Chapter 1196

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Dragon Seeking Scientific Research Ship, Bridge Command Room.

Shi Lei put down the satellite phone and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had persuaded He Zhenbang to suspend the mining of N780 metal. Otherwise, there would be a lot of trouble.

"Shi Lei, we're not mining it?" After Shi Lei put down the phone, Shi An asked in a daze.

Shi An and He Zhenbang had similar thoughts. They had spent a lot of effort to find the Thunderstone vein and overcome all kinds of difficulties to finally find the Thunderstone vein. But they were not going to mine it?

Are you sure this is not a joke?

"Yes, Commander Shi, we're just not going to mine it for the time being! You've heard the specific situation just now. I don't want to explain any more. "Shi Lei glanced at Shi An with a bit of scrutiny in his eyes.

Shi An's expression tightened and he hurriedly said, "Understood, understood. Everything is subject to the military's arrangements!"

Shi Lei chuckled and looked at the display wall. The depth data of the HL submarine had now risen to a position less than 6,055 meters above sea level.

"Commander Shi, according to the plan we have decided in advance, you go and prepare first!" Shi Lei looked at the display wall and ordered without looking back.

"Roger!" Even if Shi An was the commander, he still had to listen to Shi Lei's arrangements in this operation.

Before the arrival of the scientific research ship, Shi Lei and Shi An discussed a set of plans. If this exploration operation found the N780 metal vein and successfully collected the sample. Then, how should they act?

Because the Dragon Seeking Scientific Research Ship belonged to the Guqin City Naval Base, even if the HL submarine found and collected a sample of N780 metal, it would not be easy to pick it up directly.

Doing so would definitely expose the existence of N780 metal!

Even if the Guqin City Naval Base did not understand the role of N780 metal in the end, after seeing the appearance of N780 metal, they could naturally judge it with their naked eyes and use the HL submarine to search for it.

In order to prevent the N780 metal from being discovered by the Qin City Naval Base, Shi Lei and Shi An discussed a countermeasure. Once the sample of N780 metal was successfully collected, the HL submarine would not directly surface. Instead, it would stay ten meters above sea level. Shi An would dive down and use a special metal container to contain the N780 metal to prevent any information from being exposed.

In less than half an hour, the HL submarine was only ten meters away from the surface of the sea. Shi Lei told Shi An to go into the sea through the radio communicator.

Although Shi An is not a Marine, basic diving is not a problem. After Shi An dived for ten meters, he arrived at the front of the HL submarine. His figure appeared on the display wall of the Dragon Seeking submarine command room.

Shi An, who was at the front of the submarine, held the N780 metal in his right hand and made an OK gesture to the camera with his left hand. He then picked up the special metal container hanging on his waist and placed it under the bionic mechanical arm.

Shi Lei looked at Shi An's movements. Then, on the integrated console, he operated the bionic mechanical arm to release it. The white translucent N780 metal, which was the size of an apple, fell into Shi An's hand and was placed into the special container.

After placing the N780 metal, Shi An made an OK gesture to the camera again. Shi Lei immediately controlled the HL submarine to ascend. Shi An, on the other hand, pulled the HL submarine and took a ride on the submarine.

When the HL submarine appeared on the screen, Qian Muliang was already waiting on the deck with the crew of the Dragon Seeking scientific research ship. They were trying to see what it was that was worth the Rongcheng Military District making such a big fuss.

However, they were destined to be disappointed!

This was because Shi An had already placed the N780 metal in a special metal container. Unless someone had the legendary X-ray vision, it was absolutely impossible to see the N780 metal inside.

In the bridge command room, Shi Lei used a public-to-public USB data cable to connect the integrated console and the laptop. For this so-called integrated console that only had a layer of skin added, Shi Lei only wanted to say 'haha'.

"Izur, delete the diving video record, repeatedly format and destroy the corresponding sector, hide the corresponding sector information, and virtual hard disk space capacity." Shi Lei ordered Izur to 'destroy the evidence'.

“Yes，Sir！” Izur was only an advanced pseudo-artificial intelligence system. It did not have the so-called concept of right and wrong, nor did it distinguish between good and evil. Although Izual could simulate it with the human emotion simulation module, it was still a simulation after all. It was not something that Izual could figure out on his own.

After destroying the data record, Shi Lei pulled out the public-to-public USB data cable, then walked out of the command room with the laptop and walked to the deck. On the way, Shi Lei met Captain Qian Muliang. He said with full kindness, "Hello, Captain Qian Muliang."

Qian Muliang responded with a fake smile and ran to the bridge command room.

Shi Lei guessed that Qian Muliang should be waiting on the deck for the HL submarine to surface so that he could take a peek at the secrets. However, he was stopped by Shi An and Shi Lei's plan. Now, he should be going to check the surveillance video record of the HL submarine.

However, Qian Muliang would definitely be disappointed! How could Shi Lei make such a low-level mistake?

Sure enough, before Shi Lei even reached the deck, he heard a furious shout from behind him. "What the f * ck! What the f * ck! You actually deleted the diving record! This is too much, this is too much! "

Shi Lei pretended not to hear and quickened his pace. When he reached the deck, Shi An was taking off his diving suit. It was not easy to take off a diving suit that was like a bodysuit.

A silver-white special metal container was placed beside Shi An's feet. Five elite soldiers from Rongcheng Military District stood beside Shi An. Not only were they protecting Shi An, but they were also protecting the silver-white special metal container.

Shi Lei looked at Shi An with a questioning look on his face, but he did not say anything.

Shi An nodded slightly, indicating that everything was fine. He had already obtained the N780 metal and did not leak any information.

After a few minutes, Shi An finally took off his diving suit. Then, he carried the silver-white special metal container and followed Shi Lei to Shi Lei's cabin. In Shi Lei's cabin, Shi Lei carefully opened the silver-white special metal container. He looked at the N780 metal and tried to knead it.

Although N780 metal looked like quartz, its hardness was worlds apart from that of quartz. Quartz's Mohs hardness was 2.0, while glass's Mohs hardness was around 1. This meant that quartz's hardness was harder than glass!

However, the hardness of N780 metal was probably less than 7 on the Mohs hardness scale. This was because even if you kneaded it with your hands, you could still deform N780 metal. You could also knead it into any shape you wanted. It was a standard soft persimmon.

Shi Lei kneaded the N780 metal to confirm this property. If the N780 metal picked up by the HL submarine was so hard that it could not be kneaded, then it was definitely fake N780 metal!

Fortunately, Shi Lei easily changed the shape of the N780 metal, indicating that this quartz-like thing was indeed N780 metal.

"Captain Shi, our mission has been completed. Let's get ready to return to the Bermuda Triangle Islands!" Shi Lei closed the special metal container and said to Shi An.

"But the Dragon Seeking Scientific Research Ship definitely can't drive directly to the Bermuda Triangle Islands. How are we going to go back?" Shi An also understood what Shi Lei meant. They had already obtained a sample of N780 metal. If they continued to stay here, they were afraid that there would be some unpleasant incidents with the personnel of the Guqin City Naval Base.

Shi Lei sneered twice. "We'll go back the way we came!"

Shi An gritted his teeth. They drove an old helicopter that was old enough to be thrown into the scrapyard, crossed nearly 355 kilometers, and arrived at the Dragon Seeking Scientific Research Ship. If they drove the old helicopter back when they returned, Shi An would only have a tearful expression on his face.

"Shi Lei, if we leave, it's hard to guarantee that the personnel of the Guqin City Naval Base won't dive into the HL submarine again to look for that thing!" Shi An gritted his teeth and said.

Shi Lei spread his hands and said with a confident face, "If they want to look for it, then let them! Anyway, we didn't leak any information. They won't be able to guess what we're looking for. Moreover, how do they know that there's more than one thing below the thing we're looking for? Captain Shi, in the current situation, the more indifferent we act and the more we leave without any attachment, the safer that thing will be. The personnel of the Guqin City Naval Base won't be able to guess that we actually left such an important thing here! "

Shi An's eyes lit up. "You're right! Let's go now? "

"Of course!" Shi Lei said affirmatively.

"Shi Lei, do you think we should trick Qian Muliang? Show that we've found what we need and don't want to stay here anymore? " Shi An suggested. Through this kind of language guidance, he faintly revealed a meaning. The thing they were looking for was the only thing. If the Guqin City Naval Base wanted to search blindly here, then they could search blindly as they pleased!

Shi Lei directly rejected Shi An's suggestion. "No! This way, the smell of conspiracy is too strong, and it will have a negative effect! Let's leave without saying a word and let the other party guess blindly! "

Shi An thought about it. Sure enough, it was as Shi Lei said. If they especially tricked Qian Muliang, then the purpose of doing so would be too strong, and it would be easy for the other party to see through the plan. On the contrary, it was better to deal with changes by remaining unchanged and leaving without saying a word, leaving enough suspense for the other party.

After confirming the target of the operation, Shi Lei held the special metal container and Shi An informed the five elite soldiers of the Rongcheng Military District. The seven of them came together to the helipad of the Dragon Searching Ship and quickly passed through the Dragon Searching Ship. After filling up with fuel, Shi An drove the dilapidated and almost scrapped helicopter away from the Dragon Searching Ship and flew towards the Bermuda Triangle Islands.

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