Chapter 416: Rift, New Discovery
The bottom of the sea is cold and silent.
A huge black submarine passed by at an extremely fast speed, like an ancient monster, disturbing the calm water flow.
Time passed quickly and it was already twelve o'clock noon.
Su Xia looked solemn, standing with his hands behind his back in front of the control console. No one knew what he was thinking, and he stood there motionless for several hours.
At this moment, they have left the southern waters.
According to the map information, the Nautilus is now very far away from the land.
According to Su Xia's request, the distance between this submarine and the land is constantly increasing, so as to strive to enter the central area of the ocean as soon as possible.
This ocean is located between the two continents, and its total area is close to the sum of the two continents. It is vast and boundless.
The journey was relatively peaceful. We did not encounter any mechanical creatures, nor did we find any sea monsters.
The ocean is vast, and every life is an isolated island drifting in the water.
After a while, Su Xia suddenly moved.
He frowned, sat in front of the operating table, took out the submarine manual from the storage space, turned to the part that he didn't understand just now, and read it carefully.
"I see. The technology of this submarine only supports submarine launching at depths of more than 100 meters underwater.
"That is to say, although it can dive to a depth of 10,000 meters, if it wants to launch missiles at the enemy, it still has to slowly float up to a depth of 100 meters. During this period, it is easy to be discovered by the enemy's shallow water area detectors.
"It seems that this submarine is not perfect either. Its shortcomings are very obvious. Is it possible that there are not many breakthroughs in underwater launch technology in the starry sky?"
Su Xia pondered for a while, staring at the instruction manual thoughtfully.
The structure of this submarine is very simple. There are sixteen launch tubes in the middle, which can carry 192 missiles. Unfortunately, the launch tubes are empty.
He was browsing the instruction manual just to prepare for a rainy day. If he had a chance to get a missile in the future, he could give the mechanical race a great gift.
Su Xia thought about it and took out another book from the storage space.
This is the book that comes with the submarine manual. The title of the book is "Submarine Driving, From Beginners to Traveling the World". The cover is a very sci-fi silver-blue submarine.
The content of this book is very rough, even worse than an instruction manual, but it contains many practical cases, including how to save yourself when encountering various dangers.
Opening the book, the first page reads: "If your planet is faced with irresistible situations such as destructive war, zombie crisis, natural disasters, and doomsday, and the land world is destroyed, entering the vast ocean seems to be a good choice."
Zombie crisis?
Su Xia's eyes flickered. Do zombies, creatures that violate the law of conservation of energy, really exist?
Sarah seemed to see what Su Xia was thinking. She smiled and said, "More than two hundred years ago, on a civilized planet in the Heinlein star field, a virus called 'mad death' broke out and swept the entire planet in just a few years.
“It is an RNA virus that invades neurons in the brainstem, cerebellum and other areas of an organism, causing the patient to show symptoms such as madness, insanity, biting, and screaming. It is highly contagious and latent, and mutates many times during the transmission process.
"Some patients died three to five days after contracting the disease, while others were normal at the beginning and developed the disease several months later..."
Sarah narrated slowly, telling Su Xia the contents of her database and the situation of that civilized planet.
People infected by that virus are similar to the zombies in many science fiction movies.
If there is a difference, the zombies in those movies mostly move slowly, while patients infected with that kind of crazy disease move extremely fast, are not afraid of pain, and bite anyone they see.
"And then?"
Su Xia became interested. He was curious about the stories of this kind of star-level civilization.
Many stories cover many aspects such as the development of civilization, social changes, and heroic deeds, like bright stars embellishing the vast starry sky.
“Later, an advanced civilization took action and transferred all the remaining healthy creatures on that planet to another civilized star, and then released purifying smoke on that planet.” Sarah blinked and said.
"Purify the smoke?" Su Xia was puzzled.
"It's poison gas."
"Oh... they are all dead. It is indeed purified."
Su Xia was lost in thought, and a picture gradually formed in his mind, that is, the entire planet was shrouded in terrible poisonous gas.
It seems that the so-called advanced civilization is not as advanced as imagined. It can't even solve a virus, and can only release poison to kill everything.
The civilizations between the stars are vast and countless, more numerous than the grains of sand in the ocean. Some are still in the primitive era, while others can already span the star field.
The "Seventh Empire" that Su Xia had always heard of was a super civilization that could span the star field. It was dazzling and brilliant, and was one of the most shining civilizations even in the vast sea of stars .
Hal often described the interstellar empire to Su Xia. In his description, there were interstellar fleets that covered the sky and the sun, and scientific research civilizations that were as brilliant as stars. The entire empire was in rapid development and had even touched the threshold of another world.
"Captain, don't yearn for the starry sky too much. Most civilizations are not even as good as the planet you are on now." Sarah chuckled.
"It's just to see and witness, not to enjoy life." Su Xia shrugged . "Interstellar travel is about the process and exploration, not the results."
If he really wanted to enjoy life, with Su Xia's powerful strength as a level five creature, he could definitely become a god on a primitive civilized planet.
On that kind of planet, as long as he showed his ability to control metal and kill people, he would become the God of Steel or War.
"Captain, your opinion is similar to that of Dr. Aigar when he was young." Sarah said with a smile.
"Is that doctor still alive?" Su Xia's heart moved.
"I don't know. My factory data doesn't contain any information about him in the past few years. He seems to have disappeared. He probably ran away to a planet and hid himself there."
Sarah said that the Empire's law enforcement fleet can span the starry sea and is extremely powerful, and no individual can resist it at all.
As an interstellar criminal, the best option is to find a remote planet to hide.
It would be best if this kind of planet is not recorded in the Imperial Star Domain.
"Captain, the contents of the book in your hand are all ." Sarah returned to the topic and chuckled, "If there is anything you don't understand, just ask me directly."
"Um."
Su Xia put aside other thoughts and began to flip through the book in her hand.
Learning submarine operating techniques from scratch is a very long process. With Su Xia's current learning ability, it is normal to take three to five years to learn.
Slowly, the submarine became quiet again, leaving only the dull sounds of various instruments and equipment.
The time soon came to half past six in the evening, the sun was setting in the west and gradually sinking into the sea.
Another day is about to pass.
Su Xia has been under the sea for nearly forty hours and has not felt any discomfort. On the contrary, he somewhat likes this closed environment.
When reading in the submarine, he doesn't have to worry about anything else and just concentrate on studying. Everything in the outside world seems to have nothing to do with him.
This kind of quietness is really rare.
Su Xia remembered that in the past, when he was in the school library after 10 o'clock in the evening, when most people had left, he would feel this peaceful and contented feeling.
Before I knew it, it was the early morning of another day.
"Captain, reading for a long time is harmful to your eyes." At three o'clock in the morning, Sarah suddenly spoke up to remind him.
"It's not that long, right?" Su Xia raised her head, her eyes a little dry.
"You have exceeded the upper limit of your eyestrain. If you continue like this, you will easily develop myopia," said Sarah.
"It doesn't matter. Wearing glasses after becoming nearsighted can add a touch of elegance to your temperament."
"this……"
Sarah opened her mouth with a complicated expression, looked at Su Xia, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
She just didn't know that as a student who had gone through the college entrance examination, Su Xia had long been immune to this kind of high-intensity study, and had no problem even reading all night.
In this world, Su Xia's body has a very prominent advantage.
He doesn't need sleep!
Moreover, as a psychic creature, he can maintain mental concentration for a long time and is in a state of high-intensity learning every minute and every second.
Su Xia had never realized the power of this advantage before, but only felt it today.
"Time waits for no one." He shook his head and continued to browse the contents of the book.
After a while, Su Xia frowned slightly, always feeling that the current state was not perfect enough.
After thinking for a while, he took out a bottle of precious sixth-grade medicinal wine "Starry Sky Flowing Sound" from the storage space, and opened the lid of the bottle with a snap.
Instantly, a rich aroma of wine mixed with fruity aroma emanated, filling the entire command cabin.
Su Xia took a deep breath and felt her mouth watering, her stomach full of fragrance, and her whole body light and floating, as if she was about to ascend to heaven.
"It's worthy of being a sixth-level medicinal wine." He sighed, "This wine can't strengthen the body, can't strengthen the five senses, and has no effect on amplifying spiritual energy. The only effect is to 'concentrate the mind' and put people into a very mysterious state."
Su Xia stared at the wine bottle and thought for a moment.
Then he took out a small wine glass and poured out a glass of wine. The aroma in the command cabin became stronger again.
The wine is a soft light blue with tiny dots of silver light in it, like a swaying starry sky, which gives people a sense of calm just by looking at it.
Su Xia didn't think too much, picked up the wine glass, and swallowed the wine in two gulps.
“Gurgle gurgle…”
He licked his lips, but could not taste anything, only a very faint sweetness.
The female pharmacist who made this medicinal wine once warned Su Xia not to drink too much at one time, otherwise it would be a waste.
Su Xia remembered the woman's words, did not drink too much, closed the lid of the medicinal wine, and waited quietly for the medicine to take effect.
More than ten minutes later, Su Xia suddenly felt dazed.
"this……"
His heart moved and he pressed his forehead. In this moment of trance, his brain suddenly felt cool, as if all the trivial things were flying away and gradually disappearing into the depths of his memory.
There was a large blank space in my mind in an instant, as if it had become a piece of white paper.
Su Xia took a few deep breaths, and even her heartbeat became much more stable.
This is a very strange state.
He didn't know how to describe it. He became peaceful and calm. The bloody massacre not long ago was swept away, and the past events were shattered one after another, giving him a sense of transcendence.
The world before his eyes was left with only him and the books he needed to read; everything else had disappeared without a trace.
"I see……"
At this moment, Su Xia understood the value of this sixth-grade medicinal wine.
In this strange state, his learning ability can be increased by at least 40%.
If he took this medicinal wine before deducing the potion formula, he might be able to create an extremely precious new potion in a strange state.
No wonder the Zero Point Tavern regards it as a priceless treasure. It cannot be exchanged for money at all, and can only be exchanged for something else, and the only way to get it is to bring out the treasure that the Zero Point Tavern is interested in.
He actually took a bottle of such precious medicinal wine as a gift.
But Su Xia did not regret it, she had done it.
He opened the book in his hand, calmly and peacefully, with a deep gaze, and began to browse again. He slowly sank into the world of the book and forgot the passage of time again.
A few hours later, a bright morning sun gradually rose above the sea level above this sea area.
Another day dawns.
The mechanical race's manhunt has lasted for more than 48 hours.
The overwhelming air force, the powerful ground force, and the large number of underwater warriors are still on the move, searching every possible inch of area.
"Masked man, where is he?"
A long time passed and endless energy was consumed.
At this dawn, even some of the mechanical creatures were a little confused, not knowing what the outcome of this search would be.
How vast is the ocean?
The difficulty of searching for a person in the vast ocean is actually similar to that of finding a needle.
In the past decade, many fighter planes and passenger planes have crashed into the sea for various reasons, but only a very small number of them have been found with wreckage, and most of the others seem to have disappeared, without even a trace of debris.
"Fight him!"
"He is just flesh and blood. No matter what, he can't outlast us!"
"The Sky Camp and the Earth Camp have joined the search. The whole world is looking for him. Unless he escapes to outer space, he will definitely be caught!"
Dozens of hours of continuous searching only confused a few mechanical creatures, but aroused the pride of most of them.
They don't believe that the masked man can really escape!
The passage of time also makes the situation outside feel a little more weird.
Those neutral organizations that had previously argued on major platforms have now refrained from making many comments, seemingly waiting for a result.
The sunlight gradually became hotter, driving away the coolness of the sea water, and then gradually dimmed and sank into the sea level on the other side.
The evening of the third day arrived.
At this time, under the sea, at a depth of ten thousand meters, in a submarine.
Su Xia, who was reading a book, was suddenly disturbed by Sarah's reminder: "Captain, we found a very special area."
"What area?" Su Xia raised her head and blinked hard a few times. She felt her eyes becoming drier and had to put the book down.
“An undersea rift,” Sarah answered.
"It's just a crack, nothing strange, right?" Su Xia stood up from his chair and stretched. He had been sitting for too long and his whole body was almost stiff.
"At the edge of the crack, I captured a very special metal material," said Sarah.
"What metal?"
"A type of metal often used in spacecraft hulls."
"Um?"
Su Xia's heart moved, and she instantly thought of the wreckage of the spacecraft.
The same metal had been in the basement of the drugstore, one of Dad's many collections.
Later, when the Mechanical Clan was searching the store, they discovered it and determined that it was fragments of spaceship wreckage, so they took the metal away.
In the forest in the southwestern mountains, in the area where the wreckage crashed, there were similar metal fragments.
This type of fragments can also be found near the wreckage crack in the oasis camp.
"Sarah, is there a lot of this metal?" Su Xia asked immediately with her eyes flashing.
"Quite a few. We have found more than ten fragments so far. There should be more around the crack ahead."
“Could it be…”
Su Xia took a deep breath and became uneasy.
He had gained a lot from this trip to the bottom of the sea. First, he got a large number of psychic pearls, and then he got treasure from the shipwreck.
Now, are we going to harvest another piece of alien spaceship wreckage?
When did his luck become so good?
