Chapter 1544 - Starship in the Deep Sea (1/2)
“This is…”
In the outpost command room, researchers from different countries stood in front of the holographic screen widened their eyes, and looked at everything in front of them in disbelief.
The submarine volcano exuded a red-hot glow, and strings of bubbles rose from the bottom of the sea. A huge starship was embedded between the bottomless trench and the towering rock wall. The fearsome-looking steel armor was covered with blood-red seaweed that looked like mottled rust.
When Colonial Governor Peng Wei saw the majestic battleship on the holographic screen, a look of astonishment appeared on his face
Envoy-class…
No, it was a bit bigger than the Envoy-class.
He had seen the Envoy-class and was even close to getting on that ship to represent Earth Defense Alliance to the Kuiper Belt. Later, because of a sudden job transfer, he was transferred into the colonial reserve army and finally became an honorable colonial governor.
“Let’s get closer.” Peng Wei ordered.
“Yes.” The staff in charge of operating the robot moved the joystick.
The deep-sea robot several kilometers under the ice cap restarted its motor, the blade-like propeller turned again and moved towards the starship below.
“What do you see?”
“A line of letters… Get closer, I can’t see them clearly.”
The blood-red seaweed covered the line of white paint. In desperation, the staff had to operate the deep-sea robot closer and cleaned up the seaweed with the mechanical arm.
Soon, the seaweed that covered the line of white characters was peeled off and it revealed the first few initials.
Russian?
Peng Wei was caught off-guard.
He thought he would see some extraterrestrial letters, but he didn’t expect it to be a language that was present on Earth.
He was not the only one surprised; the staff from different countries were also astonished. Surprised and shocked cries and exclaims filled the command room, especially from the astronaut from Russia, who said in an excited but trembling voice when he saw the line of letters.
“The Baikonur launch site… that can’t be wrong, this is the initials of the Baikonur launch site. But… why is the name Baikonur here?”
The Baikonur launch base has never had a launch plan for Europa and had never launched such a large starship. The only company capable of building starships is Future Heavy Industries…
“The detection plan is terminated immediately.” Peng Wei patted the robot operator on the shoulder and immediately ordered as he realized the seriousness of the problem, “Enter the silent state.”
“…” The operator took a second to process the order he just received. He didn’t understand why he had to stop now, but when he saw the serious expression on the governor’s face, he nodded subconsciously, “Okay, okay.”
The deep-sea robot moved away from the starship sleeping on the bottom of the sea, flew towards the rock wall on the side, and launched a hook to the rock wall to fix itself. The detection plan was suddenly terminated, which shocked all the staff in the command room.
“Wait, why stop?” The Slavic astronaut stepped forward and grabbed Peng Wei’s arm. He shouted emotionally, “We are only one step away from the truth, and we will be able to—”
“Before we can confirm that what we are about to uncover is the’ truth’ and not trouble, we need to have a meeting,” Peng Wei stared into the eyes of the Slavic astronaut, and said in an absolute, irrefutable tone, “you are a bit too emotional, I suggest you calm down first, Mr. Kutpov.”
After Peng Wei finished the sentence, he ignored the astronaut from Russia, took off the radio on his shoulder, and was about to notify the managers of the different countries to go to the conference room of the outpost center for a meeting, but at this time, the behemoth in the holographic screen suddenly moved.