197: Let's dive in and find out!

At the same time.

After bustling about for more than ten minutes, the group still couldn't catch any fish.

San'er was very frustrated: "Strange! Why haven't I caught a single fish?"

"That shouldn't be!"

He was an experienced sea angler.

Not to say he filled his basket every time.

But at least, he had never seen his fishing float remain completely still like today!

Fatty Wang Fan teased: "San'er, are you past your prime?"

"There must be something wrong with the water here!"

"The fish must have migrated!"

"Brother Su! Let's try another spot!"

Su Yun nodded: "Alright!"

Anyway, he couldn't catch any fish no matter what.

It didn't matter whether they changed spots or not.

Rumble... The speedboat started.

They continued to travel a few hundred meters north.

Not too far, ensuring that Lin Xiaoxue could see them when she emerged.

After stopping steadily.

With a "plop," as soon as the fishhook entered the seawater... one after another... one by one... either sea fish, or tiger groupers, or mantis shrimp... all floated to the surface, bellies up, eyes wide open!

Like a bubble machine starting up... in less than a minute.

Instantly, the speedboat where Su Yun and his group were located was surrounded!

Fatty Wang Fan exclaimed: "Holy crap! San'er! Is your fishhook electrified?"

"It just entered the water, and all the fish below are shocked out!?"

"And what's more... every single one of them... died with their eyes wide open!"

San'er's lips twitched, his face covered in black lines: "Fatty! If you can't speak properly, then shut up!"

"Electro-fishing is illegal!"

Su Yun stood up, his brows slightly furrowed.

"These fish... look like they were poisoned, right?"

The fish scales were very dirty, and there were impurities in their eyes... Moreover, the seawater in this area looked a bit darker in color!

— [Holy crap! This scene! It's terrifying!]

— [Who says it isn't? It's just like those scenes in doomsday movies! Fish dying and floating to the surface...]

— [Damn, no one actually poisoned the ocean, right? Will we still be able to eat seafood after this? I haven't had enough mantis shrimp yet!]

— [Any angler who sees this will feel their heart ache! So many fish... it's simply a waste of natural resources!]

— [It hasn't been more than three seconds, can someone pick some out for me, I'll make sweet and sour sea fish!]

— [What are you still standing there for, hurry up and scoop up the fish, with this kind of haul, you could fill a whole sack!]

The hundreds of millions of fans and netizens in the livestream room discussed animatedly.

Buzz buzz buzz... And it was at this moment.

Several high-quality, faster, and more advanced speedboats approached from this direction.

Facing them... on the leading speedboat, a Bearded Man.

He greeted them with a smile: "Hey, Handsome Man! How are you all!"

"Did we scare you?"

There were a total of three speedboats.

And all three combined, there were over ten people... Each person held a black fishing net bag, dressed in fisherman's attire.

Su Yun grinned and asked: "Uncle! These fish... did you do this?"

"Why are they all dead?"

"They weren't poisoned, were they?"

Upon hearing this.

The dozen or so people exchanged glances, and the leading Bearded Man smiled apologetically.

"Brother! You've misunderstood!"

"These fish weren't poisoned, nor were they electrocuted..."

"We are good citizens!"

"We are legitimate fishermen!"

"We don't do those illegal things!"

"Don't worry! These fish are fine."

Su Yun: "..."

He politely asked a few more questions.

Afterwards, the Middle-aged Man, accompanied by a dozen others, salvaged all the fish and shrimp floating on the water's surface.

As they left, he tossed over a few boxes of soft Huzi cigarettes.

"Brother! Sorry for scaring you all!"

"Have a cigarette to calm your nerves!"

"We're leaving now..."

Rumble... The three speedboats came quickly and left quickly.

Watching the sea surface become quiet again.

Su Yun murmured: "This group of people definitely has a problem..."

Plop!

On the other side... Lin Xiaoxue emerged from the seabed with her survey equipment.

When she took off her diving mask.

Her hair, wetsuit, and oxygen tank... were covered with some black, hard-to-remove grease and impurities!

After a few breaths... Su Yun and his group drove the speedboat to pull Lin Xiaoxue aboard.

"How was it? Was the survey smooth?"

Lin Xiaoxue shook her head: "There's something on the seabed!"

"There's a very thick steel pipeline!"

"It's buried in the sand on the seabed!"

"Because there's a coral reef obstructing it..."

"That area is very, very dark! I couldn't see anything clearly!"

Steel pipeline!?

Su Yun and his group were confused.

"Why would there be a steel pipeline on the seabed?"

"Could it be a pipeline for resource extraction?"

Su Yun knew.

Rare resources on Earth.

Such as oil... are not only found on land.

The reserves on the seabed are also quite considerable... "Could it be a pipeline for oil extraction!?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoxue pondered for a moment.

She shook her head, denying: "No."

"If it were an oil extraction pipeline, the opening should be facing downwards!"

"Moreover, what was coming out of that pipeline was not oil at all!"

"Those black substances..."

"The smell was very pungent... very unpleasant... and it contained impurities!"

At this moment, her wetsuit still carried that irritating odor!

Let alone surveying.

The instrument turned on... but before it even got within a hundred meters of that area, the instrument broke down!

More precisely: the data spiked, causing the instrument to malfunction.

After she finished speaking, Su Yun and his group fell silent.

Just listening to Lin Xiaoxue's description, without seeing the actual situation... it was hard to tell.

Su Yun put down his fishing rod and stood up: "How about this!"

"Miss Lin, I'll go down with you to take a look..."

He was determined to find out what was down there!

Lin Xiaoxue was startled: "You!?"

"You're going into the water?"

"But I only have one set of diving equipment here!"

"Then let's free dive!"

Su Yun took off his shirt.

Revealing his fair, well-defined upper body... — [Wow! Brother Su is really something! His physique is good enough to be a model! Definitely a top model!]

— [!!!]

— [Haven't seen Brother Su train? Is it possible that some people are just born with abs?]

— [To be honest, everyone, I just do this one movement every day when I wake up... and I've developed an ab line!]

Lin Xiaoxue's pretty face flushed red.

She stared blankly at Su Yun's eight-pack abs... She shook her head.

She asked: "Mr. Su Yun, you must be a free-diving expert, right?"

"By the way... did you used to go diving often?"

She spoke as she put on her diving gear.

Su Yun stood on the speedboat, stretching his arms and legs... He was warming up.

He thought for a moment.

"What free-diving?"

"I used to be a complete landlubber."

"This is my first time going out to sea..."

"And my first time diving!"

"Alright..."

"No more talking! I'm going down now!"

With a "plop"!

Su Yun leaped straight up!

He went down, lying flat on the surface of the sea... Lin Xiaoxue couldn't care less about the splashing water.

Her head was buzzing.

She stared blankly at Su Yun, who was steadily sinking... She shouted: "This..."

"Mr. Su Yun!"

"Don't try to commit suicide!"

"Please don't do anything rash!"

"If you want to die... you could at least pick another spot!"