Dick's fawning smile instantly froze. He knew General Porter wasn't joking with him.

He quickly knelt on the ground, begging General Porter to spare his life.

General Porter looked at the man who had lost his dignity, groveling on the ground, desperately begging for survival. His expression returned to seriousness, and he said to Dick, "Your death is very important to me."

Then, he took the million-dollar check from the guard and tore it to shreds in front of Dick.

Two soldiers picked him up, preparing to drag him out. At this moment, General Porter added, "Clean it up. Dismember him and sink him into the deep sea to feed the fish. Don't let anyone discover him."

Dick fainted upon hearing these words.

...

After that day, Major Dick Beale of the Roosevelt Road Naval Base disappeared, along with the administrator of the civilian码头.

General Porter announced to the public that Dick Beale, in collusion with others, had stolen a submarine from the base and fled, intending to sell advanced American weapons and equipment to socialist countries. General Porter also deliberately created panic among the upper echelons of the U.S. military, claiming that once unlisted advanced weapons fell into the hands of other countries, it could lead to the leakage of the core secrets of the U.S. Navy.

Under General Porter's deliberate exaggeration, the upper echelons of the U.S. military agreed to General Porter's proposal to launch a secret military special operation in the North Atlantic Ocean. The objective of the operation was to search for and intercept the submarine stolen by Dick and others in the North Atlantic waters. If the target resisted, the submarine could be sunk on the spot.

General Porter was naturally appointed as the commander of this special military operation in the North Atlantic.

General Porter, according to Dick's pre-mortem instructions regarding the direction Jennifer and the others were heading, roughly delineated a range. Then, he sent two flight squadrons, a total of sixteen aircraft, to fly at high altitude over the sea surface to search for the target. At the same time, he also sent four submarine chasers to search for underwater targets.

General Porter's intention was clear: he did not intend to eliminate Zoey and the others, but to find them and obtain the secrets of their operation.

On the third day of the special operation, the flight squadron discovered the submarine's踪迹. At that time, the submarine happened to surface, and the pilots caught it red-handed.

"Reporting to the commander, target found, reporting to the commander, target found. Target coordinates: longitude -70.1067, latitude 29.5429. Please reply when received. Report complete."

"Maintain a long-distance surveillance of the target, do not attack. I repeat, do not attack. Over."

"Roger."

When the command post received the coordinates from the flight squadron, it immediately sent the coordinates to the submarine chasers, requesting the submarine chasers to also maintain a long-distance observation and not be discovered by the target.

The target was right in front of them, but the commander did not take any measures to intercept it. Instead, he wanted to continue tracking it. The soldiers did not understand the commander's thinking.

After the submarine surfaced for a while, it began to descend. The flight squadron lost its target and returned to base.

The submarine chasers continued to track the target from a long distance and provided real-time updates of the coordinates to the command post.

The submarine's speed was not fast, and the direction of travel did not deviate. The tracking soldiers discovered that the submarine was heading straight for the Bermuda Triangle.

The soldiers were nervous. They were well aware of the rumors about the Bermuda Triangle, so they immediately reported the discovery to the command post.

General Porter still maintained his previous order: continue tracking, pay attention to concealment, and do not open fire.

"Reporting to the commander, the target has entered the Bermuda Triangle. Should we continue to follow?"

"Maintain pursuit."

"But..."

"Maintain pursuit."

"Roger!"

Not long after the flight squadron and the submarine chasers followed the target submarine into the Bermuda Triangle, the signal was interfered with. They could not send information smoothly, nor could they receive information normally.

The flight squadron did not dare to go any further. So, they flew in circles in the outer area of the Bermuda Triangle for a while and then returned to base.

The submarine chasers continued to track, and the intermittent radar signal could still show the submarine's position. However, after the submarine entered the Bermuda Triangle for a period of time, the positioning signal on the radar suddenly disappeared.

The officers of three of the submarine chasers ordered an immediate return, while another submarine chaser, due to being too far in, disappeared from the radar signal before it could issue a retreat order.

"Didn't 03003 return?"

"Yes, Commander. 03003 lost contact with us shortly after entering the Bermuda Triangle."

"Record the coordinates of the sea area where 03003 disappeared, stare at these coordinates, pay attention to receiving signals, and prepare for rescue in time."

"Roger, Commander."

The Bermuda Triangle was like a bottomless洞. No one knew what was inside the洞, only that it was full of dangers.

General Porter seemed to be waiting for something. He neither dared to send people in rashly, nor did he order a retreat. He only stationed people to wait on the periphery of the Triangle.

Several days passed without any movement. Even General Porter began to suspect that the fleeing submarine had deviated from its original course and had unfortunately sunk in the Bermuda Triangle waters.

Just as General Porter was hesitating whether to order a withdrawal, the flight squadron, which was scouting ahead, sent back a message. They had discovered the submarine again. The submarine was sailing out of the Bermuda Triangle.

"Good! Good! I knew it!" General Porter was extremely excited upon hearing this news. He immediately ordered the flight squadron and the surface forces to keep a close eye on it, get as close as possible, and not let the submarine escape.

Then, General Porter personally boarded a warship and headed to the coordinates where the submarine was located.

...

After exiting the Bermuda Triangle, Jennifer discovered signals from ships near the submarine through radar. At first, she thought they were passing freighters or fishing boats and didn't pay attention to them. But no matter how she navigated, she couldn't shake off the signals from those ships. Experience told her that the submarine was being followed, and the people following them were not ordinary people...

Being able to maintain a certain distance at all times and not being shaken off by Jennifer could only be the military...

Jennifer told everyone the news, and everyone was both confused and at a loss.

"Could it be that we were betrayed by Dick?" Zoey subconsciously thought of this.

Jennifer was silent on the side. She didn't believe that her former comrade-in-arms would betray her.

"There is another possibility." Han Yu said calmly, "There is a traitor among the five of us who has been leaking information to the outside world."

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly realized that there was some truth to it. The submarine had disappeared in international waters for so long, and as soon as it emerged, a group of maritime forces were following and tracking it.

This meant that they had been waiting nearby for a long time.