31: Chapter 31 Ten Million Dollars, Pirates Set Their Sights

Jiang Chen had been out of the port for less than five minutes.

At another military port not far away, three warships also set sail one after another.

A cruiser!

A destroyer.

And a frigate.

Qin Xueyao, who was near the pier, was watching Jiang Chen leave. She only prepared to turn around when the pearl river 888 was completely out of sight on the sea.

But just then.

A group of fishermen near the pier suddenly became excited.

"Holy crap, the cruiser is heading out!"

"There's also a destroyer and a frigate..."

"I wonder what the mission is this time, to deploy three warships at once!"

Hearing everyone's discussion, Qin Xueyao also looked curiously toward the west.

To the west, it was said there was a large military port where warships were often deployed.

Even the Dragon Cry would go there for refitting roughly every year or so.

"Is that the Pterosaur Cruiser from the Dragon Cry fleet?"

Because Jiang Chen often went to sea, Xue Yao had also learned a bit about naval warships.

A while ago, she had even received a news notification saying that the Pterosaur Cruiser had left the fleet due to some minor malfunctions and was undergoing repairs back at the port.

"Young lady, you're quite knowledgeable. That is indeed the Pterosaur Cruiser!"

"But it's a bit strange. The Pterosaur Cruiser only just came back recently, and now it's going out again?"

"Could it be going to rejoin the Dragon Cry?"

"That's not right either. To rejoin the aircraft carrier fleet, they'd have to wait until next year."

Everyone was puzzled.

After the Pterosaur Cruiser left the fleet, another cruiser had taken its place.

So...

What was this lone Pterosaur Cruiser doing, leading several small warships?

"Didn't you see my husband's warship go out to sea?"

"Maybe they're going out to sea to fish with my husband!"

Qin Xueyao blathered with a proud face.

Everyone was stunned, then burst out laughing: "Haha, little girl, you're so funny. How could a cruiser go fishing? They are there to defend the country and protect the seas!"

"Why not? Fishermen are also part of the sea, so of course they should be protected!"

Xue Yao huffed.

But the reason she said that was actually because she hoped Jiang Chen would have a safe journey.

Even though she knew it was impossible for a cruiser to protect a small fishing boat for no reason.

But in her heart, she couldn't help but fantasize a little!

...

After Jiang Chen went out to sea, he didn't notice the Pterosaur Cruiser behind him.

Because the Pterosaur Cruiser, the Weilong Destroyer, and the Zhanlong Frigate maintained beyond-visual-range distance from the pearl river 888 throughout.

The so-called beyond-visual-range means it's invisible to the human eye, roughly eight nautical miles away.

[Weilong Destroyer, Zhanlong Frigate, this is the Pterosaur Cruiser command room. Our ship will begin to accelerate and advance to a position eight nautical miles ahead of pearl river 888.]

[Weilong Destroyer, advance to eight nautical miles to the left of pearl river 888.]

[Zhanlong Frigate, advance to eight nautical miles to the right of pearl river 888.]

[Ultimately maintain a triangular formation!]

[Please acknowledge upon receipt!]

[Repeating...]

Suddenly.

The Pterosaur Cruiser sent out a wireless encrypted transmission.

The other two warships immediately replied after receiving the message.

Upon receiving the replies, the Pterosaur Cruiser began to accelerate, rushing from the right sea area to the front of the pearl river 888, while the other two also reached their respective positions.

Although both sides maintained a very long distance, because of the radar scanning system and satellite monitoring system, the error was no more than 500 meters, maintaining dynamic escort throughout.

At this moment, Jiang Chen was starting the fishing boat and moving rapidly toward the Southern Sea Area.

"This system actually updated again."

Not long after Jiang Chen went to sea, a map of the global sea areas appeared in his mind.

It was divided into fog zones and non-fog zones.

The so-called non-fog zones were places Jiang Chen had been to.

Currently, more than half of the Southern Sea Area was a non-fog zone.

Only the side of the Southern Sea Area near Malacca was still a fog zone.

Jiang Chen could only continue sailing, intending to take a look at the fog zone.

"Next time, I'm afraid I'll have to go to Somalia, or even the Pacific Ocean..."

Jiang Chen muttered to himself.

Last time near the high seas of the Southern Sea Area, he almost encountered a Philippines warship.

If he went to Somalia or even the Pacific Ocean next time, wouldn't he encounter pirates and the powerful fleet of the United States?

Although the United States lost to the Dragon Country in terms of intelligent mecha, they still had a certain degree of suppression over the Dragon Country in terms of aircraft carriers.

For example, the quantity.

Currently, the Dragon Country only had three.

While the United States had a full ten!

"Let's finish exploring the Southern Sea Area first!"

Jiang Chen pulled back his thoughts.

Surpassing the United States in all aspects of technology was not something that could be done in a day.

Just as Jiang Chen was heading at full speed toward the Malacca area of the southern sea.

In the Southern Sea Area of Ga Yaozi Country.

On a dense, uninhabited island, a group of dozens of pirates was hidden.

These pirates mainly came from the ranks of scammers in Ga Yaozi Country.

Recently, due to the economic downturn, their scams had repeatedly failed, so they began to target cargo ships from other countries.

Of course!

They generally didn't dare to touch large cargo ships from the Dragon Country.

But for some small fishing boats and small cargo ships, they would still take the risk!

In a stone cave on the dense, uninhabited island, a group of thin men was currently checking the mission requirements previously sent by Liu Junan.

Over the past year, they had been doing petty theft in the Southern Sea Area, only earning a bit of pocket money.

They also constantly risked their lives being caught by Dragon Country warships.

Just as they were hesitating whether to continue, a ten-million-dollar bounty from Liu Junan made them weep with joy.

"Holy crap, ten million dollars, that's sixty million RMB, two hundred billion Vietnamese Dong!"

The leader of the pirates was called Jin Zhiming. He was 1.9 meters tall, but thin and lanky, his ribs visible, looking somewhat malnourished.

But at this moment, his face was full of excitement.

Because according to the description of this bounty, the person being targeted had appeared in the Southern Sea Area a month ago.

The location was only about a hundred nautical miles from their island.

Most importantly, this guy was just a fisherman.

"Boss, could there be a problem? A fisherman with a ten-million-dollar bounty on his head?"

One of his subordinates swallowed and asked with some concern.

They had hijacked small fishing boats several times here and only made a million RMB.

And now, a business worth as much as sixty million RMB had appeared.

This made their breathing quicken.

If they succeeded in this one job, they could live the rest of their lives in luxury with women; would they still need to go to sea every day and work so hard!

"What kind of problem could there be?"

"Even if there is a problem, tell me, which fishing boat or cargo ship doesn't have risks?"

"I'm asking you, do you want to choose to go to sea every day, working yourself to death for this bit of hard-earned money, or do you want to do one big job!"

Jin Zhiming looked around at everyone with bloodshot eyes.

Everyone looked at each other and gritted their teeth: "Let's do it!"