288: Chapter 288 Charles's Judgment: Whenever something unscientific happens, it must be the work of China!

The US.

The Pentagon.

An emergency meeting of the military high command.

"... The above is the entire process of the USS Condi strategic nuclear submarine losing contact."

After listening to the detailed report from Commander Robert, the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Ocean Theater, Charles sat with a gloomy face, saying nothing.

No one could have imagined that at such a critical juncture, such a major accident would occur!

One must know that the USS Condi was carrying the mission of transporting 30 land-based mushroom missiles this time!

"Secretary of Defense Charles."

After Commander Robert finished his report, Joseph, the Chief Technology Officer of the US Navy, spoke up from the side.

"At the end of last year, the USS Condi had just finished maintenance at the US Navy's Prade Shipyard, so the possibility of a technical accident is minimal."

"After comprehensive analysis!"

"The USS Condi has been out of contact in the deep sea for 6 hours now. The specific cause cannot be determined, but generally speaking, there are three possibilities!"

"The first possibility is a collision with an unknown object in the deep sea!"

"In the past, our US submarines have had many collisions with unknown objects in the deep sea,"

"The fact that the vast majority of our submarines have impact marks on their bows, either light or heavy, is proof of this."

"But what is very strange is that this time, the USS Condi's loss of contact was very sudden, as if it suddenly disintegrated underwater."

"Based on this, it is hard to imagine just how large this unknown object is."

"Moreover, the commander of the USS Condi is not a fool; even if they encountered a massive unknown object, there should at least have been reaction time to send an emergency signal..."

Speaking to this point, Chief Technology Officer Joseph hesitated for a moment before continuing.

"Unless..."

"The unknown object in the deep sea is a type of aggressive, massive undersea creature that, under some unknown circumstances, launched a surprise attack on the USS Condi!"

The Chief Technology Officer's words immediately caused an uproar among the military high command present.

The USS Condi is the US's most advanced fourth-generation "Double Goose" class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, with a hull length of 180 meters and a displacement of over 20,000 tons, long hailed as the "King of Submarines" on Blue Star.

With such a massive deep-sea vessel, what kind of giant, terrifying creature would it take to make it disintegrate instantly, without even enough time to send an emergency signal?

The military high command continued to discuss, but no one voiced any refutation regarding the first possibility proposed by Joseph.

In today's human society, even in the 21st century which has entered a technological explosion, the deep sea of Blue Star remains largely unknown.

Whether such a terrifying creature that exceeds human imagination actually exists, no one can say for sure...

Just then, Charles at the head of the table slapped the table, interrupting the discussion.

"Joseph,"

"You said there are three possibilities, what about the other two?"

Upon hearing this, Joseph immediately replied.

"Secretary of Defense Charles,"

"The second possibility is encountering a seawater cliff in a purely physical sense."

"Seawater cliff?" Charles frowned.

Joseph further explained: "Simply put, it is when there is a density stratification between different layers of seawater, causing the submarine to sink rapidly as if it suddenly fell into a cliff; this is a normal geographical phenomenon."

"In some special deep-sea areas, this seawater density stratification occurs relatively frequently."

"In the past, a submarine from North Bear Country encountered a seawater cliff and was lost."

"But..." Joseph changed his tone.

"The deep-sea area where the USS Condi was located at the time belongs to a safe shipping lane that has experienced many normal voyages..."

"And even if it really encountered a seawater cliff, there is generally an opportunity to send an emergency signal, just like the Russia submarine..."

"Because the deep sea is too unknown to us humans, any strange reason could cause an accident, so the possibility of this is not high, but it cannot be ruled out."

After finishing the second point, Joseph paused slightly and said hesitantly.

"The third point is human intervention!"

Hearing the words "human intervention," Charles's pupils instinctively constricted.

Joseph continued.

"There is a possibility that the USS Condi engaged in an unknown and sudden confrontation with an advanced deep-sea vessel of another unknown civilization in the deep sea."

"Because this confrontation came too suddenly, it is possible that the USS Condi's commander had to urgently direct the battle and, without enough time to send an emergency signal, unfortunately lost."

When Joseph finished stating the three points, the conference room again erupted in discussion.

Giant creature attack, seawater cliff, unknown civilization...

These three possibilities were simply more outrageous than the last.

If everyone were left to guess for themselves, they wouldn't want to choose any of these three possibilities.

"Of course, it is also possible that there are other unknown reasons." Joseph added at the end.

"Judging by our existing Science and technology, among these three possibilities, the possibility of an attack by an unknown creature is the highest, while the other two possibilities are not very likely."

Charles looked at Joseph, took a deep breath, and said.

"Is it possible that it was done by the Chinese?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Joseph immediately replied.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Why is it impossible?" Joseph shook his head like a rattle-drum.

"No country on Blue Star could make our Double Goose-class strategic nuclear submarine lose contact instantly at a depth of 1,000 meters!"

"Even China, with its current technological explosion, is not capable of that!"

"Regarding the unknown civilization mentioned earlier, what I actually wanted to say is an unknown civilization that survives on the seabed, such as the lost Atlantis."

"Because they have lived in the extreme high-pressure environment of the deep sea for a long time, this unknown deep-sea civilization can no longer survive in shallow waters or on land, which is why they have been able to coexist peacefully with our human civilization."

"But this does not mean that they can tolerate our human activities encroaching on the deep sea for a long time, especially since we in the US have had a large number of submarines in the deep Pacific Ocean very frequently recently..."

Joseph kept rambling, and Charles directly interrupted him.

"Joseph, you just need to tell me if you are certain about your judgment!"

Joseph was stunned for a few seconds, then immediately said with a firm expression.

"Secretary of Defense Charles, I am absolutely certain!"

"Good!" Charles slapped the table hard and said decisively.

"Then it is the work of China!"

"Ah???" Joseph was dumbfounded, and the others were dumbfounded too.

"Trust my first instinct!" Charles scanned the crowd.

"I have been studying China since last year, thinking about it day and night, unable to sleep!"

"I cannot figure out how China, which has always been technologically backward, surpassed us in the US!"

"Even with a technological explosion, it should be traceable step by step, but what about them?"

"It's like they suddenly obtained future technology from another civilization; every technological breakthrough is progressing in a way that is simply a quantum leap!"

"After studying for so long, I have finally reached a conclusion!" Charles said, looking at everyone, enunciating every word.

"On today's Blue Star!"

"Once something appears that cannot be explained by Science, by theorems, or by conventions!"

"And this bizarre thing also happens to cause massive losses to us in the US!"

"Then this matter must be the work of the Chinese!"