Dragon Clan: Thought So Far.

Chapter 349 340. Long Yuan (6) Shock

The Trieste gradually sank in the dark sea water, and the teeth-grinding sound of the safety rope twisting through the thick diving metal layer was clearly transmitted to the cockpit.

Safety hooks connected to metal cables lowered the submersible in sections to prevent the Trieste's power system or balance system from losing control and causing it to fall uncontrollably onto the seabed and be smashed to pieces.

Until now, the operation is proceeding as planned.

No matter how the Ganliu Research Institute denies it, the equipment of the Kassel Academy is still far more reliable than that of the Japanese led by Miyamoto Shio. At least until now, Caesar has not detected the air cabin leak, a fatal omission that should have been completely eliminated at the beginning of the operation.

Chu Zihang expressionlessly adjusted the Trieste to autopilot and had it hover at the depth set by the executive department.

Everything was normal in the cabin. The depth gauge stopped at about two thousand meters. The display screen in the center of the operation panel flashed characters composed of 0 and 1. These fluorescent blue characters were like red water pouring out from the edge, gradually submerging the operation page that Chu Zihang had just opened.

Then a girl with a stern face appeared in front of Caesar and Chu Zihang.

"Hello, EVA." Chu Zihang said.

"Hello, Captain." EVA smiled, but her tone was cold.

Lu Mingfei rarely saw EVA with this expression now, cold and distant, but for most people in the world who had seen her, this was the norm.

"You are now hovering two thousand meters below the sea surface, and the estimated final operating depth is four thousand five hundred meters." EVA said, and she turned lightly with her skirt lifted up, as graceful and exquisite as a girl spinning in the middle of the dance floor after a dance. Caesar blew a loud whistle, Chu Zihang raised his eyebrows and turned his gaze to the other side.

The Greenland Sea incident was no secret in the academy. Although the mission report was not released, making the details of the operation unknown, anyone with a keen eye could find out that EVA was one of the victims of the accident.

In other words, the person dancing in front of them was actually a real senior.

By the time the two guys had adjusted their status, EVA had already appeared in the corner of the display screen. Then, densely packed data superimposed on each other appeared on the blank screen she had vacated, surging and fluctuating like the tide. Then, a dynamic profile of the Sea of ​​Japan appeared on it. The seabed was surprisingly flat, filled with organic silt and loose sediments, with consolidated sediments and crustal igneous rocks underneath.

The Trieste was marked in red and flashing on this profile, and was more than halfway to the seabed.

"Although relevant experiments have been conducted in advance, the academy has always attached more importance to the safety of students than the completion indicators of a certain task. Therefore, at the next depth of 2,500 meters, you need to continuously release underwater operation robots to conduct field exploration to prevent the Trieste from breaking into the ionized insulation layer generated around the embryo when it is hatching." EVA said.

Chu Zihang and Caesar looked at each other, and both understood what the academy meant.

No one knows whether the embryo in the Japan Trench is a third-generation species, a second-generation species, or the extremely noble first-generation species. The academy has no precedent of fighting against a dragon king in embryonic state. Even the executive department is not sure whether the territory of the embryo will change as it senses the arrival of danger.

Although previous underwater surveys have confirmed that the academy's equipment will not be affected by the embryo at a depth of at least 5,000 meters below the sea surface, it still involves the personal safety of non-graduated students. What's more, the tin can of the Trieste also contains the heir of the Gattuso family.

"Our submersible has discovered an ecosystem of dragon subspecies in the trench. This place is right above the trench, so you need to be on guard against attacks from giant marine creatures." EVA blinked, as if responding to Caesar's dissatisfaction with the whistle just now.
"Among those subspecies are the gigantic super predators Megalodon, which are larger and more massive than the Trieste, so... good luck to you."

Fluorescent blue dots of light scattered from the screen, and the corners of Chu Zihang's eyes twitched.

The command cabin was small and compact, densely packed with surveillance cameras, and the sea area around the Trieste was within their sight.

But Chu Zihang still looked a little pale.

Of course, it may not be because of fear but because of seasickness.

However, the two guys in the cabin were still a little frightened by the giant megalodon with dragon blood flowing in its body. Even if a shark with a size and mass larger than the Trieste was used by Hollywood to make a monster movie, it would not be out of place...

"The equipment department has updated the sonar system of the Trieste. Now we can monitor the movements within a radius of approximately ten nautical miles. If any large creature really enters the warning range, it will definitely be discovered." Caesar said.

Anyone who has taken diving lessons at Kassel College knows that in oceans below a hundred meters in depth, the sunlight from the clouds can no longer penetrate.

Not to mention the two thousand meter depth that the Trieste is at at this moment and the eight thousand meter depth that it may reach later. There is always pure darkness all around, like falling into hell. When you look up, you can only see the chaos at the beginning of the world.

Traditional shortwave radar and advanced lidar are useless in such a ghost place. Underwater sonar is the most effective detection equipment.

Not just the Trieste, all submarines in the world rely entirely on hearing to operate underwater bats.

So normally submarines don't vibrate at high speed like fighter jets. The Trieste has taken silence to an even more extreme level. When it is silent, it is like a stone floating in the sea. Even if there really are megalodon sharks soaked in dragon blood who want to taste what cholesterol and high-fat terrestrial creatures taste like, they will not chew on a piece of iron stone that might break their teeth.

The only regret is that the Trieste is not equipped with many weapon systems. As an expedition ship, it doesn't even have a torpedo compartment.

But the Equipment Department is the Equipment Department after all. Deputy Director Karl argued that we cannot let students be without guns and finally persuaded Angers to let the academy carry out armed modifications in the submersible. Several air compartments were made smaller and a new weapons compartment was added, which was equipped with deep-water torpedoes and alchemical sulfur bombs.

In addition, the nuclear power compartment of the Trieste itself is a small nuclear bomb. Throwing it into the kingdom of God might open the eyes of those arrogant emperors in ancient times.

Of course, Caesar and Chu Zihang both knew that the Trieste was originally powered by just the most common hydrochloric acid batteries, but the lunatics in the equipment department agreed that the power was too small to complete a large-scale survey, so a nuclear power cabin was added.

Therefore, this submersible has two power sources, the weak power source is driven by lithium batteries, and the strong power source is the nuclear power cabin that can be used as a nuclear bomb. At the same time, they also tacitly know a fact that no one wants to say.

If the underwater unmanned operating robot cannot break through the layer of field formed around the embryo, the Trieste will ultimately have no way to drop the sulfur alchemical bomb at the hatching embryo, and even the storm torpedoes and miniaturized nuclear bombs launched from the sea surface will ultimately fail to achieve the desired effect. The ancient dragon embryo is still alive and well after experiencing all of this, then the Trieste is the last weapon.

Before the dive, the last page of the operation manual given to Chu Zihang by the executive department clearly stated that all the efforts made by the academy had failed due to the influence of uncontrollable factors. In this case, how should the team responsible for implementing the Jiyuan plan kill the ancient king.

No nuclear power cabin in the world will explode under normal conditions. There is only one way to detonate such a dangerous but stable power source, and that is to let the neutron density exceed the threshold.

That is to say, when necessary, Chu Zihang and Caesar must perform a series of operations to make the nuclear power compartment of the Trieste enter an overheating state.

Fortunately, this time the Equipment Department did not think of letting Chu Zihang directly ignite himself with Jun Yan and hold the nuclear power cabin for Caesar to drop him out. Instead, it was written that the control circuit of the cabin could act as a detonation circuit. They only needed to activate the nuclear power cabin and throw it above the embryo, and it would detonate by itself.

Of course, it is also possible that Director Akadula forgot that Chu Zihang's spirit was Jun Yan. After all, the otaku gang in the Equipment Department are usually not interested in anything in the academy except for explosions.

"Command center, please respond. The Trieste has dived to the predetermined depth. Please start the next step." Chu Zihang quickly adjusted his state. He left a suicide note for his father and said goodbye to Susie. It didn't matter even if he died here.

For those who care about him, time will always wash away all the sorrows. Dad and Mom will have a new child, and they are still very young; Susie will also fall in love again, and maybe that boy will not be as silent as he is and will be very interesting.

The Chinese man's voice came from the loudspeaker, "Command center received, please wait, we are calculating the best diving angle." he said.

Taking advantage of the gap just now, Caesar has searched for the information of Cheng Shuangfan through EVA. Unexpectedly, his identity was not encrypted at all. All options including date of birth, childhood experiences, growth process, parents, etc. were clickable hyperlinks.

This is an A-level hybrid who graduated from the Alchemy and Mechanics Department of Kassel College in 2003. When he was studying, he was considered a Lancelot-like figure, calm and composed, with the elegance and confidence that comes from the bones of the Chinese.

But they were unable to find his spiritual power. They only knew that this guy had completed an A-level mission alone in 2008 and killed a fifth-generation species that escaped from the ancient emperor's tomb.

"Permit the Trieste to proceed to the next step and release the first batch of underwater operation drones." Cheng Shuangfan gave the order.

Of course, the so-called task of calculating the best diving angle is not up to the elites of the executive department. EVA will give suggestions within a few seconds, and the submersible's remote operating system will also input relevant instructions synchronously.

Caesar, who tied himself to the deputy position with a fixing rope, immediately lifted the transparent cover that served as a protection over a button on the console and pressed it.

"The current depth is two thousand. The negative current is stable. The submersible is operating normally. The first batch of underwater operation drones... will be released." Caesar's voice was accompanied by a terrifying whistle like an airlock leaking. It was the independent cabin carrying the drones that was exhausting all the gas.

Chu Zihang had a stern face. As the leader of the original team, the executive department of this dive operation still let him take on the position of leader. Although Caesar expressed his dissatisfaction to Mr. Frost, and the Gattuso family also symbolically expressed to the school that Frost hoped to make Caesar the leader of the dive team, it seemed that Principal Angers and Professor Schneider were completely unmoved.

The ears of both men were filled with the sounds of machinery running and air whistling, but even though the noise in the cabin was as loud as a vibrating plate filled with cargo buzzing in their ears, Chu Zihang and Caesar could still hear each other's heartbeats like drums and breathing like the whistling wind.

Obviously no one is as calm as they appear.

The sound of the machinery stopped abruptly. Chu Zihang and Caesar looked at each other, and then looked at the display screen on the console at the same time.

It automatically jumped to the control background of twelve underwater operation drones, and then entered the No. 1 machine. Endless darkness descended on the screen after one second.

The Gasley lighting was turned on, and a yellow drone passed silently outside the porthole. The thing was no bigger than a mountain bike, and its appearance was actually like a flat manta ray.

"This shape can help it withstand the high pressure in the deep sea. Otherwise, our drone will be crushed by a thousand atmospheres of pressure as soon as it leaves the Trieste at a depth of 8,000 meters under the sea," said Chu Zihang.

"The submersible will continue to dive after this drone dives one thousand meters, and we will recover it after it reaches the same depth." Caesar poked at the operating panel, flipped through the operating manual, and said with a frown.

Videos captured by the drone's front and bottom cameras appeared on the display screen at the same time. All the lights converged into a beam of light, surrounded by dark black sea water.

"It really feels like hell..." said Chu Zihang.

"Under the sea is the loneliest place. Even in hell there will be evil spirits to keep you company," said Caesar.

They looked out through the narrow porthole. The gash lit up the surrounding area very brightly, and there were tiny, glimmering fragments floating down. It was sea snow.

Marine snow is mainly composed of a combination of tiny dead and living organisms, including some crustaceans visible to the naked eye.

Small or large flakes of snow are floating down, like a lonely winter night when you are standing under a street light and looking up at a snowstorm falling in the windless night sky.

There was only the sound of gurgling water all around, as hydraulic oil flowed slowly through pipes on all sides. Chu Zihang exhaled slightly. The tranquility outside the porthole made him even forget for a moment that they were in a dangerous deep sea. In the trench six thousand meters below them, a dragon was waking up from its slumber.

"What is that!" Caesar suddenly roared in horror. Chu Zihang only had time to look back and was immediately stunned.

The display screen, which was still peaceful and quiet a second ago, was completely frozen. A shocking bloody mouth with its jaws and sharp teeth was exposed and solidified in front of them!

(End of this chapter)