ebookland Chapter 1294
Chapter 1294
Without hesitation, Zhou Shuwan moved her mind, and the nine submarines, as if drawn by an invisible force, silently disappeared from the floating platform and entered her space.
Immediately afterwards, her perception penetrated deep into the base.
The arsenal's dazzling array of weapons instantly came to mind—heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, torpedoes, bombs, and various new energy weapons.
Given their current hostile relationship, Zhou Shuwan ruthlessly looted everything, instantly replenishing the weapon reserves in the space.
The research department's inventory was also a key target for her, as it contained dark gray metal that the US had painstakingly developed.
This was a warehouse she discovered when she went to retrieve equipment earlier.
It was filled with dark gray metals smelted by scientists.
At the time, she was afraid of alerting the enemy, so she didn't move.
Now, of course we'll take them all!
She stored all the metal in the entire warehouse into her spatial storage.
They even took half of the research equipment and research data.
Finally, she turned her attention to the base's food reserves, which were piled high with canned goods, compressed biscuits, and first-aid supplies—essential survival resources in the apocalypse.
Zhou Shuwan selectively took away a portion of it.
Although they are now enemies, she is perfectly at ease taking away the weapons and the smelted metal.
But in this barren, boiling sea, these supplies are probably the only food the enemy has.
Therefore, Zhou Shuwan could not take it all.
She only took a portion; their base had long since run out of canned food and compressed biscuits, so this portion served as a small supplement.
The whole process was lightning fast, taking no more than five minutes from start to finish.
When Zhou Shuwan opened her eyes, Qi Mingyu and Mu Mu already looked anxious.
The sound of the pursuers' engines was getting closer and closer; they had caught up.
"Is it all done?" Qi Mingyu asked eagerly.
Zhou Shuwan nodded, raised her hand and waved, and a dark gray submarine exactly like the enemy's appeared out of thin air in the sea next to her.
"Let's go, change the submarine!"
Because their submarine had many problems, the three of them had already put on diving suits last night, just in case.
So, this also saves time of changing into a diving suit.
Mu Mu immediately opened the hatch and swam towards the new submarine with the seawater.
The submarine was clean and tidy inside, with brand-new equipment, and was clearly in excellent condition, a stark contrast to the dilapidated submarine they had previously traveled on.
Qi Mingyu quickly started the submarine and familiarized himself with its various operations.
Zhou Shuwan stored the dilapidated submarine she had been riding in into her spatial storage.
The U.S. submarines have different functional layouts than China's, and initially, they were a bit difficult to operate.
However, he had an exceptional learning ability and quickly mastered all the functions, allowing the submarine to smoothly sail out of the reef area.
Just then, the pursuers behind them were closing in on the reef area.
Qi Mingyu maneuvered the new submarine, silently following behind the pursuing fleet, and was not detected at all.
“These guys are still chasing us, they must think we’re still near the reef area.”
Qi Mingyu remained silent, but continuously adjusted the submarine's position and speed, always maintaining its position on the edge of the pursuing formation.
A dozen minutes later, as the pursuing force continued its search, he suddenly maneuvered the submarine to turn and break away from the formation.
Guided by Zhou Shuwan, they sped off in the opposite direction from the base.
About ten minutes later, Zhou Shuwan spoke.
"They realized something was wrong; two submarines were chasing us."
Qi Mingyu's eyes darkened, and he turned the engine to maximum power, instantly increasing the submarine's speed to its limit, leaving a white trail in the seawater.
"There's an undercurrent at 30 degrees to port. Be careful and adjust your course," Zhou Shuwan's calm voice rang out.
Qi Mingyu took a deep breath and forcefully turned the control lever. The submarine nimbly avoided the hidden undercurrent like a fish, and the hull only swayed slightly before returning to stability.
"The US submarines are indeed quite good; their propulsion system is far superior to our previous one," Mu Mu said in a low voice, a hint of barely perceptible admiration in her tone.
Just then, Zhou Shuwan narrowed her eyes slightly: "There is a trench fault zone five kilometers ahead, where the depth suddenly drops from two thousand meters to five thousand meters. There are a lot of protruding rocks on the edge of the fault, which can be used to hide."
The fault line was like a crack cleaved open by nature, with steep and smooth rock walls on both sides, covered with depressions of varying depths, making it an excellent hiding place.
Without the slightest hesitation, Qi Mingyu immediately adjusted his course and sped towards the fault zone.
With pursuers close behind, Mu Mu grew anxious.
"Don't panic. They're some distance away; they can only detect our flight path," Zhou Shuwan reassured her.
At the same time, she had a sudden thought and took out one of the enemy's submarines that she had previously taken from her space.
The submarine looks exactly like the one they are currently piloting.
Using the space-collecting function, she quickly pressed the autopilot button on the submarine, setting it to a direction completely opposite to their current course.
Once the submarine entered the water, it sped away like an arrow, instantly attracting the attention of the pursuers.
In Zhou Shuwan's perception, the two submarines that had been closely following them paused for a moment, then turned around and chased after the decoy submarine.
"Shut down the engine and park in the recess on the left side of the rock wall," Zhou Shuwan said in a deep voice.
Qi Mingyu immediately did as instructed, shutting down the submarine's main engine and retaining only the lowest level of auxiliary power to adjust the submarine's position.
Like a falling leaf, the submarine silently glided toward the rock wall on the left side of the fault zone, where there was a huge depression large enough to accommodate the entire submarine. There were some dried seaweed around the depression, which served as camouflage.
Once the submarine had fully entered the depression, Qi Mingyu completely shut down all power systems, and the submarine instantly fell into absolute silence.
The three of them held their breath, and could even hear each other's heartbeats.
Zhou Shuwan's senses remained locked on the two pursuing submarines, watching them speed away towards the small submarine, their engine sounds fading into the distance.
Not long after, several muffled explosions were heard in the distance. The vibrations were transmitted through the seawater, causing the submarine to shake slightly.
"They've launched an attack," Mu Mu said in a low voice, a hint of tension in her eyes.
Zhou Shuwan kept her eyes tightly closed, not having time to answer.
At this moment, her entire focus was on the decoy submarine.
To delay being discovered by the enemy, she needs to receive all the torpedo fire aimed at the submarine, just as before.
However, as the distance grew further and further, she only managed to receive three attacks from the other party before she ran out of strength.