Chapter 409: A rich harvest, treasure from a shipwreck!
The sea is vast and boundless.
Crossing an ocean has always been a dangerous and time-consuming task.
The oceans of this world are full of unknowns. There are traps everywhere beneath the sea surface, undercurrents, and dangers lurking everywhere.
The probability of encountering a storm on the sea is more than five times that on Earth.
When the storm comes, the sea is like an angry lion, stirring up huge waves, stirring up strong winds for thousands of miles, and carrying overwhelming waves. No matter whether it is a ship or an individual, no one can face this wrath of nature that seems like a punishment from God.
Even a huge ship of 10,000 tons is like a leaf in the raging waves, and can only rise and fall with the waves.
"From south to north, this is a road of no return with a high risk of death!"
"The masked man will not come, nor dare to come!"
"He will most likely go to the southwestern seas, look for an opportunity to land, and enter the southwestern mountainous area."
"We just need to pretend and cooperate with the mechanical tribe!"
At the internal meeting of the Northern Sailing Club this morning, many senior executives came to this conclusion after discussion.
Even several level five creatures with real power agreed with this conclusion, which is why they made today's choice.
Now, the heads of each branch will explain the situation to the employees below to reassure them.
"Don't worry!"
"Just think of it as a half-month holiday, basking in the sun on the sea, haha..."
Han Hai, the head of the Northern Frost Iron City branch, was lying on a rocking chair on the deck with a confident smile on his face and a glass of red wine in his hand. He really looked like he was on vacation.
There was no worry in his eyes, and he smiled and said, "That masked man has no reason to come to the north. What is he doing here? He came all the way here to blow the northeast wind? He is not a fool. He will probably deal with the mechanical tribe in the southeast and southwest seas. Those are the areas he is familiar with."
After he said this, most of the employees understood.
Even some employees who had previously opposed the resolution of the top management have now remained silent, acquiescing to the decision of the internal meeting.
After all, the masked man had never been to the North before.
His range of activities has always been in the southwest and south of the continent.
These employees put themselves in the other person's shoes and thought about it. If they were in the other person's shoes, they would also fight the enemy in places they were familiar with, and would not rashly go to unfamiliar areas, especially the northern waters thousands of miles away.
However, a few employees still said worriedly: "Boss, our action this time seems a bit hasty, and we haven't prepared a perfect plan."
"What's the foolproof plan?"
The person in charge, Han Hai, smiled and said, "The Mechanical Clan is the perfect plan!"
"I'm afraid that the masked man will be chased to the point of having no choice but to run towards us."
"Even so, can he get here?" Han Hai took a sip of red wine, feeling relaxed.
"Boss, what do you mean?"
"The sea area is blocked, how is the masked man going to get supplies?" The person in charge said, "He has no food, no water, and no spiritual energy supplies. How can he fly here by himself? He will fall into the sea halfway and feed the fish!"
"That's true..."
The employees suddenly realized, how long can a person survive without food or water?
It would be fine on land, but this is the sea.
They have been working on the sea for many years and have a good understanding of the loneliness, solitude and despair at sea.
Facing the endless sea that stretches as far as the eye can see, and not eating or drinking for several days, a normal person would have to go crazy, but there is no way that they can run to the north.
"Don't worry!"
Han Hai looked at the many employees, smiled confidently, and assured them seriously: "If that masked weirdo really comes, you don't have to go. We, the bosses, will step up immediately!"
"Boss is wise, boss is mighty!"
In this way, more and more employees in various regions were persuaded.
As the largest shipping group in the entire north, they are nominally a club, but in fact they control a large number of marine enterprises, involving various industries such as shipping, fisheries, marine tourism, and seabed resource development. It is an absolute giant.
On that day, thousands of boats were dispatched by the entire club.
One after another, ships bearing the Northern Sailing Club's [sail logo] sailed out of the ports of various northern cities and, under the arrangement of their respective regional leaders, began to patrol the surrounding waters for the mechanical clan.
The energy and fuel costs of this operation alone are astronomical.
But the Northern Sailing Club doesn't care about this money. They care more about the opinions of the mechanical people.
Their performance made the mechanical city lords of the northern cities very satisfied.
The Mechanical City Lord of the Northern Frost Iron City said to the outside world: "The Northern Sailing Club is very good."
It's a very simple sentence, seemingly just a light compliment.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that after today, the Northern Sailing Club will become a semi-vassal organization of the Mechanical Clan and will completely lose the symbol of "neutrality".
Is there any downside to doing this?
If you think about it carefully, there doesn't seem to be any harm.
The benefits are too many...
From now on, any action taken by the Northern Sailing Club will be labeled as a mechanical act.
Any large organization that wants to interfere with the club's actions must weigh its own strength and consider whether the mechanical race will intervene.
"Disgusting, a bunch of boneless dogs!"
The leader of the Legend Investigation Team was still cursing, and his curses were extremely harsh. He poked the Northern Sailing Club in the spine in front of everyone and called them dogs of the mechanical race.
This is the world's largest public online platform, and people all over the world can see their verbal battle.
"Oh my, didn't we agree to remain neutral together? Didn't we agree to march forward side by side? Why did someone kneel down quietly? Stand up, why can't you stand up? Did your kneecap get dug out?" This was the statement made by a captain of the Fiery Suicide Squad, also directed at the group of people in the Sailing Club.
Most other neutral organizations also expressed their views explicitly or implicitly.
For example, the Black River Mercenary Guild also accused the Sailing Club, but its words were not so harsh and were more tactful.
In general, the only ones that openly lean towards the mechanical race seem to be the Northern Sailing Club, the Aurora Research Institute, and the Southwest Mercenary Union.
The attitudes of other large organizations are not very clear.
They were like seaweed, swaying from side to side, and during the whole day's quarrel, sometimes swearing at each other, sometimes standing up to mediate, as if they were all there to smooth things over.
Leading a large organization is not as easy as you think.
They need to be responsible to their respective organizational members and cannot easily reveal their personal inclinations, because their own inclinations largely represent the inclinations of the organization.
"The Legendary Investigation Team and the Blazing Suicide Squad, are they so brave this time? Who gave them the courage?"
The head of the Sun Foundation frowned, seemingly not understanding.
The director of the Southwest Research Institute also said: "Even if the masked man really has something that can fight against the machine race, they shouldn't have jumped out and expressed their attitude so early."
"On the surface, they are blaming the Northern Sailing Club, but everyone can see that..."
"Could it be that the masked man was secretly trained by them?"
Not only them, many people were surprised at the attitudes of the two families.
The decisive battle hasn't even started yet, and if you jump out so early, you'll easily be targeted by the mechanical clan.
"Their headquarters don't have a specific location. They gather and disperse as the wind blows. They are active in the wilderness all year round and don't worry about being surrounded and attacked by the mechanical tribe. It is said that their branches are in the ruins and relics of war in the wilderness . Perhaps this is their confidence."
The head of the Sun Foundation sighed, seeming to envy the two companies' recklessness.
The burden on his shoulders is much heavier than that of the two heads of the company.
If he makes a wrong decision, not only will he die, but the entire Sun Foundation will be buried with him.
"Anyway, the Masked Man is in trouble this time. The sea area is completely blocked. It is only a matter of time before he is caught by the Mechanoids. According to the intelligence network's deduction, the possibility of him escaping is less than 0.02%, unless... he gets help from unconventional forces."
The Smart Network is a super AI system jointly built by major organizations.
This system is comparable to the mysterious "charlatan" in the Midnight Tavern, and is even stronger than that person. Most of the events deduced in the past have become reality.
If Zhiwang says that the masked man is going to be in trouble, then he will most likely be in trouble.
…
At this moment, Su Xia, the protagonist of the quarrel between the major organizations, was still happily fishing for pearls on the bottom of the sea.
His only goal now is to make more money!
"Another one!"
His eyes lit up, and he sat on the submarine, leaning forward, staring at a black reef more than ten meters ahead.
That flat black reef was even larger than the one I saw for the first time. It was very well camouflaged, and there was even a small piece of dead gray-white coral attached to its surface, making it look like just an ordinary stone.
"This time, let me do it myself."
Su Xia moved her shoulders. She felt a little uncomfortable after sitting for too long.
Following Sarah's instructions, he pressed a green button on the console in front of him.
“Bang!”
The next moment, a small operating joystick popped up on the left and right sides of the console in front of him, which were used to control the two mechanical arms extending from under the submarine.
Sarah smiled and said, "Captain, the indicator next to it represents the sensitivity of the control stick. You can adjust it."
Su Xia asked, "What do you mean?"
"If the sensitivity is too high, the mechanical arm below will move drastically if you touch the joystick lightly, which makes it unsuitable for operation." Sarah explained, "Everyone's adaptation range is different. Captain, please try it first."
"Okay, thank you very much."
Su Xia slowly placed his hands on the left and right joysticks, calmed down, moved his eyes back and forth between the front screen and the display screen on the left front, and then slowly exhaled.
call……
He gently moved his left hand and pushed the operating lever, and the mechanical arm on the left side of the submarine moved accordingly, slowly moving forward in the cold sea water.
Su Xia felt that the current sensitivity was just right.
So, he began to push the operating lever on the right, controlling the two mechanical arms, concentrating and focusing his attention, approaching the black phantom blue sea clam little by little.
At this moment, the sea clam trembled violently, realizing the danger coming, and immediately spewed out a stream of sea water.
"I knew you were going to run!"
Su Xia was not in a hurry and followed closely behind the sea clam.
As the sea clams moved, the sea water became more turbid, with large and small gray and white particles and residues floating in the water, which had a great impact on the vision of normal people.
But Su Xia is not a normal person. As a psychic creature, his five senses are many times stronger than those of ordinary people.
What's more, he has the help of life-sensing glasses.
Even if the seabed is pitch black, he can still see the rhythm of life.
"You run pretty fast, but you can't escape the clutches of me, Su." Su Xia continued to control the two robotic arms with a focused look, and suddenly he felt like a villain.
It turns out that bullying the weak can be so joyful.
He smiled and controlled the two robotic arms to close.
A moment later, the sea clam was caught in despair and unable to break free, falling completely into Su Xia's clutches.
"Congratulations, Captain." Sarah said with a smile.
"It's nothing, just a trial run!"
Su Xia waved his hand, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and continued to operate the joystick to put the giant sea clam into the cabin below.
This was the first phantom blue sea clam he caught with his own hands, and also the eighth one he caught today.
Of the seven clams, except for the first one which was more than ten years old, the other six were only about seven or eight years old. The pearls produced were not too big and their value was average.
The one we caught now is even bigger than the first one, and it looks like it took about fifteen years to grow.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Su Xia patted the seat, stood up from the chair, bent over, moved forward in the narrow submarine, and walked to the top of the cabin.
The alloy floor cracked and the cabins slowly opened to the left and right.
The large sea clam was lying in the cabin below, emitting a sad spiritual wave.
He felt that he could not escape death.
[Phantom Blue Sea Clam: The shame of the Zerg, it has grown for sixteen years, and there are nine pearls of different sizes in its body...]
The system's prompts helped Su Xia determine the specific age of the clam.
Sixteen years is quite impressive.
After all, the psychic history of this planet is only about twenty years old.
This sea clam evolved into its current form in the first few years after the advent of spiritual power, and then slowly grew and began to condense pearls.
What Su Xia has to do now is to take away the fruits of its sixteen years of hard work.
"Don't worry, I only want the pearls. I won't kill you. You can keep one pearl."
Su Xia already had experience, so she said this directly at the beginning.
The seven clams mentioned above were all treated in this way, and were finally released back into the sea.
Su Xia also planned to do the same with this sea clam.
But, to his surprise, this sea clam actually sent out a very special spiritual wave: "Can you keep a few more?"
Su Xia was startled, and couldn't help laughing: "Are you bargaining with me?"
He never expected that this clam would dare to say that.
The clams before didn't do this at all, so they were thankful to be able to survive.
Soon, the sea clam transmitted another spiritual wave: "I know the location of a treasure on a sunken ship on the seabed. If you let me go, I will lead the way for you."
"Shipwreck treasure?"
Su Xia's heart moved and she had more ideas.
This trip to the bottom of the sea was mainly for escaping, with pearl fishing as a secondary purpose, so he did not think too much about the treasure.
Of course he knew that there were many treasures on the seabed, but the sea was vast and those treasures were scattered all over the seabed. It would take a lot of time just to find them.
Now, this big sea clam is willing to act as his guide, which can save him a lot of time.
"What kind of wreck is it?"
Su Xia did not agree directly, but asked in detail: "Are you sure there is treasure? If it is just an ordinary passenger ship wreck, there is probably nothing valuable to find."
The sea clam thought Su Xia didn't believe it and responded quickly.
"There is a treasure, there really is a treasure, a huge treasure!"
