novelonline Chapter 156 The Curse of "The God of the Sea"
Chapter 156 The Curse of "The God of the Sea"
Chapter 156 The Curse of "The God of the Sea"
Time goes back to 2000, shortly after TPC was just announced.
At that time, TPC was only a start-up organization, and its internal structure was composed of multiple organizations.
This includes a subsidiary department of the World Voyage Company, the Ocean Research Society, which is the predecessor of the current Ocean Survey Team.
In name, World Voyages is a cruise company that specializes in shipping, but in fact it has some "part-time jobs" that are not very legal.
Salvaging the relics of sunken ships or unknown treasures on the high seas is one of the sideline jobs of the world voyage company.
Iwama was a newly recruited diver from the World Voyage Company, and was assigned to the Marine Research Institute to take charge of research work.
After a period of time is not a long run-in period.
Iwama succeeded in gaining the trust of the management of the Marine Research Institute, and then joined the "Daily" to open up a side business for the company.
From being uncomfortable at the beginning, to getting used to it later...
Just when Iwama thought that such days would last until the World Voyage Company closed down.
A sudden commission disrupted the trajectory of his life.
According to the employer, they need a world voyage company to help them salvage the wreckage of the fallen satellite in the South Pacific.
The specific address is located between the Cremos Islands and New Caledonia, and the diving height is about 1000 meters.
The information provided by the employer is very detailed, including not only coordinates and depth, but also sketches of salvage targets.
So the company only needs to go there, find the satellite wreckage according to the map, and bring it back to the sea to complete this lucrative task.
Generally speaking, only the most elite divers of Yuanhang Company can complete a deep-lurking mission of this level.
As a new diver, Iwama naturally does not have this qualification.
But he was fortunate to be selected by the headquarters and joined the salvage team at that time as a substitute.
It is said that in order to ensure the smooth progress of this salvage mission, the company has specially spent a lot of money to build a new type of deep-sea submersible using the technology and patents shared by TPC.
However, it wasn't until they arrived at the target location that the group discovered that it was far weirder than everyone had imagined.
There is no trace of life in the waveless sea of Gujing.
Even the most tenacious seaweed did not appear in this sea area.
According to the information obtained from the locals afterwards, this sea area has been like this since ancient times.
Therefore, in some local aboriginal beliefs, it is regarded as the palace of the "God of the Sea", and no foreign creatures are allowed to invade.
The name "Dragon Palace" is derived from this.
In view of this special situation, the salvage team hesitated for a long time.
Only then did the salvage mission officially start under the repeated urging of the employer.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, the salvage process was surprisingly smooth. The divers salvaged the satellite wreckage that the employer said without much trouble.
It was a disc with a diameter of about 70 centimeters and a thickness of less than 10 centimeters.
Apart from the fact that the shape and material are not like the wreckage of a satellite, various unknown patterns and characters are engraved on the disk.
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"Then you can tell it's not a satellite wreckage."
There was a look of disdain on his face, and Yanma was obviously impressed by the details of that salvage.
However, after the disdain passed, a faint sadness suddenly appeared on Yanma's face.
"It's a pity that we didn't pay much attention to these at the time..."
"If you hadn't reminded me last time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have known until I died. It turned out that none of their deaths were 'accidents'."
When saying these words, Iwama's gaze stayed on that old photo for a long time.
Since the completion of the salvage mission, the members involved in the mission have left the company one after another, and then disappeared or died due to various reasons.
Until people from Galvin Company showed up and asked for some information before the disintegration of Yuanhang Company.
Only then did Iwama realize that something was wrong?
"So, you went to investigate the employer at that time alone."
It was clearly a questioning sentence pattern, but Lu Xuan's tone was very certain when he said this sentence.
"Yes, I went to investigate the truth of the year alone afterwards."
Sighing deeply, Iwama seemed to regret his impulsiveness and ignorance.
"The results of the investigation proved my guess that my friends did not die accidentally."
"Their deaths are related to the wreckage that was salvaged..."
"Only because I didn't directly touch the wreckage, I survived by luck."
There was a brief pause in the voice, and Iwama sighed again.
"But this time I'm not so lucky."
"In the process of investigating my employer, I was discovered by 'they'..."
"I managed to escape from 'they', but 'they' are after my wife and daughter."
He couldn't help raising his eyebrows, only to hear Lu Xuan's strange expression and asked in a low voice.
"Just like that?"
This time it was Iwama's turn to be a little stunned.
"that is it?"
Listening to what Lu Xuan said inside and outside the meaning, what happened to him didn't seem to be a big deal.
"Forget it, then I'll ask another question."
Suddenly pointing to a person in the old photo, Lu Xuan continued to ask.
"Do you know this person?"
Among the five people in the old photos, there are crew members, divers, chief mates, and captains, which indeed look like the standard personnel of a standard salvage company.
But besides that, there was a man dressed like an adventurer in the photo.
Combined with the story Iwama described earlier, this adventurer-like man seems a little out of character.
"he?"
After Lu Xuan's reminder, Yan Jian was stunned.
Immediately afterwards, Iwama looked at the man in the photo, the bewilderment on his face gradually turned into panic.
"how is this possible?!"
His eyes widened in disbelief, and an inexplicable chill suddenly appeared in the depths of Yanma's heart.
No matter how Iwama recalled his former friends in his mind, he still couldn't remember the name of the fifth person.
Even if it wasn't for Lu Xuan's intentional awakening, Iwama wouldn't have realized that there was an extra person in the photo.
But here lies the crux of the problem.
Although Iwama is very sure that he does not know the fifth person in the photo.
But that man gave him a very familiar feeling.
This familiarity is not an illusion brought about by too long a memory.
On the contrary, Iwama always felt as if he had seen this man not long ago, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him.
This contrast between reality and memory made Iwama raise his head in a daze.
"Who is this man...?"
——Monthly ticket/recommendation ticket——
(End of this chapter)