Nomenclature of Night

  Chapter 407 Sea Monster

  The temperature in the Barents Sea is minus 14 degrees, and the sea water is infinitely close to zero.

  The night is particularly solemn, and the flowing sea water is like tumbling mercury, heavy and oppressive.

  The North Pole lowered its anchor, and the ship was swaying on the sea surface. Only its light remained on the entire sea surface, illuminating a small sea area alone.

  Like a lonely traveler wandering at the end of the world.

  It is surrounded by floats dotted in the night like stars, like duckweed in the river.

   Someone jumped into the tumbling sea of ​​darkness.

  In this case, jumping naked into the icy water is tantamount to suicide.

Looking at it, Zhang Jian felt that the ice water was on his skin, and couldn't help shivering, he looked at Yang Yang, and roared in the howling sea wind: "How can it be okay to jump into the sea in this weather? !"

  The girl under the ship lights took off her hood and let her long hair flutter in the wind. She responded with a smile: "It will be fine, he will help the Arctic to solve a small problem."

  Zhang Jian was puzzled: "Are the Alps, Longtail, and Orcas really coming? Are you kidding? We didn't see anything, and nothing was shown on the radar."

  Yangyang smiled and didn't explain so much, she just stared at the sea closely, ready to help at any time.

   At this time, Zhang Jian waited for a long time, but never saw Qing Chen coming out of the water to take a breath.

   You must know that a normal person will consume a lot of oxygen in any movement under the dark and surging deep sea.

  However, Qing Chen is like the real Neptune, after entering the sea, there is no news.

  Zhang Jian looked at Yangyang silently, thinking to himself that Qing Chen and this girl came here to cheat the insurance.

   Don't these two people buy a lot of accident insurance before boarding the ship, and then go back and tell the insurance company that Qing Chen died accidentally on the ship?

  In the early years, some crew members did this when they were desperate, but then the insurance company was unwilling to provide insurance policies to crabbers.

   There is even a clause in the insurance that states that accidental death on a crabbing boat is a natural disaster...

   On the other side, on the dark sea, the Longtail, Orca, and Alps turned off their lights early on, turned off the radar on their own ships, and even turned off their engines one after another when they were about to approach the Arctic.

   "Only the strong are allowed to survive in the Barents Sea, and the weak can enjoy king crabs on the shore, but they cannot come here to share good luck with us," the captain of the Orca looked solemnly at the night.

   On each crabbing boat, experienced sailors have already put on diving suits, and their companions are checking the oxygen cylinders on their bodies.

The captain of the Killer Whale stood on the bow and said with a smile: "The wind speed has slowed down. If it is only 20 knots, it can be used for diving operations. Go into the water and cut off the 30 floats of the Arctic, so that his crab pots will sink forever." at the bottom of the ocean."

   After speaking, the three sailors turned over and jumped into the sea, as flexible as seals.

  They swayed the long diving fins on their feet, and quickly swam towards the sea area where the Arctic was located, and the ship lights on the Arctic were like a lighthouse in the lonely sea, guiding them in the direction.

   Together with them, there are also sailors from the Longtail and the Alpine.

The three captains have already discussed it. They calculated that there are only 180 crab pots on the Arctic at most, and they cut off 90 of them, just enough to prevent Zhang Jian from going bankrupt, but also to ensure that Zhang Jian will not be able to pay for next year's ship repairs, rent, etc. Crab cages, port management fees.

  The sailors approached the Arctic, and some people had faintly seen the buoy illuminated by the ship's lights.

   However, a sailor always felt vaguely uneasy, as if there was a strange undercurrent underwater.

   But he looked around, but found nothing in the dark sea.

  Only the dark sea.

  Maybe he was overthinking, the sailor pulled out the dagger tied to his cuff and swam towards the buoy.

  However, the next moment he saw a dark figure swimming swiftly in front of him under the water.

  In an instant, the sailor's scalp was numb!

  He used his hands and feet together to try to float to the surface of the sea, but just after the sailor pulled twice, he felt as if something was entangled in his ankle.

  Drag him into the deep sea.

  The strength of the sailor's legs exploded, trying to kick off the weird thing on his ankle.

   But that thing is getting tighter and tighter, like the tentacles of the king squid in the Arctic Ocean.

  Suddenly, the force of the downward pull erupted, and in a thunderstorm, the sailor swung the dagger aimlessly, but his palm went numb, and when he realized it, the dagger in his hand had disappeared.

   Just when he was confused about where his dagger went, he felt that his chest was pushed away by a huge force, as if he had been kicked heavily...

   No!

  The sailor had already reacted. Under the light of the ship's lights, he realized that someone kicked him just now!

   And now, the person who kicked him has gone away with the force of that kick, like everyone kicking the wall by the side of the swimming pool.

  The sailor recalled what happened just now. It was clear that someone pulled his ankle from underwater, then grabbed the knife and kicked him in one go!

  The sailors are all stupid. Who is the person under this dark sea? The other party does not have flippers, diving suits, or oxygen cylinders.

  But the other party was as nimble as a killer whale underwater, and his strength was incredible.

  Wait, is the other party a member of the Arctic, but since the other party found out that he was going to cut the buoy, why did he just grab the knife and not kill him?

   It's too easy to kill people under the sea at this time. You only need to cut off the oxygen pipe, and the sailor will definitely die.

   This mysterious existence under the sea seems to be just to confiscate his dagger, and does not intend to kill people.

  The sailor thought for a second, then turned around and swam towards the Orca, but the knife was taken away, and there was no way to cut the buoy.

   Moreover, if the opponent has the ability to confiscate his dagger, he must be able to kill him.

  Since the other party has spared his life, don't be ignorant...

  At this moment, the same thing is still happening under the sea.

  Zhang Jian wrapped his clothes tightly, and stood nervously on the deck of the Arctic. Five minutes had passed, but Qing Chen still did not appear on the sea.

  That Qing Chen must have died, how could anyone hold his breath for such a long time? !

   These two people really came to cheat insurance!

   Unexpectedly, two students would do such a thing at such a young age!

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  Compared to Zhang Jian who was thinking wildly on the deck, the sailors under the sea didn't have as many thoughts.

  They only felt that they were being targeted by the legendary sea monster under the Barents Sea, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

  A sailor just reached out his left hand to grab the rope under the balloon float, and he held a dagger in his right hand to cut it off.

  But a dark shadow swam past, and when the sailor's right hand came to the rope, the dagger in his hand had disappeared.

  They swam to the place where their ship dropped anchor, looking back while swimming, for fear that the dark shadow would still follow them.

   These sailors were not as lucky as the first place.

  The first sailor saw that it was a human being who took his dagger, so he didn't panic so much.

   But the rest of the sailors were far away from the ship lights of the Arctic, and they couldn't see Qing Chen clearly in the dark sea, so the fear in their hearts had filled their hearts.

   There are many legends about the Barents Sea.

  The most famous air combat collision incident in the world happened here. On September 13, 1987, a reconnaissance plane of the Norwegian National Defense Air Force was patrolling. As a result, a new Soviet fighter plane suddenly appeared and passed under the reconnaissance plane.

  The Su-27 used the vertical tail to open a huge hole under the engine of the Norwegian reconnaissance plane like a scalpel.

   This is the famous Barents Sea aerial scalpel incident.

  However, there is a more famous legend in this sea area: the king squid.

  According to historical records, the Barents Sea was one of the first areas where the king squid was discovered, and there are records to prove that merchant ships in this sea area were actually attacked by the king squid.

  For a while, the sailors, who had never seen sea monsters in this sea area with their own eyes, swam vigorously, thinking about those legends, and becoming more and more afraid.

   But they couldn't figure out what the sea monsters wanted their daggers for...

   Fortunately, the 'Sea Monster' did not continue to hunt after they seized their daggers, allowing them to flee back to their own ship.

  The captain of the Killer Whale, Fen Er, was standing at the bow of the ship. Seeing the sailors returning so quickly, he immediately felt something was wrong: "What's going on, it's not so fast to cut thirty floats!"

  A sailor in a diving suit was pulled onto the deck, and he said tremblingly, "There are sea monsters!"

  Fenr froze for a moment: "Sea monster?!"

  He looked at another sailor: "Have you also encountered a sea monster?"

  The sailor nodded, and said inexplicably in horror: "It's so dark underwater that I can't see the trace clearly, I just feel that the sea monster is swimming very fast, and its strength is boundless!"

  Fenr frowned. If only one sailor said that, it might be that deep-sea phobia suddenly appeared, causing the sailor to have hallucinations.

   But if sailors say that, there is something wrong.

  But Fen Er always felt that there was something weird, but he didn't know where it was...

  He looked at the sailor: "Since you encountered a sea monster, how did you come back?"

  Fenr finally figured out what was so strange about it. The sailors all encountered sea monsters, but they all came back alive. Isn’t this the strangest thing?

Fenr glanced at the panicked crew members on the ship, and immediately said: "Why panic, if it's really a sea monster, can you bring back three sailors who went into the sea? There really is something like a king squid under the Barents Sea. He died a long time ago. By the way, what exactly happened after you encountered the sea monster?"

   Sailor replied: "The sea monster took my dagger."

  Another sailor froze for a moment: "My dagger was also taken away."

Fenr sneered: "This must be someone playing tricks, not a sea monster. You see some sea monsters who come out for a stroll and take away your daggers? Why, the Barents Sea does not allow controlled knives. ?”

He looked at the Beiji which was still swaying on the sea from a distance: "Turn on the ship lights, this matter must have been caused by the Beiji, just drive over and have a look and you will know. By the way, use the radio to report the matter on our side." Tell the Alps and the Long Tail, and ask if they have encountered the same thing over there."

   While speaking, all the lights on the deck of the Orca were lit up, along with the Alps and the Longtail.

  The three ships are like an equilateral triangle, enclosing the Arctic in the sea.

   Zhang Jian, Old John, and Ni Depp on the North Pole were stunned when they saw this scene. It turned out that, as Qingchen and Yangyang said, the three crabbing boats were always beside them!

  Zhang Jian couldn't help but look at Yangyang's back, but saw that she threw a rope into the sea and pulled up Qingchen, who was unharmed.

  Zhang Jian and others were shocked. Qing Chen was really not dead, and he seemed to be in good condition, as if he was not afraid of the cold sea water.

   Who is this person, and what is the purpose of coming to the Barents Sea?

  Before this, Zhang Jian was very sure that he had never seen Qing Chen come out of the water for a breath!

  The way he looks at Qingchen and Yangyang has changed. Now even if someone tells him that this girl can fly, he will not be surprised at all!

  I saw Qing Chen cheerfully said with a smile: "It's done."

   As he spoke, he threw the daggers in his hand on the deck, and Yangyang asked in a low voice, "Did you kill anyone?"

  Qing Chen thought for a while: "These people don't have any serious grievances with me, so there's no need to kill here."

   "Well," Yang Yang nodded with a smile, she had already prepared a dry towel and handed it to Qing Chen: "Would you like me to wipe it for you?"

   "Cough, no need," Qing Chen didn't choke underwater, but almost choked on rice seedlings after boarding the boat.

  Watching the three crabbing boats approaching from the outside, Qing Chen thought for a while and went back to the cabin: "I'll change my clothes first, by the way, they just say they don't know what they ask."

  Zhang Jian and Old John thought to themselves, this guy must have done something to those three crabbing boats!

  But the sea was so dark that even they didn't know what was going on.

   Besides, where did the thrown dagger come from? !

  The Killer Whale arrived first, and the three crabbing boats were only more than ten meters away from the Arctic. With a telescope, Fenn saw the scattered daggers on the deck at a glance.

   "I didn't expect you to hide very deeply this time." Fen Er looked at Zhang Jianyao and sneered, "What about the 'Sea Monster', let him come out and say hello to everyone."

  Zhang Jian froze for a moment, and looked around nervously: "Sea monsters? Sea monsters from the Barents Sea?!"

Fen Er sneered: "What are you pretending to do here? I said how dare you stay here. It turns out that there are experts on board. I thought you really had no sailors to use. By the way, who did you invite here, your father The original old subordinate, did you use up all the favors your father saved this time?"

  Zhang Jian suddenly realized that the sea monsters that Fenr mentioned earlier, and his father's old subordinates, were actually Qing Chen!

   Qing Chen must have done something under the surface of the sea to make Fenr come over with a strange look.

  Zhang Jian thought for a while, bowed his head and counted the daggers, nine.

   He looked at Fenr curiously and asked, "None of your nine sailors can beat him?"

  Zhang Jian did ask out of curiosity, he wanted to know what kind of person Qing Chen was, but this sentence was full of ridicule from Fenr.

   Not very harmful, but extremely insulting.

  Zhang Jian continued to ask: "Why do you want to target the Arctic? Even if you don't get a quota for the Arctic, you can still earn millions of euros every year."

At this time, the captain of the Alps on the other side also said coldly: "Why do you stick to your ship? Wouldn't it be good to merge the four crabbing ships into one company and go public? Isn't it faster to make money in the stock market than at sea? Sailor You can also get stock options and dividends, everyone is working hard at sea, don’t you just want to have a retreat without worrying about food and clothing?”

  Zhang Jian thought for a while and said: "If you want to go public, three crab boats are enough. Why do you have to have the Arctic in my hand?"

Craig said: "Because the eight crabbing boats in the port of Amsterdam are willing to merge, only you are not allowed. And because your father is a legend of the Barents Sea, the Nordic people have heard of it, like Bering It's like the Time Bandit at sea."

  Zhang Jian shook his head: "I don't know how to do this kind of business. I just like crab fishing and want to continue doing it. Once capital gets involved, the Arctic may not belong to me."

"The North Pole may not belong to you, but you will have a lot of money," Greck said, "Isn't it good to be a ship owner down-to-earth? It operates as a company, and everyone can change to better ships and better equipment. And better fishing regimes."

"What about the free spirit and adventurous spirit of crabbers?" Zhang Jian asked earnestly: "We come to this place with the worst environment in the world at this time of year, and it's not just for money. The wife will keep the husband. We will go to sea again, but real sailors will still pack their bags. If they see whales, they will cheer, and if they see mountain-like floes, they will pray devoutly. There will be new sailors who will hear the stories of their fathers and come to this mysterious Baron Zhihai, more people will hear the stories here in the future. But if the sailors and captains are not free, then these stories will also be eclipsed."

  Grek froze for a moment, but he didn't say anything more.

He sneered: "Good luck, I hope you can really catch enough king crabs to survive this year. If you can't make it through, your crab license will be re-auctioned. At that time, we will start from the judicial auction." It’s the same when you buy it back there.”

  At this moment, Old John on the deck glanced at the time and said suddenly, "It's time to lift the crab cage."

  Zhang Jian glanced at Old John, he knew that the other party wanted to pull up the full crab cage, and Craig and the others were mad on the spot...

   "Then hang it up and see how our harvest is!" Zhang Jian said loudly.

  The next moment, Qing Chen, who had changed into his work clothes again, walked out of the cabin, and hooked the rope under the float with his claws once.

  Qing Chen smiled and said to Old John: "Crane!"

   Craig, Fenr and others who were planning to leave stopped, standing on the deck and waiting silently.

  The crane of the Arctic made a rumbling sound. When the crab cage appeared on the water surface, everyone held their breath, but saw that the crab cage of the Arctic was densely packed with king crabs that were bigger than a washbasin!

  Fenr and the others are old captains who have traveled across the Barents Sea. They only need to look at this to know that the legendary golden crab farm has been found by the Arctic!

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  5,000-word chapter, there is another chapter at 11:00 p.m.

  (end of this chapter)