Chapter 420: Whale
The seabed was turbid, undercurrents were surging, and everything was unclear.
There were floating debris everywhere, and the entire seabed seemed to be about to be lifted up. A giant sea monster hundreds of meters in size was swimming frantically in the chaos, constantly stirring up more seabed sediments.
In front of this underwater behemoth is a large submarine moving at a very fast speed.
Behind the sea monster were more than a dozen small submarines chasing it closely.
"Haha, you can't escape!"
Confident and excited laughter was heard from one of the small submarines.
The young man's eyes were burning with joy. He stared at the fleeing sea beast in front of him as if he was looking at a moving mountain of gold. His eyes were almost shining.
"I never thought that my luck would be so good!
“I accepted the mission this time thinking that I would just do it for show. After all, the masked man is in the southern waters. Even if he is mentally ill, he can’t come to us.
“But I discovered this monster…”
He was not in a hurry and was quite confident that he had already taken the sea monster in front of him as his prey.
This process may take a long time, perhaps several hours or even several days, and it can only be done slowly.
Whether it is fishing for big fish or hunting whales, it takes some time to exhaust the prey, and then you can harvest it slowly.
"Contact the research institute. We need more submarines to track them alternately. We can't give that monster any chance!"
"Don't worry about that masked weirdo for now. The harvest in front of us is the real thing. Who knows where that masked weirdo is?"
Not only this man, but all the other members on the submarine were extremely excited.
At this moment, they didn't know that the masked stranger they had been talking about for some time was actually in front of the sea monster, just farther away from them.
No one could have imagined that things could turn out to be so coincidental.
This strange coincidence caused Su Xia a lot of trouble.
He originally planned to travel quietly, without alerting any forces, to the Far North Sea, and then return to Coral City.
But now, the monster was chasing him from behind, and would not let go, as if it had set its sights on his big submarine.
Su Xia stood in the command cabin, frowning, thinking seriously: "Behind the sea monster, the more than ten small submarines are all at a depth of about 11,000 meters. Perhaps this is their limit and they can't dive any deeper. The depth of this sea area is about 12,000 meters... How do they plan to catch this sea monster?"
He could feel that the small submarines were all above and behind him and were not moving any further down.
The incident happened suddenly and Su Xia didn't react.
But now he has figured it out. The action of those dozen small submarines is nothing more than to capture the sea monster.
The sea monster was most likely seriously injured and was ambushed, otherwise it would not have let out such an angry roar.
"The people in those small submarines are waiting until the sea monster becomes weaker and weaker." Su Xia knew very well what the other party was thinking.
The sea monster's IQ was not low. He did not choose to fight back, but fled all the way, which showed that he was not sure he could save his life while defeating the more than ten submarines.
As for the dozen or so small submarines, although they are currently only around 11,000 meters and seem unable to reach the depth of the sea monster, no one can tell their limit.
Maybe those people stopped at 11,000 meters just to give the sea monster some hope?
Make the sea monster mistakenly believe that they can't come down, so that the sea monster will think it can escape.
Of course, it is not ruled out that the designed diving depth of those submarines is 11,000 meters.
However, the depth of the design is often based on absolute safety considerations.
The diving depth can often exceed the design depth.
Those small submarines should be able to dive a few hundred meters further without any problems, but there is a certain risk.
“That sea monster is chasing me relentlessly and has been following me the whole time. Maybe it’s not just because of the pheromones of the tentacle monster before?”
The incident happened suddenly, and all kinds of thoughts flashed through Su Xia's mind.
The sea monster behind is moving quite fast. Judging from the current situation, it won’t be long before Su Xia’s submarine is caught up by it.
Su Xia needs to make plans early.
"Captain, the collision is expected to happen in ten minutes. Do you want to counterattack?" Sarah looked serious and activated the weapon system again. As long as Su Xia gave the order, she would attack the sea monster behind her.
"Wait a little longer!"
Su Xia frowned and reached out to stop Sarah.
The situation was very tense. Alarms kept sounding in the command cabin, dangerous red lights were flashing, and the pointers on various instrument panels were swinging back and forth abnormally, which was very easy to make people irritated.
But Su Xia remained calm. After a moment, he said calmly: "Sea monster, do you want me to help you?"
He seemed to be talking to himself, his eyes lowered and his voice not loud.
Soon, a powerful voice sounded in his mind: "You...your submarine...has the scent of that guy..."
The sea monster could indeed hear, and its mental power was strong. Like the tentacle monster, it could communicate directly with Su Xia in her mind.
This ability is very strange. Su Xia cannot do it. It seems to be unique to many marine creatures.
"That guy? Is it a tentacle monster?" Su Xia asked calmly and dissatisfiedly.
"Tentacle monster?"
In my mind, the voice paused for a moment, as if thinking, before saying: "It... is covered with tentacles, so... it might be more appropriate to call it a tentacle monster..."
"Do you know each other?" Su Xia asked.
"There is...intersection..."
The monster's voice was intermittent and sounded very strange.
After communication, Su Xia learned that this sea monster and the tentacle monster were both overlords of the deep sea. They had communicated with each other many times over the years and shared their experiences in avoiding the mechanical clan.
The reason why it tracked Su Xia was because it sensed the breath of the tentacle monster on Su Xia's submarine and thought that Su Xia was not an enemy.
"What's your name?" Su Xia asked.
"You...you can call me...Whale..."
whale!
One word!
It’s a simple title, but the meaning behind it is self-evident.
As long as it uses this code name, no other sea monsters in the area can use it.
Su Xia pondered for a moment, then asked: "Whale, why do you have spaces when you speak?"
Hearing this question, Whale was silent for a moment, as if he didn't know how to answer.
After more than ten seconds, he replied: "Speaking intermittently can create an ancient and mysterious feeling."
Su Xia: "So... that's it..."
At this moment, the distance between the two sides is very close.
The seabed was turbid, the water was surging and shaking constantly. In about four or five minutes, the sea monster named "Whale" behind would collide with Su Xia's submarine.
Although both sides were communicating, neither slowed down.
Su Xia stood in the command cabin, his eyes slightly narrowed, and in front of him was the world presented to him by the life sensing glasses.
Through the layers of submarine structure and through the cold and turbid sea water, you can see that behind the submarine is a huge monster that looks like a giant whale.
According to rough estimates, the giant whale was at least three hundred meters long. It was so huge that it was unimaginable. As it swam, it stirred up countless violent undercurrents, as if it was a giant monster swimming out of ancient mythology.
You know, on Earth, the largest blue whale is only thirty or forty meters long.
As for the dozen or so small submarines behind the whale, they also appeared in Su Xia's eyes.
[Research submarine: the latest product of Deep Blue Research Institute, designed to have a maximum diving depth of 11,000 meters]
[Note: Deep Blue Research Institute has long been sponsored by the Northern Sailing Club. This time, at the request of the club, it dispatched various submarines developed by it to hunt down the masked stranger on the seabed... ]
“So it was them.”
Su Xia occasionally visited the forum during this period, and of course he knew about the Northern Sailing Club that wanted to capture him and hand him over to the Mechanical Clan.
When Su Xia thought of this, his heart moved and he made his own plans.
"Whale, with your strength, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with the dozen or so small submarines behind you, right?" He was not in a hurry and continued to ask the sea monster.
Given the size of this deep-sea monster, even without any skills, it could smash those small submarines into pieces just by ramming them with its body.
Even if it fails to break into pieces in one collision, it can continue to crash into them. The undercurrents created will be enough to cause damage to those small submarines.
"I'm injured...those humans are mean, they attack by surprise."
There was anger in the whale's voice.
Just as Su Xia had guessed before, the giant whale was injured, and seriously.
He originally dormant and slept at the bottom of the sea, floating around with the sea water. When he felt cold, he would surface to bask in the sun. When he felt hungry, he would go to the Far North Sea to find shrimps to eat. He lived like this every day, very leisurely, and a carefree sea monster.
But today, suddenly more than a dozen human submarines discovered him.
Those human submarines are very strange. They make almost no sound when they are moving, with only slight waves in the sea.
Although the sleeping sea monster felt those small fluctuations, he did not take it seriously. He thought they were some deep-sea fish, so he did not take it seriously and did not wake up.
However, just a moment later, dozens of horrific torpedoes directly hit his huge body, exploding loudly under the water, blowing his entire back apart.
"Humans, damn it, they are still chasing me!" Whale's voice came, full of anger, "Their weapons have not been used up yet, I am not absolutely sure to kill them all."
"So you came to me?" Su Xia asked.
"You are not the enemy."
Whale did not deny his thoughts, but said: "The message that the... tentacle monster left on your submarine was well-intentioned."
"I can help you." Su Xia said.
"Okay, let's fight back together!" Whale expressed his impatience.
"but……"
"But what?"
"You often go to the Far North Sea, so you should be familiar with it. After I help you, you need to be my guide for a few days."
This sea monster is a native of the north. He knows the underwater world very well and is the overlord of the sea. Su Xia doesn't want to let go of such a good guide.
The whale naturally knows that there is no help without reason in the world.
His intelligence is not inferior to that of an adult, and he has a good understanding of the exchange rules in the human world.
He agreed without giving it much thought and said, "Okay, if you help me, I'll help you."
"no problem!"
Su Xia smiled and said, "In fact, I can deal with those small submarines by myself, so you don't need to do anything."
"Why?" the whale asked.
"As long as it's made of metal, it's under my control." Su Xia said confidently, "I just need to stand here and destroy those small submarines behind you with a thought. It doesn't take much effort."
"Are you a strong man among humans?"
“I guess so.”
"Then you can obviously control your big submarine and make it speed up so that I can't catch up!"
The whale suddenly realized something and said to Su Xia: "But you didn't do that. You kept the big submarine at a constant speed. You were obviously waiting for me to catch up and then negotiate with me so that I could become your guide!"
Su Xia smiled and said, "You can understand it that way."
"Damn it, you humans are too dark!"
“…”
In this way, the two sides reached a tacit understanding.
Then, Whale made a request: "If you can really control metal, then you can just control those submarines. There is no need to kill them. I want to do it myself."
"No problem, this is what I should do." Su Xia agreed immediately.
The whale's anger must be vented by killing with one's own hands, otherwise he will always be holding a grudge in his heart, which will make him very depressed, and if he holds it in for too long, he will easily get sick.
After reaching a consensus, both sides stopped and stopped fleeing, waiting for the small submarines to approach.
Soon, the small submarines in the rear discovered the problem.
The young man on the submarine in the middle was startled and asked in confusion: "Why didn't this monster run away? According to calculations, its physical strength has not been exhausted yet, and it will take at least two or three days. Is it too seriously injured? Did I miscalculate?"
The same doubts also appeared in the minds of the other submarine members.
You know, deep-sea animals have extremely strong vitality. Some fish can still survive for a while even if half of their bodies are bitten off, let alone whales, the overlords of the sea.
He only had a back injury, with big bloody holes left by the explosions, but the injuries were far from fatal. As long as there were no external interferences, he would be able to heal after resting for a period of time.
"Be prepared!" The young man waved his hand. "The monster may try to fight back. It has a high IQ."
"Boss, the weapon system is ready!"
"very good."
The young man was full of confidence, staring at the image on the screen in front of him.
If the sea monster fights back, they will use torpedoes to bomb it again. If it breaks through the torpedo explosion area, they will immediately escape and let the sea monster chase them with its seriously injured body.
They were well prepared, and the sea monster was already seriously injured. If they could hold on until the end, they would definitely be the winner.
When the young man thought of this, he was excited. He licked his lips and murmured softly: "As long as I can kill him, I can restore the glory of my ancestors. I seem to have seen the light of glory. In the light... my ancestors seem to be smiling and waving at me..."
Honor, wealth, status, everything seems to be right in front of you, at your fingertips.
The young man has already begun to imagine his future life.
But at this moment, the submarine they were in suddenly shook.
"boom--"
After a loud bang, the entire submarine went dark in an instant. The explosion seemed to come from the energy cabin, and a burning smell soon filled the entire submarine.
The young man's face changed, and he left the bright illusion and returned to the dark reality.
"The energy cabin exploded?" He immediately thought of the problem.
Even in normal times, the explosion of the energy cabin is a big problem, and if you are not careful it can easily cause the submarine to sink.
Not to mention now, the sea monster is still outside, lurking around.
The previous good situation instantly turned into a life-and-death dilemma due to internal and external troubles.
“Buzz!”
The submarine trembled slightly, and the lights around it suddenly lit up again, but not as bright as before. However, all equipment was usable, and the displays, indicator lights, etc. on the command console lit up one after another.
Seeing this, the young man breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, there is no problem with the backup energy source."
As long as the backup power supply is still there, he is confident that he can bring this submarine back, return to the submarine base, and drive another submarine back.
Inside the submarine, the other members wiped their sweat off their foreheads and were thankful.
"It may be that it sailed at the extreme depth for too long." One member speculated, "After all, our submarine is the latest product of the research institute. It has only been tested and its actual capabilities have yet to be tested."
"Our incident this time can be regarded as providing a case for the research institute. Let them study it slowly."
Another member smiled and said, "Fortunately, there is a backup energy source..."
Before he could finish his words, a loud noise was heard again from inside the submarine.
With a loud bang, the submarine shook violently and the interior became dark again.
The explosion sounded from the backup energy cabin!
"What's going on?"
Everyone's expressions changed drastically. They took out their lighting equipment one after another, panicking and losing their composure.
One explosion could be a coincidence, but two explosions in a row clearly indicate there is something wrong!
Did someone deliberately detonate the energy capsule?
But they were searched when they entered the submarine, so it was impossible for anyone to bring in a bomb, not even the materials to make a bomb.
Could it be that something has happened to the energy cabin?
All kinds of speculations flashed through everyone's minds, but they seemed unimportant.
The most important thing now is how can they get back alive?
