Could it be that because the other party does not have this "start core" in their hands, they must use this cracking method if they want to start or open something buried under the water?

Qi Lin suddenly felt that this possibility was not ordinary.

According to Cooper's earlier analysis results, the startup core can be called a "core", but it can also be regarded as a key. There is a large amount of encrypted content inside the startup core. This thing cannot be cracked even at the technical level of the 404 base. Its encryption technology was definitely world-class before the war.

In other words, except for the main brain, the remaining people... or teams can probably count them with one hand.

The people in front of you are also likely to be one of the teams with this ability.

They made a box with a lock, which was extremely exquisite and without a key, even the best locksmith could not open it, but later, they accidentally lost the key of the lock...

Now, the key is in Qi Lin's hand, and those who are trying to open the box are trying their best to pry the lock open without using the key.

However, Qi Lin was not in a hurry - the startup core is a key, but this sentence can also be said in reverse, the key is the startup core.

Without a startup core, even if they can open the box, without a startup core, the things in the box will be meaningless.

In other words, this key is a precious treasure in the box. Only by putting the key and the things in the box together can those things have value.

If there is a computer in the "box", then the startup core is a supporting CPU; if there is a set of power armor in the "box", then the startup core is the most critical power furnace among the armor; if there is a city in the "box", then the startup core is the heart of the city.

But the problem is... these people have not found the startup core yet, so why do they have to open this box so persistently?

Qi Lin continued to observe the actions of these people. About half an hour later, the dive came back, but only three came back.

Judging from the scars on their armor and the harpoon guns that have been fired, the fourth person probably cannot come back.

As soon as these three players climbed ashore, the people who were already waiting around surrounded them and began to help them dismantle their armor and deal with the wounds.

One of the three walked to the leader, and the two talked for a few words, and then the leader shook his head helplessly.

"It seems that the cracking failed? The box failed to open, but it lost a person..."

Qi Lin guessed that, unfortunately, these players were wearing masks on their faces. Not only could they not see their appearance and expressions, but they were even difficult to speculate on the content of the conversation through their lips.

Qi Lin put his eyes back on the screen again, and there was still a series of repeated test codes, but the calculation results were only one: fail.

The three players quickly changed into a new diving armor. After replenishing weapons and oxygen, they jumped into the sea again.

And those who were sitting in front of the screen continued to get busy.

"If you wait like this... it doesn't seem like a solution..."

Qi Lin noticed that the two teams of players in charge of the alert were all facing the direction of land, while the other two teams, except for the three people who went into the water, were either packing up the replaced equipment or typing on the keyboard in front of the electronic device. Only the leader was paced back and forth, looking at the water.

"Maybe...I can get into the water from another place...and dive all the way?"

With Qi Lin's current ability, he could do it for dozens of minutes to hold his breath in the water. The sea water seriously polluted by the radiation will not only not have any negative impact on him, but can also be converted into the purest energy by the energy gathering vortex. He does not even need scuba and protective clothing.

As for the problem of mutated creatures in the water, this is a coastal area, and there are few powerful existences in the deep sea. Even without underwater rifles and ejection harpoons, it is no problem to tear those strange fish and shrimps with the power of a level five evolver.

Squeeze all the things on his body into the backpack, then pull up the waterproof zipper, Qi Lin moved the backpack to his front and tied it with a tie. In this way, even under the water with a complex environment, he can take out what he wants at any time.

Taking advantage of the time when the ordinary-level death claws were wandering around attacking the players, Qi Lin secretly left the hiding small mound, made a big circle, and came to the edge of the land block.

It was exactly the same as what he saw on the mountain. The broken edges of the land block were very neat and smooth, and it really seemed like they were cut with a cake knife. The sea surface was about five or six meters below the land, and there was no wind and waves nearby, nor any signs of mutant creatures moving.

"At least now, one thing is certain that... the Kowloon Peninsula was definitely not sunk by a nuclear bomb..."

Qi Lin pulled out two ice axe-shaped bone blades, nailed them into the rock layer alternately, and went down step by step to a position close to the sea surface.

Holding the bone pick with one hand, Qi Lin took up a handful of sea water with the other - as he expected, the radiation pollution in the sea water was very high, but apart from radiation, it was just ordinary sea water.

After confirming that there was no problem, he took a deep breath and then plunged into the sea.

The visibility in the water is lower than in the fog. It looks dark and dark. Qi Lin did not rush to swim to the places where those players were, but continued to dive.

He wanted to see what the sunken Kowloon Peninsula looked like underwater.

...

Victoria Bay is only a few dozen meters deep, and including the collapsed continental shelf, it is no more than a hundred meters. Qi Lin soon saw the kind of city buried in the sea.

Many tall buildings lined up seemed to be condensed by time. A large number of algae were wrapped around the rugged steel bars. The colorful giant billboards became pale after a long period of soaking, and the handwriting and patterns on them had long been blurred.

Among many doomsday art and film and television works, cities that sink to the bottom of the sea have appeared, but only when you see it with your own eyes can you feel this personal shock.

When the prosperous civilization is submerged by the sea, everything is silent, and only the skeleton-like incomplete buildings seem to be telling the glory of the past.

However... although these buildings are broken, their overall structures are completely preserved. Compared with the New Territories that have been razed to the ground, at least there is a city here.
Chapter completed!