in vain occasionally, hoping that someone could hear a little bit of his voice and respond to him.Where is everyone else?Are their headlights broken too?Why can't anyone see it?

Or...he's been unconscious for longer than he thought, and they left him here?

Stay in the darkest corner of the world, leaving endless unknown and confusion, leaving eternal loneliness...

Tang Yi shivered, and stopped his wandering thoughts in time.He knew that he had to control his rich imagination, or he would go crazy in a short time.

He stumbled and trudged on the bottom of the sea full of rocks, abandoned cars, collapsed houses and obstacles of unknown shape, and he didn't know how long he had walked.He was thirsty and tired, sweating constantly, and his chest tightness became more and more serious, and he had to stop to catch his breath after walking a few steps.He collapsed next to a coral overgrown reef and made one last attempt to call the rest of the team.

After receiving no response, he angrily slapped the knob of the walkie-talkie hard, but his head was stunned.

If he was really left behind, or if everyone else was killed by the sea monster, he would be the only one left.So what should we do?

Will he really die in this dark hell?

Tang Yi was sure that he had been punished.He has a status that doesn't belong to him, that's why he has encountered so many fucking things.The first mission was full of hardships and dangers, and it was hard to take a vacation and encountered a terrorist attack.This underwater exploration was originally such an easy task, as long as we endured the slightly harsh living environment in the submarine, and then ensured that those Frankensteins who couldn't handle their shoulders and hands couldn't lift themselves would not kill themselves.The only rebel stronghold in their route had been cleared out, and the blue whale didn't even have many weapons on board.Even so, they still encountered a small probability event like a sea monster.

He's going to see his brother.Didn't my brother's ashes also float in this Chinese Ocean?

He suddenly missed the sky full of thick and cloudy clouds that he hated very much, the sea breeze with a rancid smell, Tsuruta Takumi's white eyes, and even Tan Mingyuan's dark cuisine... Most importantly, he really wanted to see Mercury again...

Just as he was thinking, he really saw a silver-white figure slowly approaching from a distance.

Tang Yi blinked his eyes slowly, sneered, and said to himself in frustration, "Oh my god... have you started to hallucinate..."

The hallucination swung its long fish tail, crossed the sea of ​​darkness, and arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye.

Huh?Why is Tsuruta Takuma still following behind Quicksilver's hallucination?Why do you still see this person's hallucination when you are about to die?Is there something wrong with your own brain?

Tang Yi patted his head hard, then raised his head again, and saw the same scene.

Quicksilver lightly floated down in front of him, gently supporting his head with both hands.His confused gaze met Shuiyin's, and he seemed a little dull.

This touch...is too real...

"Tang Yi! Are you okay!" Mercury's concerned voice reached his ears, and he nodded hesitantly.Tsuruta Carpenter standing behind Quicksilver seemed to say something, but Tang Yi couldn't hear it.

It seems that the headset is broken, so I can't hear other people's voices...

It turned out that it was not an illusion, it turned out that he was saved!

Immediately afterwards, three more figures appeared, and Luo Wei rushed over like an arrow, followed by Zi Xi and Peacock.Luo Wei's mouth shape seemed to be shouting "Brother Tang! You are injured!"

Quicksilver replied impatiently, "His headset is broken, so he can't hear you."

Luo Wei didn't say anything after hearing this, and went directly to Tang Yi's head, took out some weird tools from a small package at his waist, and fiddled with Tang Yi's helmet for a while.In less than 10 minutes, Tang Yi's earphones, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "Brother Tang, can you hear me?"

Tang Yi was shocked, "You kid actually has this skill!"

Luo Wei smiled shyly, "Didn't I tell you before? I majored in mechanical engineering and modern weaponry in the training camp."

No wonder he was the one who stepped up Nolan's seat... Tang Yi felt that this brat was awesome.

"Okay, since we've found someone, let's retreat right now." Tsuruta Takuma ordered.

Just as Quicksilver was about to stretch out his hand to pull Tang Yi up, he found that Luo Wei had already naturally put Tang Yi's hand on his shoulder, and supported his waist to stand up.Tang Yi stabilized his figure and waved his hands, "It's nothing, I'm just a little dizzy."

Shuiyin pursed her lips, and silently withdrew the hand that was going to help Tang Yi just now.For no reason, Shuiyin felt a little disgusted with that Luo Wei.That kind of feeling is a bit like a little boy's beloved toy car being snatched by relatives who come to visit and play with it.

Later Tang Yicai learned that he had indeed been unconscious for a long time, and that he flew into the abandoned city and was blocked by buildings.After the sea monster escaped at that time, it was only when all personnel searched and rescued the wounded were assembled that they realized that he had disappeared.Mercury insisted on looking for Tang Yi, and Luo Wei also wanted to go, Tsuruta Takumi decided to let others land on the blue whale first, and the five of them came out to search for Tang Yi.They searched for three hours but found no results. Fortunately, Tang Yi's voice suddenly appeared in the headset at this time.

Re-enter the air cabin filled with seawater, and the high-pressure air will quickly discharge the seawater out of the cabin.Tang Yi immediately took off his helmet and collapsed on the ground, taking a big breath like a person who was almost suffocated.

Luo Wei checked his helmet, and his delicate eyebrows were tightened, "Your respirator is malfunctioning, why didn't you tell me. Do you know how dangerous it is if there is a problem with the oxygen generated?"

Luo Wei's fierce look reminded Tang Yi of the first day they met in the dormitory of the training camp... Tang Yi smiled weakly and waved his hands lazily, "I'm fine. How do you repair Haili?"

"How do you know that I repair..."

Before he finished listening to the words, the world suddenly spun.It turned out that Mercury was too lazy to continue listening to the nonsense of the two of them, so he simply and rudely threw Tang Yi on his shoulders, climbed up from the air chamber and went straight to the medical room.Tang Yi yelled on his shoulder, but due to long-term lack of oxygen, his body had no strength to struggle, so Mercury wrapped his arms around his legs and said coldly, "Shut up."

How could Tang Yi shut up, people who passed by all gave him and Quicksilver strange looks, would this make him have the face to face others in the future?Tang Yi violently pulled the wet hair on the back of Mercury with his hand, "Dead fish, why are you rebelling! Let me go!!"

Unmoved, Shuiyin directly opened the door of the medical room, strode in, and threw Tang Yi down on a hospital bed.The whole movement was done in one go, which frightened the medical officers on the submarine.

Mercury nodded to the medical officer, "It's troublesome", then gave Tang Yi a threatening look, then turned around handsomely and left.

The medical officer looked at the closed door with a bang, then looked at Tang Yi, and sighed, "Why is your sea monster more like a master than you..."

The corners of Tang Yi's mouth twitched, and his nostrils were smoking with anger.