Volume 16 Tower of Babel Chapter 889: Keep Moving Forward
Thirty-three obviously mistook Ke Lan for a monster from a fantasy world. His eyes were open, and they were not lifeless. Ke Lan could clearly see that his eyes were filled with fear, hatred, and madness...
Thirty-three can see things in reality, but in his perspective, the real world and the fantasy world have been intertwined, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood... Ke Lan suddenly became curious about what she would look like in the eyes of Thirty-three.
A fleshy monster covered with tentacles?
Sanshisan's offensive was continuous. Before, he had always used black flying blades as his main means of attack and had not shown much of his melee ability... But now Ke Lan discovered that Sanshisan's close combat skills were also quite advanced. If it weren't for Ke Lan's overwhelming advantage in the hard indicator of physical fitness, he would have probably been chopped into meat paste by now.
But when you think about it, there is nothing surprising. After all, Sanshisan was already an experienced and senior hunter before he acquired the special ability to manipulate Nino Alloy. Before that, he survived many hellish battlefields... People like him can definitely be regarded as the most powerful warriors among humans.
Fortunately, Sanshisan completely forgot about his special abilities, otherwise, without Ze Luo's help, Ke Lan would have a lot of fun facing those black flying blades that attacked in all directions without any blind spots.
There was another crisp sound of metal collision. Ke Lan used the engineer shovel in his hand to block Sanshisan's axe. He couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart - this kind of illusion can't be awakened by others. If Sanshisan can't break it by himself, then Ke Lan will probably be an indescribable monster in his eyes for the rest of his life.
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Forbidden sea area, deep sea.
The Blasphemer mecha was hovering in the sea, holding onto the powerless submersible cabin, while the Hounds and their crew gathered together to discuss the next course of action.
"I don't agree with looking for Yaguna Kator." Chi Hanfeng said, "Let's not talk about unconventional means like teleportation. Even if Yaguna Kator leaves the anchor coordinates, its speed is not something the Blasphemer mecha can catch up with. Instead of looking for a needle in a haystack in this area of water, it is better to continue with our original plan."
"The original plan? Do you mean exploring the underwater city?" Ghost Owl's expression was not looking good. "What should we do if we encounter that thing again?"
"The Blasphemer Mecha should be able to deal with that thing." Chi Hanfeng said.
Although Chi Hanfeng and the engineering department of the God Hunter Group knew very little about this Blasphemer mecha that could not be disassembled or maintained internally, they could determine from that little data that this was a weapon that far exceeded the technological level of humans. Compared with the Blasphemer, the mechas of human civilization were just like robot toys for children.
Blasphemer... Chi Hanfeng was stunned for two seconds when he first heard the real name of this mecha. Although many mechas on the market now have rather childish names, it was the first time he heard such an arrogant name as Blasphemer.
Moreover, this name was not given by humans, but by the Alpha people.
Could it be that the Alpha civilization intends to use this kind of mecha to form an army and start a war like that "great god"?
But aren't they believers of God? Could it be that this mecha was made by "heretics" among the Alpha people? In the world of Alpha civilization... it is considered "contraband"?
Regardless of the purpose of this mecha, one thing is certain: it has extremely strong performance. The Blasphemer currently driven by Valentina has not even been able to exert 10% of its own performance. As for the "Fallen Angel Mass Production Model" that the Undead Crew will imitate based on the Blasphemer, it is even more different from the real thing.
Chi Hanfeng once tried to test the maximum output of the Blasphemer mecha's engine. In order to be able to insert the test cable into the engine, the engineers had to cut open the half-meter-deep biomass inner wall from the inside of the cockpit, and stick electrodes on the exposed metal inner structure before it healed itself.
But as the machine started up, the meter of the tester exploded directly, and the detection equipment worth 40 million credit points was completely scrapped in just a few seconds. This equipment was originally used to detect the energy flow of the main reactor of an airship. Even a heavy cruiser-class airship could not explode the meter... In other words, the engine output of the Blasphemer mecha is far greater than that of a heavy cruiser-class airship.
As a mechanic, Chi Hanfeng has an inexplicable confidence in the Blasphemer. As Valentina's former superior and current "guardian", he is also full of confidence in this child he has personally trained.
"Are you sure?" Ghost Owl's eyebrows twitched. "The Fallen Angel Mecha is very powerful... but facing something that does not belong to the category of normal creatures, conventional weapons should be useless, right?"
I don’t know why, but compared to the name “Blasphemer”, Ghost Owl still thinks that the name “Fallen Angel” given to it by Ark is more acceptable.
"How do you know that the Blasphemer is a 'conventional weapon'?" Chi Hanfeng said in a deep voice, "Ke Lan told me that this type of machine can even carry star-destroying weapons."
"Then... does the machine driven by Miss Valentina have star-destroyer-level weapons?" asked Ghost Owl.
"It's useless for you to argue about this now!" Hound slammed the table hard, interrupting the two people. "Just vote directly. I think what Lao Chi said is right. Since there is no way out, we might as well keep moving forward."
"No, we have a way out." Ghost Owl said, "We can let the Fallen Angel mecha take us to the surface of the sea. Compared to the deep sea, it is safer there."
"And then?" The Hound glanced at him coldly, "Abandon Layton and his group, and Ke Lan and the others, and surrender to the Ark?"
"This..." Ghost Owl was suddenly speechless, "If we surrender..."
"Although I'm sorry to involve you and your people, I still have to tell you that I'm very familiar with the way that group of people act." The Hound continued. The "group of people" he mentioned naturally refers to the Undead Crew. "They don't care whether you have rebelled or not, nor do they care whether you are in the same group with us... In their eyes, everyone is the same as ants. If they want to step on a few of them, they will not bother to single out those 'innocent ants' who might be stepped on and killed together."
Ghost Owl's eyes dimmed. He was silent for several seconds before he nodded and whispered, "I understand."
"We have to move forward, but moving forward doesn't mean we have to rush all the way." Chi Hanfeng tore a piece of paper from the notepad, then found a broken pencil from some corner, pulled out a dagger to sharpen the broken end, and began to write and draw on the paper.
"We are now about five hundred meters away from the seabed." Chi Hanfeng wrote "500" on the paper.
"That's the number, if our senses and the Blasphemer's depth monitoring equipment are not malfunctioning." The Hound nodded.
"This is the general outline of the underwater city." Chi Hanfeng used a pen to circle an irregular but roughly oval area on the paper. "Here is the center of the underwater city, the pyramid-shaped building." He drew a bold triangle in the middle of the oval area, and then drew a five-pointed star not far from the triangle. "This is the location where the Yaguna Kator was hovering just now and we dived in the submersible. It was also there that we encountered 'that thing' and were forced to use torpedoes to fight back."
"And here, here and here. I remember there are buildings similar to high towers. However, this location is at the six o'clock direction of our diving point. The tower is tilted, at an angle of about forty-five degrees." Zhuo Ligetu pointed out several locations on the paper.
Chi Hanfeng added these marks immediately.
Many electronic devices on the submersible were damaged in the chaos just now. One of the tablets carried by Chi Hanfeng and Hound was broken in two, and the other had a big hole on the screen. Not to mention making combat plans, they couldn't even call up the original scanned image of the underwater city.
The four of them could only rely on their memory to depict the outline of the underwater city bit by bit, and then gradually add some details one by one.
Ten minutes later, a fairly detailed sketch of the underwater city appeared on the paper.
"Xiao Na, were we floating vertically just now?" asked the hound.
"Yes." Valentina's voice was transmitted into the submersible through solid conduction.
"The shock wave from the torpedo explosion pushed us several kilometers away. We should have been very close to the center, but now we are closer to the edge of the city." Hound also found a pencil and drew a small dot on the paper. "This is where Xiaona found us. If we convert it by proportion... my goodness, I was too conservative just now. We were pushed nearly twelve kilometers away."
"The shock wave was so powerful that even if that thing wasn't dead, it must have been pushed far away." Ghost Owl said, "Perhaps it has lost track of us?"
"Don't be so optimistic...don't forget that thing can't even capture sonar ripples. Shock waves are also a kind of wave. It is still unknown whether it will have an impact on it...maybe it is still staying there, waiting for us to go back." Chi Hanfeng frowned.
"Then let's avoid that place." The Hound used a pencil to walk half a circle around the "triangle" representing the pyramid, and walked to the other side of the triangle opposite the small dot. "This position happens to be opposite to the direction of the shock wave. If we approach from this angle, the probability of encountering that thing again is the lowest."
"That's the theory." Chi Hanfeng nodded, "Then let's dive from this position."
He pasted the drawing full of marks on the porthole of the submersible, and then explained to Valentina in detail the meaning of the various marks and arrows on the drawing. Fortunately, Chi Hanfeng, Hound and Valentina all had experience serving in the regular army, so they only needed to take a glance at the professional tactical symbols to understand what they meant, without having to spend any extra time explaining them.
The Blasphemer mecha grabbed the submersible and began to slowly move parallel to the predetermined position... About half an hour later, Valentina's voice rang out: "According to the moving path and direction, we have now reached that position, but I am not sure if there is any deviation..."
"All the positioning devices on the seabed have failed, so we can only rely on calculating the distance and direction of movement to determine our position. There is nothing we can do about it." Chi Hanfeng said, "But it's not a big problem. As long as we dive deeper, we will naturally know whether our position is correct."
"Well, now, prepare to dive." Valentina said, adjusting the position of the Blasphemer mecha's thruster nozzle from parallel to vertical, and falling into deeper waters with the submersible.
The four people in the submersible couldn't help but slow down their breathing, as if they were afraid of disturbing something in the deep sea.
"Valentina." Chi Hanfeng whispered, "Keep silent... Also, turn off the searchlight. This light is too conspicuous in the sea and will be discovered from a long distance. Turn it on when you are close to the seabed."
"Oh." Valentina obediently turned off the searchlight, and suddenly, it was pitch black outside the porthole.
Then, seeing the dim light of some surviving indicator lights in the submersible, the four people looked at each other and found that each other's expressions were a little unnatural... They couldn't help but want to look out the porthole, but they seemed a little afraid to look... for fear that the black shadow would appear in front of them without warning.
"Old dog..." Chi Hanfeng said in a low voice, "How about you turn off the indicator light above your head?"
"What? Are you scared?" The Hound said in a sarcastic tone, but despite the sarcasm, his body was still very honest. He raised his hand and turned off the operating screen above his head.
"I'm afraid... the light will be seen by something else..." Chi Hanfeng said. He also turned off all the lights within reach. At this time, it was completely pitch dark in the submersible cabin.
"With such a small light, are you sure that thing can see it?" the hound muttered.
"It's hard to say... Some species of deep-sea creatures have no need to see light, so their visual organs have degenerated... while others have gone to the other extreme: they are extremely sensitive to light... I'm not sure which one it is."
