Chapter 400 Scale Monster
The unmanned detector moved extremely fast after reaching full speed, and it had already reached an ocean depth of 3,500 meters in just ten minutes.
The image data transmitted from the detector has undergone several changes, just like changing from a sunny afternoon to a dusk sunset, with the last light being swallowed up by the night. As the depth increases, , the light eventually disappeared.
Before reaching a depth of 2,000 meters, with the help of the strong light released by the "Jiaolong" without detection, they could also see mysterious plankton dotted in the dark waters outside the cabin like stars, and even I saw all kinds of transparent shrimps, giant sea cucumbers tens of centimeters long, and strange fish several meters long.
After breaking through the depth of 2,000 meters, the light suddenly disappeared, and the strong light of the unmanned detector could not even illuminate a large area in the pitch-black water.
"The temperature has dropped by almost 20 degrees."
"The engine is running normally!"
"The detection device is normal!"
Before the commander had time to respond, he heard The operator in front suddenly said: "The radar of the unmanned detector has detected a big guy!"
He quickly took two steps forward and stared at the red light spot on the screen. , noticed that a red light spot suddenly appeared. Its size was very scary in the radar. It seemed to be at least tens of meters long!
"Detector No. 2 turns, detector No. 1 pulls up!"
The red area in the radar is rushing towards the two unmanned detectors. Although it is impossible to know what it is, it can be commanded The officer still decisively ordered to give way.
The monster represented by the red area didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. After the two detectors accepted the instructions and performed corresponding operations, the red light spots in the radar even stayed in place for a few seconds, and then Then he came directly to the No. 2 detector.
“Can you see what it is?!”
“The light is extremely poor, and you can’t see anything if you are a little further away!”
“The distance is still 70 meters!”
“The distance is still 55 meters!”
“The distance is still...”
“Pull up!”
< br>The commander gave the order again, and the unmanned detector quickly began to drain water and start the engine. The powerful spar propulsion engine suddenly started in the deep sea, and then pulled the No. 2 unmanned detector and quickly began to rise up!
The red light spot jittered in the radar and disappeared directly. There was no strange picture in the image data transmitted from the No. 2 detector, but there were some luminous fish swimming around.
The commander was very cautious when breathing. When he was exploring the deep sea on Blue Sea Star, he had seen the Blue Star Leviathan creature!
Leviathan's size and attack power are terrifying enough. Back then, he was a subordinate of Yang Li of the Qinglong Team. He was responsible for the initial mission to explore the Blue Sea Star, and he was also the first group to be attacked by Leviathan creatures. personnel.
It is precisely because of such an encounter that the ship commander is so cautious.
The Jiaolong super submarine they are currently riding in is not the same size as the original Qinglong Team. There are more than 200 people on the submarine. He must be responsible for these people and bring them back as safely as possible. is the key!
"The radar can no longer scan traces of that creature!"
"Don't take it lightly. The IQ of a giant creature at this depth is not low. It is most likely hiding."
Commander Squinting his eyes, he signaled to the driver in front, "Turn the detector, turn on the radar, I suspect this damn thing is hidden underneath!"
The driver of the unmanned detector just did what he said, The bright light suddenly swept to the rear, and suddenly a huge single eye popped out of the darkness and suddenly appeared in the picture!
This time he was so shocked that he almost lost his grip on the joystick in his hand!
The eyes had no eyelids, and the huge pale eyes directly met the strong light range. The terrifying shape made everyone who saw it couldn't help but curse in secret.
The commander was obviously frightened, but he quickly recovered and said in a deep voice: "Turn off the strong light!"
"...Yes!"< br>
It took the driver a while to react. He quickly turned off the lights in front of the unmanned detector, and the screen instantly turned into pitch black.
Just before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the huge pale single eye began to glow slowly, and a circle of light slowly formed around the eye. In the dark deep sea, this light looked like So weird and weird.
"What is this..."
"It can imitate the operation we just performed. This light seems to be learning from the light emitted by the detector just now!"
"You can't see the whole picture. All you can see is the head of this big guy...it's a giant fish!"
"One eye is almost the same size as our unmanned detector. How big must this thing be... ”
“Damn it, are these things starting to appear at 3000 meters down? ”
The commander of the Jiaolong stared at the huge creature on the screen, his voice a little desperate: "Didn't you notice the size of this thing? It's at least several hundred meters long. I'm afraid the Jiaolong wouldn't be able to gain any advantage if it collided directly with it. ! "
The Leviathan creature is only this long. He really didn't expect to encounter such a giant fish in the deep sea of the Origin Star!
But fortunately, the situation was not so bad that Leviathan attacked the ship. After staring at the unmanned detector for a few minutes, this huge fish seemed to realize that it was not interesting. The light immediately slowly descended, lowering its altitude quietly. It first appeared in the radar, and then quickly disappeared from the radar.
"Captain, are you continuing?"
The unmanned detector device was suspended in the deep sea at a depth of 3472 meters. The operators looked directly at their captain. , "Should we continue going down or go up now?"
"No. 2 continues to descend, No. 1 returns!"
The captain was silent for a few seconds and then said: "Be prepared for the destruction of No. 2 detector, and let the unmanned detector descend as much as possible. At the extreme depth, I want to see what is on the bottom of the sea here."
"Understood!"
The unmanned detector quickly continued under the command of the captain. Shen, in order to ensure that he would not be targeted by giant deep-sea fish again, the unmanned detection device simply did not turn on any lighting equipment this time. It only used the most basic radar and sonar, and the speed was not very fast. It only performed a free-fall descent.
This time, we were lucky. The unmanned detector went all the way down to a depth of 4,000 meters without encountering the previous unexpected situation again. The radar and sonar continued to transmit information back to the Jiaolong 2,000 meters above.
"It's much safer down there?"
"How deep is this sea area... We have now broken through to a depth of 4,500 meters, and we haven't even touched the bottom of the sea yet!"
"Preliminary The sea area here is estimated to be about 8,000 meters. How deep can the unmanned detection device go? "The ultimate depth is around 8,000 meters. It depends on the local sea conditions!"
< br>“Then just go down to the deepest position.”
After breaking through 5,000 meters, the radar quickly scanned a large number of red dots—those are special biological markers under the deep sea.
“I seem to be able to see some light, Captain!”
The commander quickly turned his head. He stared at the large number of red dots displayed on the screen and frowned, then looked at Wu. The bright spot in the deep sea captured by the human detector, I couldn't help but said to myself: "What will it be this time?"
As the unmanned detector rapidly descended, the distance between the light spot and the bright spot became smaller. Getting closer and closer, when the height dropped to about 5200 meters, we finally found the bottom of the sea.
“Captain!”
After the pilot controlled the unmanned detector to reach this depth, he began to detect the surrounding situation. He couldn't help but shouted directly to the commander: "Look what this is!"
The captain switched out from They saw a horrifying scene in the picture - countless lights were dormant on the seabed, and the seafloor was obviously the structure of some kind of submarine volcano. Through the light, they could see what the creatures represented by the red dots looked like.
They are all humanoid monsters wearing gray-brown scales!
These monsters are dormant all over the seabed, curled up and sleeping. It seems that they do not feel the appearance of the unmanned detector above.
The unmanned detector also did not turn on the searchlight at this time, but they could still clearly see this scene with the help of the light of the submarine volcano, and everyone couldn't help but take a breath.
"What's the temperature of the water here?"
"About 15 degrees."
"It seems that these things come here to keep warm... These monsters may be the main reason why the sonar disappeared before. "
The captain glanced at the people beside him, and then said: "Would you like to try to kill a group of them?"
Everyone looked at each other, a few times. A joint commander immediately shook his head: "A hasty attack will not do us any good. We don't even know what these creatures are. If they attract powerful enemies, our losses may be great."< br>
The captain squinted and nodded. From a distance, the number of these monsters on the seabed was at least tens of thousands. If they suddenly attacked them, the unmanned detector would be torn apart in an instant!
The physical strength of a creature that can survive in this depth and environment is supposed to be extremely strong.
Just before they could make up their minds, the group of sleeping monsters on the seabed suddenly became agitated. Suddenly, almost all the monsters woke up from their sleep and opened their mouths. They sniffed the smell of the sea water crazily, and then jumped up one after another, swarming towards the unmanned detection devices above their heads!
“They found the detection device!”
“Fire!”
The captain didn't hesitate at all, and quickly issued an order. Immediately, he saw the bright light in front of the unmanned detector suddenly turned on, and all the weapons loaded on the unmanned detection device were thrown out in an instant!
The unmanned detection device is equipped with a throwable mine, which can be thrown directly without aiming. The huge number of these humanoid scale monsters pouring out from below makes them unable to care at all. Aimed.
A few seconds after the mine was dropped, the operator directly pressed the detonation button, and immediately a dazzling light exploded from the seabed below!
The unmanned detection device didn't even have time to perform the ascending operation, and the entire thing was directly lifted upward by the fluctuations caused by the explosion.
Just the next second, the staff on the Jiaolong saw a scene that made their scalps numb - densely packed scale monsters rushed out from the bottom of the sea like ants!
The speed of the unmanned detection device was completely incomparable to them. It took only tens of seconds for them to be caught up by these monsters that emerged from the seabed. Then the scale monsters rushed directly to the top of the unmanned detection device.
The personnel on the Jiaolong side only saw that the signal coming from the unmanned detection device quickly began to blur and freeze, and then more and more underwater scale monsters appeared on the screen. , the harsh sound of tearing steel and the sound of grinding teeth came immediately. The captain's face was serious. He was now sure that the sound in the sonar was made by these scale monsters!
"Captain, the No. 2 aircraft has lost contact with us."
The unmanned device operator stared at the blue screen for a while, then confirmed the situation and headed towards the ship The leader said: "Shall we continue going down?"
"That's it. Have you filmed the scene just now?"
"It's captured."
"Well, send me the order to return the Dragon to Harbor City!"
The captain did not hesitate at all and quickly issued the order, "Send all the images All the data has been uploaded, our main mission has been completed, the sea area 5,000 meters down is too dangerous, and our existing equipment is still too weak."
The Jiaolong's engine made a sound again, and the entire ship. They all shook slightly, and immediately the Jiaolong submarine began to rise upwards.
The staff of the association received the message uploaded from Jiaolong and quickly passed it on to the vice president and related research departments.
There was an old scholar from the Coman Empire in one of the research departments. When he saw the monster appearing on the screen, he couldn't help but exclaimed - "My God, this is actually true!"
< br>The voice of the old scholar quickly attracted other researchers in the research department. They directly asked the old man of the empire the names of these creatures. The old scholar tremblingly said: "Those are the other creatures that were cursed back then." The humans on a continent are called [UFO Sea Tribe]!”
A group of people looked at each other when they heard the name translated by the machine. This name sounded a bit weird.
"This is not the point. The point is that the bottom of this sea area is very special!"
The old scholar of the Coman Empire explained to everyone: "The UFO Sea Tribe only appears in the Lost Continent. , their existence means that there is a lost continent below!”
"The Lost Continent?"
"Could it be Eve Continent?"
The old scholar didn't know much about Eve Continent. He shook his head and said no, "It's not Eve Continent. It’s Lance!”
“The continent of Lance is almost as big as Dalad. There once existed a powerful empire on it, but according to rumors, the humans on the continent of Lance blasphemed the gods. The anger eventually destroyed the entire continental plate, and even the empire above sank to the bottom of the sea."
As soon as these words came out, a group of people immediately frowned.
"Old sir, can you be more specific? You just said that those scale monsters are also aborigines of this Lance continent?"
"They are old humans cursed by the gods!"
The old scholar said with certainty, "UFO sea beasts will attack creatures that enter the Lost Continent area indiscriminately. This is the curse of the gods on them! The legends are not necessarily true, but there are UFO sea beasts. The place must be the area of the Lost Continent, I am absolutely sure!”
(End of this chapter)