The boss of a foreign organization called the police, claiming that he was defrauded by me

He took a few pieces of fresh, bloody lamb legs and threw them into the sea.

Everyone immediately understood his intention. He wanted to use these foods to attract creatures in the sea and see if there was really any danger.

"Eat quickly, come out and eat!" The soldier stared at the sea and muttered. He was doing this experiment at the risk of being beaten, just to prove that he was not wrong, and there were indeed dangerous creatures hidden in the sea.

However, the sea remained as calm as before, with no movement at all.

"What the hell is going on? There's nothing!" Someone started to get impatient.

"You are wasting food! We are in such a difficult situation now, we should be frugal, but you threw away so much at once!" another person also accused.

"Stop playing, we don't have time to wait for the fish to bite!" Everyone expressed their dissatisfaction. Even people with the best temper would feel angry at such a critical moment.

This kind of selfish behavior that delays the progress of the team is really unacceptable. Although his starting point is good, the consequences cannot be ignored.

At this moment, the sea surface suddenly began to surge. Several dark shadows suddenly emerged from the water, opened their bloody mouths, bit the lamb legs in an instant, and then quickly hid back in the sea.

Due to the fast speed, everyone didn't have time to see the appearance of those creatures clearly, leaving only the horrible bloody mouths echoing in their minds.

"Oh my God, what kind of animal is that? It looks a bit like a tiger shark and a whale, but not quite!" someone exclaimed.

"Fortunately, we didn't jump down. These guys are too cunning. They are hunting and they will wait for an opportunity before attacking!" Another person also said thankfully.

"It's so scary! If we had jumped down, we would have been eaten by them!" Everyone said with lingering fear. They were glad that they survived the disaster and did not become prey to those terrifying creatures.

However, although they survived by chance, it also meant that they could not go into the water to check the situation for a short time. Everyone was once again in a deadlock. They wanted to save themselves but were helpless, and wanted to contact the headquarters for support but could not get through.

At this time, a good news came: "Captain Jack is awake! Great!" Everyone was delighted. Captain Jack woke up from his coma, and after a short rest, his mental state improved significantly and almost returned to normal.

"I'm sorry for causing trouble to everyone. I'm not a qualified captain." Captain Jack bowed deeply to everyone.

When faced with difficulties, his performance was indeed unsatisfactory and he did not show the demeanor of a captain at all. He knew very well that he had failed in his duty.

However, the team members did not blame him. Instead, they were glad that the captain had woken up. "It's okay, captain, don't blame yourself. You fell into a coma for us." Someone comforted him.

"Yes, you are a very good captain and you performed very well! No one is more suitable to be captain than you!" another person echoed.

"We don't mind. Captain, you are the best! Please continue to lead us!" Captain Jack was deeply moved by everyone's words. He calmed down and quickly devoted himself to the task, showing the responsibility and demeanor that a captain should have.

"I just discovered something. The magnetic field has changed again!" Captain Jack said, taking out a small instrument.

The magnetic needle pointed steadily within the normal range. This was an obsolete instrument that could only simply test the size of the magnetic field. However, at this critical moment, it became the only device that could work properly.

"That's strange, why is it normal?" someone asked in confusion.

"Is this thing still useful? It has been eliminated for so many years. Even if it can be used, it doesn't mean anything, right?" another person also raised a question.

"I think this thing is not very reliable. The data it measures may not be accurate. We cannot just rely on it to conclude that the current magnetic field is normal." Everyone was skeptical about this small instrument. They were used to using the latest equipment and instruments to perform complex data analysis. However, this little thing seemed too simple and primitive.

Captain Jack understood their doubts, but he didn't care. He explained: "Don't underestimate this little instrument. It is precisely because it is too primitive that it has not failed."

"I measured the equipment before and after it failed. The magnetic needle went from normal to abnormal, and then returned to normal." The captain continued, "This means that the magnetic field has changed in the past period of time, and now it has returned to normal."

Everyone was confused and didn't understand what the captain was talking about. They didn't know what the connection was. Seeing this, Captain Jack further explained: "Why did those equipment and instruments fail? It's because the magnetic force suddenly increased in a short period of time, breaking through the threshold they can withstand, so they are all damaged."

"It's not a single part that's broken, but all the connections are broken, so it can't be repaired." The captain added, "Of course, this is just my guess and I can't be completely sure. There may be other explanations."

After listening to the captain's explanation, everyone nodded thoughtfully. They didn't expect that a discarded small instrument could actually infer so many things. Although this was just the captain's guess, they basically believed the captain's analysis and couldn't help but applaud the captain's intelligence.

"As expected of Captain Jack, his analysis makes so much sense! This should be the case!" someone exclaimed.

"That's amazing! I never thought about it in this regard, and I still don't quite understand it!" another person also exclaimed.

"That's awesome! The captain made so many discoveries after just a short rest. He's much better than us!"

Everyone started to flatter the captain, saying all kinds of nice things to him as if they were free. This made the captain feel a little embarrassed.

Afterwards, they told the captain what happened during his coma. Their current situation was very awkward: the warship could not move, could not get in touch with the outside world, and could not go to the sea to investigate the situation.

There were several unknown creatures lurking under the sea, most likely man-eating beasts. The people did not dare to risk their lives to investigate, because their equipment had failed, and going down would undoubtedly mean death.

Captain Jack nodded after listening to this, and expressed his appreciation for the man who stopped everyone from entering the water in time: "You did the right thing! Don't doubt your intuition. The same goes for other people. This intuition may save your life at a critical moment!"

As the captain, Jack would tell everyone how to act whenever he had the chance. He was clear about rewards and punishments and never favored anyone. He was indeed a good and trustworthy captain. However, someone suddenly realized a serious problem: "What should we do now? Even if we can infer that the magnetic field has returned to normal, our equipment and instruments still cannot be used! We are still trapped here and cannot move..." This sentence was like a basin of cold water that extinguished the fire of hope of everyone.

Indeed, after Captain Jack regained consciousness and successfully found the cause of the equipment failure, the Ranger team members could not help but feel a sense of achievement and satisfaction, and this emotion made them unconsciously relax their vigilance. However, this was definitely not the time for them to relax.

Their situation has not improved at all, and what is even more troublesome is that they are helpless about it, which is the worst situation.

Captain Jack frowned, and the expression on his face instantly dimmed. He knew very well that even if they found out the problem, it did not mean that they could get the warship running again.

The Rangers are facing an unprecedented crisis. Although they have not encountered any direct and fatal threats yet, their situation is by no means optimistic.

It was the first time that the team members felt so helpless and confused. It was no exaggeration to say that they had reached the end of their rope and could not find any way out.

As time went on, the mood of the entire team became increasingly depressed.

Negative emotions such as panic, tension, and fear are like invisible cages that tightly bind everyone and make them feel suffocated.

Over time, this emotion gradually evolved into despair.

At the same time, the situation of the Red Devil Squad on the other side was not optimistic. Their progress was even worse than that of the Ranger Squad, and everyone was in a state of confusion.

After trying all possible methods and still failing to solve the problem, they could only sit together dejectedly, in a daze.

The players formed a circle with the Welsh captain as the center.

Although they seem to be in deep thought, if you look closely, you will find that most of them have dull eyes and no hope in them.

This was understandable. All the equipment they relied on had failed, and the warship had become a prison that bound them, trapping them in the middle of an endless and dangerous sea.

This sea area is vast and calm, and even the commonly seen marine life is rarely seen.

After a long time, everyone felt visual fatigue. No matter where they looked, they saw the same scenery. They didn't know whether to be thankful or desperate. They were thankful that they didn't encounter bad weather and their lives were temporarily safe. They were desperate because everything around them seemed so monotonous and helpless, and they were stuck in a deadlock.

"I've never hated the ocean so much in my life!" someone finally couldn't help but complain.

Time passed by minute by minute, and they didn't even know what time it was.

Whether it is an electronic watch or a mechanical watch, the pointer does not move at all and always stays at a certain point in time.

"What should we do? We never thought that warships and other equipment would fail, and we didn't have any tools to detect them. Those relatively primitive tools can only play a very limited role. We can only do nothing!"

"Let's just wait for rescue. What else can we do? We haven't been in regular contact with the headquarters. Sir William and the others will definitely notice something unusual. We just need to wait for them to send someone to rescue us!"

However, the Welsh captain's expression did not relax at all. He knew that things were far from as simple as he imagined. He did not mean to deliberately pour cold water on the players. It is of course a good thing to have hope, but it is unrealistic to pin hopes on the national rescue team.

It was unlikely that they would encounter any reinforcements in the short term.

"It's not that simple. I can say for sure that we won't encounter any reinforcements from any country within three days." Captain Wales said in a deep voice, "The current situation is very serious. We suffered heavy losses in the last operation. Sir William had no choice but to send us out. The military will not send any more troops in the short term."

"Besides, we are already equipped with the most advanced equipment, but we still encountered this situation. Sending ordinary troops here will only cause unnecessary losses. Taking all factors into consideration, we still have to find a way to get out of this predicament ourselves."

After hearing what Captain Wales said, all the elite soldiers couldn't help but sigh frequently.

The glimmer of hope that had just been ignited was ruthlessly extinguished in an instant. The Welsh captain knew a lot of inside information, so what he said must have made sense. This meant that they could not hope for support and could only rely on themselves to overcome the difficulties.

"Is this the worst situation we've ever encountered? Nothing can be used, and even swimming back is impossible. And we can't go back yet, and the mission is not yet completed!"

"No, I don't want to encounter the devil's weather right now. How can we resist it in this situation? With bare hands?"

"We are all good at swimming, but if the warship sinks, won't we be at the mercy of others in this sea area? Of course, we have to pray that the arms dealer doesn't find us!"

When the arms dealer was mentioned, everyone else's faces turned even paler and more terrified. They suddenly remembered that the arms dealer seemed to have launched a satellite some time ago!
"Could the arms dealer have discovered us? Maybe he's on his way to attack..." Someone swallowed hard and said this. After he finished speaking, he wanted to slap himself twice.

“Pah, pah, pah——!!!”

"Stop talking nonsense! It can't be such a coincidence, right? How can a satellite cover such a wide area?" Everyone subconsciously didn't want to consider this possibility and rolled their eyes at the person who said such a thing.

It's bad enough now. If the good ones don't work and the bad ones do, then they will all be buried here. Of course, they are not inferior to the arms dealers in terms of military combat, but the premise is that the firepower of both sides must be equal.

Their warships are now almost scrap metal, and their large attack weapons cannot be used. They can't discuss with the enemy and have a one-on-one friendly duel, right? In fact, as long as the enemy is not a fool, it is impossible to fight with only simple weapons, let alone close combat. (End of this chapter)