This Game is Too Real

  Chapter 687 Small boat for big boat

  The submersibles in Vault 70 have strong stealth capabilities, but they are not completely invisible after all.

  As Mu Da expected, after the destroyer of the Federal Navy arrived, it quickly locked the submarine under the sea surface and salvaged it.

  However, what Mu Da did not expect was that there was no one on the submersible.

  There are indications that the two pilots abandoned the submarine after its power system was damaged.

   Logically speaking, they should not run far.

  The destroyers of the Federal Navy immediately dispatched frogman troops to embed deep sea searches.

   But to everyone's bewilderment, they searched for a full hour, but found nothing.

  The two pilots disappeared completely in the waters as if they were dissolved by sea water...

   "There are some things I need to know from you."

   Destroyer Deck.

  An officer walked up to Mu Da, took out a recording pen and opened it in front of him, and tapped the table in front of him with his index finger.

   "It's routine, please cooperate."

   "Understood, you can ask." Mu Da nodded, pulled out the chair and sat down.

  The officer also pulled out the chair and sat opposite him. At the same time, he took out a booklet from his pocket and opened it, glanced at it and asked.

   "First of all, I want to know, this sea area is not your patrol area, why do you appear here?"

  Having already thought out his speech in advance, Mu Da calmly replied in a calm tone.

"I was on duty at the time, and when I searched the patrol area, I tracked down an abnormal sonar signal. I followed that signal to this area. Regarding this, the brothers who were on duty in the nearby waters at that time can testify to me, I have applied for passage to them and reported the situation."

   "We have understood, it is indeed as you said...but there are still some doubts here."

  The officer raised his sharp eyes and glanced at him, then continued to speak meticulously.

   "When we retrieved the communication records, we noticed that friendly ships on duty nearby had proposed reinforcements to you in the communication. Why did you refuse?"

   Didn't show any flaws because of the suspicion in the eyes, Mu Da just shrugged his shoulders in a normal way, and said it as a matter of course.

   "Are you asking, because we're not sure what it is, what if it's just a piece of garbage washed by the ocean current? If it were you, would you call for reinforcements before you figure out the situation?"

   There is nothing wrong with this statement.

  No one wants to be the laughing stock of friendly soldiers because of a piece of garbage.

  The officer couldn't fault it, so he nodded and continued to ask.

   "So you used two 100-kilo-yield depth charges for confirmation?"

"Yes."

   "What a luxury...Why didn't you report the situation to the nearby friendly ships before firing?"

   Mu Da sighed and said patiently.

"The enemy is right under your nose. If it were you, would you shoot first or report first? Can you please don't ask such inexplicable questions? If you suspect that I have a problem, please point me directly. Where is the problem?"

"No, no, I didn't mean that, Lieutenant Muda, we didn't suspect you, you know it's just a routine," the officer waved his hands quickly, and said with a relaxed smile, "then the last question... so Did you confirm that the submersible belonged to Vault 70?"

   Mu Da stared at him meticulously, and said with a serious expression.

"I don't need to confirm, this time, this place, it appeared in our patrol area, without any authorization, and refused our communication request. So we dropped the bomb until they stopped completely... Luckily, We were lucky, and it only took two bombs to break them down, but unfortunately you came a step too late and let the people above run away."

  The officer sitting opposite him nodded and said suddenly.

   "Do you know why they stopped?"

   "I don't know, and I'm not interested," Mu Da looked at him blankly, with a hint of impatience in his tone, "Also, didn't you say this is the last question?"

   "Of course... I've finished asking the formal questions, and the question just now was just out of my personal interest."

  The officer put away the recording pen and the booklet in his hand, smiled and got up from the table and stretched out his right hand.

"thanks for your cooperation."

  Mu Da also stood up, shook his right hand and let go.

   "You're welcome, did my answer pass the test?"

"Pass? You misunderstood, Mr. Muda, we didn't suspect you. As I said at the beginning, this is just a routine..." Putting the recording pen into his pocket, the officer tapped the booklet in his hand and smiled slightly He said, "If there is any new situation, I will contact you again."

  Mu Da nodded.

   "Remember to bring my medal next time."

  The officer laughed and patted him on the shoulder.

   "That's for sure! In addition, congratulations, this is at least a second-class achievement!"

   After speaking, the officer turned and left.

  Looking at the back of the man who turned away, Mu Da smacked his lips with some regret.

   Only second class.

but-

   It doesn't matter what the credit is.

  He only hopes that he will not be set on the pillar of shame in history.

  Because he was not sure who the insider was and which layer of the federal authorities he had infiltrated, in the end he chose to conceal part of the truth instead of telling everything.

   Includes radio communication with the submersible.

  Including the spherical detector that is hanging on the bottom of the speedboat with a fishing net, etc.

  He doesn't know whether his choice is correct, he only hopes that his future self will not regret today's decision...

  At the same time, the splint of the destroyer, a jet-black single-rotor helicopter slowly landed on the spacious apron.

  Escorted by two bodyguards wearing exoskeleton, Chalas, the chief of staff to the president, the navy and chief of staff, got off the helicopter and walked towards the oncoming destroyer captain with a serious expression.

   "Mr. Chalas? What brought you here?" Looking at the confidant next to the President, the captain stretched out his right hand from a long distance away, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

   "What else could it be? Such a big thing happened, why didn't you tell me the first time!"

   Seeing Chalas's expression of displeasure, the captain retracted his hand in embarrassment, and tried to explain.

   "It's just a submersible for scientific research. Although we found some traces of modification on it, the modification is very rough and it's not a big deal."

  In his opinion, the Chief of Staff really made a big deal out of a molehill.

  It's just a submersible from Vault 70, not an attack submarine, so there's no need to panic.

   Not to mention that there are no strategic facilities in the sea area where it appears, only the ruins of an ocean current power station.

   This is less cause for alarm.

  Charas narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the captain standing in front of him.

   "Just submersibles?"

  The captain froze for a moment, looked at him strangely, nodded and said.

   "Of course, the submersible has been found, and our people are planning to take it apart... Do you want to go to the scene to see?"

   "Take me there." Chalass eyes moved slightly, nodded, and then followed the captain's footsteps, moving from near the tarmac to the stern of the destroyer.

  I saw a drum-shaped submersible being hoisted on the splint by a hook.

  Several sailors wearing exoskeletons are holding a series of tools such as welding torch cutters, preparing to take this guy apart.

   Seeing the thoughtful expression on the chief of staff's face, the captain standing aside couldn't help asking curiously.

   "What are the submersibles from Vault 70 doing here?"

  Charas didn't look at him, just said casually.

   "Who knows...maybe it's to cover up the evidence, maybe it's here to take something I forgot here."

"It's kind of weird," the captain looked at the submersible thoughtfully. "If they're going to cover up the evidence... why did they destroy it with such a big fanfare in the first place, what's the use of covering it up now? No one will believe them .”

  Logically speaking, this does not make sense.

   What's even more strange is that they found the corpse of a giant sea monster near the submarine.

  The shape of that guy is weirder than all the aliens they have seen, like a giant starfish, but it has more tentacles than an octopus.

  Based on the identification of the scars on the shell of the submersible, they can already confirm that these damages were all left by the sea monster.

   Coincidentally, the depth charges that the federal patrol dropped on the submersible saved the lives of the pilots on the submersible.

  The bomb didn't hit the submersible, and it smashed the sea monster chasing after the submersible.

  According to the dictation of the patrol captain and the other two sailors on the speedboat, they didn't know what the bomb they dropped hit.

  At present, the Federal Navy is temporarily unable to determine whether the sea monster appeared in this sea area by accident, or it has been staying there due to some human factors.

  If it is the latter, it is a bit intriguing.

   As we all know, due to the fact that some damaged motors are still working, there are very few alien species active near the ruins of the ocean current power station.

   There is only one possibility to force the alien species to stay in that area...

  Psychic interference device.

   Only that thing can do it.

   But to confirm this, the corpse of the alien species needs to be salvaged and dissected.

  Charas glanced at the captain indifferently, and then turned his gaze to the pitted submersible.

"You have to ask Vault 70. Maybe they thought they could win, but they found out that they overestimated themselves in the middle of the fight, so they planned to clean themselves up and find a cheap one to take the blame for the dead ghost. I don't care about our enemies. What is the reason for attacking us, I only care about how to send them to hell. And you, just do your job, Mr. Captain."

  The captain stared blankly at the chief of staff.

  Although he didn't know why the chief of staff suddenly adopted such a serious tone, his intuition told him that the gentleman was not interested in the topic he raised, so he quickly ended the topic very wittily.

   "Well, I just find it strange... please don't mind."

  Charles gave the captain a meaningful look, said nothing, and turned back to the helicopter under the latter's bewildered gaze.

   Two bodyguards wearing exoskeletons sat across from him without saying a word.

   "Go back to North Island."

   Throwing a sentence at the pilot, Charas leaned back on the seat, closing his eyes as if resting.

Nobody knows.

  The moment he closed his eyes, his consciousness was pulled away from his body in an instant, and he escaped into a milky white space.

  An old man in a gray robe was standing in the spotless white center.

  His shoulders were bathed in holy light, and a soft force blurred the contours of his facial features, making him both majestic and all-encompassing.

   Facing this guy who didn't show his true colors, Charas nodded slightly, showing that false piety.

  He is not those ignorant wastelanders, and he will not believe in those things that fool people.

  Strictly speaking, he doesn’t trust anyone, but only himself.

   But he has to admit that the torch does hold some good things.

  For example, this "temple".

  Just by closing his eyes, he can communicate with his allies in Haiya Province anytime and anywhere, and obtain necessary information and other support from them.

   And the most important thing is that, unlike the previous "sanctuary" that only the dead could have, the "sanctuary" as the second sanctuary can obtain eternity in it without giving up the human body.

  This also means that as long as he can obtain his own temple, he can realize the eternity of the gods as a human being!

   In the face of the power of the gods, the little power of mortals is really too small.

  More than anyone else, he desires to have that power, to be able to obtain eternal power with an eternal identity.

   It is precisely because of this that he, who has never had any faith, still becomes the most devout follower of the Church of the Torch in the southern sea area, and loyally and firmly assists all the great plans of the Church of the Torch in the southern sea area.

   "Dear Mr. Forerunner... I have confirmed that it is only a submarine from No. 70 Vault. Our ships have intercepted it. You can rest assured."

   After finishing speaking, he stopped talking, quietly waiting for the bishop to speak.

  Looking quietly at the old man in front of him who was not a few years younger than himself, Arzu pondered for a while and spoke slowly.

   "The guard is dead."

  Having heard about it from his subordinates, Charas replied respectfully.

   "You don't have to worry, we will deal with its body, and no one will discover its secrets."

   Alzu nodded slowly, then continued.

   "Vault No. 70 is not worth mentioning, but you must be careful of the alliance. Those people are not easy to deal with. I have seen a forerunner fall at their hands... Unlike me, who is attached to the physical body, that is the real forerunner."

   Forerunners without entities are not reliable, but at the same time he must admit that those invisible guys are different from himself, they are almost impossible to be destroyed in a physical sense.

  He doesn't feel that the alliance has the ability to shake his ideals, he is not the kind of person who is unpredictable.

   But at the same time, he had to admit that those guys were indeed difficult to deal with, even more difficult than companies and colleges.

  However, unlike Arzu who was jealous, Charas, who was the chief of staff of the Federation President, just smiled lightly and said indifferently.

   "Please rest assured, I have been watching them all the time. Those people chose to camp in the Baiyue Strait. No matter what evil ideas they have in mind, their fate is almost doomed."

"I hope so, we will have a battle with them sooner or later, but the later the better," Alzu continued in gray robe after a pause, "I need your people to continue searching for the Pilots... keep them in the ocean whether they find anything or not."

  Charas bowed and nodded again, agreeing softly.

   "As ordered."

  …

Just as the Federal Navy expanded its search range and launched a carpet search within a radius of ten nautical miles, a nearly 200-meter-long nuclear-powered submarine was slowly sailing underwater in uninhabited waters about a hundred nautical miles away from the wreckage of the ocean current power station .

  Different from the boiler-burning nuclear submarines of the 21st century, this "Dolphin" nuclear-powered submarine adopts the second-generation controllable fusion technology, using helium three and deuterium that can be captured in the ocean as fusion fuel to provide cruise power.

Although at the end of the era of prosperity, the second-generation controllable nuclear fusion technology has almost been replaced by pure helium triple fusion with a simpler energy structure, but two centuries later, this technology is still quite advanced, at least far more advanced than that of South Korea. The synthetic oil power system commonly used by the Federation of Islands fleet is much more advanced.

  At this moment, neither Chalas nor the more than a hundred sailors on the destroyer knew that the person they were looking for had already fled.

   And slipped away from under their noses...

  The buffer room of the Dolphin submarine.

  The filled seawater is gradually emptied outwards.

   Immediately afterwards, atomized detergent was sprayed from the walls on both sides, and the extended spray gun blew out high-pressure airflow, washing away the algae and dust hanging on the deep-sea diving suits of the two visitors.

  Seeing the signal light above his head jumping into green light, Sis exchanged glances with Tail beside him, and passed through the opened gate one after the other.

  Facing the gate is a long and narrow room of less than ten square meters. The long window on the left can see the unexpectedly spacious interior of the submarine.

   On both sides of the spacious space are suspended escalators and corridors, and in the center are long containers.

   Above the dome is a hook lock connected to the track, and several workers in overalls are walking in the suspended corridor.

  Sisi couldn't help showing a trace of surprise on his face.

  She had never seen such a strange submarine, which completely overturned her inherent impression of submarines as a closed and narrow means of transportation.

   Nearby, two men wearing exoskeletons stood on both sides of the door at the end of the room, holding an assault rifle of the same model as the Federal Navy.

   However, the exoskeleton with a thick humerus structure is not like a military model, and it is somewhat similar to the exoskeleton used by the stevedores at the port of the circular island. And the temperament of these two people is not like a professional soldier, more like a temporary security guard.

   And in the middle of the two, stood a man in a blue coat, just looking at his appearance and demeanor, he looked a little majestic.

  Looking at the two divers approaching, the man briefly introduced himself and extended his right hand.

   "Welcome to the Dolphin, my name is Chen Jianhong, and I am the captain of this submarine."

  Take off the helmet and put it under the armpit, Sisi gently shook the disheveled hair, held the hand that the man extended and shook it.

   "Sis, the one next to me is Tail, we are all residents of Vault 404."

"Oh! You can call me Awei!" He also took off his helmet, looked around with a curious expression on his face, and couldn't help but say in surprise, "giao! I thought you didn't have weapons...I didn't expect you to have any Such a great guy!"

  Looking at the two people with unique temperament in front of them, the captain named Chen Jianhong was obviously stunned, but it was only for a moment.

   "Are you referring to... this submarine? It's really not a weapon, it's just an ordinary cargo submarine."

   "Cargo Submarine?!"

  I have never heard of such a strange concept, and Tail's eyes widened in surprise, "Ah...why use a submarine to transport goods? Wouldn't it be troublesome?"

   Chen Jianhong shrugged and continued.

"I think so too. Although this thing was originally built to facilitate the logistics transportation between the seabed settlements and the sea surface settlements, it is obviously much easier to build a straight up and down elevator than to use a submarine to transport things. But now I It’s only fortunate that the original designer was far-sighted, otherwise we and the more than 500 residents of Coral City on the submarine would have died under the sea now... By the way, before you ask us, shouldn’t you explain your own affairs first?”

   Tail looked at him in bewilderment and asked.

"explain?"

"Huang Guangwei," the captain stared at this guy intently, then looked at the woman named Sisi, and said with a grim expression, "This is the name of the biometric information registered on that submersible, but we It was you who were found on it, I want to know where the original owner of the submersible is, and... is he still alive?"

  The atmosphere at the scene was a little stiff for a while.

   But it was only for a moment.

   "Of course he is still alive and doing well, otherwise we wouldn't be the ones suffering here now."

  In order to prevent Awei from saying some unnecessary words, Sisi quickly took over the conversation before she could speak, and continued to speak while watching the captain who was looking towards him.

   "He's in the alliance right now, staying with Sun Yuechi, the director of your shelter."

  Hearing this sentence, Chen Jianhong was stunned again, and in less than half a minute, a surprised expression appeared on his face.

   "...In the Alliance? Wait! The Alliance?! Our manager is there too? But this... how is this possible! Didn't he go to the Great Rift Valley?!"

  At this moment, he finally realized where the disobedience in his heart came from when he heard the guy named Tail say those words just now.

Until the entrance of No. 70 Vault was blocked by the Southern Islands Federation ships, the news including the whereabouts of the manager Sun Yuechi and the locked weapons storehouse were the biggest secrets of No. 70 Vault, and only a few people knew about it. !

  However, these guys seem to know about it!

   "His original destination was indeed the Great Rift Valley, but when he passed by Dawn City, he changed his mind and handed over the administrator's authority to us..."

  Looking at the dumbfounded Captain Chen and the two soldiers beside him who also looked surprised, Sisi spent half an hour patiently telling him the whole story.

  Including how did Sun Yuechi get to Shuguang City, and how he forced the authority of the administrator to their administrator.

   It also includes how that Huang Guangwei was stranded on the north shore of the Baiyue Strait, and how they picked it up by chance and brought him back to Dawn City...

  After listening to her statement, Chen Jianhong stretched out his index finger and pinched the center of his eyebrows. He felt that his chest was filled with complicated emotions, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

  He couldn't take it.

  Their managers would rather pin their hopes on an outsider they have never met than choose someone he knows well.

   What made him even more unacceptable was that when they were hiding in the sea, playing peek-a-boo with the Federation Fleet with their lives at stake, that guy had already started a new life in Dawn City? !

   What a joke!

   "So... that guy is very popular and hot at your place now?" He retracted the index finger pinched between his eyebrows, and he squeezed out the words from his mouth with a trembling voice.

  Not wanting to offend the dedicated captain in front of him, Sisi's expression was slightly subtle, but he nodded honestly.

   "Yes... including the owner of the submersible, Huang Guangwei, before he boarded the airship to Dawn City, he gave the submersible to us for disposal—"

   "These bastards!"

  An angry curse interrupted her in the middle of her speech. Chen Jianhong clenched his fists, unable to hold back the emotions in his heart any longer, and said through gritted teeth.

"Here we are suffering from claustrophobia, evading capture from the Federation fleet, and living a penny-pinching life on meager supplies! And the person responsible for all this wrong is enjoying life on land! There is nothing in this guy Do you feel guilty at all?"

   What a joke!

   This is so unfair!

  Sisi coughed lightly.

   "I think... your manager should feel guilty, so he commissioned us to investigate the wreckage of the ocean current power station."

   Chen Jianhong said angrily.

"What's the use of investigating that thing! Except for those idiots on the island, everyone here can see clearly that it was the torch man who did it! As long as he has any bones, he should come back to preside over the overall situation, or at least put the weapons in the arsenal. The door is open!"

  Looking at this guy who was dazzled by anger, Sisi didn't know how to comfort him for a while, with a helpless expression on his face.

  A 180-degree U-turn immediately after making a fatal mistake may not be the best remedy, and it may also produce another more fatal result.

  The war against the Church of the Torch needs the support of the survivors in the southern seas, and it is not in the interests of the Alliance to watch the survivors here kill each other.

   What they need to do most now is to put the brakes on this out-of-control train, rather than let the scale of the war continue to expand.

  So she didn't tell the captain in front of her that at this moment she held the key that could open the door of the arsenal.

   It's not time to use it yet...

   While Sisi was thinking about how to take the next step, Tail, who had been standing beside her quietly for a while, suddenly spoke.

   "Oh! Anyway, your managers are already with us, why don't you go to our place too!"

  (end of this chapter)