Chapter 419: Meeting on a narrow road!
As the seasons change, the south has become warmer, but the sky and earth in the north are still pale.
Frost Iron City, a medium-sized city in the north.
In the past, the weather in this city was mostly gloomy, but today the sunshine was warm and lazy, making the cold snow on the ground a little more gentle.
The north wind blows, bringing with it the breath of spring.
The headquarters of the Northern Sailing Club is located here, in the central area of the city, next to the office buildings in the city center.
At this moment, in a secret room in the basement of the headquarters, several responsible persons were having a secret conversation.
"The masked stranger will die eventually." One of the old men spoke. He had gray hair, cloudy eyes, and dry and yellow skin, like an old tree that was about to die. His face was covered with scary brown spots.
"He alone cannot fight against the entire mechanical race." Another person spoke, a middle-aged woman.
"The arrival of the undead has added a lot of variables to this world."
"The Mechanic race will not tolerate these changes."
"They will wipe out all resistance forces before everything gets completely out of control, including those so-called large gathering places of the human race, Dragon City, Lion City, Eagle City, Bear City, etc. They will all be destroyed."
Voices echoed in the secret room, and everyone's voice was low and a little hoarse.
Their decision represents the entire sailing club.
“The emergence of variables has driven the wheel of history.”
"A new round of war is about to begin, but some people are still asking for ridiculous peace."
"They called us spineless, but they didn't know that in this change, only spineless people have a chance to survive. So what if we let them laugh a few times now?"
"In the end, they will find that their current hesitation and wandering are the most ridiculous."
"The Mechanic tribe only wants the most loyal dogs."
"Once the war begins, their current neutral attitude will become a knife that chops off their heads, leaving them with regrets..."
“…”
This time, the masked monster incident made many people smell something wrong.
The quarrels among various neutral organizations on major platforms may be accidental, or it may be because someone is fanning the flames behind the scenes. We want to see what these organizations really think.
A few perceptive people have realized that the next all-out war is not far away.
In this great and vigorous era, it is a joke to try to protect oneself. No one can escape from the flames of war and everyone must support one side.
"The attitude of the Midnight Tavern is not right. What on earth do they rely on?" The old man spoke in a low voice, with a bit of gloom and coldness, as if it came from a grave.
"They are indeed very strong. There are more than one level six creatures." said the middle-aged woman.
"Level 6 creatures?" The young man next to him frowned. "So-called level 6 creatures are just cannon fodder that can hold out a little longer in the face of all the artillery fire."
In this world, there is a common perception.
The strength of an individual can never change the world.
No matter how powerful a creature is, if it wants to conquer the world, it must form an equally powerful team.
There was silence in the secret room for a moment.
The four words "Midnight Bar" are always one of the topics that large organizations are reluctant to mention.
Although they are all neutral organizations, the Zero Point Tavern is above all others, suppressing them and making them feel suffocated.
In the past, there were organizations that opposed the Zero Point Tavern, but they all eventually disappeared, and their industries and wealth eventually became part of the Zero Point Tavern.
"After the advent of psychic power, there is still no trace of the 'first generation' of people who rebuilt the Zero Point Tavern. I suspect they may be someone's clones, just a few false code names, not real people at all ."
"Could it be that the Midnight Tavern is a bait deliberately created by the Mechanical Clan?" The middle-aged woman frowned, tapped the table, and expressed an opinion.
"It seems that I'm not the only one who thinks so." said the young man next to him.
"I've contacted the Sun Foundation." Another person spoke, a middle-aged man with an ordinary face.
"Who did you contact? The mysterious president?"
"Um."
"What did he say?"
"He doesn't know the bottom line of the Zero Point Tavern, so let's take care of ourselves."
"Hmph, what does the Sun Foundation mean?" The old man snorted coldly, his eyes gloomy.
"That fence-sitter is probably going to lean over to the other side. We don't need to worry about him. We just need to do our own thing... We are making the right move by following the Mechanical Clan!"
"If... we can catch the masked man, then..."
The secret room suddenly became quiet again and no one spoke.
There is a very realistic problem facing everyone.
If they really catch the masked man, what should they do?
Should we hand the masked man over to the mechanical tribe directly? Or should we first find out the mysterious thing on the masked man and then hand it over to the mechanical tribe?
Since they have decided to side with the Mechanical Clan, they should choose the former and hand it over directly.
but……
Everyone in the secret room looked at each other and could see the unwillingness and a little entanglement in each other's eyes.
The reason why this incident caused such a big stir is ultimately due to one reason - can the mysterious item on the masked stranger really fight against the mechanical race?
"Oh, forget it. There's no point in thinking so much. Now that things have come to this, let's just keep going." The middle-aged woman sighed, breaking the silence in the secret room.
"That masked man is in the southern seas, and we can't interfere with him."
As soon as she said this, the other people in the secret room sighed, with complicated expressions.
In the face of reality, all kinds of fantasies seem so unrealistic.
Just then, there was a knock on the door of the secret room.
“Boom boom boom…”
The voice was urgent, as if one could see an anxious face through it.
The secret room is absolutely confidential and secure. To prevent the mechanical people from eavesdropping, no one in the room carries any electronic devices.
Therefore, people outside have no way to contact them and can only knock on the door when there is an emergency.
“Boom boom boom…”
There was another knock on the door, only a short time after the last one.
In the room, everyone looked at each other, and finally the young man stood up, walked to the door, frowned slightly, and opened the complicated door lock.
He looked outside the door and asked unhappily, "Didn't I tell you not to disturb us unless it's important?"
Outside the door, a man in a club employee uniform looked anxious, sweating, gasping for breath, his chest heaving.
"Minister...Minister..."
His lips turned pale, he gasped, and said anxiously: "It's...it's the masked man, we found him!"
"What?"
The young man was stunned at first, and then a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
The rest of the people in the room stood up at the same time, with some expressions of joy or disbelief on their faces, and all walked towards the door.
They never imagined that they would actually encounter a masked monster in their own defense zone!
The probability is as small as winning a 50 million jackpot!
"God help me! He really came!"
"Quick, catch him at all costs!"
"He is just one person. No matter how strong he is, he can't escape from our defense zone. Even if we can't catch him, as long as we hold on for a while, we can hold on until the mechanical tribe arrives!"
This was a real surprise, like a pie falling from the sky, hitting everyone on the head.
They are the overlords of this area, almost like the warlords of the old times, and the entire sailing club has the final say here.
Even with all our strength gathered together, can we still not defeat a masked monster?
"Tell me quickly! Where did you find him?" The old man who looked like a dead tree was the first to ask the question. He seemed a little excited, and grabbed the employee's shoulders with his dry and scary hands. He used such great force that he almost crushed the employee's shoulders.
"Hiss... Minister... I..."
The employee's face turned pale with pain, as if a pair of metal pliers were clamped tightly on his shoulders, and even his voice trembled.
Seeing this, the middle-aged woman next to him showed surprise, stretched out her hand and swung it hard, and with a snap, she directly slapped the old man's arm away.
"Old man, do you want to crush him to death?" the middle-aged woman snorted coldly.
"Go directly to the headquarters upstairs to get the information. Why are you making things difficult for the employees in the affairs department?" The middle-aged man also spoke in a bad tone.
"That's right! Let's go upstairs immediately!"
"This is God's will, a surprise from God to us, we can't miss it!"
Everyone in the room took action and went upstairs.
Of course, whether it is a surprise or a shock remains to be seen.
…
The time goes back to half an hour ago.
Su Xia was having breakfast in the officers' mess of the submarine, usually reading a book while eating.
After drifting on the seabed for nine days, reading became Su Xia's greatest pleasure. It not only allowed him to learn knowledge but also helped him kill time, making him feel like he was back in school.
"It turns out that the working principle of the torpedo compartment is so simple. I used to think it was so mysterious."
Su Xia had a smile on her face. Although her strength had not increased significantly in the past few days, she had gained a lot of knowledge in her mind.
Sometimes he wondered whether the knowledge he learned in this world could be applied on Earth.
Anyway, this trip was fruitful.
He will need some time to digest this when he returns to Coral City.
"It's almost there. We're already in the middle of the northern seas. We'll reach the Far North Sea in another day or two." Su Xia opened the map and checked it carefully.
“I heard that there are many secrets in the Far North, and unknown treasures are buried there.
"The octopus monster Haidar told me before that there are some large insect nests in the Far North. The Zerg here have evolved the ability to withstand the severe cold and are a very special branch of the Zerg.
“The alien plant forest discovered at the Zero Point Tavern is also close to the Far North.
"There is a rumor circulating that the Mechanical Clan has some mysterious bases in the Far North, and they seem to be conducting unknown research..."
Looking at the map, the entire Far North is covered in white.
It is cold there all year round, with the temperature always below zero. The ground is covered with rough white ice crystals, and there are almost no signs of life.
Therefore , on this planet, the Far North has always been a symbol of mystery and remoteness.
Now, Su Xia is ready to look for an opportunity to go ashore in this special area.
but……
Plans can never keep up with changes.
Su Xia had just finished breakfast and was about to return to the command cabin when the entire submarine suddenly shook violently.
“Buzz——”
To be precise, it was not the submarine that was shaking, but the sea water that was shaking violently.
A huge and unknown force surged, causing a turbidity and setting off a terrifying undercurrent on the seabed ten thousand meters deep.
The large submarine had no time to dodge and was hit head-on by the undercurrent, tilting about 10 degrees on the spot and almost losing balance.
“Drip—drip—drip—”
The command lights throughout the submarine turned a dangerous red again and the alarm sounded.
Su Xia was shocked and asked hurriedly, "Sarah, what's going on?"
"Captain, I don't know either."
Sarah frowned. The undercurrent came so suddenly that she had no time to react.
Outside the submarine, there was clearly no enemy, only turbid sea water.
At this moment, a deafening roar sounded from the depths of the distant sea.
"roar--"
The sound was extremely terrifying and shocking, and it carried a sense of antiquity and vicissitudes.
Hearing this voice, Su Xia's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
It's a sea monster!
At the bottom of this sea ten thousand meters deep, no other creature can make such a sound except the huge and terrifying giant monster .
"It's not the monster with tentacles, it's another sea monster!" Su Xia made a judgment immediately, he heard the difference in the voice.
The roar just now was filled with extreme anger, as if he had been stimulated by something incredible and wanted to destroy everything!
The place where the sound came from was some distance away from the large submarine where Su Xia was.
Obviously, the one who provoked the sea monster was not Su Xia, but someone else.
"Sarah, let's get out of the way immediately!" Su Xia ordered on the spot.
An angry and mad sea monster is enough to cause trouble.
The only thing that could have provoked him to such rage was either another sea monster or the underwater working equipment of humans or mechanical creatures.
No matter which one it is, Su Xia doesn't want to encounter it.
The seabed of this northern sea area is not deep, basically around 12,000 meters, which is shallower than that of the southern sea area.
At this moment, the large submarine was almost sailing along the seabed, with full power running, speeding away from the area in another direction, trying to escape from the chaos.
"roar--"
In the distance, another terrible roar sounded, like a volcano about to erupt.
As soon as she heard the voice, Su Xia had a bad feeling.
Because this time the location where the sound came from seemed to be closer than last time.
"Not good, that sea monster is approaching us!" Su Xia's heart tightened, "Sarah, change direction again!"
"OK!"
Sarah's face was serious and she immediately followed Su Xia's order.
Through analysis and speculation, she chose a direction with the highest safety factor and went full throttle, trying to get the submarine away from the monster.
But not long after, the third roar was heard.
The distance between the two sides not only did not widen, but became closer!
On the turbid and undercurrent-filled seabed, the sea monster was behind and the submarine was in front, and both sides were moving at extremely fast speeds, as if they were engaged in a chase.
"What's going on with that sea monster? Why is it chasing us?" Su Xia frowned and thought, "I have nothing to do with it. It shouldn't be chasing me. Could it be this submarine?"
Su Xia's heart sank, and she suddenly realized something.
In the animal kingdom, many animals have the habit of marking special objects, such as dogs urinating on their territory.
Before this, the sea monster with tentacles must have left its unique pheromones on this submarine.
The sea monster behind was not chasing the submarine, but the pheromones left by the tentacle monster.
"Could it be that the two sea monsters have a grudge against each other?"
Su Xia thought of this and was about to speak to negotiate with the sea monster behind him.
But at this moment, he frowned, and suddenly felt more than a dozen different composite metal structures behind the sea monster behind him.
"Terran submarine!"
The dozen or so metal structures that Su Xia felt were all special submarines that could operate ten thousand meters underwater.
…
At this moment, in the rear, on one of the more than ten submarines, a young man looked excited and murmured in a low voice.
"I'm really lucky this time! Although I didn't see the masked man, I did find this deep-sea monster!"
This deep-sea monster has extremely high scientific research value and can be said to be full of treasures.
Anyone who can catch one of these giant beasts will become famous in a very short time and become the darling of the spotlight.
"Don't be hasty, track it slowly until this beast is exhausted!"
The young man licked his lips. Besides excitement and greed, he looked at the fleeing beast in front of him, as if he had seen his bright future.
"My ancestors were once brave whaler captains..."
He suppressed his excitement and whispered to himself: "As long as I can kill this giant beast, I can restore the glory of my ancestors!"
In the development of human civilization, the history of hunting deep-sea monsters is quite long. There are records of hunting deep-sea giant whales hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
Of course, there are many examples of people being killed by giant beasts. Novelist Melville's novel "Moby Dick" tells such a story.
