Chapter 362: The City of the Abyss
The "Giant Shark" has entered the water.
Looking up through the observation window at the top, you can see the line in the center that seems to be a glimmer of light projected from an inverted well in the sky, but soon, blue-black seawater quickly replaces everything in the field of vision. The Shark is sinking rapidly.
Yuan Jingnu stood in front of the driver's console, and her armor-covered, seemingly cumbersome palms actually controlled the joysticks, buttons and knobs on it quite flexibly; the mechanical arms hanging from the cabin roof grabbed his left and right shoulders and neck respectively, fixing him in place. The same goes for Lu Mingfei and Fingel behind him.
The cockpit of the Giant Shark is extremely spacious for ordinary people, but it is not so good for the passengers who have been modified to be 2.5 meters per person and wear heavy power armor;
In order to reduce unnecessary space occupation and free up more space for carrying weapons, the Alchemy Technology Regiment did not specially install seats that fit their size. Instead, they relied on simple fixing devices and magnetic locks on the armored feet to keep the soldiers in place. Balance and stability in the cockpit.
But the soldiers didn't care about that either. Brother Fingel also found a more comfortable standing position, using the robotic arm to support his armor and body and stood relaxedly.
Lu Mingfei took off his helmet and looked out the window at the dark blue water.
The Giant Shark has turned on its external spotlights, and the bright white light illuminates the space within about twenty meters around it. You can clearly see all kinds of small fish gathering into a huge long queue and swimming past the Giant Shark. When illuminated by the white light of spotlights, they look like a brilliant Milky Way.
He has never seen such a novel sight, such a huge, seemingly silent but full of life ocean underneath; he has no memory of the short ten years in his hometown. In his hundred-year journey in that universe, the huge water body he has seen is either Either the sewage oceans of forge worlds or industrial hives, or biopools where the Tyranids convert countless biomass into a viscous, disgusting liquid for bioships to absorb.
"It was the same on Terra once. All life originated from this huge ocean."
Lu Mingfei's familiar voice suddenly sounded in the quiet cockpit, with a pensive tone.
When he came back to his senses, he realized that the boy had appeared in front of him at some unknown time; he was quietly looking at the ocean outside the window, and the dark blue luster illuminated his slightly dark face.
Lu Mingfei wanted to salute, but the boy waved his hand to indicate that he didn't have to. Then he realized that the will of the Lord of Mankind did not come in person, but came here in another way.
Just like Lu Mingze's usual method in the past, no one on the Jusha was aware of the emergence of the emperor's will except Lu Mingfei.
"Don't be nervous, Mingfei. I'm just here to see with my own eyes the part of Terra that has long been extinct."
The boy's thoughts were conveyed to Lu Mingfei through thoughts, "Although tens of thousands of years have passed since Terra when these things were destroyed, from the perspective of the universe, this time can only be regarded as insignificant. "
"After Terra solidified into a complete planet, the scalding ocean gradually cooled and became warm and turbid, like a primitive soup pot. This soup pot cooked for hundreds of millions of years, and the organic molecules interacted with each other. After countless failed reactions, one molecular chain split and copied another identical molecular chain, and then adsorbed the surrounding small organic molecules... and then Microorganisms were born. That was the origin of life and the tree of evolution."
"It took 3.5 billion years for this tree of evolution to grow before the human species appeared; even though humans in that universe had a glorious and dark peak era, and their footprints traveled across the entire galaxy twice, but forty thousand years Compared with the long years before, this time is just a blink of an eye. I have never been amazed by the miracle of the universe, because it is extremely magical that I was born in this cradle of life.”
The boy was talking, and Lu Mingfei was listening silently - even though he wasn't quite sure why His Majesty the Emperor was telling him this.
"I have no intention of interfering with your first battle after commanding the legion, but I do feel a trace of uneasiness hidden in your heart." The boy turned his face sideways. There were no stars rising or extinguishing in his pupils anymore, but with Lu Ming. It was unusually dark, but it also revealed omniscience that penetrated everything in the world. "Are you afraid of failure, Mingfei?"
"I'm not afraid of failure, Your Majesty. I just can't guarantee that too many people won't be sacrificed... The interference from the demons continues."
Lu Mingfei said truthfully, no one can hide anything from His Majesty the Emperor's will.
"No one can guarantee that too many people will not die, child." Indescribable grief flashed across the boy's face, even if it was just for a moment, "In the Webway War, I don't want my unique Ten Thousand Husbands to die; At the end of the rebellion, I didn't want Malcador to sacrifice for me... But to this day, 10,000 years after the great rebellion, even at this moment of our exchange, countless people are trying to slow down the collapse of the empire. And give your life.”
"When you were a warrior of the Lamenters, I would praise your kindness and love for humanity; but now that you are the Lord of the Legion, untimely and excessive kindness will only let your enemies know more about you. Weaknesses. Sacrifice and bloodshed are inevitable, and all you can do is make them more valuable.”
The boy's tone became concise and stiff, like a stern father educating his inexperienced children.
Lu Mingfei could only lower his head and silently listen to the teachings of the will of the Lord of Humanity.
But He didn't stay long. Soon after the thought ended, the boy's figure gradually became blurred.
Before disappearing, He took a last look out the window. At this time, the submersible vehicle had dived to a depth of two thousand meters. Marine life was no longer dense, and there was only darkness outside the area where the light could not reach, as if the universe had begun.
The will of the Lord of Humanity left, and the sound of the mechanical operation and propulsion system in the Giant Shark filled his ears again.
After thinking for a while, Lu Mingfei reorganized his thoughts and put on a helmet to hide the expression on his face.
"The depth of the Giant Shark has reached 4,100 meters. All systems are operating normally. The propulsion system will start to slow down after reaching 6,000 meters. The "Simulated Dragon Power" is ready to be activated." Yuan Zhinv reported while operating the driving console, not only to Lu Mingfei and Finkel, but also to the Sumeru Command Base on the sea.
In addition, there is the central control room of the Kassel Academy headquarters on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Schneider, the head of the executive department, is also "listening in and learning", not as a commander but as an assistant to observe the first official action of the "super warriors" led by Lu Mingfei.
He sat alone in the middle of the hall, staring at the various data and pictures that were constantly sent from the Japanese branch on the computer screen, and the light illuminated the iron oxygen mask on his face.
An operation similar to the one that Japan is currently conducting to dive into the deep sea to find dragon embryos was carried out once seven years ago. That was in the ice sea of Greenland, and the team participating in the diving operation was almost wiped out.
And now, Fingel, one of the survivors of that operation, set out again to board the deep-sea diving equipment. Compared with before, he is undoubtedly stronger than before, and his mind has returned to the original level (?); when Schneider asked him privately, "Can your team really solve the embryo perfectly?", Fingel's confident answer was:
"Absolutely, easily!"
Schneider had seen Lu Mingfei's powerful strength long before, and now he is more looking forward to what amazing performance Lu Mingfei and his army will have after undergoing the mysterious creature surgery.
If the qualities they show are as expected, Schneider will immediately pack up the elites of the entire executive department and send them to Lu Mingfei to undergo transformation and put on armor.
"A clear dragon embryo signal has been detected, with a hatching rate of 21%, and it is confirmed to be safe. The depth has reached 7,500 meters, all systems are operating normally, the weapon module is activated, and the "simulated dragon power" is activated."
The more than 7,000-meter deep sea that should have been pitch black is lit up with a warm red light, and this sea area seems to have returned to the vitality of the shallow water layer before the dive.
The color of the water is like the sunset, and a large school of fish composed of thousands of fish floats in the water like the sunset. Some walk out of the spiral rising arc, and some dive into the seabed like a whirlpool. Some of these fish are as white as silver, and some are almost transparent. Occasionally, huge manta rays flap their feather-like fleshy fins to penetrate these schools of fish. The school of fish cracks a gap and then returns to its original state. The huge sea turtles swim with the school of fish, waving their wing-like fins clumsily.
This is a beautiful scene, with a vast, glorious momentum and dreamy beauty that exceeds the limits of imagination, as if the sunset-colored sea water outside the porthole is the sky before sunset, and the school of fish swims in groups in the sky after the afterglow.
But soon another shadow passed by, and a giant whale over 100 meters long swam over the Giant Shark - it was the extinct Leviathan, with gray-white cloud-like patterns on its abdomen, and a thunderous sound when its huge body hit the sea water.
"The ecological environment here has been reconstructed, probably thanks to the embryo."
Fingal stood up straight, his helmet hit the observation window with a "bang" and looked down:
The sea water has such a beautiful color because it is right above the Japan Trench. On the left is a gently sloping seabed, and on the right is a rugged cliff. The left side belongs to the Eurasian Plate and the right side is the Pacific Plate. They collide here to form a very deep submarine canyon.
At the bottom of the canyon is a golden crack running north-south, where the crust breaks off and burns into red rock layers and rolls out. Magma gushes intermittently, and the seawater and magma present a wonder of blending like water and milk, and faint thunder echoes below.
The exploration module and scientific research module of the Giant Shark began to operate autonomously. The camera took pictures and recorded valuable things, and the collector collected water samples and fish in this sea area for research when returning to land. But it can be confirmed without research that it is the biological pheromones released by the dragon embryos that affect and reconstruct the ecosystem of this sea area, attracting various marine life to come and reproduce a new food chain.
At the same time, the dragon genes also rewrote their original genes, alienating them into dragon subspecies, and their body size has changed more significantly than before-
In addition to the dragon whale, there are also giant hammerhead sharks with two eyes two or three meters apart, Tyrannosaurus rex with a body length of nearly 20 meters, and super-large lobsters with two giant claws. Many other large marine creatures that have undergone mutations.
But they were soon scared away by the "dragon power" simulated by the Giant Shark - the pure-blooded dragon biological signals simulated by the alchemical matrix were naturally intimidating to dragon subspecies; if there were any blind creatures who wanted to compete with the Giant Shark, the weapons and equipment equipped on the Giant Shark could also bring unexpected surprises to these primitive creatures.
The Giant Shark is still descending, and the depth gauge reading has reached 8,500 meters. The thousand-meter crack below, which seems to have been torn open by a giant sword, flows out of golden blood. When the magma comes into contact with the seawater, continuous explosions erupt. The water temperature reached 240 degrees, but the cabin temperature was automatically adjusted. Lu Mingfei and the others would not feel any discomfort even if they were not wearing power armor.
The propulsion system smoothly propelled the Shark along the seafloor fissure like a burning abyss.
"Discover 'Takamagahara'." Yuan Zhennu said, while the exploration and scientific research modules were operating at maximum power.
The first thing to be discovered was a huge dark tower standing next to a crack in the ground, with magma rising and falling not far away; then as the Giant Shark moved forward, an ancient alien city unfolded like a scroll below.
Even though half of the city has slipped into the lava river, its original majesty can be seen from the collapsed ruins of the other half——
A series of tall buildings. The raised gabled roofs are covered with iron-black tiles. Cirrus clouds and dragon beasts are engraved on the tiles. Hundreds of meters long metal chains are hung at the four corners of the building. Black chains are hung on the chains. Wind chimes, these chains are undulating in the ocean currents. Thousands of black wind chimes sway with the ocean currents, playing silent music.
But Lu Mingfei's observation did not focus on the art style and architectural layout of this alien city.
"Activate the scanning system and thoroughly scan all signals in this area to find the dragon embryo and the hidden 'Holy Grail'."
Lu Mingfei ordered while observing the strange things in the ancient underwater city outside the window, but less than two seconds before his order was given, a warning sound sounded in the cockpit of the Giant Shark:
"Giant biological signal detected!"
Giant biological signal?
Lu Mingfei frowned slightly, but the next second he looked at a "building" with a strange shape that seemed to rise from the ground in the ruins of the ancient city. A huge fleshy pupil was on its dark surface. Slowly opening his eyes, the red light from the magma seemed to act as a source of fire and ignited a cluster of purple flames in his pupils.
It stared directly at Lu Mingfei from a few hundred meters away... and then a second pupil opened on the other side of the building. This strange building seemed to come alive from its deep sleep.
"It's about to begin." Lu Mingfei said in a deep voice.