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Then, he specifically stopped Chu Zihang: "You've forgotten to email your mother these past few days. She sent an email to Norma yesterday, saying she wants to send Norma some cosmetics and hopes she can come to your dorm to find you."
Chu Zihang was stunned. He thought his mother would only look at the email title every now and then.
Professor Schneider said, "Children shouldn't think they can easily see through adults."
After saying that, he cut off the communication.
Lu Mingfei didn't understand the meaning of "gate." What is a "gate" in a broad sense? Does the sex photo scandal count?
Gu Ran said, "It should be something we don't often see, but can't immediately recognize. That thing is the 'door' itself."
“That makes sense, but there’s no point in guessing now. We still need to go out to sea and see for ourselves,” Caesar said.
“Boss, you’re using the term ‘going into business’ now too.” Lu Mingfei covered his face.
"Is there anything wrong with the term 'going to sea'?" Caesar asked, puzzled.
Chu Zihang said, "In Lu Mingfei's context, 'going into the sea' refers to women trying to work in the sex industry or filming sex videos, such as chatting in front of a camera without clothes."
“Oh…” Caesar seemed to understand. “Chinese is truly profound.”
With fifteen minutes left before the mission began, Caesar went to change into his combat uniform, Chu Zihang went to write an email to his mother explaining why he hadn't written one, and Lu Mingfei... went to delete the 'scandalous photos' from his phone.
Gu Ran walked up to the deep-sea submersible and rolled his eyes at the situation inside.
He placed his palm on the top of the Trieste and then gently tapped out a Morse code with his fingertips: Long-legged girl, I know you're in there, you owe me another favor!
Gu Ran's Morse code was very soft, and most people wouldn't hear it if they weren't paying attention. But Jiu Demai, who was inside, heard it clearly, because sound travels quickly and crisply through solids.
Moreover, Gu Ran could clearly see the long-legged girl curling herself into a small ball, as if she could shrink herself, hiding herself in a small corner of the Trieste.
Finally, she typed a message in plain text with her fingertip: "I understand."
……
With authorization from Professor Schneider of Headquarters, Genjiro announced the official start of the mission, and the Trieste was officially launched.
Yuan Zhisheng was in the operations room, while Gu Ran sat on the highest mast of the Sumeru Throne. The wind on the sea was strong, and Gu Ran swayed a lot while sitting at the top, but he remained as steady as Mount Tai.
"Young Master, is it really okay not to keep Gu Ran in the operations room?" Genji's retainer, Yasha, asked the young master. "He wears combat headsets and has access to secret communication channels. What if he tips us off what we're about to do?"
Yuan Zhisheng said, "It's alright for now. It will take another 80 minutes to reach the burial site of the gods, so let him do as he pleases. We'll cut off his communications once Caesar and the others arrive at their destination."
“Yes,” Yaksha said.
Sakura Yabuki suddenly felt that the three people in the sea were like female divers, and that trust... was such a fragile thing.
She said, "It seems that Gu Ran has never trusted us."
Although Gu Ran seemed to be very cooperative and enjoying the day's schedule, he remained wary of the Japanese branch.
"It's alright, he can't go anywhere in this vast ocean," Yuan Zhisheng said calmly.
"Has Erii-san been dispatched?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, we absolutely need her to handle things tonight." Genji sighed.
He hoped to help Erii lighten her burden, but his bloodline was not as good as hers.
We must rely on Erii to deal with their ancestors.
……
On the Trieste, after only 30 meters of diving, Lu Mingfei already felt a bit lonely. Fortunately, he still had his boss and his senior brother Sha Pi, which made him feel a little more at ease.
Caesar had actually stuffed a Cohiba cigar into his combat suit, and he was smoking it now.
Because the Trieste was equipped with an air circulation system, there was nothing to do to pass the time if you didn't smoke.
They would spend three or four hours on the Trieste.
"How about we play cards?" Lu Mingfei took out a deck of cards. "Gu Ran gave them to me before I went into the water."
“Alright,” Caesar said. “But I’ve only heard of it, I don’t know how to play it. I only know how to play bridge.”
"Dou Dizhu is very simple." Lu Mingfei began to teach Caesar's rules, and Chu Zihang listened in.
Before long, they actually started playing Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game). Although the Trieste was cramped, they could still play by dealing cards hand to hand, but there was no place to put the cards in the pool.
Next to the cockpit of the Trieste was a narrow space between the No. 3 and No. 4 watertight compartments. This space seemed impossible for a living person to stand in, so the people from the Neon branch did not conduct a thorough inspection.
However, Mai Shutoku, who had received professional ninja training, was 'stored' here in a very bent state, like a flexible electrical wire.
At this moment, she is communicating with Chip Girl via remote communication.
She didn't dare say much because she was afraid that Caesar's Kamaitachi would hear her.
Mai Shude took a deep breath, ran to the nuclear fuel storage area to take a look, and discovered that it was not an ordinary fuel storage area at all, but a walking nuclear bomb.
Mai Shude was going to go inside the Lenin ship to find something to take back to her boss.
Chapter 386 The Dragon Hatchery
Mai Shude needs time to enter the Lenin to find something, so we can't let Caesar and his men detonate the nuclear bomb so quickly; we need to create some obstacles for them.
This would give her ample time to bring the items back from the Lenin.
So, Mai Shude injected herself with dragon blood serum to enhance her bloodline, allowing her to withstand water pressure. Then she went outside the Trieste and took a deep-sea walk.
She wanted to remove the nuclear bomb's detonation circuit, making it detonable only by manually entering a password. This way, when they reached the Lenin at the bottom of the sea, they would have enough time to find what the young boss was looking for.
"Potato Chip Girl, this queen is going out." Mai Shude, who had been injected with dragon blood serum, now felt that she had been strengthened and was now the female dragon queen.
"Go on, this young lady is taking a bath at home and waiting for your favor!" Su Enxi said.
……
Professor Schneider, far across the ocean, was remotely directing the operation, while Genji was only giving on-site command. In reality, most of the orders were issued by Schneider, while Genji was simply carrying them out.
Professor Manstein was writing documents and reports to cover up for Professor Schneider and the principal. In fact, during his many years as a disciplinary committee member, he often used euphemisms to help the principal and Professor Schneider cover up all sorts of things.
Professor Schneider said that Pompeii seemed to know something about this mission because he sent the deep-sea submersible early on, when the Executive Department did not know that the Equipment Department could not quickly manufacture the deep-sea submersible.
The Japanese branch seemed to know something, because at first the Japanese branch was uncooperative and refused to admit that it was an embryo, but after the deep-sea submersible was transported there, the Japanese branch immediately cooperated and obtained the government's 'sea closure order' within two days. The inconsistent attitude was obviously problematic.
Professor Manstein said, "So it seems like everyone else knows something, except the two of us who know nothing."
"Yes, so to reduce the risk, I included Caesar in the action team, made him the team leader, and put Genji in charge of on-site command."
Manstein asked, "Did you send Gu Ran there too? I don't think he can do much on the sea."
"It was the principal's idea," Professor Schneider said. "The principal said that Gu Ran is a very resourceful and steady person, and having him go there would give him some experience."
Professor Manstein said, "I always felt that the principal seemed to know something too..."
Professor Schneider glanced at the dive progress; they had already descended two kilometers.
Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded in the library: the Trieste had experienced a mechanical failure and its air compartment was leaking!
The Trieste lost buoyancy in an instant and began to plummet!
In just one minute, they fell a kilometer. If the water pressure increased dramatically, it would damage their outer shell. In the worst-case scenario, they would crash to the seabed, be smashed to pieces, and then be crushed to death by the water pressure.
Fortunately, the Trieste is nuclear-powered and can glide in the sea, slowing down its descent.
However, starting the nuclear fuel tank required a password, which Caesar had forgotten.
While the three were still in surprise, the Trieste was pulled by the safety hook of the Sumeru and slowed down in stages.
Ultimately, the Trieste did not touch the bottom, but instead stopped at a depth of 7900 meters.
However, the Trieste has lost half of its oxygen reserves, and now they can only stay on the seabed for another 50 minutes.
Genjiro reported to headquarters to see if they should return to base.
Caesar said, "Wait a minute."
In the ocean, the three of them had already seen the abyss and the magma beneath the surface. Moreover, the ecological environment here was abnormal, with giant squid and hammerhead sharks engaged in a fierce battle, which shocked them.
But the giant squid defeated the hammerhead shark and escaped without eating its prey.
"It seems they're getting close to their target." Gu Ran's voice suddenly rang out from behind Genjiro, startling both Genjiro and Sakura.
Genjiro turned around and glanced at the crow, noticing that he had a cigarette in his mouth and was looking around, searching for something.
It turned out that Gu Ran had taken advantage of the moment when the crow lowered its head to light a cigarette to actually come down from the mast in the sky into the operations room.
And it happened so quietly that no one noticed!
Yasha instinctively reached into his pocket, but was stopped by Genjiro's raised hand.
He gave Sakura a look, and Sakura understood and went out to find out what was going on from the crow.
Yuan Zhisheng seemed to have been caught red-handed doing something wrong, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. After a few seconds of silence, he finally said, "What is your target?"
“The Lenin, isn’t it?” Gu Ran walked to Yuan Zhisheng’s side with a half-smile, looking at the big screen.
The Trieste has cameras that can transmit what it sees back to headquarters, and the Sumeru can also see it.
Just then, Crow rushed in and was indeed surprised to see Gu Ran. He bent down and lit a cigarette with a lighter in less than a second!
For a moment, the command room was silent, until Caesar's voice came through the communication headset: "Calling headquarters, calling headquarters..."
Caesar said that although half the oxygen had been lost, the rest of the conditions were good, and they had discovered an unusual ecosystem, so they requested to continue the investigation.
Professor Schneider agreed to their request, but prioritized safety.
At this moment, Lu Mingfei noticed the small blue fish, which were very beautiful, so he asked everyone to look at them.
But Chu Zihang said with a grim expression, "That's a viper..."
The giant squid escaped because of the arrival of these viperfish. The viperfish started to eat the hammerhead shark. The hammerhead shark didn't die, but being eaten by them was like being... slowly tortured!
The teeth of the Ghost-toothed Viper can even crush hard steel, so they will eat anything!
"The executioners of dragons, the Ghost-toothed Vipers, they are both executioners and guardians." Gu Ran looked at the screen, as if talking to himself, "It seems they have arrived at the hatchery."
At this moment, Genji silently went out to make a phone call to Tachibana Masamune, while Yasha, Crow, and Sakura stood in tactical formation, surrounding Gu Ran in the center.
Caesar and his companions discovered the hatchery, which meant they had discovered the burial place of the gods.
The three people underwater wanted to see this place for themselves, so they dived deeper.
However, the deeper they went into the ocean and came into contact with the seabed magma, the hotter they felt.
Left with no other choice, Lu Mingfei took off his clothes, even his underwear.