#1953 - Make a fortune

In the flooded passage, only the approaching darkness can be seen, and the light can't reach far.

But under the illumination of the light, some suspended matter in the water will become very conspicuous.

At first, there were some particles that looked like dust, and later some things similar to algae were seen floating in the water.

These signs are not good news. If it is just the flooding caused by the rupture of the circulating water pipe, there will be no organic matter in the water.

This also means that there may be other creatures in the water, but I don't know if they are monsters or just fish.

Continuing to move forward, the number of algae and suspended matter began to increase. Not long after, Alyssa even saw something similar to barnacles growing close to the wall, and even saw something similar to kelp, densely packed in the passage, like a door curtain floating slightly with the water flow.

According to the detection of the protective suit, the water temperature nearby is relatively high, which may be because the equipment that needs to be cooled is soaked in the water, or it may be the temperature from the foundry.

Looking at the map, this is probably next to the foundry, which is indeed possible.

Water, temperature, organic matter, these are all conditions suitable for life, at least algae can survive in this area.

When passing through here, everyone had to pull out the spare daggers and cut off the kelp blocking the way while swimming forward. If they rushed in directly with a jetpack, they would be entangled to death on it.

Because all weapons were not very useful in the water, it took Alyssa and her team almost half an hour to finally pass through this relatively warm area where algae and kelp proliferated in large quantities.

After that, Alyssa saw fish. Although they were not big, they were indeed fish. Moreover, she also saw black shadows flashing frequently in the passage. Some of the black shadows were no smaller than humans at first glance.

It may be an illusion caused by the light, or it may really be a monster.

But Siesta was behind them. Its existence scared away most of the fish and possible monsters, and nothing dared to come up and fight with Siesta.

This made Alyssa suddenly realize that the two-headed snake might be more powerful than she thought.

Continuing to swim forward, she finally reached the place Alyssa wanted to find, the maintenance entrance of the warehouse.

This is a hatch that is more than one person tall. In order to ensure reliability, it adopts a purely mechanical structure, which can be used even when the power is completely lost.

Alyssa went up and grabbed the handle and turned it a few times. The disc-shaped handle made a sound of the lock moving behind it. The hydraulic assist made it easy for even a child to turn it.

At the same time, the problem that the passage might be flooded was considered at the beginning of the design of this door. After all, as I said just now, the water circulation system is spread throughout the fortress. It is not impossible that there is a leak that causes the hatch to be pressed and unable to open.

Alyssa twisted the switch on the door and turned on the anti-flooding function. Suction began to appear at the gap of the door, and a large amount of water flowed into the back of the door along the gap.

Alyssa and the others stepped back a little with the help of Sista to avoid being sucked on it.

After waiting for a while, the door should have been filled with water, and the door could be easily opened.

Behind the door is a small room of less than ten square meters, and it is completely closed. After everyone came in, they locked the door again. Alyssa found the drainage button on the wall and pressed it down.

The fortress did not lose energy, and the drainage system was still in good working condition. It was only because no one was controlling it that a large amount of water was flooded.

The water in the room dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye, and everyone soon felt down to earth again.

Alyssa pushed open the mask and looked up at the indicator light on the airtight door on one side:

"The air pressure outside is normal, get your weapons ready."

Everyone checked again whether the guns that had been soaked in water could still be used. After confirming that there was no problem, Alyssa opened the airtight door on the other side.

There was only a sticky darkness behind the door. Since they came in through the maintenance entrance, they had not actually entered the warehouse completely.

Following this road that should have been taken by the maintenance personnel, less than fifty meters ahead, Alyssa saw a ladder and a round hatch above the ladder.

Passing through here is the real entry into the warehouse.

But to Alyssa's surprise, the air pressure indicator on the door still showed that the door behind the door was normal.

If the door behind the door was normal, why couldn't the warehouse door be opened?

Or was it that the door that couldn't be opened before was actually the passage outside the warehouse connecting to the port, so the air pressure was unstable?

For the sake of safety, Alyssa decided to put on the mask and then opened the hatch.

As the indicator light showed, the air pressure behind the door was normal, otherwise it would be sucked out the moment the door was opened.

Climbing up, of course it was pitch black and nothing could be seen. The light on her chest showed that there seemed to be a small cabin around Alyssa, with some control console equipment.

This should be the hoisting room of the warehouse, the kind that drives a large crane at the port terminal, responsible for hoisting goods.

This hatch is wide enough for people, but it is a bit narrow for Sista. It squeezed in reluctantly, and it seemed that the room was too crowded as soon as it came up.

At this time, Alyssa found the light switch, which was on the wall behind her.

While pressing the switch, she could hear the sound of the light turning on from outside.

The light quickly dispelled the darkness. Alyssa looked out through the glass above the console and saw a large pile of containers as high as a hill squeezed outside.

"Be happy, guys. We've made a fortune this time!"

Even if the containers are filled with the most commonly used parts, this is a no-cost business, all profit.

Of course, we have to open the container to see what is inside.

On the door of the hoisting room, the air pressure indicator light still shows normal. Alyssa opened the door and measured the air quality with a detector.

It is very standard, the circulating air on the warship.

There is a long spiral staircase connected to the ground in the hoisting room, and everyone climbed down the ladder.

Alyssa rushed to the nearest container as soon as possible, fired a few shots at the lock, and successfully opened it.

The container is full of storage boxes made of engineering plastics, and each storage box also has a password and a lock that requires a key to open.

This is almost written on the face of the phrase "high-value items are inside".

This kind of lock is not easy to open, but the box itself is just engineering plastic. Alyssa picked up a box and threw it to Sista to let it try with brute force.

Sista was very obedient. With a strong pull of his tail, he easily broke the box, and then came over with a flattering face to ask for a touch.

Alyssa had never raised a small animal before, but now she had the emotional value that only dog ​​owners have.

It seems not bad to raise this two-headed snake on a battleship?

This feeling flashed through my mind, and then I opened the box and found that the box was filled with soft shock-proof lining. Under the lining, I touched out something a little bigger than a fist, in a diamond shape, and covered with runes on the light golden surface.

"This is actually an alchemical core?!"