The entire ocean is my fishing ground.

Chapter 68 A Single Shot Captures All!

A private dock more than ten kilometers away.

Chen Bapi, along with seven or eight of his trusted henchmen, frantically rushed onto the deck of the Poseidon.

"Find it. Find it all, fucking. Pry open the bottom compartment. Find the hidden compartment."

His eyes were bloodshot, and his mind was filled with nothing but the words "gold" and "black tent." Greed made him feel hot all over, and he even ignored the strange noises coming from the entrance of the dock.

One of the more astute henchmen offered a reminder.

"Boss, it looks like a boat is coming."

"Damn it, it must be that kid Lin Chen who's worried and sent people to snatch it."

Chen Bapi spat and pulled out a dark Type 54 pistol from his waist, something he had bought at a high price from the black market.

"Grab your weapons. Anyone who dares to get on the boat, I'll shoot them off."

As soon as he finished speaking, two black speedboats with all navigation lights turned off silently cut through the water and blocked the dock's exit from the left and right.

On the speedboat, several combat personnel dressed in black, tight-fitting combat suits, with only their eyes showing, clearly saw the rabble on the deck of the Poseidon through night vision goggles.

Their mission objective is to retrieve the beacon and eliminate the contact person holding it.

The fat man in front of me, who is holding a gun and shouting, is the target.

The armed men around him looked like they were planning to double-cross him.

"action."

One of the combatants raised his hand, and a blinding beam of light from a flashlight instantly shone on Chen Bapi's face.

"Damn it. Are you trying to shine the light on your dad?"

Chen Bapi was so blinded by the light that he instinctively raised his hand to pull the trigger.

But his opponent was much faster than him.

"Bang."

The muffled gunshot, accompanied by the distinctive hissing sound of a silencer, rang out in the quiet night.

Chen Bapi screamed and collapsed onto the deck, the gun in his hand falling to the ground with a clatter.

"Ah—my leg. My leg is broken."

A heart-wrenching scream pierced the night sky.

Chen Bapi's henchmen were stunned. Before they could even see who it was, their boss collapsed.

"They're Lin Chen's men. Let's fight them."

One of the henchmen yelled and charged forward, brandishing a steel pipe.

His response was another short gunshot.

In the darkness, flames shot out, and various sounds mingled together, instantly turning the entire dock into a scene of carnage.

Chen Bapi's bodyguards thought Lin Chen had sent people to silence them and seize the boat, so they attacked ruthlessly and chaotically.

Those combat personnel were well-trained and had excellent marksmanship; every time they fired in the darkness, someone inevitably fell.

In the chaos, a stray bullet, fired by an unknown person, struck the shipyard's electrical distribution box with pinpoint accuracy.

"Sizzle—"

A series of sparks exploded, the lights in the entire dock flickered twice, and then went out completely.

Darkness descended.

Huangni Village, in the attic of the Lin family's courtyard.

Lin Chen stood by the window, staring blankly at his phone.

On the phone screen, there is a real-time monitoring image of the dock projected by the system, except that the image is a thermal image.

One by one, red and yellow humanoid figures representing vital signs entangled, collided, and fell in the darkness.

He could even clearly see a fat figure representing Chen Bapi writhing on the ground in pain, clutching his leg.

Nice job.

Lin Chen put away his phone, picked up another old-fashioned phone that he had prepared beforehand, and dialed a number he knew by heart.

The call was connected.

"Hello, is this 110?"

Lin Chen's voice carried just the right amount of panic and trembling.

"I need to call the police. There's a shootout at that private dock west of Huangni Village, Chen Bapi's dock. Lots of gunfire! Help! People are dying!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs, like an ordinary villager who had been terrified.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Chen leisurely brewed himself a pot of tea.

Outside the window, the sharp sound of police sirens grew louder as they approached, shattering the tranquility of the village.

He watched as several blue dots representing the police quickly surrounded the entire dock on the system map.

The game is over.

The police arrived faster and more decisively than expected.

Thirteen people involved in the armed brawl were apprehended on the spot, two of whom had already lost vital signs.

Several controlled knives and three standard handguns of unknown origin were seized at the scene.

Due to its involvement in a serious criminal case and illegal modifications, the Poseidon was temporarily detained by the Maritime Safety Administration as key evidence.

However, early the next morning after the police cordoned off the scene, a convoy of Mercedes-Benz S-Class vehicles with Beijing license plates quietly arrived at the city bureau.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a refined and scholarly demeanor, wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

Without alerting anyone, he went straight into the director's office and handed over a legal document and a letter of authorization from the legal department of the Huo Group.

There are only two core demands:

First, Mr. Lin Chen signed the unequal asset transfer contract under the fraud and coercion of Chen Bapi. We request that the legal effect of the contract be immediately suspended.

Second, there is a major dispute over the ownership of the Poseidon. Before the court makes a final judgment, we will apply for preliminary asset preservation and have it entrusted to a third-party institution designated by us.

The Huangni Village Wharf at dawn.

The villagers gathered in twos and threes, discussing the thrilling battle that had taken place the previous night.

"Have you heard? Chen the Skinflint was crippled, his legs were broken, and more than a dozen people were arrested."

"What about the Poseidon? I heard the authorities seized the ship. Didn't Chenzi's five million go down the drain?"

"I knew it! That boat was cursed; anyone who got on it was doomed."

Zhang Cuihua cracked some melon seeds and started gloating again, "See? They lost all their money and the boat. Now they're back to square one."

Just then, Lin Chen, dressed in clean casual clothes, walked leisurely over from a distance with his hands in his pockets.

Behind him followed Sun Heizi and Zhou Dazhuang, who were still sleepy-eyed but looked excited.

Everyone was giving each other all sorts of looks.

Lin Chen walked to the center of the dock, looked around, and finally his gaze fell on Zhang Cuihua's face.

He smiled.

"Everyone seems to care a lot about my ship."

"Let me say this: Chen the Skinflint, he brought this upon himself and he's done for. Even the Heavenly King himself can't save him."

"As for the Poseidon,"

"There was a minor issue with the paperwork, but it will be back soon."

He held up one finger and pointed to the dock beneath his feet.

"Also, don't take those black abalone from last night too seriously. They were just an appetizer for everyone to try."

"The real good stuff, the big stuff that will make everyone in our Huangni Village live a good life, is yet to come."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire dock fell into a deathly silence, which was then followed by a huge cheer.

Several elderly people, including Wang Fuhai and Liu Dahai, were so excited that their eyes turned red.

Sun Heizi even raised his arms and shouted, "Brother Chen is awesome!"

Zhang Cuihua's face turned pale and then red, and she even forgot to crack the melon seeds in her hand. In the end, she could only slink out of the crowd.

Just then.

[Warning: Deep Sea Eye has raised the risk level of the Huangni Village area from "low" to "medium".]

A new threat is brewing. Host privileges have been upgraded; Level 3 access to the in-game store has been unlocked.

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