The entire ocean is my fishing ground.

Lin Chen opened the door and left.

"Brother Chen, those bastards are scum! They just let them go like that?!"

Lin Chen didn't stop walking and casually said something.

"Let them make a scene, it won't do any good."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a bronze sea-eye fish talisman.

"Zhou Dazhuang".

"Yes, Brother Chen."

Zhou Dazhuang ran over from the next workshop, his hands still covered in black engine oil.

"Is the car ready?"

"It's done."

Zhou Dazhuang puffed out his chest, extremely excited: "Just like the blueprints you gave me, there's no difference at all, and it's ready to use anytime."

"Drive it to that abandoned salt field warehouse at the edge of the village and hide it there. No one is allowed to come near it unless I give the order."

"Okay."

Zhou Dazhuang took the order and ran off. Sun Heizi came over, unable to resist.

"Brother Chen, about the styrofoam box..."

Lin Chen reiterated his previous statement: "Let them make a scene, the bigger the better."

……

Early the next morning.

[Intelligence: Resources]

[Content: Due to the adverse ocean currents in Black Wind Bay, a group of wild tiger groupers (approximately 400-500 kg) are trapped on a reef northeast of Area 3. They are estimated to remain there for another 11 hours and 47 minutes.]

[Value: High. This batch of fish is far superior to those on the market; they're lively and energetic, and high-end hotels are vying for them.]

[Intelligence: Business Warfare]

[Content: Dingfulou Restaurant in the provincial capital had ordered a batch of live fish for a banquet from Tianhai Group, but Tianhai Group broke their promise, leaving them without fish for tomorrow's banquet for foreign guests.]

[Target: Zhao Dingfu, the owner of Dingfulou Restaurant; he's currently extremely anxious.]

Lin Chen pushed open his parents' bedroom door.

"dad."

"What's wrong, Chen?"

"Come with me on a sea trip."

"So late? Where are you going?"

Black Wind Bay.

"What?!"

Lin Jianguo's face turned pale instantly.

"Chen, are you crazy! Black Wind Bay is a dead man's bay. Don't even mention nighttime, even in broad daylight, old fishermen don't dare to go there! There are more reefs than rocks there; if a boat goes in, it's a sure death!"

"Dad, trust me."

"You bring your best skills, and we'll be right back."

Lin Jianguo met his son's gaze, his eyes unusually calm. He swallowed the words he was about to say, remained silent, and quietly put on his thick coat.

The father and son, one in front of the other, deliberately chose to go to secluded corners without surveillance cameras and quietly boarded the Trailblazer.

With the engine power reduced to its lowest setting, the sound was completely drowned out by the waves.

The Pioneer slowly glided out of the dock and into the night.

In a grove of trees not far from the dock, a dark figure put down his binoculars, took out his phone, and made a call.

"Hey, Mr. Li...yes, it's me...that kid went out to sea, just him and his father, in that beat-up old boat...yes, they just left."

……

In a luxurious club in the provincial capital.

Li Jiande, with a woman on each side, swirled the red wine in his glass. After listening to the report on the phone, he smiled.

"Set sail?"

He chuckled.

"Let him try to catch it, even if he catches a dragon, it won't make a difference."

"I'd like to see how he manages to transport the fish out of the village."

He hung up the phone, casually tossed his cell phone onto the table, and raised his glass to the room full of business owners.

"Everyone, cheers to our imminent victory! In less than three days, I guarantee that kid will be begging us for a discounted contract!"

……

"boom!"

A huge wave crashed over, and the Trailblazer lurched violently.

Lin Jianguo gripped the steering wheel tightly, the veins on the back of his hands bulging, and the green light from the instrument panel made his face look deathly pale.

"Chen, we can't go any further! That's the gates of hell ahead! The currents there are reversed; they could suck the ship straight into the rocks and smash it to pieces!"

He roared.

All that could be seen before me was the pitch-black sea and the white foam rising from the waves crashing against the rocks.

Lin Chen stood behind him, his eyes closed. In his mind, a clear, three-dimensional blue sea map was playing out.

The top is covered with dense red dots, representing reefs, and in the middle of the red dots, there is a narrow and frightening blue channel that keeps changing.

"Dad, listen to me."

"Hard left turn, five seconds."

Without a second thought, Lin Jianguo smashed the steering wheel.

The Pioneer emitted a screeching sound as its hull slid past a surging undercurrent at a tricky angle.

"Right rudder, straighten, then turn 15 degrees! Quickly!"

Lin Jianguo was flustered and sweating profusely.

Just as the bow of the boat turned around, a large rock flew past the side of the boat, getting less than half a meter away at its closest point!

Lin Jianguo's heart was in his throat.

"Hold on. Slow down in the next thirty meters. Prepare to enter the steady water hose."

Finally, the ship suddenly felt lighter, and all the surrounding waves disappeared instantly. The Pioneer entered a calm body of water.

Lin Jianguo was panting heavily, his back soaked with sweat. He turned to look at his son, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Is this...is this even human?

He's practically a sea god!

Ignoring his father's expression, Lin Chen strode to the stern and activated the modified live water flow system.

He threw a specially made bait that glowed faintly into the water, and at the same time, a stream of fresh water with a special smell was pumped into the sea.

Less than a minute.

Suddenly, dark shadows darted about beneath the water's surface.

From the crevices of the reef, groups of wild tiger groupers, thrashing their tails wildly, charged toward the bait.

"Lift the hoist, lower the net!"

The fishing nets, which had been prepared long ago, were quickly cast down, and the crane boom moved accordingly.

The first net was pulled onto the deck; it was heavy, full of lively tiger groupers.

The orange-red base color with dark brown spots has a beautiful sheen when illuminated by a light.

Lin Jianguo's eyes widened in disbelief.

He'd only ever heard of tiger grouper of this quality when others were bragging about it, all his life at sea.

He quickly opened the water tank and carefully poured these precious gems inside.

Inside the specially designed live water tank, these tiger stripes not only didn't wilt, but became even more energetic, bumping around everywhere in the tank.

I logged off the internet four times in a row.

The live water tank was quickly filled.

Lin Chen glanced at his watch; the hands pointed to 3:30 a.m.

"Return."

……

Meanwhile, in Dingfulou, the provincial capital, at the chairman's office.

"Useless! They're all useless!"

A blue and white porcelain teacup was smashed to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Zhao Dingfu, the chairman of Dingfulou, is in his fifties. Right now, he's pointing his finger at the purchasing manager and yelling at him. He's completely lost his usual authority.

"I don't care what methods you use, steal or rob! I want to see good fish in the kitchen before dawn! Otherwise, what will happen to the banquet for foreign guests? Our Dingfulou's century-old reputation will be ruined in your hands!"

The purchasing manager, sweating profusely and trembling, said, "Chairman... Chairman, Tianhai Group is adamant about not having the goods... Other suppliers in the provincial capital... can't produce them either..."

Zhao Dingfu was so angry that his lips turned purple. He plopped back down on the sofa and collapsed.

……

It was five o'clock in the morning, just as dawn was breaking.

The Pioneer quietly pulled up to an abandoned dock in Huangni Village.

A dilapidated, temperature-controlled water truck was already waiting, covered in mud.

Zhou Dazhuang jumped out of the driver's seat, rubbing his hands excitedly.

"Brother Chen, you're finally back!"

Lin Chen nodded and pointed to the live water tank.

"Let's do it."

Zhou Dazhuang yanked open the cargo compartment door, revealing a hidden world inside.

Instead of using foam boxes, the entire interior of the carriage is a large water tank, complete with an ecological recycling system.

"Brother Chen, the blueprints you provided are amazing!"

Zhou Dazhuang pointed to a simple-looking device in the corner and said excitedly.

"This temperature control chip, salvaged from a scrapped air conditioner, cost two hundred yuan! With the software you provided and this micro-circulation oxygen supply system, this car is now a mobile dragon palace! It can easily last a week, let alone make it to the provincial capital!"

The two worked quickly and efficiently, turning the tiger-spotted fish into the water truck.

"You drive, floor the gas, take the old national highway, and avoid all the roadblocks."

Lin Chen sat in the passenger seat and looked in the direction of the provincial capital.

"Target: Dingfulou."

……

At 6:30 a.m., in the kitchen of Dingfulou Restaurant in the provincial capital.

There were less than two hours left before the banquet for foreign guests was to begin.

In the kitchen's seafood tank, there were only a few dead fish with their white bellies turned up, and a fishy smell emanated from them.

Sato, the Japanese executive chef at Dingfulou, is known for his strictness. At this moment, his face was pale as he stared intently at the empty cutting board.

He suddenly pulled a gleaming scalpel from his waist.

"It's over! My career...it's over!"

He raised his knife and roared.

"I must commit seppuku to apologize to the chairman and our distinguished guests!!"

The kitchen helpers were terrified and rushed over to hold him tightly.

At the kitchen doorway, Zhao Dingfu's face was ashen, and his body trembled uncontrollably. He glanced at the clock on the wall, then closed his eyes in despair.

He had just opened his mouth, ready to announce the cancellation of the banquet and admit defeat by paying compensation.

Just then.

"Bang—!"

The stainless steel back door of the kitchen was kicked open from the outside, and the door slammed against the wall with a loud bang.

Everyone, including Sato who was about to commit seppuku, was stunned and turned to look at the door.

Morning light streamed in through the door, and a young figure stood in the doorway, backlit, his face obscured.

Behind him, a burly man was struggling to lift a transparent water tank that was about half a person's height, inside which several large, patterned fish were swimming happily.