Otherworld Girl Development Guide

After stretching, Wang Fugui walked towards the living area of ​​the deep-sea mining base. As for the minerals on the iron ball, there were specialists to collect them.

"Wait a minute, Wang Fugui, the foreman is looking for you!"

Chapter 41 The Starfish's Counterattack (11/15)

"Wait a minute, Wang Fugui, the foreman is looking for you!"

A fellow worker called out to Wang Fugui, who was about to leave.

"The foreman wants to see me? What's up?"

"I'm not sure either, it's probably a job change..."

Wang Fugui nodded and walked towards the foreman's office.

Upon entering the office, he saw a bald, middle-aged man writing something. When he saw Wang Fugui, he looked up and gave him a friendly smile.

"Comrade Wang Fugui, you've arrived. Please have a seat."

Wang Fugui sat at his desk and asked in a low voice, "Are you planning to reassign me to a different position?"

"Yes, Comrade Wang Fugui, you have been working in the deep sea for three years. Although the psychological evaluation results show that you do not have a mental illness, the organization has decided, after careful consideration, to change your work environment..."

"I think I can keep going..." Wang Fugui said in a low voice.

“I know you can continue doing this, but rules are rules. Try working in a different environment, like going to space.”

For safety reasons, deep-sea miners need to rotate jobs. Working in a dark and enclosed environment for a long time will inevitably have some impact, and the safety of employees must be taken into account.

"Space?" Wang Fugui said with some surprise, not expecting to be sent to space directly.

"Yes, the construction of the Tiangong space station on Earth requires many highly skilled technicians. You'll spend a few years in space, gaining valuable experience along the way. Don't worry about not being able to adapt; we'll provide you with intensive training..."

"it is good..."

Before Wang Fugui could finish speaking, alarms suddenly sounded throughout the base.

"This is?"

"Oh no, something's happened!"

The foreman realized what had happened almost immediately and quickly pulled Wang Fugui out of the office, heading towards the nearest refuge pod.

Wang Fugui had only heard the urgent alarm during evacuation drills; it usually sounded when some threatening targets were discovered around a deep-sea mining base.

All personnel at the base must enter the escape pods immediately... There are two possible scenarios: either the threat is eliminated, in which case they will leave the escape pods; or the underwater base is destroyed, and they evacuate the underwater mining base through the escape pods.

Suddenly, a violent explosion came from afar. It turned out that this sound was not unfamiliar to Wang Fugui; he had heard it many times before. It was the sound produced by the explosion of the warhead of a 650mm heavy torpedo.

Once inside the escape pod, Wang Fugui's only thought was, what is it this time? A sea monster or something else?

Inside the controlled deep-sea mining base, a security officer is directing operations.

The sonar array around the base detected the unusual noise and immediately alerted the base.

The security room activated its emergency procedures, first sending distress signals to the Xirang base and Pengkun-1 in the sky, and then activating the base's self-defense weapons.

What was that strange noise?

"It might be some kind of sea creature..."

"Sea monsters?" The commander frowned slightly. How long had it been since they'd encountered sea monsters? Could their sudden appearance be related to the Starfish Civilization...?

"Immediately send the situation here to Pengkun-1 and the Xirang Base..."

"A distress signal has been sent, and the Qingluan UAV on standby by Pengkun-1 is on its way..."

The commander nodded. Qingluan could only provide auxiliary attacks; to deal with deep-sea creatures, powerful torpedoes were still needed.

As the strange noise approached, whatever it was, once he entered the rabbit's perimeter, the outer 650mm torpedo launchers were activated.

These fixed torpedo launchers, like missile launchers, launch torpedoes from their launch tubes. The superconducting batteries inside the torpedoes activate the magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system at the tail of the torpedo, allowing the torpedoes to launch their darting maneuvers at a speed of 80 knots on the seabed.

Immediately afterwards, the torpedo adjusted its control surfaces using data from the fiber optic cable at its tail, changed its course, and moved closer to the location where the abnormal noise had occurred.

Upon approaching the unusual noise, the torpedo activated its active sonar, detected the target, and rammed straight into it.

boom!

The power of a 650mm heavy torpedo far surpasses that of a 533mm torpedo; a single shot reduced the unidentified object to rubble...

However, this seemed to be just the beginning. After the sound waves from the torpedo explosion subsided, more sound sources appeared and continued to approach the deep-sea mining base...

In the sky, a Qingluan drone is using optical sensors on its underside to detect any anomalies on the sea surface.

However, apart from a stretch of turquoise water, nothing else was found.

On the bridge of the Pengkun-1, the captain couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness. Indeed, when facing the deep sea, humanity's current methods of exploration are still very limited, and it is impossible to penetrate the thick seawater to see what is inside the seabed.

In the depths of the ocean, unseen by the Pengkun-1, countless sea creatures were moving toward the deep-sea base, while in another direction, a silver-white ship was conducting observations.

Just as humans observe starfish civilizations, starfish civilizations also observe humans, wanting to understand the descendants of these adversaries.

After confirming that the humans had been distracted by the sea monsters, the starfish civilization's ships opened, and more than a dozen starfish dressed in strange costumes were released... Upon contact with the seawater, the starfish civilization individuals adjusted their bodies with incredible agility, swimming rapidly in the deep sea.

Their movements were almost silent as they approached the deep-sea mining base.

Upon approaching the base, the individuals of the starfish civilization did not rashly approach directly. Instead, they hid in the shadows, observing the deep-sea base with their enormous eyes, almost as if pondering where they could enter.

In the distant sea, human torpedoes continued to attack the sea monsters. They were equal before the heavy torpedoes, but at the same time, the torpedo explosions also affected the sonar, making it impossible for them to hear the noise in the surrounding sea.

Soon, the starfish civilization spotted a target: several iron spheres returning to their deep-sea base.

These round machines move very slowly, making them easy to operate...

The four iron spheres, clustered together, are returning to the deep-sea base at top speed. According to safety regulations, solo operations are prohibited in the deep sea, so the four iron spheres have formed a small formation.

Just as the iron balls were passing a trench, several figures suddenly rushed out of the trench and charged towards the iron balls.

"Is there something?"

These dark shapes clearly attracted the miners' attention, and the LED spotlights on the iron ball illuminated their appearance.

"What the hell is this thing? An octopus-man?"

Chapter 42 The Third Scientific Expedition (12/15)

"What the hell is this thing?!"

Seeing the starfish civilization individuals charging towards them, the miners immediately went on guard and prepared to launch a counterattack.

Whether you have a strong driving foundation or not, simply put, it all comes down to practice makes perfect... These deep-sea miners mine in the deep sea almost every day, so naturally they are very good at controlling the iron ball and can even do some fancy tricks with it.

Faced with the charging "enemy," the miners immediately exercised their right to self-defense.

After approaching the iron ball, the starfish civilization beings took out something resembling a harpoon and launched an attack on the iron ball.

Sharp spikes pierced the seawater and hurtled towards the iron ball like harpoons, but the miners immediately maneuvered the ball to avoid them.

The iron ball avoided most of the harpoon attacks, but some harpoons still hit it, leaving marks on the iron ball's pressure-resistant outer shell made of an unknown metal.

After discovering that harpoon attacks were ineffective against the iron balls, the starfish abandoned their ranged attacks and instead surrounded the miners, attempting to disrupt their formation. The miners immediately retaliated against the individual starfish, trying to grab them with hydraulic clamps and crush them to death.

However, the miners soon discovered that catching these slippery creatures on the seabed was proving difficult...

The two sides faced off for more than ten seconds. The distant explosions gradually subsided. The sea monsters that had been used as a feint attack had been almost completely wiped out. The starfish civilization had no choice but to retreat, nimbly disappearing into the darkness of the deep sea. For safety reasons, the miners did not give chase.

For some time afterward, the starfish civilization did not reappear, as if the previous encounter had been an illusion.

However, the actions of the starfish civilization have also alerted humanity.

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Shangqiu Comprehensive Command Center.

The giant LED screen was showing the encounter between the miners and the starfish civilization. The footage was captured by the monitor on the iron ball, but the picture was very shaky and had to be viewed frame by frame to see the movements of the individual starfish civilization members.

"As everyone has seen, the starfish civilization has crossed the warning line. Their goal is probably to capture our people for research... Just as we are researching the starfish civilization, they also want to study us."

"...This incident serves as a wake-up call for us; starfish civilizations live on the seabed, constantly observing us..."

After repeatedly watching the video recorded by the iron ball, a biology expert thought for a moment and said, "The deep sea is their home ground, and we are at a disadvantage."

"I think we should enhance the Iron Ball's armament, or we should equip it with a vehicle suitable for underwater combat..."

At this point, everyone present felt a bit of a headache, as this was a challenge that humanity had never fought in before.

"It can be equipped with the Demon Crab. Its streamlined body and near-humanoid structure give it considerable maneuverability both in water and on land..."

Everyone fell silent as they stared at the tortoise-like vehicle on the screen. Indeed, the Scorpion was well-suited for underwater combat, but it would take time before it could be deployed.

"For now, let's focus on enhancing the iron sphere's weaponry and equipping the miners with harpoon guns..."

"We can no longer continue on a passive defensive posture. Following the principle of reciprocity, now that the Starfish Civilization has taken action, we should conduct our third Abyssal Sea scientific expedition... And coincidentally, the Type 005 aircraft carrier has already been launched..."

"The third scientific expedition?"

The high-ranking officials in Shangqiu exchanged glances. The second scientific expedition had yielded excellent results, yielding two treasures from the seabed and even a "third kind of contact."

"What are our strategic goals for the third scientific expedition?"

Military operations are not like headless flies; they require strategic objectives. As long as the strategic objectives are achieved, even if there are many losses, it can still be considered a victory.

"Make contact with the starfish civilization again, search for the goddess's treasure once more, and expand the defensive perimeter by 100 nautical miles!"

This time, the starfish civilization has reached the vicinity of the deep-sea base. Will they go to the Xirang base next?!

Furthermore, the rabbit has been longing for the goddess's treasure. With the ancient documents provided by the Kingdom of Bel, the more the rabbit learns about the treasure, the more it feels that the technology contained within it is enough to give the rabbit the ability to travel within the solar system.

The reason why China is in such a hurry is largely because of the US's self-destructive actions.

The rabbit was developing well and even had the help of the Mingrui Star, but unexpectedly, the eagle wanted to open a wasteland instance, which made the rabbit quite alarmed. Before the eagle destroys humanity, the rabbit wants to quickly enter the vast universe.

In the conference room, Zhou Mingrui sat in the corner, taking notes on the meeting. He hadn't expected that the third exploration of the Abyss Sea would begin so soon.

"Now, let's vote on whether to conduct a third exploration of the Abyss Sea. Those in favor, please raise your hands..."

"agree..."

"agree..."

"be opposed to..."

"agree..."