Chapter 317 - 164: Fished Up a Spy Device

Chapter 317: Chapter 164: Fished Up a Spy Device

"And be careful. Some of these devices have a self-destruct program, so don’t get hurt."

Feng Yu quickly gave him a few instructions.

"OK."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo naturally had no objections. All he had to do was follow orders.

After Feng Yu hung up, her colleagues were already contacting the relevant departments.

They also dispatched a few people to head for the dock.

Feng Yu was one of them, tasked with staying in contact with Chen Mo.

「On the sea.」

"Come on, let’s get away from this thing."

Chen Mo took the female celebrity’s hand and pulled her away from the Metal Black Fish.

Feng Yu had just told him that this thing might have a self-destruct program.

If it really did self-destruct, it would still be dangerous to be this close, even if the explosion wasn’t very powerful.

The female celebrity didn’t understand what was going on, but from what she’d overheard of Chen Mo’s phone call, she could guess that this thing was trouble.

She gave the object a wary glance and let Chen Mo pull her away from the stern.

Chen Mo went to the bow and saw Tang Tianyu, the henpecked husband, still fishing intently.

Wu Zicong and Old Zhang, on the other hand, had let their fishing rods hang unattended while they enjoyed massages from the female influencers.

"Brother Wu, we need to head back," Chen Mo said, walking over to Wu Zicong.

"Hmm? What’s wrong?"

Wu Zicong opened his eyes, looking at Chen Mo in confusion.

’We just got out here. Why are we going back already?’

"I just caught a big one," Chen Mo said with a hint of amusement. "We have to head back right away."

Earlier, when Wu Zicong had been mocking him, he’d casually retorted that he’d catch a big one to show them.

And as it turned out, he really had caught a big one.

It was just that this "big one" wasn’t exactly orthodox.

"What big one? So big we have to go back right away?"

The moment Wu Zicong heard that, his interest was piqued, and he sat up straight, getting off the influencer’s lap.

"Chen Mo, what kind of big one did you catch?"

"Haha, looks like you didn’t get skunked after all!"

Hearing this, Tang Tianyu and Old Zhang also gathered around curiously.

"This ’big one’ probably isn’t the kind of big one you’re thinking of."

"There, it’s over there. Take a look from a distance," Chen Mo said, pointing toward the Metal Black Fish sitting on the stern.

"Huh? What the hell is that?"

Wu Zicong glanced over. He was taken aback when he saw the Metal Black Fish, his face filling with confusion.

Tang Tianyu and Old Zhang looked over as well, their reactions identical to Wu Zicong’s.

"I pulled it out of the sea. I’m guessing it’s a spy device planted by some foreign power."

"I’ve already called the people on shore. They told us to take the boat back and hand it over at the dock."

Chen Mo quickly explained the situation to them.

"It looks like it to me, too," Wu Zicong said, nodding in agreement. "Well then, let’s hurry back."

Even from this distance, he could tell it looked like one of those things.

"I’m just sorry to be a buzzkill," Chen Mo said, glancing at the three of them apologetically. "It took so much to arrange this trip out to sea."

They were all busy people, and it hadn’t been easy to schedule a time to go fishing.

But now, because he’d caught this "big one," they were being forced to return to port immediately.

It was bound to be a bit of a letdown.

"What are you talking about? Isn’t this exactly what we came for—a big catch?"

"There are plenty of opportunities to fish, but the chance to catch something like this comes once in a lifetime, if you’re lucky. How is that a letdown? This is the highlight of the trip!"

Wu Zicong waved his hand dismissively. He didn’t find it the least bit disappointing.

On the contrary, he was getting excited and wanted to go take a closer look at the thing.

"Old Wu is right. We can go fishing anytime, but you don’t see something like this every day."

Tang Tianyu and Old Zhang both nodded in agreement.

Hearing this, Chen Mo thought for a moment and understood their perspective.

This was his first time sea fishing, but it certainly wasn’t theirs.

For a tycoon who owned a luxury yacht, trips out to sea were probably routine.

The appeal of it must have been wearing off for him.

So for him, Chen Mo catching this "big one" was actually far more exciting.

It would make the trip more fulfilling.

In the future, he could brag about this to his friends for ages.

And no one could argue with him.

’If you don’t believe me, why don’t you go and catch one yourself?’

"Let’s go to the stern and see what that thing is."

Unable to contain their curiosity, Wu Zicong, Tang Tianyu, and Old Zhang prepared to get a closer look.

"Don’t! The people on shore said it might have a self-destruct program. It’s not safe, we shouldn’t get too close," Chen Mo said, quickly grabbing the three of them before they could head to the stern.

"Right. We probably shouldn’t be looking at classified materials anyway," Wu Zicong immediately said, pulling back the foot he’d just put forward and turning around nonchalantly.

Tang Tianyu and Old Zhang also stopped talking about looking at the Metal Black Fish.

Chen Mo could barely keep a straight face watching this.

’Rich people really are afraid to die.’

’But that’s normal. They have endless money to spend and enjoy.’

’If they got blown to bits, what a waste that would be.’

"I took a photo. Looking at the photo is just as good," Chen Mo said, taking out his phone, unlocking it, and showing them the picture.

"Let me see."

This time, they didn’t mention anything about it being classified. They all crowded around curiously to look at the photo on his phone.

They saw the fish-shaped main body, a device flanked by rectangular metal fins half a meter long.

All of their eyes widened. As wealthy as they were, they had never seen anything like it.

But even without having seen one before, they could all tell this thing was trouble.

"Get this boat moving! Back to the dock!" Wu Zicong immediately shouted to the yacht’s captain.