At Pier 65, Shui Ye, Lao Zhao and the members of the Mayfly who voluntarily stayed behind stood in silence with firm eyes.
The submarine sank slowly.
The members of the Mayfly who chose to leave have already boarded the boat, and most of them are staying in the cargo boat with Saron and the vehicle.
In the control cabin, Li Liang stared at the scene of the dock on the screen, already realizing that even though the spiritual world is extremely vast and magical, it is still a foreign land for many people.
How many of those aboard the submarine will be left behind when they reach the Defiant now? In the end, the number of people who are willing to go to the spiritual world may be far less than he imagined.
In any case, at least all of them tried their best. At least, it was the Dros people living on the moon who were about to be destroyed, not the civilians in the lower city.
People tend to only empathize with people who are in the same situation as themselves, and Li Liang is not immune to this.
He knew nothing about the situation on the moon, but he could also guess that over a long period of time, Zhuos must have gotten rid of the restrictions of Xi'an's authority to some extent, otherwise all weapons could be controlled by Xi'an and there would be no chance of winning. , Zhuos Yingling would not be so stupid.
He knew what he was capable of and chose to retreat without hesitation.
It's a pity that I don't have time to get the computer for repairing the drone base. I'll come back next time... Maybe the content in that video won't be important anymore.
Times have changed, who can see through the arrangement of fate.
Boom.
The submarine is fully launched.
This submarine has a distinct Mexican style. The engine is old nuclear power, but a lot of new equipment has been installed. The style is rough, and the control compartment is full of exposed wires and switches of unknown purpose.
At this moment, the dirty screen displayed an external infrared image.
In order to facilitate diving and turning around, the entire Dongjiang Port area was hollowed out.
After diving for a moment, the submarine seems to be on the empty seabed.
"Continue to dive," Li Liang pointed to the vertically lower image displayed on the screen. "The map indicates Pier 65. The most likely entrance should be at the bottom directly below."
"receive."
Sudden.
The sonar image flashed.
Li Liang noticed something unusual and asked casually: "Why is the sonar flashing?"
The Mayfly member controlling the submarine took off his headphones and raised his head blankly: "There was an explosion at the pier above..."
Li Liang was stunned, and immediately turned around and walked towards the cabin, where he met Sorge head-on.
Sorge, who had just come off the bridge, said in a low voice: "Xian is here."
"What was sent?"
"A drone."
"What? One?"
"Yes," Sorge said solemnly, "House's airship tried to block it, but failed. One of them crashed at Pier 65."
"Mizuno and the others..."
"Li Liang, we must continue to dive," Sorge put his hand on Li Liang's shoulder, "otherwise..."
He didn't say the second half of the sentence.
Li Liang already understood that otherwise House and Mizuno would be wasted on all the efforts they made to cover the submarine.
He finally nodded.
Sorge immediately shouted: "Dive as fast as possible!"
Boom.
The lower diving chamber quickly sucked in seawater, and a harsh noise echoed throughout the submarine.
More than ten minutes later.
The submarine is near the bottom.
moment.
Two frogmen swam out of the submarine and quickly sank.
Taking another deep dive, Li Liang already had experience and was calm. Moreover, this place was far less deep than where the Defender was, and there was no such great sense of oppression.
Soon, Li Liang stepped on the bottom with his feet. Through the mask, Li Liang discovered that there was some kind of metal plate under his feet. There were large and small garbage and scrapped parts all around. He couldn't see clearly further away, but he wanted to come to the bottom of the entire Dongjiang Port early. It became a garbage dump.
At this time, K, who was not far away, shook his fist and pointed in one direction.
Li Liang made an OK gesture and swam in that direction.
Soon, they passed around a broken propeller-shaped part and came to a noticeably different area.
An area about ten meters square was actually clean without any garbage.
Li Liang subconsciously raised his head, but there was nothing blocking it.
This is strange.
K beside him didn't think much, signaled to be more vigilant, kicked off his legs, and floated forward.
Suddenly, a shimmering light began to flicker in the center of the area.
Li Liang regained his energy, put aside his chaotic thoughts, and swam over.
Seeing the source of the glimmer, he breathed a sigh of relief.
It was a metal plate with a shimmering blue glow, apparently some kind of biometric verification.
Li Liang pressed his hand on the metal plate, and then his palm hurt, as if he had been pricked by a small sharp thorn.
The glimmer no longer flickers, but stays on.
Li Liang breathed a little quickly and blew out a large stream of bubbles. He turned to look at K, only to find that K was looking blankly in another direction.
He looked in the direction of K's gaze. In the distance, there was a huge and shadowy object. From the outline, it looked like a fragment of the hull of a submarine.
At this time, K turned his head, pointed in that direction, and gestured with a walking figure with his hand.
Anyone?
Li Liang was stunned. How could there be someone here? Besides the two of them, was anyone else getting off the submarine?
Before he could make any more gestures, he felt the surrounding water tremble violently.
Looking down, I saw that there was no longer a metal plate under my feet, but an unfathomable and unknown space.
K grabbed him, untied the weight hooks of the two of them, and dragged him upstream.
The submarine began to dive at the same time.
five minutes later.
In the submarine entrance cabin, seawater was discharged and the water level dropped. Li Liang collapsed on the floor, pulling off his mask and gasping for breath.
K quickly took off his scuba and said hesitantly: "I saw two people just now."
"Two? Why are there people here?" Li Liang wondered, "Did you see it wrong?"
"It's impossible to mistake them. They must be two people, a man and a woman, and they are not wearing scuba."
"Ah? Diving naked? You'll be suffocated at this depth. Do you see what it's like?"
K looked ugly, glanced at Li Liang, and shook his head: "No, I only saw his back."
At this time,
The airtight door was opened, and Sorge walked in: "Li Liang, we have entered the base."
"good."
With K's help, Li Liang took off his scuba and stood up in a hurry.
Soon, he came to the control cabin and saw the surrounding scene on the screen.
The entrance above has been sealed again, and the submarine is hovering at one end of an unimaginably huge pipe. This closed pipe is actually large enough to carry a submarine.
"go ahead."
What follows is an unforgettable voyage.
They seemed to have been shrunk countless times, riding in a toy submarine and sailing in the dark water pipe.
The water is so clear that the submarine's lights can illuminate an extremely long distance until they are swallowed up by the darkness in the distance.
The four sides of the pipe are carved with complicated patterns, which makes it look extremely mysterious.
Many people crowded into the control cabin one after another. When they saw the external images, they were speechless.
What on earth is this place?
Tam also came here and left a sentiment: "Oh, in the past two thousand years, I have never encountered a strange place like this. I can't help but suspect that my understanding of mysteries may be too shallow."
We sailed for an hour without any accidents.
suddenly.
The submarine's searchlight illuminated a metal wall.
The pipe... comes to an end.
The atmosphere in the control cabin suddenly became tense.
Li Liang clenched his fists.
After a few minutes, the submarine began to slow down and stopped in front of the metal wall.
In the image, there is a circular relief with a diameter of several hundred meters in the center of the metal wall. The surface is uneven and carved with gods of various shapes, countless creatures, delicate buildings, and majestic cities. All these carvings It is divergent, guarding a closed eye in the center.
Li Liang and Sorge looked at each other. This relief was the same as the one in the bunker, which must mean that this was Xi'an's confidential location.
The submarine shook suddenly.
Then, Li Liang saw a gate rising from below in the direction he came from, sealing the passage.
He instantly understood that this was...a submarine elevator.
really.
The shaking of the submarine became more violent and lasted for five minutes.
For a moment of pause, Li Liang stared at the image above the submarine.
Just like his premonition, the top split from the middle and retracted to both sides, and bright light was projected down, accompanied by the sloshing of the water, making it hazy and dreamy.
"Float up."
When the submarine came out of the water, everyone in the control cabin was stunned.
They anchored at a simple pier carved out of a stone cave, and on the other side connected to the pier was a brightly lit tunnel.
The tunnel is paved with black asphalt road, the arched walls are painted with white paint, and there are a set of lights every ten meters, so you can't see the end at a glance.
What's more, the tunnel looks so new, like it was completed just last week.
Someone murmured unconsciously: "Fuck..."
K, who had been to the weapons base and subway tunnel, seemed to be numb. He put on his sunglasses and smiled: "Unload the boat and set off."
Two minutes later.
Li Liang climbed out of the hatch on the top of the submarine and walked along the hull of the submarine to the dock until he reached the junction of the tunnel and the dock.
He looked down and shook his head with a wry smile.
It's really weird that his mother opened the door for Weird. Weird is at home.
Taking this clear boundary line as the center line, the left and right sides are clearly separated.
On one side is a simple pier dug out of a rock cave. The ground is rugged and full of gravel. On the other side is a clean asphalt road with two-way lanes. The double yellow line in the middle is as new as if it had just been painted.
It's like there is a naughty god forcefully joining two completely different spaces together.
Damn, I don’t even bother to pretend.
Any fool can tell there's something wrong with this place.
Dr. Xisen scratched his head and walked closer. He stood with him and stared at the dividing line for a long time, and then asked seriously: "Is this splicing art?"
"Probably," Li Liang said helplessly, "It's also possible that we are all crazy."
"Impossible," Dr. Xisen snorted, "I would be crazy and would not accept this kind of blunt splicing. It is not coordinated at all and makes me feel uncomfortable all over."
The wind came from nowhere and blew towards me from the tunnel, bringing with it a fresh smell of smog.
Boom.
The submarine's cargo hold slowly opened.
Li Liang turned around and saw many members of Mayfly beginning to inspect the surrounding environment, building temporary plank roads, and preparing to unload vehicles.
The distance was a bit far, but he could still clearly see the mixture of curiosity and awe on everyone's faces.
He took a deep breath and walked towards the submarine.
Everyone was busy except the wounded.
Twenty minutes later.
All vehicles were pushed into the tunnel entrance.
The grades of these cars vary greatly. There are seven or eight expensive retro cars, including the "whispering" Lincoln Continental Town Car, as well as a tattered open-top off-road vehicle with the label of the Mexican Arms Chamber of Commerce, and even a small bus. The most It is a carrier vehicle converted from a pontoon boat.
There is no doubt about Sorge's organizational skills, and these cars are enough to pull everyone away.
After a brief period of confusion, everyone took their places.
Li Liang chose to take the open-top off-road vehicle, leaving the most comfortable retro vehicle to the consultants and the wounded, including Cain, who was always unconscious.
The convertible can seat 5 people.
K was driving, Li Liang was in the passenger seat, and Sorge, Dr. Xisen, and Old Tang were in the back seat.
Boom ~ boom ~ boom ~
The engines started one after another, and the mechanical roar echoed in the tunnel.
Drop~drop~
K honked twice.
All vehicles responded by honking their horns simultaneously.
"Let's go," K put the car into gear skillfully and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.
Boom.
The exhaust pipe spewed out a puff of black smoke, and the off-road vehicle rushed out.
Driving in such a flat and bright tunnel, Li Liang was in a trance for a moment, feeling that he was still a thousand years ago.
K, who put one hand on the car door and drove with one hand, shouted: "This road is so damn easy to drive."
The car was going very fast, and the wind was blowing in his face. K's voice could not be heard clearly. Li Liang put his hand on the car door, his hair was blown by the strong wind, and there was only the sound of wind and tire noise in his ears.
He suddenly thought of Cain in the car behind. If she was still awake, she would definitely lean out of the car at this time, laughing and shouting.
A heartless woman.
She should be aware of her situation and foresee that she will become a "ticking time bomb", so she refuses to reveal the truth and is so indecisive that she is completely unlike the Mayfly Lord she once was.
Then, Li Liang thought of that charming dream again.
Although it was a dream, he could never forget the feeling at that moment.
Half an hour later.
Old Tang suddenly leaned from the back seat to the front, pointed forward and shouted: "It's over!"
He didn't need to remind him at all, everyone could see it.
About two kilometers away, the end of the tunnel appeared.
However, Li Liang saw from the curvature of the wall that, in fact, it was a right-angled bend in front.
The tunnel turned.
Two kilometers was short. In less than a minute, the open-top off-road vehicle was already approaching the bend, with the entire convoy following closely behind.
A second before turning the corner, Li Liang's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
No one knows what they will see next. Perhaps the core area of the backup spaceship base is just behind the bend.
K applied the brakes and turned to the right.
next moment.
The five people in the car raised their heads in unison little by little, until K subconsciously stepped on the brakes. Unable to suppress their inner shock, they stood up from the car, raised their heads, and looked at the scene in front of them.
Old Tang said in a daze: "Hey, Doctor, why is that spaceship tied upright to this big pillar?"
Li Liang was stunned.
Is this a backup spacecraft?
What the fuck, rocket!
