After awakening her X-ray vision, the beautiful CEO couldn't sit still any longer.

"My God, is that an underwater ruin? Am I seeing things?"

Xiao Zhao gasped and almost released the control lever.

Captain Wang's breathing became noticeably heavier:

"That certainly wasn't formed naturally."

This looks like some kind of large underwater structure, a remnant of a tomb!

Wang Yuyan's eyes lit up suddenly in the screen's reflection. She quickly took a picture and simultaneously commanded:

"Move closer, focus the light on the nearest column, and zoom in on the image."

The camera slowly moved forward, and the searchlight converged on it.

In the image, the base of the column is clearer.

It is not inserted directly into the seabed, but is connected to a larger, more complex base with more unnatural geometric structures.

Wang Yuyan's pupils contracted slightly. She saw that under the specific angle of the light, the surface of the columnar object was not simply a layer of rust.

Instead, it faintly emitted an almost black, eerie light, as if it could absorb some of the light.

"What material is this? It doesn't look like steel or alloy, nor does it look like ordinary stone," she murmured to herself.

Ye Tian was standing a little behind, his gaze fixed on the main screen.

Especially when the light swept across those columnar objects, my heart seemed to skip a beat in rhythm with it.

"Get a little closer, right in front of the central area of ​​the underwater ruins," Wang Yuyan instructed clearly.

Xiao Zhao piloted the unmanned underwater vehicle, attempting to pass between two toppled pillars to get closer to the center of the building.

Just as the lights of the unmanned underwater vehicle were about to fully illuminate the central area.

It's sizzling!

The ear-piercing electromagnetic interference noise suddenly exploded from all the speakers, making people's eardrums hurt.

The four images on the main screen shook violently and jumped wildly at the same time, with snowflakes engulfing the images like a blizzard.

The real-time status parameters of the unmanned underwater vehicle suddenly became garbled!

"Magnetic field interference has increased dramatically, causing the unmanned underwater vehicle's stabilization system to malfunction!"

Thruster response delay; some sensors lost data link!

Xiao Zhao shouted anxiously, his fingers flying across the control panel as he pressed the emergency stabilization command.

However, the effect was minimal, and the image was so shaky that it was almost unrecognizable.

"The umbilical cable tension has spiked abnormally, and there's a feeling of lateral pulling!" the winch monitor reported in alarm.

Wang Yuyan's face turned pale, and she quickly switched to the few remaining low-frequency sensor data streams and the depth vibration analysis transmitted by the umbilical cable physical sensing line.

"This doesn't seem like natural interference, honey, what should we do now?"

Wang Yuyan suddenly turned her head to look at Ye Tian.

Just now, Ye Tian attached a wisp of his spiritual energy to the unmanned underwater vehicle and they both sank to the seabed.

At that moment, a strong sense of mental warning surged into his consciousness like a tidal wave.

The seabed seemed to be sending him a strong sense of repulsion, as if warning him.

"Yu Yan is right, this is not a natural disturbance."

Ye Tian's voice was somewhat distorted due to the strong sensation.

"These pillars on the seabed are problematic; they appear to have a partially deactivated magnetic field barrier, and they are actively interfering with it."

Ye Tian stared intently at the screen. Although the image was so chaotic that it was impossible to look at directly, his X-ray vision swept over the fragments of the image that flashed by in the gaps between the snowflakes.

A bold idea arose in my mind.

He took a deep breath, forcing himself to ignore the mental warning and focus more of his consciousness on his eyes.

A wave of dizziness washed over him instantly, as if it were dragging his consciousness into the deep sea.

He stared intently at the central area of ​​the screen, which was almost impossible to image.

The ability to see through electronic signal interference, at a great cost, allows them to capture the reason behind the chaos.

In an extremely blurry and distorted vision, as if seen through frosted glass, water, and an electromagnetic storm, he finally saw it.

Those columnar structures are not simple building support structures at all.

Their interiors contain extremely precise and complex structures that are so intricate they are mind-boggling.

Like countless thin, hair-like pipes, or like a solidified network of energy vessels, nested layer upon layer, outlining an incomprehensible three-dimensional pattern.

At this moment, most of these internal pipes are dim and broken, but there are still a few scattered nodes, like the last beat of a dying heart.

It emits faint geomagnetic ripples in sync with external interference pulses.

These ripples constitute the deadly electromagnetic interference field.

Just a moment before Ye Tian's mental energy was about to collapse due to excessive consumption.

During a break, the camera lens of the unmanned underwater vehicle turned precisely to the base connection point of the most intact column.

A burst of bright light swept across the area, briefly driving away a group of marine creatures.

It flashed by against the backdrop of snowflakes on the screen.

There, some mysterious symbols are etched.

It's not an ancient carving on a rock.

The symbols are simple yet full of an indescribable sense of mystery.

The overall outline resembles a man-made star map.

The image flashed for less than half a second before being engulfed by even more violent snowflakes.

"Retrieve the unmanned underwater vehicle immediately! Full speed ahead!"

Ye Tian abruptly broke free from that mysterious state of clairvoyance, and he almost roared the order, his voice leaving no room for doubt.

"Quickly retrieve it, use maximum winding speed, cut off unnecessary data transmission, and do everything possible to protect the umbilical cable signal and power!"

Wang Yuyan gave the order without any hesitation.

She saw the fleeting glimmer in Ye Tian's eyes and the instant pallor that crossed his face.

Xiao Zhao and the winch operator immediately took action.

The winch hummed under strain as it spun rapidly, retrieving the umbilical cable.

After flickering even more violently, the image on the screen completely turned into eternal snow and noise.

A few minutes later, the winch indicated that the cable retrieval was complete.

Moments later, the unmanned underwater vehicle was lifted from the water by a crane and placed back on the aft deck.

Its shell has many marks that look as if they were scratched by an invisible force.

Some of the searchlights were broken, and the tail stabilizer was somewhat deformed.

The cockpit was deathly silent, save for the buzzing of the instruments as they returned to normal and the heavy breathing of the crew.

Captain Wang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and stared at the last few distorted and maniacal images frozen on the screen.

His voice was dry and tinged with unease: "What the hell is that thing down there?"

Wang Yuyan didn't answer Captain Wang. She quickly walked to Ye Tian's side, lowered her voice, and asked in a tone only the two of them could hear:

"What did you see?"

Ye Tian rubbed his throbbing temples to calm his racing heart.

He nodded: "What's below isn't shipwreck remains, but rather underwater ruins built by humans in ancient times."

The exact year is uncertain, but it's definitely been a long time.

The magnetic field interference was emitted by those cylindrical objects; although countless years have passed, they still retain residual energy.

Ye Tian paused, recalling the mysterious symbol he had glimpsed so briefly:

"There may be more unknown things below, right in the center of those cylindrical objects."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yuyan's expression turned extremely serious.

Looking at the final frame of data transmitted back, especially the pulse pattern analysis diagram of magnetic field interference, and combining it with Ye Tian's description, a startling hypothesis gradually took shape.

These are man-made underwater ruins dating back countless years; they are either underwater tombs or legendary lost civilizations.

Regardless of which one it is, Ye Tian will not be willing to leave like this until he figures it out.

"Unmanned underwater vehicles are no longer viable. Even if we were to deploy them again, it would be like the blind men and the elephant; they wouldn't be able to bring back any more information."

Wang Yuyan spoke slowly, her brows furrowed, her gaze sweeping over the dark area on the screen that could no longer be explored, a sense of resentment in her heart.

"How about we just go down?"

Sun Yongqiang heard Wang Yuyan's words and said in a deep voice.

His gaze shifted between Ye Tian and Wang Yuyan, as if he had already sensed something extraordinary in the seabed.

Ye Tian looked out the porthole at the calm, azure sea under the sunlight.

At this moment, however, it was as deep and profound as a giant eye that was slowly opening.

The raw stone sample that Murong Xue went to great lengths to obtain seems to be related to the underwater ruins.

Whether there is a connection or not, he can't say for sure without seeing the actual item.

But it's worth the risk to go!

Ye Tian tugged at the corners of his mouth, revealing a faint smile.

"The machine is unreliable."

He turned around to face Wang Yuyan and Sun Yongqiang, his tone calm but resolute.

"The only way to find the answer is through this."

He gently tapped his eyes with his thumb.