Chapter 169: The Hailan'er (Transition chapter, can be skipped)

In Yuwan, within a heavily guarded building.

A man in military uniform cursed loudly: "Bastard, what is the situation!

You say our submarine encountered an unidentified attack and was shot down without any ability to resist!

My God, the Hailan'er has been in service for less than ten years, and now it's destroyed. How are you going to make me answer to the Marshal?"

The Hailan'er is Li Zhu Country's latest generation of unmanned nuclear submarine, capable of diving to 2,300 meters.

A submarine sinking for no reason was a massive blow to them.

Especially since, even now, they still do not know what crisis the submarine encountered or why it sank.

Nearby, other men and women in military uniforms trembled with fear.

Their superior had an extremely bad temper.

"Aosi, tell me, what exactly is going on?" The uniformed man looked at the middle-aged man beside him.

Aosi was the person in charge of the Hailan'er, and at this moment, his expression was also extremely grim: "The Hailan'er submarine was in the Beiqu waters at the time, and it detected what seemed to be a powerful energy fluctuation several thousand meters ahead.

Then... the submarine suddenly malfunctioned and plummeted.

Now, we have already dispatched specialists to investigate the cause of the submarine's crash; in a little while, we should know the results."

"Are you trying to fool me? How is it possible that you don't even know how it was shot down?

Are the Sky Eye System and the defense system of the Hailan'er just for show?"

Aosi looked grim: "At the time, the Sky Eye System indeed did not detect any attacker, and the Hailan'er just... sank."

"Damn it, then what do you say happened?

Could it be that Daxia Country has invented a more advanced weapon?

If they could take out the Hailan'er so silently, would we still be able to sit here safely right now?"

"Sir, do you think it's possible we encountered a supernatural event? After all, the name of this submarine..." At this moment, a female soldier spoke up, her face filled with trepidation.

This female soldier was a follower of the Sky Sect, believing in the Lord of the Sky.

The name of the Hailan'er originated from the Subordinate God of the Sky Sect, the God of Cold Control, Hai Lan'er.

In Mythical legends, this deity offended the God of the Void; when Hai Lan'er went down to the sea to play, the God of the Void stripped away the air and Water around Hai Lan'er, draining Hai Lan'er's Divine Power.

In the end, Hai Lan'er drowned to death.

The uniformed woman felt it was very likely that the name given to this submarine was unlucky.

It would have been better if she hadn't said anything, but upon hearing the woman's words, the superior flew into a rage: "Why don't you say that an Immortal from the East used a Flying Sword to hack the Hailan'er down?"

The superior knew the woman believed in the Sky Sect and had muttered more than once in front of him that this unmanned submarine had been given a bad name.

The uniformed woman lowered her head, not daring to retort.

At this time, a burly man spoke up: "Sir, the investigation specialists we sent have already found the Hailan'er, and the current footage of the Hailan'er's state has been captured."

The superior was excited, his eyes fixed on the row of screens behind him: "Quick, let's see, what exactly happened?"

Everyone immediately looked over.

On the screens, many images suddenly appeared.

In the pitch-black Water, intense light appeared, and the massive body of the Hailan'er came into everyone's view.

"Oh God! This... what is this?" The superior widened his eyes, "What kind of weapon could cause such damage?"

As seen in the footage, the submarine's steel plates were all twisted, and the submarine's shape had completely changed.

It was as if there were a pair of giant hands outside the submarine that had squeezed it hard, twisting and deforming it.

The submarine had almost no armor and weak defensive capabilities.

However, even if hit by a weapon, it wouldn't twist like this, would it?

Its current appearance was simply not something that modern thermal weapons could cause.

"The investigators are analyzing it." A serious voice came through.

Clearly, the others were also extremely shocked to see this scene.

They looked at that large, massive figure; if no one had told them it was a submarine, they would have thought it was just a pile of debris on the seabed.

"The investigators used the Jiuzhuayu machine to collect samples from the scene, and it will take some time to analyze exactly what weapon hit the submarine to make it like this."

The superior fell silent.

He was not a professional, but even with his own judgment, he could see that among the weapons currently existing in the world, there was not one that could turn the Hailan'er into this.

Moreover, the Sky Eye System of the Hailan'er was also very advanced.

It was impossible for it to have been shot down without capturing any footage at all.

Seeing the current state of the Hailan'er, the superior took a deep breath.

He felt as if a giant hand had reached out from the ocean, grabbed the Hailan'er, and squeezed it until it broke.

At this moment, the superior thought of something, and his expression shifted slightly: "Before the Hailan'er was shot down, didn't it detect energy fluctuations several thousand meters away?

Now, dispatch mechanical soldiers to investigate."

The superior felt that the downing of the Hailan'er was not that simple.

Beside him, Aosi thought of something and spoke slowly: "Sir, is it possible that Dina is right, and the Hailan'er encountered a supernatural event?"

Originally, he had also dismissed supernatural events with disdain.

However, seeing the state of the Hailan'er, he changed his mind.

The superior's gaze became deep and heavy.

He suddenly remembered his old classmate, who had recently been transferred to a mysterious department.

Some time ago, he had gone out for drinks with his old classmate, and when the old classmate was drunk, he had said a lot of strange, superstitious things.

At the time, he hadn't taken it to heart, thinking it was just drunken talk.

Now it seemed, it might actually be true.

His old classmate told him that day that, in fact, this world is not simple.

In Daxia, there appeared to be signs of the Supernatural.

Li Zhu Country conducted multiple investigations and finally confirmed this conclusion.

Not only does Daxia have the existence of the Supernatural, but Li Zhu Country is also not so peaceful nowadays.

His old classmate told him that many long-declined Churches have begun to become active, and their followers claim that their gods are beginning to awaken.

Could it be that the crash of the Hailan'er is truly related to the Supernatural?

The officer took a deep breath, returned to his room, picked up his phone, and made a call.

The crash of the Hailan'er naturally did not escape the notice of other countries.

Such a major event attracted the attention of all parties.

Some said the Hailan'er had aging parts; others said the Hailan'er accidentally hit a reef.

Other countries were indifferent and did not believe these claims at all. One must know, the Hailan'er was Li Zhu Country's latest generation of unmanned submarine; how could such problems occur?

At the same time, countless rumors spread; some said the Hailan'er encountered sea monsters, others said it encountered an extraterrestrial civilization.

Lin Chao was naturally unaware of these situations.

At this moment, he was in front of the gate of an underground laboratory, as he had his own business to attend to.

(End of this chapter)