Qianyuan: My crew comes from the world of anime.

The captain's log in his arms radiated warmth... proving that he had completed the 'underwater operation' phase of the mission.

But he doesn't have time to experience that right now—

Without saying a word, Luo Tianming quickly picked up the plasma cutter and turbojet device and moved towards the warehouse door.

After finally managing to carry all these things through the gate, the seawater was already up to his calves, so he quickly pressed the emergency closing system on the gate.

Every submarine has this design: to prevent the submarine from sinking directly due to hull damage, the interior of the submarine is designed to be modular, with each area having its own independent sealed space.

Once a breach occurs in the hull, the affected area is immediately sealed off. At this point, the submarine remains stable, and the damage can be repaired when the opportunity arises in the future.

Watching the door slowly closing in front of him, Luo Tianming chose to leave the plasma cutter and turbine device where they were.

'Anyway, we'll be leaving from here later.'

He planned to travel light... right the moment he removed his oxygen mask.

Beep beep!

The alarm device around his neck sounded a 'low oxygen concentration' warning, and he quickly put his mask back on—this unexpected event led Luo Tianming to guess the reason why the submarine sank.

With ample food supplies, no damage to the ship's hull or signs of attack, and the submarine's internal seals intact, the only explanation is that the submarine suffocated and ran aground due to a lack of power to its oxygen generator.

Luo Tianming tore a page from the 'Captain's Log' from his pocket, and tossed a heavy waterproof flashlight out of his diving suit.

When the light returned to the pitch-black cabin, a few lines of bright red characters on the wall startled Luo Tianming.

"..."

[The Alliance deceived us!!!]

[They're lying! There's absolutely no way out!!]

[Warning! Don't believe a single word!]

[There's no way out... Jumping out means death, suffocating inside means death too, I'd rather drown in rum.]

"..."

These words, written in blood on the walls, represent the last words of the Jupiter separatists who died here.

It seems they were tricked by the Europa Alliance. It's estimated that these people strongly demanded to leave the Alliance's site, leaving the Alliance with no choice but to give these separatists a submarine to get them out of there.

Then, they boarded a submarine that the Alliance had tampered with. After leaving one station, they discovered that they didn't have enough fuel to get to the next station, and they could only slowly sink into despair in the deep sea.

"..."

Chapter 10 Shipwreck Treasure

Ignoring the horrifying blood-red words, Luo Tianming didn't forget his purpose in coming to this sunken ship: he was there for the treasure mentioned in the 'Captain's Log' mission.

If you can find those treasures and complete the mission, you'll get another recruitment ticket.

"..."

However, although it sounds easy, the idea of ​​searching for treasure in a 90-meter-long submarine, with dozens of rooms inside and outside, while wearing a diving suit weighing at least 15 kilograms... is somewhat of a pipe dream.

Even if he could find it, Luo Tianming would either be exhausted to death or run out of oxygen and end up like these guys.

Of course, it's impossible to say that he had absolutely no clue.

Having piloted a submarine once, Luo Tianming knew that if there was anything most important on the entire submarine, it was undoubtedly the 'Captain's Log' on the bridge. If the other side didn't have the habit of writing in a log, the navigation data recorder on the instrument panel was also a crucial source of information.

It records the submarine's navigation trajectory and cargo traffic, and automatically records and schedules port information by time. Any cargo entering or leaving the submarine's hold is automatically registered to prevent any unauthorized items from getting mixed in.

Once Luo Tianming finds this thing, he will be able to deduce the location of those treasures.

"..."

Upon arriving at the captain's cabin, I disconnected the cable from the navigation recorder and connected it to the power source of the diving suit. The records that had been interrupted due to the power outage were reprinted.

He searched through the records that excluded consumable supplies such as ammunition, fuel, and food.

Finally, Luo Tianming located a record that seemed somewhat suspicious among several records.

"Found it! 13/06/15. Research Station... Lower Storage - E1 Extraterrestrial Ocean Research Data?"

Luo Tianming was puzzled. Wasn't it supposed to be 'treasure'? How did it turn into marine research data?

He looked at the record carefully, but couldn't make heads or tails of it.

Other records contain some decent-looking information, such as: there is a large automatic machine gun that has not yet been installed on the lower level of D1.

But those were specifically installed for outpost sites and were completely incompatible with the submarine's gun mounts.

The C2 level has a high-powered central ventilation system for the entire station, which unfortunately is also for the station's use.

These things are indeed very valuable, but most people would probably give up long ago if they saw that they weighed in tons.

But Luo Tianming is no ordinary person... At this moment, his hamster-collecting obsession, which he developed in the game, has kicked in again: even the most useless thing is a treasure if he doesn't get his hands on it, and he can't miss out on a treasure!

"..."

With his nearly weightless 'Captain's Log' at his disposal, Luo Tianming entered the storage area and began another massive looting spree.

First, they went to level C2 and took away the entire air purification system, then went to level D1 and took the automatic machine gun along with the ammunition feeder.

During this time, Luo Tianming also gained a basic understanding of the capabilities of the 'Captain's Log':

Anything he wants to take in, regardless of size, weight, or volume, can be transformed into a thin sheet of paper.

However, the criteria for categorizing items are quite limited. First, the items that are categorized can only be considered as 'a complete unit'. This is a rather abstract concept. The items must belong to the same category in terms of their overall structure or function in order to be considered as 'a complete unit'.

Hypothetically speaking, would it be feasible for Luo Tianming to use the 'Captain's Log' to store an entire submarine?

The answer is: Not feasible.

The various rooms and areas of a submarine have different functions. The walls are the supporting structure, the hull is made of pressure-resistant and waterproof material, the internal fuel room provides power and electricity, and the captain's cabin is the central computer that controls everything.

If he sticks the logbook on the floor and has the idea of ​​tidying it up, he will likely only end up tidying up one wall or one compartment.

This is no different from dismantling a submarine. He's not some senior engineer who can piece a submarine back together from the fragments.

Therefore, storing the submarine was not feasible, but storing the entire ventilation system was feasible, and the ventilation system was recognized as a function.

Secondly, there are some 'fuzzy' aspects in terms of judgment.

Take bullets and rifles as examples; these individual items can only be stored on a single sheet of paper.

But if we change the concept and load the bullets into the magazine—then we can store a magazine and the bullets all on a single sheet of paper, forming a 'whole' concept of the magazine and the bullets.

Similarly, assembling the magazine and the rifle together creates another 'whole': a firearm that can fire bullets.

The bullet, magazine, and rifle cannot be used independently, so when they are assembled together, they can be considered as an abstract 'whole'.

Enough of the small talk. After leaving D1, Luo Tianming rushed to the storage floor of E1.

"..."

Upon arriving here, he was shocked by the horrific scene.

Previously, in the lowest level of the food warehouse, there was a sense of despair from betrayal, and the struggle and helplessness before suffocating to death.

So what is revealed on level E1 is... the ugliest side of human nature.

These corpses are peculiar; they are all 'sleeping in each other', meaning that only in death can you not see how ferocious they were in life. Each of them must have been riding on top of the other, pulling out knives and guns and fighting to the throat until they bled and suffocated.

At this point, it's pointless to discuss who struck first, since no one will survive this disaster anyway.

Luo Tianming found another interesting item on the ground: a stainless steel harpoon gun.

It's considered a good thing because this harpoon gun is much more useful underwater than rifles and bullets.

As is well known, due to water resistance, the lethal range of a rifle without special treatment is at most a few tens of centimeters, and that of a pistol is even worse.

However, charged weapons are different. Harpoon guns have powerful penetrating power even at depths of over ten meters underwater. With their special arrowheads, they can quickly inflict massive damage on the enemy's body.

He picked up the thing that looked like a short-barreled shotgun and discovered that it was powered by an electromagnetic catapult.

Luo Tianming tried pulling the trigger, and after a brief and rapid charge...

call out--!

Two dark shadows flew out instantly and plunged directly into the wall of the submarine.

"..."

Luo Tianming stepped forward and tried to pull it out. The arrow was completely embedded in the alloy wall, indicating that the arrow had undergone special hardening treatment.

He couldn't imagine what would happen if that stuff were shot into a human body...

He happened to lack a weapon for self-defense, so he simply carried the harpoon gun and the dozen or so arrows that were under the corpse on his back, just in case.

Luo Tianming pushed aside four or five intertwined corpses, and the door to the E1 floor was covered by their bodies. He struggled a bit to push open the door, which was as thick as a cold storage room, but the situation inside surprised him even more.

The cabin, which was less than 20 square meters, was crammed with cabinets and filled with bottles and jars wrapped in foam.

Luo Tianming casually picked up a bottle from the shelf. He couldn't understand the special code on it, but he could clearly see through the glass jar that it contained something that looked like seeds.

The other jars contained similar items, either tissue slices or seedlings of some kind of seaweed. It seems the Jupiter separatists on this ship are genuinely considering how to survive without relying on the Alliance's supplies after leaving the Alliance.

They even got their hands on automatic cannons and air circulation systems; with this ship, they might actually be able to establish their own base.

However... Luo Tianming looked around the entire E1 floor, which was crammed full of cabinets, leaving no room for anything else.

"..."

These things can be considered 'treasures' in a sense, and they are the kind that are valuable but not available for sale.

If scholars on Earth saw this, they would probably divide it up by the gram among governments, and then everyone would fight tooth and nail over it.

But this thing is useless to him... He's not a scholar, nor does he have any urgent desire to settle down at any particular site.

He knew that... as time went on, the radiation above Europa's icy surface would gradually spread downwards, making the idea of ​​living in one place for a long time simply unrealistic.

The so-called treasure was less tempting to him than the harpoon gun on his back.

Driven by his collecting obsession, he picked a cabinet that seemed to have the most complete selection and added it directly to the captain's log.

"..."

With one cabinet missing, the cabinet behind it was exposed. Luo Tianming, already feeling anxious, took another look...

Then, this time, he couldn't take his eyes off it!

Because what he saw was: pearls! A whole food container full of pearls!! And even more...

Among them are pale pink pearls that shimmer with an alluring luster, rare and precious dark green pearls, as well as yellow, blue, and black pearls.

These pearls are of immeasurable value. Not only are they all naturally round, but they are also remarkably large, with the smallest being the size of a quail egg.

Pearls of the same color were placed in the same box; there were more than a dozen boxes of such pearls in the entire cabinet!

They are undoubtedly natural, with some of the pearls still soaking in some kind of mucus, proving that they were retrieved from Europa's ocean.

These have undoubtedly been labeled as extraterrestrial ocean research data, indicating that scientists on Europa have also become interested in the composition and environment in which these things were formed.

With these items, Luo Tianming continued to plunder the entire E1 floor.

The ocean truly is a treasure trove yet to be fully explored by humankind... It contains countless alien corals, seashells, and natural marine amber. The largest red coral fossil is over a meter tall, and judging by the rate of coral growth, it must be at least several thousand years old.

The looting on E1 floor clearly took up a lot of Luo Tianming's time, and this delay significantly increased his oxygen consumption.

beep beep-

He only came to his senses when his oxygen mask beeped.

"..."

It seems that the treasure does indeed have the power to deceive people. If he hadn't noticed this, Luo Tianming would probably have ended up lying with these corpses when he suffered from hypoxia.

After storing the two large cabinets full of 'valuable' treasures into the captain's log, Luo Tianming breathed a sigh of relief and came back to his senses:

'Does it really make sense for me to move all this stuff?'

"..."

Yes, after moving everything inside, Luo Tianming's obsessive hobby of 'hamster collecting' came to an end, allowing his normal human intelligence to take over.

He considered a despairing fact.

That is—what he, an Earthling, considers 'treasure' is actually the same kind of thing as the previous seeds; they are all 'extraterrestrial ocean research data'...

In other words, in the extreme environment of Europa, these pearls and corals are not valuable at all. Except for scientists who would regard them as treasures, other people would probably not even be willing to exchange a pearl for a bullet.

After Europa separated from Earth, the site's productivity was extremely low, and in some places, bullets were even used to exchange for supplies.

Pearls may seem rare, but they are essentially just a bunch of sand and trace elements.