287: Chapter 287 Surprise! Congratulations, you have been captured by the Chinese Navy!
"Captain!..." The duty crewman standing nearby swallowed hard.
287: Chapter 287 Surprise! Congratulations, you have been captured by the Chinese Navy!
"Captain!..." The duty crewman standing nearby swallowed hard.
"With a disturbance this big, do we still need to report it?"
Before the captain could make a decision, a piercing alarm sounded inside the submarine.
"Go!! Go to the central area!!!"
Outside the USS Condi.
Following Commander Huang's order, two Kunlong Submarine units immediately took action.
One from left to right, the other from right to left, both pressed their "bellies" against the outer surface of the American nuclear submarine.
"Zzzzt!—" A magnetic suction force erupted from the center of the Kunlong Submarine's base, pulling the three tightly together, resembling a giant character " Torture".
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, kidnapping successful!"
"Please advise!"
Commander Huang corrected him.
"It is a successful capture!"
"Prepare to accelerate and surface, return to headquarters base immediately!"
"Received!"
Thus, under the shielding escort of eighteen Kunlong Submarine units, the USS Condi was hijacked and accelerated toward the Bohai waters of China.
American Hawaii base.
Pacific Ocean Theater Naval Command Center.
"What?"
"The USS Condi has lost contact in the Pacific Ocean???"
"Shit! Tell me the specific situation!"
"Eastern waters of Japan... 1000 meters deep in the ocean... the crew's fate is unknown..."
Hearing the staff's urgent report, Pacific Ocean Theater Commander-in-Chief Robert's face changed drastically.
Twenty minutes later.
Inside the USS Condi, over 130 American crew members were gathered in the central area. Everyone's face was pale and their lips were white, partly due to the despair in their hearts, and partly due to dehydration from nervous sweating.
"God bless, God bless, God bless..." Some people kept muttering, but seeing the hull shaking more and more violently, the vast majority of the crew were already in complete despair.
Having an accident 1000 meters deep in the ocean, even God couldn't save them!
Nearby, several submarine officers gathered in a group. The engineering officer returned in a hurry with several engineers.
"Report, Commander!"
"We have finished the inspection!"
"Our submarine not only has all communication equipment, sonar equipment, and detection equipment failing, but it has also experienced an accident that completely defies Science!!"
The engineering officer said in a panic.
"The submarine is currently accelerating constantly!!"
"The speed has already exceeded our submarine's maximum speed, reaching a terrifying 90 knots!"
"And most importantly!"
"Our propellers are already shut down!!"
"But our basic life support systems, such as oxygen supply and electrical power, are all still functioning normally!!"
"Also!"
"Both the left and right sides of our hull have deformed, and there is a magnetic suction force that has pulled some iron objects over!..."
After finally finishing describing the specifics of the accident, the engineering officer said with a terrified expression.
"This accident is truly too bizarre..."
"Hell!"
"There is only one possibility, and that is that we've seen a ghost!"
After hearing the engineering officer's report, the officers' hair stood on end. Commander Alexander also completely panicked.
In this world, are there really ghosts? And are they water ghosts that can run 1000 meters deep into the ocean?
At this moment, the administrative executive officer spoke up loudly, saying with a determined and firm expression.
"No!"
"It's not a ghost!"
"It is the Sea God!!!"
"Everyone, this is the divine power of the Sea God Poseidon!!!"
"Think about it, if it were a ghost, why would it preserve our life support systems?? There is only one possibility!"
"That is that the Sea God does not want to commit murder, but only wants to expel us!!!"
Listening to this absurd rhetoric, everyone looked at each other, completely unable to believe it.
"Commander, what should we do now?" The engineering officer, having been refuted, looked to Alexander for help.
"We..." As the commander, Alexander swallowed hard, not knowing how to make a decision.
But the executive officer nearby took over the conversation directly.
"We don't need to do anything!"
He seemed to have made up his mind, speaking with extreme certainty.
"We just accidentally violated the Sea God's taboo!"
"But the Sea God does not want to kill us!"
"Otherwise, how would we still be alive?"
"Do you believe it!"
"Once we reach the surface, all these anomalies will naturally end!"
Saying this, the executive officer suddenly put his hands together, flopped onto his knees, and prayed devoutly toward the shaking hull.
"Thank you, Sea God, for your mercy and forgiveness!"
Seeing the executive officer's actions, many of the lost and bewildered crew members seemed to have found a savior, immediately following suit and kneeling on the ground, praying devoutly.
"Thank you, Sea God, for your mercy!"
"Thank you for your forgiveness, please let me live!"
As more and more crew members knelt and prayed, it soon triggered a "herd effect," and those who originally did not believe in gods also began to follow blindly and worship.
"Commander, should we kneel?" The other officers looked at Alexander.
"Thump!..." Alexander immediately dropped to his knees.
"What are you all staring at? You're the only ones left!"
Thus, everyone knelt in the central area of the submarine, constantly praying devoutly.
However, the engineering officer, who had always believed in materialism, still didn't want to give up, and went back to check twice more. Finally, he returned silently to the central area, his kneeling and praying posture several times more devout than anyone else's.
When Science cannot explain it, then it can only be attributed to theology!
Because it was too unbelievable, no one thought of this bizarre accident as "man-made"; in this world, only gods could do this!
Two hours later. The violent shaking of the hull finally stopped, and the lights inside the submarine stopped flickering. Everyone waited silently. After a few minutes passed, confirming that the submarine had finally returned to normal, everyone wept with joy.
"We survived!!"
"We survived!!!"
"Thank you, Sea God!! Thank you, Sea God, for your mercy and forgiveness!!"
"Thank you, Sea God, for sparing my dog life!!"
Cheers were coming from all around, but the technical officer and the engineering officer remained unmoved, continuing to kneel devoutly on the ground.
Just then, a sound of metal being torn apart suddenly came.
"Screech, screech, screech!!!"
The crowd, who were cheering, were instantly terrified. The startled crowd instinctively knelt on the ground, looking up with terrified faces, watching sparks constantly erupting from the top of the hull.
Soon, a huge opening was cut into the top of the hull, and everyone could even see the midnight starry sky outside through that opening.
Before anyone could react, several tall, black armored figures climbed down through the opening.
"Surprise!"
"Mother... uh, congratulations!"
The armored warrior's low, mechanical voice was full of mockery.
"You have now been captured by the Chinese Navy!"