Fog Formula-Warning Book of Fog City Search Chief's Strange Talk

"Click, click, click, click..."

In the deep ocean, everything seemed quiet and quiet, only the steel cables above the head kept making the sound of metal friction, shaking the heavy diving bell into the deep sea.

Even the light outside the cabin gradually dimmed, and the transparent porthole of the diving bell can see that the light outside is gradually decreasing as the depth increases. The already faint light of the rainstorm day became dimmer as the depth increased, and it was almost groggy here.

"The current depth is 25 meters. Sir, please turn on the inert pressurization equipment in the diving bell and pay attention to maintain the breathing rhythm."

Xi Wei rang out from the loudspeaker, reminding the two people in the cabin.

"receive."

Jian Shenxiu opened the next operating system according to his words. After pressing it a few times, the bellows inside the diving bell began to operate, and with the sound of the low wind, the pressure inside the diving bell gradually began to increase. Soon, the number on the pointer reached the same number as the outside water pressure.

2.5 atmospheres.

As a result, the low and stuffy feeling hit the two people in the cabin. Compared with the people on the ground, they could already feel the obvious pressure under this kind of pressure. Even after the internal and external air pressure is balanced, the force required for breathing begins to increase. The rising and falling of the chest also became laborious.

The water depth between 20 meters and 30 meters is already the approximate level that good water fishermen can dive without the aid of equipment.

However, the two people in the cabin didn't seem to be affected in any way, and even Markesias was lying on the porthole curiously. Obviously, the light outside was already dim, but he still seemed to be able to see clearly. Watching fish swimming in the sea.

Although Xuejianze is an island city, in fact, most people seldom go diving once in their lives. Just like those things that "will be done sooner or later", leisure things are always remembered, but after a busy life, they are finally left behind.

"Would you like to turn on the searchlights?"

Seeing the actions of Markesias next to him, Jian Shenxiu, who had finished the operation, raised a smile on his lips, and asked him proactively.

"Ah." The young man was slightly dazed, and turned his head when he heard Shenxiu's voice.

"I mean." Jian Shenxiu pointed to the porthole. "Will you see it more clearly?"

"Hmm..." However, after hearing the question of meeting the gods, Markesias thought about it seriously, and then shook his head.

"It will attract fish."

The search light of the diving bell is used to detect sea conditions. Fish have phototaxis, opening at this depth will attract curious fish to come to explore.

"It's okay, it's not necessarily a bad thing." But Jian Shenxiu smiled and shook his head. "If you want to see it, just open it."

The target of their investigation here is also fish. The light will attract fish, and maybe it can also attract the target.

"oh!"

The hooded boy's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood the meaning of seeing Shenxiu. A look of joy appeared on his face, and he nodded to Jian Shenxiu again and again. And the smile on Jian Shenxiu's face became softer and softer. He stretched out his hand and opened the operation panel next to it, and turned on the searchlight next to it.

"Dum—"

Then with a dull sound, a light source suddenly lit up in the dark ocean. Intense light shines from the searchlights around the diving bell and shines into this endless darkness. In this vast sea, several clear and bright beams of light are left, and finally spread and disappear into the distant sea. .

"Our Ministry has turned on the searchlights."

After doing all this, Jian Shenxiu spoke to the communicator.

...

"I'm in the communication." On the boat, Xi Wei heard the conversation between the two with strange expressions. After hearing Jian Shenxiu's "notification" to her, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Your partners have already finished everything, why do you still ask me to do it.

It was just the conversation between the two that made her feel a little uneasy. If the two were indeed certified as saturation divers, as they had shown, then diving should be a normal thing for them. Namarkas shouldn't be so curious, as if it was the first time he dived in his life.

But now that the action had already begun, she didn't dare to speak out her worries, so she quickly added another sentence.

"I can hear you."

"I just said that because I knew you were in the communication," Jian Shenxiu replied when he heard her words on the other end of the communication.

"You are not the kind of person who can stand your temper. If you think there is something wrong with my handling, you just jumped out."

"I……"

Xi Wei was at a loss for words for a while, she didn't expect to see Shenxiu waiting for her here.

It's just that these words were full of calmness and confidence as always, which eased Xi Wei's original nervous mood a little, and she just apologized subconsciously.

"Feel sorry."

"It's okay, it's not a bad thing for young people to be impatient."

In the monitoring screen, Jian Shenxiu spoke calmly to the communication while adjusting the facilities in the diving bell cabin.

Jian Shenxiu's attitude towards everyone has always been condescending, but condescending is not a derogatory term. Only those with real experience can judge others condescendingly. Because you are walking on the path they have experienced before, and they have wandered in those places, so you understand that experience and distress, and the suggestions you give hit the nail on the head.

"You have to go through more things to grow up, so don't worry even if you get confused for a while. Before you find your goal, you can read more, there are always answers for your reference."

These words seemed to mean something, Xi Wei blinked and realized that these words were not meant for her alone. But now the submersion has just started, and the people who are connected to the channel can be counted on one hand. Then she seemed to think of something, and subconsciously turned her head to look at Nanami and Gong behind her, and saw that handsome white-haired boy curled up in the corner of the cabin for no reason, with a communication earphone in his ear, looking at the The screen was in a daze silently.

At this moment, he seemed to have nothing to do, and he still had a certain sense of participation when he saw Shenxiu leading him earlier. But when the precise machine of the Bureau of Investigation was turned on, he immediately became an outsider who could not interfere.

So he just observed everything in front of him silently, even in the channel, he didn't speak.

Is it him? Xi Wei thought about it.

It seems that the Chief Inspector's attention to her junior is extraordinary... But what is there about him that deserves his attention?

"Xi Wei. Report the depth."

But before Xi Wei had time to think about it, seeing Shenxiu's voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts. She quickly turned her gaze to the side of the console, and looked at the instrument next to it.

"Thirty meters away."

she said hastily.

...

"receive."

Jian Shenxiu nodded after hearing the answer. In fact, he already knew the current depth. The instrument panel next to it clearly shows that the water pressure outside has reached three atmospheres.

The pressurization of the diving bell has been going on to ensure the balance between the air pressure in the cabin and the external water pressure. But the severely compressed air also made it harder for the two people in the cabin to breathe. Under the pressure, a large amount of nitrogen contained in the air began to melt into the fat and nerve tissue of the two people along with breathing, and slight numbness began to inevitably appear in the nerves of the two people. Nitrogen, the most common gas in the air, has become a dangerous obstacle at this moment.

Nitrogen narcosis, called "drunkness" because of the symptomatic form of drunkenness, is actually a nerve paralysis caused by the dissolution of nitrogen gas in nerve tissue caused by pressurization. In severe cases, it can lead to organ failure and death. Symptoms began to gradually appear in seawater at a depth of thirty meters. And it gets worse with increasing depth.

In the diving world, there is a well-known "Martini rule" to describe nitrogen narcosis. Describe the degree to which nitrogen narcosis affects the human body.

When the water depth reaches 30 meters, the level of nitrogen intoxication is equivalent to drinking a glass of martini. At this time, people's thinking begins to slow down, and they will have fun similar to drunkenness.

At 40 meters, the level of nitrogen intoxication is equivalent to drinking two glasses of martinis. People's concentration begins to disappear, your thinking will diverge uncontrollably, and various uncontrollable thoughts begin to appear in your mind.

At fifty meters, the level of nitrogen intoxication is equivalent to drinking three glasses of martinis, and people begin to become clear, nervous, and irritable.

At 60 meters, the level of nitrogen intoxication is equivalent to drinking four glasses of martinis. The slowness of thinking has reached a serious level, and people gradually begin to lose their judgment.

At 70 meters, the level of nitrogen intoxication is equivalent to drinking five martinis, and the mobility is basically lost.

Pressurization, decompression. Every link of deep diving is extremely dangerous. Only specially trained saturation divers can go through all these dangers to reach the deep sea and return alive.

However, Jian Shenxiu and Marchesias still acted calmly, as if these changes were nothing to their bodies.

So the channel fell into silence again. Everyone was running silently, sending the diving bell into a deeper ocean.

"Crack, click."

Accompanied by the sound of metal rubbing, the diving bell was still sinking slowly. This sinking speed is not fast, and it is to protect the two people in the cabin from being affected by the sudden increase in air pressure.

Thirty-one meters.

Thirty-two meters.

Thirty-three meters.

...

"No, wait. There is something wrong with the situation." Just when the water depth reached 35 meters, seeing Shenxiu watching the outside world through the porthole, he said suddenly.

"Huh? What happened?" In the communicator, Xi Wei immediately tensed up and asked immediately.

"After turning on the searchlight, the school of fish didn't come back." Jian Shenxiu frowned while looking out the porthole, his expression was very bad, as if he sensed some dangerous aura.

...

"The school of fish didn't come back?"

Xi Wei was taken aback, unable to understand the meaning behind this sentence for a while.

"Is it because the act of turning on the searchlight just now disturbed the fish school?"

"No, it's been a few minutes since I turned on the searchlight." But Jian Shenxiu's negative words came out of the microphone very quickly.

"Even if they were frightened for a while, they should have been attracted by their phototaxis after such a long time. However, on the contrary, they even actively avoided us-this is unreasonable."

"... take the initiative to avoid."

Xi Wei was silent, this is indeed unreasonable. It is natural for fish schools to be attracted by light in dark water. However, this instinct has been violated now, and those schools of fish actively choose to avoid the light after seeing the light.

This is a real anomaly. In the confrontation with weirdness, any abnormality cannot be let go.

Are the fishes avoiding something because they are afraid of something?

Afraid of... something that glows?

"The situation has changed, let our diving instructor connect to the channel, it's time to work."

In the communicator, Jian Shenxiu's voice came again. His voice was grim, cold and serious.

"Changing the plan, we are going to leave the cabin early."