Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 410: The Treasure at the Bottom of the Sea, Gunshots on the Ship

“Friends on the Penguin, welcome to the Glowing Radiance Ship. There are many vacant seats here, and your friend Londo is also here. He has now become a member of our Future Organization,” Capri’s triumphant laughter echoed through the radio communication: “I will treat you well, after all, you still have to help me find my treasure at the bottom of the sea. By the way, I just saw you salvage my cannon; bring it over to me. I’ll put it in the living room of my Miami villa as decoration.”

Yang Yang heard the voice and glanced at Qing Chen. Her expression was clear: Someone is trying to steal your stuff, should we deal with him?

Qing Chen shook his head.

At this moment, he was quite interested in this Capri, wanting to see what the overall strength of the Future Organization was.

On the North Pole, Chilton, Yese Niya, and others had long lost the excitement of salvaging the cannon, and the complacency they had felt when facing Zhang Jian and his group.

You see, just before the appearance of the Glowing Radiance Ship, these people had acted as though they had Qing Chen and his group completely under control, believing that everything was under their grasp.

Now, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

These Time Travelers had actually fallen to the same level as the crew of the Penguin, becoming lambs to be slaughtered.

Chilton pondered and said: “We won’t go to the Glowing Radiance Ship. We’ll stay on the Penguin. We will help you find the treasure, but it’s more convenient for us to work on the Penguin.”

Capri laughed on the radio: “Trying to leave yourself a way out, to add some suspense to the story, huh? I like it. Stay on the Penguin. I’ll wait for you to find the treasure. Don’t try to get away with it. If you haven’t found it after searching all seven coordinates, you’ll all die. Now, proceed to A4 area.”

Chilton’s Face^[-] was so gloomy, it seemed water could be wrung from it. He couldn’t think of a good way to solve the problem, but he wasn’t comfortable with simply handing over the treasure.

He could only take things one step at a time.

However, at this moment, a weak voice said to the radio channel: “But, the storm is coming soon. Shall we anchor in the shallows first, and wait for the storm to pass before we search…?”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone on the Penguin looked at Zhang Jian in shock.

No one expected that Zhang Jian would dare to speak up at this time…

On the radio channel, Capri was amused: “Who is this speaking?”

“The captain of the Penguin,” Chilton replied.

“Oh?” Capri became interested: “I see you’re a crab boat. Have you heard of the North Pole?”

Zhang Jian answered honestly: “Yes, I’ve heard of it since I was a child. It has a glorious history.”

Capri said: “Then do you know where it is now? My boss is looking for it now. If you can help me find it, if there are gold coins at the bottom of the sea, I will allow you to take a handful.”

Zhang Jian continued honestly: “Everyone says it went to the Barents Sea.”

Qing Chen cast an admiring glance. He didn’t expect Zhang Jian to learn so quickly. Both of these answers were true, but neither answered the real question…

He has an adventurous spirit and is adept at the art of language. If this guy was a Time Traveler, Qing Chen might want to take Zhang Jian back to China, returning to his ancestral home, returning to his roots…

The crab boat started moving towards the A4 area.

Rhythmic music came from the luxury yacht behind them. Qing Chen turned his head and saw that in the brightly lit cabin of the Glowing Radiance Ship, there was a group of girls in bikinis swaying.

“So this is the life of a North America Time Traveler,” Qing Chen sighed.

Yang Yang chuckled: “Envious?”

“No,” Qing Chen shook his head: “Life is too luxurious; it will make people lose their fighting spirit. These people enjoy themselves in the Outer World for a month, and when they return to the Inner World, they probably need to adapt to the dangerous environment there again.”

Yang Yang looked at Qing Chen in surprise and said no more.

At five o’clock, the setting sun cast a golden layer on the sea.

Chilton and others sat on the deck, listlessly watching the scenery, but they were in no mood to appreciate it.

“What do we do now? Londo used us as a token of his entry into the Future Organization, so Capri must know our strength and how many weapons we have,” Yese Niya worried: “Serra, I told you that Londo is unreliable, but you wouldn’t believe me.”

Serra was another young person in their team, and had a somewhat ambiguous relationship with Yese Niya, but they weren’t yet a couple.

Yese Niya was shrewd. She secretly accepted the kindness of all the men in the team, but she didn’t accept anyone.

At this time, Chilton knocked on the deck with his fist: “Now is not the time to blame teammates. We must unite and come up with a countermeasure. Fortunately, it’s Capri. Although he is a C-Class expert, C-Class experts are not omnipotent. We still have a chance!”

Actually, Chilton didn’t know where their chance was, but as the leader of the team, he couldn’t say discouraging words.

Yese Niya sneered: “We had an agreement with Londo earlier, to split up. Professor Chilton, it was you who asked him to come and join us. If you hadn’t asked him to come, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“Enough,” Chilton became angry: “Will mutual blame save us?”

“I might as well join Future!” Yese Niya said defiantly.

“Do you think you’ll have a good outcome if you join Future?” Chilton sneered: “You don’t know what kind of person Capri is? Besides, Londo betrayed you. After you join Future, he will be uneasy every day, fearing that you will take revenge on him in the Future Organization. So, in order to prevent you from taking revenge, he will definitely attack you first. Don’t argue anymore. I won’t hold you accountable for what you just said. We must unite now.”

Yese Niya muttered: “There are only a few of us. Who are we uniting with? Those dirty hick crew members?”

Qing Chen: “???”

Yang Yang: “???”

They were watching the dogfight, completely acting like bystanders, but they didn’t expect this girl to suddenly bring them in.

What did it have to do with them?!

However, after thinking for a moment, Chilton said to Zhang Jian and Qing Chen: “Please forgive my teammate’s rudeness. But now, the crew on our Penguin must unite. Although you may think it has nothing to do with you, Capri is cruel and ruthless. After finding the treasure, to prevent leaks, he will definitely kill everyone on the Penguin.”

Qing Chen thought, Capri killing the Penguin people has nothing to do with us on the North Pole.

However, he knew what Chilton was thinking. Among these people, only Yese Niya was the safest, because she could abandon everyone and escape by jumping ship. That’s why she spoke so confidently.

But Chilton and the others couldn’t. They had to use the Penguin to escape, so Chilton had to try to convince Qing Chen and the others to cooperate with their actions.

Zhang Jian and the others looked at each other, and Qing Chen took the lead in walking over to sit on the deck.

Seeing that Qing Chen had moved, they all followed.

At this time, Chilton vaguely felt something was wrong. Although Zhang Jian was the captain, it seemed that this Asian boy was in charge of the Penguin.

However, he didn’t have time to think about this now.

Chilton looked at Zhang Jian: “Captain, you said the storm is coming in two days, right?”

He vaguely felt that this might be their chance to escape.

Zhang Jian said seriously: “Weather forecasts aren’t always accurate. It might come tomorrow, or it might come the day after tomorrow. But usually when crab boats hear this kind of forecast, they turn back instead of continuing forward and gambling on when it will come. You may not know, the Titanic actually sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic…”

Actually, what Zhang Jian said was slightly inaccurate. The exact coordinates of the Titanic’s sinking were a little south of their location, but even the warmer southern areas had icebergs; this area even more so.

Further north, some places require nuclear-powered icebreakers to guarantee safety.

This is one of the most severe climate areas globally, so it is not alarmist.

Zhang Jian continued to sigh: “When the Titanic set sail, I kept shouting, ‘Don’t go, don’t go, it’ll sink!’, my throat was hoarse. They not only didn’t believe me, but they kicked me out of the movie theater.”

Chilton: “….”

Qing Chen: “….”

Yang Yang: “….”

Chilton didn’t know what to say. What time was this, and he was still doing stand-up comedy?!

He thought for a moment and asked Zhang Jian: “If the storm comes, do we have a chance to shake off the Glowing Radiance Ship?”

“We can’t shake them off,” Zhang Jian shook his head: “When the storm comes, the only thing we need to do is point the bow of the ship in the direction the waves are coming from, and then drop anchor.”

“Then what?”

“Then gamble on our survival,” Zhang Jian said honestly: “If the wind speed really reaches 70 knots, we have a 90% chance…”

“That’s quite a high survival rate,” Chilton breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Jian said: “We’ll die.”

Chilton: “….”

If you keep talking like this, I’ll shoot you.

Chilton forced himself to calm down and asked: “Then what if we turn towards the shallows when the storm comes?”

“We’ll hit the reefs and sink,” Zhang Jian said: “At this time, we must leave before the storm comes. This is the only way to survive.”

“Understood,” Chilton nodded. He walked into the cabin and took three pistols from their luggage.

He hesitated and put one back, then turned and went up to the deck, giving one to Qing Chen and one to Zhang Jian: “Since we’re teammates now, I’ll give you two of our weapons for self-defense. Have you ever used a gun before? If not, I can teach you.”

Chilton said this with sincerity, as if they had really become teammates.

“Never used one,” Qing Chen shook his head.

Then, Chilton patiently taught Qing Chen and Zhang Jian how to use a pistol, how to open the safety, how to pull the trigger, and how to hold the gun to offset the recoil.

When teaching, he was very serious.

Qing Chen pretended not to understand, and he became even more serious.

After Chilton finished teaching, he said: “The recoil of a pistol is greater than you might imagine. So, you newbies, when using it, you must hold the gun with both hands. Don’t imitate the heroes in the movies and strike a cool pose, otherwise, you’ll injure yourself.”

Qing Chen quickly nodded: “Understood, understood.”

Yang Yang watched this scene with a smile, thinking that no one in this world is qualified to teach Qing Chen about firearms. Daybreak suppressed so many people with just a sniper rifle, it wasn’t a joke.

After Chilton finished teaching about firearms, the seven returned to the cabin.

Yese Niya complained: “Why give the firearms to these hicks? Also, why didn’t you give Serra’s to them? Why did you give mine to that dirty kid? How am I going to use it after he uses it?”

Chilton glanced at her, thinking, that’s to prevent you from betraying us when you have a gun.

But he still explained: “Didn’t you see that I gave them my gun as well? This is to have them attract fire when we exchange fire with Capri. When things get chaotic, I’ll shout ‘fire!’, and everyone will find somewhere to hide first. Then they’ll attract a round of fire first, and we’ll open fire afterwards. I’ll go to the cargo hold later to pry open the wooden box; there’s an automatic rifle hidden there; this is our weapon to kill Capri.”

At sea, the distance between people is often hundreds of meters, and the sea breeze is so strong that pistols are practically useless.

Therefore, Chilton wanted Qing Chen and Zhang Jian to sell themselves out, and then he would use the automatic rifle to end the battle.

Maybe the automatic rifle wasn’t useful either, but it was their only remaining option: create chaos, kill the captain, and force Old John, the sailor, to steer the ship away.

This was Chilton’s cruel plan.

It seemed to be as perfect as it could be.

Chilton looked at Yese Niya: “If you find the gold coins, tell Capri immediately; don’t hide it.”

Yese Niya was stunned: “Why?”

Chilton said: “Because we want to trick some people into going underwater to salvage it; this can reduce their guard. A4 area is not deep, ordinary people can wear diving suits to go underwater, and they will definitely want to see for themselves what the treasure looks like. In this way, you can kill some of them underwater, and I will kill some of them on the ship.”

“I see,” Yese Niya’s eyes lit up: “I’ll try to trick as many people as possible to go down, and then deal with them in the water; you guys can act accordingly on the ship.”

“That’s it!” Chilton nodded with relief.

At this time, Old John’s voice came from outside: “We’ve reached the coordinates; we’re anchoring now.”

Chilton panicked and quickly found Old John and whispered: “Don’t anchor!”

How could they escape if they anchored?!

Over the Greenland Sea, dark clouds were gathering. Zhang Jian looked up at the sky and muttered: “The storm is coming early!”

Seeing that the Penguin had slowly stopped, Capri also came to the deck of the yacht. From afar, the black guy was wearing a bathrobe, with his open robe revealing nothing underneath, not fearing the cold at all.

Capri had thick dreadlocks on his head and wore sunglasses.

He laughed across the sea: “Are you going to search here?”

Chilton nodded. Everyone around him was tense, waiting for the battle to begin.

Yese Niya plunged into the sea. Unexpectedly, there were 12 divers from the cargo ship who jumped into the water with spearguns and underwater propulsion devices.

Capri and the others had made two preparations: Yese Niya searched for treasure, and they would also search at the same time.

The speed of the speargun was not much slower than Yese Niya’s. If Yese Niya made a move underwater, she might die in the water.

Although she could merge with the water, almost liquefying her body, if she was hit in a vital spot by a speargun, she would still die.

Chilton looked at the sea.

In less than half an hour, Yese Niya surfaced again. She excitedly raised a gold coin and shouted: “The shipwreck isn’t in A7, it’s in A4! It’s in a ravine. The treasure hunters missed it before!”

Everyone’s eyes lit up. Capri gestured to the people behind him, and some people on the yacht put on diving suits and jumped into the sea.

Capri returned to the cabin to give the girls money, waiting for good news from the bottom of the sea.

Only twelve armed security personnel were left on deck, staring coldly at the sea and the Penguin.

Chilton touched the automatic rifle hidden under the crab cage on the deck. Serra anxiously said: “If you do this now, you’ll kill Yese Niya. She can’t beat so many people underwater.”

But Chilton said in a low, ferocious voice: “Whether she can beat them has nothing to do with us. Didn’t you hear what she said? She’s been planning to betray us! Get out of the way, hold your gun, and when those two hicks attract fire, we’ll open fire! Serra, control Old John. Have him steer the ship away when I give the signal!”

By now, everything was ready.

The sky over the sea became even darker, as if a dark god kingdom was pressing down from the sky. The wind howled like the roar of an ancient god.

The waves grew higher.

He looked again at the Glowing Radiance Ship yacht, a hundred meters away, then suddenly shouted to Zhang Jian and Qing Chen: “Fire! Now!”

But after shouting, he immediately hid behind the crab cages, using the densely packed crab cages as cover.

As expected, a burst of gunfire rang out, and the two hicks were fooled.

“Move!” Chilton roared.

However, the moment he emerged from behind the crab cage, he froze.

Under the black curtain, the Glowing Radiance Ship was still shining brightly.

Only the security personnel who were supposed to be standing on the deck with guns were all lying down…

In Chilton’s eyes, the young man at the bow turned around and looked at him, smiling, his teeth dazzlingly white.

With a wind speed of nearly 30 knots, at a distance of 170 meters, a total of 12 shots, killing 12 people.

Chilton only then realized something was wrong.

Just now, he only heard the sound of gunfire nearby, but never heard the sound of gunfire from the Glowing Radiance Ship, nor the sound of bullets hitting the Penguin….

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