Chapter 800 - Degree of Danger (1/2)

Chapter 800: Degree of Danger

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

There were 10 countries eligible to explore the three-star vestige in total according to the situation Tang Xiu was informed of, which was also the world’s strongest top ten countries. Therefore, the total number of people who could enter the vestige was 50 people, though Tang Xiu didn’t know exactly how many ability users and their abilities each country had sent.

“Hello, I’m Gao Hongxing, the commander of China army in Haiben Island. Which of you is Captain Zhu Long, please?” a middle-aged man came out of the olive-green tent with two military officers and walked towards the group of five.

Zhu Long saluted and said, “I’m Zhu Long, the captain of the exploration team for this three-star vestige.”

“You’re here, at last.” Gao Hongxing smilingly said, “The three-star vestige will be jointly opened tomorrow, and the people from other countries have also arrived. Come with me! We have your equipment prepped, and I’ll send it to you later, so my mission is half done.”

Zhu Long nodded. He didn’t introduce Tang Xiu and the rest, and directly followed Gao Hongxing into the military tent. The military tent was quite spacious. There were 7 soldiers in duty uniforms sitting in front of a row of LCD screens to observe the pictures on them. On the other side of the tent, five military bags with bulging sacks were laying on the ground, and apparently contained many items.

Dismissing the civilities with Gao Hongxing, Zhu Long walked directly to the military bags. He quickly unzipped them, poured all the contents out, and carefully inspected them before he nodded with satisfaction, “Everything’s OK. Thanks for the hard work, Commander.”

“The ceremony is not needed, Captain Zhu. I’m also acting on duty.” Gao Hongxing shook his head and happily said, “Also, please do say if you have anything else you need before leaving. We’ll try our best to provide it.”

“No…”

Just as Zhu Long spat out a word, Tang Xiu’s voice interrupted him. His face turned a bit ugly in that instant.

Tang Xiu completely ignored Zhu Long. He looked at Gao Hongxing and asked, “I have a request that I hope you can help with, Commander Gao.”

Gao looked at Tang Xiu in surprise and nodded. “Please do say if you have something to ask.”

“I didn’t see any ships from the military when we arrived. Did you come here with air transport?” asked Tang Xiu. “Are you responsible for sending us back once we come out of the three-star vestige?”

“We did come here by helicopter and our mission is to be stationed here all year round, together with other countries’ soldiers, to seal off this three-star vestige.” Gao Hongxing shook his head. “But mobilizing helicopters are out of my jurisdiction, so I have no way to send you back.”

“If so, I’d like to ask you to send your men to the coast and temporarily detain the fishing boat’s owner who sent us here,” said Tang Xiu. “Else, we won’t be able to go back once he and his crew leave. It will waste quite a lot of time by then if we go back and need to wait for people from the mainland to pick us up.”

“That’s just a minor matter; leave it to me.” Gao Hongxing smiled.

Zhu Long gazed at Tang Xiu with a sneer, and so did Firedevil, who looked to have some contempt. Even the Electrolady felt that Tang Xiu was fussing over nothing. Only Aquababe, whose brows slightly pressed together thoughtfully, gazed at Tang Xiu.

“You seem to care so much about going back early?” asked Aquababe suddenly.

“I am.” Tang Xiu glanced at her and replied indifferently. “I wanna go back early from this place. I have other things to tend to.”

Aquababe didn’t speak again and just nodded in response. Her eyes moved somewhere else, but Zhu Long, who knew her, looked surprised and slightly pressed his brows.

The atmosphere was somewhat odd and Gao Hongxing seemed to realize it. Whether it was Zhu Long and Firedevil, or Aquababe and Electrolady, there seemed to be something between them with Tang Xiu, yet couldn’t be explained with words. It was like… there was distance, in a sense. Nevertheless, he didn’t want to get involved much with this five-man team, and solemnly advised, “Everyone, you have a single tent for each of you nearby with your name on it. You can stay there first, and I’ll take you to the submarine location tomorrow morning.”

Submarine?

Tang Xiu’s expression changed. Although he knew the three-star vestige was deep in the sea, he didn’t expect that they would be sent there by a submarine. He did have some interest in this big chunk of iron on the seabed. After all, it was a type of essential technological weapon in ocean warfare.

After everyone took their respective military bag out of the tent, Tang Xiu unleashed his perception and instantly covered a radius of 300-400 meters; he could clearly “see” all the scenes and people within this range. However, he couldn’t tell which people from other countries would go to the seabed to explore the three-vestige, though he easily found his own military tent.