After reporting the current situation to the city bureau and sub-bureau, early the next morning, Xiao Ran and Luo Ying came to the wharf to meet Li Hui and other six comrades of the coast guard brigade to prepare to go to sea.

The coast guard brigade prepared a patrol boat for everyone, the hull is not big, and when you step on it, the whole boat has signs of tilting, but fortunately, Xiao Ran's sense of balance is super strong.

However, Luo Ying, who was following behind, stumbled in fright and almost fell into the sea, but fortunately, Xiao Ran quickly grabbed him, and only then did he avoid the embarrassment of diving into the water before going to sea.

After traveling on the vast sea for more than an hour, the patrol boat finally arrived at the target sea area.

This sea area is about 50 nautical miles away from the departure pier, and as far as the eye can see, it is already a line between the sea and the sky, and there are few people.

The dinghy slowed down and searched carefully in the area where the incident occurred, until more than 12 noon, and finally found a fishing boat at the edge of the area where the incident occurred.

This boat is very similar to the shape of Dongyu A618, both are two-layer sampan ocean-going fishing boats, but this boat has a deep draft, the side of the boat is almost flush with the water, the stern is cocked, and the bow is sinking, it seems that something has happened.

The coast guard members drove the patrol boat close to the fishing boat, and when they got closer, the group saw the fishing boat's side number: Dongyu A619, which had already submerged into the sea.

and Xu Qing's information on the Dongyu A618, only a few differences.

"Could it be the boat that anchored side by side with A618 at that time?" Or did the fishermen misunderstand this boat and recognize this boat as A618?" Looking at the fishing boat that seemed to sink at any time, Luo Ying frowned.

"It's unlikely that you'll admit your mistake. ”

Xiao Ran looked at the fishing boat shrouded in mystery in front of him: "If this ship is the same ship that anchored side by side with A618, then it can be considered that the two ships had an accident at the same time, or that this ship is related to the deceased C." ”

As he spoke, the diver who came with him changed into a diving suit, went into the water to look around, and after surfacing it, he described: "There is a hole in the middle of the bottom of this boat, and the edge of the hole looks like it has been blown open by explosives." ”

Luo Ying glanced at Xiao Ran, and sure enough, as Xiao Ran had speculated before, this was a man-made accident, and this boat was likely to be the second crime committed by the criminals after Dongyu A618.

"Can this boat go up?" Xiao Ran asked, looking at the diver.

The diver thought for a moment and said solemnly: "It's very dangerous, a big wave may sink when it comes." However, if one or two people go up for a short time, it should be feasible, but take protective measures. ”

"Come on, maybe we can find some clues, or by the time the tugboat comes, the ship may have already sunk. ”

Xiao Ran found a life jacket to put on, and Li Hui asked people to take out the cable and throw it on the boat, and told Xiao Ran and the others who were about to get on the boat to withdraw immediately once something happened, otherwise once the hull sank and produced a whirlpool, no matter how good the water was, people would not be able to swim up, and they would definitely die.

Xiao Ran nodded solemnly, and with an experienced coast guard member, as well as the diver, carefully got onto the fishing boat.

The comrade of the coast guard judged that the reason why the boat did not sink was that there was air in some small closed silos in the bottom silos, so that the buoyancy prevented the fishing boat from sinking completely.

The situation in the bottom warehouse was too dangerous, and the three of them did not go inside, but on the passage of the lower warehouse, there were three large square barrels placed side by side on one side of the aisle, and the comrades of the coast guard judged that the barrels should be stored with fuel.

However, when one of the barrels was opened, it was found that the barrel was not diesel, but two sets of orange diving suits, both of which were heavy rubber coats, separated from the upper and lower bodies, connected by a strap in the middle, and the helmet was larger than a football.

"This is the oldest-fashioned wetsuit, and it can still be used now!"

The diver who followed the lower warehouse looked at the diving suit and said in surprise: "This diving suit has no oxygen cylinder, it all relies on a tube to breathe, and it is very bulky, and if you are not careful during the operation, you will be entangled in the oxygen tube, and it is difficult to escape, and if the oxygen tube is blocked, the person can't come up in time, and the person will basically suffocate to death!"

"That's right. We're going to put these things on top. Xiao Ran said in a deep voice.

The two coast guard comrades did not know the facts of the case, but Xiao Ran clearly remembered that He Ping'an died due to severe hypoxia.

So at the time of the incident, He Ping'an was probably working underwater in such a diving suit, and due to an accident, when the people were fished up, they could no longer survive.

The three large barrels were moved to the back deck, and the comrades of the coast guard were responsible for delivering the barrels to the patrol boat, while Xiao Ran went to the crew room.

Just as the comrades of the coast guard sent the three large barrels onto the patrol boat and were about to enter the cabin to assist Xiao Ran, there was a sudden 'boom' sound at the bottom of the boat, and then it began to tilt.

"Team Xiao! Team Xiao! Hurry up, the ship may sink!" The coast guard comrade and the diver shouted loudly as they ran out of the cabin and grabbed the rope and waited for Xiao Ran to come out.

However, the inclination of the hull of the ship became larger and larger, and the two coast guard comrades waited for Xiao Ran not to return, and had no choice but to grab the cable and jump back to the patrol boat.

Just when the sea water did not reach the side of the ship, and everyone was worried about Xiao Ran, they saw Xiao Ran rushing out of the cabin with a booklet, catching the cable with agility, jumping forward, and the whole person turned beautifully one hundred and eighty degrees in the air, and landed steadily on the side of the ship.

Watching the fishing boat sink into the sea with a whirlpool, Luo Ying looked at Xiao Ran with palpitations and said, "It's too dangerous! You almost sank with the boat, you know?"

"Luckily, the risk was worth the risk, and I found this in the cabin of the ship. Xiao Ran shook the personnel registration form in his hand calmly.

Luo Ying shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's still too dangerous—— hey, how can a young man like you not be excellent?"

Xiao Ran smiled slightly and didn't say much, and opened the personnel registration form, most of the pages were blank, only the first two pages were scribbled with the information of eight people.

It's a pity that among these eight names, there are no names of He Ping'an and Xu Qing.

After marking the location of the sunken fishing boat, the group did not stop and turned around and returned to the sea.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Ran, Luo Ying and Li Hui finally returned to the office of the investigation team.

Since when she was approaching the shore, Xiao Ran had already taken pictures of the information of the eight people and sent them to Shan Yuerou, so at this time, she and He Nai were already in the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Linhai Branch, looking for more detailed information about the eight people.

While waiting for the results, the Coast Guard Brigade sent news that the fishing boat with the port number 'Dongyu A619' was the same as the 'Dongyu A618', all of which were scrapped vessels.

Minutes and seconds passed.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the relevant activity tracks of the eight people on the registration form were basically checked, and the results showed that seven of them, the relevant traces of life were all suspended around the 8th and 9th of this month.

They have not been seen or contacted since.

As for the exception of the eight people, there was no news after the 9th, but when their family members were contacted, everyone was excited to learn that this person was hospitalized due to a marine accident last week.

Now this person is still in the hospital in the next city, more than 100 nautical miles away from the sea area where the incident occurred.

In addition to the news of this person, there is another major discovery.

Then the face of the deceased C is matched with one of the seven!