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Chapter 166 [doorway]

Chapter 160 [Entrance]

When he got into the submarine, Chen Nuo sat in the second row.

A diver was in charge of the driving, and Chen Nuo deliberately did not look at the values ​​and directions on the instrument panel, but sat down and looked out the window.

After the two shuttle-shaped submarines with the same glass cover were placed on the sea surface, the crane on the ship was disengaged, and the propeller on the submarine started to start, then slowly turned around, lowered the bow, and moved toward the underwater one after another. tie down.

After the waves rolled with foam, everything soon fell into darkness.

Moving forward underwater, the submarine travels very smoothly and does not even feel much vibration.

Hisako Ishii was sitting next to Chen Nuo, his expression was very calm, but his eyes were always looking at the sea water outside the glass window.

Chen Nuo glanced back. In the cargo hold at the back, the octopus in the glass cabinet seemed to be still very calm, but Chen Nuo's mental power received feedback from the octopus, and the octopus' spiritual consciousness seemed to begin to show a trace. A trace of restless restlessness!
The two submarines dived underwater one after the other.

The searchlights in front of the submarine have been turned on. While sliding on the seabed, Chen Nuo looked out the window and could see some swimming fish and some coral reefs on the seabed from time to time.

It feels like the submarine is going all the way down the continental shelf.

After a while, a chaotic reef appeared on the continental shelf ahead, and the submarine moved quickly and shuttled through it, as if walking into a rocky forest on the bottom of the sea.

The submarine has slowed down, and diving in this place is clearly a test of the driver's skill.

At this time, Hisako Ishii was a little nervous, and Chen Nuo saw that the woman's fingers were already clenched.

suddenly.

"It's not the first time you've come down, right?" Chen Nuo asked.

"Ok?"

Chen Nuo said lightly: "You already know this place. And... octopus is temporarily unavailable here. That is to say, we have not reached the real 'doorway'.

I guess, it's not the first time you've come down after knowing this place. "

"Yes, I came down several times, and then I also arrived at the 'doorway', where I once stopped." Hisako Ishii shook his head: "But I didn't see any results."

The diver in charge of driving in front suddenly said: "The radio will be silent in 2 minutes, countdown!"

Hisako Ishii nodded: "Make the last contact with the sea and send the coordinates."

"Yes!"

Ishii Hisako then said to Chen Nuo: "The radio signal will be blocked below, and other communication equipment will fail - I have no way of knowing the reason, but every time I come down, it is like this."

Passing through the stone forest on the bottom of the sea, a deep ocean trench appeared in front of him.

Two submarines entered the trench and continued down.

"The depth is 150 meters. It is about to arrive." The driver continued to report the situation.

Chen Nuo looked out the window...

It was pitch black in the trench, and the water outside was like a deep dark space.In this place, it seems that only the light of the submarine's searchlights is the only source of light.

Just at this time.

"Arrived at the entrance!"

The diver cried out in excitement.

The two submarines slowly adjusted their azimuth in the water, and then suspended in a certain position in the trench.

Chen Nuo immediately leaned forward, behind the driver, looking ahead.

In the direction of the searchlight, the light shines on the rock wall of the trench, and groups of swimming fish are wandering back and forth in a certain position, and vaguely, there seems to be an oval, deep tunnel in it!
It's just that the pitch black can't see anything at all.

"A school of fish is blocking it, and sound waves are emitted to disperse the school of fish." The driver started to report slowly while controlling.

The two submarines should have come down many times. Although this place can no longer be communicated by radio, the two sides have a tacit understanding.

Submarine No. [-] quickly adjusted its position and circled behind Submarine No. [-] where Chen Nuo was.

After Submarine No. [-] launched a device similar to sonic shock, soon, a large group of fish swarmed in front of the submarine tunnel, as if alarmed, suddenly exploded and scattered in all directions!

"Enter!"

The driver's voice remains steady.

When entering the tunnel, Chen Nuo felt that the hull seemed to vibrate slightly.

The tunnel is not too wide, but it is enough for the submarine to shuttle in it, but the speed is slowed down a lot.

He stared carefully at the tunnel outside the window.

On the wall of the tunnel, there are pits and pits, it seems to be a natural underwater tunnel, but Chen Nuo always feels that something is wrong.

The tunnel bends and turns, the submarine has reduced its speed to the extreme, but occasionally there will be a slight collision, and some raised coral reefs on the tunnel wall are smashed.

That is to say, the outer shell of the scientific research submarine is hard, and it has been specially treated. In addition, the speed is extremely slow, and it does not cause any damage to the hull. However, in this narrow and sealed space, it is the bottom of the sea. The body vibration is still very easy to create a feeling of fear and tension for the person sitting in the boat.

Chen Nuo looked calm, but in his heart, he felt more and more strange.

In the tunnel, his mental power did not stop releasing at all, and along the way, he used a tentacle of mental power to slowly linger around the submarine, especially in front!

It is no exaggeration to say that his sensing space is even wider than that of the driver sitting in the driver's seat through the instrument!
But as the tunnel went deeper, Chen Nuo discovered something odd.

The mental power he released seemed to be suppressed bit by bit!

It could have detected a distance of 20 meters ahead, but it was slowly compressed to...

15 meters...

ten meters...

The distance that his spiritual power can detect is getting smaller and smaller.

Chen Nuo also tried to increase the release of mental power, but what surprised him was that there seemed to be an invisible power similar to shielding in this place, suppressing his perception of mental power!
It's like... the air and the water are getting thicker and thicker, and the mental power is getting more and more stagnant as the mental power shuttles and swims in it!
Finally, the hull began to shake slightly.

The driver seemed relieved: "Arrived at the entrance! Prepare to go up."

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As the submarine protruded out of the tunnel, it entered a huge undersea space!

Here seems to be a waterless space due to a special balance of terrain and water pressure.

A huge circular arch with a height of nearly ten meters.

After the two submarines resurfaced, they stayed in the water, next to a piece of ground.

After all the searchlights on the submarine were turned on, the originally dark cave was finally illuminated.

Chen Nuo sat in the submarine and looked outside...

The walls of the cave are probably corroded by water vapor all the year round. It looks very terrifying.

"Prepare your equipment, wear an oxygen mask, and leave the ship!" Hisako Ishii took a deep breath and gave the order.

In this cave under the sea, the air is very thin and the oxygen content is extremely low.

Several people left the seats together, entered the rear cargo compartment, and began to wear oxygen cylinders and masks.

"Each oxygen cylinder can be used for two hours." Hisako Ishii said slowly: "If there is an accident, you must return to the submarine immediately, the submarine will stay here, and then closed, and the stored oxygen inside the submarine will automatically Oxygenate... Remember, once the oxygen runs out, return immediately!
We have tested the air here, and the oxygen content is very low. Normal people will be disabled in no more than 10 minutes in such an environment with low oxygen content!

Oxygen cylinders, two per person.

One is used before the end, once the first oxygen cylinder is exhausted, it must be returned immediately to ensure that the second oxygen cylinder can be supported to return to the submarine!

That is, go, two hours of oxygen.

Back, two hours of oxygen. "

Chen Nuo smiled: "Why don't you bring more oxygen cylinders?"

"This is... taking into account the calculation of the human body's weight..." Ishii Hisako suddenly closed his mouth as soon as he said this.

Chen Nuo tied two oxygen cylinders to his body directly from the cabin, and then grabbed two more!

"I can bring four no problem." Chen Nuo smiled.

In fact, if it weren't for the volume of the oxygen cylinder, there would be no room for four on the back...

Chen Nuo can actually bring more!
"Now, I need you to explain something to me." Chen Nuo grabbed the woman after watching Hisako Ishii tied the two oxygen cylinders to her body.

Hisako Ishii looked grim: "What?"

"Going to sea, scientific research ships, submarines, undersea tunnels..." Chen Nuo sneered: "You are hiding a lot of things from me.

Back then, before your leader was developed, he was just a small ordinary masseuse.Even if he got an octopus, how could he have the ability to enter this place?
If it takes so much trouble to reach this door...

How did your sect leader come in back then?
Don't tell me he swam in from the sea with an octopus in his arms! "

Facing Chen Nuo's questioning, Hisako Ishii was not surprised at all.

At this point, there should be such doubts.

Ishii Hisako took a deep breath and said slowly: "I'm sorry I concealed something before... Your question, of course I have the answer. But now is not the time to say it!
In front of you, I am weak.

As a weak person, I naturally need to have some chips for self-protection!
If all the hole cards are shown to you at one time, there is no guarantee that you will not just dump me and monopolize this place! "

Chen Nuo stared at Ishii Hisako's face and looked at it carefully for a long time.

"So, even if I kill a few of you directly and bring the octopus in by myself, it still won't work... There are other things that you didn't tell me about, right?"

"It's like this! It's just for self-protection." Ishii Hisako said slowly: "There is actually no conflict between us. After entering, you and I will take what you want.

You are a capable person, and the gains you can obtain are definitely far greater than those of ordinary people like us. "

Chen Nuo thought for a while, put on an oxygen mask, and nodded: "Let's go!"

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The submarine door opened, and a group of people filed out.

The two divers then removed the glass case where the octopus was stored in the cargo hold.

The ground here is full of potholes and the pulleys are no longer usable.

After more than half of the water was released, the only water left in the glass case was probably just enough for the octopus to barely survive.

The glass cabinet has been reduced as much as possible. After the two divers used a piece of equipment to remove the water tank, they carefully began to carry it forward.

Next to the cave, a tunnel is pitch-black, and I don't know where it leads...

Chen Nuo glanced at the tunnel...it was only a little over two meters high.

It is only wide enough for two people to walk side by side.

The divers turned on their mask headlights, and after several beams of light illuminated the tunnel, the first two divers opened the way, with Chen Nuo and Ishii Hisako walking in the second row.

The next four divers, in groups of two, took turns carrying the tanks.

The weight of the octopus, plus the glass box, plus the water inside.

It's about [-] kilograms in weight.

Two divers are responsible for carrying, plus the weight of their own oxygen cylinders and equipment, the glass box is carried in groups of two, and the progress is very slow.

Take turns, each group is responsible for 5 minutes, and then change to restore physical strength.

After going on like this, after about three rotations...

The tunnel ahead suddenly opens up!
A slightly larger space.

End of the tunnel.

But in front, there are two entrances!

One left, one right.

Chen Nuo frowned.

"Bring it here." Hisako Ishii sighed.

This woman's breath is a little unstable... After all, she was just injured a few days ago. At this moment, she has a heavy oxygen bottle on her body, and her body can't bear it, as if she was forcibly enduring the pain.

The glass case was moved to the middle of the two entrances.

Chen Nuo frowned.

He felt that his mental power became more and more stagnant as he walked in the air...

It seems that an invisible force in the air is becoming more and more viscous, involving his own mental induction in all directions.

Chen Nuo roughly calculated that the range in which he can freely use his mental power now is no more than three meters away from him.

If it is farther away, the released mental power will be controlled by an invisible force and disappear instantly.

This place... seems to be suppressing the control range of the mind power.

The octopus in the glass box is getting weaker and weaker.

When Chen Nuo approached it, he could clearly feel that the loss of the octopus' vitality was twice as fast as before!
But with the weakening of vitality, the spiritual awareness of octopus seems to have increased.

The feeling of [invitation] became stronger and stronger.

After swimming around in the glass box, the octopus sticks to the right side of the glass box. The eight tentacles are spread out, and the suction cups are attached to the glass, but the direction of the pointing is very clear!

"Right! Go to the right!" Hisako Ishii was excited.

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The tunnel on the right, after entering, the road ahead becomes narrow!

It was no longer possible for the two to be side by side, and they were replaced by a long snake formation.

Chen Nuo didn't care, but the diver behind him who was responsible for carrying the glass box became more and more difficult, and the speed of the front line became slower.

Chen Nuo felt more and more that his spiritual power seemed to be blocked and weakened again!
The effective perception range of mental power has been compressed to two meters around!
After reaching the end of the road.

Once again a choice is in front of you!

This time, there are four passages ahead! !
Ishii Hisako rested for a few seconds, and the woman gasped against the wall.

"You'd better take a rest, your oxygen consumption is a bit fast." Chen Nuo frowned at the woman.

"It's okay." Hisako Ishii shook his head: "I can hold on for a while."

Repeating the old trick, the octopus was moved out, relying on this golden octopus to choose among the four passages.

Chen Nuo suddenly asked, "If you don't need a key, can you enter?
It's nothing more than choosing a road... If you bring more people, no matter how many forks there are, and people are scattered, you can find the right direction.

In this case, the function of this key seems to be of little value. "

Ishii Hisako shook his head and whispered, "No way.

The sect master told me that this place, if you choose the wrong way... There is an invisible force here, it is a self-protection mode, once you go the wrong way, after entering, it may activate the destruction device, and then... … all will be buried in this place. "

Chen Nuo closed his mouth.

Although a little curious.

But... it's better not to try this kind of thing.

At the second intersection of four choices, relying on the choice of the octopus, several people entered the second tunnel on the left.

This time, after walking for ten minutes...

The third choice has arrived!
This time, it's one of eight!

When walking out of the tunnel, Chen Nuo looked up and couldn't help but let out a sigh!
This is a huge space!

This cave on the bottom of the sea has turned into a giant cave with a height of nearly ten meters!
The wall in front of him suddenly became smooth!

Moreover, under the mountain wall, there seems to be a faint golden luster!
Chen Nuo squinted his eyes and took a deep breath!
Not only Chen Nuo, Ishii Hisako and the other six divers also took a deep breath!
On the ten-meter-high mountain wall in front of him, although the surface layer has undergone many years of corrosion and metamorphosis, the mottled mountain wall can still clearly see the metallic luster below.

And on the luster of the metal, you can see a huge pattern clearly with a searchlight.

Amazingly...

An octopus!
Oval head and body stand upright!Below are eight tentacles spread out!

The end of each tentacle falls on the ground, which is a tunnel!
Eight tentacles, eight tunnels!
Chen Nuo quietly looked up at the huge octopus pattern...

I just feel that the pattern of this octopus looks more familiar the more I look at it!
Although some subtle places and proportions are different.However, the general outline, posture...

It looks like the icon on the USB stick on the Octopus Monster website!
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"Bring the box up." Hisako Ishii gave an order panting.

The glass case was lifted up...

But this time, something unexpected happened!
After the glass box was moved to the middle, the golden octopus in the water seemed to wriggle a few times, and its tentacles seemed to turn twice... Then, it suddenly stopped moving!

"..."

"..."

"..."

Several people looked at each other and waited for a while, with strange expressions on their faces.

Hisako Ishii was a little anxious, walked to the water tank, and patted the glass lightly.

Chen Nuo walked to her side and frowned at the motionless octopus in the water.

Hisako Ishii was anxious and said angrily, "Quickly move!! Quickly choose the route!!"

Saying that, he increased his strength and slapped the glass.

Chen Nuo sighed and squeezed Ishii Hisako's wrist lightly. At the same time, he also withdrew a trace of the spiritual power that lingered on the octopus.

"stop fighting……

it……

is dead. "

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【Monthly ticket for support~
Does anyone have a hero to save the fat? 】

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(End of this chapter)