Eunuch, do you really know these martial arts?

"Jiang Nian! You must evacuate immediately!" Old Qin shouted in a broken voice, his voice echoing through the communicator.

"The jammer's low-frequency module has burned out! The synchronization rate is still rising!"

As the numbers kept changing, Jiang Nian felt his body growing weaker and weaker.

"Li Su! Wang Chuang!" Jiang Nian forced out the words through gritted teeth, "Execute Plan B!"

"understand!"

Li Su's voice was resolute.

Two miniature underwater vehicles cut in from the side, blocking Jiang Nian and the two vehicles.

Six acoustic decoy flares were launched simultaneously, bursting into large bubbles and creating noise in the water. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiang Nian fully activated the thrusters.

However, the ascent speed was far from sufficient.

"Too close! The mothership's sonar lock-on is too strong!"

Wang Chuang roared, "The decoy effect only lasts for ten seconds!"

ten seconds.

Looking at the depth displayed on his mask, Jiang Nian knew it would take at least thirty more seconds to rise to a safe rendezvous depth.

"Sea Dragon Squad!" Li Su called for backup, "Activate the absorbent mines!"

"Roger that!"

Several red lights flickered in the darkness in the distance.

That's the indicator light for a sea mine.

But the mothership was prepared, opening ports on its sides to shoot out several thin streams of water.

The water flow struck the mines precisely, instantly washing them away from their original positions.

"A directional water jet cannon!" Old Qin exclaimed in the command center, "They even have that!"

"Advisor Jiang!"

Li Su's voice suddenly became urgent, "That smaller one has circled around!"

Sure enough, the patrol vehicle they had encountered before took advantage of the chaos to flank them from the side and closed to within fifty meters.

Its honeycomb structure glowed blue again.

"It's that resonance field again!"

Jiang Nian's expression changed.

Last time, it was this kind of situation that caused him to lose control.

"Don't let it start!"

Wang Chuang pushed the control stick hard, and the underwater vehicle rushed straight ahead.

"Wang Chuang! Don't fight head-on!" Li Su shouted urgently.

But it's too late.

The patrol vehicle's nose emitted a bright blue light.

The resonance field spread instantly, and Wang Chuang's underwater vehicle was the first to be affected.

"Ugh!"

Wang Chuang's screams came through the communication channel.

His submersible went out of control and tumbled in the sea.

"Wang Chuang!" Li Su's eyes were bloodshot.

"I...I'm fine..."

Wang Chuang's voice was weak but clear: "The electronic system is paralyzed, but the manual operation still works."

"withdraw!"

Jiang Nian ordered, "Li Su, take Wang Chuang and leave first!"

"no!"

"Excuting an order!"

Jiang Nian's voice was as cold as ice, "This is the only chance!"

Li Su gritted his teeth, maneuvered the underwater vehicle to approach Wang Chuang, and extended its mechanical arm to grab the other's hull.

"go!"

Jiang Nian shut down the communication channel with Li Su.

Now he faces two ships alone.

The mothership had absorbed the interference from the acoustic decoy and relocked onto him.

Jiang Nian could sense that the marking system was being forcibly adjusted in frequency.

"This can't go on like this."

Jiang Nian took a deep breath and unleashed all his internal energy!

Energy that is forcibly stimulated by external signals finds an outlet.

Although it is still in the danger zone, at least it is no longer soaring.

"He's using his internal energy to guide the energy cycle of the markers!" Dr. Fang stared at the data stream. "But this consumes too much internal energy; it won't last long!"

In the deep sea, Jiang Nian felt as if her meridians were being burned.

Each cycle of the Five Elements drains a large amount of his internal energy.

But the effect was remarkable; the marking system no longer blindly responded to external signals, but instead operated according to the path it had set.

The patrol aircraft seemed to have detected the anomaly.

It adjusted its angle, and the glow of the honeycomb structure on its head changed from a deep blue to a dark red.

"It's changing its attack mode!" Old Qin exclaimed urgently. "Jiang Nian, retreat quickly!"

withdraw?
Where to retreat?

Above us was the sea, but there was still more than a hundred meters to go.

Below are the mothership and patrol vehicles.

Jiang Nian's headlamp swept towards the southeast.

Two nautical miles away, in the hydrothermal vent area.

The water temperature there is high, visibility is low, and sonar interference is strong.

"We have no choice but to take a gamble."

Jiang Nian shut down the thrusters, and his body floated naturally in the seawater.

Then, he did something that no one expected.

He proactively reduced the power of the jammer.

"Jiang Nian! What are you doing?!" Old Qin exclaimed.

"Lure them over."

Jiang Nian said calmly, while beginning to slowly descend.

"Are you crazy?!" Su Qing stood up in front of the monitor.

"I'm not crazy."

As Jiang Nian descended, he adjusted his internal energy circulation. "The mothership is large and has poor maneuverability. The patrol vehicles are fast, but the weapon systems require distance."

"You want to get close?" Yang Zhan's voice switched into the channel.

"Correct."

Jiang Nian has already descended to a depth of 250 meters.

The mothership is just 100 meters below.

Jiang Nian could feel that the signal strength was actually weakening as the distance closed.

“Sure enough,” he murmured, “this high-power signal attenuates over distance.”

"So you took the initiative to approach me?" Yang Zhan understood.

"Get close to its signal attenuation zone, and then use a pulse-sealing needle to completely sever the connection."

Jiang Nian said, "But it takes time. Instructor Yang, can you buy me thirty seconds?"

There was a two-second silence on the communication channel.

"Sea Dragon Squad," Yang Zhan's voice was cold and hard, "At all costs, hold off that patrol ship."

"understand!"

Four dark figures emerged from the darkness.

The Sea Dragon Squadron's individual underwater vehicle.

They formed a diamond formation and headed straight for the patrol aircraft.

"Use chain-linked net ammunition!" the captain ordered.

Four specially designed net projectiles were launched, unfolding into a huge metal net in the air and covering the patrol vehicle.

The patrol vehicle skillfully rolled to avoid the net, but was still grazed on the tail by it.

The thruster was instantly entangled.

"Good!" Old Qin clenched his fist in the command center.

But the next second, several sharp blades suddenly popped out from the tail of the patrol vehicle.

"Shh!"

The metal mesh was easily torn.

"What material is that?!" Dr. Fang's eyes widened.

"A high-frequency vibration blade." Old Qin's face was grim. "The organization's materials technology has advanced again."

However, this delay has bought Jiang Nian valuable time.

He is now only fifty meters away from the mothership.

You can clearly see the complex patterns on its shell.

Those patterns are not decorations, but some kind of energy conduction structure.

The light from the camel-hump structure began to shimmer.

The mothership seemed to have sensed Jiang Nian's intentions.

"It's adjusting its signal frequency!" Old Qin reported urgently. "The new frequency is trying to bypass your Five Elements Cycle!"

Jiang Nian felt the nodes of his five internal organs becoming restless again.

The new frequency, like a thinner key, is prying open the balance he had just established.

"It can't be delayed any longer."

He dived down again.

The camel-hump structure was right in front of me, and the light was so bright that the mask automatically dimmed.

"It's now!"

Jiang Nian drew three pulse-sealing needles with lightning speed from his right hand.

But just as the needle was about to pierce the skin, a row of small holes suddenly opened on the side of the mothership, and dozens of tiny capsules were ejected.

"A biological interference agent!" Old Qin exclaimed. "It's polluting the water and interfering with all the sensors!"

When Jiang Nian's headlamp shone out, all that could be seen was a dark green.

The sonar is malfunctioning.

The depth gauge is behaving erratically.

Even the display screen on the mask started showing static.

"Neurotoxic substances detected!" Dr. Xu's voice came through the phone. "Jiang Nian, hold your breath immediately! Do not breathe the air in your circulatory system!"

Jiang Nian immediately shut down the gas exchange in his deep-sea suit.

But it was too late. A slightly sweet, fishy taste seeped into my mouth.

My vision began to blur.

The synchronization rate number is jumping again!
"Needle……"

Jiang Nian gritted her teeth and tried to insert the needle.

"Oh shit!"

Jiang Nian cursed and forced himself to concentrate.

"Jiang Nian!"

Yang Zhan's voice boomed through the communication channel, "Listen to me! Use the jade pendant!"

Jade?

Jiang Nian was taken aback, then remembered the cloud-patterned jade pendant that Yang Zhan had given him.

"Crush it!" Yang Zhan roared.

Jiang Nian did not hesitate and exerted force with his five fingers.

"Click."

A slight cracking sound.

The jade pendant turned into powder in his palm.

But the next second, a cool sensation emanated from the powder.

The aura penetrated the deep-sea suit and seeped directly into the skin.

It spreads rapidly along the meridians.

Wherever it passed, the restless marker nodes calmed down as if they had been chilled by ice.

"This is……"

Jiang Nian was shocked.

"The Soul-Stabilizing Powder, a secret technique passed down through my sect."

Yang Zhan quickly explained, "It can temporarily stabilize the mind and suppress all abnormal energy fluctuations. But it only has one effect and lasts for five minutes."

Five minutes is enough.

Jiang Nian felt her mind clear instantly.

The silver needle was precisely inserted into the Baihui acupoint.

Three needles were used simultaneously.

The meridian sealing is complete.

In that instant, Jiang Nian felt the whole world go silent, and the resonance of the marking system completely disappeared.

The effect of the pulse-sealing needle is to reduce vital signs to the lowest level, thus inducing a state of suspended animation.

The deep-sea suit's monitoring system immediately sounded an alarm.

"Vital signs are plummeting!" Dr. Xu exclaimed urgently. "His heart is beating twelve times per minute, and his breathing has almost stopped!"

"It's the effect of the pulse-sealing acupuncture."

Old Qin asked, "How long can the state of apparent death last?"

“Theoretically, it should be ten minutes,” Yang Zhan replied, “but in reality, it depends on individual physical condition. Given Jiang Nian’s condition, it would be at most eight minutes.”

Bai Yongxu stared at the screen in the command center. "Sea Dragon Squad, immediate rescue! Li Su, you go too!"

"Yes!"

Four Hailong underwater drones once again rushed towards the mother ship.

However, the mothership seemed to sense the change in Jiang Nian's condition and stopped transmitting signals.

"It's going to run away?" General Zhao frowned.

“No,” Old Qin stared at the data, “it’s adjusting its position.”

"Judging from its course, it's heading to intercept Jiang Nian's ascent route!"

Sure enough, the mothership rose at a clever angle, blocking Jiang Nian's path between him and the sea.

Meanwhile, the patrol vehicle had shaken off the Sea Dragon Squad's entanglement and was protecting the mothership's flanks.

"They want to trap Jiang Nian in the deep sea!" Yang Zhan's face turned ashen.

"Where is Li Su?" Bai Yongxu asked.

"We're still eighty meters from Jiang Nian!" Li Su reported, "but that patrol boat is in between!"

"Force a breakthrough!"

"understand!"

Li Su's underwater vehicle sprinted at full speed.

The patrol vehicle's nose lit up with blue light again.

The resonance field is activated.

But this time, Li Su was prepared.

"Release full-band jamming missiles!"

Three black projectiles were fired from the tail of the submarine.

The projectile exploded, releasing a chaotic noise that covered all frequency bands.

The resonant field was disturbed and distorted.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Su's underwater vehicle brushed past from the side and headed straight for Jiang Nian.

"Got you!"

The robotic arm extends and engages with the anchor ring on Jiang Nian's deep-sea suit.

"Survive! Survive at full speed!"

The thruster power is turned up to the maximum.

But the mothership is already in place.

It has a huge opening at the bottom.

"It wants to capture Jiang Nian directly!" Old Qin understood.

"Sea Dragon Squad, launch all mines!" General Zhao ordered.

"emission!"

The muffled sound of the explosion echoed through the seawater, the mothership shook violently, and dents appeared on its hull.

"The defense is too strong!" Captain Hailong gritted his teeth.

However, the explosion caused the mothership to deviate from its course, and Li Su seized the opportunity to rush through the gap.

"They've caught up!" Wang Chuang shouted urgently from another submarine.

"You guys go first!" Li Su roared. "I'll hold it off!"

Li Su suddenly pushed the control stick, and the underwater vehicle turned around to face the patrol vehicle.

"Li Su!"

Jiang Nian shouted into the communication channel.

But his voice was too weak.

The effects of the meridian-sealing needles were at their peak; he could barely move a finger.

They could only watch helplessly as Li Su charged toward the enemy.

The honeycomb structure on the nose of the patrol vehicle lit up again.

"High-energy particle beam charging!" Old Qin exclaimed.

Li Su saw it too, but he didn't hide.

"Want to arrest Advisor Jiang?" Li Su's voice was eerily calm on the channel. "You'll have to get past me first."

The submarine's outer shell opened, revealing a dense array of explosive cells inside.

"Li Su! What are you doing?!" Wang Chuang roared.

“Tell Advisor Jiang,” Li Su laughed, “to treat me to drinks next time.”

The next second, the underwater vehicle collided with the patrol vehicle.

The enormous fireball expanded in the seawater, and the shockwave spread outwards.

The patrol vehicle was blown away, its honeycomb structure at the front shattered, and large bursts of electric sparks appeared.

"Li Su!!!"

Wang Chuang's cries echoed on the channel.

Jiang Nian closed her eyes.

He couldn't feel any pain.

The effects of the pulse-sealing acupuncture are still present.

He can't even shed a tear.

"Jiang Nian".

Yang Zhan's voice came through, hoarse beyond belief, "Don't waste the opportunity that Li Su risked his life for."

Jiang Nian suddenly opened her eyes.

Above, the sea surface is already faintly visible.

The submersible broke through the water.

"The support speedboat is in position!" Captain Zheng's voice rang out.

Next to Explorer 2, a high-speed speedboat has already started.

Wang Chuang maneuvered the underwater vehicle closer.

The robotic arm transferred Jiang Nian to the speedboat.

"Medical team!" Su Qing rushed up.

The doctors immediately surrounded Jiang Nian and checked her vital signs.

"The effects of the pulse-sealing acupuncture are still present; the heart rate is eight beats per minute, and the body temperature is thirty-two degrees Celsius," the doctor quickly reported.

"Inject the resuscitation agent!" Dr. Xu ordered.

The injection is inserted into the vein.

Jiang Nian felt a surge of heat coursing through his body.

The effects of the pulse-sealing acupuncture began to fade.

Heart rate increases, breathing resumes.

But what followed was excruciating pain, as if my internal organs were being crushed.

"The synchronization rate is back up!" Old Qin monitored the data. "The mothership is still underwater, the signal strength is weakening but still persistent!"

Jiang Nian struggled to sit up.

Where is Wang Chuang?

“Here.” Wang Chuang climbed onto the speedboat, his face covered in water, indistinguishable between seawater and tears.

“Li Su, he…”

“I know,” Jiang Nian interrupted him. “We’ll talk about it later. Where is the mothership?”

"The sonar indicates that it is 50 meters underwater and is surfacing," Captain Zheng reported aboard the Explorer 2. "It's not moving fast, but it's heading towards us."

“It doesn’t want to give up yet,” Yang Zhan said coldly.

"Then let it come."

Jiang Nian looked at Su Qing, "Bring me my equipment." (End of Chapter)