It's midnight and the Aegean Sea is quiet.

A bright moon hung in the night sky, sprinkling the cold moonlight all over the sea, adding a bit of color and melancholy to the blue sea.

The breeze brought the cheerful chirping of birds on the distant island of Crete, as well as the squeaks of certain sea creatures.

Coupled with the sound of the waves gently lapping against the side of the ship, all these sounds intertwine together to play a moving serenade that seems to sing for this beautiful night.

Most of the crew had fallen asleep, recuperating for tomorrow's operation, with only a few security personnel still working, vigilantly watching the sea.

On the sea about a few hundred meters behind the exploration fleet, the ships that followed Ye Tian and them also fell silent.

The guys on the ships, big and small, also need to rest so that they can continue to follow tomorrow to the sea where the ancient Roman shipwreck treasure is located.

The distant island of Crete was completely shrouded in darkness at this time, with only a few scattered lights shining through the darkness, alerting the various ships sailing on the sea.

At this moment, two figures wearing fully dry diving suits, carrying oxygen cylinders and carrying submersible propellers appeared on the swimming platform at the stern of the Blue Princess.

They were very agile, flashing on the aft swim platform of the Blue Princess, jumping into the sea in the blink of an eye, and then quickly disappearing below the surface of the sea with the help of submersible thrusters.

When they surfaced again, they were already at the tail of a trawler a few hundred meters behind the exploration fleet, and they didn't make any sound, like two ghosts from the depths of the sea.

By this time, the trawler had fallen asleep, as did the other boats anchored nearby, all black-lit and gently undulating with the water.

After quickly observing the surrounding situation and making sure that it was safe, the two guys who had just surfaced launched an operation.

One of them was responsible for keeping watch and cover, floating on the surface of the sea, vigilantly watching the movements around him.

The other threw a flying claw, grabbed the trawler's side firmly, and quickly climbed onto the boat and disappeared into the cabin.

A few minutes later, the guy reappeared at the stern of the boat and hoisted two bundled trawls from the fishing boat and gently hoisted them to the surface, leaving only a rope to connect the fishing boat.

Then he slipped quietly down the other side of the fishing boat, returned to the water, and came to his companion.

The next moment, the two ghostly fellows each drew a diving knife and began to cut the two huge trawls, which were soon cut into twenty or thirty pieces.

They then tied up the nets and swam silently to the other boats moored in the area.

All of this is happening in the dark, without God knowing!

......

"Woo——!"

When the sun rises again, shining golden sunlight on the Aegean Sea, a melodious whistle suddenly sounds on the sea, waking everyone in this sea area.

Even the people of Crete on the shore and the countless birds that inhabit the island's forests start their day with the sound of this whistle.

The people who came to their senses looked in the direction from which the sound came and at the exploration fleet moored on the sea.

With the sound of a melodious whistle, all the ships in the exploration fleet had pulled anchor and set sail, slowly heading towards the Andy Kithera Strait.

Seeing this, the rest of the ships that had followed the exploration fleet, as well as the people on those ships, immediately rushed into action.

They also lifted anchor and started their engines, preparing to continue following the expedition until they reached the sea where the ancient Roman shipwreck treasure was.

However, when some of the boats at the front of the queue started their engines, they found that the normal boat's engine seemed to be faulty, and it would stop after a few turns.

Some of them did not believe in this evil and forcibly started the engine one by one, and the result of this was that the engine was completely scrapped, and black smoke rose on the spot.

Naturally, their ships could only stay where they were, and they could not move an inch.

At this moment, a large number of ships in the distance had already sailed by, and they were about to collide with these ships that were standing still.

Soon, the sea was in chaos.

All kinds of frightened shouts, curses, accusations, and the sound of various ships clashing and colliding, etc., rang out one after another!

At the same time, the huge exploration fleet was gone, widening the distance between the two sides.

It was not until ten or twenty minutes later that order on this sea gradually restored.

Immediately afterward, some guys wearing diving masks jumped into the sea one after another and began to check the situation of their respective boats to see what was wrong.

When the guys surfaced again, the people on the boats finally understood that their boats couldn't move because of a large fishing net wrapped around the propellers.

And the net was so tightly wound that it could not be untied at all, and could only be cut with a knife.

All ships with engines turned off and anchored in place, whether yachts, cargo ships, government vessels, etc., are all in the same situation, without exception.

After figuring out the cause of the accident, the people on these boats were stunned for a moment, and then they started scolding, and they were so angry that their noses went straight out of smoke.

"Fack! This must have been Steven's goddamn bastard's doing, just to stop us from following us."

"Steven, you're a complete bastard, a villain, you're just shady!"

After a few words of frenzied cursing, these guys suddenly stopped cursing as if the power had been cut off, and everyone was full of fear and cold, as if they were falling into an ice cave.

These guys have already woken up, and last night they unknowingly touched those guys on their boat, if they hadn't come to hang fishing nets and kill people, they would have died a long time ago.

Nine times out of ten, the person who sneaked in at night last night was Steven's ruthless bastard.

The reason why these people are still alive now is not because Steven's bastard is soft-hearted and can't kill so many people, but because this is within the territorial waters of Greece, and that bastard doesn't want to cause trouble.

If this is the waters of the high seas and does not belong to the jurisdiction of any country, I am afraid that the people on these twenty or thirty ships have already moved, and that bastard Steven can definitely do it!

Thinking of this, these guys, who originally coveted the treasures of ancient Roman shipwrecks and tried to make a windfall, couldn't help but shiver together, and a cold air rushed to their heads from the soles of their feet, almost freezing them completely.

These guys are already afraid to follow the exploration fleet anymore, and they are undoubtedly playing with their own lives.

In fact, most of the engines of their boats have already been reimbursed, and even if they are not, it will take a lot of time to remove the fishing nets that are entangled in the engines, and it is impossible to keep track of them.

However, the rest of the ships, which were intact and uninformed, did not give up tracking the exploration fleet.

When order was restored to the sea, the ships broke out of the encirclement, and then chased after them at full speed, far behind the exploration fleet, with some perseverance.

In the blink of an eye, more than half an hour has passed.

The expedition fleet passed through the Strait of Andy Kithira and left the blue Aegean Sea and entered an even wider ocean.

As soon as the fleet passed through the strait, Mattis's voice came through the wireless invisible headphones.

"Steven, which direction should we sail next? south, north, or west?"

Ye Tian smiled softly, and then gave a general course.

"Matisse, inform the captains of the ships in the fleet to sail in the direction of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, and then I will give the course and coordinates one after another, until we reach the sea where the shipwreck treasure is located.

Also, you inform the folks at Thor Security to join us outside of Greek territorial waters, and be prepared to disperse the nasty tails that follow the exploration fleet."

"Understood, Steven, I'm going to inform the captains and the folks at Raytheon."

Mattis answered, ended the call, and went into action.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden cheer of excitement from the bow deck of the Blue Princess.

"Look, there's a bunch of dolphins on the bow of our boat, sailing with the fleet."

"It's like Mediterranean dolphins, they're so beautiful!"

In the midst of the cheers, several spotted dolphins suddenly burst out of the sea like lightning, swaying their bodies and flying into the air, as if to show everyone their graceful posture.

At the same time, a pleasant chirp sounded on the sea, which was extremely moving.

Ye Tian and David, who were on the deck of the flybridge, had come to the front of the deck of the flybridge, bathing in the early morning sunshine and condescendingly admiring the elves on the sea who were chasing the waves.

"Steven, it seems that you guys are very close to dolphins, every time you go out to sea to explore the treasure of a shipwreck, there is a group of dolphins with you, and this time is the same!"

David said with a smile, a little envy in his tone.

"No way, who made me a friend of these sea elves, they heard that I came to the Mediterranean, so they came here to meet me, let's go, let's go down together, go and say hello to these lovely sea elves"

With that, Ye Tian turned around and walked towards the stairs on the flybridge deck.