The Nautilus sailed almost silently. The loudest sounds throughout the ship came from the curious children.
While Nemo II wasn't looking, Stark showed Alvin a number on his wristband...
Then he whispered, "The noise level of the entire ship is under 40 decibels..."
Alvin frowned. "What's so strange about that?"
Stark looked at him like he was an idiot. "The ocean's background noise is around 90 decibels...
We're registering less than 40. That means this ship can't be detected by sonar underwater.
It can absorb sound waves, and its power source and engine are even more advanced than I expected."
Alvin shrugged indifferently. "So what?
Nemo II himself said the Nautilus isn't the most advanced ship...
You've got a spaceship, and you're still making a fuss over this?"
Stark's expression turned strange. He leaned toward Alvin and whispered, "Do you know how my father first discovered the Nautilus?"
Before Alvin could ask, Stark continued, "When Hydra surrendered, more than a dozen of their submarines took the wealth they'd looted and disappeared beneath the sea.
My father led the effort to track them down. But when the submarines entered the Pacific Ocean, they all vanished.
A ghost ship had kidnapped them...
Those were the exact words from the distress signal sent by one of the Hydra submarines, which my father intercepted..."
Alvin smiled, unconcerned. "So what?
Even if Captain Nemo really did it, he was doing a good deed...
In China, we call that 'serving justice on Heaven's behalf'!
Are you jealous of all the wealth he collected?
How much valuable stuff could a dozen submarines carry? How many tons, even if it was all gold?"
Stark stared at Alvin like he was an idiot...
Before he could make a couple of sarcastic remarks, Nemo II came over with a tray