PDLP Chapter 112 The Fish King?
Chapter 112 The Fish King?
Lei Yanwang is going to take a valuable treasure to the capital to celebrate Huo Lao's birthday.
The news spread throughout the provincial capital's banquet halls overnight.
"Have you heard? Lei Yanwang of the Jianghai Society has managed to get an invitation to the Huo family's birthday banquet."
"Not only the invitation, but I heard that the gift they prepared was a 150-pound piece of yellow croaker maw."
"150 jin? My God, that stuff is more expensive than gold now, there's no market for it."
"This time, the man surnamed Lin is probably in trouble."
The bosses who had been treating Lin Chen like a god just two days ago are now feeling uneasy.
They were well aware of the Huo family's status.
Lei Yanwang is trying to use the Huo family's influence to completely crush Lin Chen.
For a time, all the restaurant owners who had just joined Longji Fresh were restless.
Marriott Hotel, Presidential Suite.
Tang Zhen, clutching his phone, paced back and forth on the thick carpet, oblivious to the cigar ash scattered all over the floor.
The call finally went through.
"Boss Lin, my Boss Lin, you finally answered the phone."
Tang Zhen's voice was urgent.
"explain."
On the other end of the phone, there was only the howling of waves and the howling wind, interspersed with a chilling word.
"That old bastard Lei Yanwang is spreading rumors all over the provincial capital, saying that Jianghai Society has allied with the Huo family and joined forces with capital from several other provinces, preparing to besiege your Longji Fresh in the media and capital markets. Where are you now? At this critical juncture, you absolutely cannot afford to get into trouble. I think we should lay low for a while..."
Tang Zhen was truly desperate. He had placed all his bets on Lin Chen, and if Lin Chen fell, Tang Zhen would be finished too.
"understood."
"Beep...beep..."
The call was disconnected.
Tang Zhen stood frozen, clutching his scalding phone.
Finished?
That's it?
......
Bohai Bay, the eye of the storm.
The Pathfinder was repeatedly tossed up by waves tens of meters high, only to crash back into the sea.
Inside the cabin, Lin Chen casually tossed the satellite phone onto the table.
He looked out the window; raindrops pounded against the thickened glass, creating a dense, resounding sound.
In the distance, the sky and the sea merge into one, with only lightning able to temporarily illuminate the surging, raging waves.
To avoid the limelight?
These three words don't exist in Lin Chen's dictionary.
He saw no undercurrents in the provincial capital, nor any of Lei Yanwang's schemes; only the focused concentration of a hunter eyeing his prey.
"Brother Chen, we're here. It's just ahead."
Inside the driver's seat, Zhou Dazhuang stared intently ahead with bloodshot eyes, shouting at the top of his lungs.
Following the direction of his finger, a bolt of lightning tore through the night.
A huge, menacing steel structure suddenly appeared on the sea surface.
It was an offshore drilling platform that had been abandoned for many years.
The massive steel support frame was already rusted and groaned in the strong wind, making your teeth ache.
Countless broken cables and steel plates danced wildly in the wind.
Braving gale-force winds, the Pathfinder made its difficult approach to this steel graveyard.
"Stabilize the ship and drop anchor right here."
Lin Chen walked to the control panel and directly activated the system's built-in marine resource heat map.
On the screen, the three-dimensional terrain beneath the entire drilling platform instantly became clear.
At the center of the platform, a massive concrete base plunges hundreds of meters into the seabed.
And in a deep recess beside the base, a crimson ball of light lay dormant.
The size of the light cluster almost took up half of the screen.
that's it.
Lin Chen's breath hitched slightly.
Faced with this hundred-meter-deep abyss and the intricate underwater steel structure, ordinary fishing methods are simply useless.
Without the slightest hesitation, he directly focused his mind on the system's online store.
A massive amount of points were consumed instantly.
[Ding. Redemption successful.]
[Obtained: Deep-Sea Pulse Attractant (Yellow Croaker Specialist) ×1]
[Received: Deep-sea carbon fiber reinforced longline rig (with high-strength shape memory alloy hook) x1]
In Lin Chen's hand, a fist-sized metal bottle and a specially made fishing rig that gleamed with a cold metallic light appeared out of thin air.
He took his things and walked out of the cabin to the aft deck.
Zhou Dazhuang had just gotten out of the driver's seat and immediately saw what Lin Chen was holding.
As the chief mechanic, he instinctively moved closer.
"Brother Chen, what is this...?"
He first noticed the fishing line, which was not much thicker than a hair, but had a dull luster that was neither gold nor iron. He twirled it between his fingers and found it to be incredibly tough.
Looking at the fishing hook again, it has a strange shape and is covered with tiny barbs that are almost invisible to the naked eye.
What can you catch with this thing?
When his gaze fell on the metal bottle, he froze.
Lin Chen unscrewed the bottle cap.
A strange fragrance instantly spread amidst the raging wind and rain.
The aroma was unique; even the salty sea breeze couldn't dispel it.
Zhou Dazhuang only took one sniff and felt every cell in his body screaming.
"What... what kind of magical thing is this?"
He asked, stammering.
Lin Chen ignored him and evenly applied the attractant to the special bait trough of the fishing hook.
"Kuroko, winch."
"Okay, Brother Chen."
Sun Heizi and his brothers clung tightly to the railing, securing a huge deep-sea winch to the steel base on the deck and attaching the specially made carbon fiber fishing line to it.
Everything is ready.
The wind and rain intensified.
The Pioneer rocked precariously in the giant waves, and it was almost impossible to stand on the slippery deck.
Lin Chen stood at the stern of the ship, his feet firmly planted on the deck.
The "Precision Control Technology for Deep-Sea Robotic Arms" has already been launched.
In his eyes, wind speed, wave height, and the frequency of the ship's swaying were all transformed into precise data.
Zhou Dazhuang frantically steered the wheel in the driver's seat and shouted into the walkie-talkie.
"Brother Chen, the waves are too big, the boat is tilting badly, and we can't cast our line at all."
Lin Chen did not respond.
He is waiting.
Waiting for a one-in-a-millionth of a second opportunity.
Right now.
A giant wave lifts the stern high, followed by a brief period of calm before the next giant wave arrives.
Lin Chen suddenly swung his arm.
The fishing line, as thin as a spider's thread, and the hook, gleaming with an eerie light, traced an arc as it passed through the gap in the underwater steel frame of the drilling platform and plunged vertically into the abyss below.
The rain poured down.
Sun Heizi and Zhou Dazhuang clung tightly to the railing, seawater mixed with rainwater constantly slapping against their faces.
The entire sea was silent except for the roar of the wind and waves.
One minute.
five minutes.
ten minutes.
Sun Heizi couldn't hold back any longer and wiped the water off his face.
"Brother Chen, in this awful weather, will that thing down there... take the bait?"
Before he could finish speaking...
"squeak--!"
A piercing shriek rang out without warning.
The carbon fiber fishing rod, fixed to the steel base of the deck, instantly bent into a terrifying full moon arc.
The steel cable connecting the fishing rod was instantly stretched taut on the winch, groaning as if it were about to snap.
"boom!"
A loud bang.
The Pioneer, which is twelve meters long and weighs tens of tons, suddenly sank its bow.
It stirred up waves several meters high, which crashed heavily onto the deck.
The violent pulling force was enough to drag the entire ship to the bottom of the sea.
"Holy crap, it's hooked!"
Sun Heizi let out a strange cry and instinctively went forward to help pull the fishing rod that had bent into a bow.
"Don't move."
Lin Chen shoved him away and grabbed the violently trembling fishing rod with lightning speed.
[Deep Diving Pressure Resistance Specialization] is now available.
A terrifying force far exceeding that of ordinary people erupted from his arms, his muscles bulged, and he firmly held onto the fishing rod that was about to be pulled off.
"Got you?"