Little Gerald Frederick didn’t know if these kidnappers would kill him, but he knew that he was ‘dead’. Even if he could still survive to obtain it, the elder Frederick would kill him.
Of course, this statement may be a bit exaggerated. Old Frederick indeed loved the Moonlight Gold very much, and his affection for it far exceeded that of each of his wives and children.
Since the delivery of the Moonlight Gold, old Frederick would still spend a few weeks every year on this ship, no matter how busy he was.
For the past thirteen years, Frederick Sr. has added to the ship's collection every year, and everything he likes, from medieval armor to new century art paintings, will be housed here.
Little Gerald was his favorite son, but he had never entered the main control room of the Moonlight Gold, nor had he been to the storage room on the lower three floors that could be called a museum.
But now, the ship has been hijacked, and Gerald knows very well whose fault it is. It was him who mobilized the security team usually stationed around the ship, leaving six long-term security guards stationed on the ship.
This is not the first time he has done this. Young Gerald is the seventh generation of the Frederick family. His family is a century-old wealthy family in the true sense. He does this at the family dinner table, in school, and at the shareholder meeting.
, he must conform to his own personality.
But privately, little Gerald is also an irritable teenager full of hormones. He longs for heart-wrenching shouts, longs for all-night carnivals with sexy girls, and longs to have unique artistic symbols tattooed on his body.
If possible, little Gerald even wanted to become a rock singer.
Therefore, young Gerald, who was bohemian and free-spirited at heart, would sometimes secretly have parties on his father's love boat in the name of class reunions.
As the Moonlight Gold's artificial canopy was activated, soft artificial light gradually replaced the natural light, making the atmosphere on the deck become magical.
Perhaps because the system was originally set up this way, or perhaps because of Alia's own hobby, the artificial skylight gradually became translucent.
Through the canopy, the hostages and robbers on the deck could see that the sunlight became softer through the sea, and the fish in the shallow sea were frightened by this huge thing and scattered away.
Then, a huge shadow swept across the sky of the Moonlight Gold, and everyone could clearly see that the tentacles, which were at least 300 meters away, were covered with suction cups.
Many hostages screamed, which was much more violent than when they were kidnapped before.
Of course, the performance of the several kidnappers was not much better. They subconsciously aimed their guns, but then realized that the weapons in their hands were only toothpick-level weapons.
Martin began to assemble his recoilless rifle in a pile of arms boxes, but his trembling hands could not even open the box.
But soon, the kidnappers and hostages became ashamed of their actions.
Outside the canopy, three mermaids floated up from below and looked curiously at the inside of the canopy. Their beautiful looks and proud figures decorated only with shells made all the men present swallow their saliva involuntarily, and the women subconsciously looked down.
He glanced at his chest.
Two of the mermaids suddenly opened a shining scroll, which read: "Welcome to the underwater world!"
If your eyesight is good enough, you can still see a line of small print on the next side: "This ship was built by Newport Huntington Industries."
The leading mermaid waved to everyone and disappeared into the deep sea with her little sisters, or in other words, they exited the screen...
An AR animation with astonishing effects was even the first time for little Gerald to see it, and he was greatly shocked.
This ship was Frederick Sr.'s private kingdom. His wife and children had never been lucky enough to go to sea on this ship, let alone dive.
God knows what the old guy did when he was on this ship. Little Gerald just hoped that these kidnappers would never let him go back.
This ship is worth nearly 10 billion. Young Gerald knows very well that although he is favored, in the heart of Old Frederick, it is definitely not worth 10 billion.
"Gentlemen, if you want money, you can find it on this ship." After all, little Gerald was a man who received an elite education. After experiencing the initial panic and fear, he quickly made up his mind.
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He planned to take this opportunity to get rid of the family completely and live the life he wanted. Anyway, if he messed up this matter, he would not have the chance to inherit the family business in the future.
For the sake of the family bloodline, the old man would not really kill himself because of this matter, so why not take a risk?
The only thing he needs to do is to convince these reckless men with guns that he is worth more alive than dead.
A few minutes later, the saint arrived at the control room with the overly cooperative hostage. He swore to God that they really had no intention of kidnapping the hostage in exchange for money.
According to the original plan, these hostages would be abandoned in a safe enough place within forty-eight hours, and then the two parties would never see each other again.
But this little Mr. Gerald obviously didn't want their trip to be in vain, and he offered to cooperate with them in opening the Moonlight Gold's treasure house.
The saint wanted to explain that he was not a kidnapper, but when the other party said that the contents of the vault were worth billions, even the saint's pure heart was contaminated.
The reason why he participated in the death fighting competition was not just a lie. All the prize money he won was indeed donated to the monastery.
Unfortunately, the priest of the diocese was still dissatisfied with the saint and changed the money he donated to the poor areas in his own capacity as the saint.
When they entered the main control room at the bottom of the elevator, both of them were equally shocked.
Compared to the Saints who were shocked by the environment in the main control room, Gerrard Jr. was obviously more receptive to this place. Perhaps he had already made up his mind about what kind of arrogant his father was.
"I can open the vault below the Moonlight Gold, as long as you can guarantee my safety and not ask for ransom from my father." Little Gerald was about to make his request when he was interrupted by Tang Ji.
Already.
"We are not kidnappers, and this is not a kidnapping." Tang Ji looked at Soult sitting on the throne, turning the pages of the book curiously, with a smile on his lips: "To be precise, this is a robbery, and the goal is just this.
Ship."
"And you are a burden that disrupts our plans. You will leave here soon." Tang Ji didn't want to explain too much to the young master: "Just wait patiently and don't do anything stupid."
"Am I a burden?" Little Gerald was irritated by the other party's eyes and shouted angrily: "If I hadn't transferred the guards here, you wouldn't even be able to get close to this ship!"
Tang Ji's experience in this business was relatively shallow. He had never seen such a hostage before, so he just answered perfunctorily: "In that case, thank you for the convenience."
Immediately, he waved his hand, and the Saint grabbed Gerald's arm and escorted him out of the control room.
Little Gerald was just an interlude. Tang Ji knew that from now on, the real test was waiting for them outside the sea.
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Military technology, Queen Diana.
Mikkelsen stepped off the helicopter in a dusty state, covering his hat with one hand to prevent it from blowing away. In front of him, several officers in black uniforms were saluting.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Senior Commissioner." Captain Boris of the Queen Diana led Mikkelsen to the bridge.
No non-professionals should be allowed to enter here, but Mikkelsen's identity is obviously enough to make an exception.
"Our target disappeared five nautical miles west of the coastline. According to our judgment of the ship, it would take forty-three minutes for it to submerge to a safe enough distance." Boris knew why Mikkelsen came and took the initiative.
Introducing the situation.
Not only did he know the other party's purpose, but he also knew that just on the way here, the surrounding special correspondents sent a report with a list of names to the military science and technology headquarters.
Given the title of senior special agent, before Mikkelsen landed, the person in charge of the San Diego citywide search and the two on-site commanders had already been stripped of their military uniforms.
What awaits them will be a trial by the Military Technology Internal Court, charged with dereliction of duty.
"We are warming up the Queen Diana. It will take some time to complete the turn. Before that, my boys will make preparations for the anti-submarine aircraft to take off." Boris came up with a fairly detailed plan.
It was made by the Queen's staff who worked hard to make it.
No one wants their name to appear in Mikkelsen's next report.
"I don't understand naval warfare, but I want to know, Captain, when your anti-submarine aircraft takes off and arrives in the direction where the Moonlight Gold disappeared, how confident is it that it can catch the tail of that ship?" Mikkelsen looked in front of him.
The tactical board asked rhetorically.
"Well, we don't know the detailed parameters of that ship yet, we can only wait for the actual results..." Captain Boris began to sweat on his forehead.
At the same time, in the warehouse at No. 68 Cruise Terminal Street, another Mikkelsen was commanding the armed soldiers of on-site military technology to recover the life-saving capsules in the warehouse.
He carefully read the descriptions of all the body's abilities one by one, while Mikkelsen, who was sitting far away in the joint office, created a file for these abilities.
Soon the file was sent to the analysis department, and a few minutes later, several capabilities were marked in red.
This proves that the possible follow-up development of this ability has the potential to shake the foundation of human civilization. Mikkelsen at the warehouse scene expressionlessly opened the life-saving capsules, using an old-fashioned pistol, one after another
Executed these bodies.
This wasn't the first time he had done something like this. In fact, Mikkelsen couldn't even remember how many bodies he had cleared that were marked as dangerous.
When Mikkelsen realized that he could not substantially threaten the players, his first thought was to stifle their potential.
Killing those superhuman bodies that are likely to reach an uncontrollable level is undoubtedly the simplest and most efficient method.
This situation continued until Tang Ji appeared...
That not-so-smart Avenger obviously made those players furious. When he thought of this, Mikkelsen couldn't help but reveal a smile on his dead face.
However, against the backdrop of the corpses around him, this smile made the military technology soldiers carrying the life-support capsules around him speed up their pace.
Mikkelsen's short-lived joy did not dispel his plan to target Tangji. Under his pressure, Captain Boris's ground crew completed preparations for the anti-submarine aircraft to take off seven minutes in advance.
At this time, the aircraft had carried the appropriate equipment and was parked on the deck waiting to take off.
The flight team was already in place at this time, and was finally communicating with the ground crew about the parameters of various equipment. When the green light came on in the helmet, the plane rushed out impatiently.
It only took three minutes and twenty seconds for the anti-submarine aircraft to arrive at the Moonlight Gold's dive coordinates.
Such a huge ship would leave traces on the screen even if it dived dozens of meters below the sea surface, but the Queen Diana found nothing in the nearby waters.
The magnetic anomaly detector it was equipped with also had no response.
The Moonlight Gold disappeared so quickly that Captain Boris once wondered whether Newport Huntington Industries had installed some backdoor program on his ship.
After all, several detection equipment carried on anti-submarine aircraft are also manufactured by the other party. Military technology products of the same type have never been able to surpass the parameters of their peers and can only accept the market's choices.
The undetected anti-submarine aircraft finally drew a large circle of more than ten nautical miles on the sea, and dropped a marine drone at a distance of 800 meters.
These drones, which are comparable in size and appearance to large gas tanks, can be regarded as some kind of small remote-controlled submarines.
They will sink at extremely fast speeds and use sonar to continuously search for targets.
The size of the Moonlight Gold is far larger than that of conventional submarines, which means its radar illumination area also far exceeds the standard value.
But in the vast sea, with dozens of drones, whether they can find the target depends on God's will.
This made Mikkelsen very satisfied. He just wanted to know how much potential the other party had to tap and whether it could become part of his plan.
Mikkelsen feels that with Tang Ji's character and if he is lucky enough, he is definitely the most suitable candidate.
And all Mikkelsen needs to pay is to cure a child, or at least ensure that a seriously ill and dying child is in a safe enough place.
Thinking of this, Mikkelsen looked at the virtual sandbox more intently, waiting for the results.
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Under Aria's control, the Moonlight Gold operates with unprecedented smoothness. It is a highly intelligent ship. If it were not to prevent mechanical failures, it could achieve zero labor, just like it does now.
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It is like a bulging puffer fish, lurking at the origin of the dive coordinates, at a depth of 330 meters.
Aaliya took the time to study the theories related to anti-submarine, checked the information about the members of the aerial anti-submarine crew, made a psychological profile, and then chose the most reliable lurking plan - staying put.