章 582: Chapter 570: Accident

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The launch of CZ-18 was not precisely timed to the publicly announced 6 o'clock, but happened about 4 minutes early, yet almost no one missed the live event.

Unlike land-based rocket launches, the activity before CZ-18's launch was too great to go unnoticed.

Lin Ju hadn't taken his eyes off Launch Box B Zone since the start of flooding; the furious pumping of water caused a sudden drop in the water level around the launch box and the resulting currents whipped up odd tides.

Of course, all this was seen through the video feed from buoys outside the launch area. After the currents sped up for two to three minutes, a huge white cylinder slowly emerged from the mouth of the launch box.

At that moment there was almost no sound in the video, but just 6 seconds later, Lin Ju could feel the "thump, thump" of dull thuds coming from below the 17,000-ton hull of the Yuanwang No. 7, like the tail of a whale slapping the surface of the water, a sound first traveling through the water.