Jack commanded his men to empty the ship and load it onto the truck, and when it was all done, the huge convoy slowly left the port with a full load of smuggled goods.

Jack sighed, he looked at the snow falling in the sky, and remembered the experience of two days ago, and he couldn't help but feel palpitations, this year's everything is over, he thought.

"Take down those boxes of dollars from the ship." He said to the first mate.

The first mate nodded, pointed to the few people present, and asked them to get on the boat to carry it.

The leader of the mercenary team also began to talk to Jack, a black man of some African nationality, with a sturdy body named Potter.

"Old Jack, this year's harvest is not small."

Jack smiled. "It's not small, I've taken on several big businesses before, and I have gained the most in the past few years."

"Haha, I think so, Jack, you've been really rich this year," Potter quipped, "Oh, by the way, why are those people on your boat, I think you don't seem to be happy about carrying other stowaways on your boat." ”

Speaking of these people, Jack's smile slowly froze, and he sighed again. "They don't look like stowaways, and even if they are, they're certainly not just stowaways."

"Oh?" Potter was suddenly interested.

Jack told Potter about the deal he had received from the beginning and all the strange things that had happened along the way, and Potter listened to it with a solemn expression, and when Jack talked about the whale's call, Potter suddenly interrupted Jack.

"Wait, you just said what did you hear there, whale calls?!" Potter's voice suddenly raised a tone.

Jack looked at Potter. "What? Have you heard of it, but you don't seem to have any missions to go to sea lately, have you? ”

Potter shook his head. "Of course we didn't go to sea, but we did hear that kind of sound, in order to maintain order here, we have been active in the coastal area of Ascalifornia near the Arctic Ocean recently, about a week ago, a small team under my command reacted to me and heard some strange sounds."

"At that time, they were escorting a batch of important goods on the beach, and they heard the sound of the sea from a distance, but each of them reacted differently, some said it was like the sound of a whale, and some said it was not, saying that it was the sound of some kind of large machine engine."

"It grew louder and louder, and then I could hear it a little further inland on my side." Potter continued, feeling strange about the incident as well.

This voice sounds evil, and after listening to it for a long time, you will have a very uncomfortable feeling, but there is no way to describe what kind of feeling it is. Fortunately, the sound does not last for a long time, a minute or two for a short time, and no more than ten minutes for the longest. ”

Jack nodded. "Yes, that's probably the case, so you guys are like that here, but what is it that can carry the sound so far."

Jack calculated that the distance from the sea area he heard that day to Ascar, just counting the distance to the coastline, must have exceeded five hundred kilometers.

"Is it some kind of animal? Is it really a whale? Potter said, then shook his head, "No, not even the world's largest blue whale would be able to make such a loud noise." ”

"It reminds me of a big explosion in Russia more than 100 years ago," Jack said, "and it was like a small meteorite hitting a place on a plain in Russia, and the tremors were faintly felt even in the Western Hemisphere." ”

Potter was also aware of the event, and people were more accustomed to giving it a name – the Tunguska explosion.

"Forget it," Jack stopped the topic, "let's not dwell on this anymore, this time the matter has passed anyway, I want to have a good rest for the next period of time, and I will probably put the affairs of the fleet on hold for a while, during this time, if you are free, help me take a look at my fleet, and the money you earn will be yours." ”

Potter smiled. "Okay, I'm also very tired during this time, I can't be busy, how can I have time to take care of the affairs of your fleet, ask for more blessings for yourself." Although he is a nominal subordinate to Jack, because of his status as a mercenary, he can still have a considerable amount of autonomy in some matters.

"Let's do this first, without further ado, I'll withdraw with your things first, the control over there in Mecha City has been a bit tight recently, and I still have to take a detour." Potter bids Jack farewell.

Jack nodded, and he waved. "There will be a date later."

The mercenary's convoy faded into the distant horizon, and Jack turned to get back to the ship.

The sound of propellers turning in the sky was heard again.

Jack turned around, and he saw in the distant sky, dozens of helicopters flying in the direction of the fleet, and the planes were painted with the logo of the Huaxia Air Force, all of which were the most advanced armed helicopters in Huaxia.

All members of the flotilla parked in coastal ports were put on alert, and several ships converted from warships had turned their guns to aim at the black dots flying in the distance.

"No one is allowed to act rashly without my orders!" Jack's tone suddenly became sharp.

The first mate followed behind Jack. "Huaxia's army, what are they doing here?"

Jack shook his head. "It's hard to say, it's also possible that there is a problem with the group of Chinese people we escorted, we have been active in this sea area for so long, they should also know our situation, since this is the case, we don't have to be polite, if there is a situation, we will do it directly, on our chassis, they will not make any money." That's when he showed his pirate nature.

Everyone behind him has been armed, Jack took a shotgun handed over by his subordinates, carried it on his shoulder, with a serious expression, he watched the helicopter slowly approach him, there were already guards behind him who wanted to block Jack in front of him, Jack waved his hand to stop.

The helicopter came to a halt about a hundred miles away from Jack.

As soon as the hatch opened, a large number of armed soldiers rushed down, forming a battle formation, but strangely enough, they all had white strips of cloth tied around their arms.

Jack put the shotgun down. "Don't move."

He didn't look like the Huaxia troops were coming to exterminate his "pirate" team, but they were going to make this formation that was about to prepare for battle, which made him feel a little puzzled.

The door of the last helicopter to land slowly opened, and a man in a white coat stepped down, who seemed to be the supreme commander of the troops, and Jack could see the man's face clearly from a distance.

"Qi Zeyue?" Jack has been rampant in the waters of the Arctic Ocean for a long time, and he has come into contact with many people, so he has naturally heard of the young director of the countermeasures bureau in Huaxia, and now that the infected people are beginning to spread all over the world and pose a great crisis to the survival of mankind, he is one of the several representatives of the hardliners in the human world.

"Looks like there's something wrong with the people we sent." The first mate said softly on the side, "Captain, we guessed correctly at the time, those people are indeed infected people who are active in Huaxia. ”

Jack just nodded slightly, didn't say yes or no, he guessed the identity of those people in his heart, but the transactions he has made with the infected over the years are not just these, why is it that Huaxia specially sent so many people over this time, it doesn't look like he wants to exterminate himself, not to mention that he is not just messing with the country of Huaxia.

"We'll see what happens." Jack said, he actually saw Qi Zeyue smiling at him, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, Qi Zeyue's smile didn't look like it conveyed a sense of disdain, his expression was very soft, not like he was going to come over to settle accounts.

"What's going on, what kind of medicine are they selling in their gourd?" The first mate was also puzzled.

The distance between Qi Zeyue and Jack slowly narrowed, he just walked calmly step by step, like a walk, until he reached a distance of about ten meters from Jack, Jack's men all raised their guns and pulled the bolt.

"Don't be so nervous." Qi Zeyue waved his hand and lowered the muzzle of the gun closest to him.

What made Jack even more puzzled was that the soldiers under Qi Zeyue did not react at all to the actions of their fleet members raising their guns, and they did not even have the slightest defense.

"Hmph, director of Huaxia's countermeasures bureau, your head is very valuable, if I solve you directly here, I think the 'black fog' will give me a lot of benefits." Jack said with a smile.

Qi Zeyue smiled and shook his head. "I don't think the captain would have done this to me today, or I wouldn't have come to you."

Jack looked at Qi Zeyue's expression, that kind of gentle smile, which made people guess the emotions hidden under the smile.

"Besides, I don't think the captain has the strength to settle me here." Qi Zeyue said with a smile again.

Jack's face suddenly fell, Qi Zeyue's words made him feel very unpleasant, but he quickly calmed down then.

"Then Director Qi came to me today for something, it won't be because of those Huaxia people I sent over."

"Half of them, but not the main ones, because we already knew their whereabouts when they left Huaxia."

"Then you 、、、、、、 today"

Qi Zeyue looked at Jack, and then he said in an extremely slow tone, almost word for word: "The call of the whale." ”

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