Chapter 1273 Black Mist
Whoosh! Uh-huh!
The crew members in the diving cabin all looked over, and then turned back, busy with their own affairs. Nothing unusual in the deep sea is a trivial matter. The depth and high pressure of hundreds or thousands of meters are enough. Amplifying all problems is the experience gained from years of blood and tears.
A sudden disconnection may be a false alarm, but it may also be a huge trouble.
Iwama Joe calmly gave the order: "Maybe the signal is blocked, continue to float and keep in contact."
"Understood!" The operator skillfully controlled the submersible to slowly float upwards. Once it surpassed the 'mountain', which was suspected to be an artificial creation, the connection might be restored.
The submarine floated upward at the fastest speed in the silence, but compared to the water depth of several thousand meters, it was too slow. It kept going upward, but never saw the light. Some only In the deep darkness, even the most powerful searchlight can only illuminate a short distance.
"Huh!" The lookout in charge of the lighting uttered doubts and surprises. The voice was not loud, but it made everyone feel nervous. Ever since they gave up the survey mission and began to surface, the situation continued. Although there was no The person said nothing, but his heart was no longer as relaxed as before. He became nervous, and would be frightened at the slightest sign of trouble.
Iwama Joe was dealing with the disconnection. Hearing the sound, he quickly turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
"There seems to be something wrong with the searchlight." The lookout had started checking according to the manual, but what surprised him was that the values did not change and the system did not report an error. Obviously everything was normal, but years of experience told him that the illuminated range had shrunk.
Iwama Joe couldn't sit still now. There is no light in the deep sea. Searchlights and sonar are equivalent to the eyes and ears of the submersible. Now there may be something wrong with the 'eyes'. Even if it is normal, it is not a trivial matter, let alone here. When things go wrong one after another.
Thinking about it, Iwama Qiao turned to look at the cameras installed around the submersible. The real-time footage captured showed bunches of lamp posts shining into the seawater, illuminating the nearby seawater. It was still pitch black further away. Just looking at it, Iwajian Qiao couldn't help but frown and said: "Turn on the searchlight. Is it maxed out?"
The lookout glanced at the screen in front of him and then said, "Yes, director, it's maxed out."
"It shouldn't be." Iwama Joe whispered. Experience told him that the distance illuminated by the searchlight was a bit short, so there might be a fault in the line.
He was about to ask someone to check the offline line, but he felt that it seemed to have shortened a little. This made Iwama Qiao startled. He couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked at the 'outside' on the screen carefully, and then he discovered that, This was not his imagination. The distance illuminated by the searchlight was indeed shortening at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"This" Qiao Iwajian, who had always thought he was well-informed, was confused at this time. He had been engaged in deep-sea exploration for so many years and had encountered many problems, but this was really the first time he had seen such a situation. He quickly clicked After a few clicks, images from the other three directions were also displayed on the screen in front of him.
In this comparison, the gap is even more obvious, which means that the range that the searchlight can illuminate in this direction is indeed shorter by at least one third, and it is continuing to shorten.
As he watched, an idea came to Iwama Joe's mind. Either the searchlight was malfunctioning, and it was steadily reducing the power, causing the illumination range to continue to shorten, or there was something that could not be illuminated. The object illuminated by the beam of light is approaching.
"Leave immediately," Joe Iwama thought of Megumi's 'warning' just now, and immediately shouted: "Back up, back up." "Ah! Yes!" The operator quickly carried out Joe Iwama's order. , the engine power was turned on to the maximum, and it could not float quickly, so it could only move sideways.
The roar of the engine echoed on the seabed, making the submersible shake rhythmically. The crew members nearby couldn't help but peek at Director Iwama Qiao with their peripheral vision. It was very dangerous to push forward at full speed in such a deep seabed. thing, so I really want to know what it is that is worth taking such a risk.
Iwama Qiao had no time to care about anything else, his eyes were fixed on the screen in front of him, staring at the dark sea water that the searchlight could not penetrate, but the visual results made him feel extremely uneasy. The illuminated range is still shrinking, which means that the submersible is not fast enough.
Immediately afterwards, he saw an even more disturbing scene. The No. 2 unmanned detector, which was returning according to the procedure, fell to the limit of the searchlight range because it was not fast enough, and was hacked. The dark sea water caught up, and a cluster of fierce sparks burst out in the darkness, and then fell into silence.
A report immediately sounded in the submersible: "Detector No. 2 lost the signal and is re-establishing the connection."
Now Joe Iwama knows how detector No. 3 disconnected , and confirmed that what could not be illuminated was not the dark sea water, but something else.
The range of the searchlight is still being compressed. If this continues, the submersible will be caught up. By then
Iwama Joe doesn’t know what will happen, but it will definitely not be a good thing. Take a deep breath. , picked up the communicator next to him with trembling hands, and said: "Headquarters, this is the Dragon Palace. It is currently at 215 and 515 points in the R sea area. 3015 meters deep.”
Iwama Joe’s voice echoed in the submersible, causing all the crew members to turn their heads, either shocked, puzzled or horrified to look at the person who was basically ‘confessing his last words’ Joe Iwama, someone couldn't help but ask: "Director, what happened?"
". He will be caught up soon. , the communication may be interrupted, but before that, we may be able to see what it is, and we will try our best to pass on the information." After Iwama Qiao finished speaking, he immediately shouted to the crew members without waiting for a response: "Prepare emergency communications, use everything."
The crew members were shocked, and a strong fear could not help but emerge in their hearts. Fear and uneasiness, the atmosphere inside the submersible instantly dropped to freezing point, but long-term training and strict discipline allowed them to still execute orders and activate all communication methods they carried, including buoys, drifting beacons, dyes, etc. , as long as Iwama Qiao gives an order, relevant information will be input and then released,
"Come on, let me see what you are?" Iwama Joe's eyes were widened as never before. They couldn't escape anymore, so let's see what is trying to take their lives.
At this time, Hui Jian had just boarded the Sherlock car when a message came out from the TPC internal communication: the Dragon Palace had lost contact. The last message sent was unclear, and the words could barely be distinguished. It’s——
Black mist!
(End of this chapter)