Zhou Xuan looked at the instruments and heard Mao Feng exchange a few words with the people in the submarine, but he couldn't understand them. However, Zhou Xuan wasn't worried. As long as the submarine was within 200 meters, he was confident that he could control it. Even if he wasn't careful or relaxed, Mao Feng wouldn't be able to escape on the submarine.
Seeing Zhou Xuan looking at him indifferently, Mao Feng thought for a moment and said, "The people on the submarine are still searching in the trench, but the trench terrain is complex. Some places are narrow, and the depth increases further in the trench. The coordinates on the map are not very precise, only approximate locations. So far, we haven't found the shipwreck on either side of the trench."
Zhou Xuan thought for a moment, then said, "You tell them to continue the search. Now, tell me about the fire meteor."
Mao Feng, with a bitter face, spread his hands and said, "The matter of the Fire Meteor is something I've passed down from my family elders. My ancestor obtained the Fire Meteor in China, but on his voyage back home, it encountered trouble in this very sea area. The ship was blown up by the Chinese sailors on board, and all the valuables on board, including the Fire Meteor sword, sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. My ancestor, along with two men, managed to escape the danger in a small lifeboat. They drifted at sea for two days and nights before encountering a passing merchant ship and managing to escape. Later, they drew a map of the sea area here, but the water here is too deep. Given the limitations of the technology at the time, it was impossible to salvage the sunken ship. For the next two hundred years, my ancestor tried every means to find and salvage the ship and retrieve the Fire Meteor sword, but all to no avail."
Mao Feng paused, sighed, and said, "Originally, there was a strange energy on that meteorite blade, which should have been detectable with an electromagnetic sensor. However, my ancestors sealed it in a special box to hide the information about the meteorite blade. This box can prevent electromagnetic waves from leaking out, so we can't detect it with sensors now. We can only rely on luck to find the shipwreck first."
Zhou Xuan felt genuinely nervous. It seemed that the fire meteor might indeed be a high-tech energy weapon from an alien civilization, just as he had imagined. If they couldn't find it, that would be fine, but if they did, it would be a dangerous situation. If they could eliminate Mao Feng, they might be able to prevent the fire meteor from ever appearing in the world.
However, Zhou Xuan immediately rejected this idea. If Mao Feng had this treasure map, then others might have it too. Not to mention others, didn't he also have such a map? Although he didn't know how he got it, several of Mao Feng's ancestors had escaped from the sea back then, and he couldn't be sure that it wasn't just his ancestors who escaped. Perhaps there were other people on the ship who also escaped?
"What's the deepest this submarine can dive to?" Zhou Xuan thought for a moment and suddenly asked this question.
Mao Feng shook his head and said, "Because submarines are tools that are restricted by various countries, we cannot rent high-powered submarines that can dive deep. This submarine is just a very ordinary small submarine, which can only dive to a maximum depth of about 1,500 meters. In this area, the maximum depth has exceeded 1,500 meters. So if the shipwreck sank to a depth of more than 1,500 meters, then our submarine will not be able to find it."
Zhou Xuan nodded, considered for a moment, and then said, "Mao Feng, you surface the submarine. I'll go with you inside and personally search below."
Mao Feng was stunned, never expecting Zhou Xuan to say he wanted to go down into the submarine with him. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "No, that submarine can only hold three people. It requires two people to operate, one as the operator and one as the assistant. We can't switch roles."
Zhou Xuan said calmly, "There's no question of whether it's possible or not. This kind of operation isn't some cutting-edge technology. We'll send two people up and the two of us down."
Thinking about the two new recruits, he planned to subdue them with his ice-based abilities and have Uncle Yu and the others keep watch over them. However, when he thought of Uncle Yu, his ability detected something, and he froze in shock.
Uncle Yu and his fishing boat had vanished without a trace.
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Volume 1, Chapter 475: Discovery
Chapter 475 Discovery
Zhou Xuan's heart sank.
Yu Jinshan and the others ultimately abandoned him out of fear, which made Zhou Xuan feel extremely uncomfortable. However, this feeling only lasted for a moment before disappearing.
Yes, now that he has run away from home and come out into the world, why should he have too many feelings for the world? In this world, the only people who will never abandon him in life and death are his closest and dearest. Why should he feel unhappy for the sake of these unrelated people?
Fine, let's sever ties with the Yu family from now on. During this time, I've been entangled with the Yu family because of my fishing trip at sea. In the end, it was because of my outstanding abilities that I attracted some unnecessary attention, and I was almost discovered by Xu Juncheng because of the pearl.
Zhou Xuanxin's expression suddenly turned cold. He had just dealt a heavy blow to Mao Feng's men, and his mood was still icy. If anyone dared to provoke him again, he would kill them, even if it meant the Heavenly King himself.
Looking at Zhou Xuan's cold demeanor, Mao Feng couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. His large cargo ship, with a total of sixty or seventy men including sailors, was now completely wiped out, and he didn't even know what methods the other party had used. How could he not be terrified?
In a panic, Mao Feng quickly contacted the submarine again and ordered them to bring the submarine to the surface and suspend the exploration.
The three men were searching aimlessly when they heard Mao Feng's order and immediately steered the submarine away from the trench and onto the surface.
This submarine came from an international arms dealer in Western Europe. Because Mao Feng's family had many arms deals with them and were quite familiar with each other, Mao Feng agreed after paying them a high rental fee.
However, even the most advanced submarines in the world, even those that are not nuclear-powered, cannot be bought or obtained. They can only buy some outdated, ordinary small submarines because submarines are not something that ordinary manufacturers can produce. These are projects controlled by various countries, and it is impossible to sell them without the approval of the leaders of those countries.
Today, the deepest diving depth of some major powers' most advanced nuclear submarines has exceeded 10,000 meters, while their small submarine is a type that was phased out ten years ago, and its maximum diving depth is only 1,500 meters. However, it is still quite useful compared to these people. Maritime inspection teams usually only find smuggling ships on the surface of the sea, and are somewhat powerless against submarines underwater. Border defense radars only monitor situations that threaten the country, such as smuggling. To put it bluntly, it is common for the military to participate in arms smuggling, and they turn a blind eye to international arms dealers.
After the submarine surfaced, Mao Feng said to Zhou Xuan, "We're up here. Are we really going to go down?"
Zhou Xuan nodded, then instructed, "Find a network of electrical wires. Are there any on the ship?"
"Wires?" Mao Feng asked in surprise, never expecting Zhou Xuan to ask him to find this. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and replied, "Yes, I do. How many do you need? What for?"
Zhou Xuan said calmly, "It needs to be about 1,500 meters. You've come to me for a purpose, but you don't need to know what it is."
Mao Feng didn't dare to ask any more questions. Although Zhou Xuan's tone was indifferent, it had an imposing aura that didn't need to be explained. It was far more powerful than the aura of some underworld bosses he had ever seen. He nodded obediently and quickly went out to get the wire.
Zhou Xuan was naturally not worried about him making other contacts with the submarine. On the ship, everything was under his surveillance. If Mao Feng made any unusual move, he could kill him.
Mao Feng naturally dared not make any other moves. He had already experienced Zhou Xuan's power firsthand. Even when he wasn't under Zhou Xuan's sight, he still couldn't escape his control. He had never seen such a terrifying ability before, which was why he had connected Zhou Xuan to the legendary "Butcher."
Mao Feng took out a whole coil of copper wire from the storage room, one coil being 100 meters long, and quickly returned to Zhou Xuan's place.
Zhou Xuan smiled faintly, then picked up the wire to take a look. It was a very standard, high-quality wire, made entirely of copper core with excellent conductivity. This was exactly what Zhou Xuan wanted. He immediately cut about 1,500 meters of the wire and then signaled Mao Feng to board the submarine.
Mao Feng absolutely cannot stay on the ship. He's the mastermind, and leaving him outside my surveillance range will only make things worse. The best course of action is to get him onto the submarine; then he can't cause any trouble, and even if he wanted to escape, he couldn't. Besides, if something happens underwater, I might be able to withstand the pressure, but Mao Feng and the others on the submarine would certainly be doomed.
Mao Feng dared not resist, then lowered the rubber rig at the stern and asked Zhou Xuan to lower him down from the rope. After landing on the rubber rig, he spoke a few words to the people on the submarine.
The submarine resembled a round landmine, only many times larger. The part above the water had a round steel cover, like a sewer, that opened up, just big enough for one person to enter and exit.
The bearded man who peeked halfway out of the cave heard Mao Feng's words, then made a few "hmm" sounds and said a few words that Zhou Xuan couldn't understand.
Mao Feng was a little anxious. He glanced at Zhou Xuan, then mumbled a few words, and then held up two fingers to indicate something.
The bearded man shook his head again. Zhou Xuan guessed that Mao Feng was trying to raise the price, and he wasn't satisfied. It was a pity that he didn't know how to drive, otherwise he would have just made the bearded man disappear. But neither he nor Mao Feng knew how to drive a submarine. Even if it was simple, it would still be better to have someone who knew how. This was not like driving a car. On the highway, he could recklessly try it, but in the ocean depths of over a thousand meters, this was no joke. If a novice drove it and crashed into the seabed rocks, destroying the submarine, that would be a fatal outcome.
Mao Feng gritted his teeth, then stretched out five fingers, which was actually a gesture of spreading his whole hand wide. The bearded man chuckled, then stretched out his fingers and made an "OK" gesture before crawling back into the submarine.
The two deputies in the submarine emerged one after the other, sizing up Zhou Xuan as they climbed onto the ship using rope ladders.
Zhou Xuan noticed two protruding mechanical positions at the rear of the submarine, so he took it upon himself to tie the 1,500-meter-long copper wire he had cut off to the submarine, then straightened the wire a few times before throwing it into the sea.
Mao Feng was puzzled, wondering what Zhou Xuan was up to. However, there was no point in objecting. He had no choice but to comply. He knew that even he and the three people on the submarine were no match for him, so he had no choice but to obey.
Zhou Xuan thought for a moment, then used his special ability to freeze the two people who had just boarded the ship, rendering them unable to move or speak. He couldn't let them drive away on the ship for the time being, and he wasn't sure if the submarine could safely sail away from the sea and reach the shore.
Thinking about this made him feel uneasy again. Yu Jinshan's actions had hurt him. Even though he didn't want to take revenge on them, he was really unhappy inside.
The fact that the people he had saved had turned around and abandoned him was something he couldn't help but feel uneasy about.