Balan contacted Yang De via radio and satellite phone and asked Yang De to hand over the extraordinary items on the cruise ship. If he did not hand over the extraordinary items, he would kill all the hijacked tourists.
He gave Yang De an hour and a half to think. If Yang De didn't agree, he would kill one person every five minutes until they were all killed.
That cruise ship comes from China, and the tourists and crew on the cruise ship are all citizens of China.
He threatened the institute with the lives of the people of Middle-earth and demanded that the institute hand over all the extraordinary items obtained from the ruins.
This kind of thing can no longer be regarded as provocation. It is basically stepping on the face of the institute and jumping sideways repeatedly.
This kind of thing cannot be undone.
This is not only related to the lives of the Chinese citizens on that ship.
If the other party succeeds this time, it will be profitable to kidnap Chinese citizens, and the lives of all Chinese citizens outside the country may be in danger in the future, and the institute's prestige among all extraordinary organizations around the world will be ruined.
The prestige of an organization is not only related to the face of the organization, but also related to the positions of the many outsiders affiliated with the organization.
In a 'peaceful' order where distribution cannot be determined directly by force, 'face' or 'power' can sometimes greatly affect the distribution of benefits.
For example, if some small organization discovers the ruins passage on the high seas, no matter how legitimate their reasons are, they must let it go and form an alliance with some large organizations to share this exploration opportunity.
But the institute can just eat it all in one big bite and enjoy the opportunity to explore all to itself.
So Balaam must pay the price for this incident, and all the tourists who were kidnapped must be rescued.
But Balan is a C-level one after all, and not just any small team can complete this mission.
Currently, the C-level closest to Balan and capable of completing the mission is Yang De.
So things finally came full circle and came back to Yang De.
But Yang De has to guard the extraordinary items on the cruise ship. Even if he has entered the safe area, these extraordinary items still need a C-level guard.
Then Yang De thought of He Ao.
Although He Ao's combat effectiveness was somewhat erratic, he was able to kill the C-level psychiatrist and was able to withstand the attack of C-level Hu Wen.
In terms of overall strength, He Ao is considered a C-level player.
But the problem with He Ao is that he is not a staff member of the institute and has no obligation to help the institute.
"So I am going to entrust you to be the acting captain of this ship and temporarily protect the ship until support from the institute arrives."
Yang De looked at He Ao, "This time, the 10,000 points approved by the above can be used as task rewards. Together with your previous 15,000 points, there is no need to go through the process and they will be credited immediately."
Ten thousand points is almost the entry price for C-level extraordinary items.
There is only more than an hour until support from the institute arrives.
For more than an hour, I worked as an acting captain in a safe sea, and received a C-class extraordinary item.
Or get it immediately.
The institute seems to be really angry this time.
But He Ao also knew that if someone else changed, he probably wouldn't be able to get this price.
After all, he had just returned to support the cruise ship and when he dealt with the psychiatrist, he didn't mention any compensation at all.
The reward was mentioned by Yang De after the fact.
Trust is mutual.
Moreover, this task is almost equivalent to handing over all the research institute's gains from this ruins to He Ao's hands.
"But the money is not that easy to get. Although the possibility of danger is unlikely now, and the support from the institute will arrive quickly, but"
Yang De looked at He Ao and added softly, "We don't know what kind of tricks the enemy will use. This mission is still risky. How do you think about it?"
He Ao thought for a moment and nodded slightly,
"OK."
He will also need to borrow the power of the institute in the future. The stronger the power shown by the institute and the higher its prestige, the easier it will be for him to borrow the power of the institute in the future. What is convenient for others is what is convenient for oneself.
"Heroes come from young men!"
Yang De laughed loudly, "Don't worry, we won't let you suffer."
At this point, he changed the topic, "But it's better to be careful in everything. If you encounter a relatively strong danger, wait for the support from the institute to arrive."
He Ao nodded slightly.
The two then chatted about some simple management details.
The more we chatted with Yang De, the happier he became. He only explained some basic ship knowledge and left it all to He Ao to make his own decision, and then asked Ye Feng to bring Nini in.
The little girl looked around blankly, then looked at Yang De, who was sitting in the middle.
Yang De does not look very kind, but looks a bit serious and fierce.
The first time Nini saw Yang De, she shrank towards He Ao.
Yang De knelt down and looked at Nini, "Uncle is going to help Nini find her parents later, but he needs Nini's help. It might hurt a little, is that okay?"
Nini looked up at He Ao, then at Yang De, and then nodded lightly.
"Then Nini, close your eyes."
Yang De said softly.
Nini closed her eyes obediently and nodded.
Yang De took out a small red box from the cabinet nearby. He slowly opened the lid of the box and revealed the items inside.
It was a lifelike finger, as if it had just been severed from a human body. This finger was suspended on a round bright red base, and seemed to be pointing in a certain direction.
While Yang De was moving the box, the direction of the box rotated, and the finger moved slowly and rotated back to its original direction.
No matter how Yang De moves the box, the finger points in the same direction.
Yang De signaled Ye Feng to lift the little girl's hand, pull out her index finger, and then took out a silver knife. The silver knife flashed past, and a subtle bright red oozed from the little girl's index finger.
This bright red comes together to form a drop of blood, which drips onto the bright red base and completely blends into the base.
The moment the blood dripped into the base, the entire box shook, and then the lifelike finger trembled and slowly rotated, pointing in a direction diagonally behind the cruise ship.
Yang De turned the box. No matter how the box changed its position, his fingers pointed in that direction.
Then Yang De closed the box, took out a band-aid and put it on the little girl.
The little girl never screamed during the whole process.
"You can open your eyes now."
Yang De said softly.
The little girl opened her eyes and huddled behind He Ao.
"This is an item that can be used to find people. It requires a drop of the blood of a close relative to point to the location of someone with the closest blood relationship."
Yang De put the box aside and explained softly.
Since the purpose is to rescue people, the location of the pirate mother ship is actually not that important. Just locate the hijacked tourists directly.
According to the pirates, all tourists are locked up together.
Yang De then went to gather the crew and announced that He Ao was temporarily in charge of the ship.
The crew did not resist the news. After all, He Ao's record and prestige were there, and the knowledge lasted more than an hour.
Then Yang De quickly set off in a speedboat with several staff from the field department.
But he kept Ye Feng with He Ao and worked as his assistant.
After all, the two have already collaborated once, so it would be natural for them to collaborate again.
By the time everything was over, and only ten minutes of back and forth, Yang De drove the speedboat and disappeared into the night.
The little girl Nini held He Ao's hand. She looked at the band-aid on her hand and looked up at He Ao, "Brother, can you really find your parents?"
"Certainly possible."
He Ao smiled, knelt down and rubbed Nini's head.
"Um."
Nini looked at the unsealed vegetable paper bag fluttering on He Ao's head in the sea breeze, "Brother, why doesn't this bag of yours even fall off in the wind?"
"Because the eldest brother is a magician," He Ao put his hand on the paper bag, "just watch."
The paper bag suddenly turned into a monkey mask, and suddenly turned into a pig head mask.
The little girl's melancholy was briefly dispelled by this 'magic'. She looked at He Ao's changes with surprise and curiosity, and exclaimed "Wow wow wow".
At this time, a figure walked over under the light.
The commentator also came over and stared blankly at He Ao's changes.
"Is this magic?"
She said nonchalantly.
"It's magic!"
Little girl raises her hands.
He Ao showed the colorful ring worn on the little finger of his left hand, opened his mouth slightly, and mouthed, "Extraordinary item."
"oh!"
The commentator suddenly realized.
Then He Ao changed into a Superman holster, a humanoid armor holster, an Adam type 1 holster, and an Adam type 2 holster...
After playing with Nini for a while, the commentator took Nini to her room to sleep. He Ao stretched out and stood on the deck of the bow.
The breeze ruffled his hair.
Deep in the night, the light points belonging to the ships flickered.
Ye Feng walked out of the cabin at some point. He stood behind He Ao and stared at the silent night together.
There are more and more ships around, and they are getting closer to the port.
"Tell me," after a while, He Ao suddenly said, "would anyone use the same strategy twice in a short period of time?"
"Probably not,"
Ye Feng thought for a moment, "After he used it once, the other party must have become wary. If he uses it a second time, it will have no effect."
"Yes," He Ao looked at the slowly approaching lights in the distance, "Do you have night vision binoculars?"
"I am searching."
Ye Feng ran into the cabin. After a while, he took out two telescopes and handed one to He Ao.
He Ao took the telescope and looked at the light. It was a huge coal ship, with the flag of the Theia Empire hanging on the top of the ship. It was slowly coming against the waves.
"Check the information broadcast by their automatic ship identification system to see if there is any abnormality."
He Ao said softly.
The automatic ship identification system is a navigational aid system used for maritime safety and communication between ships and between ships and shores. It will communicate ship position, speed, course, ship name and other information with nearby ships to avoid ship collisions.
Most normal sailing ships will be equipped with this system. Pirate ships generally do not have this system. Even if they do, they are normal hijacked ships. There may be abnormalities in the sailing records, but they can obtain the ship's navigation information by receiving this signal.
The institute's cruise ship has been followed before, maybe because of this signal.
This was one of the pieces of information that Yang De briefly mentioned to He Ao before he left.
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