After Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, Wang Xinran frowned slightly, she didn't ask Wu Zhongyuan why she mentioned the leper turtle, because she had already guessed Wu Zhongyuan's thoughts.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't say anything more, because he also knew that Wang Xinran had already understood what idea he had in mind.

After a short and quick thought, Wang happily picked up his mobile phone and entered the headquarters system to check the information about the leper turtle.

"Do you think this method is feasible?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wang Xinran shook his head, "It's not good, wait until I check the situation of the leper turtle first, and then ask the zoologists for their opinions." ”

These things can only be done by Wang Xinran, and all Wu Zhongyuan can do is lie down in bed and wait.

I don't know how long it took, just when Wu Zhongyuan was in a daze and wanted to fall asleep, Wang Xinran spoke, "The leper turtle belongs to a kind of turtle, it is a carnivorous reptile, with a strong sense of territory and a strong aggression. ”

Hearing Wang Xinran speak, Wu Zhongyuan sat up with his arms crossed, "What else?"

"Theoretically, these two animals are likely to attack each other if they meet, but they both live in the waters of Poyang Lake and both have a certain IQ, so we can't rule out the possibility that they are 'good neighbors'." Taking a step back, even if they are not good neighbors, they are likely to have fought before, and they have already distinguished the strength and weakness, and if they encounter each other again, the weak ones are likely to take the initiative to avoid and not fight with each other. ”

"How far is the activity area of the leper turtle from the activity area of the dragon?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wang Xinran picked up his mobile phone, called up the map of the waters of Poyang Lake, and walked over to show Wu Zhongyuan, "The Black Dragon Pond is here, and the place where the leper turtle lives is called Wanshou Bay, and on this tributary above the Black Dragon Pond, the straight-line distance between the two is about thirty miles." ”

Wu Zhongyuan thought for a while and said, "Last time they chased Jiaolong with a steamer, Jiaolong fled downstream, can this be understood as Jiaolong did not dare to offend the territory of the leper turtle?"

Wang nodded happily, "There is this possibility, but it cannot be ruled out that it is going down the river to swim faster to get rid of their pursuit." ”

Wu Zhongyuan was about to answer, but Wang Xinran stood up, "It's too late, go to sleep, and go to the field tomorrow to observe." ”

Wu Zhongyuan had something on his mind, he didn't sleep well, got up early after dawn, urged Wang Xinran to have breakfast, and the two went to the lake by car.

There are many tributaries of Poyang Lake, and the Black Dragon Pond is located on the north shore of Poyang Lake to the west, and there are no villages nearby, and there are more than ten miles of wetlands between the land and the lake, which are overgrown with tall reeds at this time.

It's the nesting season for waterbirds, but there are no waterfowl in the reeds nearby, and there is a dead silence in the reeds elsewhere, which also indicates that there are predators lurking nearby, and the waterfowl sense the danger and actively avoid the area.

The two climbed a sand dune by the river to observe the surrounding terrain and the tributaries of the river channels upstream and downstream.

"Don't you know how to look at feng shui," Wang Xinran pointed to Wanshou Bay upstream and the Black Dragon Pond here, "You look at these two places where feng shui is better?"

"This is not good," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "Whether feng shui is good or not depends on who it is, for flies, the dung pit is a treasure of feng shui, and for a frog, the mud pond is also a treasure of feng shui." ”

Wang happily turned sideways to hide from the wind, covered his hands and lit a cigarette, "I mean to let you see which of these two places is better, for the animals, who occupies a good place, it means who is a little more powerful." ”

After a closer look, Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "I don't know much about the living habits of the Leper Turtle and the Jiaolong, and it's hard to say which of these two places is better for them. ”

Wang Xinran just said it casually, and didn't hold out any hope, and when he heard Wu Zhongyuan say this, he just gave up.

"Do you think the leper turtle can compete head-on with the dragon?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wang happily lit a cigarette and took a deep breath, "Turtles are not a docile animal, they are very aggressive, and the leper turtle is even worse, if not, they will not overturn the ship that strayed into Wanshou Bay before, in addition, there is a saying that 'long worms eat turtles, two families can't', if these two animals fight, I'm afraid they won't take advantage." ”

Before Wu Zhongyuan could answer, Wang Xinran said again, "We don't need them to live or die, we just need to try to lure them into fighting each other, distract the dragon, and then take the opportunity to go into the water." ”

"We have to do it as soon as possible," Mr. Wu said, "and they've been trapped underwater for a day and a half." ”

"I know," Wang nodded happily, "the diving equipment is ready, for safety, there will be two colleagues who will go into the water with us, they are already on their way here, and they will be able to arrive at the hotel where we are staying before noon." Now what we need to do is to determine as soon as possible whether to lure the dragon over or the leper turtle over?"

Wu Zhongyuan said, "I feel that it is not an accident that Jiaolong lives in Black Dragon Pond, I suspect that it is likely to be guarding something, before they not only alarmed Jiaolong, but also exposed their intentions, if they are still in the underwater space, Jiaolong has either entered that space and killed them, or they are guarding the door every step of the way, so that they do not have a chance to float and leave." ”

After Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, Wang Xinran nodded again, Wu Zhongyuan's analysis is very reasonable, after Jiaolong knocked over the ship, he did not slaughter the crew members who had attacked it, but eagerly rushed back to the Black Dragon Pool, this move showed that there was something in the Black Dragon Pool that it cared about very much, and after it found that someone had dived into the underwater space, it would definitely try to prevent the other party from leaving.

It was determined that the leper turtle could only be lured over, and the next thing to think about was how to lure the leper turtle over.

According to the season and the size of the leper turtle and the season when its action of impacting the ship occurs, they judged that the leper turtle in Wanshou Bay should be female, and the leper turtle belongs to a kind of turtle, and the female body of this animal is much larger than the male, and some are even several times the size of the male.

In addition, the previous attacks on passing ships by the turtle all occurred from May to October, this time period is the season for soft-shelled turtles to spawn, and the soft-shelled turtles will spawn many times a year, and there is not only one litter, so on the beach near Wanshou Bay, it is very likely that there are eggs laid by the leper turtle.

Like turtles, they bury their eggs after they have laid eggs, but they do not go far, they hide somewhere where they can see their spawning grounds, and if they find that someone has touched their eggs, they will rush over and attack.

Headquarters then made a suggestion to the two of them to find the eggs of the leper turtle, destroy some of them, and provoke it. Take a part of it and lead it to chase after it.

The headquarters of the most likely place to spawn the leper turtle also helped to find out two suspected locations, one is the southeastern edge of Wanshou Bay, where there is a large sandy beach. Second, there is a small island in the area where Wanshou Bay meets Poyang Lake, where there are also conditions for soft-shelled turtles to spawn.

While giving advice, the headquarters also reminded the two of them, don't be misled by the fable of the tortoise and rabbit race, the turtle moves very fast, ordinary turtles can continue to move at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour for more than ten minutes, and the running speed of people is 30 kilometers per hour, to put it bluntly, people can't outrun turtles.

determined the general idea, the two returned to the hotel, before Wang Xinran only said that there were two colleagues to accompany them into the water, but I didn't expect that there were far more than two people coming, Hula came to a group, after entering the door, Wu Zhongyuan counted, a total of eight people.

The meeting was held in their rooms, and Wang was pleased to divide the work, and two of them carried weapons and a small amount of food with them into the water.

and then sent two people to observe and respond from the vicinity of Heishuitan, on the one hand, they were responsible for receiving their own people who went into the water, and on the other hand, they were responsible for arresting Zhao Ying and others who might take advantage of the opportunity to surface.

The remaining four people worked in pairs to search for two suspected locations where the leper turtle might spawn, two of them were responsible for controlling the drone to observe and warn from the air, and the other two were responsible for looking for the turtle eggs.

After assigning the task, Wang Xinran added that if Zhao Ying and others resisted arrest, they could shoot. If necessary, consider shooting the turtle and the dragon.

"You didn't really bring a heavy machine gun, did you?" Wu Zhongyuan interjected.

"Bring it," one of them answered, then pointing to the map spread on the bed, "I'm in this position, and if you're in danger, get closer to me as soon as possible." ”

Then the group discussed some details and possible accidents, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, everyone left the hotel and took their places.

Wu Zhongyuan and Wang Xinran and two other young people who rushed to support boarded a speedboat from the pier to rush to the waters near Black Dragon Pond, on the way Wang Xinran introduced each other, these two young people are field personnel of the 18th Branch, the male is called Zhang Shukai, the square face is small and flat-headed, good at underwater fighting, and the female is called Lu Jiahui, with a round face and short hair, specializing in underwater archaeology.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the four of them rushed to the predetermined place and waited in concealment with the help of reeds from the near shore.

The king gladly gave the order and ordered the people to start moving.

The small instrument that Lu Jiahui carries with her can display the aerial footage of the two drones, and Zhang Shukai checks the footage with her to prevent the colleagues who are operating the drones from oversight.

Wang Xinran checked Wu Zhongyuan's waterproof backpack again, "Are you sure you want to go into the water?"

"Well, I'm okay with my water nature. Wu Zhongyuan nodded.

Wang Xinran naturally saw that Wu Zhongyuan was very nervous, "You haven't received the corresponding training, and you haven't used diving equipment before, you just need to breathe normally after entering the water, and you don't have to do anything else, I will take you to sink." ”

"Good. Wu Zhongyuan nodded again.

"You really don't have to go into the water with us. Zhang Shukai looked up at Wu Zhongyuan.

"I'm not going to drag you down. Wu Zhongyuan said.

"I'm not afraid that you will drag us down, we are worried about your safety. Zhang Shukai handed over a pistol, "Will you use it?"

Wang happily dialed back the pistol, "Don't give it to him, he has it." ”

Zhang Shukai withdrew his pistol and moved his gaze back to the display screen.

The picture of the drone may have also been transmitted back to the headquarters in real time, and someone at the headquarters said something to Wang Xinran, Wang Xinran got in touch with the person who controlled the drone, "Xiaolin, Fang Yi, let the drone fly a little lower, the leper turtle will spit out the waste in the body through its mouthparts, and the turtle will form foam on the water surface, focusing on searching for areas with large foam on the water surface." ”

At this time, the two people in charge of the search and excavation had already started to search from the small island and the beach on the riverbank, and the small instrument carried by the two people could find the turtle eggs hidden under the sand, and the principle of the instrument's operation is unknown, but it is certain that this thing was not designed to find turtle eggs and turtle eggs.

There are a lot of turtle eggs found, but they are all ordinary turtle eggs, none of them are very big, while digging, there will really be leprosy turtles coming out to try to attack, but these are ordinary leper turtles, the largest is not the size of a basin, and they are kicked away.

After searching for half an hour, I still didn't find anything.

At this time, the sun was already in the west, and Wu Zhongyuan was a little anxious, "It's been more than ten years, will that leper turtle have already run away to other places?"

"Probably not, this animal doesn't change its living area easily. Wang Xinran said that after last night and today's bad supplements, she is about to become a turtle expert.

The drone uses electricity, and the battery life is only half an hour, and when the power is insufficient, one of them controls the drone to return and replace the battery.

While flying over a swamp, the returning drone suddenly lost its view......