Origin

"A large aquatic animal? What is it?" Wu Zhongyuan was puzzled.

"It's still uncertain," Wang Xinran urged, "Hurry up, the car is waiting outside."

Wu Zhongyuan tied his belt, flushed the toilet, and opened the door of the toilet. Suddenly, he thought that he hadn't washed his hands, and wanted to go back to wash his hands. Wang Xinran dragged him out and gave him his backpack, "Let's go, what are you waiting for?" .”

When Wu Zhongyuan walked out of the room, Wang Xinran had already walked a long way, and when he reached the gate, Wang Xinran had already waved to him from the car, "Come up."

Wu Zhongyuan got into the car, and as soon as he closed the door, the car started.

"What exactly is it?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wang Xinran was tapping his phone, but didn't answer the call.

Wu Zhongyuan asked again, "Are you all right?"

Wang Xinran glanced at the driver in the front row, but did not answer.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't ask any more questions.

He didn't speak, but Wang Xinran took the initiative to speak instead, "Why are you worried that something will happen to her?"

"My brother is on the boat." Wu Zhongyuan sighed. He was indeed more worried about Lin Qingming's safety, but deep down he didn't want anything to happen to Zhao Ying.

"Don't worry, people are fine," Wang Xinran said, "Large ships are equipped with lifeboats."

There is no airport in Zibo, so you have to go to the provincial capital or Linyi by plane. At ten o'clock in the evening, the car turned onto the highway to the provincial capital, and the two got on the plane at one o'clock in the morning.

It’s still a private plane, but it’s a civil aviation one. The plane is very small. Before taking off, I heard two pilots talking about the cruising range of this type of small plane just reaching [-] kilometers.

Wu Zhongyuan had been inconvenient to ask before, so he couldn't wait to ask after taking off, "Now we can talk about it, what is it?"

Wang Xinran put down his phone, picked up the mineral water on the table and drank a few sips, "It is not certain yet, there have always been large creatures in the waters of Poyang Lake. Similar incidents, at that time I hadn’t joined the work, and after reading the file, the investigation result at that time was that there was a soft-shelled turtle in the water. The soft-shelled turtle is a kind of soft-shelled turtle. The mangy-headed turtle may have survived for many years and is more than ten meters long and six meters wide."

"Ten meters, six meters, isn't that about the size of a house?" Wu Zhongyuan was surprised. Now ordinary houses are 11 meters long, five meters wide, and about 55 square meters.

"Yes," Wang Xinran nodded, "The colleagues who handled the case failed to capture the giant soft-shelled turtle, but only saw it up close. According to their estimates, the manny-headed soft-shelled turtle weighs at least two to three tons."

"Didn't you say that Zhao Ying and the others rented a big ship?" Wu Zhongyuan also unscrewed the mineral water.

Wang Xinran drank a few more sips of water and put down the mineral water bottle, "Yes, that ship has a displacement of more than 3000 tons, which is not too small among freshwater shipping ships."

"A big bastard can knock over such a..."

Before Wu Zhongyuan could finish speaking, Wang Xinran waved his hand and interrupted him, "I didn't say that it was the turtle that caused the ship to capsize. Based on the existing clues, the possibility of it has been ruled out."

"How to say?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Smoking is not allowed on the plane, nor is it allowed on the special plane, but the special plane that the two people take is not the same as the special plane that the leader takes, and there is no flight attendant service. Wang Xinran took out the cigarettes and lit one, "they rented it That ship was named Poyang No. 28, and according to satellite monitoring, Poyang No. [-] had been sailing at a speed of [-] knots in the waters of Laoye Temple in Poyang Lake for more than two hours before capsizing..."

When Wang Xinran said this, seeing that Wu Zhongyuan wanted to interrupt, he took the initiative to explain, "A knot is one nautical mile, which is about 28 kilometers. For such an inland river transport vessel, [-] knots is already the limit of its speed. , and its flight path is also very strange, it has been adjusting its course from left to right, and has made three U-turns in the middle, which shows that they are probably chasing something."

"Can the mangy-headed turtle swim so fast?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wang Xinran shook his head, "No, that's why we excluded it. The one that caused Poyang No. [-] to overturn should be a large creature that we don't even know about."

Wang Xinran flicked the cigarette ash and continued, "The waters of Laoye Temple are called Bermuda of China, where accidents of ship capsizing often occur. Scientists and geographers have also specially studied it. According to the research, there are underwater undercurrents in that water area. If a ship sails there, if it encounters an undercurrent, it may capsize, but the displacement of the capsized ship is less than [-] tons, and the displacement of Poyang No. [-] is [-] tons, which is enough to withstand the impact of the undercurrent."

"So?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"So the undercurrent is not the main reason for the overturning of Poyang No. [-]," Wang Xinran stubbed out his cigarette, picked up his phone, and called up a video, "Look for yourself."

Wu Zhongyuan took the mobile phone and saw that it was an intermittent picture of about 2 minutes, which was taken from a high altitude. Satellite photography is all about taking pictures, taking a few seconds. It is not a coherent video. A ship was spinning in the water, and the person operating the ship changed the rudder several times, trying to stabilize the ship, but eventually it tipped over and overturned, and then a few white dots appeared on the water surface, which should be lifeboats, and satellites are indeed very advanced , but not advanced enough to be able to see who is sitting on the lifeboat from outside the atmosphere.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't find anything unusual, and frowning, he returned the phone to Wang Xinran.

Wang Xinran took it and explained, "There must be an undercurrent there, but the water flow in the Yangtze River Basin is not enough to create a vortex that makes Poyang No. [-] spin, and the ship failed to adjust its course after turning the rudder several times, so we guess it is the unknown creature. After Poyang No. [-] encountered an undercurrent, it pushed the waves from the water, which caused the overturning of Poyang No. [-]."

"If this is the case, it is not only big, but also very smart." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wang Xinran nodded, "We also think so. This creature has likely survived for many years and is very familiar with the waters of the Yangtze River. We even suspect that it deliberately led Poyang No. [-] into an undercurrent."

Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer.

Wang Xinran continued, "The Poyang No. [-] turned the rudder several times but failed to get out of the undercurrent, instead it turned faster and faster. To do this, you must apply force to the bow or stern of the ship. It is useless to bump against the hull. , that creature also knew this, so it chose the bow of the ship to bump against, which also shows that it is very smart and knows that the propeller at the stern may cause it damage."

"What do you think this thing will be?" Wu Zhongyuan became more and more confused.

Wang Xinran shook his head, "I don't know, but they must know, and the person who controls the ship may also know. After they were rescued, we have notified the relevant local authorities to restrain the captain and crew. We can interrogate them after we go there."

"I didn't ask you to be sure, I just asked you to guess first." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wang Xinran thought about it, shook his head and said, "It's definitely not a fish."

"Why are you sure?" Wu Zhongyuan asked. Wang Xinran's [-]th Sub-bureau was specialized in dealing with such incidents, and her judgment would not be without basis.

Wang Xinran explained, "Because freshwater fish cannot be so huge in size, and limited by their own lifespan and external living environment, they cannot grow infinitely."

"Is it possible to be mutated by radiation?" Wu Zhongyuan asked,

Wang Xinran knew why Wu Zhongyuan asked this question, "I consulted experts on this question this afternoon. The energy contained in the spirit stone is indeed terrifying, but that energy is sealed in the spirit stone, unless it is stimulated by a special method. , otherwise it is simply natural consumption, which is not enough to mutate animals and plants."

Wu Zhongyuan nodded. Wang Xinran must have consulted experts rather than experts. This explanation is also reasonable. Otherwise, those warriors would have been killed by radiation if they kept the spirit stones with them.

"Excluding fish, what else could it be?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

Wang Xinran lowered his back and half-lyed on his back, "The possibility of Jiaolong is high."

"I also suspect it is a dragon." Wu Zhongyuan nodded. Wang Xinran had personally confirmed the existence of Jiaolong before. This is a mysterious creature with a huge body that can survive in fresh water and move quickly in water. Now that the country has been established, it definitely does not dare to become a master, but it is always possible to survive for a long time and become smarter.

Seeing that Wang Xinran was a little sleepy, Wu Zhongyuan didn't ask any more questions. Two hours later, the plane landed, and the landing of the small plane was not as stable as that of a passenger plane.

After landing, the two rushed to Jiujiang City by car. Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in my country, with an area as large as four Hong Kongs. Such a large area must be managed by a special organization. The Poyang Lake Administration is such an organization. Set up multiple departments such as water police.

Due to the communication with the management bureau in advance, the management bureau sent a section chief surnamed Cui to receive the "chief."

After exchanging pleasantries, Section Chief Cui took the two of them to have breakfast first. During the meal, Wu Zhongyuan asked Section Chief Cui what happened yesterday, but Section Chief Cui knew very little. He only knew that this was an ordinary shipwreck accident. The waters of the lake have never sunk such a large ship. The reason why it is classified as an ordinary shipwreck is because no one died. As long as no one died, it would not constitute a serious accident.

After the meal, Section Chief Cui took the two of them to the office building of the marine police. Due to the large area of ​​jurisdiction, the office building of the marine police here is larger than the general county public security bureau. It has various departments and a special detention center. Used to detain suspects of illegal fishing and hunting.

From March to July every year is the fishing moratorium on Poyang Lake. This period is also the busiest time for the marine police. The detention center is also overcrowded. The captain and crew of Poyang No. [-] are also detained here.

In fact, they are all survivors of the shipwreck, not criminal suspects, but if they are not criminal suspects, they have the final say, and their superiors have the final say.

According to the case-handling procedures, people are arrested for interrogation, but this matter is special, involving confidential content, and the superiors will not let the marine police intervene, and wait for the "chief" to interrogate.

A total of seven people were arrested, including the captain, chief mate, chief engineer and four crew members. It stands to reason that such a large ship should not have only these people, but the people who hired them did not want too many people to know about it. seven of them.

The people who hired them all ran away. They were monks with temples, and they couldn't escape, so they were all arrested.

Wu Zhongyuan had never interrogated a prisoner before, so sitting in the interrogation room was a bit awkward. Wang Xinran was on the phone, and two police officers who assisted in the interrogation were waiting at the door.

"Sir, let's start?" the water policeman asked.

"Oh, well, bring them up..."