Speaker 1: M HM. Welcome to Dark Towns Uncovered Season three, where
we're continuing our story of Zombie Water two. The Ocean
is a realm of infinite mystery, a world where light,
fate fades, and secrets linger in the crushing dark. Beneath
its cold, unyielding ways, lies more than just the unknown,
It harbours the unspeakable. In chapter five, Beneath the Abyss,
we descend deeper than ever before into the heart of
a submerged nightmare, as the survivors venture below there uncover
the grotesque origins of the horrors that have plagued them.
The seafloor reveals a forgotten facility, shrouded in eerie silence.
Its rusted walls echo in the whispers of experiments gone wrong.
But the Abyss holds more than answers. It's alive, teeming
with creatures twisted by science and consumed by the hunger
of undeath. With every step deeper into the facility, survival
becomes a test of will and trust among the group
begins to unravel what horrors lurk in the Abyss, and
can they ever hope to again in the darkness that
seems to pull them ever downward, prepared self to dive
into the terror beneath the Abyss. Chapter five. Beneath the Abyss,
the dawn was brief a fleeting respite before dark clouds
once again blotted out in the sun. The crew, battered
but resolute, gathered around the boat's navigation system. Their clothes
were still damp from the storm, but exhaustion was etched
into their faces. Nina checked the radar, hoping for a
glimpse of land where they could regroup, but all they
were greeted were All that greeted her was an endless
stretch of water, she sighed, rubbing her temples. We've been
out here for days, Jake muttered, staring into the gray horizon,
and every time we think we're close to finding the sauce,
it just slips away. Not this time, Nina replied, her voice, Steady.
We fought back. There was just the start. The infection
is drawing us deeper for a reason. Calvin, who had
been reviewing the last of his notes, looked up with
a glint of determination in his eyes. I think I
found something. Based on the samples we lost in the data,
I managed to collect the infections. The infection seems to
be concentrated along the Deep Scar Trench. It's a massive
underwater canyon miles below this ocean's surface, rumored to have
a geof geothermal fence and strange undiscovered marine life. It's
also where I believe this infection started, Deep Scar Trench.
Maya repeated, a hint of fear in her voice. No
one goes down there. It's way too deep. They say
it's it's cursed. Sounds about right, Jake muttered, But if
that's where the infection is coming from, then that's where
we're going. Nina nodded, we need to go and prepare. Calvin.
Is there any way we can get protective shield against
this infection, something we can wear or inject. Calvin fought
for a moment, then nodded, I've got a limited amount
of anti viral compound I sympthesized synthesized for our earliest samples.
It won't last long, but if we inject it just
before we go down, it might give us a few
hours of resistance. Nina agreed, and they begun their preparations.
As Calvin ready the anti viral injections. Jake checked the
diving suits and Maya prepared the small submersive pod attached
to the boat. The air was tense, each of them
knowing that this could be their final stretch of the
mission or their last dive into the cursed waters. Hours later, descent,
as the sun dipped below the horizon, casting the ocean
in shadows of orange and purple, the crew strapped into
the submersive pod. The craft was cramped, barely large enough
to hold them, and their equipment was thick, with thick
glass windows reinforced to withstand the crushing pressure of the ocean.
Steps can administered the anti viral injections, each one stinging
like fire under their skin. Remember, Calvin said, this will
only protect us temporarily. If we don't find what we're
looking for within a few hours, we'll have to abort
the mission. We'll have to abort the mission. Nina nodded
her gaze, steely will find it, whatever it takes. The
pod detached from the boat and began its descent into
the depths. The water around them grew darker, and the
light from the surface began fading until they were enveloped.
Until they were enveloped into blackness. The only sound was
a low hum of the engine and the steady drip
of condensation inside the submersible. As they said, strange bominum
bioluminescent creatures floated past them, casting an eerie green glow.
Some of them were familiar jellyfish and anglerfish adapted to
the deep, but others were unrecognizable, twisted by the infection
into grotesque hybrid forms. A jellyfish with skeletal webbed tentacles
drifted by its eyes, glowing faintly with a sickly glreen hue.
Jake shuddered, his eyes glued to the window. Disinfection. It's
changed everything down here. Nina tightened her grip on the
controls were close. Deep scar trench should be directly below us.
The pod reached a plateau and the trench finally coming
into view, a gaping, shadowy canyon stretching into infinity. The
walls of the trench were lined with geofm geothermal vents,
spewing streams of sulfurous gas and faintly illuminating the area
in patches of red and orange. Strange mutated coral clung
to the rocks, pulsing faintly with the infection's sickly green glow.
Calvin leaned forward, his face pale. This this is worse
than I imagined. It's like the infection has taken root into
the very geological geology of this place. Nina steered the
pod closer to the trench, her heart pounding. If the
infection started here, then we all just need to find
its source. We're looking for anything that looks unnatural, even
for this place. They descended further, the walls of the
trench rising around them like the jaws of some ancient beast.
As they approached the floor of the canyon, they saw
this massive structure, an underwater cave, its entrance surrounded by
jagged rocks covered infected coral. The green glow was brighter here,
illuminating the cave a sickly beacon. That's it, I whispered.
That has to be where it's coming from. Nina steered
the pod towards the cave, the beams of their lights
slicing through the murky water. Just as they reached the entrance,
a low rumbling sound echoed from within, vibrating the walls
of the pod. What was that, Jake said, asked, his
voice tense. Calvin Checkna monitors. I'm not sure it could
be volcanic activity or a shadow moved at the edge
of the lights, something massive slivering along the cave floor
their pods. Like their pods, lights flickered as the creature
came into view, they all froze, their breast catching in
their throats. The creature was enormous, a serpentine horror with scale,
was covered in barnacles and patches of rotten flesh. Its
eyes glowed with the same green light, and its mouth
was lined with the jagged broken teeth. With jagged teeth,
it twisted through the water, its bodies stretching into the
darkness of the cave, disappearing from sight. It's infected, My abreaved.
The thing, whatever that is, it's part of the infection.
The creature coiled around the entrance, its eyes fixed on
the pod. Nina held her breath, praying it wouldn't attack,
but the creature merely watched them, its gaze unreasonable and
unreadablen cold. Nina clenched a jaw. All right, we're going in.
Everyone braced yourselves. The creature shifted as they approached, allowing
them to pass as if it was a guardian of
the infection's core. The cave narrowed, forcing them to squeeze
through tight passages. As they descended deeper, faint green spores
floated through the water, casting an eerie glow around them. Finally,
they reached the heart of the cave, a massive open
chamber with a glowing poor center. The water in the
pull pulsed with green light, sending ripples of infected energy
through the chamber. Around the pool were dozens of skeletal remains, fish, sharks,
and even fragments of human bones, each twisted by the
mutated Each twisted and mutated by the infection. This is it,
Calvin whispered, his voice filled with awe and horror. This
is the source. Nina activated the POD's sampling arm, carefully
reaching into the infected pool to collect a sample. The
file field with the green liquid, which seemed to writhe
and pulse as if they were alive. Just as a
sample was secured, the rumbling returned louder. This time, the
chamber shook and cracks began to form in its walls.
We need to get out of here, Jake shouted. This
place is going to collapse. Nina reversed the pod, steering
it back towards the narrow passage, but as they turned,
the serpent creature reappeared, blocking their exit. It stared at them,
its eyes burning with fury. It knows we have the sample,
Maya said, fear evident in her voice. It's stock going
to let us leave. The creature lunge lunged, its massive body,
crashing into the pod. The impact threw them against their seats.
The warning lights flared as the POD's system struggled to
hold together. Hold on, Nina shouted, firing the POD's frustus.
She maneuvered the pod through the creature's coils, dodging its
snapping jaws as it's twisted and freshed, trying to block
their escape. Just as they cleared the passage, the creature
struck again. It's slamming, its tail, slamming into the pod.
The grass, the glass cracked, and the water began to
steep in. We're not going to make it, Jake shouted,
trying to plunge. Plug the crack. Keep going, Nina yelled,
Steering the pod with all her strength. She fired the
last of their chemical spray at the creature, and the
solution dispersing in the water around it. The creature recoiled,
its fresh, its flesh sizzling, giving them just enough time
to escape. The pods shot out of the cave and
into the open trench, speeding upwards towards the surface. Behind them,
the cave collapsed, sending a plume of infected water and
debris into the trench. The creature's furious roar echoed through
the depths as if it was buried beneath the rubble.
They ascended rapidly, the pressure sensers beeping as they neared
the surface. The pod was barely holding together, the crack
and the glass widening with each passing second as they
broke through the surface, gasping for air as they floated
back towards their boat. Once they were on deck, Nina
held up the viral, her face etched with exhaustion and triumph.
We did we have the sauce. Calvin took the viral
his hand, shaking this This might be our only chance
to stop the infection. We need to get this to
the lab, analyze it, and find a way to new
drize it. As they watched the dark ocean around them,
a sense of relief frost washed over them, mingled with
a deep, lingering dread. They had survived. The abyss, escaped
the creature and captured the heart of the infection, but
their ordeal was far from over. The viral in Calvin's
hands was a ticking time bomb, the last piece of
the puzzle that, if solved, could mean the difference between
life and death the millions. The journey back to the
mainland was tense. Even though they had escaped the trench,
The ocean seemed to pulse with a strange, unearthly energy,
as if the infection was aware of what they had taken.
Every shadow under the waves, every flash of movement, kept
them on edge, wondering if the infection would send more
of its horror to reclaim what they had stolen. Calvin
remained in the boat's tiny lab, running preliminary tests on
the sample. He monitored its behavior under different conditions, logging
notes feverishly as he tried to understand the structure. Nina
stayed by his side, watching the swirling green liquid, mesmerized
by its seemingly sentiment movement. This thing, Calvin muttered, shaking
his head, is like anything I've ever seen. It reacts
almost like it's alive, adapting to changes in water temperature,
pH and even light. Whatever it is, it's engineered to survive,
even thrive, in any environment. We need to make an
aggressive countermeasure to neutralize it. How aggressive, Nina asked, Watching
the affection writhe in its viral, almost like it was
aware of them. Calvin met her gaze, his eyes grim.
Think of it like radiation. We might have to create
a compound so toxic that it could potentially neutralize everything
around it. If we stabilize it, we might be able
to eject it directly into the infection sites. Meyer and
Meyer and Jake joined them, listening in silence. Is the
weight of Calvin's words sunk in. They had come this far,
but the stakes had never been this higher. If Calvin's
solution worked, it could save the ocean from a nightmarish fate.
If it failed, they could be unleashing something even worse.
That night, as they drifted through the dark waters, each
of them felt the weight of their decision. They had
fought their way to the heart of the infection, seen
the depths of its horrors, and yet they still didn't
know if they could truly stop it. Their journey had
only just begun, and the viral's sinister glow casting eerie
shadows around them. They could only hope that they had
the strength and the time to see it through to
the end. As dawn broke on the horizon, the mainland
finally came into view. Their battered boat cut through the
waves towards the shore, each of them silent, racing from
the battle that lay ahead.