I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 209 - 207: Sea Spider

Chapter 209: Chapter 207: Sea Spider

Wei Tianyang and Spencer stood at the bow chatting when the sailors had already hoisted the submarine onto the side hooks of the ship.

The hinges clanked loudly as the light grey unmanned submarine swayed and sank into the water. Wei Tianyang glanced over and noticed that the front of the submarine indeed had something like a probe installed on it, except the tip of the probe was as thick as his arm, and hollow to boot.

According to Spencer, if they were really lucky enough to encounter that horse underwater, Dave would maneuver the submarine to ram it, using the sharp probe to jab it fiercely and bite off some of its flesh.

The two stopped talking and went back to the bridge where they joined Dave, staring intently at the laptop screen.

This submarine was military-grade, previously used for spy activities, with a maximum dive depth of 12,000 meters, more than enough to explore the Earth’s deepest ocean trenches. In these waters with an average depth of over 3,000 meters, it faced no pressure at all.

Moreover, as it was unmanned, there was no need to worry about the safety of the crew. Without a cockpit, it could be fitted with more powerful signal receivers, better camera equipment, and additional auxiliary arms.

The submarine had a total of six cameras—two in the front and back, and one on each side. On Dave’s screen, the main camera view took up most of the display, with smaller windows showing the surroundings of the submarine.

In the camera view, colorful scenes were visible. At the current depth, the sea was a dreamy blue, and white spherical plankton continuously collided with the camera lenses.

As the submarine dove deeper, the sea’s color darkened, approaching blackness, and the sunlight dimmed until everything above was enveloped in space-like pitch black.

Dave, using a joystick, turned on the night vision, and the camera view lit up again, but now the scenery appeared in black and white, with visibility limited to about five meters.

This imaging texture felt very familiar to Wei Tianyang because his own night vision had a similar effect.

The submarine continued to descend until the propellers at the rear began to turn at a depth of over 2,000 meters.

Dave, with practiced moves, slowly steered the sub toward the rig’s support pillars, weaving left and right to avoid several pillars, then repeatedly turning back as if searching for something.

"Found anything?" Spencer asked.

"Obviously not," Dave shook his head.

"So, what are we looking for now?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"That thing was initially stored inside a support pillar, right? If it wanted to burrow into the sea, I guess it must have made a hole in the pillar," said Dave.

Wei Tianyang and Spencer nodded in agreement.

"If we can find that hole, maybe we can guess the direction it left in. If we’re lucky, it might still be in that hole," Dave said.

"That horse isn’t a fish... and besides, I’ve never told you, it’s only got a front half. I don’t think it would have the ability to swim even if it were alive," Spencer said.

"Damn..." Dave was taken aback.

The submarine explored between those support pillars, Dave even turned on the searchlights, constantly diving and ascending, looking for that hypothetical hole.

Unfortunately, after two or three hours, with one-third of the submarine’s battery life gone, they still hadn’t found the so-called hole.

Dave was a bit disheartened, but Wei Tianyang comforted him, "I wrecked a drilling platform before; maybe that hole you’re talking about... is right on top of that."

At first, Spencer was very focused, but after three hours without results, he came to terms with it.

"It’s okay if we can’t find it... It might have slipped into the ocean and been carried away by currents by now. I can organize a few more scientific expeditions..."

Spencer hadn’t finished speaking when a white "Shadow" suddenly flashed across the screen.

"Look! What was that just now!" Wei Tianyang urged.

Dave quickly switched between the submarine’s camera views, trying to capture the fleeting shadow.

Ahead, to the left, to the right, and then, when they finally switched to the camera on the aft side of the submarine, a huge horse’s head was pressed right against the lens, its rolled-back, lifeless eyes staring at them through the screen.

"Quick! Turn it around! It’s actually alive!" Spencer exclaimed excitedly.

Wei Tianyang was also thrilled; he had not expected to encounter a living Heavenly Falling Object! But then he second-guessed his reaction, wondering why he felt delighted at all.

Dave tried to steer the submarine around, but at the same time, the ship’s side winch started clicking.

"What’s going on?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"It doesn’t make sense! Snagged? There’s only one hinge; it can’t be snagged..." Dave fiddled with the joystick in his hands, puzzled.

At that moment, Spencer made a decisive call, ordering the sailors to cut the hinge.

"No way, how will we get the submarine back up later?!" Dave objected.

"It doesn’t matter. If we get a sample of its flesh and blood, we can just have a few sailors dive down to retrieve it later, the submarine be damned," Spencer stated.

The black sailors moved quickly, loosening the winch’s tension valve, and the chain, like a long serpent, noiselessly plunged into the water.

Dave pushed the joystick and pressed the R2 button, yet the submarine still wouldn’t operate normally. On the screen, the horse’s head remained pressed against the camera, appearing extremely creepy.

He tried a few more times, but the propeller seemed to be stuck on something. Meanwhile, the depth indicator started to alarm, and only then did Dave realize that the submarine had been sinking since a moment ago.

"Wait... let me check the ship’s compass... something’s not right; besides submerging, we’re also continuously spinning!" Dave said.

"This horse is entwining the submarine," Wei Tianyang suggested.

"Impossible... This horse has only two front hooves, given its current posture, it shouldn’t be able to embrace the submarine..." Spencer shook his head.

As he spoke, a white thing, long like spider legs, flitted past the side camera...

"Are its hooves shaped like that?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"No... it isn’t..." Spencer shook his head.

Dave switched cameras, moving to the submarine’s side, but found this side’s camera completely blanketed in darkness, apparently obscured by something massive.

Wei Tianyang was at a loss for words; he didn’t know what was happening and could only watch helplessly.

The submarine continued its descent and, after several minutes, finally hit the bottom, crashing onto the seafloor.

Instantly, four camera feed windows on Dave’s screen went dark, leaving only the front and right sides operational.

After the submarine hit the bottom, it kicked up a large amount of silt which whirled in the water, and through the roiling dust, the vast horse’s head appeared intermittently, its size rivaling that of the submarine.

At the same time, they also saw eight long legs emerge from the dust clouds, their length astonishing, clearly belonging to some kind of arthropod.

Dave quickly directed the remaining cameras to track the creature.

After the cameras shifted, several long legs thudded away, moving until the full body came just within the frame’s view.

All three men couldn’t help but inhale sharply; it was a massive spider-like creature... It had wedged its entire body into a horse’s half body, revealing only eight legs for movement.

"Is that spider a Heavenly Falling Object or some kind of marine creature?" Wei Tianyang looked to Spencer.

"This is beyond my realm of knowledge..." Spencer shook his head.

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