Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 408: Misunderstanding

“Don’t worry about whether these sailors have any problems. In the Outer World, as long as we don’t run into those few large organizations, we generally don’t need to worry about anything,” a young man said calmly.

“What’s more, this is the sea, Yese Niya’s home turf. Even if other Time Travelers come, they won’t be able to defeat her at sea.”

A middle-aged man’s voice sounded: “But we still need to be careful. I’ll go on deck to chat with them later and see what’s going on. Also, we’d better disguise ourselves and not let them know in advance what we’re doing near the Yangmatin Islands. Until we find the gold coins, we must be careful.”

Saying this, the middle-aged man looked at Yese Niya: “How deep can you dive now?”

Yese Niya smiled and said: “Once I merge with the seawater, the pressure at the bottom of the sea doesn’t have much impact on me. I only need to consider how long my awakened ability can last. According to my underwater speed and time, diving to 900 meters and staying there for an hour is not a problem.”

The middle-aged man nodded: “We’re also quite lucky this time. The ship we found has a crane. We can connect the ropes together, which will make it easier for us to salvage the gold coins.”

Once, someone found a handmade anchor at the A4 position and also searched for a sunken ship nearby.

However, the continental shelf’s trench was right ahead, so the searchers returned empty-handed.

Now that Yese Niya has water-type awakened ability, it’s an advantage that other treasure hunters don’t have.

“By the way, what do we do with these sailors after we find the location of the sunken ship?” a young man asked.

The middle-aged man thought for a moment: “I’ll handle it then.”

This so-called handling didn’t seem to contain any goodwill, and they had done similar things many times before.

Qing Chen sat on the deck listening. He guessed that these people didn’t expect to meet other Time Travelers on this crab boat.

After all, Time Travelers are all using the ability to travel through watches and the Inner World to create wealth. Smuggling is too low-level and cannot utilize the advantages of Time Travelers.

Zhang Jian looked at Qing Chen: “Don’t just sit there and say nothing. Where did these people come from, where are they going, and what do they want to do?”

“Don’t suddenly ask me such a philosophical question,” Qing Chen glanced at him, “They rented the boat, so let’s just go in the direction they said.”

“Aren’t they going whaling?” Zhang Jian asked curiously.

The Yangmatin Islands once had the largest whaling station in the 17th century, but it was abandoned in modern times.

At that time, whalers were the most dangerous profession in the world, not crab fishermen.

At this time, the middle-aged man walked onto the deck and smiled, “Hello, my name is Chilton.”

Qing Chen and the others greeted him.

Chilton asked curiously: “I see that you have crab cages on your ship. You should be crab fishermen from a certain port. Why aren’t you catching crabs?”

Qing Chen thought for a moment and replied: “We couldn’t find crab grounds last year, so we couldn’t make a profit. Besides, catching crabs is too dangerous. We just arrived at the Barents Sea, and a crab boat encountered danger. Some people even said they saw sea monsters at the bottom of the sea. So, we came back, thinking of doing something simple to recover our capital.”

Zhang Jian was shocked as he listened. Every sentence in this passage was true, but when combined, it became a lie.

Yes, they didn’t find crab grounds in the North Pole last year, but they did this year.

Yes, some people did say they saw sea monsters at the bottom of the sea, but Qing Chen didn’t say that he himself was the sea monster…

Is this the art of language? Zhang Jian felt that he had learned something.

Perhaps the most powerful lies in the world are those where every sentence is true, but the combination is completely different.

Chilton looked at everyone: “Who’s the captain?”

Qing Chen pointed to Zhang Jian: “That one.”

Chilton carefully examined everyone and found that there were no weapons on the ship.

The crew did have daggers around their waists, but Chilton was experienced enough to know that these were tools that crab fishermen carried with them to cut ropes.

So, there were no firearms on this crab boat.

That’s good.

However, Chilton needed to probe further. He leaned against the deck and chatted with Qing Chen and the others for more than an hour, concluding that these people were indeed crab fishermen.

They might not be expert crab fishermen, but their knowledge of crabs was flawless.

In Chilton’s opinion, as long as they were real crab fishermen, the danger of their trip wouldn’t be too high.

After all, they were Time Travelers. Did they need to worry about a group of fishermen?

Qing Chen looked at Chilton with a curious look and asked, “What are you doing at the Yangmatin Islands?”

Chilton explained with a smile: “I’m a professor studying humanities and geography. I’m taking my students to collect ocean specimens and volcanic landform specimens from the Yangmatin Islands. Those boxes are our scientific instruments.”

Qing Chen thought, if I didn’t have superb hearing, I would have believed it!

Chilton asked curiously: “May I visit the wheelhouse and the captain’s room? I’ve never been on a crab boat before, so I’d like to take a look.”

Zhang Jian thought for a moment and said, “Okay, I’ll take you there.”

In fact, Chilton wasn’t there to visit, but to install a bugging device to monitor the crab boat’s every move.

Generally, if there’s anything very secret to discuss on the ship, it’s either in the wheelhouse or in the captain’s room or on the deck.

He had already stuck them in those places.

Chilton and his companions were carrying button-sized bugging devices brought back from the Inner World. They were as thin as a sticker and could be easily and inconspicuously stuck anywhere during the visit.

After sticking them, he returned to the cabin and quietly listened to the sounds outside.

Chilton knew that after a long conversation with the other party, the other party would surely discuss their impressions of them.

This is the best time to eavesdrop on secrets.

The next second, the captain’s room channel transmitted Zhang Jian’s sigh: “After renting the boat to them, I feel empty inside. There are more and more Time Travelers. They’re everywhere. Now, we’ve become ‘staff’ in the North Pole. Maybe one day, the Barents Sea will become the world of Time Travelers. Their crab-catching abilities are beyond our comparison.”

Actually, this sentence refers to Qing Chen and Yang Yang. Zhang Jian felt more and more uncomfortable these two days. Their ability to find crab grounds, which they relied on for survival, was reduced to nothing in front of Yang Yang, which made Zhang Jian very frustrated.

However, this sentence sounded different in Chilton’s ears.

When Chilton heard this sentence, he immediately felt a pang in his heart.

He secretly pondered, these sailors are too sharp-eyed. They saw that they were Time Travelers at once?!

Moreover, the information about renting the boat also matches. They were referring to them.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged white man and his companions looked at each other. Someone silently took a pistol out of his suitcase.

Chilton held his companion’s hand and signaled them to listen again.

But they heard Old John respond cheerfully: “Making money this year is relatively easy. I’m different from you captains. I don’t have such a strong adventurous spirit. As long as I have enough money to buy alcohol when I get off the ship, that’s fine. So, I don’t care what these Time Travelers want to do. It’s a good thing to rent the boat to them. At least I don’t have to worry so much.”

Chilton and his companions were relieved. First, they were indeed crab fishermen. Second, the other party had no intention of interfering with them…

But in fact, Old John and Zhang Jian talked about Qing Chen and Yang Yang from beginning to end, not about them.

Someone whispered, “I think these crab fishermen are pretty good, and they’re not dangerous either.”

Another person said, “That’s because they haven’t seen the massive amount of gold coins. Do you remember what we thought when we first found a sunken ship at the bottom of the sea? I think even angels would be willing to fall into demons after seeing that sight.”

Another person chuckled, “Haven’t we already become demons? It doesn’t matter. As long as I can enjoy life in Miami, being a demon is fine.”

At this moment, Zhang Jian continued, “By the way, next year I plan to repair the North Pole well and go to the Barents Sea again. Old John, can you continue to be my sailor? Are you really willing to leave this sea?”

Old John was silent for a moment: “Let’s talk about it next year.”

Chilton was finally relieved.

After careful consideration, he walked onto the deck and said to Zhang Jian, “I have coordinates here. You need to take the crab boat there within 20 hours.”

He then handed a slip of paper with the coordinates to Zhang Jian.

Qing Chen knew that this might be the A2 location they mentioned.

He took a look and had a rough idea of the location. This place was about 60 nautical miles from the Yangmatin Islands.

Next, these people were clever. After Chilton was tired of chatting, he returned to the cabin, and another young man came up to chat.

Moreover, the young man was carrying a walkie-talkie, aiming to watch the crew on the deck, ensuring that the route was under control.

And to prevent the crew from discovering the bugging device and plotting something with paper and pen.

At noon, Yese Niya came out of the cabin, wrinkled her nose at the smell of cod on the crab boat: “Where’s our lunch? The 70,000 euros we paid include three meals, right? Can you control the meal times? I don’t want irregular meals.”

As a result, Yang Yang pointed at Qing Chen and said to Yese Niya: “This is our cook. Talk to him.”

Qing Chen: …

This girl is really addicted to trapping him at any time. It should be Neidapu who cooks, but with this casual remark, he’ll have to pretend to be a cook from now on.

Yese Niya looked at Qing Chen: “Make dinner quickly, we’re waiting to eat.”

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At this moment, Alps still hasn’t found the North Pole and Qing Chen. Instead, Killer Whale and He Jinqiu found him first.

Shendai Cang was standing in the wheelhouse, roaring at Craig: “Speed up! Don’t let Killer Whale catch up!”

He wanted to kill Craig right now. If it weren’t for this guy revealing the news of their going to sea, how could they attract a monster like He Jinqiu?!

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