Because I couldn't tell which gate was the switch that turned on the high-voltage current, I could only ask helplessly: "Colonel, there are two gates here with English labels consisting of four words. Which one do I want to pull?
One? Or can I pull them all off?"
"Please do not!"
Colonel White suddenly shouted on the intercom, which scared me so much that I almost pulled one of the switches by mistake.
"Colonel, what did you mean by that just now?"
"Mr. Lin, I remembered that among the three switches, in addition to the switch that controls the high-voltage current, there is also a switch that is a protective device in the event of an accident in the pressurized cabin. That switch cannot be used when the pressurized cabin fails.
When controlling the pressurized gas inside, open the outer wall of the pressurized cabin to allow the gas inside to be discharged directly into the sea water! So if you pull the wrong switch, Harris may be fine, but you will definitely die.
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At this point, White said again: "Mr. Lin, where are the Harris people? If you can't tell the difference, then let Harris pull the switch for you?"
"Harris? I'm afraid he doesn't have the time."
"Why?"
At this moment, there was a loud noise from the hatch. The locked pressurized hatch was hit by the tentacle monster and finally could no longer hold on. The half-meter-thick hatch was actually
It was pushed directly into the pressurized cabin, and finally hit the wall heavily.
At this time, the tentacle monster squeezed into the pressurized cabin like a python.
The monster first curled up into a ball in front of Harris, then opened its mouth and tried to bite Harris.
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Harris, who had been waiting for a long time, pulled the trigger of the submachine gun at this moment.
The bullets swept past like a whirlwind, ripping open the tentacle monster's skin and flesh. It seemed that the tentacle monster would be killed in just a few moments. However, at this moment, the micro submachine gun in Harris' hand suddenly "clicked"
There were a few clicks, and it turned out that there was no bullet left.
"Shit!"
Harris, who had no time to change bullets, could only curse at this moment, and then took out his pistol and continued shooting. However, it was obvious that the bullets of the pistol were far less powerful than those of the submachine gun. Seeing the monster in the gunfire,
When it reached the top of Harris's head, I could only find one of the two pull switches, close my eyes and pull it down hard.
Buzz…
The moment I pulled down the switch, the lights in the base suddenly dimmed. Then, Harris and I saw that the tentacle monster that broke into the pressurized cabin started to have something like
An electric arc like lightning.
The flickering arcs kept beating on the tentacle monster, illuminating the pressurized cabin that had been dimmed due to the loss of light as bright as day, even making it impossible for us to open our eyes.
After this moment of flash, we felt that the entire base suddenly began to shake again, but compared to the shaking feeling when the monster hit the base just now, the shaking feeling this time was much smaller. And along with it
With this sudden vibration, the tentacle that reached into the pressurized cabin began to slowly retreat toward the outside.
After about half a minute, the shaking sensation surrounding the base finally dissipated completely, and the tentacle that almost killed Harris also disappeared from before us.
"Is everything okay? Is the high-voltage electricity working?"
I raised my head and looked at Harris opposite, who also had a smile on his face, and his white teeth looked a little dazzling in the dark.
I picked up the walkie-talkie and asked Colonel White in the central control room: "Colonel, I seemed to have pulled the switch correctly just now. Has the monster left?"
After a while, Colonel White's equally joyful voice came from the intercom.
"Yes, I have seen it from the sonar here. The monster is moving away from the base. Well done, Mr. Lin!"
After hearing White's words, I sat down on the ground. Just when I was about to breathe a sigh of relief, I saw the "buzzing" alarm sound suddenly coming from the base that had already started to quiet down.
I thought the monster was back, so I stood up in fright and asked, "Colonel White! What's this alarm about?"
"It's the second and third areas that are on fire! Mr. Lin, you and Harris should go over there and take a look. Dr. Mike should be there already."
After that, White gave Harris some instructions in English. When the latter heard the words, he immediately nodded to me, and the two of them rushed out of the pressurized cabin and moved towards the second and third areas.
And when we arrived at the transit corridor and were about to leave for areas two and three, Colonel White's voice rang on the intercom again.
"Mr. Lin, I can't get in touch with Mike. It may be that the spark caused by the high-voltage electricity just now ignited the oxygen in the room! Remember to be careful when you go in!"
At this time, in fact, without Colonel White's early warning, we already knew what happened in the second and third areas. We saw that the cabins in this area were filled with billowing smoke and hot fire.
Before Harris entered the fire scene, he took out two fire extinguishers from the fire-fighting equipment in the passage. He and I, one each, rushed into the fire scene with the help of the fire extinguishers, trying to put out the flames.
However, the oxygen filling the interior of the base became the best accelerant for these flames, causing the fire to spread very quickly. Often, as soon as we extinguished the flames in one corner, new flames would appear on the wall on the other side.
The flames kept emerging, preventing Harris and I from moving faster.
But soon, we gave up moving forward for another reason.
Ten minutes after we entered the fire scene, Harris and I suddenly saw Mike lying unconscious on the floor in front of us.
After Harris rushed over and turned Mike over, we saw that Mike's face was now covered with scars left by the flames, and it was obvious that he was seriously injured.
Upon seeing this, Harris immediately put the microphone on his back and said something loudly to me in the direction we came from.
I immediately understood what he meant, that he wanted me to clear the way for him from the front. Rather than controlling the fire, we had to rescue Mike from the fire first!
So I took the fire extinguisher dropped by Harris, held two fire extinguishers in both hands at the same time, like Rambo holding two double guns, and opened the way for Harris and Mike.
And while we were returning the same way, the flames in the second and third areas also became bigger than before.
Maybe it was because the oxygen supply system was also ignited, and the flames not only burned the walls, but even the ceiling began to burn. Because of the high temperature, the metal ceiling began to fall on our heads like rain.
As we were getting closer and closer to the exit, a piece of the burning ceiling fell to the ground in the corridor ahead, blocking our only way back to the transit corridor.
"Damn it!"
I cursed loudly and tried to put out the flames on the ceiling with a fire extinguisher. However, after a few sprays, the fire extinguisher in my hand started to stop spraying. It seemed to be due to my excessive consumption along the way.
, and actually used up all the fire extinguishing spray in the fire extinguisher.
At this moment, Harris and I were instantly in a desperate situation.
Fortunately, at this moment, I suddenly lost power and heard Mo Xi's voice from in front of me: "Sijiu, hold on, we are coming!"
In addition to Mo Xi's voice, Colonel White's voice also sounded later: "Mr. Lin, rush over as soon as the fire weakens. The fire here is out of control!"
Not long after their voices rang out, we saw white gas suddenly appear in front of us in the firelight, and then, Mo Xi and Colonel White, holding fire extinguishers, appeared in front of us.
Taking advantage of their opportunity to use fire extinguishers to reduce the intensity of the fire, Harris and I finally escaped from the path of flames.
When we returned to the transit corridor, Colonel White immediately used the walkie-talkie to contact us: "Elizabeth, we are out!"
The next moment, we saw a heavy security door closing in the transit corridor, completely blocking the road leading to areas two and three.