Chapter 1

I am the top engineer at the National Deep Sea Technology Center and the only person in the world with deep-sea rescue experience.

When my sister's submarine had an accident and was trapped 10,000 meters deep in the ocean, I hung up her distress call.

Then, without any rush, I went to the police station to turn myself in, claiming I had leaked confidential research information.

A few minutes later, my father called in a rage, "Your sister's life is hanging by a thread, where the hell are you?"

"I order you to go to the accident site immediately to save her, or you won't see a penny of the Land family fortune!"

I calmly pulled the covers over myself and said into the phone, "No time. Don't disturb my sleep."

When the rescue team captain came to find me, I was shaken awake from my deep sleep.

"Engineer Snow! There's been an accident!"

"Your sister Stella's 'Deep Diver' has lost contact at a depth of 10,900 meters in the Mariana Trench!"

"They encountered an unknown underwater earthquake, all communications are down, and the chances of survival... are slim!"

I opened my eyes groggily and looked at the person who had come.

"So?" I asked indifferently.

The captain was taken aback, seemingly not expecting this reaction from me. She urgently said, "We need you!"

"You're the only person in the world with successful rescue experience at depths of 10,000 meters. You're their only hope of survival!"

I calmly lay back down, turned over intending to continue sleeping, "Sorry, can't help."

"What?"

"I said, I can't help," I repeated, my tone as calm as if the person trapped at the bottom of the sea was my enemy.

"Lucy Snow! Are you insane? Your sister is down there! Along with twenty other research team members! They only have enough oxygen to last 72 hours at most!"

"My husband, Charlie Zhou," I interrupted her, "He was the chief commander of the last rescue operation. In terms of experience, he's more seasoned than me. You should go find him."

Captain Li looked at me in disbelief and yanked me up, yelling, "What the hell are you talking about? Of course we contacted Commander Zhou! But he's not even in the country!"

I chuckled lightly. "I know."

With that, I pulled the covers over my head and ignored her.

She could only stamp her foot and storm out of the detention room, cursing under her breath.

The world was quiet again.

A few minutes later, a distinctive ringtone stubbornly rang out. It was my father, Harrison Land.

I answered.

"Lucy Snow! Why are you refusing to help with the rescue? Your sister is still down there!" As soon as he spoke, it was a barrage of accusations, his voice full of suppressed anger.

"Dad, I just said, find Charlie. He's more professional."

"I can't reach him! His satellite phone is turned off!" Harrison's voice grew increasingly anxious.

I chuckled lightly, responding to him in a relaxed tone, "Oh, that's normal."

"Because right now, he's on the 'Deep Diver'."

On the other end of the phone, Harrison's breath caught sharply.

Then came a thunderous rage: "What nonsense are you spouting! Charlie was personally assigned by me to go to the Arctic for the 'Aurora Project' last month! He won't be back for another month! How could he possibly be on the 'Deep Diver'!"

"Is that so?" I feigned surprise, "Then maybe I remembered wrong."

"You..."

I didn't wait for him to finish before hanging up the phone.

The next second, the phone immediately rang again. This time it was my stepmother, Fiona Woods.

Her voice was thick with tears, sounding almost broken.

"Lucy, please, I'm begging you, just go save your sister..."

I leaned back in the chair, closed my eyes, and quietly listened to her performance.

"Moreover, more than half of the twenty researchers on the submarine are students you personally mentored! How can you bear to watch them die at the bottom of the sea, 10,000 meters deep?"

"Can you really be so heartless?"