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Chapter 38: SOS (part 5)

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...Huh?

"What...?" I finally managed to force out, my voice no louder than a mere croak, "How the fuck did they got themselves down there?!"

Captain Tomes shook his head, looking just as bewildered as I am, "I seriously have no idea... but wherever, they are, there's no way it could be safe down there. The submersible can theoretically go down a few 1000m more but if they're in a suit, they could also wander around a bit further–"

"...No way, that's even worse."

"In any case, we really should have a proper contact with HQ before we attempted to venture further down ourselves," he suggested, "You heard what they said, they wouldn't be able to afford to send back up if we got ourselves in trouble..."

I blankly gestured to the comms.

He visibly deflated at that, "Still nothing?"

"Still nothing," I affirmed.