Ye Shenkong stood on the deck, watching the seabirds in the distance pick up the first ray of broken gold on the sea.
An idea slowly emerged in my mind.
It's so cold.
Under him, the huge scientific research ship had already left the port early and was moving at full speed toward the depths of the azure ocean.
On the main deck behind them, scientific researchers wearing red life jackets were surrounding the submarine-like steel beast, conducting the last debugging before launching into the water.
Manned deep submersible.
When he first stepped onto the deck and saw this machine, Ye Shenkong was a little surprised.
He originally thought that the other party would prepare some diving equipment with a depth of several hundred meters, but he did not expect that it would be of this level.
If this kind of equipment is used, the final diving depth is estimated to be more than 7,000 meters, and there is even a chance to reach the bottom of the deepest trench.
Thinking of this, Ya Shenkong couldn't help but sigh.
Sure enough, the other party did not share all the information about Yugong City.
At least the other party should know something about the location of Yugong City, but he deliberately concealed it. The purpose is probably to worry that he will retreat due to fear of danger.
From this point of view, the location of Yugong City should be a quite dangerous area.
However, Ye Shenkong also knew it.
Since the other party was able to apply for a prohibition order in the sea area and prepare such a deep submersible in such a short period of time, it means that the other party's energy in Tokyo is much greater than I imagined.
In this case, disobeying the other party's wishes may not be much safer than walking in the deep sea.
But he couldn't allow him to think any more. At this moment, Ye Shenkong could clearly feel the ship's hull beginning to slow down.
"Yakami-kun."
Behind him, a crisp call suddenly came from behind.
Chiba Yui stepped onto the deck, and the salty and cold sea breeze lifted her hair, revealing her slightly red earlobes.
She came to Yashenkong and said.
"Miss Sagawa asked me to inform you that we have arrived at the destination and will head to Unomiya Castle next."
"Really, where is Najin now?" Ye Shenkong asked.
"It's on the right side of the ship. It should be waiting for us."
Chiba Yui looked at the huge looming shadow under the sea and replied.
"Jin said that it has already told its companions that their companions will go back to Yugong City to inform the tribe and prepare to welcome us."
"Okay, I understand." Ye Shenkong nodded.
He paused and looked at Chiba Yui.
"By the way, Chiba-san, can you give up participating in the next trip?"
"Huh? Why did Yagami-kun say that? Isn't this something that has already been decided?" Chiba Yui was startled.
"Because this journey may be more dangerous than I imagined." Ye Shenkong said in a deep voice.
"To be honest, the reason why I want to go to Yugong City is partly because of curiosity, and partly because I want to get some treasures to repay my debt."
"But Chiba-san is different. These things have nothing to do with Chiba-san. There is absolutely no reason for you to take this risk."
"So, I hope Chiba-san can stay on the ship well——"
"I do not want."
This time Chiba Yui has an unusually soft personality.
He raised his head, looked into Ye Shenkong's eyes without giving in, and said firmly.
"If there is a reason, of course I have one."
"The origin of all this is because of me. If I hadn't found gold in the supermarket, Lord Ye Shen wouldn't be here."
"If Lord Yagami is in danger because of me, then I will never be able to forgive myself for doing this."
"What's more, if it weren't for me, Lord Yagami wouldn't be able to detect the supernatural at all, right?"
"I can't feel at ease leaving Yagami-kun like this to someone else!"
"Even if it can only play a small role, I will go with Yagami-kun!"
Seeing Yui Chiba who suddenly became stubborn, Yagami could not find any reason to refute for a moment.
I even think what the other person said makes sense.
"Hey, Yagami, Chiba, come here quickly!"
On the deck, Kosagawa Maho waved his hand and urged.
"Come here!"
Before Yagami could react, Chiba Yui had already hurried down the deck.
After communicating with Maho Kosagawa, he took the lead in entering the deep submersible.
Sensing the other party's attitude, Yashenkong could only sigh helplessly, and then walked towards the main deck.
...
The dark blue seawater is like diluted ink, slowly immersing through the observation window.
"The current diving speed is 40 meters per minute, the current depth is 25 meters, and everything in the system is normal."
In the pressure chamber, Maho Kosagawa was checking the instrument panel and testing whether the communication system was normal.
As a ninja, she has full proficiency in all types of equipment, even when controlling a deep submersible.
However, although this deep submersible looks very large from the outside, in fact, it can only carry people in a pressure chamber the size of an elevator room. Four people are already a bit crowded.
Outside the deep submersible, a huge shadow was faintly surrounding them, diving downwards with them.
The fish along the way seemed to be aware of the ferocious aura of a superior predator, and they all chose to get out of the way.
Looking at the shadow outside the window, Nohara Rintaro couldn't help but take out the cigarette case from his arms.
Without caring about the environment, he lit one for himself.
He blew out a smoke ring and couldn't help but complain.
"Damn it, I'm obviously on vacation today, why am I sent to perform this kind of mission..."
"Even if you don't come here, you'll just go to a custom shop to spend the whole day, right?"
Kosagawa Maho took off his headset, glanced at him, and snorted disdainfully.
"Pay attention to the tone of voice when you talk to seniors, Xiaosagawa."
"Senior? Senior, do you mean this kind of parasite who just sits there and makes sarcastic remarks, and then leaves all the work to others?"
"While you are leisurely and carefree, I have been performing tasks and haven't slept well for a week!"
"Don't worry, Xiao Sagawa, you'll be fine."
Nohara Rintaro blew out a smoke ring calmly.
"Because as the saying goes, fools don't need rest - hiss, it hurts so much. Can you try to prick me with a kunai again?"
He turned his head and glared at Kosagawa Maho standing aside.
Fortunately, the combat uniform he wore was both waterproof and stab-proof, and the kunai only left a shallow white mark on it.
"Strange request."
Kosagawa Maho showed no signs of weakness and raised the kunai in his hand again.
But this time it didn't fall.
Because a ghost-like white translucent creature emerged from the smoke floating around Nohara Rintaro, and bit into the kunai of Maho Obsagawa.
No matter how hard Kosagawa Maho tried, he couldn't move even a little bit.
Seeing this scene, Yui Chiba's eyes in the back row couldn't help but widen slightly.
Sure enough, Mr. Nohara and Ms. Obsagawa are both people with extraordinary power...
She quietly turned her head to look at Ye Shenkong, and found that the other person was also paying attention to all this.
At this moment, a short arm suddenly popped out from the side of the smoke ghost's body and slapped the back of Maho Kosagawa's hand fiercely.
"Well!"
Kosagawa Maho felt pain and couldn't help but let go of his hand.
Playing with the kunai he just got, Nohara Rintaro said slowly.
"Give up, Xiao Sagawa, my curse seal 'Yanyanluo' is a third-level singularity curse seal, and its strength is far superior to yours."
"Asking for trouble is something only a fool would do. If you want to prove that you are not the one, you should at least do this first, right?"
Kosagawa Maho covered his numb palms and gritted his teeth.
"Nohara, don't be complacent. When I fuse the high-level curse seal, I will definitely teach you a lesson..."
"I hope I can wait until my lifetime."
Nohara Rintaro shrugged.
"But I think based on your thinking, if nothing happens, you will probably die in front of me, right?"
"you......"
Kosagawa Maho was so angry that he was shaking all over.
"Wait a minute, Sagawa is inspecting, something is wrong."
At this moment, Ye Shenkong suddenly spoke.
After hearing this, Kosagawa Maho came back to his senses and hurriedly looked at the dial in front of him.
The next second, her eyes suddenly froze.
According to the display on the speedometer, the diving speed of the deep submersible has now exceeded 150 meters per minute, and the speed is still accelerating!
Inadvertently, the diving depth has already exceeded three thousand meters!
This speed is obviously far beyond the diving speed that a deep submersible should have!
It's as if there is an invisible rope wrapped around the deep submersible, pulling it toward the abyss!
No, if this continues, the submersible shell will be unable to withstand the rapidly increasing water pressure and deform...
Looking at the rapidly changing numbers on the dashboard, Sagawa Maho had a faint cold sweat on his forehead.
This is three thousand meters underwater, and each square meter has to withstand more than three thousand tons of water pressure, which is equivalent to five hundred Asian elephants dancing ballet on a person's body.
If something goes wrong with the deep submersible at this location, everyone in the pressure chamber will definitely not be spared either.
In an instant, Kosagawa Maho made a judgment.
Even if the mission fails, you must slow down immediately!
She immediately took control and began to change the direction of the propeller.
But what is desperate is that even so, the submersible's diving speed still does not weaken at all, and it rushes straight down like a weight!
It was as if the person holding the other end of the rope was determined to pull the bathyscaphe into the abyss!
How is this going?
In front of the operating table, Kosagawa Maho was almost going crazy.
Looking at the scene outside the observation window, Chiba Yui turned her head in surprise.
"Yakami-kun, there are a lot of fish next to the submersible, and they all seem to be Jin's companions."
"fish?"
Kosagawa Maho was startled, then quickly raised his head and looked at the radar hanging in the middle of the deep submersible.
This is not an ordinary sonar radar, but a radar specially designed to detect spiritual energy.
At this moment, on the radar, huge bright spots are gathering near the deep submersible, guarding the deep submersible as it dives downward.
In an instant, Kosagawa Maho suddenly realized.
No wonder the shell of the deep submersible did not malfunction even at this diving speed. It turned out to be because these fish were protecting the deep submersible...
Looking at the light spots on the radar, Nohara Rintaro narrowed his eyes slightly.
"It seems we are reaching our destination."
As he spoke, a soft white light lit up from below the submersible, blooming toward the submersible like a flower bud in full bloom.
Is it coming...?
Looking at the three people whose expressions suddenly became solemn, Ye Shenkong also tightened his grip on the curse seal in his pocket.
After thinking about it, just to be on the safe side, I held Chiba Yui's hand again.
The light then slowly closed and engulfed the deep submersible.
...
puff.
It's like breaking through a barrier in the world.
The next moment, the deep submersible appeared in the clouds.
Looking at the completely different world that appeared in front of them, everyone couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The continent underneath is shaped like a huge clam shell, with sections of silver-white waterfalls hanging from the edge of the clam shell, flowing down quietly.
In the center of the clam shell, a majestic palace made of crystal stood there, emitting colorful brilliance under the illumination of an unknown light source.
At this moment, the school of fish carried the deep submersible and swayed downwards to the open space in front of the Crystal Palace.
There, the words have been written in advance with colorful shells.