228: Entering the Big Bear

"Stop right here, Kayaski, get ready to go." Niu De gave the command when they were about ten meters away from the great bear.

"Kayaski, take this equipment of yours aboard the great bear, and then we can communicate," Liu Xiaolin reminded him.

"Yes, yes, I didn't even think of that problem." Kayaski fumbled to disconnect the power from several instruments and put them into waterproof bags.

Next, Kayaski impatiently put on his diving equipment, took the communication devices, and walked into the basket.

After the pilot pressed the button, he pushed the basket outside the submarine.

Liu Xiaolin and Niu De were nervously watching the large screen at this moment.

Suddenly, they discovered that the great bear ahead had also deployed a basket.

"What's going on? Why are people coming out?" Liu Xiaolin asked in confusion.

"Their monitoring system wasn't damaged. They must have detected us, so they sent people out to ask for help." Niu De was indeed an elite, the kind who understood things at a glance.

"You're right, that must be it," Liu Xiaolin said with great admiration.

"Look, the two of them are talking using underwater hand signals. Alright, it seems Kayaski has identified himself, and the other party knows we are here to rescue them." Niu De narrated like a commentator, describing every change in the picture and adding explanations.

"Are they entering the great bear now?" Liu Xiaolin asked. "Once inside, those instruments Kayaski brought should be usable, and we'll be able to communicate with the great bear."

Sure enough, ten minutes after Kayaski entered the great bear, Explorer II received the message he sent.

"This is Kayaski of the great bear, calling Explorer II."

"This is Explorer II, please speak."

"Currently, all officers and crew aboard the great bear are well, healthy, and in stable spirits." Kayaski's voice was full of joy.

"That's great! Congratulations on surviving the ordeal," Liu Xiaolin said with a smile, feeling a sense of accomplishment himself.

"It's not quite surviving the ordeal yet, because our great bear is still stuck between two peaks and can't move," Kayaski maintained a clear-headed optimism. "I've observed that because it's stuck on the peaks, the great bear is currently in a dilemma. Do you have any way to help us?"

"Is there a problem with the great bear's propulsion system?" Niu De asked.

"I am the Captain of the great bear submarine, I'll answer this question. When the great bear got stuck, we tried to start the propulsion system to move forward and backward, but the great bear remained completely still. So, we currently judge that the propulsion system has been damaged, but we are not sure of the extent of the damage because we have no way to test it," the Captain said from the side.

The propulsion system was not working normally, so naturally, there was no way to test the extent of its damage.

"How about this, we, along with six senior technicians on board, will go to your great bear to inspect it and see if we can repair some of the damaged systems. Do you think that's feasible?" Niu De said.

"We have maintenance personnel on our submarine, and they carried out emergency repairs a long time ago, but it didn't have much effect," the Captain was dismissive of the suggestion.

"Your regular maintenance personnel can't compare with our professional senior technicians; they are technical workers like scientists. If you find it inconvenient, then forget it, we won't force you. But then we can only complete the search mission; the rescue mission won't be completable due to your lack of cooperation." Niu De was a bit angry, bringing their high-tech talent to help them, and they still looked down on it? But he didn't want to fall out with them, so he endured again and again. www.x33xs.com

After Kayaski and the Captain spoke a lot of gibberish in the Great Bear Country language, they agreed to Niu De's plan. "Thank you, Engineer Niu, for your help. Now, all officers and crew of the great bear invite you to our submarine to help guide the repair work."

Kayaski was indeed someone who had dealt with Dragon Country for many years; his words made Niu De feel much better.

"Okay, the eight of us will leave the submarine immediately," Niu De said to Kayaski.

"Cockpit, cockpit, the eight of us from the living compartment will all leave the submarine and enter the great bear. Please prepare us for exiting the submarine, and also pay attention to the navigation safety of Explorer II," Niu De informed the pilot to prepare to send them outside the submarine.

Liu Xiaolin and the six senior technicians had already started putting on their diving equipment. They all had strong curiosity and wanted to see what a military submarine looked like.

Niu De calmly put on his diving equipment and led the others into the basket.

When the basket was sent outside the submarine and the passage door was closed, the basket's door was opened.

Niu De, Liu Xiaolin, and the others swam out of the basket like fish and swam into the deep-sea bottom.

Under the illumination of Explorer II's external lights, it wasn't that terrifying darkness, but rather a faint light, like a street lamp shrouded in night fog, illuminating this spot, making this spot bright.

And the great bear ten meters away also had lights. Everyone swam from this point of light towards that point of light, their fins rapidly paddling in the seawater, and the group quickly reached the great bear.

At this moment, Kayaski was already waiting for them in the basket outside the submarine.

He gestured for everyone to come over and pulled them in one by one.

Soon, the basket returned inside the great bear.

The great bear submarine was twice as large as the Explorer II submarine, so it felt very spacious after entering.

The Captain brought some officers and crew to welcome Liu Xiaolin and the others.

"Welcome to the great bear submarine, I am Captain Ivanov." He shook hands and exchanged greetings with the experts from Dragon Country one by one.

"Hello, I am Niu De, the Chief Engineer of Wanderer Aerospace," Niu De said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Seeing the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Kayaski hurried over to smooth things over. "Oh, everyone is friends, no need to be so polite."

"Yes, there's no need to be so polite. Let's start working. Mr. Ivanov, please send a few maintenance personnel to conduct various checks with us, as we need their introductions," Niu De was eager to work and didn't want to talk much.

Ivanov immediately sent six maintenance personnel to follow Niu De and the others for system checks.

"Let's go, first take us to check the communication system. If this system can be repaired, we can communicate with the Great Bear Country military headquarters, and many things will be much easier to resolve," Niu De went straight to the most important point.

"Our communication system is mainly located in the cockpit and the Captain's office," the maintenance personnel introduced.

"Alright, let's split into two groups. One group will check the systems in the cockpit, and one group will check the system lines in the Captain's office," Niu De immediately divided them into groups.