Chapter 3: Sonic Wave High-Tech?
At this perilous moment, Lin Qiu, the great white shark’s hunter, also noticed something unusual with Submarine 255 nearby.
He watched as five silent underwater drones slipped beneath Submarine 255.
“No! I absolutely can’t let these Americans succeed!” Lin Qiu’s heart tightened.
In a flash, he swam toward the window of Submarine 255.
Because viewers had requested to see the ocean scenery earlier, the window was left open, allowing Lin Qiu to peek inside. Through the unclosed window, he could see the calm and commanding Zhang Beihai, along with the disciplined Chinese soldiers.
“A reporter? Xu Bing? Why is she here?”
Of course, Lin Qiu recognized the renowned first female reporter.
He saw Xu Bing sprawled on the floor, yet still insisting on live broadcasting to her audience.
Lin Qiu swam to the bottom of Submarine 255. After a brief survey, he noticed that one of the underwater drones had already reached the submarine’s underside.
“Report! An underwater drone is directly beneath our vessel!” The soldier who first noticed the situation immediately reported.
“Manually dismantle it!” Zhang Beihai ordered.
However, before the soldiers could react, Lin Qiu lunged and bit down, crushing the underwater drone.
“Ding!”
“Host, devouring complete!”
“Congratulations, your skill ‘Aquatic Concealment’ has leveled up!”
“Upgrade effect: Extended stealth duration!”
So, the result of devouring was a skill upgrade?
“Hmm? By rights, our military technology should be among the world’s best—it shouldn’t be so easy for the enemy to pinpoint our exact location. Could it be that they deactivated the signal shield to cooperate with Xu Bing’s program recording?”
Lin Qiu could only think of this one reason. His previously friendly feeling toward Xu Bing instantly vanished.
More importantly, submarines already had an extremely negative impact on marine life. Now, as an orca, Lin Qiu instinctively refused to allow any nation’s submarines to roam wantonly in the ocean.
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“Report! The enemy’s underwater drone has mysteriously disappeared!” a soldier reported.
A strange feeling welled up in Zhang Beihai’s heart. “How could that be? Check the other drones immediately!”
“Yes, sir!”
Meanwhile, on Submarine 731, Commander Bob was fuming, slapping the table in anger.
“Damn it!” Bob raged. “How did these yellow-skinned monkeys so easily destroy our latest underwater drone? Each of those drones costs over four million, their performance is beyond question. Someone tell me what’s going on here!”
A deputy by the window sighed. “Sir, I warned you not to underestimate their technology. They must have used some secret method. I think we should let it go before this escalates out of control.”
“What, just let the drone go to waste? Impossible! I will make them pay!” Bob’s eyes flared as he ordered, “No more waiting! We only meant to send drones for simple data collection, but they destroyed one without even issuing a warning. They’re not taking us seriously at all! Deploy the other four underwater drones at once—find out exactly how they destroyed our supposedly invincible drone!”
What?!
At those words, the soldiers inside the submarine looked alarmed.
If this goes on, it’s an open provocation—this could become a huge incident!
“Execute the order!”
“Yes, sir!”
Military orders brooked no delay.
This reckless order was instantly relayed to the four remaining underwater drones.
On Submarine 255, Xu Bing and her team braced themselves and began filming amid the chaos.
“Viewers, don’t panic—whatever danger we’re facing now should be within the captain’s expectations!”
Xu Bing forced a dazzling smile, though her expression was pale.
“Impressive! Still broadcasting at a time like this—Xu Bing is a real pro!”
“Xu Bing, can you tell us what just happened? Did the enemy actually launch an attack?”
“They’re so arrogant, who do they think they are? Take them down!”
“Where are our soldiers? Why aren’t they fighting back? Fight back!”
The barrage of comments in the livestream exploded as the number of viewers soared past two million, with countless angry people venting their frustration.
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“Ding!”
“Host, devouring complete!”
“Congratulations, your skill ‘Aquatic Concealment’ has leveled up!”
“Upgrade effect: Extended stealth duration, reduced cooldown, bonus effect!”
Another drone!
Whoosh!
A surge of current swirled from the deep. Lin Qiu’s iron tail struck the underwater drone’s body, then he swallowed it whole.
Xu Bing and her cameraman, who had hurried to the window, happened to capture this astonishing scene.
“My god! What was that wave?”
Xu Bing’s eyes lit up with delight. “Could this sudden wave be some undisclosed secret weapon? Otherwise, how could it be so precise? It’s unbelievably powerful and mysterious!”
“What wave weapon?” Zhang Beihai asked.
Lin Qiu, outside the window, didn’t realize Xu Bing was filming him.
At that moment, with two underwater drones inexplicably destroyed, Bob on the other side was shouting about losing another eight million.
But Lin Qiu had no intention of stopping—he continued his hunt for the remaining three drones.
“Roar!!”
“Did you hear that?” Xu Bing pressed her ear against the window. “Everyone, the sudden wave just now swallowed two underwater drones—yes, you heard right, it was as if something devoured them, there’s not a scrap left! It’s incredibly bizarre!”
Indeed, everyone could hear the deep, resonant roars from the ocean.
But none of them knew—it was the invisible Lin Qiu!
“Roar! Go over there and destroy that underwater drone!” Lin Qiu commanded the great white sharks with a flick of his fin.
Although the sharks couldn’t understand Lin Qiu’s words, as fellow sea creatures, they sensed his urging. Six great whites surged toward the underwater drone.
Xu Bing exclaimed, “Sharks! Great whites!”
“What’s so surprising?” Zhang Beihai, annoyed by her constant exclamations, snapped.
But the next scene froze Xu Bing in awe and fear.
She saw the six great white sharks in the deep, drawn by an invisible current, rush toward one of the underwater drones.
They surrounded it, jaws agape, and began tearing at it with their serrated teeth!
“What the—?!”
The livestream audience was stunned.
“Are those great whites helping us? Are they destroying the enemy’s drones?”
“Incredible! Is this some kind of bio-control technology? Just earlier, Xu Bing mentioned sonic pulse tech!”
“Sonic weapon? Biological weapon? Is our tech really this advanced?”
A moment before, the audience was dissatisfied with Submarine 255’s performance—now they were elated.
“Is this fake? Staged for the show?”
“Impossible! Zhang Beihai is a renowned submarine captain. And could the production team really control great whites like that?!”