50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 267 That's the Intelligence

So the five of them split up and each took their own things, with Sun Zhiwei focusing on taking the good stuff like beef.

Turning his head, he saw that the others had also taken rice, desserts, and other things, so he could only sneak up and stop them, and then quietly teach them.

"Brothers, we don't grow rice here. This is all imported. It costs more than ten times as much as rice in China, and it won't fill you up."

"We're here to eat our fill, not to bankrupt the boss. So you can eat as much meat as you want. If you want rice or wheat flour, I'll treat you when we get home."

The four understood each other perfectly and immediately put down their noodles, focusing instead on taking all kinds of meat.

What followed was a two-hour feast. The four of them sat in a corner of the restaurant and devoured the food, leaving the buffet manager looking pale with envy.

When the five men emerged from the restaurant, leaning against the wall, the restaurant manager practically called them his own father, thanking them profusely as he saw them off.

This time, all five of us exceeded the limit, so no one is rushing anymore. Now that we're on the speedboat, let's just wait for the rapids to plunge down three thousand feet.

The five of them changed into summer clothes and then strolled around the pier to digest their food.

There are very few boats at the dock here; apart from their speedboats, the rest are fishing boats belonging to local fishermen from the small town.

There weren't many people at the pier. The four of us strolled around for an hour, and when we felt our stomachs had shrunk considerably, we decided to set off.

This time, the short driver was still in charge, while Sun Zhiwei was in charge of directing the direction.

The speedboat moved slowly, and after more than half an hour, guided by Sun Zhiwei, they arrived near a pile of rocks in front of a cliff.

After the speedboat came to a stop, Sun Zhiwei stood up and solemnly said, "Comrades, the mission begins now."

"From now on, you are not allowed to ask questions about anything you see; you can only do what you are told. Any questions?"

The four people immediately and solemnly replied, "No problem."

"Okay, now, everyone change into your diving suits, and put all the clothes you took off into waterproof bags."

Half an hour later, all five people were dressed.

They had all changed into full sets of black diving gear, with oxygen tanks on their backs, and sat on the edge of the speedboat.

Sun Zhiwei, with a waterproof bag containing clothes on his back, gestured for others to follow, leaned back, and with a "plop," went into the water first, followed immediately by the others.

Underwater, seeing that several people had followed, he led the way and swam towards the pile of rocks.

After swimming for a while, taking advantage of the others' inattention, Sun Zhiwei secretly used his spatial ability to remove the speedboat from the water behind him.

Although there are not as many large waves underwater as on the surface, there are still quite a few small undercurrents.

The three young men were energetic and strong, and they were able to keep up with Sun Zhiwei, but the middle-aged "Swordfish" uncle was a little behind.

Sun Zhiwei had been keeping an eye on the people behind him using his spatial ability. Seeing this, he pretended to rummage through his clothes and then took out a coil of thin rope.

He tied one end of the thin rope around his waist and began to let the other end fall behind him.

Soon, the thin rope was placed next to the swordfish, who grabbed it without hesitation and tied it around its waist. With the rope, the three people in the middle had something to hold onto.

Sun Zhiwei led the way. He was very strong, and by pulling the rope intermittently, he could propel the four people behind him forward by a considerable distance.

This saved them a lot of energy and made their progress much faster.

The four of them followed behind Sun Zhiwei, traversing the long underground sewer.

Along the way, only some light shone down from overhead, and visibility was not high. But every now and then, sharp, dark rocks could be seen reflecting a cold glint.

They couldn't even imagine how the 'Listening' comrade had found this waterway, or what awaited them inside.

An hour later, the four entered the cliffside cave, where it was even darker. Sun Zhiwei turned on the headlamp. The four behind him followed suit, and instantly the dark cave was illuminated by five beams of light. The surrounding black stone walls reflected the light from the headlamps like mirrors.

The cave inside had two bends, but it wasn't long. After swimming another hundred meters, the group arrived at an open body of water.

Sun Zhiwei turned and gestured to the four people, then led the way to swim upwards, with the others following closely behind, and soon they all rose to the surface.

Swordfish opened its mask, panting heavily, and asked, "Comrade 'Listening,' have we arrived at our destination?"

"Yes, we've arrived."

Sun Zhiwei swam to the shore, climbed onto a not-too-high rock, and then turned around and sat on the shore with his legs dangling in the water.

After everyone climbed ashore, 'Swordfish' continued to press, "So what is our mission? Where is the intelligence?"

“That’s intelligence,” Sun Zhiwei said, pointing to a large expanse of dark water deep inside the cave.

When everyone's headlamps shone on it, the entire black wall was finally revealed.

"submarine."

"It's a submarine."

"What a huge submarine."

Everyone jumped up, and Swordfish, ignoring its exhaustion, led the way, rushing along the shore towards the submarine not far away.

Sun Zhiwei followed slowly behind them, a smile playing on his lips.

They ran around the 'Memphis' three times before they finally calmed down.

Swordfish quickly asked Sun Zhiwei, "Comrade Listener, is this our submarine?"

Sun Zhiwei smiled and nodded.

But Swordfish didn't believe it at all. The submarine had the hull number "SSN691" written in big letters on its stern, which wasn't our submarine's naming convention.

However, he still excitedly asked, "Can we go in and take a look?"

“Okay.” Sun Zhiwei nodded, but in his heart he was thinking: I want you guys to go in. If you don’t go in, I can’t just sail this submarine home alone.

"Then, I'll have to trouble you to inform the comrades inside to open the hatch for us."

"There's no one inside, the hatch is open."

Swordfish froze upon hearing this. What do you mean there's no one inside? What does it mean the hatch is open?
The entire sentence was in Mandarin, but why couldn't he understand it when it was put together?
“Let’s go in together.” Sun Zhiwei ignored what he was thinking and walked straight toward the metal staircase next to the ‘Memphis’.

The four men looked at each other and then followed Sun Zhiwei onto the submarine deck.

After the group climbed a short ladder from the deck to the conning tower, they found that the top hatch was indeed open.

The group filed down into the submarine, which was brightly lit, but there was truly no one inside.

"Can we look around?"

"Look carefully at everything. I'll be waiting for you in the command room." After saying that, Sun Zhiwei went to the command room first.

Without giving it much thought, the four began to inspect each functional cabin one by one.

They saw the wet ground and smelled the sea, indicating that the cabin had been flooded.

(End of this chapter)