Eunuch, do you really know these martial arts?

The cave is collapsing.

A huge stalactite crashed into the hull of the transport ship.

Jiang Nian pressed himself against a recess in the rock wall, watching the transport ship clumsily adjust its position inside the cave.

The falling rocks blocked the entrance, but also blocked the transport ships' route.

"Success!"

Su Qing clenched her fist in front of the base's monitoring screen.

"Don't be too happy yet." Yang Zhan's voice came through the encrypted channel. "Jiang Nian, what's the damage to the hull?"

Jiang Nian adjusts the low-light night vision device on his helmet.

The transport ship has several dents in its hull, but its overall structure is intact.

"The outer shell is very strong, and the falling rocks only caused surface damage."

Jiang Nian reported in a low voice, "Its searchlights are scanning. I guess it will send out underwater combat personnel next."

"Can you infiltrate before it sends people in?" Bai Yongxu asked.

"You can try it."

The transport ship has maintenance hatches on its side, which are now opening due to the deformation of the hull.

“I need to reduce the jammer’s coverage area,” Jiang Nian said. “We need to suppress the marker activity as much as possible, otherwise it will be detected when it gets close.”

"What is the current synchronization rate?" Old Qin asked.

“Twelve percent.” Jiang Nian felt the quiet nodes in his body. “But if I actively approach the transport ship, its detection system may trigger a stronger signal.”

"We'll concentrate the jammer's power within a one-meter radius around you."

Qin Lao quickly explained, "But this will reduce your awareness of the environment, and it will only last for ten minutes."

"That's enough." Jiang began adjusting his equipment.

The deep-sea combat suit's built-in system emitted a slight hum, and the interference field gradually contracted from covering the entire body to forming a thin energy film on the skin's surface.

The world fell silent instantly.

The changes in water flow and temperature gradients that could previously be vaguely sensed are now blurred.

“Ready,” he said.

"The Sea Dragon Squad is on its way back."

General Zhao reported, "We expect to arrive at the rendezvous point in twenty minutes. Jiang Nian, you only have fifteen minutes. Regardless of success or failure, you must evacuate in fifteen minutes."

"clear."

Jiang Nian swam out from a depression in the rock wall.

The movements are slow, minimizing water flow disturbance.

The camouflage coating on the surface of the deep-sea suit began to work, and the color gradually blended into the surrounding rocks.

It took a full minute to swim a mere ten meters.

"It's establishing a warning scanning mode," Qin Lao analyzed the transmitted data. "It performs a full-range scan every thirty seconds, with six fixed monitoring points at the intervals. You have to move during its scanning gaps."

"Scanning pattern?"

"From left to right, from top to bottom, each scan lasts five seconds," Old Qin announced. "The next scan will begin in three seconds, starting from your left side."

Jiang Nian counted her heartbeats.

Just as the beam of light was about to move away, Jiang Nian quickly burrowed into the pile of rubble at the bottom of the transport ship.

The bottom of the transport ship was piled with rubble and coral debris that had just collapsed.

He began to move sideways in the pile of rubble.

They had to stop every ten centimeters to make sure they hadn't disturbed the sensors on the transport ship.

Two minutes later, he arrived at the bottom of the maintenance hatch.

Jiang Nian looked up and could see neat pipes and stainless steel walls through the crack in the door.

"Are there security cameras inside?" he asked.

“Definitely,” Qin said. “But we’ve cracked their surveillance system protocol from the equipment we’ve seized from the organization. If this ship is using the standard configuration, I can create a ten-second loop of footage.”

"how long it takes?"

"Thirty seconds to prepare." Old Qin's fingers tapped rapidly on the keyboard. "But this only works on a single camera. I need to know exactly which camera is pointing at this hatch."

Jiang Nian extended the miniature probe from the side of his helmet through the crack in the door.

The image was transmitted back to the base.

"Trying... Done!" Old Qin pressed Enter. "The ten-second looping image has been implanted. Now it displays the still image from ten seconds ago on the monitor screen."

"But the system will perform a self-check after ten seconds, and will alarm if it detects any abnormality."

Jiang Nian took a deep breath and began to move upwards.

The maintenance hatch is located on the side of the transport ship, three meters above the seabed.

He needed to leave the cover of the rubble pile completely and expose himself to open water.

"Five seconds remain in the scanning interval," Old Qin announced.

Two meters.

one meter.

My fingers touched the edge of the hatch.

"Warning!" Old Qin suddenly shouted, "The ship's life monitoring system has detected you! It's not a marker signal, it's just a heat source and bioelectricity!"

Inside the transport ship, a piercing alarm sounded!
Jiang Nian's pupils contracted, and he grabbed the edge of the hatch with both hands and pulled hard!
"Go in!" Yang Zhan shouted.

Jiang Nian squeezed in from the side.

Just as his body was fully inside the hatch, a blazing beam of light grazed his heel and struck the outer rock wall, melting a charred crater.

Jiang Nian leaned against the bulkhead, panting heavily.

Although the oxygen supply system in the deep-sea suit was stable, the surge of adrenaline just now made his heart beat at over 180 beats per minute.

"Location?" Bai Yongxu asked.

"Entry successful."

Jiang Nian calmed his breathing and looked around.

This is a narrow maintenance passage, only wide enough for one person to pass through at a time.

The walls on both sides are covered with pipes and instruments, and overhead is a dense network of cable trays. A dim blue emergency light illuminates the passageway, which extends forward for about twenty meters before turning a corner.

"The internal structural diagrams are being generated."

Qin Lao retrieved data previously extracted from other organizations' equipment, stating, "According to the standard design, this passage leads to the central energy module. But this is a disguised ship, and the structure may have been altered."

Jiang Nian took off his deep-sea helmet, revealing the tactical mask underneath.

The mask is connected to the combat suit's life support system, providing breathing and visual enhancement.

In addition to a standard underwater pistol and dagger, he also carried three nerve-anesthetizing aerosol bullets and a specially made electromagnetic pulse device on his waist.

It can disable electronic devices in a short period of time.

"What is the distribution of people inside the ship?"

"Scanning... Wait, this ship has very few life signals."

Old Qin frowned. "Given this size, the standard configuration should have at least fifteen to twenty crew members. But I only detected six."

General Zhao asked in bewilderment, "Including drivers, engineers, and weapons operators, this is simply not enough."

“Unless,” Yang Zhan said slowly, “most of the ship’s functions are automated. The crew are merely supervisors.”

Jiang Nian understood: "That's why it can disguise itself as a transport ship. Because it doesn't need that many operators at all."

"It could be a trap," Bai Yongxu warned. "Jiang Nian, be careful."

Jiang Nian nodded, drew his dagger, and moved forward along the passage.

The sound of footsteps was absorbed by the soft sole of the deep-sea suit.

But the air circulation system inside the tunnel emitted a low hum, masking the subtle noises.

At the bend, he stopped and leaned out to look.

Ahead was another, wider passageway with doors on both sides.

One of the doors was open, and white light shone from inside.

Jiang Nian approached the wall and stopped by the door.

Voices could be heard coming from inside.

"Is this the target?" the male voice asked coldly.

“The biometric match rate is 93 percent.” Another, younger voice said, “but the marker signal is very weak; it’s being blocked by something.”

"The source of the interference is inside the ship. However, the signal is too blurry to pinpoint its exact location."

"waste."

There was a brief silence.

Jiang Nian peeked out quietly.

Inside the room were two men in dark blue uniforms, standing with their backs to the door in front of a complex control panel.

A 3D radar image floats above the console, with one red dot moving slowly.

This is exactly where Jiang Nian is right now!
They knew he was nearby, but couldn't pinpoint his location.

"Old Qin, can we jam their radar?" "Yes, but we need to connect to the ship's network," Old Qin said. "See the data interface on the side of the control panel? It's black, standard type."

Jiang Nian peeked out again.

There is indeed a row of ports on the side of the console.

"How far away?"

“About five meters,” Jiang Nian estimated. “There’s no obstruction in the middle, but they’re in front of me and can see my movements.”

"Then let's make some noise," Yang Zhan suddenly said. "Jiang Nian, do you see the vent on the ceiling to your left?"

Jiang Nian looked up.

There is indeed a square vent cover, with sides measuring about thirty centimeters.

“That’s the return air vent for the central air conditioning system.” Old Qin pulled up a structural diagram. “If you can climb in, you can approach them from above.”

Jiang Nian did not hesitate.

He took a few steps back, ran up, jumped, and grabbed the edge of the vent with both hands.

Although the deep-sea suit adds weight, master-level arm strength is enough to support it.

With a gentle pull, the vent cover was removed.

Jiang Nian rolled over and crawled inside.

It was pitch black inside, with only a faint light coming from afar.

"The control room is directly below."

Qin Lao instructed through the earpiece, "They are still discussing it and haven't found anything unusual."

Jiang Nian climbed to the designated position and looked down through the metal grille of the ventilation vent.

The two men remained with their backs to him, intently staring at the radar screen.

"The target signal has disappeared," the younger one said.

"The shielding has been enhanced?" The older man frowned.

The words have not yet fallen.

Jiang Nian made his move.

Instead of opening the vents, he punched the grille through!
"boom!"

Metal fragments flew everywhere.

The two men turned around abruptly, but it was too late.

Jiang Nian swooped down from the ceiling like a falcon, his right hand flashing a cold light as he aimed a dagger straight at the elder's throat.

With his left hand, he flung out a nerve tranquilizer dart, which hit the young man in the face.

"puff!"

The aerosol exploded, and pale green smoke instantly filled the air.

The older man reacted extremely quickly, dodging the fatal blow by sidestepping; the dagger only grazed his shoulder.

He leaned back and kicked Jiang Nian in the stomach.

"Boom!"

A dull thud.

Jiang Nian took the kick head-on, used the force to retreat, and at the same time threw out a second tranquilizer dart.

But the older man had already pressed a button on the console.

The piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire ship!
"Damn it!"

Jiang Nian gritted his teeth and released the third tranquilizer dart.

This time it hit.

When older people inhale aerosols, their movements become noticeably slower and their eyes begin to glaze over.

He struggled to press another button, but his fingers wouldn't obey him.

Three seconds later, the two collapsed to the ground.

Jiang Nian, panting, checked the control panel.

The alarm was still ringing, and a red "intrusion warning" was flashing on the screen.

"Mr. Qin, can you turn it off?"

"Trying... No, the alarm system is independent and needs to be physically disconnected."

Old Qin quickly said, "Look at the bottom right corner of the console, there's a red fuse box. Open it and unplug the thickest wire."

Jiang Nian did as instructed.

The alarm stopped abruptly.

The only sounds in the room were the hum of the air conditioning system and the faint breathing of the two unconscious people.

"It's resolved," Jiang Nian reported. "But the alarm has already been sounded, and the other crew members should be on their way."

"Four more."

"Life signs indicate that two are in the cockpit, one in the power compartment, and one in the weapons control room."

Qin Lao pulled up the layout map, "The cockpit is at the very front, the power compartment is in the middle of the hull, and the weapons control room is at the stern."

"Let's go to the cockpit first," Jiang Nian decided. "If we take control of the steering system, this ship won't be able to escape."

"Be careful, they know someone has broken in now, so they're definitely on guard," Bai Yongxu warned.

Jiang Nian nodded and checked the equipment.

He wiped the blood off the dagger and sheathed it.

The pistol also contains six specially made underwater bullets, enough to penetrate the organization's standard combat uniform at close range.

He left the control room and entered the main corridor.

This time, there's no need to hide.

They quickened their pace, the soft soles of their diving suits making a slight scraping sound on the metal floor.

After turning two corners, a sealed door appeared ahead.

The cockpit indicator lights were lit above the door.

"boom!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Nian kicked open the hole with a resounding thud!

Inside the cockpit, two men in identical dark blue uniforms were pointing their guns at the door!

Gunfire rang out.

"Bang bang bang!"

Jiang Nian rolled to the side, bullets grazing his tactical mask and leaving scorching bullet holes in the wall.

He raised his hand to retaliate.

"boom!"

A shot hit the man on the left in the shoulder, who screamed and dropped his weapon.

The man on the right seized the opportunity to hide behind the control panel and yelled into the communicator, "Intruder in the cockpit! Requesting backup!"

Jiang Nian did not give him a second chance.

The dagger flew out of his hand and accurately pierced the wrist of the person holding the gun.

"what!"

The pistol dropped.

Jiang Nian rushed forward and delivered a chop to the back of the opponent's neck.

The man collapsed.

The other injured man tried to struggle, but Jiang Nian kicked him again, knocking him unconscious.

“Cockpit control,” Jiang Nian reported, panting.

“Well done,” Bai Yongxu said. “Now try to take over the navigation system. Look at the main control console; there should be navigation and power control modules.”

Jiang Nian walked to the control panel.

The screen displays complex nautical charts and system status.

Most interfaces are internally coded by the organization.

"Mr. Qin?"

"I'm connecting remotely. Okay, now follow my instructions."

Old Qin's voice was filled with excitement, "Turn the red knob in the upper left corner ninety degrees clockwise."

"Now press the third green button on your right."

"Okay, the navigation system has locked on. This ship can't go anywhere now."

Old Qin paused for a moment, then added, "But the weapon systems and energy systems are still operating independently."

"Energy module and weapons control room." Jiang Nian looked at the other door to the cockpit. "Which one to go to first?"

“Energy compartment,” Yang Zhan interjected. “If they’re desperate in the weapons control room, they might activate the self-destruct mechanism. But self-destruction requires an energy supply; if the energy is cut off, they can’t do anything.”

"Understood." (End of Chapter)