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The third book of The Golden Age of Adventures series. It was released in August 2015, while the original Chinese comic, **深海丧尸**, was published in June 2014.

## Synopsis

AIMING FOR THE TOP! DIVING INTO THE MYSTERY OF THE MERMIADS!

Alex and Lulu travel to the Pacific Ocean to search for the legendary Mermaids, only to encounter a ghost ship! Not only that, they run into the famous ocean adventurer, the Ancient Mariner! Is he friend or foe?

## Cast

* Alex
* Lulu
* Mermaid Queen
* Hank
* Hank's butler

## Plot

***Spoiler warning!** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

### Chapter 1: The Ghost Ship

In the Pacific Ocean, at 2200 hours, Alex puts an acoustic sensor into the ocean. It picks up something weird. A ghost ship appears behind them!

Two days ago, an adventure gear shopkeeper tells Alex and Lulu about how mermaids sing songs to lure ships into hitting rocks. Alex doesn't believe him.

Back in the present, the ghost ship gusts out air. It descends into the ocean like it's being pulled down. Alex turns Fly High into a submarine and goes under water. The ghost ship is stuck on a tower-like structure...

### Chapter 2: A Whale of a Tale

...that is placed at the blowhole of a whale. Alex theorises that when the whale went up to breathe, the ship got stuck on the tower and taken down, where everyone drowns. Whenever the whale goes up again, sailors mistake it for a ghost ship.

Alex sees another ship stuck in the tower, and goes there. The ship's front breaks and is about to fall on Fly High. A missile, coming from a black submarine, destroys it. Alex recognises its emblem: the Ancient Mariner, No. 3 adventurer. A small submarine comes out of it and goes inside the tower. Alex follows it. A sea monster looms near.

### Chapter 3: The Ancient Mariner

An eel monster appears from a hole and bites the submarine from the Ancient Mariner's submarine. The Ancient Mariner himself kill it. Another eel monster appears, but is killed by Alex releasing his drill into its eye. The Ancient Mariner gives Alex the hand signal for thank you (thumbs up, then put thumb down).

Alex continues to follow the Ancient Mariner. They enter a room that is a ship graveyard. Alex and Lulu put on their diving attire. Upon coming out of Fly High, they have a conversation with the Ancient Mariner, Hank, and his butler. Alex theorises the tower was made by Mermaids. They team up.

### Chapter 4: Tower of Terror

Hank is worried that they are exploring for some time without finding a corpse. Lulu sees a green light and goes towards it. A giant anglerfish appears and eats her. Hank gets ready to attack, but the anglerfish is struggling. It gets sliced by Lulu from the inside. Butler notices there are more giant sea monsters. Hank gets everyone away from them. They enter a chamber.

Lulu decides to check out the large hole with smaller holes on the ground. Alex denies. He throws a rock down. Spikes shoot out from the holes. The chamber has seven walls, each with a shaped block and there are square-shaped depressions on the left, right and middle. The solution to deactivate the spikes is to make rectangles out of the shaped blocks and insert them into the depressions.

### Chapter 5: The Mystery Deepens

Butler and Lulu finished one, Hank finished one and Alex inserts the square-shaped block into the center. Alex throws a rock to test the spikes. They didn't shoot out. The group goes down the hole, leading to the whale's belly. There's a large ball in the center. Lulu gets frightened by a corpse in a pool of gold. Hank calls everyone to the ball.

Carved on it is a condor Nazca Line with little figures fighting it. Lulu screams from seeing a corpse move. More corpses start to move. The group fights them. Meanwhile, Mermaids are watching the whale.

### Chapter 6: Attack of the Dead

Whatever cut the corpses are dealt with, they are still moving. It is because of peculiar crustaceans. The whale goes up to breathe. Everyone holds on. air gusts out the blowhole and the whale goes back down. As the corpses approach the group, Hank can finally uses his shoulder torpedoes. All the crustaceans are killed. Now the ball can be studied.

### Chapter 7: Unknown Energy

Atop the ball is a puzzle. it is a star in the shape of the Star of David. There are ten magnetite buttons in the upwards triangle. To open the ball, buttons must be moved to invert the triangle. Alex moves one button, a clamshell closes. There are three of them, so only two moves left. After Alex solves the puzzle, the ball opens.

It has a green glowing nucleus-looking orb. Butler analyses it. It produces mysterious energy. Electric, heat, nuclear... none of those. On the Mermaid side, they are blowing conch shells, making the whale go down while facing straight down. They all escape the whale as air pressure increases. They see the Mermaids when they are out.

### Chapter 8: The Mermaid's Memory

The Mermaids shriek, producing a wall of sound. Alex goes out of Fly High and uses the acoustic sensor on the wall. It is a clump of letters. Alex notices the word "DANGER" in the clump. In the others, there are "NOT", "FROM, "EARTH", "KEEP" and "AWAY". Alex sends out a few sound waves, asking the Mermaids what that orb is and why they're protecting it. The Mermaid Queen shows Alex her memories, memories of an ancient war. Hank shoots out a hook, but the Queen deflects it with her trident. All the Mermaids go away.

At the India aircraft workshop, Butler uses the Mermaid's sound waves to study the Mermaids more closely. Alex asks Hank if he can show his face, as he always has his helmet on. Hank's rank is No. 3, so if Alex surpasses him, he will take it off. Alex adds that he must also dance in his underwear.