The roar of engines could be heard from downstairs as vehicles gradually drove onto the main road.

Chen Xi stood at the window, holding a teacup and gazing into the distance: "It's true what they say, boys grow up and leave home."

He noticed the car downstairs and then he realized she was here.

That instantaneous surge of heartbeat made him feel as if he had returned to his teenage years.

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Before getting in the car, Jiang Shuyin taught Alvin how to start the car again, and Alvin nodded as if he understood but not quite.

Hangzhou is not far from Shanghai. The seawater almost reaches the boundary of Hangzhou. You have to stop every hour you drive there, and the rest of the way is water.

Some people run a business of picking up and dropping off passengers. Small speedboats are the cheapest option, while larger ships require tickets and waiting for everyone to arrive before setting off.

Jiang Shuyin was about to charter a speedboat when Chen Wei rushed over and stopped her:

"I brought an assault boat, can I take it on the mission?"

"Why are you still trying to steal our customers? We've already agreed on the prices." The owner of the speedboat service complained.

The ferryman's business isn't easy either, since fools aren't available every day.

Before Shen could reveal his identity as the deputy captain of the elite team at the Northern Base, the boss immediately shut up; the common people cannot fight against the officials.

Jiang Shuyin doesn't mind having one more person, but they need to agree on the profit sharing first.

As a result, Shen Wei didn't want any of it: "I just want to participate."

"Getting seniority for free?" Jiang Shuyin couldn't understand it. Why not take a free speedboat?

Chen Weicheng successfully joined the team, so he went to the trunk to take out the inflatable boat and inflated it.

The extended and thickened assault boats require more gas.

Shen Wei's face turned red from holding his breath, and the assault boat had just unfolded.

Jiang Shu led him over to take his place, and to prevent the gas from escaping, she first lightly covered the back of his hand with her own.

After waiting for a while, Shen Wei still hadn't let go.

Jiang Shuyin turned her head to look at him, her eyes questioning.

Shen Wei's face was already flushed, and he brushed the back of his hand against her warm palm: "You come here."

Jiang Shu mustered all her strength and pumped up her breath.

I increasingly feel that Shen Wei's body is still too weak, so I'll keep an eye on him later.

The speedboat was pushed into the water, and Alvin sat on the side, occasionally bending down and reaching into the water to splash around.

Xie Yin held the safe house in his hands, occasionally glancing at her.

The four of them, each with a paddle, rowed casually.

It took half an hour to navigate to the destination.

The water surface is at least 1,000 meters below the ground, and the laboratory is underground, making the danger level extremely high.

Several groups came to risk their lives on missions, but none survived.

When I was pulled up, my body was swollen.

There are still people on the nearby water who choose to gamble, hoping that by doing this one deal, they can save enough to live off the debt for decades.

Jiang Shu looked down into the water and could vaguely see a group of dark buildings below; the visibility was fairly good.

She looked at the other three people and said, "I'll go down first to confirm the location. You guys wait for me up here. No one can go into the water without my permission."

“Especially Alvin.”

Alvin raised his chin, as if he had done something remarkable by being singled out.

Jiang Shuyin was worried about him, so she pulled him over and whispered in his ear: "If you expose your identity when you go into the water, someone will arrest you and lock you in a dark room to torture you. I won't be able to find you then."

Alvin shrank his neck timidly: "I won't show my tail."

Jiang Shuyin patted his back and then jumped into the water.

The three people left on the boat looked at each other and waited on the boat for ten minutes. Suddenly, Xie Yin stood up and plunged into the water.

Shen Wei also decided to give it a try, unbuttoning his top button and following closely behind.

Alvin was left looking around blankly.

He didn't have a wristband and didn't know where the lab was.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, they tentatively jumped into the water, resisting the urge to wag their tails, and bent over to dive deeper.

As the only normal person, Chen felt intense discomfort before diving to a depth of 100 meters and immediately turned back.

As Shen Wei brushed past Alvin, who had dived down, his black hair brushed against her face, creating an overwhelming sense of suffocation.

Even after surfacing, I was still shaken.

After a while, Chen Wei calmed down and prepared to try again.

Holding his breath, he swam down a hundred meters, but did not see Jiang Shuyin.

The people who followed behind also disappeared.

Shen Wei sensed something was wrong.

Knowing that he was not as good a swimmer as them, he stopped struggling, got on the boat, took off his wet clothes, and waited for them.

The underwater city of Shanghai is covered with silt and sand after months of sedimentation in the seawater.

Some low-lying buildings have no front door on the first floor that can be seen at all.

Most of the original plant in the flower bed was not water-tolerant, leaving only bare, withered branches and roots embedded in the soil.

Jiang Shuyin determined the approximate location of the laboratory and began digging a pit by hand.

There's really not many people who can do this job anymore.

Feeling a slight ripple in the water beside her, she turned around and saw Xie Yin appear behind her at some point.

After regaining her composure, Jiang Shu beckoned to him and pointed to the pit she had dug.

Xie Yin actually understood.

It released a black ball that looked very similar to Qingwu.

Like a tractor, it pushes the mud and sand on the building to both sides.

It's much more efficient than having two arms.

Jiang Shuyin, having nothing else to do, took a picture of them in the team chat and sent it to them.

【picture】

Shen Wei: Impressive, you guys managed to hold out for so long.

Jiang Shuyin: Is Alvin still on the ship?

Shen Wei: You just went down, and he followed you down.

As Shen Wei looked at the message he had sent, a smile gradually appeared on his lips.

Jiang Shuyin's mood sank, and she looked around but didn't see the big fish.

Once she's done with her business, let's see how she deals with this unruly fish.

After a while, the black mass in the pit surfaced and disappeared into Xie Yin's palm: "It has come into contact with the waterproof material. Below is a metal layer. If we continue, the laboratory will be flooded."

Jiang Shuyin pondered for a moment.

If water gets into the lab, will it damage the things inside, like notebooks? Will the writing become blurry after getting wet?

Could the damage to some potentially important experimental equipment trigger secondary damage, leading to water pollution, and so on?