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Chapter 230 - 182: The Fishing Boat that Crossed the Boundary_2

Chapter 230: Chapter 182: The Fishing Boat that Crossed the Boundary_2

Chen Yun squinted his eyes slightly.

While he silently inched closer, he rapidly deciphered the conversations between the Japanese fishermen.

Although he had not specifically studied Japanese,

at this moment, the many Japanese TV dramas, movies, animations, and action films he had watched were all vividly recalled.

His powerful information processing and analytical abilities began to quickly combine the Chinese subtitles from his memory with the words of those Japanese actors.

Soon,

Chen Yun went from knowing nothing to a state where he almost understood Japanese.

The whole process was not slow, just a short few seconds.

Chen Yun had essentially learned a foreign language, something unimaginable to all humans.

And as soon as he could understand,

the conversation on that fishing boat also began to be translated in real-time in his head:

"I wonder how many wild Earth-patterned fish we can catch this time. These things are very expensive worldwide, and it seems like they’re almost extinct near our waters."

"Hua Country officials have banned the fishing and selling of wild Earth-patterned fish to allow their population to grow, so besides us, there should be hardly anyone daring to fish for them."

"Does that mean we’ll still get a full catch this trip?"

"Yeah, it’s good for us if they don’t fish."

As he listened to the hushed conversation of the three men on the fishing boat, Chen Yun, who had already approached the bottom of the boat, narrowed his eyes.

Clearly,

the people on this fishing boat were not poor citizens oppressed by the shameless officials in Japan, struggling to survive.

They had stealthily crossed the border to fish here not for sustenance but purely in hopes of getting rich from the precious Earth-patterned fish.

Since Chen Yun had witnessed this, naturally, he had no intention of indulging them.

Thinking back to "The Old Man and the Sea" he had once read, Chen Yun had a bold idea in mind.

He dove deep into the Water.

Observing the fishing nets spilling down, Chen Yun swiftly skirted the edge of the nets and grabbed them, twisting them into a rope of fishing net.

The taut nets alerted the people on the boat that something was amiss.

"My god! The boat is rocking!"

"It seems like something big got caught in the net!"

"The sonar shows something almost two meters in size—could it be a shark or something?"

"A shark less than two meters long, how could it shake our ten-meter-long fishing boat?!"

The boat erupted in a mixture of exclamations and discussions.

Before they could decide what to do next,

the nets began to gather toward a certain direction, as if they were being pulled and twisted into a cord by something.

The next instant,

at the confluence of the twisted nets, a massive force was felt.

The fishing boat, with little to no resistance, began to slowly move toward that direction, and this movement speed gradually increased.

"What kind of force is this? Our fishing boat weighs ten tons, and even with buoyancy in water, it would take at least more than ten tons of force to move it so effortlessly, right?"

"No good! Quick, reverse the power!"

The Japanese fishermen on the boat let out cries of alarm and scrambled to take action.

However, by the time they had reversed the engines,

the boat was already being pulled forward and accelerated to a considerable speed by the force at the end of the fishing net.

The men on the boat had an uneasy premonition.

When the reverse power finally kicked in,

it only managed to momentarily halt the speed, then slow it by a little. In reality, they were still being propelled forward by the force at the end of the net.

At this moment, the fishing boat felt as if it were tightly grasped by an invisible hand, being involuntarily sped up toward the front. The net dragged heavily in front of the vessel, not because it was laden with fish, but because of the entanglement of some unknown creature beneath the surface.

The strength of that creature was astonishing, making the old engine’s roaring in this unusual tug-of-war sound particularly grating, yet powerless to resist.

At this moment,

the three Japanese fishermen felt a sensation of life being out of control.

This made their hearts flutter.

For a moment, they couldn’t help but inwardly marvel at the quality of the fishing net, as it was still intact despite pulling along such a large fishing boat.

Shock and confusion were written all over their faces.

One clutched the steering wheel tightly, veins bulging on his arms as if he were struggling against an invisible adversary; another stumbled towards the fishing net winch, attempting to release the sudden constraint, but each effort only resulted in more futile tangles of rope; yet another knelt beside the gunwale, nervously watching the churning waters, hands clasped in prayer, whispering softly.

Fortunately, not long after,

This uncontrolled, nightmarish sprint of the boat ended.

With a violent shudder, the monster’s struggle seemed to climax, and the entire boat was yanked so forcefully it nearly capsized.

Then, an unspeakable silence descended, with only the sound of waves slapping against the hull echoing around. At last, the mysterious force seemed to relent, the fishing net gradually loosened, and the boat, propelled by inertia, moved forward a bit further before it finally came to a slow stop.

The force at the end of the fishing net suddenly vanished, freeing the fishing boat from being dragged.

On the quiet sea surface, now there was only their fishing boat, silent and isolated.

The three men were disheveled, their clothes soaked with sweat and seawater, their eyes a mix of fear and relief.

They looked at one another, reading the same question in each other’s eyes: What on earth was that just now?

The experience had baffled them.

Was it a shark?

No, sharks aren’t that powerful.

Or perhaps an orca or blue whale sort of big creature?

No, their fishing sonar wasn’t professional, but it couldn’t be that they hadn’t detected such a large creature.

It was just something less than two meters long, pulling their fishing boat in a frenzied dash!

After a long reflection,

The three of them finally regained their composure from the scare, anxiously looking around.

They began to check the boat for damage, silently grateful for surviving this sudden ordeal.

"It... left?"

"Maybe, it seems quiet now."

"Should we run now?"

"Yes, quickly, let’s reel in the fishing net!"

Not knowing what had dragged the boat, they were filled with endless fear.

Seeing no movement now, they hurriedly prepared to flee.

However,

They suddenly found that the boat’s engine seemed to be broken, most likely because of the tug-of-war just now? Or some other reason.

But in any case, it seemed they were now stuck in Hua Country’s territorial waters.

A moment of silence filled the boat.

"Should we contact our country for rescue?"

"After we make the call, how do we explain, asking them to blatantly send help into these territorial waters?"

"What do we do then?"

"Let’s use the satellite phone to contact the country this fishing ground belongs to. Getting detained or penalized doesn’t matter anymore; I just want to leave this place as soon as possible."

After making this statement,

All three men on the fishing boat couldn’t help but nod in agreement, looking towards the now seemingly calm sea, their eyes hiding an unspeakable deep fear.

Yes, it didn’t matter anymore.

Being discovered by another country for sneaking through didn’t matter anymore.

They just wanted to leave this place quickly.

This ordeal filled them with an immense sense of fear.

What decent person would speed and thrill-ride with a fishing boat on the sea?

They had never raced on the sea with a fishing boat growing up, especially not this kind of uncontrollable ride, pulled by some monster.

This had struck a deep chord in their tender souls.

Tired, just let it be destroyed.

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