Deep Sea Hunter, but Deep Sea Titan

But Laurentina dared not go any further. She had to be content for the time being to play the role of a trusted follower and assistant, as long as she could continue to sit on his shoulders.

"Shark, do you know what it looks like inside a diving suit?"

Skadi looked at Laurentina, who was walking a little too close to the salvage worker, and couldn't help but wonder. Laurentina always gave Skadi the feeling that she knew this salvage worker very well.

She vaguely remembered Laurentina saying something like "there's an Agor sailor in the diving suit," and although Skadi thought it was just Laurentina's ramblings at the time, now it seemed to have a conspiracy theory undertone.

Could it be that the other party is actually a secret hidden product of the Deep Sea Hunter Project?

"Hunter, do you really want to see?"

Skadi was lucky. Lotin was engrossed in researching the system's functions. As part of exploring the system's capabilities, he wanted to confirm what bonuses the user could still receive after removing the helmet. Therefore, he thought he might as well take this opportunity to show it to her, so she wouldn't overthink things all day.

However, considering that the city garrison was secretly investigating the "damage incident" to the city's artillery, Lotin only intended to remove his helmet briefly; he did not intend to remove the wetsuit covering his body.

This way, the helmet can be put back on in the shortest possible time, and the whole process will not take more than 5 minutes.

Loting dared not completely expose his true form in the chaotic Little Hill County. Since simply removing the helmet was sufficient to verify the functions of the research system, he decided not to create any unnecessary complications.

As long as he doesn't reveal his real name, he needs to maintain the name Nautilus, not only to conceal the system but also for convenience. Ever since he had his fun with the Grand Inquisitor, he doesn't want to give up this identity.

Chapter 24: 5-Minute Mudrock Elite 2 Trial Card

If we were to describe Lodin's feelings as he prepares to remove his helmet, they would probably be no different from those of the Fallout series' protagonist, "The Old Man," when he first stepped out of the vault and opened the blast door.

The waterproof, sealed structure was gradually disassembled, and the connecting structure collided with the brass wetsuit, producing a crisp metallic sound, while the flexible watertight structure also separated.

Since coming ashore, Skadi had never felt so excited. A question that had been bothering her was finally about to be answered, and the true face beneath the salvage worker's heavy brass diving suit was about to be revealed.

Laurentina, on the other hand, was much calmer than Skadi had imagined, as if she already knew the answer beneath the wetsuit.

As the last waterproof structure was completely removed and the heavy diving helmet was taken off, Lotin immediately felt a force being pulled away from his body. He hadn't relied on his own eyes to observe the outside light for a long time, so he immediately felt a stinging sensation in his eyes.

The diving suit, made 59 years ago, was powered by an unknown force, so Lotin didn't find the helmet in his hands particularly heavy. This was probably due to the system; the diving suit had become part of the hero template for [Deep Sea Titan - Nautilus].

The black part of the helmet is probably some kind of special glass surface. This was the helmet of the diving suit before he obtained the template of the Deep Sea Titan.

The interior of the diving suit is mostly mechanical, and even though Lotin is already quite tall, he only occupies a small part of it. The 4-meter individual deep-sea powered diving suit was specially designed to meet the scientific research mission of the Fool, and is an extreme product that unilaterally pursues high output and deep diving depth.

Even if Lotin didn't have the template of a deep-sea titan, if he wore this brass diving suit with ample power, he could easily smash a person's head with a single punch, after all, this diving suit has the output of heavy-duty engineering machinery.

Even a Level 1 Deepsea Titan's physical destructive power is less than the theoretical performance of this heavy brass diving suit when it's in optimal working order.

However, without the template of the deep-sea Titan, this diving suit could not have been used continuously under high intensity in the ocean for 59 years without damage.

After growing larger in the seawater, Lotin seemed to be in a special space, relying on direct sensory connection with the diving suit to move his limbs. This might not be the maximum size he could reach, but Lotin had not yet figured out the conditions and methods to expand his size.

The system neither issues tasks nor provides a beginner's guide, so Lotin has to explore on his own little by little.

In this state, the wetsuit is forcibly locked and cannot be opened, which is why the system only asks "Do you want to take off the wetsuit?" after you come ashore.

Most of the numerical values ​​have disappeared from the display, only the health bar remains visible:

【HP: 1265】

As for Skadi, her current expression is similar to that of the Doctors when they first saw the Sarkaz girl's true form when the operator "Mudrock" was first implemented on the island in Arknights. This popular character in Arknights is also known for the huge contrast between when she is wearing armor and when she is not.

It was a face Skadi had never imagined; she could never have guessed that inside the shell of this bronze giant was such a gloomy young Agor.

Unfortunately, Lotin didn't give her time to observe more carefully. Lotin quickly reinstalled his helmet, and all the functions of the Deep Sea Titan template became usable again.

"Verification complete."

Lotin silently prayed to himself, finally letting out a sigh of relief. Even though he had asked Laurentina to help him keep watch on his surroundings, he still felt very insecure when he took off his helmet.

"To be honest, Hunter, is it really meaningful for you to be so concerned about the face under my diving suit?"

As he spoke, Loting turned on the radio, which remained tuned to the local news channel in Little Hills.

"Colonel Hamilton stated that the collapse of the city's defensive cannons was an accidental structural failure, and that the Victorian Empire's army would always be a solid shield protecting every citizen of the Empire."

"Don't listen to the slander of those criminals, the Ghost Army doesn't exist at all!"

Colonel Hamilton's furious voice came over the radio. It seemed he had no intention of alerting the enemy and was outwardly pretending to be oblivious, feigning madness.

"I am simply amazed by you, by the power that your body can wield."

Skadi, a top-notch electrician and a native of the great city of Agor, had always known that Lotin's brass diving suit, which showcased Agor technology, should theoretically possess considerable power. However, she had never seen the salvage worker recharge the diving suit.

Moreover, the person inside the brass diving suit showed no signs of aging.

"Does your body give people a very direct sense of power, like you have the strength to blow up a hill?"

"Please, Miss Hunter, stop looking at the world with Agor's inherent arrogance and prejudice."

Lotin's rhetoric for fooling this silly little orca hasn't changed much. From the unknown coastal fortress in Iberia to the small hill county of Victoria, he has basically used similar stories.

"My blood relatives, you can't judge a book by its cover."

Laurentina clasped her hands together and nodded slightly. Loting even suspected that this crazy nun was actually faking it.

For her, it didn't matter whether Lotin was the "Nautilus" in the legends of those sea powers; what mattered was that she knew Lotin only wanted to appear as "Nautilus."

Dealing with such an illogical being as Lotin for so long has severely distorted Skadi's common sense.

An answer was gradually emerging in Skadi's mind—it must be "Nautilus," because he was a "ghost," a brass water ghost, a being who had died long ago due to betrayal, which was why he did not age and did not need to eat.

It was fortunate that the large group considered this legendary Agor diver an enemy; otherwise, this fragile alliance would have crumbled long ago at the fortress gates. No, even so, after taking her away from the water's edge, he had no reason to accompany them. Skadi believed that the legendary figure likely chose to continue traveling with them simply because he found it interesting.

"Boom boom boom..."

There was a knock on the warehouse door. It was already sunset. Who could have chosen to visit a remote, abandoned warehouse at this hour?

"There was only one person outside, and I didn't sense any murderous intent."

Laurentina glanced at the warehouse door out of the corner of her eye; the visitor made her feel no danger or threat whatsoever.

In order to wait for the passive effect of the [Staff of Time] to take effect every 6 hours and the [Gathering Storm] rune to take effect every 24 hours (after obtaining a certain number of stacks, the accumulation period of this rune will become longer), Lotin chose to stay in the warehouse during this period to avoid going out. However, the warehouse, which was so remote, encountered "visitors" who took the initiative to come to his door.

A mesmerizing voice rang out from outside the door—a voice that Luo Ting could never forget, ever since he played the game "Arknights" before his transmigration.

"Excuse me, may I ask...?"

Have you seen the children?

At this moment, Luo Ting had only one thought in his mind: Could the woman outside the door be the one with the title "Qin Liu Gan"?

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Storm Is Brewing

Look closely, this Waifan woman is named Jenny. She is a well-off local honor guard in Little Hill County. In her daily life, this young girl is always kind and helpful, and she is happy to help her neighbors solve some trivial problems in their daily lives.

For example, this time, Miss Jenny was asked by the lady at the cookie stall at the street corner to come to the factory area to find these playful children.

There were always plenty of things in the workers' homes in the factory area that could pique the interest of these Filyn children. When this industrial area, where the Tara people lived, was still thriving, the workers' homes were often their playground. As the area gradually declined due to a lack of funds, the unattended old buildings of the workers' homes became a favorite spot for these energetic children.

As a member of the honor guard, Jenny naturally couldn't know the truth about the collapse of the city's defensive cannons, but everyone knew that the air in Little Hill County had become even more oppressive and the atmosphere even more tense.

She heard that the abandoned warehouse had been bought by two strange Agorians. As a Victorian who had lived on land her whole life, her knowledge of the Agorians and the sea they inhabited came almost entirely from a handful of literary works.

For example, the famous book "The Last Knight" tells the story of a foolish and arrogant knight in Kazimierz who wants to kill the sea.

The warehouse door slowly opened, and what greeted her was not the legendary Agorians, but a bronze statue that she had to look up to.

Jenny had never seen a diving suit in person, let alone a heavy-duty ocean diving suit like this.

"What are you doing?"

Loting looked at the girl, Vivan, who was known as the operator "Qinliu" in "Arknights," with a sense of relief, pondering her reason for appearing in this abandoned factory.

"Kids? I didn't see any little devils wandering around here."

Laurentina looked at Jenny with a troubled expression and said indifferently:

"The local kids are so rude. No matter what, this is a private space."

"According to Victorian law, let me think..."

As Laurentina's Poro doll was being roughly kneaded, Miss Jenny couldn't help but feel a chill.

Despite wearing a nun's habit in the style of Lateranism or the Iberian state religion, this person exuded a bloodthirsty and dangerous aura. Jenny could not associate the compassionate nun with the woman in front of her in Agor; instead, she unconsciously thought of witches or sorceresses from Victorian fairy tales who ate children.

Are you sure these kids ran this way?

Jenny thought the third person, who appeared to be an Agorian carrying some kind of "instrument," was probably the most approachable of the three. However, Jenny noticed she was holding a wrench and screwdriver, seemingly assembling some kind of electrical appliance.

Many people describe Jenny as approachable, yet she still felt immense pressure while dealing with these three people.

Skadi and Laurentina didn't sense any children passing by the warehouse, indicating that the young lady named Jenny had only followed the general direction.

“I did see children playing nearby, but they were running too fast. The streets here are complicated, and I was worried that the children might be in danger.”

Jenny tried to force a friendly smile, but the final result was somewhat awkward.

“This is no longer the no-man’s land we used to be. We purchased this warehouse and the surrounding facilities through proper procedures.”

"Please note that this is privately owned land."

"Furthermore, please do not allow children to play alone in such remote places."

Luo Ting didn't want any reckless young men loitering around nearby. He just wanted as few people as possible to come to this place, which was one of the reasons he chose this secluded warehouse as his temporary base.

However, there are always some children with an overly strong desire to explore, who like to explore the once prosperous but now abandoned remote corners of the city. This reminded Luo Ting of the small, third-tier city where he lived as a child before his transmigration, which began to wither and decay after a brief period of prosperity.

He still remembers the almost abandoned Sachima food factory next to the community. Because it was built a long time ago, its outer yard was connected to the community. Sometimes he and his playmates would chase and play in its outer yard, while immersing themselves in the aroma of baking Sachima.

I can understand it to some extent, but that doesn't mean Loting would tolerate these overly curious brats wandering around the area.

"Please warn these brats to stay away from this place forever."

The brass giant waved impatiently, ignoring the Waifan girl's apologies and thanks, and closed the warehouse door.

Loting thought to himself, "The guardians must have a really big heart to let these young Filin kids come to play in the remote parts of the city under such high pressure."

However, considering the dire living conditions of most Tara people, it seems pointless to ask this question further.

Passing through one rusty pipe after another, and watching the dilapidated metal scaffolding creak in the wind, Jenny also felt that it was really inappropriate to let these children run around playing in such a place.

Sure enough, a few streets away, on a weed-covered football field, a group of children were playing football, a sport that seemed to be a favorite pastime of Victorian workers.

The children saw their familiar sister Jenny and waved to her with smiles, but she walked straight toward the children who lacked awareness of safety.

Jenny gave the playful children a stern lecture. On the way back with them, she couldn't help but think that if these children had actually run to the warehouse that had recently been bought by the Agors, they would probably have been left with a childhood trauma that would last a lifetime.

"No, no, no, it's very impolite to assume the other person is a bad person before you even know it."

Jenny shook her head unconsciously as she led the children back.

Unfortunately, the naive Jenny didn't know that for these children, surviving to adulthood was a blessing in itself.

Most Tara people lived a difficult life under Victoria's oppressive policies. One monster gave birth to another. The Deep Pool Armed Forces, now regarded as the "Ghost Army," are the bitter fruit of the Victorian Empire, this "Leviathan," itself.

"Zizzizi..."

After seeing Jenny off, Lorraine shook the radio that was no longer working; it seemed the natural disaster had caused irreversible damage to its circuitry.

"Phew, that's good."

These past few days, bored Skadi even temporarily returned to her old ways. She bought an old television and antenna from the surrounding area, since it was only for temporary information gathering, so as long as it could light up and make sound, that was fine.

The instant the signal was connected, the television screen displayed footage from the VBC (Victoria Broadcasting Corporation) news channel, in which the presenter stated:

"In order to protect the safety of all citizens of the Victoria Empire, the Empire is dispatching the Stormstrike Team to combat the rampant terrorist organizations and investigate a case of the theft of military Originium artifacts."

"I believe that the Stormstrike Force, as the rising stars of the Empire, will once again thwart the Empire's enemies' plots and protect the safety of the Empire's citizens."

The Stormtroopers are now Victoria's star special forces unit, and deploying them has a significant political showmanship effect.

It's likely that those gentlemen in Lontinim who were busy fighting the Sarkaz never intended for the Stormstrike Force to get to the bottom of things. Instead, they wanted to relieve their own pressure by having the Stormstrike Force hastily close the case in some way.

"A storm is coming."

If the people sent by Lontinim are the same group as in the original storyline, Colonel Hamilton will definitely not be able to continue pretending to be crazy. He must carry out his "Originium dirty bomb massacre" plan ahead of schedule. This is a signal that can help Lotin judge what is about to happen in the original storyline.

The system has explained that the plot he has mastered can help him predict how things will develop. Even if there are some discrepancies in the details, the overall trend of events will not change much.

Each guard can only exist for 6 hours, so Lotin had to carefully consider the location and time to deploy these guards, such as the place where the Tara nobles gathered in the original story, as well as Colonel Hamilton's command post, or even the place where the Deeppool's high-ranking officials held meetings.

Chapter Twenty-Six: An Illusion Has Been Developed (Construction Version)

Chulutin conducted experiments inside and outside the warehouse and found that his guards could be released based on the two Deep Sea Hunters who were judged as teammates by the system. Therefore, he changed the scouting trinket to the Oracle Lens and conducted experiments again.

Sure enough, the two hunters could also serve as a reference for releasing the lens scan. The surrounding field of vision, whether or not it was obstructed by physical obstacles, would be temporarily seen by Lotin, and the range was about two-thirds the size of a warehouse.