Deep Sea Survival: Start a Submarine

Deep Sea Survival: Starting a Submarine Chapter 87

Two C-level missions with average risk.

The bounty amount can reach over 10,000 marks!

For the vast majority of bounty hunters and ordinary people, this amount of money is already an extremely generous reward.

Especially those who work in the gathering place city, under normal circumstances, only two or three thousand, or even one or two thousand wages per month.

And the bounty of these two C-level tasks is worth their income for half a year!

But for Meng Lei, who had 140,000 marks in his pocket not long ago,

This kind of money is really out of sight.

But in the final analysis, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. The Great Wall and the Pyramid are piled up one by one.

Therefore, Meng Lei's mentality is very peaceful.

If these two tasks can be done, at least the maintenance fee for this trip to the sea will be covered, and the fuel cost can also be covered.

What tasks will be taken in the future will be the pure profit earned!

Of course, the crew's salary can't be counted first, after all, there is still one month left.

In particular, I can take this opportunity to let everyone get to know each other as soon as possible.

This is Meng Lei's main purpose.

Through the speaker on the center console of the bridge command room, Meng Lei notified all the members of the two tasks he had just received.

Everyone just knew what they knew, and there was no more reaction.

For these alien natives who are similar to mercenaries, they have more or less all kinds of experience in going to sea, and they have encountered all kinds of tasks.

It's just two C-level tasks, naturally it won't cause them too much repercussions.

And while there is still some distance to reach the mission location,

Meng Lei called Hans to the command room, intending to learn from him.

Learn more about the things you need to pay attention to during the execution of hunting missions.

Hans is also very straightforward and unreserved, telling his own experience and everything.

In the end, he also told Meng Lei a semi-open secret.

"Captain, in fact, the way to make money in hunting missions is not just to receive bounties!"

"Those sea monster corpses can also be regarded as an extra reward."

"Whether it is the extracted alien plasma, or the bones and meat, as long as it is pulled to the outpost, there is no worry that no one will buy it."

This point mentioned by Hans aroused Meng Lei's interest.

Ordinary submarines do not have the same decomposition function as those on wasteland boats. Meng Lei has been thinking about how to avoid the problem of wasting sea monster corpses.

But if someone buys it, this problem will be solved.

It also saves a lot of trouble.

"What is the value of an alien sea monster?"

Meng Lei asked curiously.

"As far as ordinary crawlers are concerned, the average price is around one hundred marks.

The Mire Xunmenglong is slightly more expensive, and the overall purchase price can be higher than fifty.

If you encounter a crawler group, you can usually earn one or two thousand marks more than the bounty if you sell the corpse.

And clear the lair mission to earn even more!

If you are lucky, if you pick up a bunch of Xunmeng dragon eggs, it will be really developed! "

Speaking of this, Hans suddenly became excited.

Meng Lei raised his eyebrows in confusion, and asked inexplicably:

"Xunmeng dragon egg? Is that thing very valuable?"

"Of course!"

Hans rubbed his hands excitedly, his eyes shone brightly half-covered by a mess of brown hair.

"Xunmeng Dragon Egg, that's a good thing!

There are many of us here who see the Swamp Dragon as the perfect pet and companion,

Most bounty ships and pirate ships will keep one or two of them.

and,

Every other year, the outposts and gathering places of the major waterways will hold a grand Xunmenglong sprint competition!

The winner will win rich rewards! "

Speaking of this, Hans looked at Meng Lei excitedly:

"Captain, you know what,

Last year's Xunmenglong sprint championship,

The prize is an oxygen concentrator with a brand new HEPA filter!

Installed on the submarine, you will no longer smell any messy odors, and even the thalamic spores can be filtered and purified!

The market price is as high as 100,000 marks!

And the previous year, the prize was a real alien technology! "

Hearing this, Meng Lei couldn't help being shocked!

Treat the Swamp Swift Dragon as a pet? Is there even a competition? !

And the prizes of the competition are actually so generous!

The aborigines on this alien planet really have no other entertainment activities, can they satisfy their spiritual emptiness?

This way of entertainment is too weird!

"How much can a Xunmeng dragon egg sell for now?"

Meng Lei was also a little moved.

As Hans said, the value of this swift dragon egg is estimated to be comparable to that of a painted worm egg!

Hans saw Meng Lei's thoughts,

Suddenly shaking his head, he sighed helplessly, and said:

"Recently, the breeding industry of Xunmenglong is not very prosperous.

Another voice appeared within the alliance, saying that the breeding of Xunmenglong violated the gathering place safety law, and demanded that all related activities be ordered to stop.

Therefore, the price has been affected to some extent.

However, it is not a big problem to sell a Xunmenglong egg for 500 marks. "

Meng Lei nodded thoughtfully.

To be honest, in his opinion, this kind of activity should have been banned long ago.

It's weird enough to have the alien sea monster as a pet, and even organize a sprint race.

You must know that Xunmenglong can eat people. The danger of this kind of activity is obviously much greater than that of cockfighting and dogfighting!

This Alien Alliance is also big-hearted, and it has only stopped the activity now.

It is estimated that there was some **** incident in the middle, and it is unknown as a last resort.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

A Xunmenglong egg can be sold for 500 marks. Although it is not as good as a painted skin worm egg, it is quite valuable.

Meng Lei decided,

After you arrive at the Xunmenglong lair, you must look carefully.

Never let any swift dragon that may hatch in the future escape the sanctions of the security law!

Yes, we're not there to make money,

This is purely based on the principle of the safety of the waterway!

After chatting briefly for a while, I heard some anecdotes from Hans' mouth, and Meng Lei gained a lot of things invisibly.

have to say,

It was a blessing to have such a seasoned old fellow on board.

At least let him learn a lot of knowledge that cannot be learned from books.

at noon.

The Sea Locust left the waters near Syr City.

All the way to the east to sneak away.

After passing through the underwater cave where the sea monsters were entrenched, Meng Lei discovered that,

Including Syr City,

The entire space is shrouded in a huge crustal cavity.

Above the head is no longer an endless sea of ​​void, completely replaced by heavy rock formations.

The so-called channel is actually a tunnel that is artificially opened for submarines in the complex marine cave structure.

Although occasionally encountered, there is a very vast empty sea area, which looks like it has surfaced from the crust.

But in fact, submarines are still driving under the surface.

According to Hans, the long road ahead, about a thousand kilometers, is all sailing on the surface.

The various outposts and strongholds along the way were also built in that thick rock formation.

Only a thousand kilometers away, another sea area called the hydrothermal wasteland.

Only have the opportunity to emerge from the crust and return to the embrace of the ocean.

And the level of danger in that sea area is definitely not something that individual forces can pass through.

At least the Sea Locust should not think about it for the time being, it used to be a food delivery.

Fortunately, although it is walking through narrow and cramped rock formations, this channel has been running for dozens of years.

During this period, several expansions were carried out.

The automatic navigation route is also relatively perfect.

Therefore, Meng Lei does not need to control it in a short time.

The Sea Locust can find the most correct one along the current channel, among hundreds of intricate tunnels leading to different sea areas, and automatically move towards the Rongyan Outpost.

Around one o'clock in the afternoon.

Meng Lei called everyone to the restaurant through the radio.

Take out fresh ingredients such as canned food, vegetables, and fish that were purchased in advance from the refrigerator, and put them into the food processor.

Then add seasonings such as sea yeast, sea salt, and monosodium glutamate, and choose options such as heating, baking, and boiling.

A few minutes later, the steaming hot meal is freshly baked.

Everyone gathered around the table, and according to everyone's different preferences, they mixed some messy sauces.

A high-quality lunch, so ready.

Although these meals are not as delicate and delicious as Aunt Jinsili's restaurant, they are very appetizing.

But at least it is relatively rich, with a variety of seasonings and jams, and there are all kinds of flavors.

This is rare on most bounty hunter boats.

Even Hans, who has rich experience in going to sea, couldn't help but smacking his tongue, claiming that the food on the Sea Locust was really something he had never seen in his life, and he greatly appreciated it!

Then, there was a wind and clouds,

It was a pleasure to eat, just like the reincarnation of a starving ghost.

The other people were similar to him, and there was a sound of knives and forks rattling.

The food that had just arrived on the table suddenly disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In this regard, Meng Lei couldn't help but asked curiously:

"What did you eat when you went out to sea? It's not so exaggerated, is it?"

The strong Simon wiped the sauce stained on his beard and continued to eat haise while smiling:

"Captain, do you think those bounty hunters are as generous as you?

Just get some canned food that is about to expire, and it's good to heat it up to fill your stomach.

Most of the time, a piece of meat is chopped from the alien sea monster and thrown directly into the processing machine.

They are quite stingy, even a coin can be split in half!

Not to mention all kinds of expensive sauces, some people can even use crawler fat as a condiment, sterilized at high temperature in a food processor, and directly applied to meals.

Here, food, for most people, is just the basic sustenance for life.

As for whether it is delicious or not, that is something that the rich people in the upper class will consider. "

Hearing this, Meng Lei suddenly realized.

The ideology of these Blue Star players has not been completely changed fundamentally.

Still look at the problem according to the inherent thinking mode.

such as eating,

Especially the people of Kyushu, they always put food in the first place when they can.

Eat as much as you can, and only when you are full can you have the strength to work.

Therefore, Meng Lei explained when he arranged the purchase at the beginning, food seasonings and ingredients and other things, if you can buy more, buy more, the more abundant the better.

But now it seems,

This behavior of his is definitely considered extravagant in the alien society.

It was also at this time that he realized why the 150,000 yuan was spent so quickly.

Emotions take up a big part of storing food alone!

However, after buying everything, Meng Lei didn't feel any distress.

At least it satisfies the appetite of everyone, and it will work harder.

At least it can be seen from their greed for food,

It's not that these people don't want to eat good food,

But reluctant!

This is done in place, and it can also win over people's hearts to some extent.

So Meng Lei explained to Huo Ye again and took a bottle of wine from the refrigerator.

A sip is given to each person, which is considered as an after-dinner drink.

This move immediately attracted a burst of cheers from the crowd.

Distribute the precious wine to the external crew to enjoy, except for pirates, such captains are super rare!

Not counting champagne, ordinary beer costs 70 marks in the cheapest city.

It's almost catching up with the income of a creeper.

And what Meng Lei took out was a pirate's treasure, which was even more valuable!

"My dear, 72-year-old Modesey! This wine is a treasure! There are not necessarily a few bottles in the bar!"

"I ran a voyage of nearly 50,000 kilometers, and it was the first time I saw this level of wine on a bounty boat!

Captain, how much did you pay for it?

Not to mention a few thousand marks, right? "

"You can't buy it with money now. The captain probably fished it out of a sunken ship in the last era, right?"

…

A group of people were full of food and drink, and chatted and discussed.

Meng Lei smiled and did not speak, watching this harmonious and lively scene, he was a little satisfied with pride.

At the same time, my heart could not help dripping blood, and I wanted to cry without tears.

He really did not expect,

These hidden wines on pirate ships are so precious.

If I had known earlier, who would be willing to take this thing out and drink it, wouldn't it taste good if I sold it for money?

Although he is not a stingy person,

But life is so difficult now that there is no need to be so extravagant.

"Everyone is happy, as long as you follow me and work hard, I can't guarantee anything else, at least you will be satisfied when it comes to eating and drinking!"

There was blood in his heart and a sincere smile on his face.

In order to win over people's hearts, Meng Lei endured the heartache, patted his chest, and assured everyone.

Immediately, this remark once again attracted cheers from the crowd.

But no one found out,

At this time, Gina, who had been eating elegantly in the corner, stared at the delicate wine bottle on the table with her big eyes, motionless.

After a while, she then unknowingly left the table,

Taking the always light dance steps, he quietly left the restaurant.

When she came back, she already had an extra bottle of champagne with a more delicate shape and packaging.

"boom!"

The sound of the cork moving sounded.

The discussion came to an abrupt end.

Everyone in the restaurant looked at the sound in unison.

Just saw Gina with the cork in her mouth, leaned her head to the bottle mouth and sniffed it twice, and closed her eyes with a look of intoxication.

"The Gudgar of the Lanshi outpost in the sea area of ​​P183, the taste is still so mellow, it is really nostalgic!

Unexpectedly, there is such a huge treasure trove hidden on this small boat!

What a surprise...and exciting! "

Under the stunned gaze of everyone, Gina took a deep breath in intoxication.

Then, holding up the wine bottle, Gudong Gudong took a hard drink.

He didn't pay any attention to the shocked eyes around him.

Staring blankly at the bottle, the bubbles spit out from Gina's coquettish red lips.

There seemed to be a huge voice in Meng Lei's mind, as madly as Hong Zhong Da Lu.

500!

500!

500!

…

Every time Gina took a sip, Meng Lei felt that the world was inexplicably darkened.

Dreams are like shattered lenses, getting further and further away from him.

Until nearly one-third of the dark golden liquid in the bottle was swallowed, Gina involuntarily burped.

Meng Lei finally came back to his senses and shouted in grief:

"shut up!"

Gina turned her head blankly and looked at Meng Lei suspiciously:

"What's the matter, little captain, why are you so excited?"

Meng Lei took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice:

"Wine... It's not good to drink too much. Are we still sailing?"

"Oh!"

Gina snorted, nodded thoughtfully, and continued:

"Then I'll drink it before going to bed at night."

Meng Lei almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, but still suppressed the trembling in his heart, and reminded with a smile:

"That wine... it's very expensive, I usually don't want to drink it..."

heard,

The corners of Gina's mouth rose slightly, evoking a thrilling smile, looking at Meng Lei through her messy hair.

"Isn't it what you said, to satisfy everyone's food and drink, I am not satisfied yet!"

"Then you can't drink such expensive champagne as water!"

Meng Lei wanted to cry but had no tears, this woman was too sincere.

Anyone can hear it, it's just a polite remark.

Who knows, she is actually such a tiger!

"Cut~ Cheapskate!"

Gina pouted with contempt, picked up the bottle and took another sip.

"The big deal will be deducted from my commission!"

"Sister, I have already paid the commission, so what will I deduct for you!"

Meng Lei pounded his chest suddenly.

Simon murmured on the side: "This bottle of wine can at least cover her three-month commission? It's quite good at reckoning..."

Hearing this, Gina immediately turned her gaze to Simon, squinting her eyes and smiling:

"Big man, you better pray you don't lie on the operating table.

Otherwise, I can't guarantee you will have more, or... less. "

Don't look at Simon's big five and three thick, as strong as a cow.

But after hearing Gina Chi Naked's threat, she couldn't help but shiver.

Immediately, he was as obedient as a cat, and dared not say a word again.

At this time,

Gina stood up with the bottle in hand, walked out the door with swaying footsteps, and waved at Meng Lei with her back behind her back:

"If the commission is not enough, it will be deducted from the next month! If the commission is not enough, it will be deducted from the next month. There will always be time to pay it off..."

While speaking, the white coat disappeared into the corridor outside the cafeteria.

Everyone looked at each other.

Huo Ye touched his chin and suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Commander, this woman seems to be paying off the commission, but why do I feel that she seems to be relying on us?"

Meng Lei sighed lightly while supporting his forehead, feeling that his head was too big for a while.

Then he turned to look at Hans and said helplessly:

"I seem to understand a little bit why other bounty teams complained about her and didn't let her near the cafeteria.

This woman is simply a drunkard! "

...

After a lively lunch.

Everyone simply packed up their plates and returned to their jobs.

Huo Ye, Jia Quan, Simon and Xu Hui stayed in the artillery control room, observing the surrounding environment outside the submarine through the periscope from time to time.

Most of the time, it's just chatting and spanking, nothing serious to do.

The other security officer named Hawke,

In the bar on the second floor, he was constantly fiddling with some flower pots and seeds that he had specially bought for decoration before.

This stubborn guy seems to be particularly interested in potted plants and the like.

In this regard, Meng Lei didn't say much, instead he was delighted.

As a result, there is an additional gardener on board.

Spend one dollar and hire someone to do two jobs, why not do it?

In addition, Gina has been rarely seen in other areas.

In addition to showing up when eating, he usually stays in the smoky medical cabin all the time.

or read a magazine,

Or fiddle with those weird medicine bottles, and no one knows what she's doing.

For a woman whose brain circuit is obviously a bit abnormal,

Everyone keeps their distance, and if you can avoid it as much as possible, you have less contact with her.

As for Hans and the others, they are the least busy among them all.

As long as the ship's hardware is in order, they'll have nothing to do, wandering around inside the submarine.

Or gather in the electrical room to play cards, or use spare parts to practice hands, disassemble, install and disassemble, and study the structure and wiring inside.

Or, go to the artillery control room and chat with Huo Ye and the others.

In short, a free time is the most enviable profession.

This is the state of life on board.

Boring, boring, monotonous.

Sora has a lot of time, but doesn't know how to spend it.

In contrast,

Captain Meng Lei was the busiest of all.

On the one hand, he has to keep an eye on the submarine's various values ​​on the center console, including air quality, hull damage, whether the ballast tank water level is normal, and so on.

Also staring at the virtual map presented by the sonar display,

While preventing the automatic navigation failure, causing the submarine to hit the wall, it is necessary to see if there are any abnormal points refreshed.

In addition, he has to hold the tablet to brush the task to see if there is a suitable reward to be released.

All in all, being a captain is indeed a tiring job.

Look at the six roads with your eyes and listen to all directions with your ears.

However, Meng Lei enjoyed it and felt that his life was extremely fulfilling.

It is worth mentioning that.

Since it starts from Syr City, most of the following passages pass through the sea caves in the rugged area.

In order to ensure the safety of navigation, Xiercheng Shipyard was very considerate and sealed the porthole at the bow for the Sea Locust.

An entire pane of glass was removed and replaced with a sturdy, crash-resistant metal bulkhead.

The hull shell was also reinforced.

And in order to facilitate the observation of the external environment, several wide-angle cameras were installed on the bow.

Finally, in the form of screen projection, an external image was projected at the position of the original porthole in the bridge command room.

In this way, the safety factor is not only guaranteed, but also the range of vision that is not lost to the previous one.

The design is very subtle, killing two birds with one stone.

After Meng Lei sat in the chair for a long time, he would stand up and move around.

He held a cup of steaming coffee in his hand, and in his mouth was a fine cigarette he bought in Sill City.

Put down your earphones and hide the din of the crew in the sea.

Standing still in front of the screen on the bow, watching the Sea Locust shuttle through the cold and dead rock formations.

Except for the deep sea monsters that occasionally wandered past,

On the rock wall, some fluorescent algae can be seen from time to time, dotted in the boundless darkness, turning into an insignificant glimmer of hope in the abyss.

This indescribable sense of tranquility, with a little satisfaction in loneliness.

Made Meng Lei calm down,

Incomparable peace of mind.

Time, in this silent silence, passed minute by minute.

The difficulty of the mission is estimated to be a C-level hunting mission, which is 100 kilometers away from the city of Xier.

According to the current speed of the Sea Locust, it can reach the vicinity of the sea around 8 o'clock in the evening.

In fact,

At the top speed of the Sea Locust, it would not only run such a short distance for such a long time.

However, due to the limitations of the current environment, Meng Lei did not dare to drive the boat too fast.

At the current speed of thirteen kilometers per hour, along the way, there have been several close encounters.

In fact, the waterway environment on this section of the road is too complicated.

This is still the smaller size of the Sea Locust.

If you change to a big ship like the Ceres, I am afraid the speed will be slower.

In addition, Meng Lei also noticed.

Along the way, the number of abnormal points encountered along the way is very rare.

Except for a few lonely sea monsters wandering occasionally, there are almost no exceptions in the resource category.

Obviously, this channel should belong to the nearby popular channel.

Usually there are many ships coming and going, but anything of a little value has long been taken away.

Therefore, Meng Lei didn't pay much attention, and kept going all the way.

Around six o'clock in the afternoon.

It was still a simple and hearty meal, but Meng Lei didn't drink again.

Not to mention that later, I have to prepare to fight with monsters,

The wine in the bar is too expensive, and the local tyrants dare not drink it like water. It is enough to have a drink occasionally to promote feelings.

Only Gina didn't realize it,

While eating and drinking, and humming strangely syllable tunes, he was completely in his own world.

Run away after eating, wipe your mouth and find no one.

For this crazy woman, everyone is helpless, there is no way to take her.

Who makes people a ship doctor?

If she is careful to hold grudges, and something gets in her stomach during the operation, it will be a big joke!

After eating and drinking, everyone went on the road again.

As we get closer to the sea area where the crawler group is infested,

Simon and Huo Ye didn't dare to be so casual anymore.

Everyone sticks to their posts, looks around with a periscope, and pays close attention to the movement in the dark.

When Meng Lei was driving the submarine, he also locked his attention firmly on the sonar display, for fear of missing something.

The coordinates provided by the alliance are only approximate coordinates.

And the creeper is a kind of intelligent creature, and it is impossible to stay in one place without moving.

At this time, you need to actively search nearby to find their traces.

Soon, the time is approaching eight o'clock in the evening.

At this time, eleven hours have passed since the Sea Locust departed from Syr City.

The total voyage distance is 137 kilometers.

The surrounding sea environment has gradually become more open.

The exposed rock formation that has always brought a great sense of oppression on the top of the head slowly turned into a tall dome.

The light of the searchlight was shot out, and there was no reflection.

The sonar map shows that the height of the rock formation is rising rapidly in an incremental manner, and soon it has risen by 500 meters!

At the same time, a new trench terrain appeared, and the surrounding environment immediately became extremely vast.

The Sea Locust seems to have entered an incomparably huge underground cavity structure.

At this time, Hans's voice came from the earphone:

"Captain, here is the famous little cavity near the city of Syr,

The trench below is more than 4,000 meters deep, and the rock formations above are also full of various holes extending in all directions.

Often there are sea monsters inexplicably drilled out of various places,

Be very careful! "

"Oh, I see."

Meng Lei replied in the earphone, then controlled the submarine and tried to sink into the bottomless trench.

Two kilometers is only the detection range of sonar. At present, the Sea Locust can only withstand the pressure at a depth of about 3,500 meters, and it will definitely not be able to dive to the bottom of the trench.

He just wanted to expand the detection range to see if he could find some clues.

Half an hour passed,

Everyone's nerves were tense, and their attention was stretched to the limit.

But still nothing was found.

Meng Lei was a little suspicious.

Could it be that those crawler sea monsters caught that submarine and caused a misfortune, and they left after one vote?

Otherwise, how can it not be found?

thinking room,

Sudden,

On the three-dimensional map displayed on the sonar display, it was detected that there were several strange anomalies on the rock dome above the submarine.

It seems that because the signal feedback has not been fully calculated, the outliers are a bit vague.

But it soon became clear.

Without waiting for Meng Lei to concentrate, he used his golden finger to inquire about the information about the abnormal points.

The next moment, more abnormal points appeared one after another.

Soon at the top of the rock formation, a long string was densely highlighted!

Then, these anomalous points suddenly formed a long and narrow queue, swooping down suddenly.

This time, you don't need a golden finger to remind you.

These abnormal points that can move independently are definitely sea monsters.

"One, two, three...seventeen, eighteen...twenty-six..."

"I'm going, UU reading www.uukanshu.com nearly thirty crawlers!

Is this the amount of difficulty a C-level task should have? Why does it feel like I've been hacked! "

Meng Lei took a deep breath, and immediately shouted into the earphone:

"Everyone is ready, 600 meters above, at one o'clock, there is a sea monster attacking! Take aim for me!"

He said these words to several security officers in the artillery control room.

"Yes!"

"receive!"

…

Simon and Huo Ye also agreed, and immediately put their fingers on the firing button.

Although there are so many sea monsters, Meng Lei is not timid!

It's time to show the improvement results of the Sea Locust after spending tens of thousands of dollars.

At the same time, it is also necessary to verify the true level of the two gunners, Simon and Hawke.

So Meng Lei drove the submarine directly and took the initiative to float up.

They slammed into the group of twenty or thirty swooping creepers.

After a short silence, the distance between the two sides was getting closer.

When the searchlights of the ship's battery fort were illuminating the edge of the limit, a dark shadow was faintly hidden.

Without Meng Lei speaking, Hawke pressed the launch button first.

at the same time,

Meng Lei also controlled the submarine to retreat rapidly, and quickly distanced himself from the dozens of creepers that were gradually surrounded by above.

At this time, Simon and Huo Ye also followed Hawke and pressed the firing button.

Suddenly, a large number of shells poured out.

In the dim sea abyss, a ray of light flickered immediately.

The roar of the guns running, instantly boiled! +Bookmark+