Volume 2: The Undersea City Chapter 65 Iron Shell
"To be precise, it's something in the bones." Ke Lan said seriously.
"Hmm...it looks a bit like a semi-finished industrial gel." Lao Gui squatted on the ground and took out a pair of rubber gloves from the tool box he brought. When he was halfway through putting them on, he seemed to remember something and suddenly turned his head to look at Ke Lan.
"This thing... shouldn't be toxic or corrosive, right?"
"Uh... not sure, we haven't had direct contact." Ke Lan shook her head.
"Then you'd better be careful." Lao Gui's expression was very serious, "I still want to live another ten or twenty years."
He then took out a pair of long-handled metal pliers and picked up the remains of the black skeleton one by one and put them into an insulated bucket labeled "Spare plasma, Rh negative AB type blood", not even a fragment the size of a grain of rice was left untouched.
"All of you go look around and see if there's any that have jumped far away... Although this matter will be known to the grandchildren of the Security Bureau sooner or later, at least we can't let them catch us."
"Also, Fourth Brother, Quinn, you guys clean up all the marks on the ground. If there are places that can't be wiped clean, just pour some diluted hydrochloric acid on them and then scrub them with stain remover. If those guys come to you with problems in the future, just say that we just cleaned the rust - anyway, we won't let them go, and there's nothing they can do."
"Yes!" The two crew members who followed Lao Gui answered, and at this time, Ke Lan noticed that the man named Quinn was the one who went to the restaurant to catch Bartletti before.
"Hey, aren't you... aren't you the roasted leek?" Quinn also recognized Ke Lan when he walked past him, but...
"What the hell is this roasted leek?" Ke Lan asked speechlessly.
"Hey, I don't know your name. Didn't you treat Lao Ba to a plate of roasted leeks that day? Later, that guy kept complaining about me causing him to lose a bottle of Roland. What a shame. He only thinks about eating and drinking all day long."
"Is Lao Ba okay now?" Ke Lan asked casually. Although the casualties on the Pioneer were heavy, it should not be so dire that the logistics personnel have to go to the front line.
"You won't die." Quinn waved his hand.
"injured?"
"Well, when those beasts rammed the ship, a metal railing in the engine room broke and injured his shoulder. He should be lying in the dormitory now." Quinn said as he wiped the floor with a piece of sea salt soaked in alcohol solvent .
"I'm glad it's nothing serious. Remember to tell him next time that I won't default on the wine I owe him."
"Then you should talk to him yourself. I'm going to go back to the headquarters with Lao Gui this time, and by the way, I'm going to use the paid leave I've saved for a year and a half... Damn, to be honest, if it weren't for you, all of us on this ship would have to die here. I suddenly think that what Lao Ba said is quite right, 'The most painful thing in life is that people die without spending their money.' This guy is not very educated, but what he said really makes some sense."
"Actually, he didn't say that..."
"Who said that?"
"More than a thousand years ago, a skit actor from the Huaxia tribe said this on an old-fashioned entertainment show called the Spring Festival Gala."
"Damn... So that's how it is. I was wondering how he could spit out ivory from his dog's mouth." Quinn looked suddenly enlightened.
"Enough! Stop chatting and get to work!" Lao Gui finally collected all the debris. He even searched the pile of stones carefully twice, and he almost turned over the floor.
The metal thermos containing the remains of the black skeleton was not locked, but simply had two seals on it. Lao Gui was holding it in his hand so blatantly, which made Ke Lan a little worried: "Should we find a box or something to put it in? This is too obvious."
"It's easier to attract attention if you hide it." Lao Gui said in a deep voice, "Among the wounded sent back, there happened to be one with panda blood. This bucket of emergency plasma is prepared for him."
"…What if the injured person is really bleeding heavily? What should we do?"
"He only had some scratches on his skin. There was no need to send him back for such an injury." Lao Gui suddenly coughed symbolically and continued, "But he accidentally broke his leg just now. We are afraid of any sequelae, so we decided to return to the Ark for more comprehensive treatment."
"..." Ke Lan couldn't help but complain in her heart, I'm afraid you broke this leg "intentionally"...
"Don't look at me like that. The boy volunteered, and the consortium has given him enough compensation. Well, if there's nothing else, let's go up first. The Aurora Consortium's transport ship will be leaving soon."
"Okay, I wish you all a safe journey." Ke Lan said with a smile.
"Oh, by the way, Caroline, you have to be careful about them. This guy is much more shrewd than you think. But seeing that all the benefits belong to us this time, I won't care about what he is thinking. You'd better not be sold by others and then help them count the money." After Lao Gui finished speaking, he glanced at Ke Lan with a threatening look.
"Hehe...mutual benefit, win-win." Ke Lan smiled awkwardly, but received a cold snort from the old man.
"Okay, I understand... Be careful on your way." Caroline nodded hurriedly. Judging , this old man's prestige on the ship is probably even higher than that of the beautiful captain.
Ke Lan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If the old guy stayed on the ship, the next action would probably not be as smooth as expected. Fortunately, he was leaving soon, and the remaining Miss Soma and First Mate Caroline would be much easier to deal with.
"Let's put this matter to an end for now. We've been here for so long, and we haven't even had a good look at the diving chamber." After watching Lao Gui and the others leave, Ke Lan turned and said to Caroline.
"Ah, I almost forgot that I brought you down here mainly to see the diving chamber..." Caroline said a little embarrassedly, "Also... although that old man looks fierce, he is actually a very nice person. Don't mind what he said just now."
"It's okay, it's okay. I can see that the old man has a sharp tongue but a soft heart." Ke Lan smiled and waved her hand, "Besides, what Lao Gui said is right. I really want to do a favor for the Soma Group. After all, I have to eat your food on the ship these days, so I have to be grateful to you."
"Counting the rescue operation just now, our Soma Group already owes you a lot." Caroline said in a low voice.
"It's just a piece of cake. Besides, our destination this time is the Pioneer. We can't just watch the Pioneer sink in front of us, right?" Ke Lan said this, but in his heart he wished they owed him a little more, so that he could get more convenience on the Pioneer.
Anyway, this is mutually beneficial, a win-win situation...
As the two chatted, they had already walked close to the diving chamber. Compared with the blurry video, the shock brought to Ke Lan by the real thing was much stronger - this was a spherical diving chamber with a diameter of about four meters, but at this moment it was no longer spherical at all. An unspeakable force twisted the outer shell of the diving chamber into a twist-like shape. The surface of the high-strength alloy that can withstand the heavy pressure of deep water was full of horrible marks. Several compression cylinders were all compressed into thin discus. It was really hard to imagine what kind of monster it encountered underwater.
"Fortunately, there is a layer of flexible protective bag inside the diving chamber, so the body of the deceased is relatively intact... Otherwise, it would probably be a pile of minced meat inside..." Caroline said on the side.
The lining structure of the diving chamber, the various equipment inside, and the flexible protective bag that Caroline mentioned were all dismantled by the security personnel, leaving only a bare iron shell and a completely crushed underwater propulsion unit.
"No one knows what they encountered underwater, but I think the monster that can turn the diving chamber into this state should be more terrifying than the giant deep-sea eel..." Caroline sighed, "Do you really want to go down?"
