Chapter 63: The Night Before the Storm Begins

On the fishing boat.

Su Tianbei stood on the deck, turning his head to look at the maritime police patrol ships with flashing warning lights and various speedboats rushing out from the shore's lock gates. With a worried expression, he said to Su Tianyu: "You're risking your life! Once you enter the estuary, what if you can't get out?"

Su Tianyu glanced back at him: "I know what I'm doing. You all leave first."

"Forget it, I'll stay!" This was when family feelings showed - Su Tianbei said to Dog Six almost without hesitation: "You go with them, I'll stay to control the ship."

"Do you know how to pilot a ship?" Su Tianyu looked at him and said: "Listen to me, just hurry and leave. Wait for me at the fixed position like I just told you."

"Let's go."

The old Thunder Boy rushed over and urged: "Hurry up, if the maritime police surround us, we'll all be caught."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Dog Six, Su Tianbei could only prioritize the bigger picture and returned to the speedboat with the old Thunder Boys via the ropes hanging on the ship's side. One of the old Thunder Boys appeared somewhat bulky around the waist.

At this time, Kong Zhenghui, who was staying behind to wrap things up, suddenly waved his hand and called out: "You go first, I'll control the ship with Little Six."

These desperados hired by Yu Mingyuan would definitely be dead if caught by the maritime police, so they didn't try to persuade Kong Zhenghui further. They just drove the three speedboats away quickly.

On the ship, Kong Zhenghui carried a gun to the cockpit and looked at the maritime police patrol ships on the sea surface, asking Su Tianyu urgently: "Do you know how to pilot a ship?"

"Yes, I've had experience before. Modern ships all have automatic navigation systems. If we didn't need to rush into the inner harbor, we wouldn't even need to leave anyone on the ship," Su Tianyu operated while turning his head to look at Kong Zhenghui: "Why didn't you leave?"

"I'm afraid if something happens to you, you'll turn us all in afterward," Kong Zhenghui replied casually. "If I'm with you, the risk is controllable."

"You're also a gambler!" Su Tianyu accurately evaluated Kong Zhenghui.

"I'll watch the people in the cabin and let you know the maritime police positions," Kong Zhenghui knew exactly what he needed to do. After dropping these words, he took the walkie-talkie and ran off.

On the sea surface, waves rolled and cold wind blew as Su Tianyu piloted the fishing boat directly toward the nearby estuary.

Dragon City had a freshwater river called Dragon River, which was built by the city's water conservancy planning department when the city was first established. Its source was 500 kilometers east of Dragon City, and its tail was in Zha'nan District. This was also the origin of Zha'nan District's name, as the river water passed through locks here to merge with the sea.

When the fishing boat rushed into the estuary, maritime police speedboats and patrol ships from all directions had already surrounded them, and because the estuary was very close to the port, the maritime police speedboats that rushed out from the lock gates were visibly approaching the fishing boat.

Kong Zhenghui saw the swarm of maritime police speedboats behind them and shouted into the walkie-talkie with his scalp tingling: "Hurry the fuck up, I can already see the nostrils of the speedboat officers!"

"Almost there, almost there!" Su Tianyu piloted the fishing boat into the estuary and could already see East Dragon Bridge not far ahead: "When the ship gets there, you jump off."

As he spoke, Su Tianyu pushed the ship's power to maximum. The bottom of the fishing boat made obvious collision sounds with the reefs, and even the iron plates on both sides below the ship occasionally sparked.

Although Dragon River was not shallow, the channel near the estuary was full of reefs. Some of these were naturally formed, and some were artificially placed, with the purpose of using the reefs to control the waves here and keep the water surface stable.

About two kilometers away, on the maritime police patrol ship, Tang Baiqing, with bloodshot eyes and a ferocious expression, shouted: "Urge the speedboats to hurry up! They can open fire, but they must stop the fishing boat near East Dragon Bridge for me!"

When Tang Baiqing saw the fishing boat rush into the estuary, his composure truly exploded, because no one knew better than him what huge trouble this batch of goods would bring to himself, the dock gang, and even some leaders in customs if exposed.

"Vroom vroom!"

On the river channel of the estuary, the engine sounds were overwhelming. After seven or eight speedboats rushed in, someone shouted through a megaphone: "Ship ahead, stop immediately, or we'll open fire."

At the same time, two helicopters from the port's maritime police had also flown out, flying low at an angle as they approached.

Kong Zhenghui, hiding in the ship's cabin, saw the helicopters coming in low and his heart jumped to his throat: "Dog Six, can you fucking do this or not? We're going to be trapped here!"

In the cockpit.

Even Su Tianyu, with his extraordinarily large guts and abnormal psychological quality, was sweating on his forehead with bloodshot eyes at this moment.

He had originally returned to Dragon City planning to take the civil service exam and develop a positive energy career, but he never expected that less than five months after landing, he would already be fucking mixing with old Thunder Boys and desperados.

If caught, forget about civil service - if they could avoid the death penalty, it would be like their ancestral graves smoking with luck.

Su Tianyu gripped the rudder, looking at the underwater information fed back on the radar, and shouted to Kong Zhenghui again: "Prepare to jump!"

"Vroom vroom!"

The speedboats roared from behind, in the blink of an eye less than a hundred meters away.

Kong Zhenghui ran out of the cabin without hesitation, holding the walkie-talkie and shouting: "I'm not waiting for you anymore, I'm leaving!"

"Everyone on the ship, get down on your knees with your hands on your heads, now!" The officers on the maritime police speedboats had already seen Kong Zhenghui.

"Get down on your mother's knees!"

Kong Zhenghui certainly had no reason to shoot at the maritime police speedboats, as that would be a completely different crime from their current situation, so he threw away the gun he had taken from the dock gang and jumped directly off the ship. The distant maritime police couldn't stop him in time.

In the cockpit.

Su Tianyu only set the automatic navigation after seeing East Dragon Bridge was within reach, then turned and ran to the outer deck.

"Rat-tat-tat..."

Just then, the maritime police opened fire, forcing Su Tianyu back into the cockpit.

Behind, the police speedboats rushed over. The maritime police officers who had been prepared on board immediately threw ropes to board the ship.

In the water, Kong Zhenghui surfaced and saw the maritime police already climbing onto the ship, and Su Tianyu had been forced back into the cockpit by gunfire. His heart instantly went cold: "It's over, he can't get out."

"Pull the ship, don't let them pass the bridge!"

Tang Baiqing's shout echoed on the public channel as his eyes remained fixed on the fishing boat's position.

Several police speedboats, after hooking their ropes to the fishing boat's railings, began to drive backward frantically, trying to pull the boat to a stop and prevent it from passing East Dragon Bridge.

Underwater.

Kong Zhenghui, that old gambler, was truly scared. As he dove, he was thinking about what he should do if Su Tianyu was caught in the act. Would he sell everyone out?

"Bubble bubble!"

Just as Kong Zhenghui was somewhat dazed, sudden light sounds arose underwater.

In Dragon River.

Several speedboats were frantically pulling at the medium-sized fishing boat, but their tonnage was too low. The officers on the speedboats watched with their own eyes as the fishing boat passed East Dragon Bridge.

In just these few meters of distance, everything would become different.

At the dock.

Xu Hu rushed out of his room barefoot, wearing pajamas, his face very panicked as he shouted: "Hurry up, you motherfuckers hurry up!"