Origin

"Large aquatic animal? What is it?" Wu Zhongyuan was confused.

"It's not certain yet," Wang Xinran urged, "Hurry up, the car is waiting outside."

Wu Zhongyuan tied his belt, flushed the toilet, and opened the door of the toilet. Suddenly he thought that he had not washed his hands and wanted to go back to wash his hands. Wang Xinran dragged him out and stuffed his backpack into him, "Let's go, why are you dawdling? .”

When Wu Zhongyuan walked out of the room, Wang Xinran had already walked far away. When he came to the door, Wang Xinran was already waving to him from the car, "Come up."

Wu Zhongyuan got into the car and as soon as he closed the door, the car started moving.

"What on earth is it?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wang Xinran was tapping his cell phone and didn't answer the call.

Wu Zhongyuan asked again, "Is he okay?"

Wang Xinran glanced at the driver in the front row and didn't answer.

Wu Zhongyuan did not ask any more questions.

He didn't speak, but Wang Xinran took the initiative to speak, "Why are you worried that something will happen to her?"

"My brother is on the boat." Wu Zhongyuan sighed. He was indeed more worried about Lin Qingming's safety, but deep down he didn't want anything to happen to Zhao Ying.

"Don't worry, everyone is fine," Wang Xinran said, "Large ships are equipped with lifeboats."

There is no airport in Zibo, so you have to go to the provincial capital or Linyi by plane. At ten o'clock in the evening, the car turned onto the highway to the provincial capital, and at one o'clock in the morning the two of them got on the plane.

It was still a special plane, but it was for civil aviation. The plane was very small. Before taking off, I heard two pilots talking about the fact that this type of small plane had a cruising range of just over a thousand kilometers.

Wu Zhongyuan had been inconvenient to ask before. After taking off, he couldn't wait to ask, "Can you tell me now? What is it?"

Wang Xinran put down his cell phone, picked up the mineral water on the table and took a few sips, "It's still unclear. There have always been large creatures in the waters of Poyang Lake. This is no secret. The 18th Branch also dealt with it in the early years. A similar incident occurred when I was not yet working. When I read the files afterwards, the investigation result at that time was that there was a mandarin turtle in the water. The mandarin turtle is a type of turtle and is much larger than a turtle. The man that caused the ship to capsize was the one that caused the ship to capsize. The mandarin turtle may have survived for many years and was more than ten meters long and about six meters wide."

"Ten meters, six meters, isn't that about the same size as a house?" Wu Zhongyuan was surprised. Nowadays, ordinary houses are 11 meters long, five meters wide, and about fifty-five square meters.

"Yes," Wang Xinran nodded. "The colleagues working on the case were not able to capture the giant turtle. They only saw it at close range. According to their estimation, the mandible turtle weighed at least two to three tons."

"Didn't you say that Zhao Ying and the others rented a large ship?" Wu Zhongyuan also opened the mineral water.

Wang Xinran drank some more water and put down the mineral water bottle. "Yes, that ship has a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, which is not small among freshwater shipping ships."

"A big tortoise can knock over such..."

Before Wu Zhongyuan could finish speaking, Wang Xinran waved his hand and interrupted him, "I didn't say that it was the Manticore that caused the ship they were traveling on to capsize. Based on existing clues, the possibility that it was it has been ruled out."

"What do you say?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Smoking is not allowed on the plane, nor is it allowed on the private plane. However, the special plane the two of them took was not the same as the special plane the leader took, and there was no flight attendant service. Wang Xinran took a cigarette and lit one.

"The ship they rented was named Poyang No. 1. According to satellite monitoring, the Poyang No. 1 had been sailing at a speed of 28 knots in the Laoye Temple waters of Poyang Lake for more than two hours before it capsized..."

When Wang Xinran said this, seeing Wu Zhongyuan wanting to interrupt, he took the initiative to explain, "One knot is one nautical mile, which is approximately equal to 1.8 kilometers. For such an inland waterway transport vessel, twenty-eight knots is already its speed. It’s the limit, and its route is also very strange, turning left and right, constantly adjusting its route, and turning around three times along the way, which shows that they are probably chasing something.”

"Can a mandarin turtle swim so fast?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wang Xinran shook his head, "No, that's why we excluded it. The thing that caused Poyang 1 to capsize should be a large creature that we don't even know about."

Wang Xinran flicked the cigarette ashes and continued, "The waters of Laoye Temple are called China's Bermuda. Ship capsizing accidents often occur there. Scientists and geographers have also conducted special studies. According to research, it has been found that there are underwater undercurrents in that water area. , when a ship sails there, if it encounters an undercurrent, it may capsize, but the displacement of the capsized ships is less than 1,000 tons, and the Poyang 1 has a displacement of 3,000 tons, which is enough to withstand the impact of the undercurrent."

"So?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"So the undercurrent is not the main reason for the capsize of Poyang No. 1," Wang Xinran put out his cigarette, picked up his mobile phone, and called up a video, "You can see for yourself."

Wu Zhongyuan took the phone and saw that it was an intermittent picture of about two minutes. It was taken from a high altitude. Satellite photography is all about taking pictures. One picture is taken in a few seconds. It is not a continuous video. Through the picture, you can see a huge scene on the water. The ship was spinning in the water. The person controlling the ship repeatedly changed the rudder and tried to stabilize the ship, but in the end it tipped over. Then a few white dots appeared on the water. They should be lifeboats. Satellites are indeed very advanced. , but not advanced enough to see who is sitting on the lifeboat from outside the atmosphere.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't find anything unusual, frowned and returned the phone to Wang Xinran.

Wang Xinran reached out to take it and explained, "There must be undercurrents there, but the water flow in the Yangtze River Basin is not enough to create the whirlpool that makes Poyang 1 spin, and the ship failed to adjust its course several times after turning the rudder, so we guessed it was the unknown creature. After Poyang No. 1 encountered an undercurrent, it added fuel to the flames from underwater, which caused the capsizing of Poyang No. 1."

"If this is the case, it is not only very big, but also very smart." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wang Xinran nodded, "We also think so. This creature has probably survived for many years and is very familiar with the waters of the Yangtze River. We even suspect that it deliberately led Poyang 1 into the undercurrent."

Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer.

Wang Xinran added, "Poyang 1 turned the rudder several times but failed to sail out of the undercurrent. Instead, it spun faster and faster. To do this, you must exert force on the bow or stern of the ship. It is useless to bump against the hull. , the creature also knew this, so it chose the bow of the boat to go against it, which also shows that it was smart and knew that the propeller at the stern of the boat might cause harm to it."

"What do you think this thing could be?" Wu Zhongyuan became more and more confused.

Wang Xinran shook his head, "I don't know, but they definitely know, and the person controlling the ship may also know. After they were rescued, we have notified the relevant local departments to take control of the captain and crew, and we can interrogate them after we get there."

"I didn't ask you to be sure, I just asked you to guess first." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wang Xinran thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's definitely not a fish."

"Why are you sure?" Wu Zhongyuan asked. The 18th Branch to which Wang Xinran belonged was specialized in handling such incidents, so her judgment would not be without basis.

Wang Xinran explained, “Because freshwater fish cannot be that huge, and limited by their lifespan and external living environment, they cannot grow indefinitely.”

"Is it possible that the radiation caused the mutation?" Wu Zhongyuan asked,

Wang Xinran knew why Wu Zhongyuan asked this question, "I consulted experts on this issue this afternoon. The energy contained in the spirit stone is indeed terrifying, but that energy is sealed in the spirit stone, unless special methods are used to stimulate it. , otherwise it is just pure natural consumption, which is not enough to cause mutations in animals and plants."

Wu Zhongyuan nodded. Wang Xinran must have consulted experts rather than experts. This explanation is also reasonable. Otherwise, those warriors would have been killed by radiation if they had kept the spirit stones with them.

"Excluding fish, what else could it be?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

Wang Xinran lowered his backrest and lay half back, "The possibility of a dragon is high."

"I also suspect it's a dragon." Wu Zhongyuan nodded. Wang Xinran had personally confirmed the existence of the dragon before. This is a mysterious creature with a huge body that can survive in fresh water and move quickly in the water. It is said that things become better with age. Now that the country has been established, it will definitely not dare to become a spirit, but it can always become smarter as it survives for a long time.

Seeing that Wang Xinran was a little sleepy, Wu Zhongyuan didn't ask any more questions. Two hours later, the plane landed. The landing of a small plane was not as stable as a passenger plane. To describe it as stumbling was a bit exaggerated. In short, it was a violent bump.

After landing, the two rushed to Jiujiang City by car. Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in my country, with an area as large as four Hong Kongs. Such a large area must be managed by a specialized agency. The Poyang Lake Management Bureau is such an agency. Next There are many departments including marine police.

Due to prior communication with the administration, the administration assigned a section chief named Cui to receive the "chief."

After greetings, Chief Cui took the two of them to have breakfast. During the meal, Wu Zhongyuan asked Chief Cui what happened yesterday, but Chief Cui knew very little. He only knew that it was an ordinary shipwreck. In fact, in Poyang A ship of this size has never sunk in the lake waters. The reason why it was classified as an ordinary shipwreck accident was because no one died. As long as no one died, it would not be considered a serious accident.

After the meal, Section Chief Cui took the two of them to the Marine Police Office Building. Due to its large jurisdiction, the Marine Police Office Building here is larger than the average county public security bureau. It has various departments and a special detention center. Used to detain criminal suspects involved in illegal fishing and hunting.

The fishing moratorium in Poyang Lake is from March to July every year. This period is also the busiest time for the marine police. The detention center is also overcrowded. The captain and crew of the Poyang No. 1 are also detained here.

In fact, they are all survivors of the shipwreck, not criminal suspects, but if they are not criminal suspects, they have the final say. It is up to their superiors to decide who they are. If they do not follow the route, they endanger shipping safety.

According to the case-handling procedures, the person must be interrogated after being arrested. However, this matter is quite special and involves confidential content. The superiors did not allow the Marine Police to intervene and waited for the "chief" to come to the trial.

A total of seven people were arrested, including the captain, first mate, chief engineer and four crew members. Logically speaking, such a large ship should not have only these few people, but the people who hired them did not want too many people to know about it, so they only left Killed seven of them.

The people who hired them all ran away. They were monks with temples and couldn't run away. They were all arrested.

Wu Zhongyuan had never interrogated a prisoner before, so it was a bit awkward to sit in the interrogation room. Wang Xinran was on the phone, and two police officers assisting in the interrogation were waiting at the door.

"Chief, shall we start?" the marine policeman asked.

"Oh, okay, bring them here..."

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