Like the city of São Tomé, the port named Porto São Tomé has a thick grayish-white color. Although there are enough green trees around, it should be said that the overall environment is still good, but it gives people a serious lack of vitality.

As for the pedestrians, it is easy to distinguish between them.

Those who are dressed in colorful clothes and have a happy face are often not dark-skinned, they are out-of-town travelers, and it doesn't matter to them how the country of São Tomé is, as long as the environment is beautiful enough and the consumption is low enough, it can attract them to come and pass the time.

As for the dark-skinned natives dressed in white coarse cloth, most of them looked like walking corpses, with only a smile on their faces when they received the job, perhaps thinking of a few days' full food and rations for his wife and children.

For everything in front of him, Zhang Ran didn't even want to think about it, he was not a god, nor a saint, he couldn't save heaven and earth from hanging upside down, and he couldn't cross the sea of suffering, so he simply didn't look or listen, so as not to worry in his heart. The black man who was called out of the manor by Sally seemed to have some way, and in just an hour, he would rent a small boat for Zhang Ran, although the boat was small, but it met Zhang Ran's requirements - sturdy and fast!

In addition to these two characteristics, Zhang Ran didn't think that the speedboat named "Arius" in front of him was anything commendable, whether it was the hull that had been corroded and rusted by the seawater, or the national flag hanging front and back, torn by the sea breeze?

Although Zhang Ran would drive the boat himself, people didn't worry about handing over the guy he was eating, and it wasn't until Bai Ge called a sufficient amount of money through the Internet that Zhang Ran successfully bought the broken boat.

"But don't underestimate Alius, he's notoriously fast in our port, and you can't find a faster ship than it, nice young man, I hope you treat it well!" Even if he sold his ship at double the normal price, the owner of the ship was still a little reluctant, and he couldn't help but tell Zhang Ran again and again when he left.

Finally sent the shipowner away, Bai Ge had already handed over the possible route map of Wuying's departure that day to Zhang Ran, and the black mercenary sent supplies to Zhang Ran, and then Zhang Ran was ready to go to sea.

He had to follow the route of the day, because the information provided by Lao Zheng was only six or seven percent sure, unless Zhang Ran could find some evidence. However, Lao Zheng doesn't seem to agree too much with the plan chosen by Zhang Ran, after all, the sea is vast, and the slightest deviation will be a thousand miles wrong, even if it is not wrong at all, there is still a magnificent sea, how much is it possible to find evidence?

It is precisely because of this characteristic of the sea that the crime rate above the sea will remain high, first, it is not easy to find clues, and second, even if there are clues, it may not be possible to find people.

But Zhang Ran still insisted on going, he had his own ideas in his heart.

The black mercenaries in Alice's Manor did not go to sea with Zhang Ran, not because he was timid, but because Zhang Ran didn't want to bring a burden, of course, there was another more important reason for this, and this reason, I'm afraid only Zhang Ran, Lao Zheng and Bai Ge know.

The Arius slowly sailed out of the port, specially equipped with three maritime satellite telephones to ensure that Zhang Ran would not lose his way in the vast sea, and the confidential line completed by the professionals on Bai Ge and Lao Zheng's side ensured Zhang Ran's contact with the mainland.

Through special channels, Zhang Ran also moved a special instrument on the Yalius, this big guy with a small volume has always been tightly wrapped in blue plastic sheeting, and no one knows what it is.

"It's not the Gold Coast, but it seems to be pretty much the same."

After sailing out of the port, the Arius began to accelerate slowly, Zhang Ran pushed the engine to seventy percent after determining the route, basically this speed, can already exceed most large freighters, the original owner of Arius seems to be not lying, listen to the sound of the engine, and then feel the vibration of the hull, Zhang Ran is sure that this is not all the strength of Arius.

Pretty good ship, maybe it can really help.

From the port of São Tomé to Libreville, a regular freighter takes about 16 hours for a slower ferry, a little faster for a pure passenger ferry, and of course a speedboat, which basically averages 12 hours.

According to the black mercenaries who stayed behind in the manor, the boat that Wuying and the others took would only take about 9 hours to travel from São Tomé to Libreville under normal circumstances, which was about a quarter faster than the average speed.

And Bai Ge told Zhang Ran that according to the current situation of the Arius, under normal sea conditions, it is estimated that it will only take 7 hours to travel from São Tomé to Libreville at full speed, which shows that Arris's speed is indeed the first class in São Tomé.

It was precisely because of such speed that Zhang Ran was able to rush to the approximate location of the accident without a shadow in just three and a half hours.

"There's nothing here, no floating wrecks, no oil stains, and no sharks gathering" After arriving at the sea area where there may be a shadowless accident, Zhang Ran drove the Arius around, and said to Bai Ge with some disappointment.

"Head, it's not a bad thing to have nothing, do you want to see oil and floating wreckage everywhere?"

I have to say that Bai Ge, this kid is quite good at talking this time, maybe it's a good thing that he didn't find anything, and if he didn't fight, he might not have sacrificed. However, there was still no clue to the real trouble, sitting on the side of the boat, holding his cheek in his hand, Zhang Ran looked at the gradually setting sun, and thought of what Lao Zheng said.

"That's our last resort, if it's not a last resort, I don't want to use it, if you're not careful, it may cause an uproar, if you let Europe and the United States know, it's even a big trouble, and it may even lead to a war, do you have to think about it?"

Lao Zheng's rare prudence did not make Zhang Ran afraid, for Zhang Ran, the safety of Wuying is definitely the first, even if it is caused by war, Zhang Ran will not care, war, is there still less in this world?

Visible, invisible, bullets or silent but equally thrilling, wars are played out in this world all the time, the only difference is death and those who know, more or less.

"But don't hurt my shadowless, or I'll go crazy, but I'm desperate!"

When the sunset finally set below the sea level, leaving only a layer of reflected starlight on the sea, Zhang Ran gave up his contemplation and stood up.

He wasn't wasting time because he couldn't do anything, he was just waiting for the night to fall.

The world under the sun is certainly beautiful, but too strong a light may obscure a lot of important information, but under the reflection of the stars and moon, some things may be discovered.

When the sea was completely devoid of the sun's light, Zhang Ran came out of the cabin, carrying a machine in his hand, but the size was not the one wrapped in blue tarpaulin. This machine looks a bit like a video camera, but the two large, side-by-side lenses make people feel like a magnified telescope, and the reason why it looks like a telescope is because the telescope used by people in this world should not be bigger than a rice bowl.

And the two lenses of this machine are at least larger than the sea bowl that eats Malatang, and when Zhang Ran took off the lens cover, the mirror made of glass emitted a blue and faint light.

Sure enough, this huge lens is not used to hold it above his head, Zhang Ran pointed the two lenses at the sea, but turned on a small display screen above the machine and looked down.

Zhang Ran couldn't figure out the name and working principle of this machine, he only knew that the function of this machine was to explore the seabed, and it scanned the seabed at a certain depth through a wavelength band that could not be detected by the human eye and ears, and then formed a picture on the display screen.

Slowly moving the direction of the lens, on the display screen in front of Zhang Ran, there is a black and white picture of the surrounding seabed, some people may wonder, why this kind of machine can only be used after the sun goes down, and what is the use of scanning the seabed?

In fact, it is very simple, if you want to find a person on the sea, even if you live or die, it will never be easier than finding a boat.

When he couldn't find any other traces, Zhang Ran could only look for the ship first.

From the bow of the Arius to starboard, and then to the stern, Zhang Ran did not notice anything. In other words, others may be a little discouraged at this time, but Zhang Ran firmly believes in the information given by Bai Ge and his own judgment, so he did not give up, but walked to the port side of the ship with a heavy instrument.

On the display screen, there is only a gray color pattern, which is still no different from the front at first, but when Zhang Ran slowly extended the lens from the Arius to the front, a huge gray shadow suddenly appeared on the screen.

"Really found it?"

Almost as soon as Zhang Ran's hands shook, Bai Ge also received a signal at the same time.

"Wait a minute!"

If there was no white leather, Zhang Ran would have to jump into the sea and dive into the water dozens of meters deep to see for himself, but at this time, he didn't need to. Through the link of Inmarsat, Bai Ge can directly accept the discovery of the instrument and then use professional software to analyze it.

A few minutes later, Zhang Ran received a reply from Bai Ge.

"There is a 90% chance that it is a boat, boss, it seems that your judgment is correct, it is at the bottom of the sea five hundred meters away from you." Bai Ge's voice was a little dull, although it was almost certain that the wreck was ridden by Wuying and the others, but this discovery was indeed not happy.

Zhang Ran's face did not change with joy and sorrow, he nodded in the direction of the wreck, turned back to the wheelhouse and entered the coordinates into the navigation system of the Arius, so that he only needed to start the Arius and could drive it accurately.

After only a dozen minutes, the engine of the Arius stopped roaring again, and Zhang Ran believed that he was directly above the wreck at this time, but he did not rush to jump into the sea, and observed the surrounding situation first.

"I'm going into the water, do you have anything to say?"

After making sure that there was no danger, Zhang Ran put on his diving gear, walked to the side of the boat, and said to Bai Ge.

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