Based on the course and speed of the Indomitable, Sean speculated that the "Maze Island" was located somewhere in the North Atlantic Ocean, close to the waters of Leon.
Avalon Island is not far away.
Sean estimated that he slept for about twenty hours.
After waking up, we arrived just in time.
After waking up Tesler, the three walked out of the cabin.
It was night when we set off, and at this time, the sun was still setting.
Standing on the deck of the Indomitable, Sean could see the island of Avalon in the distance, the lighthouse that felt familiar to him.
At this time, there was still thick smoke billowing around the Indomitable.
Sean looked at the "thick smoke" that surrounded him and turned pale in his eyes.
"This smoke is the camouflage of the Indomitable. No matter where it sails, it will always be enveloped in a thick fog...
"If you didn't get close, you wouldn't know it was a battleship."
"Not only that, but due to the transformation of the deep people, human sonar radar cannot detect its existence at all."
This is good news - at least Ocean City won't know that a giant ship is approaching Avalon Island
Still led by the same crew member, Sean returned to the place where he boarded the boat - at this moment, under the rope net, there was a small wooden boat floating.
Before disembarking from the Indomitable, Sean looked back at the bridge.
Although he couldn't see clearly, he knew that the resolute captain was still standing on the bridge, alert for a possible battle at any time.
Under cover of darkness, Sean paddled toward Avalon Island.
His original destination was the port under the lighthouse. At Tesler's signal, he rowed a large circle around the island and came to the back of the island——
There is also a small port on the back, but it looks much more dilapidated and decayed than the port under the lighthouse.
Sean and his party boarded this equally deserted port.
Led by Nikolai Tesler, we headed toward the depths of the island along an invisible road already overgrown with cold-resistant plants.
After walking for about twenty minutes, the thin clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the clear light of the waning moon fell on a low-lying land ahead.
Sean saw a dark town.
"here it is?"
As he walked towards the town, Tesler explained: "This was the town originally established to build Ocean City, and thousands of people once lived here.
"After Ocean City was built, these builders moved to the bottom of the ocean, and the place was abandoned."
"What are we doing here?"
Tesler did not look back and walked into the town: "You will know in a minute."
The town looks like it has been abandoned for more than ten years. The wooden houses have not been cared for and maintained, and the climate of the island has damaged them and become covered with dust.
After humans left, plants began to grow wildly in the town.
Under the leadership of the genius inventor, Sean and Olivia came to a three-story building.
Through the hazy moonlight, Sean saw the words "Tesler Electrical Laboratory" written on the faded sign.
"Are you going to get something?" Sean followed Tesler in doubtfully.
The laboratory items had been moved out a long time ago, and it was empty except for thick dust and weeds growing in the gaps.
Tesler walked directly toward the innermost room until a red brick wall blocked his way.
He opened the drawer of a table next to him. There seemed to be some mechanical mechanism hidden in the drawer.
After pressing a few buttons, the red brick wall opened to reveal a flight of stairs leading downward.
Secret passage?
Tesler took out the flashlight placed in the passage and shrugged: "I used to work under a very famous inventor, but was defrauded of the patent by that despicable person.
“It’s not that I lack scheming, I’m just very dedicated to my work and don’t want to spend too much energy on intrigues.
“Scumbags think they’re taking advantage because they’re smarter.
"In fact, they are just taking advantage of the goodwill of others - this strategy of leaving themselves alone is undoubtedly extremely stupid..."
"Actually, if they insist on playing this kind of game, then I don't think they can resist it if I get serious."
"From then on, I will always leave some backdoors that only I know about in my works to prevent others from betraying me."
At the end of the downward steps, Tesler flipped a switch, and the lights in the room ahead suddenly turned on.
In the room, there was a brass-colored spherical object about three meters in diameter.
The big copper ball in the room is hollow, with red leather seats inside, and round portholes on the surface...
There is no doubt that it is a device that can be submerged in the sea.
"This thing can allow us to return to Ocean City?"
"Not only that," Tesler opened the copper ball's hatch, "it will take us directly to the 'hidden central room' in Ocean City."
"Hidden central room?"
Tesler set parameters on the dashboard and performed operations without looking up: "Verne always thought he was the mayor of Ocean City.
"As everyone knows, whoever controls the surveillance and equipment control of Ocean City is the real 'mayor'.
"There is indeed a central room in the Ecstasy Building that allows him to have the power to control the city...
"However, he doesn't know that I have set up a 'hidden central room' in the building in the industrial area. That room is difficult to find and cannot be broken into, and its authority is the highest..."
Tesler raised his head with determination in his eyes: "If I want, I can abolish Verne's mayoral powers at any time."
He straightened up and sighed with regret: "I was too naive back then - I planned to discuss the future of Ocean City with him, the honorary mayor...
"I didn't expect him to attack me directly."
After leading Sean and Olivia into the copper ball, the hatch was closed.
"Had I known this, I would have hid in the hidden central room and taken over everything in the city."
After sitting down, Sean and Olivia followed Tesler's example and fastened their seat belts.
"This special elevator cannot be detected or sensed." Tesler said as his fingers flipped the switch in the ball cabin quickly. "They won't even know if we return to Ocean City from here."
Everything seemed to be ready, he pulled a switch, and with slight vibrations and sounds, the ground gradually opened, and the copper ball fell into the darkness.
The faint lights in the cabin turned on, and Sean could see a dark seabed through the circular porthole...
Tesler, who was sitting in the front, turned around, with a rare smile on his always serious face: "Welcome back to Ocean City."
