The two women waited for another half an hour, and then the gate of the base opened again.
Mr. Haicao came out from the inside, and Nelly immediately greeted her, her eyes full of anticipation, but then Mr. Haicao's words poured cold water on her.
"I told my superiors the story you and I told, but it's so absurd that it's hard to believe."
"What about the photographs? Did you show them the photographs?"
"Of course," Chief Hai Cao nodded, "Those photos are indeed surprising, but it only proves that there is a real underwater relic near Yonaguni Island, and this is something that the archaeological community should worry about, and we don't even know about it. Whether these photos are artificially forged."
Nelly's heart sank upon hearing this.
But then she listened to Haicao's long talk, "Even so, we just asked about the hotel airport, the dive shop, and the boat to bring you back, and we learned that you did have a companion who didn't come back after diving with you." , Adhering to the spirit of humanitarianism, the Self-Defense Forces have agreed to deploy some personnel to help you search the nearby waters."
"How many people?" Nelly rekindled her hope.
"Two patrol boats, including me, a total of 25 members of the Naval Self-Defense Force."
"There are too few people." Nelly shook her head, "And we are no match for those monsters in the water."
"Unfortunately, this is the most people we can produce." Haicao said long, paused, and then he continued, "We will bring some weapons, which are the most that I can provide to you within the scope of my duties. help."
Nelly knew this was the best they could get.
Perhaps only after seeing the underwater palace with their own eyes, these SDF soldiers can really change their views.
Just when Nelly was about to express her gratitude to Chief Haicao, Han Lu suddenly asked in English, "Where is the camera?"
"In the hands of the people behind, I will return the camera to you after boarding the boat." Without waiting for Nelly to translate, Mr. Haicao also replied in English, and then he looked at Han Lu, "Any other questions? "
Although Han Lu still felt that something was wrong, she could only shake her head. Perhaps, as Nelly said, when these soldiers really saw the undersea tunnel and the things below, they would believe what they said before.
"Saving people is like putting out a fire, so let's start now." Haicao said long.
...
When she came to the special pier for the navy, and saw the boundless sea, Nelly couldn't help feeling a sense of resistance in her heart. After going through this dive, it was hard for her to be like before. Unreservedly loving this piece of blue, I even had to shake my head vigorously to drive out the fear.
The two patrol boats of the Self-Defense Force have already been prepared, and they are full of soldiers. In addition to regular naval soldiers, there are also some frogmen with diving equipment.
Nelly also got a little sense of security from those resolute faces.
Chief Hai Cao took the two girls onto one of the patrol boats and arranged them in the cockpit for their convenience. As soon as they sat down, Han Lu said again, "You can return the camera to us." Yet?"
"Of course." Haicao said long, and then made a gesture to ask a soldier to take Nelly's underwater camera and return it to the two women, but Han Lu's expression changed shortly after taking the camera.
"Where's the SD card inside?"
"We have seized the sd card. As I said before, we need to verify the authenticity of those photos." Haicao said, "Of course we will return the sd card to you after the verification. If you need it, I can give it to you first." You have a blank card."
"But why don't you make a copy of the photo and return the SD card to us?" Han Lu asked.
Haicao took a deep look at Han Lu upon hearing this, but did not reply.
In the end, Nelly came out to smooth things over, "It's okay, anyway, the Self-Defense Forces have sent someone, so I'll return the SD card later. Everyone's goal is the same, which is to resolve this crisis as soon as possible."
Han Lu glanced at the soldiers armed to the teeth outside the cockpit, but said nothing.
The speedboat quickly arrived at the place where the three of Nelly dived before, and then Nelly and Han Lu found the reef where they escaped based on their memory.
But this time, there is no need to send frogmen down to dive at all, and it can be seen that there is no undersea tunnel underneath.
In fact, there is a reef beach at all, except for the reefs above the water, there are also reefs underwater, not to mention the passage that can accommodate sperm whales, and even slightly larger dolphins will probably get stuck in it.
Nelly's eyes widened, "How...how is this possible?! We obviously escaped from here in the afternoon!"
"Are you sure you remember correctly?" Hai Cao asked on the side.
"Yes, I remember that rock, it looked like... a saddle, and the rock next to it looked like an onion," Nelly said.
"It's here," Han Lu also said in English, "I will never forget this place."
"But where is the underwater palace you mentioned?" Hai Cao frowned.
"It should be right here, passing through that huge undersea tunnel, and below is that mysterious and terrifying undersea palace." When Nelly said this, she seemed to recall what happened below, and couldn't help but open her eyes. I shivered.
Captain Haicao shook his head, "When you told me that story, I honestly didn't believe it. I don't mention the weird parts in it, just talk about the undersea tunnel and palace. You are the dive guide here, so you should be very clear about it. This area has always been a very popular diving site, and it receives a lot of divers every peak season, if there are really submarine tunnels and palaces underneath, do you think no one has discovered it until today?"
"This..." Nelly was stunned for a moment, she had to admit that Hai Caochang's words were very reasonable, but she did escape from here just a few hours ago.
But now it seems that all this is like an illusion of hers.
Could it be that this is all the effect of the red sea water? But how does this solve the fact that she happened to have exactly the same hallucinations as Han Lu. And where did Zhang Heng go after that? Could it be that he was just hallucinating
Nelly looked around in a daze, she could no longer tell what was reality and what was her delusion.
Chief Haicao was quite patient, and then said in English, "The reason why I brought people here despite knowing that you are lying is because I found out that some of your companions are indeed missing, but if you still keep telling me about monsters , What kind of underwater palace, believe me, this will not help you find your companions."
He looked into Nelly's eyes, "I want to help you, but first you have to tell me what happened underwater."
Nelly opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.