48 Hours a Day

The women waited for about half an hour before the base door opened again.

The chief stepped out of it and Nellie immediately greeted her, her eyes filled with anticipation, but then the chief's words poured cold water on her.

“I reflected you and my story to my superiors, but it was ridiculous and hard to believe. ”

“What about the pictures? Did you give them the photos? ”

“Of course," Chief Cao nodded, "those photographs are surprising, but they only prove the existence of a real underwater site near the island, something that the archaeological community should be concerned about, and we don't know if they were artificially forged. ”

Nellie sniffed a sinking heart.

But then she listened to the chief of the sea, "Nevertheless, we just asked about the hotel airport, the dive shop and the boat that sent you back, and we learned that you did have a companion who did not return after diving with you, and in a humanitarian spirit, the militia agreed to draw some people to help you search the nearby waters. ”

“How many?” Nellie rekindled hope.

“Two patrol boats, count me in, a total of 25 members of the Naval Self-Defense Forces. ”

“Too few people.” Nellie shook her head, "and in the water we weren't rivals of those monsters. ”

“Unfortunately, that's the most people we can get out.” The chief captain paused, and he went on, "We will carry some weapons, which is the greatest help I can offer you in my line of duty. ”

Nelly knows this is the best they can get.

Perhaps it is only after seeing the underwater palace with their own eyes that these militia soldiers can truly change their minds.

Just as Nellie was about to say thank you to Chief Chef, she suddenly heard Han Lu say in English, “Where's the camera? ”

“In the hands of those in the back, I'll return the camera to you when I get aboard.” Without waiting for Nellie to translate, Chief Haicao answered in English, and then he looked at Han Lu, “Any other questions? ”

Han Lu still felt something was wrong, but he could only shake his head. Perhaps, as Nellie said, when these soldiers really saw the tunnel and what was down there, they would believe what they had said.

“Save people like fire, then let's go now.” Chieftain's Road.

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Coming to the Navy's dedicated pier and seeing the sea water, Nellie couldn't help but create a contradiction in her heart. After experiencing this dive, she was already having difficulty loving the blue as never before, and even had to shake her head and drive her fear out of it.

Two SDF patrol boats were already ready, full of soldiers and, in addition to regular naval soldiers, frogmen with diving equipment.

Nellie also gets a little bit of security from those steadfast faces.

The chief chief took the two women to one of the patrol boats and placed them in the cockpit, in order to facilitate their direction, and as soon as he sat down, Han Lu said, “Can we have the camera back? ”

“Sure,” said Chief Cao, then made a gesture, asking a soldier to bring Nellie's underwater camera back to the two women, but Han Lu picked up the camera shortly after the color changed.

“Where's the SD card in there? ”

“SD card we pulled, as I said before, we need to verify the authenticity of those photos.” Chief Cao, “we will naturally return the SD card to you after the appraisal, and I can give you a blank card first if you need it. ”

“But why don't you take a copy of the photo and give us the SD card back?” Han Lu asked.

Chief Cao deeply glanced at Han Lu, but did not answer.

At the end of the day, Nellie came out to play the roundabout, “It's okay, the SD team has already sent someone. I'll pay back the SD card later. Everyone's goal is the same, which is to solve this crisis as soon as possible. ”

Han Lu sniffed at the soldiers armed to his teeth outside the cockpit and said nothing more.

The speedboat quickly drove to where the three Nellies had dived before, and then Nellie and Hanlu found the reef from which they had escaped, based on their memory.

But this time, you don't have to send frogmen down to dive, and you can see that there are no tunnels underneath.

In fact, it's a rocky beach, and besides the rocks that show up underwater, it's also a reef, let alone a passage that can accommodate sperm whales, even a slightly bigger dolphin is probably stuck in it.

Nellie glared at her eyes, “This... how is this possible?! We escaped from here in the afternoon! ”

“Are you sure you remember correctly?” Asked the captain on one side.

“Yes, I remember that reef, which looked like a saddle, and that reef next to it looked like an onion.” Nellie said.

“Here,” Han Lu said in English, “I will never forget this place. ”

“But where's the undersea palace you're talking about?” Chief Cao frowned.

“It should be here, passing through that huge submarine tunnel, beneath which lies the mysterious and terrifying underwater palace.” When Nellie said this, she seemed to recall what was happening down there and couldn't help but chill.

The chief cadet shook his head, "When you told me that story, to be honest, I didn't really believe it. Without mentioning the strange parts of it, just the submarine tunnels and the palace, you're the diving guide here. It should be clear that this area has been a popular dive site, hosting a lot of divers every year during the peak season. If there really are submarine tunnels and the palace down here, do you think nobody will notice it until today? ”

“This...” Nellie stunned. She had to admit that Chief Chef's words still made sense, but only a few hours ago she did escape from here.

But now it all seems like a hallucination to her.

Is that the effect of the red sea water? But how does that solve her and Han Lu's hallucinations exactly the same? And then where did Zhang Heng go? Is he just a hallucination?

Nellie looked around and she couldn't tell exactly what reality was and what her delusions were.

The chief was patient, and then he said in English, "The reason I knew you were lying and brought people here is because I found out that some of your companions were missing, but if you keep telling me about monsters, about submarine palaces, believe me, it won't help you to find your companions. ”

He looked into Nellie's eyes, "I want to help you, but first you have to tell me what's going on underwater. ”

Nellie opened her mouth and couldn't say a word.