"Halt our advance. All-around thrusters, engage hover mode," Jiang Bing said.
Beside her, Kong Yan immediately used the control stick to bring the submersible to a halt before the ring of light on the seafloor, observing the aperture and its surroundings.
Ivan and Joe were rapidly operating their detection instruments, a torrent of data cascading down their screens. Simultaneously, the long cable trailing the submersible transmitted all real-time signals to the headquarters aboard the icebreaker.
Aboard the icebreaker serving as their at-sea headquarters, a group of researchers in white lab coats stared wide-eyed, scarcely believing what they were seeing.
"What is that thing!?"
"A starry sky! On the other side is a starry sky! God, am I hallucinating?"
"Energy fluctuations are rising again. The water temperature around the aperture is approaching one hundred degrees."
"What is this? A gate from Deep Sea Atlantis? A wormhole?"
