Li Mingyi noticed that most of the ships that had accidents were within a specific area. After marking this area, Li Mingyi left the company.
Fortunately, there were no casualties. The fishing boats were equipped with comprehensive emergency protection measures. Otherwise, Longgong Marine Company might have been forced to suspend operations.
He managed to suppress the news this time, paying his employees generously to ensure their silence and having them sign confidentiality agreements.
If this matter were not resolved, not only the company but Li Mingyi himself would be unable to sleep peacefully.
Not long after leaving the company, Li Mingyi received a call from Yu Manlou.
"President Yu, what can I do for you?"
After answering the call, Li Mingyi knew that the other party was calling about the capsized ship incident.
"Can you handle it?"
"Why didn't you choose to deal with this matter when it happened the second time?"
Yu Manlou felt that if the other party lacked the ability to handle this situation, he might arrange for someone to help him.
If that were the case, Li Mingyi would surely feel that he was being monitored and his authority undermined.
This would be detrimental to both of them, the company, and the group.
Facing Yu Manlou's questioning, Li Mingyi took a deep breath and explained.
"This matter is my fault. I had already sent people to investigate after the second accident, but they found nothing unusual."
"However, I have locked onto the accident area and will investigate it personally. Please rest assured, Chairman, he has not misjudged me."
"It better be," Yu Manlou hung up the phone.
Li Mingyi curled his lips. If it weren't for his prior oversight, he would have hung up on Yu Manlou long ago given his attitude.
...
In three days, Lin Tian's entire appearance had been refreshed.
He found the sunken ship, but he couldn't move it alone, so he only took a small portion.
After converting the treasure into cash, Lin Tian began spending lavishly. On the day he resigned, he even slapped the stingy manager.
He left the company under the astonished and admiring gazes of his colleagues.
Lin Tian wasn't preventing all fishing boats from operating. It was just that whenever he encountered one, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
However, the fact that he always encountered boats from Longgong Marine Company was something Lin Tian couldn't explain.
Perhaps the company's name clashed with him, so whenever Lin Tian saw a boat from this company, he would directly overturn it with a large wave.
Possessing power, Lin Tian didn't consider the consequences. Other than not killing anyone, Lin Tian had begun to become reckless.
He feared no one, acting lawlessly.
Today, he was happily going to retrieve more supplies from the sunken ship, feeling that this kind of life was heavenly.
Meanwhile, at Haicheng Port, Li Mingyi, who was about to board a ship to go out to sea, was being dissuaded by an employee in his forties.
"Boss, going out to sea has been too dangerous lately. I don't know if we've been overfishing too much and angered the sea god."
Li Mingyi snorted. The thought of someone targeting him made him feel restless, like a cat scratching his insides.
"Stop with the superstitious nonsense. I'm telling you, this is most likely someone tampering with things."
"What sea god? My fate is mine to control, not heaven's. Where does any god come from?"
"Set sail."
Seeing that they couldn't persuade their boss, the surrounding employees could only obey his orders and set sail.
After setting sail, Li Mingyi began scanning using the fishing radar in his mind.
He hadn't been out to sea recently. The fishing grounds he had designated hadn't been fully depleted, so he had no reason to change locations.
The fish in the ocean were inexhaustible. Of course, he had also clearly stipulated that small fish must be released so they could grow before being caught.
Li Mingyi had been to the accident area once before. The fish there were large and plump.
However, Li Mingyi noticed a school of sharks and a school of dolphins gathered together on the fishing radar, a very rare phenomenon.
The fishing radar could only detect marine life. Apart from marine creatures, it couldn't detect anything else.
"Get the crossbows and harpoons ready, we're going down."
Li Mingyi had a premonition that there was a secret down there, perhaps one that could explain what had been happening these past few days.
"Yes, boss."
Everyone here had lived by the sea for years; diving was as common as breathing for them.
...
This time, Lin Tian planned to use dolphins and sharks to help him transport boxes from the sunken ship.
"Everyone, put in some effort! When I get back, I'll buy you fish feed."
"Tell me what you want to eat, and I'll buy it for you."
Lin Tian exerted force to place a box onto the backs of two sharks, with two more sharks supporting them from below.
If it were the former Lin Tian, he probably couldn't even lift it, but now he felt his strength was boundless.
Just then, a deep-sea harpoon shot through the outer sharks. The blood instantly stimulated the other sharks, causing them to become agitated.
Sharks are aggressive. Therefore, for Li Mingyi to enter, he had to eliminate these gathered sharks.
As for the dolphins, they could be driven away.
As one shark died, deep-sea harpoons were fired from the hands of Li Mingyi's men.
Sharks were pierced through their brains and instantly killed.
These deep-sea harpoons were extremely lethal. Once they penetrated the body, the arrowhead would instantly blossom.
Blood spread rapidly, dyeing the seabed red.
The dolphins fled upon hearing the commotion. They had intended to take Lin Tian with them, but Lin Tian refused. Someone was actually killing his own people right in front of him.
That's right, Lin Tian had already considered these fish as his own people.
As the Emperor of the Deep Sea, these were his subjects. Those who kill others shall be killed by others.
He intended to leave all these people here. After all, accidents at sea were common.
Lin Tian was also smart enough to hide in the shadows, using the dolphins as cover.
"Boss, it's a sunken ship! We're rich!"
"Boss, surely he'll give us bonuses for this!"
Upon seeing the treasures on the sunken ship, the faces of the men, stained with the blood of their kill inside their oxygen masks, broke into smiles.
"A sunken ship?"
Li Mingyi let out a surprised gasp upon seeing the shipwreck.
He particularly noticed a box resting on the heads of two dead sharks.
A sharp glint flashed in Li Mingyi's eyes. He understood what this meant.
Someone had discovered a sunken ship here and had created the waves to prevent others from finding it.
Li Mingyi knew that the ability to create waves must be the work of a powerful martial artist using their internal energy.
Clearly, the person from just now was still here. But why did they flee? Their side clearly had no martial artists.
Li Mingyi had learned about the existence of martial artists from Yu Manlou.
Initially, Li Mingyi was shocked, but he later realized he was past the age to begin training and gave up.
However, Yu Manlou had told him that as long as he did well, becoming a martial artist was not impossible, depending entirely on the chairman's intentions.
This kept Li Mingyi's longing for martial arts alive. He never expected to encounter one now.
Without hesitation, Li Mingyi immediately contacted Yu Manlou, informing him about the martial artist and the sunken ship.
Yu Manlou told him to be careful and that reinforcements would arrive soon.
"Let's go."
"The bonus will not disappoint you. Salvaging requires professional personnel and tools."
Li Mingyi stopped his employees from trying to grab the treasures. Under the promise of bonuses, the employees reluctantly followed him, preparing to leave.
To be safe, Li Mingyi thought it best to retreat for now.
"You're leaving without taking any treasures? Did you sense something was wrong?"
A cold smile tugged at the corner of Lin Tian's mouth. He manipulated the surrounding seawater, forming whirlpools that enclosed these people.
When their oxygen runs out, they will all suffocate and die.