doomsday exile

The Medusa was ablaze, like a huge torch in the night.

Satellites from various countries focused on the Andaman Sea one after another, and continuously sent back the pictures taken at high altitude.

"...The Medusa was attacked by a total of fifteen anti-ship missiles. It used infrared radiation interference to successfully avoid two of them. The eight anti-aircraft missiles it fired successfully shot down seven incoming missiles. Four were shot down with the assistance of nearby escorting warships, and the remaining two hit the hull back and forth, and the situation is very bad now."

"It is estimated that the scientific research ship Medusa will sink to the bottom of the sea in fifteen minutes."

"A rescue operation is underway."

Earth Federation Headquarters, Cactus Building.

The person in charge of the duty, who was awakened in the middle of the night, cursed desperately while directing the connection of communications from various countries.

"The speaker is here."

"Speaker, the heads of state are waiting to talk to you."

Federation Speaker Shinsak, wearing only a coat, entered the communication command room surrounded by bodyguards and secretaries.

Shinsako is from Eastern Europe. Although he is old and thin, he is very tall. He is the third speaker of the Earth Federation and the one with the toughest attitude.

During Sinsak’s tenure, the aerospace development of the Federal Academy of Sciences began to officially surpass that of other countries. Some projects were completely separated from the manipulation and influence of the governments behind the scenes.

Because of the complete failure of the meteorite traction, Shinsak and the Federal Academy of Sciences are under unprecedented pressure these days. The old man looks more decadent than usual, and the bags under his eyes caused by long-term insomnia hang stubbornly on his face. Appearing in meetings is a very different image than it is on TV.

However, his eyes were still sharp and imposing.

"I want to know the cause and effect of this incident. Why did the warship command systems of three countries be collectively invaded and missiles fired at the federal scientific research ship?

"The scientific research ship Medusa is to prevent tsunami accidents along the coast of the Indian Ocean. It has been performing monitoring and scientific research missions in the Indian Ocean for a long time. There are 317 people including the combat personnel on the ship. The moment I received the news of the accident , also received an unfortunate report that the captain and the escort command team have all died in the line of duty."

On the other end of the video communication, heads of state joined in one after another. No one spoke, and the atmosphere was extremely stiff.

"... There were two missiles that hit the deck first, and the other aimed at the power cabin. The Medusa was caught off guard and could only interfere with one of them. If the missile aimed at the power cabin is avoided Missile, another shot may hit the conning tower.

"Our esteemed Mr. Captain made a decision. His decision cost himself, but bought precious time for everyone on board to escape. He also gave the order to counterattack. The Medusa has a powerful sonar system , even if the command tower is destroyed, there are still other auxiliary radar systems that can continue to work, and the eight anti-aircraft missiles launched one after another did intercept the attack and made great contributions. It was possible to restore this tragedy... But what happened?"

Sinsak's gaze turned to a short, sweaty politician in the virtual screen of the communication video.

"The Orochimaru ship in Japan sent out an anti-ship bomb that defeated the Medusa after 7 minutes. When Medusa has completely lost its ability to fight back, I would like to ask, what happened in the first three countries? After the chain of command hacking incident, why do you still have accidents?"

The face of the prime minister of the island country was wrinkled in pain, and he looked at the heads of state in the communication and looked at him, wishing he could escape.

"Speaker Sinsako, we are investigating. The invasion of the ship's command system is really weird..."

The heads of state of several other countries also hurriedly came out to echo.

The ships of their countries have a common feature, not all of them are developed by their own country, they are military procurement from other countries,

Some are weapon systems, some are power facilities...even entire warships are bought.

Dongying is actually not bad, and did not directly throw the blame.

Over there, India pointed directly at Maozi, while Saudi Arabia accused the bald eagle, thinking that if something goes wrong, the manufacturer or decorator should be found.

But the ships of Russia and the United States are fine. Besides, this is a system invasion, even if it is the shipboard command system they sold, but the invasion system bypassing the Ministry of National Defense of the country is only the first step. If you want to launch missiles to attack fixed targets, you still have to The authorization and password of the captain and relevant personnel are required. How could this part of the accident have something to do with them?

It is the problem of these countries themselves!

"...The systems of all the ships involved in the accident have been offline and manually locked. We will discuss the relevant investigations of the personnel involved later. The most important thing now is the rescue work!"

"There are nearly 700 scientific research teams from [-] countries on board the Medusa!"

Chairman Simsacco didn't mention the content of agents in it, anyway, everyone knows each other well.

The technology "traded" on the Medusa this time may be useful in the field of meteorite analysis and research, but it is not particularly important to the entire Earth Federation. This is a meteorite salvage and read as "communication" writing" Transaction" collective activities.

Now that something has happened, most heads of state are not thinking about those materials, but about people.

——The doomsday crisis will come next year, every scientist dies, one less!

"There are ten lifeboats on the Medusa, each of which can only carry fifty people. Before the accident, there were 1000 people on board. Excluding those who unfortunately died, it means that at least 400 people cannot board the lifeboat."

Although the warships of various countries are nearby, they are already at a certain distance from the scientific research ship Medusa. Even if they go at full speed now, it will take about half an hour.

Now that this big "misfire" accident has happened, the warships that have problems and suspect that they may have problems dare not move their nests at all.

"The Medusa is sinking! Ladies and gentlemen, we are running out of time.

"It's two o'clock in the morning, and we must plan to search and rescue at sea all night. I beg you... to make every effort!"

***

"Give."

Yan Long took out two things from his backpack.

When Lu Di saw it, he felt that it was a timely gift.

- Fully transparent waterproof phone case.

It's the kind of hot beach vacation, a transparent mobile phone bag that tourists hang around their necks.

20 yuan wallet mail, 30 yuan buy one get one free.

Before, Lu Di was still worried that the water would be too deep, and his gloves might be soaked in water when he ran for his life, causing a short circuit in the internal components, but now he is not afraid at all.

"You are such a treasure."

This kind of logistics ability that has everything you need is comfortable.

"... After all, you are here to perform a mission at sea, how can you forget these things?"

Yan Long did not forget to remind that this thing is only used near the sea surface, and it does not carry water pressure at all. The Youlong was not useful for rescue before, but now it can play a role.

"Quick, the accumulated water is about to fill the cabin."

People have to take a deep breath and dive to the bottom of the water, then drag the lifeboat below and swim more than ten meters, then surface and climb on the boat, desperately driving away from this dangerous area.

——When the Medusa sinks into the sea, it will bring up a huge vortex. If it doesn't run far enough, it will be mercilessly sucked into the bottom of the water, and it will never emerge again.

Not enough lifeboats.

Now is not the time to grab a position at all, the key is to swim out first.

"Where is Xiao Zhu and the rest of the team?"

"Already evacuated."

The lifeboat that Zhu Zhu and Dr. Liu were on went out before the cabin was filled with stagnant water. Lu Di and Yan Long only needed to let Yuan Zhongxia and the unconscious intelligence officer surnamed Zhang escape.

Yuan Zhongxia's body was taken over by Yan Long, and the intelligence officer hit his head. There was no scar on the outside, but the injury was not serious. He had been soaked in the sea and hadn't woken up yet.

The backpack containing the laptop was specially made waterproof, so Yan Long didn’t need to worry. He plunged into the sea and dragged in front, while Lu Di pushed behind with his gloves. The two of them worked together to gain time.

There were all kinds of debris floating in the dark and turbid sea water, and there were so many people hitting each other.

Looking around at the bottom of the water, there are flopping arms and legs everywhere in the water. Many people are disturbed, running around like headless flies, and instead block the escape route.

Yan Long held the underwater flashlight in one hand and dragged the person with the other, deftly avoiding those ramming limbs.

Lu Di is even more inconspicuous. He is invisible, and the two gloves are also optically invisible. At most, others can only see the two small transparent plastic bags on the back and shoulders of the intelligence officer Zhang.

"Cough cough."

The intelligence officer began to choke on water, his body twitched, and he instinctively began to struggle.

This is the most dangerous time, and those who save people may be dragged into the water instead.

Yan Long turned around and grabbed his arm, slipped the glove down to lift his twitching legs, and lifted him out of the water as if he were lifting furniture.

"Quick, first aid!"

Yan Long also came out of the water, breathing heavily.

After choking on water, the muscles will naturally close. Even if you float to the surface, there is still a danger of suffocation.

To actively open the airway, in an emergency, it is faster to use Heimlich.

Lu Di once again acted as a frame and helper.

Seeing the intelligence officer panting violently after spitting out the seawater, Yan Long heaved a sigh of relief and signaled Lu Di to continue to be a booster.

On the sea surface behind them, the Medusa tilted and sank slowly, with half of the deck submerged in the water.

"There are still 8 minutes at most." Yan Long said calmly.

After leaving the cabin, on the vast ocean, the only light was the flames on the Medusa.

Many people couldn't tell the direction. At the beginning, they followed the light source of the underwater flashlight. After swimming for a few minutes, they found that they were back on the other side of the boat. They almost went crazy.

"The lifeboat was delayed, too slow."

Yan Long looked at the last lifeboat that was dragged out by the crowd. It was already full, and there were still people swimming there.

"Let's go by ourselves." Yan Long said decisively.

Although it is a tropical sea area, the temperature of the sea water at night is still a bit cool, but for Yuan Zhongxia, who was born in a special soldier, it is an environment that his physical fitness can handle.Instead of snatching the lifeboat and wasting time being sucked into the bottom of the sea by the vortex, it is better to swim out a way out by yourself.

Of course, this is also in the case of Yan Long + Lu Di two plug-ins.

Drifting at sea is too dangerous and people have limited physical strength. Compared with a lifeboat, a single target is too inconspicuous. Even if there is a rescue helicopter overhead, it is difficult for the plane to spot a person in the waves.

"This way!"

Lu Di quickly found the "thickest" ocean current. Swimming along can save a lot of energy and increase the chance of encountering rescue.

"Did you bring a locator?" Lu Di asked.

"No."

Yan Long paused, his tone helpless.

They went to buy and sell information that night. In order to prevent misunderstandings, conversation recordings, and eavesdropping, everyone defaulted not to bring such small things. If they brought them, they would not be able to do business.

"Zhu Zhu and the members of the scientific expedition team must have it, and they will be fine."

Lu Di comforted, now it's up to him and Yan Long.

Lu Di said that he can float into the air at any time to watch the rescue plane. If it is from Huaxia, he can even get on the plane and call for help!

"It's just... how not to scare people is a problem."

The author has something to say: Intelligence Officer: Where am I?

Lu Di: Haili

Intelligence officer: Heck, where is the ship?

Lu Di: sink

Yan Long: Is rescue coming?

Lu Di: I'll look for it in heaven?

Intelligence officer: ...