Chapter 183 Fishing Boat Crossing the Boundary
April 15th, half past five in the morning.
The sea breeze blows constantly.
It stirred up a wave of waves in the calm sea.
As the morning light breaks, a touch of light blue slowly spreads across the sky, as if nature's most gentle brushstrokes are gradually spreading on the vast canvas.
On the sea surface, this giant who had slept all night gently opened the curtain of night and welcomed the kiss of the first ray of sunlight. The morning light penetrates the mist like filaments, the boundary between sea and sky becomes blurred and soft, and everything is bathed in a peaceful and mysterious blue-gray.
The gentle breeze brings a bit of freshness and coolness, and layers of delicate ripples appear on the sea surface, which sparkle with delicate silver light.
Chen Yun, who had been driving all night at the bottom of the sea, gradually stopped swimming at this moment.
The longitude difference between Qixi City and the east side of Shawai Fishing Ground is about 6.34 degrees, and the difference in longitude is about 111 kilometers on the equator.
Qixi City and Shawai Fishing Ground, which are not located in the equatorial zone, are approximately 32 degrees north latitude, which is smaller than the actual longitude difference on the equator.
Therefore, the actual distance between Qixi City and the east side of Shawai Fishing Ground is about 6.34*111*COS32 degrees, which results in 602 kilometers.
For Chen Yun, who had been traveling all night and early morning, almost nine hours, he knew that he had almost arrived at the east side of Shawai Fishing Ground.
The previous driving distance of about 2,000 kilometers only counted the distance southward. In fact, the 600 kilometers eastward away from the coast were not included.
The real journey has just begun now.
The east-west journey has been completed, and he has reached the sea with an average depth of nearly one hundred meters.
Arrange as scheduled.
The next step is to go all the way south along the edge of the territorial waters.
Chen Yun relied on the beyond visual range azimuth sensing to sense the distance and azimuth of the Feijian left in Qixi City, and could accurately adjust the direction to go south.
But for Chen Yun, who drove all night until dawn and swam 600 kilometers, he didn't plan to go south immediately.
He planned to wander around a bit and find some sea creatures to catch and play with.
Because the journey this night was really boring.
Along the way, he deliberately swayed from side to side from time to time, making an S-turn and spiraling forward.
The purpose is to rely on such operations to extend the range of transparent world perception everywhere, so as to prevent him from missing a lot by just swimming in a straight line.
But even if it works like this.
His range of perception of up to three hundred meters seems too small in the sea.
It's almost like saying that a toothpick stirs a big vat.
Even if a toothpick is stirred back and forth in the water tank, how much area can it cover?
Therefore, Chen Yun did not find any sunken ships along the way.
So I feel quite bored.
Thinking this, Chen Yun began to wander around in the surrounding sea.
The Shawai Fishing Ground is an important fishing ground, especially famous for catching Pacific tuna. The Pacific Frillfish is one of the most productive cephalopods in the world economy and is commonly found in island seas and waters around island archipelagos. Because of their specific marine environmental conditions, these sea areas are conducive to the reproduction and growth of cephalopods, making them ideal locations for fishing for squid and other cephalopods.
Not far to the east of the Shawai fishing ground, it basically enters the territorial waters of the island country.
So it’s no surprise that there are so many Pacific tuna fishes.
Pacific squid may have many common names in different regions, such as black-skinned squid, northern squid, true squid, etc. They belong to the order Cephalopoda, the order Psiliformes, the family Elephantidae, the subfamily Elephantinae, and the genus Elephantidae.
This squid has a long conical body, the body length is about 4-5 times as long as the body width, and the rear part is tapered. The surface features of the body include round spots, an obvious black band in the center of the back, and this black band extends to the rear end of the fins, while the back of the head and the center of the handleless wrist are almost brown-black.
While Chen Yun was wandering around, he saw a lot of these squids.
He quickly caught one and tried to eat it raw.
The result is that as expected, there is indeed no appetite. It seems that only species of the Reptiles, Dipsids, Squamates, and Snakes can still feel appetite on their own.
He had only tried lizards and crocodiles under the class Reptiles and Dips before. The answer was that they could not arouse appetite at all.
Now it's the same if it's a cephalopod.
After thinking about it, Chen Yungang, who wandered around for a while, was about to prepare to go south.
However, within the scope of his transparent world perception, he suddenly discovered a fishing boat.
It was an island fishing boat.
Although there were no flags or any distinctive signs on it, Chen Yun could hear the Japanese conversation between several fishermen above.
I don't know when it crossed the national border quietly, its figure looming in the hazy morning light, like a sneaking ghost.
Its hull is not large, but it is equipped with modern fishing facilities. There are neat rows of fishing nets hanging on both sides of the ship, revealing that the purpose of its trip is not simple.
People on the boat moved quickly and cautiously, trying to avoid making any noise.
The few fishermen who were casting the nets wore hats and began to cast the nets without saying a word.
They did not make any sound as they ordered and prohibited them. It seemed that they were not coming here again and again to secretly fish for other countries' fishery resources.
At the moment when the fishing net was slowly lowered to the sea, it seemed that even the air was frozen, and only the sound of the sea water gently lapping against the hull of the boat was heard, as well as the subtle gurgling sound of the fishing net sinking into the water.
When Chen Yun saw this, he narrowed his eyes slightly.
As he approached slowly and calmly, he quickly deciphered the meaning of the conversations between the fishermen from these island countries in his mind.
Although he didn't study Japanese specifically.
But at this moment, the many TV series, movies, animations, and action movies from the island country that I had watched were all clearly recalled.
With his powerful information processing and analysis capabilities, he quickly began to combine the Chinese subtitles in his memory with the words of the island actors in his memory.
soon.
Chen Yun went from knowing nothing to almost understanding Japanese.
The whole process is not slow, it only takes a few seconds.
Chen Yun has basically learned a foreign language, which is unimaginable for all humans.
And after he can understand.
The conversation on the fishing boat began to be deciphered in real time in his mind:
[I don’t know how many wild ground-striped fish I can catch this time. This thing is very expensive all over the world, and it seems that it is almost extinct near our waters. 】
[China officially prohibits the fishing and sale of wild landfish in order to cultivate their population, so there should not be many people except us who dare to catch it. 】
[Does this mean that our trip will still be fruitful? 】
[Well, if they don’t fish it, let us fish it. 】
Listening to the whispered conversation of the three people on the fishing boat, Chen Yun, who had already approached the bottom of the fishing boat, narrowed his eyes.
Apparently.
The people on this fishing boat are not the poor people in the island country who have been oppressed by shameless officials until they can no longer live.
They secretly cross the border and come here to fish, not for food and livelihood, but purely for the precious earth-striped fish with dreams of getting rich.
Now that Chen Yun has seen this, he naturally has no intention of getting used to it.
Recalling the old man and the sea he had seen, Chen Yun vaguely had a bold idea. He plunged deeper into the water.
Looking at the fallen fishing nets, Chen Yun quickly swept over the edge of the fishing nets, grabbed them together, and twisted them into a fishing net rope.
The tight fishing net made the people on the fishing boat immediately realize that something was wrong.
"Oh my God! The boat is rocking!"
"It seems like something big got into the network!"
"The fishing sonar shows something close to two meters tall. Is it a shark or something?"
"How can a shark less than two meters shake our ten-meter fishing boat?!"
There were a lot of exclamations and discussions on the fishing boat.
Not waiting for them to decide what to do next.
The fishing nets all began to be gathered in a certain direction of the fishing boat, and they were twisted into a rope as if being pulled by something.
The next moment.
There was a huge force coming from the end of the twisted fishing net.
The fishing boat had almost no ability to resist and began to move slowly in that direction, and the speed of movement was gradually increasing.
"What kind of power is this? Our fishing boat weighs ten tons. Even if it is buoyant on the water, it must have at least ten tons of strength to be so relaxed, right?!"
"No! Start the power in reverse!"
The island fishermen on the fishing boat exclaimed, and then started to operate in a hurry.
But wait until they start the power in reverse.
The fishing boat was already driven forward by the power at the end of the fishing net and began to accelerate to a not slow level.
Several people on the fishing boat felt vaguely pushed back.
Wait until the power reverse starts successfully.
It just let the speed stagnate, and then slowed down a bit. In fact, it was still moving forward driven by the force at the end of the fishing net.
At this moment, the fishing boat seemed to be tightly grasped by invisible hands and accelerated forward involuntarily. The fishing net was dragged heavily in front of the boat, not because of the full load of catch, but because of the entanglement of some unknown monster underwater.
The monster's power was so astonishing that the roar of the old engine was particularly harsh during this unusual pull, but it was unable to resist.
This moment.
The fishermen of the three island nations felt a sense that their lives were out of control.
This makes them panic.
For a moment, they couldn't help but secretly lament that the quality of this fishing net was so good that it could pull such a large fishing boat forward without breaking.
Shock and confusion were written on their faces.
One is holding the steering wheel tightly, the veins on his arms are bulging out, as if he is wrestling with an invisible enemy; the other is staggering towards the fishing net winch, trying to untie the sudden shackles, but every effort is only in vain. More tangles of useless ropes; another knelt beside the side of the boat, nervously staring at the churning water, clasping his hands and whispering a prayer.
Fortunately, not long after.
This nightmare of uncontrolled boat racing is over.
With a violent vibration, the monster's struggle seemed to reach a climax, and the entire ship was suddenly pulled and almost turned over.
Then, an indescribable silence fell, with only the sound of waves lapping against the hull echoing around. Finally, the mysterious force seemed to give up resistance, the fishing net slowly loosened, and the boat moved forward for another distance under the influence of inertia before finally slowly stopping.
The power at the end of the fishing net suddenly disappears, preventing the fishing boat from being dragged by the power at the end of the fishing net.
On the quiet sea, only their fishing boat was staying there quietly and alone at the moment.
The three of them were in a state of embarrassment, their clothes soaked with sweat and seawater, and their eyes were filled with fear and joy.
They looked at each other and read the same question in each other's eyes: What was that just now?
The experience just now was difficult for the three of them to understand.
Is it a shark?
No, sharks are not that powerful.
Or maybe it's big guys like killer whales and blue whales?
No, although their fishing sonar is not professional, it is impossible not to detect such a big guy.
It was just a thing less than two meters long, pulling their fishing boat forward crazily!
Thought for a long time.
The three of them recovered from their fear and looked around in shock.
They began to inspect the damage to the ship, silently grateful to have survived this unexpected encounter.
"It's... gone?"
"Maybe, there seems to be no movement."
"Then let's run now?"
"Quick, put away the fishing net first!"
They didn't know what was dragging the fishing boat, and they only had infinite fear in their hearts.
Seeing that there was no movement at this moment, they all hurriedly prepared to run away.
only.
They suddenly discovered that the power unit of the fishing boat seemed to be broken. It was probably because of the rally just now? Or maybe it's for some other reason.
But in short, the three of them seem to be unable to move within China's territorial waters.
For a moment, the ship was filled with silence.
"Should we contact China for rescue?"
"After contacting us, what should we say to let them openly send people into this territorial waters?"
"Then what do we do?"
"Use a satellite phone to contact the country where this fishing ground belongs. It doesn't matter whether I am detained or punished. I just want to get out of here as soon as possible."
Finished this sentence.
The three people on the fishing boat couldn't help but nodded together in sympathy. They looked at the sea that seemed to have calmed down now, with unspeakable deep fear hidden in their eyes.
Yes, it doesn't matter.
It doesn’t matter if another country discovers you are smuggling.
They just want to get out of here quickly.
This experience made them feel a deep sense of fear.
Who would be a good person to play fast and furious with a fishing boat on the sea?
At this age, they have never used a fishing boat on the sea, and it is also the kind of boat that is difficult to control and is pulled forward by some kind of monster.
This caused a deep blow to the young minds of the three of them.
Tired, destroy it.
(End of chapter)