Ke Ji was not too surprised by this news, but it was indeed the worst situation he expected, and he couldn’t help but frown.
The news brought by the Engineer meant that they only had one chance to leave here. Any accident encountered on the way would most likely lead to failure, and eventually everyone would be buried in the deep sea.
“Repair it as much as possible.” Qin Weiyang said.
The man nodded: “I’ll try my best.”
“How long will it take?” Ke Ji asked.
The man thought for a few seconds and then gave a time: “At least three hours, if everything goes well.”
Ke Ji nodded slightly to express understanding.
Lu Liran looked at the man and asked: “If you have all the materials and tools, how far can you repair it?”
“It can’t be completely repaired. The air valve has been damaged to the point that it cannot be used again. In any case, it can only support one ascent, and at most it can increase the ascent height.” The Engineer replied. He paused and couldn’t help but ask Lu Liran, “Do you have materials and tools?”
“What do you need? Let me see if I have it here.” Lu Liran said, “Possibly □□.”
When the Engineer heard this, he immediately said: “Wait a minute, I’ll make a list for you.”
[Pfft, fuck hhhhhhh, you are indeed Brother Lu, familiar recipe and familiar taste]
[Does the anchor have the materials and tools to repair a submarine? Who brings that thing?]
[+1, it’s too remote, it’s unlikely that his terminal will store such things…]
It didn’t take long for the engineer to hand over the required materials and tools list to Lu Liran.
Lu Liran nodded slightly and asked the system in his mind whether he could exchange it directly.
“Well, it’s possible, but the unit prices of some special metals and synthetic products are very high. Are you sure the host wants to redeem it? Why not just rent another submarine? It’s so cost-effective!” The system quickly gives a list of unit prices for each required material tool.
For example, 1kg of synthetic chlorite is worth hundreds of thousands of popularity. If all the items on the list are exchanged, it will cost at least four million popularity. Renting a submarine for one day will only cost a little more than this price.
Lu Liran twitched his lips. If he brought out another submarine in front of everyone, then the entire Desolate Star Military Court would be waiting for him.
He glanced at the current number of people online in the live broadcast room. It currently exceeds 4 million, and the cumulative mall redeemable popularity is 11.86 million—— this is the remaining available popularity after one day’s use of ships and submarines at sea has been redeemed.
He thought for a moment, then listed some common material exchanges, which cost 2.36 million popularity, and then traded them to the Engineer: “I have received several bounty orders before, and I still have some inventory, but that’s all.”
The Engineer immediately took a look and nodded happily: “That’s enough! With these things, I can at least double the safety! Increase the ascent height by one thousand meters!”
When Qin Weiyang heard this, he immediately thanked Lu Liran. Lu Liran did not miss the ugly look on his face. He twitched his lips at Qin Weiyang’s thanks and said: “You’re welcome. Remember to transfer the money when you get back.”
Qin Weiyang: “……”
After Lu Liran finished speaking, he turned to Ke Ji: “I also encountered a devil vine here, and I only broke one of its branches. What did you find?”
The team members on the side took a breath after hearing this: “Only break one branch? Only? Just the two of you?”
Lu Liran frowned and looked displeased at the guy who interrupted him.
The man who talked, swallowed his saliva and did not dare to ask again.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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He marked the location of the main vines on the seabed detection map he had just drawn, and saw that the three main vines seemed to be entwined and nestled together, with a distance of no more than fifty meters.
Lu Liran looked at the three red dots next to each other on the map, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. Completely opposite to the restlessness and irritability of the surrounding Desolate Star submersible team members, he even breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that it is indeed difficult for the devil vines to take root in the deep sea, and they have to rely on the strength of each other to maintain themselves.
Starting to huddle together for warmth means weakness, and they will have time to take advantage of it!
[Aahh, why are they all crowded together? It would have been difficult to deal with it alone, but now that the three of them are intertwined together, aren’t they all destined to be wiped out?]
[The plan to defeat it alone failed]
[Either destroy them all, or end them all in one pot]
[Why does Brother Lu look more relaxed than before?]
[Brother Lu may have broken the pot, and decided to run away later (dog head). You guys beat your own devil vines, while I ride my own Big Monster and go first]
[Indeed, let’s forget about this dead situation. Stop fighting the devil vines and get back safely first]
“It’s deep in Altagan.” Qin Weiyang said and looked at Lu Liran and Ke Ji.
Lu Liran was stunned for a moment: “Is it really Altagan?”
“Yes.” Qin Weiyang responded, “When we drove in, we found a huge stone with the word Altagan engraved on it, like a city gate plaque.”
Lu Liran took a breath, this was an unexpected surprise.
If their situation wasn’t so embarrassing…Lu Liran suppressed the idea of exploring the lost city under the sea.
Altagan’s area is about one-third of the Salba Desert, and it is worthy of being one of the legendary main cities of Desolate Star centuries ago.
Where they were at this time, looking at the architectural style, it looked a bit like the main church of Altagan.
The submarine terrain detection and mapping robot sent out has returned two-thirds of the entire Altagan terrain map. The three main vines are at their three o’clock direction, about a kilometer away from them.
“This distance is the closest launch limit of the Poseidon torpedo.” Qin Weiyang said that in fact it was too close, but their submarine was damaged and unable to move. They could only pray that after the torpedo was launched, their floating speed could prevent them from being affected by the explosion.
The more critical question is how to draw out the Devil vines and how to escape quickly after the torpedo is launched.
“Those devil vines will only go crazy when they smell blood.” Qin Weiyang said in a deep voice.
“To draw out three main vine rhizomes… a little blood is not enough.” The team member next to him whispered. He looked around and muttered, “Even if the blood of a few of us is drained, it won’t be enough.”
Qin Weiyang twitched his lips: “If you want to devote yourself like this, I will remember to write this sentence on your epitaph.”
The man choked when he heard his words and immediately fell silent. Lu Liran, on the other hand, curved his lips and nodded appreciatively.
Ke Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the guy who suggested bloodletting. He looked at the guy and he felt chills, and finally hid behind Qin Weiyang, then whispered: “I just said it casually, you can’t take it seriously. This, this is still being broadcast live!”
Lu Liran laughed and said to Qin Weiyang: “Are all your men so innocent?”
Qin Weiyang: “……”
Ke Ji smiled slightly: “You don’t have enough blood, but you did provide a good idea.”
Lu Liran thought for a moment after hearing this, then immediately reacted and turned to Ke Ji: “Are you plotting against that big guy?”
Ke Ji responded and asked: “What do you think?”
“Hmm…it’s feasible.” Lu Liran hesitated for two seconds and then nodded.
The few people around were a little confused, and they felt as if the two people were playing charades.
“What big guy?”
“That big octopus-like guy?”
“I don’t want to trouble it…”
Qi Feng was the first to react, she took a deep breath and asked: “Are you talking about the strange fish under the tunnel?”
Lu Liran and Ke Ji nodded at the same time: “Yes.”
Qi Feng swallowed and her face instantly turned pale.
She still remembered that when the burning stick slowly dropped towards the pale blue plankton group, the huge head and jagged fangs of the strange fish suddenly appeared in the barrow and dark passage, and it opened its mouth wide and swallowed the small burning stick in one gulp.
She will never forget that scene in her life.
After being reminded by Qi Feng, the audience in the live broadcast room also recalled it instantly, and they all exploded——
[Isn’t that right? That thing is the ultimate nightmare! I reject it!!]
[Wait a minute, wait a minute, I didn’t even realize it. Are Brother Lu and Beauty going to catch that strange fish and bleed it?]
[Yes, and then lure the devil vine out? Then rely on our big Poseidon torpedo to blast away the roots in one pot]
[Thinking about it this way…these three main vines would be nice to hold together, so they can be served in one pot]
[Wake up, first of all, using that strange fish as bait sounds impossible!!!]
[Too fierce, worthy of Brother Lu, destroy it if you can’t eat it (wait something is wrong)]
Lu Liran and Ke Ji almost immediately determined the feasibility of this operation. The most important thing was the final cooperation of the main fleet.
Everyone discussed this implementation plan for more than three hours before finally finalizing all the details.
[I didn’t expect that there would be so many details to discuss out of a very simple execution step]
[Hiss, my brain isn’t working too well, I just want to see the final violent output]
[Praying for everything, TAT, to go well]
[+1 praying]
For the last meal of nutritional supplements, Lu Liran declined the military food distributed by the Desolate Star Fleet and took out several dried meat strips from the terminal and distributed them to Ke Ji and Qi Feng.
The benefits of being able to use the terminal are most evident at this moment.
The dried meat strips are resistant to chewing and hunger, and the more you chew, the more flavorful the meat aroma spreads.
Lu Liran and the other three gathered around the map, discussing the details of the next operation and driving in a low voice, while chewing on the meat strips. They were completely unaware that they were poisoning, making the military nutritional supplement, which was not very tasty, even more difficult to swallow in comparison.
The team member who recognized Lu Liran from the beginning was also the first to be unable to bear it. He felt greedy when watching the live broadcast. He walked up to Lu Liran and asked in a low voice: “Brother Lu, is there any dried meat left? Can I buy it?”
Lu Liran was stunned for a moment, he looked up, and saw not only that person, but also Qin Weiyang putting down the nutritional supplements and looking over.
The corner of his mouth twitched, and he couldn’t help but feel funny.
Qin Weiyang coughed lightly and said: “How many more are there?”
Lu Liran glanced at the terminal inventory: “Only twenty or thirty pieces.”
The team member next to him hissed and swallowed his saliva.
“Then give it all to me.” Qin Weiyang said, “Let’s all have a good meal and then work hard with full energy!”
Lu Liran took out all the dried meat in stock. One stick was only about the size of a palm. They were all wild. He stayed in a No man’s land for more than half a month, in order to preserve food, the hunted prey was dried and made into dried meat for preservation. Therefore, each piece of dried meat contained rich star energy, which surprised Qin Weiyang.
The transfer of dried meat arrived immediately. Lu Liran only received 8,100 for twenty-seven pieces of dried meat, which was very cost-friendly.
“Have a good meal, it sounds a bit like the last meal…” Someone whispered.
“Bah, don’t eat it then, just leave it to me.” Another person pretended to grab it.
“Oh, that’s too much! Give it back to me!…it’s so fragrant, the meat is delicious, it’s a happy last meal too.”
[Unexpectedly, they could actually eat the jerky made by Brother Lu]
[Brother Lu, do you still have any more, qaq, can I order ten when you come up]
[+1]
Lu Liran looked dumbfounded at the rows of reservation comments in the live broadcast room, he shook his head and said: “There is no meat, and my cooking is not delicious.”
“It’s super delicious and fragrant.” Someone next to him immediately retorted.
“Much more delicious than nutritional supplements!”
“This is the only happy time I have been in the sea for so many days.”
Lu Liran: “……”
When the food was almost done, the Engineer returned to the main cockpit, gnawing on dried meat while reporting on the progress of the maintenance:
“It’s done. The ascent height has been increased to 8,000 meters, which is more than 2,000 meters from the surface of the sea. Any higher and it may explode. The remaining height can only be completed by the escape…” He paused, he looked towards Ke Ji, and added, “At a depth of two thousand meters, the separated aircraft should be able to withstand it, and the previous situation will not occur.”
Lu Liran put down the map after hearing this: “It seems it’s time for us to set off.”
Sunnyshies: Thanks for the concern everyone! ٩(θ‿θ)۶ I’m fine now, just having a bit of cold, sneezing there, coughing here (つ▀¯▀)つ
That comment about eating something when it’s too fierce pretty much sums up the whole book 😂. Glad to hear you’re feeling better!
Happy to hear you feel better.
Great chapter
Yayy I’ve caught up! Also I’m glad you’re feeling better!
Lol sorry that was not meant as a reply
Glad to hear that you’re feeling better
Thanks for the chapter
lol Lulu never fails to make money in any sort of situation…
At this point I’m afraid that he might even charge Dog Ke if he wants to kiss him 😂
Only Lu Liran can create a picnic in any dire situation… and rack up the loot! Glad you’re recovering! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣