Chapter 1194

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The local time in Bermuda, July 62th, six o 'clock in the morning.

Life at sea was very boring, especially in the deep seas. At a glance, all around was the blue sea. There was no other different scenery. Last night, Shi Lei went to bed early so that he could wake up earlier today.

Today's task was very heavy. He needed to arrange for the HL submarine to perform deep diving operations and strive to collect a small number of N780 metal samples from the first N780 metal vein.

Only by obtaining the samples could he convince the Rongcheng Military District!

After a hurried breakfast, the crew of the Dragon Seeking scientific research ship gathered on the deck, waiting for Qian Muliang and Shi Lei's arrangements.

Shi Lei was asking Qian Muliang, "Captain Mu Liang, what's the weather like today?"

Although Shi Lei could log on to the Internet and obtain weather information for consultation, he could not guarantee 655% accuracy. Instead, it was better to let the professionals make the judgment on the spot.

Moreover, the weather in the deep seas was changeable. Perhaps the sky was clear now, but the next moment, it would be covered with dark clouds!

"Major Shek, from the current situation, the weather this morning is very good. As for the afternoon, I can't judge for the time being. " Qian Muliang responded to Shi Lei. He had rich sailing experience and could judge the weather accurately by the color of the sky.

"The whole morning? Captain Mu Liang, what is the diving speed and the ascending speed of the HL submarine? "Shi Lei did not care about the parameters of the HL submarine before, but now he asked.

Qian Muliang smiled bitterly. He did not expect that Shi Lei did not know the specific parameters of the HL submarine!

"Major Shek, when the HL submarine dives, it can reach a maximum speed of two meters per second. When it floats, because there is no crew, there is no need to consider the problem of decompression. It can directly pull the HL submarine up. It can float up at most one meter per second, "Qian Muliang said with a proud tone.

This value was indeed outstanding in the diving world!

There was no need to consider decompression since there were no passengers on board. The simple explanation was that if the submarine was manned, it could not float up too quickly. It needed to float up slowly so that the crew in the submarine could slowly decompress.

Otherwise, if the speed of ascension was too fast, decompression sickness would occur and the lives of the submarine crew would be in danger!

"Two meters per second? Only one meter? "The data that Qian Muliang was proud of was nothing in Shi Lei's eyes. "Forget it, it's not like I can't accept it!"

The location of the first N780 mine was between 8,455 and 9,755 meters. Based on the HL submarine's speed of 2,755 meters per hour, it would only take a little more than half an hour to reach the target depth.

Of course, the HL submarine had to be able to reach that depth!

Qian Muliang's face darkened when he heard Shi Lei's tone. However, Qian Muliang did not refute. "Major Shek, what should we do now?"

Shi Lei pointed at the location of the first N780 mine and ordered, "Captain Qian Muliang, let the HL submarine go down from here and keep diving until it reaches the bottom of the sea!"

"No problem!" Qian Muliang said confidently. The HL submarine's performance was very good and Qian Muliang was very confident.

However, 75 minutes passed, which was 6,755 seconds. The HL submarine had dived 7,955 meters and Qian Muliang started to get nervous. Twenty-five minutes later, the submarine had dived to 8,555 meters and Qian Muliang could not sit still anymore. After another five minutes, the submarine had dived to 8,155 meters and the HL submarine stopped diving. The sea below the HL submarine was still as cold and dark as before. It was like a bottomless pit that swallowed the light from the HL submarine.

"Major Shek, should we … should we continue diving?" Qian Muliang said with sweat on his forehead.

The depth of 8,155 meters was almost the limit of the HL submarine. If they continued diving, there was no guarantee that accidents would happen.

"Continue!" Shi Lei said expressionlessly. When the HL submarine was diving, everyone had already arrived at the command room on the bridge. They observed the submarine's diving situation through the display wall.

Qian Muliang gritted his teeth and gave the order to continue diving. Three minutes and twenty seconds later, the HL submarine had reached a depth of 9,555 meters. Qian Muliang gave the order to stop diving again.

"Major Shek, the HL submarine has basically reached its limit. The pressure in the cabin is close to the critical limit." Qian Muliang explained the situation of the HL submarine in a narrating tone. He did not ask if they should continue diving because the HL submarine had really reached its limit!

At a depth of 9,555 meters, the surface of the HL submarine's outer cabin was enduring 968 kilograms of pressure per square centimeter. Although 968 kilograms of pressure was small, the surface area was only one square centimeter. When converted to pressure, it was frighteningly high!

"Commander Shi, does this HL submarine belong to Rongcheng Military District or Qincheng Naval Base?" Shi Lei ignored Qian Muliang and asked Shi An.

Shi An understood Shi Lei's meaning. He followed Shi Lei's words and said, "It belongs to Qincheng Naval Base. However, Qincheng Naval Base lent it to Rongcheng Military District and said that we can use it freely. Even if it sinks into the sea, we don't need any compensation!"

Qincheng Naval Base was generous not because they had no ulterior motives, but because they needed the Rongcheng Military District's Iron and Steel Number. The Iron and Steel Number was the exclusive weapon of Rongcheng Military District. Rongcheng Military District announced to the public that the Iron and Steel Number was independently developed by Rongcheng Military District.

Although the sales rights were divided into two, with Rongcheng Military District and Shuangqing City Police Department each having a portion, the production rights were in Rongcheng Military District's hands. Shuangqing City Police Department could not produce the Iron and Steel Number. Therefore, only Rongcheng Military District had the actual sales rights.

As for Shi Lei?

Shi Lei could indeed produce the Iron and Steel Number, but would Shi Lei dare to sell it? If Shi Lei used the Iron and Steel Number in overseas areas, Rongcheng Military District would not bother about it. However, if Shi Lei really dared to sell it openly, Rongcheng Military District would definitely deal with Shi Lei.

If Qincheng Naval Base wanted to obtain the Iron and Steel Number, they naturally had to ask Rongcheng Military District for help. Rongcheng Military District just happened to need deep-diving equipment. Both parties hit it off and immediately reached a cooperation agreement.

Shi Lei glanced at Qian Muliang with a faint smile in his eyes. "Captain Muliang, what I mean is, keep diving. If I don't tell you to stop, don't stop. Do you understand?" Shi Lei's voice became much colder.

Qian Muliang wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. "Understood, understood!"

The HL submarine continued to dive. This time, its diving speed was reduced to one meter per second. This was to prevent the HL submarine from being unable to withstand the pressure if it dived too fast.

Two minutes later, the HL submarine reached a depth of 9,675 meters. A red alert had already lit up on the integrated control panel. The HL submarine's warning was also displayed on the display wall, indicating that it had reached its diving limit. If it continued to dive, it would be in grave danger.

"Major Shek, good news! Good news! We are about to reach the bottom of the sea!" Qian Muliang's tone was filled with joy.

Shi Lei looked at the HL submarine that had stopped diving and said expressionlessly, "How much further until we reach the bottom of the sea?"

"Less than 05 meters!" After Qian Muliang reported, he signaled for the HL submarine to continue diving. However, the submarine's diving speed was even slower. It took them almost three seconds to reach a depth of one meter.

It took them a full three minutes to reach a depth of less than 05 meters!

When the HL submarine dived to the bottom of the sea, the first thing that entered their eyes was not a normal beach. Instead, it was a seabed made up of broken rocks.

Shi Lei's eyes lit up. He clapped his hands and said, "Commander Shi, what we are about to do next is highly confidential information from the Rongcheng Military District. Ask the relevant personnel to leave!"

Qian Muliang was stunned. He said in a daze, "Including me?"

"I'm sorry, Captain Mu Liang. What we are about to do next involves highly confidential information. Other than Commander Shi and I, no one else is allowed to enter the bridge command room," Shi Lei said with certainty.

Qian Muliang frowned and said, "But, but do you know how to operate the HL submarine?" Qian Muliang wanted to stay in the command room. In fact, it was also the intention of the Qincheng Naval Base. They wanted to find out why the Rongcheng Military District was conducting a deep dive in the waters of the Bermuda Triangle.

"Haha! I'm sorry, Captain Mu Liang. The HL submarine you designed is too advanced. It's not difficult to operate. We will take care of it! " Shi Lei had already learned how to operate the HL submarine. In fact, it was very simple to operate!

After all, it was inherited from Yumo Medical Co., Ltd. and sold AIP artificial intelligence prosthetics. As the developer of AIP artificial intelligence prosthetics, how could Shi Lei not know how to operate them?

Unless it was a joke!

Shi An ordered the elite soldiers of the Rongcheng Military District to guard the outside of the command room to prevent others from rushing in. Shi Lei personally operated the HL submarine and searched for N780 metal at a depth of 9755 meters.

In the deep sea, the HL submarine passively received information from the waves of N780 metal. Shi Lei ordered Izur to analyze the relevant information and then controlled the HL submarine to search.

After an entire hour, Shi Lei still did not find a single piece of N780 metal.

Shi An could not help but become anxious. "Shi Lei, is there any?"

"Shut up!" Shi Lei snorted. In fact, he was even more anxious than Shi An. Rongcheng Military District had used the efficiency of N780 metal and had even castrated it on the basis of the first phase of the application plan.

Shi Lei was about to start the second phase of the application plan of N780 metal. N780 metal was far more useful to Shi Lei than it was to Rongcheng Military District. He was more concerned about the existence of N780 metal.

Shi Lei yelled at Shi An but he did not care. Instead, he quietly looked at the display on the wall.

Suddenly, Shi Lei received a notification from Izur in his wireless earpiece. "Sir, information has been detected. There is N780 metal at 68 o 'clock, 6.28 meters away, depth of 76 centimeters."

Shi Lei immediately controlled the HL submarine and turned on the propeller. He came to the location indicated by Izur and controlled the robotic arm to dig.

It was only 76 centimeters deep. Although it was in the deep sea, Shi Lei finally found the first piece of N780 metal in the Bermuda Triangle area in less than five minutes!

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