Chiba Cheng saves trouble, but fortunately he was numb just after being helped.
His eyes were dull and his face was stiff as he looked at Feiniao, who was running over happily with his arm hanging in his arms. He was talking happily about how he would be on vacation for at least a week, and he would also be able to see the Sea Dragon Palace.
The day before, I said that there was someone in charge anyway, so I left the Space Adventure Team to deal with the headache, but today Asuka came running over.
What kind of boomerang is this? It flies so fast.
"So." Kibi Gosuke took a deep breath and said, "You also want to take the Victory Submarine and go to the Sea Dragon Palace together?"
"Yeah!"
Asuka kept nodding his head and asked Kibi Gosuke to put on a mask of pain. As expected, people can't be too full of words at any time.
But the 'good' news doesn't stop there.
Feiniao said with a smile: "I'm just going to make a front stop. If anything is discovered later, professionals will come over."
This is normal. Asuka probably knows nothing except driving. In the past, it was just a sense of presence. Once it is confirmed that there is indeed a 'Sphia virus' on the seabed, the importance of the 'Sea Dragon Palace' will immediately rise. Several levels.
After all, so far, TPC has only two undersea research bases. One is in Antarctica, which is used to regulate regional temperatures to prevent the Antarctic ice sheet from melting rapidly due to rising global temperatures, causing sea levels to rise and thus submerging the land; the other is in the R sea area ·Triton J2.
The Ice City Base on the Antarctic Seabed is far inferior to the Sea Dragon Palace in terms of depth and building area. The internal facilities are also related to climate regulation and temperature reduction. They are far less complete than the Sea Dragon Palace. Not to mention that the internal space of the Sea Dragon Palace is sufficient. If If necessary, additional equipment can be installed.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Triton J2 is the best location, and it is not surprising that it was chosen as the research site for the ‘Sphia virus’.
This is also the reason why the Super Victory Team has to go there as soon as possible. It is a preliminary inspection, focusing on the armament and defense of Hailong Palace, especially the defense and attack against monsters, which is the top priority.
The reason is very simple, that is, Hailong Palace's defense is really stretched.
"How did such a design pass?"
Chiba Cheng lay comfortably on the chair, turning back and forth leisurely, turning his head from time to time, letting the tablet in his hand recognize the movements and turn the pages, browsing the defense distribution of Hailong Palace at a glance.
To describe it as stretching the crotch is not an exaggeration at all. It can even be said to be very crotch-stretching.
It’s hard to imagine that such an undersea base could appear in a world where monsters and cosmic beings frequently appear. If you don’t know better, you would definitely think that the world is peaceful and calm. Otherwise, why would an undersea base built at a depth of more than 6,000 meters be built? There is no anti-monster weapon in the base.
Don’t you know that the water pressure in such a deep seabed is even more terrifying than in outer space? If a space station in outer space has a leak, as long as it is not too big, it will be fine if it is repaired in time. But in such a deep seabed, a hole as big as a nail will Under the huge water pressure, it will be quickly torn into large holes, eventually causing the entire base to collapse.
Once attacked by a monster, the monster can just slap it, turn around and walk away, and the water pressure will do the rest.
Dagu sat down and said helplessly: "There is no way. At that time, there had been no monsters for two or three years. Many people thought that the monsters would never appear again. During that time, there were many experts and celebrities on TV. The beast is shouting to cut military funding and use it to improve the welfare of the people, especially to help people who have lost too much in the dark period.”
well! ! !
Dagu sighed deeply. He had deep feelings about that period, and he deeply understood the meaning of the phrase "the cunning rabbit dies, the good dog is cooked; the high bird is gone, the good bow is hidden; the enemy's country is destroyed, the counselor is dead" .
It had only been two or three years since the monsters appeared, and many people had forgotten the fear and uneasiness that the monsters had brought to them, and began to clamor for disbanding the victory team, canceling weapons and equipment, and saving money for people's livelihood.
There are actually many people who agree with it. They feel that since there are no monsters anymore, why should we build weapons? Why not give us the money? There is no need for a hundred armed satellites, as long as the people work hard to live.
All in all, whenever you talk about how much money you will spend on something, you will be criticized.
In this case, as long as votes are needed, they are shouting the banner of "benefiting the people". In addition, the monster has indeed not appeared for a long time, and there are also disputes and differences within the TPC.
In addition, it coincided with the retirement of Director Sawai and the reorganization of TPC, which was a mess, and many projects were affected.
Take the Victory Team for example. They have been calling for reorganization for a long time. As a result, the captain and team members have gone to other positions. The entire Victory Team has become an empty shell. Only Munakata, who is designated as the new Victory Team Captain, is left. People were there to support the facade, and the new victory team reorganization plan was still being fiercely discussed (disputed). They argued and argued, and finally Munakata was sent to the West Asia branch.
It took two or three years to decide on a new victory team alone. You can imagine how chaotic that period was. The almost defenseless Hailong Palace was a 'deformity' born under such circumstances.
It is a purely scientific research base with no weapons and equipment. It is just a compromise for the sake of compromise. Otherwise, under the circumstances at that time, you have to say that if you install a lot of weapons and equipment, you can be sprayed to death by all kinds of "peaceful" people, let alone that. If you die young, you will also have dystocia.
In order to build it as soon as possible, we can only compromise, give up spending money on weapons, and only research on creation.
Sure enough, the chaotic dance of demons in human beings has always been of the same origin. No matter what is weird, it is not worth being surprised, because there will be even weirder ones.
In a world where monsters and cosmonauts exist, people talk about not making weapons to improve people's livelihood, just like where the entire society crazily discriminates against black people, "Black Lives Matter" is actually the most correct slogan.
This is simply outrageous!
Chiba Cheng felt a headache.
Otherwise, human beings are the most complex creatures in the world. Even simple things must be made more complex.
"So this place doesn't even have a laser cannon."
".There are still a few torpedo ports."
Dagu was silent for a while, and quickly flipped through the information in the silence. He was pleased to find that the column of weapons and equipment clearly said "torpedo launcher", but when he looked at it for the second time, his face The smile disappeared.
Because it is said to be a torpedo launcher, but it is actually used as a connection port for small submarines. In other words, there are no torpedoes in the torpedo launcher. Well, it makes sense. After all, there has never been a girl in the wife cake, and even the wife is sold. Most of the cakes are not pretty ladies.
"I really don't know what I was thinking at the beginning." Dagu was also confused and couldn't explain anything at all.
Deep-sea buildings may be attacked by monsters, but there are no weapons. What do you think?
Even if the brain is abnormal and the duodenum is normal, it shouldn't be like this. But that’s exactly what happened.
Just.
Outrageous.
Still off the mark.
"This is probably dirty (politics) and dirty (governance)."
Chiba Cheng was not surprised at all. No matter in this world or in other worlds, as long as these two words were involved, there would be no clean ones. Even septic tanks were cleaner than this.
After all, a septic tank only holds excrement, but it can hold and hold anything. No matter how smelly or rotten it is, it can still look good.
"Alas!!!"
Dagu sighed deeply. If he had a choice, he really didn't want this place to become a research point. If he was attacked by a monster, he would be dead.
But unfortunately, at present, there is really no other choice.
Being the only one is so bad.
"Let's find a way to change it. No matter what, we still need to strengthen our defense and counterattack capabilities. We can't just wait to die when the monster comes." Dagu muttered, picked up the information again, and racked his brains to think about how to deal with this. It's a broken thing, make it stronger, at least it won't break when touched.
Although Hailong Palace has been safe and sound in the past few years, it does not mean that it will be the same in the future.
It's like driving a car. A journey of ten thousand kilometers or even nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine kilometers will be safe and sound. If you don't run well in the last kilometer, you will still be in trouble. Even if there is only one meter left, if you don't pay attention, you may be in trouble. The car crashed and people died.
The next thing Hailong Palace will do involves Sphia, who suddenly became a person of great concern from being transparent. With the intelligence shown by Sphia so far, she might actually launch an attack.
"How about we go and see it on the spot." When Dagu thought of this, he couldn't sit still. If the Hailong Palace was attacked, not only the hundreds of staff inside would be in trouble, but also the subsequent marine monitoring of the Sphia virus. , will also face great difficulties.
"Okay, you might as well go and have a look!"
Chiba Cheng is also very curious about this Hailong Palace, especially curious, is it safe enough to live and work in such an almost undefended place?
Anyway, if it were Chiba Makoto, he wouldn't have the slightest sense of security.
Following Makoto Chiba who 'just do what he says', Dagu also developed the good habit of 'just leave when he says' and immediately contacted the TPC East Pacific Marine Defense Department to inform him of his itinerary and route.
Just like airplanes have air traffic control, ships and submarines in the ocean are not a mess. Otherwise, everyone would run around with their eyes closed, and it would be over if they collided with each other.
This was a disaster that happened in the old defense force era. The two submarines were silent and submerged. In such a large ocean, they were as inconspicuous as two needles, but they just collided with each other, and then a GG, and they sounded like this It seems like an incredible collision. Since the launch of mankind's first submarine, there have been more than one. Reality is more magical than fiction.
After everything was ready, Chiba Makoto and Dagu took the elevator down together to the hangar below the aviation headquarters. As soon as they got out of the elevator door, the first thing they saw was Dolphin No. 202. This is based on the rich diving experience. The small universal submarine built with the design concept of Chief Yoshioka who has experience in submarines can move at a speed of 69 knots at a depth of 20,000 meters, and its performance is quite powerful.
Since the birth of Dolphin 202, it has made many submarine dives, providing valuable experience and rich data for subsequent models. Based on Dolphin 202, a variety of submarines have been developed.
There are Victory submarines with superior performance, which not only reach a speed of 100 knots, but are also equipped with high-energy blue lasers and shark-breaking mines. There are also cost-effective Shark Sea submarines, which have no weapons and are slower, but are cheap and have a lot of space. , used for the transportation of personnel and cargo under the sea, and there are general-purpose submarines in between, which can be equipped with personnel and cargo modules, deep-sea rescue modules, deep-sea detection modules, etc. as needed.
What Chiba Makoto and Oko used this time was a general-purpose submarine, numbered Dolphin 404, with a maximum speed of 80 knots. It is mainly used for seabed exploration and scientific research. It is also the submarine with the largest number of manufactured ones.
Dagu sat in the main driver's seat and operated it skillfully. It felt like he could just pinch it with his hands. It couldn't be smoother. It can be seen that he spent his free time familiarizing himself with the equipment and practicing the operation. It was very smooth. Work hard.
Um!
Chiba Cheng nodded happily, and then enjoyed the service with peace of mind, just being a good passenger and not causing trouble.
"Dolphin 404, let's go!"
With Dagu's shout, the power system started, pushing the submarine to swim out of the opened hatch and began to accelerate, all the way to the east, gradually increasing its speed and deepening its depth.
Through the external camera, you can clearly see that the seawater gradually dims from a sparkling halo until it becomes pitch black. Only the area illuminated by the submarine's powerful beam is still bright, and the rest is Darkness beyond reach.
The terrifying thing about the deep sea is that not even light can penetrate it, leaving only bottomless darkness.
The numbers representing the depth are beating, one thousand meters, two thousand meters, three thousand meters
As the depth increases little by little, the life support system in the submarine also adjusts the air pressure to prevent people from being affected by excessive pressure.
This is also the biggest difference from traditional submarines. Even if they are in a depth of 10,000 meters, the customized life support system can make people feel as if they are on the ground. Even if they float rapidly, it will not affect the person's body, or even cause ' Diving sickness'.
"We will reach Hailong Palace in thirty minutes."
Dagu was operating carefully along the way, occasionally telling the time.
Chiba Makoto was tired of seeing the constant darkness, and began to browse the various scientific research facilities and results of Hailong Palace. Hearing this, he just nodded and said: "I hope it won't be so bad."
"It shouldn't be." Da Gu was saying with a smile. Suddenly the radar beeped, causing Da Gu to pay attention immediately. He showed surprise at just one glance and said: "An unknown huge discovery was discovered. The object, my God, is over a thousand meters, how is that possible?”
"Monster?" Chiba Cheng was about to look over, but the radar stopped alerting at this moment, and the huge object that had just appeared disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
"Disappeared? How could it be?" Dagu was even more surprised. How could such a huge thing disappear just as it was said to be missing?
"Go over and take a look." Chiba Cheng said immediately.
"Understood!" Dagu immediately controlled the submarine and swam to the place where the huge object was found. (End of chapter)