Chapter 71: Suspicion

There is nothing to pay attention to when returning, so I took the opportunity to go offline and move for a while. When I went online again, it was already the next morning, and the fleet had already entered the Chinese territorial waters. Sometimes some Chinese guild fleets could be seen around, but the number was relatively small. The large troops generally would not stay in the inland sea to move, either go out to patrol the sea and fight to the decisive battle or simply inspect and repair in the port.

I stood on the deck and looked at the sea in the light morning light. Suddenly, a strange-shaped ship attracted my attention. This was a four-marine ship, to be precise, a rectangular structure formed by four ships. The four ships supported were all very large, and the upper structure was all demolished. The huge and wide deck had neither island bridge nor mast nor weapons, and even weapons. Such a large ship without any weapons must have other uses.

In the middle of the four ships, I found the thing they carried. This is a large steel keel structure, which is shaped like the four oblique edges of a pyramid, and its four feet just landed on the four ships. There are some complex structures at the convergence point of the center of the steel keel, which looks like some gears and transmission devices. From the four black lines hanging down from the center, it is obvious that there is something under the water. If you guessed correctly, this should be a salvage ship, and the tonnage is not small. The four ships as support belong to tens of thousands of yuan.

The four ships of ton class are definitely over 100,000 tons together, and maybe more than 200,000 tons. Now from the waterline, these ships seem to have a large load, and the ruler is invisible, and they are obviously overloaded. The island bridge is demolished to reduce the load, so these ships cannot transport cargo and have such deep drafts. The only explanation is that the lifting cantilever on them is the real load-bearing thing that hangs in the water. What is still so heavy in the water? How big should there be more than 100,000 tons of things after the buoyancy of the water?

There were several circles of warships parked on the sea near the salvage ship, protecting the ship among them, with a clear purpose - to avoid people getting close. It would be strange if such a strange fleet could not attract attention.

"Warning! I found signs of firepower preparation, and the entire fleet was in a state of emergency." The horn on the Tyrant suddenly rang out. This was the NPC operation of the observation room. Issuing this alarm indicates that the opponent's warship has begun to load artillery and has begun to aim at us. It is abnormal that the atmosphere of a Chinese fleet in China's territorial waters is so tense. They are actually aiming at us with the Chinese flag, which is obviously in their minds.

Many of the crew members of this fleet were pirate NPCs of the past. This sudden situation was very fast. Other NPCs came from the Undead Legion, and they were regular troops. Although they were transferred from the army, their qualities were there. After all, the alarm was released. There was a reaction in the fleet in less than 30 seconds. Tyrant and Eternal battleships began to turn their turrets for firepower aiming, and the automatic weapons also entered a state of preparation.

"Don't fire first, maybe it's a misunderstanding." The first thing I said when I rushed to the bridge was to stop the shooting. Maybe the other party was overly nervous just doing some important tasks.

"President, it will be a huge loss if we don't fire first if we are so close."

"I don't believe that they have the ability to break through the armored plates of the Tyrant's armor."

"Understood."

Our fleet began to change formations, and the large warships with thicker armor were all concentrated on the left side of the fleet to form a defensive line. In order to ensure that the opponent fired, we could fight back immediately, and the fleet's speed began to decline, so that we could aim.

The opposite fleet also began to change formations compared to our actions. All warships gathered here to confront us, and the salvage ship was blocked behind and became the object of protection. This action made us even more nervous.

I held the telescope and said, "King of Breaking, send the order to activate the chameleon system." The so-called chameleon system is an optical invisible system from the Black Octopus clan, but we have made some improvements. The practical finished product is the chameleon system. Although it cannot be completely invisible, the warship will become a transparent feeling of plexiglass, which is difficult to detect if you don't pay attention. Moreover, even if the two sides are very close, this kind of thing can reduce the other party's hit rate by 20%.

The other party was very surprised by our changes, but all they did was pointing at us with their gun barrels. The warships on both sides confronted each other in this tense atmosphere. Our fleet slowly approached them until the critical point reached the distance gradually. Seeing us gradually moving away, the other party's weapons still did not relax their vigilance until we left the opponent's fire range. They turned the muzzle away and restored the circular protective formation.

Hongyue looked at the direction where the ships were and said, "Don't you think there is something strange?"

The King of Chuang also nodded and said, "That's right. How could you see the Chinese fleet so nervous? Although the players on land are fighting very well, China's maritime power has not had fleet-level battles so far. After all, the naval warfare system is still mainly external. But this fleet... has problems!"

Lin Yue said: "It seems that I need to investigate. Unfortunately, I have no combat power when I go into the water. Do you want to gather a few masters to explore the way?"

I stood up and said, "Didn't you just let me go?"

Hongyue also stood up. "I'll go with you."

"I haven't said whether I want to go!"

"What a strange thing you're not curious about?"

"I'm quite curious."

The King of Chuang immediately said, "You go! Come back and talk to us, otherwise everyone will be able to raise their hearts."

"Okay! Red Moon, let's go. King Break takes over command until the fleet arrives at the port."

"Okay, just leave!"

I went to the bottom cabin of the Tyrant with Hongyue and found a speedboat like Atlantis. I rode up first. Hongyue replaced her own artifact equipment and put on the order suit of the Guild and rode up. She patted my helmet and signaled that she could go. As soon as I pressed the switch, the speedboat jumped out.

As soon as I pulled the handle, the speedboat flew away from the water. Then I pressed the bow of the boat in the air. The speedboat leaned forward and inserted it under the water when entering the water. This is the special method of entering the water for this kind of speedboat. Small speedboats do not have a buoyancy control system and can only use hydrofoils similar to the wings of the aircraft, so the hydrofoils will not work if they are not pressed into the water.

We drilled out of the waterproof door at the bottom of the ship and turned around and leaned towards the strange warships. It was definitely not easy to find our speedboat, which was only two meters long, not to mention that we were still underwater. The waves on the sea were our best cover. The speedboat's tracks were quickly dispersed by the waves, and no one could see us.

Soon, they approached the outer guards and went straight to the center without caring about them. When they arrived next to the four crowdboats, Hongyue suddenly grabbed my arm and pulled it hard. My hand drove the steering handle, and the speedboat turned around and almost flew out of the water.

"What are you doing?"

Hongyue didn't say anything but pointed at the front. I looked at the line of defense and it seemed that something was not small.

"The water observation cabinet is sold in the port, and it is specially used for non-combat players to play. However, they seem to be using this thing as a post office for underwater checkouts."

"Your eyes are so sharp."

"It's not that my eyes were sharp, it was discovered by Xiaoye."

"Shaoye?"

"My demon pet, that Night Spirit King, don't you know? He is now at a higher level and can now get along with me. He is much more powerful than your phantom."

"I protest your personal attack." Phantom suddenly stretched out a white limb and shook desperately to express his protest.

I quickly pressed the Phantom back. "What should we do now?"

"Anyway, we want to see what they are fishing, just go down. They can't connect that thing to the bottom of the sea, right?"

"That's right." He started the speedboat again and rushed underwater.

The opponent's reconnaissance post was only extended for more than 30 meters and disappeared. We tried to get close to the center. We only saw clearly that under the huge hanging frame, it was not a cable but a chain. Each ring of the giant chain was as big as a door, and the steel bars used to make these rings were thicker than my waist. The steel bars tied with me and Hongyue were about the same thickness as these steel bars.

It seems that the things below are not as heavy as I thought at the beginning. After all, these chains should be tens of thousands of tons. Now there are four chains, not many of which are separated from each other. This means that the bottom is still very deep, or the thing itself is not big.

As we continued to fall, a rectangular rectangular steel frame appeared in our sight. The four chains that came down above were actually connected to the four corners of the steel frame. There were some gears and transmission mechanisms inside the steel frame, which looked like a winch. Six chains extended from under the steel frame and continued to extend downward until they were completely surrounded by darkness.

"It's dark below. Do you want to turn on the light?" I asked Hongyue.

"No. I can get dark vision when I have Xiaoye, and you can also have night vision. So we should not turn on the lights to avoid exposing our target."

"Okay, let's keep diving."

As the water depth increases, the surroundings become darker, but this does not affect our actions. According to the initial estimate, this is near the continental shelf, and the depth will not be too large. But what I didn’t expect was that we actually discovered a trench along the chain. The map of "Zero" is based on reality, but the undersea map itself is not complete, and Long Yuan has no way to compare it, so the oceanic landform is almost all wrong. The trench here should not be in reality, otherwise we should know it.

The chains were deep inside the dark trench, so we had to follow the chains and continue down. "Please note that." Hongyue suddenly pulled my arm and we performed a sharp turn again. A giant monster rushed over from front of us like lightning. We were only two or three meters away from its closed mouth.

This guy turned around and rushed up again without a hit. I used a move to Xiaolongnu and rushed out of a vortex of water in the shape of a dragon. The big guy rushed up without fear when he saw Xiaolongnu, but he didn't hit him in just one encounter. The monster seemed to be a fish, but it was very big and had a strange shape. The deep-sea creatures all grew strangely. But the fish were fish after all, and no matter how big it was, it was not a powerful thing. It was scarred in a few seconds.

Since the guy ran away, no monsters dared to approach us. Xiaolongnu always circled us, and those monsters followed us far away but did not get close. There are so many creatures below. Many images that you can only see in nightmare appeared in this deep-sea area. There was a double-headed hairtail. I don't know what it was, but it just looked like a hairtail and had two heads. Originally, this guy planned to attack us, but when it approached, it was sucked in by something suddenly stretched out from the edge of the cliff, and then it didn't appear again. It was such a dangerous trench.

As the depth continued to increase, a big squid suddenly appeared in front of him, and Xiaolongnu made a terrifying posture, but the thing rushed up. Xiaolongnu and the guy were entangled and wrestled together, and I wanted to help but didn't know how to intervene. Suddenly, I remembered that deep-sea animals were afraid of strong light. "Hongyue, do you know how to illuminate?"

Hongyue replied in surprise: "I am a dark mage?"

This is obvious that it doesn't mean it. Xiaochun cannot be summoned here! By the way, there are steel claws. He quickly got out the steel claws, and he immediately rushed over as soon as he appeared. The squid had only sixteen tentacles, and there were more steel claws than it. The tentacles of both sides were immediately entangled together and entangled with each other, and no one could move, but Xiaolongnu was saved. The little dragonnu who had regained his freedom was very angry, and a green light lit up all over her body. "Dragon Dissociation Technique."

This was the first time I saw Xiaolongnu using a direct aggressive spell. Just a green light flashed, and one of the squid's tentacles fell down for no reason. The steel claws didn't react to why the opponent's tentacles suddenly broke, but he didn't care about that much, and threw away the tentacles to attack its body.

Xiaolongnu's dissociation technique seemed to have not ended. The squid's tentacles began to break one by one, and finally turned into a big, shiny bald man. The steel claw immediately wrapped the big guy with his tentacles, and then tore the guy up. The black ink sprayed a large piece like a bomb, and nothing could be seen around him.

When the ink spreads, only some suspended minced meat and some small monsters snatching food are left around. Energy in the deep sea is precious, and waste is shameful.

As they continued to go down, various large monsters began to appear, and they became larger and larger, as if the monsters at the bottom of the sea were always larger than the sea surface. However, although these deep-sea monsters were large, they were not as active as monsters in the middle sea water. The big monsters here were basically floating at a very slow speed, and they felt like magnified ornamental fish, floating leisurely. But the facts proved that these big guys were still very aggressive, but they never chased their prey, and as long as something floated to its attack range, they would be swallowed up immediately.

Compared with the things above, these big monsters are safer, as long as they don’t get close to them.

The chains continued to go downwards, and we actually found light below. The area with light is not large, with only about the area of ​​a football field, and it is obvious that people can see moving there. We are dark here, and they can't see us, but we can clearly see them. These people are all wearing various armors, and they all look like they have the ability to have air locks. Although diving armor is not very difficult, it is definitely not something that can be easily obtained, let alone so many.

Those people seemed to be digging something in the water, and some were hanging onto something with the other end of the chain, which seemed to be familiar.

"A warship?" Hongyue recognized the thing first.

I looked carefully for a long time and it was indeed a warship. But the large amount of metal precipitation had already made this thing unrecognizable. The corpses on the sea surface would quickly rot and refresh, and the shipwrecks under the sea were almost the same. Unless the mission was a shipwreck, the system would quickly cover the precipitation on the ship and then refresh. This ship looked like a new type of warship, not a mission ship, which means that this guy didn't sink for a long time. The more I looked at it, the more I felt like a Japanese ship, and the bee-waisted structure was not like a Chinese design.

Suddenly I remembered that when I came back from Japan last time, I encountered a strange Chinese fleet and asked us about the Japanese camouflage ship. Could it be this one? It feels like the location is similar, and the ship size is also consistent. It is very likely that this is the Japanese camouflage ship that was sunk by us last time. So why do these Chinese guild people salvage this Japanese ship?

"Look there." Hongyue pointed at the stern part of the boat.

The tail of the ship was blown up by our shells at that time, and the place is now a big hole. Many players are looking for something in and out here. But what can they find? Using such a large tonnage boom, it took such a lot of manpower and material resources, and it was not about salvage the entire ship. So what could it be?
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