The ascent through the vertical drainage shaft was a journey through centuries of forgotten darkness. The flooded tunnel wound upward through the solid volcanic core of the island, its walls slick with sulfurous mineral deposits and ancient sea algae. After thirty meters of vertical climb using motorized diver propulsion vehicles, the water level suddenly broke. Nikolai surfaced first, breaking the oily, stagnant surface with his suppressed carbine drawn, sweeping the…
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