Searching for someone in northern Myanmar, and you call that earning tuition fees?

10:30 p.m.

The wind at sea broke free of its restraints and roared wildly.

The thick fog was torn to shreds by the gale, and visibility was sometimes clear and sometimes blurred. The waves rose from a little over a meter high to three or four meters in just a few minutes, crashing heavily against the steel hull of the "Sea Eagle" and making the ship vibrate and hum.

"Captain, the wind has reached Force 10, and the waves are six meters high! Conditions for torpedo launch are inadequate!"

"The 'Black Octopus' patrol boat sent out a distress signal; their vessel is about to fall apart in the rough seas!"

Kawaguchi gripped the handrail tightly to steady himself, his face ashen.

This sudden typhoon disrupted all his plans.

"Order the entire ship to enter Level One typhoon alert!" he ordered through gritted teeth. "Abandon attack and prioritize the safety of this ship!"

He knew very well that in the face of such devastating natural forces, a 4,000-ton destroyer was nothing more than a small boat.

"Then... what about that target?" the adjutant asked in a trembling voice.

"A wrecked ship, it's probably been fed to the fish by now." Kawaguchi Yu sneered, a hint of resentment in his eyes.

Before he could finish speaking, the radar operator suddenly shouted.

"Captain! Target spotted! Five nautical miles to the northeast!"

"What?" Kawaguchi Yu rushed to the radar.

On the screen, a dot of light, appearing and disappearing intermittently, is moving at an eerie speed towards the reef area to the northeast amidst the raging winds and waves.

"He didn't sink?!" Kawaguchi Yu exclaimed in disbelief. "How could he have sailed so fast in these conditions?!"

"Speed...15 knots!" The operator's voice trembled.

"Chase after him!" Kawaguchi's eyes lit up. The typhoon had brought him trouble, but also opportunity. "He tried to use the storm to escape, but he went the wrong way! That's the 'Devil's Throat' reef area!"

"Order 'Black Octopus' to flank them! Tell them this is their last chance!"

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However, what they were chasing was just a "ghost ship" that Su Ming had reactivated.

An empty oil drum with several large metal plates tied to it and the last radar signal reflector that was turned on.

The real "Breaking Waves" is now like a dormant giant whale, struggling against the wind and waves to return to that deadly sea in the opposite direction.

Inside the cockpit, Su Ming was soaked to the bone, but he still held the helm steadily.

He abandoned his escape plan and opted for an even more insane one.

He wanted more than just a hard drive.

What he wanted was the thing in that sunken ship that all the powers were truly envious of—the core components of the deep-sea drilling rig!

"Xiao Qi, when is the eye of the storm expected to pass over the shipwreck site?" Su Ming shouted into the satellite phone, his voice almost swallowed by the wind.

"Fifteen minutes from now! Are you crazy?! What are you trying to do? The 'Wavebreaker's' winch can't lift anything that heavy!"

"Who said I was going to use a winch?"

Su Ming hung up the phone and steered the boat directly above the coordinates of the sunken ship. He dropped a heavy anchor and secured the boat firmly.

Then he rushed onto the deck and dragged the thickest steel cable from the cabin. At the other end of the cable was a huge electromagnet and an automatic hook—his secret weapon, prepared before he arrived.

He submerged the electromagnet into the sea and, relying on his precise memory of the "Voyage" structure, continuously adjusted the depth and position of the steel cable.

At a depth of 3,200 meters, the seabed is cold and lifeless.

"Click".

A slight knocking sound traveled through the steel cable to Su Ming's hands.

It's up!

He didn't start the winch immediately, but stared intently at the sea.

He is waiting.

Waiting for the best opportunity to leverage their strengths.

The wind grew stronger, and the waves rose higher and higher. Ten meters, twelve meters, fifteen meters!

The "Breaking Waves" was tossed high into the air by the giant waves and then slammed down, as if it were about to disintegrate at any moment.

"Now!"

The moment a giant wave nearly twenty meters high pushed the "Breaking Wave" to its apex, Su Ming suddenly activated the winch locking device!

The immense gravitational potential energy of the ship's downward movement is instantly transformed into a terrifying upward pull through the taut steel cables!

"Crunch—Squeak—"

The steel cables groaned under the strain, and the ship suddenly sank.

Three thousand meters below the sea, the core component weighing tens of tons on the sunken ship "Voyage" was torn off the hull by the enormous force from the sea surface and pulled upwards by nearly ten meters!

once.

twice.

three times.

Su Ming, like a seasoned angler, repeatedly "lifted the rod" by taking advantage of the huge difference in the rise and fall of each wave.

He used an almost miraculous method to "bounce" that heavy core component up from the three-thousand-meter-deep abyss, bit by bit.

Meanwhile, the "Black Octopus" patrol boat, ordered to pursue the enemy, crashed into the "Devil's Throat" reef amidst raging winds, huge waves, and faulty radar guidance.

With a loud bang and a burst of flames shooting into the sky, the pirate ship that had been roaming the high seas was completely broken in two.

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Fifteen minutes later.

The eye of the storm has arrived.

The raging winds and giant waves subsided eerily, and a circular skylight even appeared in the sky, letting in pale moonlight.

In the eye of this apocalyptic storm, the small "Wavebreaker" drifted silently.

Meanwhile, a huge, menacing, futuristic metal structure floated on the water's surface, firmly bound by dozens of steel cables.

Core components of a deep-sea drilling rig have been successfully recovered!

Su Ming slumped onto the deck, panting heavily, his chest burning with pain.

The actions he just performed had pushed his physical and mental limits to the limit.

The eye of the storm lasted only twenty minutes.

He had to get away with this big guy before the storm hit again.

But just then, he heard an unusual noise from the engine.

The violent "pulling" of the ship's hull just now has severely damaged the "Breaking Waves" engine and structure.

Su Ming rushed into the cockpit and tried to start the engine.

"Cough...cough cough...boom..."

The engine struggled for a few moments, then emitted a plume of black smoke and stalled completely.

Meanwhile, on the distant horizon, the "Sea Eagle" destroyer, having weathered the first storm, slowly turned its massive silhouette and approached him once more.