Chapter 309 It's Crying for Help
The moment the words left his mouth, the entire submersible shuddered violently!
The piercing alarm blared throughout the cramped cockpit, and the red warning lights flashed wildly, casting flickering light on the solemn expressions on the two men's faces.
[WARNING! High-energy physical impact detected!]
[WARNING! Port side hull damaged, 7% damage!]
"It's attacking us!" Zhou Jue's voice turned cold.
Through the porthole, in the boundless darkness, a huge, luminous jellyfish-like silhouette suddenly lit up, followed by an invisible shockwave that slammed into the "Abyss".
"Bang—!"
The submarine shook violently again, and Zhou Jue was thrown to one side by a huge force. She braced herself against the cabin wall with one hand to steady herself, while her other hand had already formed a hand seal.
Spiritual energy gathered at his fingertips, ready to break through the iron shell and confront that unfriendly giant outside.
"Don't move."
Sun Jiuchou's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly drowned out the piercing alarm.
Zhou Jue paused, turned her head and saw that Sun Jiuchou was still sitting steadily in the driver's seat.
He showed no panic, no fear, and his facial expression remained largely unchanged. Only his eyes behind his glasses were focused on the frantically jumping data stream on the screen.
His fingers flew across the console, shutting down all unnecessary alarms and auxiliary systems, leaving only energy detection and structural scanning enabled.
"What are you doing?" Zhou Jue asked, frowning. "We are under attack."
“No, we don’t.” Sun Jiuche shook his head, even taking the time to adjust his glasses.
"It is not attacking."
"It's crying for help."
SOS?
Zhou Jue almost thought he had misheard.
That impact that generates tens of thousands of tons of water pressure, enough to crack the special alloy shell, is called a distress call?
"boom--!"
Another, even more violent impact, and the entire submersible emitted a tooth-grinding metallic groan, as if it were about to be completely crushed by the immense pressure of the deep sea in the next second.
[WARNING! 15% of the outer casing is damaged! Structural stability has decreased!]
"Is this what you call a distress call?" Zhou Jue's voice carried a hint of coldness.
She wasn't going to wait any longer.
Just as she was about to make a forceful move, Sun Jiuchou suddenly stood up.
He walked to the porthole, ignoring the huge, flickering light and shadow outside, and simply placed his palm lightly on the cold porthole glass.
"Buzz—"
Zhou Jue sensed a strange energy fluctuation, one she had never encountered before, emanating from Sun Jiuchou's palm.
That's not spiritual energy.
It was not any kind of energy she knew of.
The fluctuation was gentle and ancient, carrying a soothing power, like a mother's lullaby, penetrating the thick alloy shell, penetrating the water layer thousands of meters deep, and gently covering the huge creature outside.
A miraculous scene unfolded.
The violent energy surge outside abruptly ceased.
The enormous luminous object stopped crashing and simply floated silently in the darkness. Its light was no longer so dazzling, but became soft and dim, like a candle flickering in the wind.
Inside the cockpit, all the alarms stopped, and the cabin fell silent in an instant.
All that remained was the faint hum of the instrument as it operated.
Looking at Sun Jiuche's back, Zhou Jue was even more shocked than when he was attacked earlier.
Who exactly is he?
How many secrets does he still hold?
Sun Jiuchou slowly withdrew his hand, turned around, and his face regained that familiar, smiling expression.
"See, I told you so."
He shrugged, his tone as casual as if he had just swatted away an annoying fly.
"It's just a frightened child."
Zhou Jue didn't speak; she just stared at Sun Jiuchou, her clear, cold eyes churning with turbulent emotions.
Sun Jiuchou felt a little helpless under her gaze. He pushed up his glasses and sighed, "Okay, okay, I know you have a lot of questions."
“Before I answer you,” he pointed out the porthole, “you should listen to what it wants to tell us.”
"It?" Zhou Jue was taken aback.
Sun Jiuchou did not explain; he simply closed his eyes.
The next second, a massive and complex stream of information surged into Zhou Jue's mind without any warning!
That was neither language nor sound.
It is pure intention, a communication that transcends species.
Zhou Jue's vision was instantly filled with countless fragmented images.
It is endless darkness.
It is a lonely wait.
It is a mission that is given to us from birth and that we cannot escape.
【captivity……】
【guard……】
An old and weary thought echoed in her mind.
Zhou Jue saw clearly that the huge, glowing creature's body did not contain flesh or organs.
Instead, it was an extremely complex cage made up of countless interwoven light bands!
At the very center of the cage, locked away, was the energy source they had initially detected—the so-called "heart."
No!
That's not a heart!
It was a cocoon covered in black runes, radiating an ominous aura!
A black, pulsating, evil cocoon!
The spiritual energy revived, like a key, activating the seal.
The "child," the enormous, glowing creature, cried for help, not because it wanted to attack them.
It's not because it's about to... be unable to lock up what's inside!
It... is about to wake up...
[Hurry up...]
It's too late...
That weary thought, carrying a deep sense of despair and relief, left Zhou Jue with his last sentence.
Zhou Jue suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils contracting violently.
She yelled at Sun Jiuchou, "We've got it wrong! That's not an energy source, that's a seal!"
Sun Jiuchou's expression also disappeared: "I know."
He watched as the energy reading representing the "cocoon" on the main screen skyrocketed vertically at a terrifying rate.
Just as he finished speaking, the huge, glowing creature outside the porthole emitted its last brilliant light.
Then, it's like a light bulb that has run out of fuel.
With a "snap".
Its light went out.
The entire seabed was plunged into true, complete darkness, devoid of any light.
The emergency lights in the cockpit automatically turned on, their stark white light illuminating the two equally unsightly faces.
Dead silence.
Ten thousand meters below the surface, the deep sea is utterly silent.
"It..." Zhou Jue's voice was somewhat hoarse: "It's dead?"
Sun Jiuchou did not answer; his eyes were fixed on the energy detector.
On the screen, the life signal representing the bioluminescent organism had completely dropped to zero.
But at that zero position, another, more powerful, and more malevolent red energy dot took its place.
And it is approaching them at an extremely fast speed!
Sun Jiuchou took a deep breath and said, word by word:
"No."
"It just... opened the cage."
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