After commenting on the statue of Guan Yunchang and the Dragon King for a while, everyone sat around the dining table in a row, as if they were eating fruits.
Kyushu Island was inevitably different from Honshu.
Poor and remote, the people there were tough.
Kyushu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture.
Kagoshima Prefecture was a coastal prefecture in the southern part of Kyushu Island, formerly known as Satsuma. Although the name Kagoshima sounded a little cute, the Satsuma men of Kagoshima were the thorns of the Island nation since ancient times. They were so tough that even the rulers were depressed.
Taking advantage of their status as a gateway, Satsuma had long maintained trade with the Westerners. As long as Satsuma did not go too far, the shogunate would turn a blind eye.
Under the policy of seclusion, the Island nation cut off trade with the outside world. In order to make money from trade with the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Satsuma lords simply went south to attack the Ryukyu Kingdom, supported a puppet regime, and arranged their own warriors on the island.
Each tribute ship could only carry goods from the Satsuma Domain. If the mainland sent officials to Ryukyu to confer titles, the Satsuma Domain would temporarily withdraw their warriors to another island.
In the name of the Ryukyu Kingdom, they bypassed the shogunate's order of seclusion and did tribute trade with the mainland. However, the money behind the scenes was still controlled by the Satsuma Domain. Relying on the profits from hundreds of years of western trade and tribute trade, the Satsuma Domain overthrew the shogunate in one fell swoop. Their influence on the political situation of the Island nation continued to this day.
However, the most sly one was the Ryukyu Kingdom. The Ryukyu Kingdom had long pledged allegiance to both the Ming and Satsuma Domains. In some cases, they would even pledge allegiance to Zaoyang. Lu Bu was just a servant of the three families, and the Ryukyu Kingdom was a vassal of all three …
Boom!
The waves hit the side of the ship. No matter how loud the waves were, the steel material remained motionless on the sea. Just a few hundred years ago, humans were still using wooden ships to conquer the sea step by step.
Now, not to mention large ships of hundreds of thousands of tons, even ships of thousands of tons could conquer the ocean, provided that there were no earth-shattering disasters, natural disasters, or special disasters caused by monsters in the ocean.
A warship equipped with a sonar system was cruising near the coast. Its cold appearance immediately distinguished it from a merchant ship. There were many such ships stationed between Kyushu and Okinawa. There were both Amelica's warships and Haizi's anti-submarine teams.
"Two into two, slow down and cruise to the next area."
The captain with a resolute expression gave the order. His brows furrowed, but his heart was anxious and fearful.
At 30% speed, it wouldn't take too much time to explore the sea and complete the task assigned by their superiors. If the situation allowed it, the people on the ship would prefer to stay put and go in circles instead of actively searching for monsters in the sea.
If a firefight really broke out, they wouldn't even know how they died.
Wouldn't there be something wrong with their heads if they were to fight against a submarine with just this ship?
"Roger that."
After giving the order, the captain opened the cabinet on the wall. The cabinet had an inverted mechanism to prevent the things in the cabinet from flying out during turbulence and causing harm to the people in the room.
There was a statue of the Dragon King in the cabinet. It was exactly the same as the statues on the market, but it wasn't the exaggerated height of a person. It was only thirty centimeters tall, which was suitable to be placed in the cabinet. There was also an incense table in front of it.
The captain lit the incense and placed it on the table to burn quietly.
The Sea Dragon King blessed that there wouldn't be any problems with this mission. He was only in his forties and hadn't lived long enough. His family still had so many assets to inherit.
The rising incense made the captain's helpless expression even more bleak. While worshiping the Sea Dragon King, they were still searching for him under the sea. Was this behavior considered contradictory?
If the Sea Dragon King blessed them, then he would be truly selfless.
The technology to detect the bottom of the sea was a technical difficulty. In comparison, it was slightly easier than detecting the underground. For example, the radar used by the detection aircraft would be ineffective after a few meters into the water, and the specialized active sonar could only detect up to a range of 300 meters.
In theory, as long as they could create a submarine that could dive to a depth of 300 meters or 500 meters, they would be able to avoid the detection of the active sonar. It would be like a black hole in the sea, an assassin that wouldn't be discovered.
Coupled with nuclear power, they would be super assassins that didn't need to eat or drink. If they were to really fight, they would be able to drive the warships of other countries crazy.
The deepest depth of the East China Sea was more than 1000 meters. However, in the Kyushu Island region near the Yellow Sea, the average depth was only about 200 meters. Once the active sonar was activated, even the seabed could be scanned. Large objects at the bottom of the sea would not be able to escape.
"Found it … It's a whale." The crew member on the monitoring platform took a deep breath, almost scaring the people around him.
"Next time, pay attention to distinguish it."
It was just a whale, what was there to be concerned about? Who didn't eat a few mouthfuls of whale meat out of curiosity when they were young?
It wasn't the ancient times where people would kneel down in fear when they saw a whale.
Speaking of which, the captain touched his chin. After being scanned by the active sonar, the whale would probably be disabled.
The active sonar was not a radar. Not only could it distinguish submarines in the sea, but it was also useful for fish and whales made of flesh and blood.
However, the sonar used to detect schools of fish was mostly used by fishing boats and anglers. It was like finding a place on the beach with a dense school of fish and putting down the fishing rod. No matter how bad one's skills were, they would suddenly feel like they had become a fishing master.
After the false alarm, the warship continued to sail. The terrifyingly high decibel sonar continued to detect the bottom of the sea.
"There, there's another discovery!"
This time, the trembling sonar soldier lay in front of the screen for dozens of seconds and finally confirmed that his eyes were not playing tricks on him. It was definitely not a whale under the sea!
"It's a large object, but it's not a whale!!"
As if to confirm what he said, the calm sea not far away suddenly began to roll. It was a slight roll, followed by a fierce wave. White splashes suddenly jumped up, like fish coming out of the water.
Fake fish coming out of the water.
"Crash!!"
A terrifyingly huge head drilled out of the sea. Its red eyes stared at the warship.
The sea water flowed down along the curve of the snake's head, forming a spectacular waterfall. Its scarlet eyes were filled with ferocity, as if it wanted to bite the warship in half.
The scene from a horror movie was actually happening in the real world.
"Advance … advance four times, advance four more times!"
The first advance four times was at full speed under the rated speed. The second advance four times was the maximum power that the main engine could reach. Usually, the main engine in the engine room could be either overhauled or simply scrapped.
"Boom!"
The engine room emitted a loud rumbling sound as the huge warship advanced at full speed, creating tumbling splashes on the surface of the sea.
Sheji's head was still buzzing. The active sonar was like a giant hammer pounding on her head. Furthermore, it was continuous, hitting her head again and again.
Even with Pu Piaole's comfort, Sheji's emotions were disturbed to the point of going crazy. Furthermore, Pu Piaole's current situation was not much better than Sheji's.