East side of the Luzon Trench.

An armed fishing boat No. 188 sails on the sea.

"It's Wednesday, and we don't seem to have caught a fish yet."

When Han Youwei spoke, she found that the buoy had sunk, so she quickly pulled up the fishing rod and caught a hairtail.

However, she said that she didn't catch any fish, and it was obviously not an ordinary fish.

This Hengyuanyu No. 188 armed fishing boat is the bait proposed by Fang Yuan to catch sea monsters.

Moreover, the MSA has suspended the approval of distant-water fishing vessels to go to sea.

Therefore, from this week, in the sea area from the East China Sea to the Sulawese Sea, there is basically only this Hengyuanyu 188 floating on the sea.

Theoretically, there is a high probability of catching a "fish".

Hengyuanyu 188 went out to sea on Monday night and began sailing south along the East China Sea on Tuesday morning.

It's Wednesday and it's already on the eastern side of the Luzon Trench and continues southward towards the Sulawese Sea.

There were a total of 52 people on board, including 12 members of the military research class, 20 soldiers of the Awakened Force, and 20 crew members of Hengyuan Fishery.

These 52 people are the bait this time, if they succeed in catching the sea monster, then they can complete the mission and protect the safety of the sea area.

If you are unfortunate enough to be eaten by a sea monster, you have failed the mission.

This fishing operation was carried out by members of the military scientific research team in the East China Sea.

Fang Yuan, Han Youwei, Eve, Niu Dazhi, Ye Zheyu, Zhao Anya, Du Jun, Chen Xingjie, Guo Xiaofeng, Gao Hongjian and others are among them.

In order to ensure the safety of this mission, the Hengyuanyu 188 underwent an upgrade of its weapons before going to sea.

Full load displacement 3000 tons.

Armed with one 76-mm naval gun, two double-barreled 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, two anti-submarine torpedoes, as well as depth charges.

The firepower of the entire armed fishing boat has been raised to a notch.

In addition to the absence of missiles, the firepower of this Hengyuanyu 188 has already caught up with the frigate with a displacement of 1,000 tons.

When encountering those frigates of the Philippines, it is not clear who will sink in a battle.

In addition, there is a surprise hidden in the belly of Hengyuan Yu 188.

Originally, the belly of the boat was used to store fish, but since this time it was not to come out to catch fish, but to catch "fish", so the fishing was a feint.

Han Youwei caught a hairtail, and Eve hurriedly ran up with a bucket, put the hairtail fish into the bucket, and then slowly unhooked the fish.

"The fish caught by Youwei must be delicious."

Lying on the deck basking in the sun, Beef Balls muttered, "If only we were on vacation on a yacht, there is a danger of being eaten at any time, and it is not fun at all." ”

"What do I think you're having a good time?" Eve glanced back at him.

"I hope to see the sea monster soon. Today is Wednesday, and according to the data, there will definitely be an accident on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. If we hadn't been attacked by a sea monster, there must have been other fishing boats. Han Youwei said worriedly.

"Don't worry. It's coming, it's not today, it's tomorrow. Fang Yuan lay in a beach chair, blocking the midday sun with his hands.

"How can you be so sure?" Han Youwei asked curiously.

"I read the information again last night, and the place and time of the accident are regular." Fang Yuan replied.

Eve sat down, took out her tablet, called up the information, and read it with Han Youwei.

"What pattern?"

Fang Yuan blocked the sunlight with his hand, closed his eyes to rest, and explained by the way: "First of all, let's assume that if the sea monster is really a biological research project of a certain company. According to the pattern of the working day, the data is summarized and technical adjustments are made on Monday, and then the sea monster is released on Tuesday, and the sea monster is retrieved before the end of work on Friday......

If this hypothesis is true, then a simple pattern can be obtained: the place where the accident occurred on Tuesday should be closer to the sea monster's lair, and farther away on Wednesday and Thursday. It just so happens that this pattern can indeed be seen in the data, and according to the distance of the location, the possible range of a sea monster lair can be preliminarily delineated. ”

Han Youwei and Eve heard the explanation, and when they looked at the information again, they also discovered this pattern.

Eve immediately drew a circle in her notebook and said, "In this case, the sea monster's lair is southeast of the Luzon Trench, and it should be on some island. ”

"It could also be near the Sulawese Sea, the Guruma Strait and the Garo Islands." Fang Yuan added.

"If the speculation is correct, we are already close to the sea monster's lair." Han Youwei took a deep breath and suddenly became a little nervous.

"So, according to my prediction, if the fishing is successful, the sea monster should appear tonight." Fang Yuan said the guess in his heart.

"When you say that, I suddenly get nervous." Beef balls touched their arms, and suddenly felt a little cold in the sea breeze.

"You fish slowly, I'll take a nap first, I may not have to sleep tonight." Fang Yuan stretched, dragged the recliner to the shade, and began to sleep.

Since the sea monsters only appear at night, the Awakened soldiers on the ship have tried their best to adjust their schedules, resting during the day and staying awake at night.

As the sun sank below sea level, the sky grew darker.

After dinner, the 12 members of the military research class gathered for a meeting.

Zhao Anya began to speak: "According to the analysis results after the data summary, tonight is the most likely time to encounter sea monsters, cheer up.

"According to the survivors' descriptions, when the sea monster appears, it will be accompanied by a large group of sea star beasts, which is a very big test for us.

"Everyone, according to your duties, hold every position that needs to be defended. In the end, let's hope that the sea monster will find us, or another distant-water fishing vessel will be killed. ”

After the meeting, everyone went to their respective positions and prepared for tonight's test.

The 76mm main gun of Hengyuanyu 188 was in charge of the artillery transferred from the Awakened Army, after all, it was professional.

Ye Zheyu was assigned a 37-mm air-ground dual-purpose machine gun.

Before the Kraken could appear, he ran to the 76mm gun position and asked the Awakened Unit's artillery team leader for experience.

"I usually use a lot of guns, and I have fewer opportunities to use machine guns, is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

"Your double-barreled dual-purpose cannon is actually not much different from a machine gun, just pay attention to ......" The artillery team leader of the Awoken unit began to explain some of the experience of controlling dual-purpose anti-aircraft guns.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Zhao Anya lay on the guardrail of the deck, looked at the sea in the distance with her ability, and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, her eyes froze and she said, "There is movement, and there is a star power reaction in the spectrum." ”

Fang Yuan hurriedly pressed the intercom and said, "Ye Zheyu, pay attention to the situation under the water." ”

"Okay." Ye Zheyu immediately controlled the six ghost eyes released and sank to the bottom of the sea, paying close attention to the situation within 800 meters of the bottom of the ship.