In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

Seeing Helatia being forced into a corner by her, Maria probably felt that she might have misunderstood something.

But considering that there is nothing unusual between the two people, the other party may be able to react later.

"I can tell you everything that's going to happen next, but... are you sure you really want to know?"

Maria supported herself on the wall with one hand and held Helatia's restless little hand with the other.

She just looked down at the lovely person in front of her with indifference, her tone gloomy.

Behind her, the soft light outlined her silhouette...

Hazy...

……

On the other side, inside other ships.

At this moment, Maritus has completely lost his human form.

Some strange changes occurred all over his body. Atavism and mutation caused many unusual growths on his body surface, but what was even more disturbing was that at this moment, other people were completely indifferent to it.

He just walked around like that, muttering to himself.

"I'm not qualified yet..."

"We need better..."

"A better carrier..."

His thoughts gradually became complicated and confused, and everyone was a little confused by the whispering.

It was also at this time that no one noticed.

Not far from them, another ship was rapidly approaching...

Disaster happens in just a moment!

404

Chapter 404: Deep Sea Diving.

Today was supposed to be a good day.

Although everyone doesn't quite understand why the mantle survey team, which had just set out, chose to return before even three months, this does not prevent everyone from believing that this is definitely good news.

As Helatia said, Agor had lived in peace for too long.

Too many people have become accustomed to days with only good news and no bad news.

Everyone looked at the docking port with full confidence, looking forward to the three fleets returning with a full harvest.

The warm lights flickered throughout the entire Jakonamle, as bright as the daytime on land!

And in the full attention of the crowd, in the darkness outside the city, a ship finally tore through the darkness.

Everyone's eyes widened, and the reporters even played Jenga, trying to get photos as soon as possible.

But as time passed, everyone noticed that something was wrong.

The first thing that showed problems was the lighting.

The light that tore through the darkness was extremely dim at this time, and it would even go dark for a while every once in a while.

Did they encounter some accident and return home early?

Everyone's heart suddenly sank, and they looked at each other in confusion and doubt.

In the stands, the people in charge of organization also frowned.

He immediately went up to the communication station, looked at the ship coming out of the darkness in the distance, looked at the uneasy people nearby, turned on the radio, and sent a communication to the ship in a calm tone.

"This is Jiakonanle, investigation team, please explain the situation..."

The man's gentle tone eased everyone's thoughts. Indeed, there was a problem with the lighting now, but that didn't mean the operation had failed, right?

Maybe, in fact, a lot of things have been retrieved, but there were some problems on the way back?

Everyone was looking forward to it, their eyes fixed on it.

only……

When the submarine actually appeared in front of everyone, they were all stunned...

No one expected that the ship that appeared before them would be such a miserable one.

The black steel supports were exposed! The oval hull seemed to have been broken off, revealing its internal structure.

The whole thing looks like it's about to be scrapped... Even its creator probably can't tell that this was the child they carefully crafted.

The other party did not return on their own initiative, but the ship brought back the return order!

"What the hell..."

The person in charge of controlling and guiding the group suddenly changed his expression, and he reacted almost immediately, waving his arm.

"Immediately, evacuate everyone from the port area. The remaining professionals will begin preparing for a forced extraction!"

To date, Agorne's research on automatic ship mooring technology is not yet mature. Although there have been many successful cases, they really don't think that this ship, which is so broken that it can't even be called a ship, can dock successfully.

It must be manually forced to be connected!

"Yes!"

Everyone got busy.

The astute reporters realized that this might be some unprecedented event and began taking photos on a large scale.

Chaos began to erupt in the crowd. Even the most educated people could not hide the fragility of human nature in such a crisis.

A large number of people began to retreat.

And in the crowd, Ulpian frowned and looked at the ship.

It wasn't until the staff began to evacuate that he exhaled, turned around and chose to leave...

The level of Agor's engineers is obviously sufficient.

Under the arrangement of a couple of dome designers, they decisively chose to change the direction of the ship and crash into another area where construction had not yet been completed, and used the original industrial facilities to force it to stop.

After doing all this, they looked at the dark ship with serious faces, their eyes flickering and their expressions different.

As the engineers inspected, they soon discovered an abnormality inside one of the sections.

"There are still survivors! There are still survivors!"

The calling voice quickly spread throughout the entire camp, and many people hurriedly rushed over here carrying their equipment.

The hot welding torch quickly cut the metal surface, and with the help of special tools, they quickly opened the ship's wall.

Inside, two women squatted quietly, watching this side...

……

"Ms. Helatia... I hope you can explain what is going on here."

In the cell, two Coast Guard officers in dark blue armor stared at the woman in front of them with the same cold and dead expression.

The room was very simple. Apart from a few chairs, there was only a table and some organized documents.

"Why, of the group that went out, only you and Ms. Maria survived? What happened along the way? Where did the others go? What did you discover in the ruins of the former civilization?"

Questions were fired at Helatia like a barrage of cannonballs.

But Helatia's answer to this was always the same.

"While we were investigating, Scholar Maritus discovered some items of special research value and asked us to return early... Considering his expertise, I chose to respect his suggestion and return early."

"But on the way back, the other ships got into chaos for some reason and lost contact with us."

"Then, the ships' routes became chaotic and they began to collide with each other. Due to some special reasons, Ms. Maria and I happened to be hiding in the safe room at the same time."

Gloria's answer was the same as always. Even the professional coast guard team couldn't find anything unusual. After a moment of silence, they asked a few more questions as usual.

"Ms. Helatia, we respect your privacy, but this matter is of such great importance that we need to know every detail!"

"I know, and I never said I wouldn't cooperate. I just hope you'll respond accordingly...Sign a two-way confidentiality agreement, guaranteeing that this information will never be disclosed to anyone else unless it's necessary or irrelevant."

Helatia responded coldly.

This made several people from the Coast Guard silent.

But after a moment, they nodded.

The documents that had been prepared long ago were taken out. After both parties signed them, Helatia spoke directly without any hesitation.

"We are a couple!"

……

"We are a couple..."

Maria answered calmly, but the two Coast Guard members in the room felt something was wrong.

They could feel that the atmosphere at the scene had become a little cold after Maria said this.

But they didn't know where this coldness came from, so they could only look at each other and then look at Maria in front of them.

"You mean, you and Ms. Helatia are a couple?"

Maria's words made the Coast Guard inspector a little confused. It was only when his companion patted him on the shoulder that he came back to his senses.

"Yes."

I don’t know if it was an illusion of the two reviewers, but they always felt that the air around them was colder.

But they also had to admit that what Maria said was indeed reasonable... Even in a relatively mature and open world like Agor, feelings between same-sex people are actually relatively restrained and unusual.

People of higher status are especially sensitive to this.

And Helatia is also a key figure in Agorne now. If such a person's partner is a woman, it is indeed difficult to explain.

only……

"Do you have any evidence?"

The unwilling reviewer still raised harsh questions.

But Maria just sat there, looking at the man silently without saying a word.

The atmosphere gradually became solemn at this time...

It became awkward.

The examiner also realized how stupid his question was.

After a moment of silence, they stood up without saying anything and chose to suspend the interrogation.

Coincidentally, at this moment, the person who was interrogating him also came out.

"Is there any result?"

Helatia's interrogator asked.

But unfortunately, their companions also had the same reaction.

"No……"

Several people looked at each other and felt a headache.

At this time, a full three hundred natural hours had passed since their return voyage, and the news of the death of the Fourth Mantle Exploration Team gradually spread throughout Agor.

This has caused quite a stir.

The bigger trouble is that, to this day, they still haven't figured out what exactly happened.

Helatia did give a result, but it was almost the same as not saying anything at all.

They didn't know why the ships lost contact, nor did they know what Maritus had discovered. The only thing they could be sure of was that the two men were indeed found in the same place.

Everything is too vague.

They also wanted to continue questioning each other, but the identities of both of them were unusual.

No matter how negligent Helatia was, she was still a scientific consul before the real order was issued. As for the other Maria... because her identity was too special, they couldn't even find out her origins!

So much so that they still don’t know what to do with it.