Chapter 161: Chapter 160, 161 Fleet, Danger! (Request for subscription, monthly ticket) Chapter 161: Chapter 160, 161 Fleet, Danger! (Request for subscription, monthly ticket) Thirty deep diving devices were all launched, while underwater there were many deep-sea detectors and small unmanned submersibles as cover.
On the mothership, Harvey and others were watching the underwater situation through the monitoring screen.
Beck was also eagerly anticipating, having carefully watched the recordings of He Xingzhou’s live broadcast and understood their operations.
“In the deep sea, there were many groups of mutant creatures, so the deep diving devices had to be scattered.”
“After spotting the deep-sea insect tree, turn off the sonar, grab a sample, and then run!”
“With thirty deep diving devices, there had to be at least one success. This action would then be considered a complete success!”
*He planned it this way in his mind, and indeed, things started unfolding this way at first.*
Around three thousand meters underwater, they had already encountered groups of mutant creatures.
Using a large number of detectors to monitor, the deep diving devices evaded obstacles, and at this depth, they only lost two deep diving devices.
“Great, only two lost!” Until now, Beck was satisfied with the current outcome.
“No, something is wrong!” Ye Yun already felt that something was amiss, he analyzed, “From the information obtained by our detectors, the density of mutant creatures had clearly increased, and their patrol range had also increased!”
“The Zerg were becoming wary!” Song Jinhong said, “They were intentionally setting up defenses!”
“We were in big trouble!” He Xingzhou judged, “Three deep diving devices had been destroyed, and the situation was completely different from our last encounter.”
“Last time, the mutant creatures we encountered weren’t very intelligent, and they didn’t know what the deep diving devices were.”
“Later, when discovered by the Zerg, the high-intelligence Zerg certainly realized that these were creations of us humans, used to destroy their nests and capture samples.”
“So this time, there was already a Zerg leader among the patrol teams. Once they discovered the deep diving devices, they would immediately report to the high-ranking Zerg.”
“That meant the Zerg below were already prepared! If they continued exploring, the deep diving devices being destroyed were minor issues, but agitating the creatures could cause chaos.”
“We had to immediately send them a warning!” Kong Qing judged, “We couldn’t care less how they risked themselves, but the Mariana Trench was obviously closer to us. If the creatures went into chaos, it would certainly affect our nearby sea area!”
“Right.” Everyone agreed with this viewpoint.
“Scientific advice should be left to the scientists, to prevent them from overthinking.” Everyone decided to let He Xingzhou issue the warning.
They quickly contacted the Ocean Research Organization to communicate with Beck.
“Dr. Beck!” In the video call, He Xingzhou saw Beck. This was the first direct conversation between the two. Previously, it was always Beck pulling him into the spotlight, and He Xingzhou mostly ignored it.
“Dr. He!” Beck smiled broadly when he saw He Xingzhou, saying, “You must be paying attention to our operation, right?”
“We are now about to capture the ‘alien creatures’ you mentioned. I can invite you to witness this!”
He Xingzhou said seriously, “I strongly advised you to stop immediately! The Zerg had already discovered you by now!”
“They were watching, and if you made further moves or threats to their safety, you would be at risk of total annihilation!”
He Xingzhou made his point clear, but to Beck, it sounded alarmist!
He laughed, “Dr. He, you didn’t say this when you were probing earlier.”
“Now we had a stronger lineup and more detection equipment, so were we still afraid of them?”
“Did you see the mothership behind me? It’s a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier! Along with more than a dozen ships! Even if there was a real deep-sea monster below, we could blow it to bits!”
“Beck, I didn’t want to argue about who was stronger or weaker.” He Xingzhou finally warned, “I hoped you could consider this matter from a scientific standpoint.”
“Of course, we would!” Beck laughed, “Our scientific detection methods were more advanced! Just wait and see!”
He hung up the video call. He Xingzhou said helplessly, “Nothing could be done, I expected this result too.”
Everyone felt equally helpless, saying, “In their mindset, our warning was because we were afraid they would gain scientific results, so the more we warned, the more they wanted to prove themselves.”
Harvey, who had watched the entire conversation between the two, said disdainfully after hearing He Xingzhou’s warning, “What was He Xingzhou thinking? What they could do, we couldn’t?”
“Beck, don’t be afraid, continue probing, bring me back a big one!”
“We were continuing to dive, already at five thousand meters!” Beck responded.
Beside him, someone reminded, “We did need to be cautious. If these creatures all charged up, there were still risks.”
Harvey thought for a moment, then said, “Have all ships maintain high speed, load all guns and stand by, ready to fire and maneuver at any moment!”
Maintaining high speed would allow them to respond in time if unexpected situations arose.
“Diving to eight thousand meters, we had already lost twenty deep diving devices! Small detectors, losses exceeded a hundred thousand!” On the research ship, the operator reported to Beck.
“Losing so quickly?” Beck was somewhat surprised within, as the density of mutant creatures at this depth had already exceeded his expectations.
Sometimes, even when the detectors already detected groups of mutant creatures and instructed the deep diving devices to evade, they were still too late and were destroyed.
In their underwater detection screens, they had already seen the giant sea monster that He Xingzhou’s team saw before.
“Their size was immense!” Seeing these deep-sea giants, some experts were already starting to panic.