Xia Ji: "Both natural disasters and man-made calamities are possible. Our teammates before us also entered the black hole. They also descended to a depth of fifty meters before the submarine could no longer descend. They released a few mutated fish, but those fish disappeared underwater almost instantly, and the tethering ropes on the fish were cut. Because there is no light underwater, they could not track the images."
Upon hearing this, Xia Qing raised another question: "That doesn't make sense either. If the submarine can't go down, it means there's a lot of underwater resistance. But the mutated fish that were released disappeared quickly underwater, which means there's a force attracting them down. That doesn't make sense."
Xia Ji naturally thought of these things as well: "So I plan to send two more teams to explore that black hole underwater."
Xia Qing immediately volunteered: "I'm willing to lead the team."
Xia Ji did not refuse her, and pointed out another team leader, and the two teams worked together.
Li Ke listened to the entire meeting, but she remained an observer and rarely offered any opinions during Xia Ji's meetings.
After the meeting, everyone else went about their business, while Xia Qing and Li Ke returned to their accommodation. Xia Qing had a meeting with her team members and also needed to pack some personal belongings.
When Chen Nanxing heard that they were going to explore underwater, she maintained a calm demeanor, but the excitement in her eyes was hard to hide. This girl had a high level of enthusiasm for all kinds of work tasks.
She asked Li Ke, "Are you coming down with us? You're part of our team, but are you physically capable? Can you handle the water?"
The underwater mission was the final decision made by Xia Ji and his team. Li Ke had actually been somewhat detached from it all along. But when Chen Nanxing asked him this question, Li Ke met Xia Qing's concerned gaze.
But in fact, Li Ke and Xia Qing have been practicing together frequently lately. In order not to affect their participation in the solar energy mine mission, Li Ke has put in three or four tenths of his effort in practicing with Xia Qing, and the two have a 50/50 chance of winning or losing.
Meeting Xia Qing's gaze now, it would be too fake for her to refuse by saying she wasn't feeling well. She casually said, "I'm fine. Since we're in the same team, I'll naturally set off with you."
Xia Qing confirmed again, "You should think this through. We know nothing about what's below the black hole, and there's a good chance we won't be able to come back. Li Ke, although you're one of our team members, your situation is different from ours. It's okay if you don't go."
Upon hearing this, Li Ke thought for a moment. Her most important task at hand was to obtain more solar energy ore. The black hole wouldn't be affected much if she were gone.
"Okay, then I won't go down. I'll wait for you up here," Li Ke said truthfully after considering it.
The room fell silent for a moment. Meng Yu stopped packing her things and said, "Keke, Boss Xiao also mentored you."
Meng Yu had actually been very restrained and had never shown any dissatisfaction. Li Ke had left without saying goodbye, and when Boss Xiao was dying, he kept calling her name while he was unconscious.
For her safety, Boss Xiao warned them early on that if they met again, they should try not to have any contact with Li Ke and just treat her as a stranger.
Meng Yu knew that matters of the heart couldn't be forced, and she had always respected Li Ke. However, she had grown up alongside Xiao Yi, so she naturally had her own biases. Hearing Li Ke's nonchalant reply, she couldn't help but get carried away.
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