Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 69 After the Storm
It was indeed strange to be going against the flow at this time, especially since they were coming from a combat zone, but the machine gun turret did not fire.

Within a minute, several searchlights illuminated her, and a jeep sped up. Someone pointed a gun at the troublemaker, shouting, "Don't move, or I'll shoot!"

Miao Xin dropped her gun and ran, simultaneously throwing out all the remaining chaff grenades. Several small-caliber bullets hit Xiao Citou, but were stopped by his bulletproof vest.

The tactical goggles blocked the effects of the flashbangs, but the soldiers dared not rashly pursue into the smoke. The enemy belonged to the country, but their lives were their own. They remained where they were, and even for fear of friendly fire, they did not fire blindly.

Emphasize one professional aspect!
A flash of gunfire erupted from the side machine gun post, and Miao Xin abruptly changed direction, dodging the line of fire. She had been keeping a close eye on the machine gun; at such close range, Su Ming wouldn't be able to react in time, but Miss Ghost could!

Suddenly, a bullet flew from another spot, piercing through the bulletproof plate and causing Miao Xin to stagger.

It's a medium-caliber sniper weapon!

Miss Ghost's soul fire flashed, and she suddenly started doing a series of side handsprings, getting faster and faster!
This unexpected movement significantly increased the difficulty for the attacker. The side-facing projection area is less than one-third of the back-facing area, and due to skeletal structure, the actual impact area is drastically reduced.

But there was no time for the attackers to regroup. Amidst the swirling bullets, Miao Xin had reached the water's edge. Just as she was about to leap into the sea, Su Ming suddenly issued an order: [Turn left!]

Miao Xin changed direction without hesitation. She hadn't run more than a few steps when the spot where she was about to enter the water exploded with a series of "plop" sounds—it was a grenade launched in a curved trajectory!
【Ready, get in the water!】

The grenades continued to fall and explode, their trajectory moving in this direction. But it didn't matter; something traveling at only tens of meters per second was sluggish and clumsy against a target as unusual as this little rascal.

Miao Xin then plunged into the sea. Bullets thudded into the water behind her, leaving trails of bubbles, before falling limply a meter below the surface. A few seconds later, the grenade finally arrived, exploding on the surface as if in a fit of impotent rage.

Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief and quickly recalled the bone fragments that had just been blasted away. Miao Xin sank rapidly in the water, removing her equipment as she went. After reaching the seabed, she ran towards the surface.

Temporary safety was finally achieved. Su Ming took control and sent Miao Xin back to the base's command center to check on the situation.

This action was timely, as the base had already dispatched speedboats with frogmen to search. Following the deployment that Miao Xin had seen in the command center, Su Ming left their search area.

A while later, we learned that two more MH-60R anti-submarine helicopters were en route. This time, the area covered was larger; they would deploy sonar buoys to detect underwater targets.

A P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft, also fully loaded with munitions, took off from a nearby air force base.

Su Ming simply had the little troublemaker run to the bottom of an Independence-class littoral combat ship and bury himself in the seabed silt.

"Go ahead and search all you want!" Su Ming said resentfully.

****
On the Zhiyuan's side, the storm had completely passed by the next day, the sky was clear and the sun was exceptionally strong.

Su Ming and Zi Jin were in the lower deck, continuing the assembly of the No. 1 steam engine, which was nearing completion for the day.

"What happened to you yesterday? You looked so disheveled." The scholar asked. "Isn't the little troublemaker's new form working well?"

"It's just too good to use," Su Ming sighed.

Su Ming's original intention was to use the speed of the little punk hound form to complete the theft and leave before the base's guards could react. The whole process was quick, taking only a few minutes.

Normally, each process—discovery, reporting, decision-making, assembly, and encirclement—takes time.

However, due to technological advancements and the widespread adoption of various unmanned devices, military bases have upgraded their systems and emergency procedures to cope with these changes. In particular, the robotic dog publicly displayed by a certain university in Tokyo is naturally one of the most vigilant potential threats to the security system. Therefore, when the hound's form is captured by a smart camera, the highest priority alarm is triggered immediately. Upon spotting a target resembling the robotic dog, and without fear of accidentally injuring anyone, the on-duty personnel decisively authorized the machine gun outpost to fire!

As for whether it could be a normal dog—whose dog can run at 90 kilometers per hour!
Su Ming only gradually learned about these things after Miao Xin listened in from the command center.

After he disguised himself as a soldier, the command center did quickly notice the suspicious activity, but chose to arrange for an interception. After all, one cannot just fire a gun indiscriminately; there might not be many enemies in the base, but there were plenty of their own.

In short, the military base reacted strongly to the attack, deploying not only ships and helicopters, but also underwater vehicles and divers in multiple searches, thoroughly cleaning up the sea area near the port.

However, no one had yet noticed that the towed sonar and generator on the decommissioned Freedom-class destroyer had disappeared. Before heading to the warehouse to retrieve the electronic dog, Su Ming teleported them away first, also grabbing a binoculars along the way.

Su Ming recounted the whole process to Zi Jin.

"This is more exciting than when I stole things from the temple!" the former saintess exclaimed.

"I'll have to give them another big one later," Su Ming sighed. "So I really need to hide well from now on. A huge group of irritable American soldiers, they're terrifying!"

"Keep it up, Enen!"

Zijin turned around and began examining Su Ming's spoils from the previous night: the CAPTAS 4 towed sonar. Including the accompanying power, communication, and data processing components, it was quite a considerable amount.

Su Ming unfolded the instruction manual. To be honest, his English was only so-so, and he would occasionally open his phone to look up terms and vocabulary.

"What's the working principle of this device?"

"We receive sounds from the water and use the array antenna to locate the target," Su Ming replied.

"The principle is quite easy to understand." Violet thought for a moment, "If the sea monster is asleep, can it be captured?"

“It should be possible. Even when you’re asleep, you can still hear snoring or something,” Su Ming said. “Sonar can also actively emit signals and detect based on the echoes—just like bats do.”

The scholar's eyes lit up, "What if the sea monster lies flat on the seabed, then it won't be detectable?"

Su Ming sighed and raised the instruction manual in his hand. "I'm reading it too, but my understanding of it is not as good as your treatment skills."

"Alright," Violet said with a hint of regret, "Good luck!"

****
In the afternoon, Su Ming and Zi Jin began debugging the No. 1 steam generator unit. Thanks to Su Ming's parts repair and enhancement techniques, it went quite smoothly this time. With a loud noise, the output gears of the gearbox began to rotate at high speed.

Test run successful!

"It's so noisy! I need to order a batch of soundproofing foam from the Chamber of Commerce, otherwise there's no way to track the sea monster," said Zijin. "At this noise level, they would have escaped from ten kilometers away!"

【really. 】

(End of this chapter)