Jin and the others brought submersibles, more than one.

On the evening of the next day, Lu Ao and the others finished their day's collection work and returned to the restaurant tiredly to eat and prepare to rest.

There were very few people in the restaurant. Lu Ao was very tired and didn't want to talk. He just ate one plate after another of fried rice.

They have been at sea for six days, and there are not many fresh vegetables left in the kitchen. What they eat now is mainly dried vegetables, canned vegetables, sea fish, etc.

Xiang Xingchang had no appetite, so he ate two plates hastily and smoked a cigarette.

After the chef finished cooking, he came out and saw that Lu Ao was eating alone. He sat next to him with a smile on his face and said, "How was it? I'm pretty good at it, right?"

"It's not bad!" Xiang Xingchang threw the cigarette box to him, "They are all cooked slowly, and there is no smoke at all like frying over an open flame."

"At sea, who dares to use an open flame? That's what electric woks are like." The chef smoked a cigarette and lit a fire. "I'm pretty good at this. If you try another boat, I won't be able to feed you stew every day."

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Xiang Xingchang asked him, "Even if we dare to eat it, how dare you cook it for those scientific examiners?"

The chef was annoyed. He really didn't dare. These foreigners are very picky. Not to mention just using stews to cope with the situation. Even if there are not enough dishes, the superiors will come over and complain.

Xiang Xingchang turned around and took a puff of smoke and asked, "It's strange, why didn't you see those scientific examiners today?"

"They ate in advance. They ate after four o'clock today. Otherwise, why do you think I am so leisurely?"

Xiang Xingchang was startled, "Why are they going to eat so early?"

"Who are you asking me to ask?" the chef complained, "If you eat so early, you might have to ask me for a midnight snack later."

Lu Ao finished the last plate of fried rice and asked, "Are you doing a project?"

"What project are you doing this late at night?" the chef said casually, then changed his mind, "But maybe, I will hear those ghost guys calling at noon."

Lu Ao and Xiang Xingchang looked at each other, with a bit of caution in each other's eyes.

Their mobile phones have no signal at all offshore, and the only way they can communicate with the shore is through satellite phones.

The satellite phones are all on the boss side of the ship and are generally not for private use.

Xiang Xingchang pretended not to care, "Why do these foreign devils have so many troubles? They have to go back, and they are still struggling. Who are they calling? Is it their concubine?"

The chef chuckled, "Who knows? If they have money, just let them do it."

The three of them were chatting and eating.

One of Xiang Xingchang's team members came over and stopped again when he saw the chef.

The action was too obvious, and the chef was dissatisfied, "Why are both of them so mysterious? Are they avoiding me?"

The team member was vague, "Boss, I have something private that I want to tell you."

Xiang Xingchang went over and patted him on the shoulder and took him outside to talk.

The chef let out a dissatisfied breath and turned to look at Lu Ao, "I said you are really good at eating. Do you want to help you make a midnight snack tonight?"

"Leave me some noodles and I'll do it myself." Lu Ao asked, "I haven't called back for a long time. Can I borrow a phone from the boss of the ship?"

"I'm confused. Why are you going to borrow a phone if you don't mind? If you don't get the phone later, you'll be scolded by the ship boss."

"Call my brother and tell him, and I will go back the day after tomorrow."

"Tsk, you've only been out for a few days, what do you have to say?"

“It’s the first time I’ve traveled so far away, and I feel a little homesick.”

"Lu Ao——"

While Lu Ao was talking, Xiang Xingchang waved to him and motioned for him to come over.

The chef muttered, "You guys are really weird today, one or two of you are so mysterious."

"Maybe it's my friend's private matter. I'll put the dinner plate aside for now and collect it later. By the way," Lu Ao took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, "I don't smoke what they just gave me, so you take it and smoke it."

The chef was overjoyed and took it, "Good brother, that's interesting. You go and do your work. I'll collect the plates for you."

Lu Ao was not polite to the chef. He simply responded and turned around and ran towards Xiang Xingchang.

Xiang Xingchang waited for him to run over, grabbed him, and said in a low voice: "It's broken, Jin and the others seem to know that there are spearfish in this area, and they went down with a submersible to catch them."

"Now?"

"Yes, those researchers are still on the deck, and they have been talking for half an hour." Xiang Xingchang lowered his voice, "What should we do now? Will the speartail fish really be caught by them?"

Lu Ao frowned, "This matter is no longer something we can handle. I'm going to borrow a satellite phone and notify the Maritime and Shipping Police."

"Okay, I'll go with you, and then let the people from the Public Security Bureau come to the pier to block them!"

The two of them quickly ran to the boat boss to borrow a satellite phone.

The boss of the ship had just finished his dinner and was picking his teeth. Before he finished listening to what he said, he glared at them and said, "We are about to go back. What kind of satellite phone did you borrow? Is the phone yours?"

Lu Ao stuffed a pack of cigarettes in his hand and said, "I want to call my brother and ask him to wait for me when I get back."

"I saw you when I got back. What's there to say?"

Xiang Xingchang took out a lighter and lit it for him, "Boss, please help me. We'll pay for the phone bill."

The boss of the ship did not answer, "This is not anyone's fault, it's just that this company has regulations that satellite phones cannot be used for private purposes. I will lend it to you. If it is found, even I will be blamed."

Lu Ao stuffed another pack of cigarettes in, with 500 yuan under the cigarette.

The ship boss looked at him.

After a while, the boss of the ship pulled out the satellite phone and gave it to him, muttering a warning: "One minute."

"One minute is enough." Lu Ao picked up the satellite phone and ran out. The ship's boss hurriedly chased after him, "Hey, you can just fight here, why are you running?"

Xiang Xingchang, with quick eyesight and quick hands, grabbed the ship owner's honest body and said, "He is quite shy. Maybe he doesn't want others to know his private affairs."

"What's the matter?" The ship's boss puffed his beard and glared, "If I had known, I wouldn't have loaned you my money."

Xiang Xingchang said hurriedly: "Smoke, smoke, wait until he comes back before scolding him."

Lu Ao ran out with the satellite phone. As he ran, he pressed the first five digits of the satellite phone's dedicated number, and then directly called Lao Zhang and his office in the Qianyong Municipal Maritime and Shipping Public Security Bureau.

"Hello -" a police officer answered the phone over there, "Who is this?"

"I'm Lu Ao."

"Oh, Lu Ao, what's the matter? Or who are you looking for?"

"Yes, I want to report the case. Could you please turn on the recording?" Lu Ao finished quickly, "I am now on the Xiwan Passenger No. 00265. There are scientific expedition personnel from country u and country r on board. Their

One of the goals is to catch the speartail fish, a national first-class protected animal, and now they have used a submersible to dive to the bottom of the sea."

"Okay, received." The police officer's voice suddenly became serious, "Can you tell me your coordinates?"

Lu Ao quickly reported the coordinates and added, "We will probably return the day after tomorrow."

"Received, we will send a law enforcement ship to follow up as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation."

After Lu Ao hung up the phone and went back, the boss of the ship blew out his nose and said, "It's been two minutes."

"Sorry, my brother is quite nagging."

"You young people are just not serious at all." The boss of the ship took back the phone and waved his hand to chase them away like ducks. "Okay, okay, nothing happens. You should go back early."

Lu Ao and Xiang Xingchang had no choice but to come out.

As they passed the deck, they saw scientific researchers from country U nervously operating instruments.

When they saw Lu Ao and Xiang Xingchang, they lost the friendliness of the previous few days. Instead, they waved their hands away in a rough voice, "Go back, don't look!"

Xiang Xingchang frowned, and Lu Ao winked, telling him not to be impulsive.

When the scientific researchers saw that they were still refusing to leave, one of the tall and muscular male scientific researchers came over and stared at them with evil eyes, "What's going on with you?"

Xiang Xingchang glared and said arrogantly: "What's going on? When I signed the contract, I didn't say not to come to the deck!"

"But we are working now, and your presence seriously interferes with our work."

"We are so far away, what can we do to interfere?"

Xiang Xingchang soon started arguing with them. When other members of the diving team heard the commotion, they came out to support him.

Lu Ao knew as soon as he heard that Xiang Xingchang did it on purpose.

No matter what those scientific researchers said, he just wouldn't leave.

None of the other divers left either.

Everyone knows the inside story and will never allow these people to harvest their own country's resources under their noses.

For a while, the two sides were in a stalemate.

The female researcher who had spoken to Lu Ao used the walkie-talkie to call Angkor and the others.

Angkor hurried over and asked after seeing the situation: "What's going on with you? Interfering with the work of scientific researchers can be regarded as a breach of contract."

"When we signed the contract, it didn't stipulate that we were not allowed to stand on the deck. How is this considered a breach of contract?"

"You are using strong words. It is up to you to decide whether there will be any interference or not."

Xiang Xingchang ignored him and said, "I don't care. If you let me go, I won't be satisfied with you. Dogs look down upon others. I'm going to blow the wind on the deck today. Do you dare to touch me?"
To be continued...