Chapter 23

"Hmm?"

While Ye Yuan was observing the seabed in his room, he suddenly noticed a large object.

He quickly went to the cockpit, turned on the underwater radar, and found that nothing was displayed on the screen. This was strange, as the object was clearly below him, but the ship's radar did not show it at all.

Ye Yuan instructed Ding Yi to circle in this area of the sea but not to stop the engine or anchor the ship. Just as Ye Yuan was about to leave the cockpit, he suddenly thought of something and came back.

"How is your combat ability with Ding Er? I mean, if the other party has weapons?"

Ding Yi thought for a moment and replied, "We are service robots. We can handle ordinary humans, but if there are too many, we can't. Six or seven people, we two can still handle."

After hearing Ding Yi's words, Ye Yuan went out directly.

He entered the seawater and dived down as fast as he could. At about 500 meters, he found his target. He found a place with more seaweed and hid there.

In the sea sand, a submarine lay quietly. Normally, submarines would have markings on their bodies. National submarines would have numbers and the flag of the country they belong to, and private submarines would have names. However, the submarine in front of him had no markings at all, and the most bizarre thing was that it was radar-evading.

Civilian submarines could not possibly be equipped with radar-evading devices. Through his perception, Ye Yuan knew that the people inside were Europeans and Americans. Since perception could only see images and not hear sounds, he did not know what they were saying.

After waiting for a while, he found that the submarine had no intention of leaving, so he returned to the ship. This place was already very close to international waters. In such a situation, he should report it, but to whom?

Suddenly, he remembered the old man he had seen at Zhao Chuan's house. At that time, Zhao Chuan introduced him as a former naval officer. If he reported the matter to him, it should be fine.

With this thought, Ye Yuan directly used the satellite phone to call the leader.

"Hello, who is this?"

Zhao Chuan's voice came from the phone.

"It's me, Ye Yuan."

Ye Yuan did not waste words and directly explained his current situation to Zhao Chuan. Zhao Chuan was also unsure and told him that he would contact the old man and call him back.

After ten minutes, Ye Yuan's satellite phone rang.

The caller briefly introduced himself as a guide of a certain fleet and needed to understand Ye Yuan's situation.

Ye Yuan described how he discovered the submarine. He did not mention that it was his ability that found it, but said that he discovered it while diving in the sea and reported it after returning to the ship and finding out that the other party had radar-evading equipment.

The other party thanked Ye Yuan and told him to leave the area immediately for his safety.

Ye Yuan thought he could still watch a good show, but now he had to leave. After this incident, Ye Yuan no longer planned to go to international waters and instructed Ding Yi to return. During the return journey, Ye Yuan suddenly remembered that this trip was a last-minute decision, and he had not prepared for sales. Now, his ship had 20 tons of seafood. He believed that there would still be more harvest during the return journey, and these seafood were not something the few seafood buyers in his county could handle, even though there were no high-end goods, the quantity was considerable.

While thinking, the leader's call came.

"Old Four, you're really something, becoming more capable. Now you're even doing part-time work for world peace?" The leader chuckled, teasing Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan replied irritably, "Is that all you called for? Satellite phone calls are expensive."

"Not really. Just now, Grandpa Xu asked me to convey his thanks to you. He said the country needs young men like you and told me that in a few days, someone from the military will contact you. Be prepared," Zhao Chuan finally revealed the purpose of his call.

"Okay, I got it. Nothing else? I'm hanging up," Ye Yuan was worried about the fish catch.

When Zhao Chuan heard that Ye Yuan was about to hang up, he quickly said, "No, brother, there's one more thing."

"What is it? Just say it."

"I have a friend who runs a seafood business in Blue Island, mainly targeting the inland market. His family also runs a chain of hotels, so the sales channels are not a problem, but the procurement channels are not well established. He was complaining about this yesterday when we had drinks. I told him about your situation, and he wants to talk to you in the next few days to see if there's a possibility of cooperation. What do you think, Old Four?"

When Ye Yuan heard this, it was like someone was delivering a pillow when he was sleepy.

"Of course, no problem. I have over 20 tons of seafood on my ship now, and I expect to catch more before we reach the shore. Give me your friend's phone number, and I'll call him when we get to shore."

Zhao Chuan was also surprised that Ye Yuan had such a good catch on his first voyage and asked how many days it would take to return. Ye Yuan estimated and said, "Three days."

"Alright, I'll arrange it. In three days, I and Old Two will come to your place and bring my friend along. We'll get to know each other, and you can talk business without worrying about my face. I'm just the introducer."

"Okay," Ye Yuan agreed decisively.

With the sales channel from Zhao Chuan, Ye Yuan fished more freely on the return journey, catching over 20 tons of various seafood. Looking at the time, he had a little over half a day left before reaching the shore.

Ye Yuan suddenly remembered the reef cluster where he had caught the double-headed abalone. There were many abalones there. He had not harvested them before because they were small. Since he was planning to start a farm, he could put these small abalones in the farm.

Giving Ding Yi the coordinates, the "Water Control" quickly arrived at the reef cluster. Because the reef cluster had many hidden reefs, the fishing boat stopped at a distance. Ye Yuan, Ding Yi, and Ding Er went into the sea, while Ye Zhuang stayed on the boat.

The three of them started harvesting. In just half a day, they caught several hundred pounds of abalones, most of which were small.

Ye Zhuang looked at the abalones, "I didn't expect there to be such a place for abalones so close to our village."

"Captain, are there more below?" Ye Zhuang asked curiously.

Ye Yuan smiled mysteriously, "Guess?"

Seeing that Ye Yuan did not intend to answer, Ye Zhuang did not continue to ask.

After tidying up, Ding Yi set sail, and the fishing boat headed for Pinghai County.

The fishing boat docked at the Pinghai County pier. This voyage took about 8 days, which was considered a long-distance fishing trip.

Ye Yuan told Ye Zhuang to go home first because Ye Zhuang no longer lived on Fishing Bay Island and had a house in the county.

Ye Yuan told Ye Zhuang that after selling the fish, he would give him a bonus and asked for his bank account number, promising to transfer the money directly.

After Ye Zhuang left, Ye Yuan waited on the ship for the leader and the others. They had just communicated over the phone and were about half an hour away.

Ye Yuan went directly to the freezer and looked at the full hold of fish. He needed to save some to exchange for points. Without hesitation, he sent some larger but cheaper fish to the space, exchanging a total of 12,000 points.

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