Chapter 357: Stealing Giant Clams

In the moment Ye Cheng hesitated, Da Liu and them again pulled up a large seashell.

Ye Cheng quickly swam back, Xiao Hu had already been waiting impatiently.

"Brother, how is it? I think they look very happy."

Ye Cheng climbed onto the boat and sat down,

"Hmm, they pulled up a few things from the Sea Bottom, like seashells."

"What's so mysterious about seashells?"

"It should be giant clam." Ye Cheng said.

Giant clam is known as the king of shells in the sea, and is the largest bivalve mollusk in the world.

The giant clam's appearance is not particularly beautiful; its texture is thick and rough, with many huge protrusions and grooves on the surface, but when the shell opens, gorgeous colors such as peacock blue, pink, and emerald green are very attractive.

Therefore, giant clam is often polished into Buddhist prayer beads and carvings, symbolizing purity and harmony, and is highly revered in Buddhist circles.

In ancient times it was also regarded as a treasure; for example, the hat ornament of a sixth-rank official in the Qing dynasty was made of giant clam.

And this kind of giant clam can live up to a hundred years, growing extremely slowly; each giant clam represents a piece of coral ecosystem, so harvesting it not only takes the clam but also destroys the entire coral ecosystem.

After so many years of fishing, giant clams have become extremely rare, and they are even a first-class protected animal in our country; unexpectedly, the little devils actually found a few here and want to steal them.

"Giant clam, I'm going!" Xiao Hu exclaimed in shock, "What should we do?"

"Call the police! They're too many." Ye Cheng took out his phone.

After thinking for a while, the only option was to call the police; we only have two people here, we wouldn't stand a chance in a fight.

Now we can only follow them and then notify the police to come and arrest them.

If we call the police, we only have Liu Jin's number; we don't know who he can reach.

After 1 a. m., Liu Jin had just finished a case and was about to sleep when suddenly a call came in.

Liu Jin cursed loudly,

"Damn it, what bullshit thing is this now."

Then he answered the phone.

"Who is it? It's the middle of the night." Liu Jin said angrily.

"Chief Liu, I'm Ye Cheng from Baiyun Village." a familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

Ye Cheng?

Why is this kid calling me in the middle of the night?

I was going to scold him, but this kid has a good relationship with the villagers; Deputy Township Head Li has mentioned him several times at meetings.

I should keep a low profile.

"Ye Cheng, what's going on so late?"

"Chief Liu, I'm at sea; I've found a few little devils coming to steal our giant clams—please hurry and send people to catch them."

"What?" Liu Jin was shocked, almost dropping his phone.

Stealing giant clams is already a serious crime.

Moreover, it's the little devils stealing them—this is an even bigger incident.

Chief Liu felt a bit nervous; he usually handles village brawls and petty theft like stealing chickens and dogs.

He's never dealt with a murder case, and now he's being told there are foreigners—little devils, no less.

No way!

This is a major matter; I must report it immediately.

"Ye Cheng, are you sure?"

"Sure, Chief Liu—I saw it clearly: it's a moored fishing boat, Da Liu is on it, and then three devils; they've pulled up several giant clams."

Hearing Ye Cheng's certainty, Liu Jin didn't have time to wonder why Ye Cheng was there too; he quickly said,

"Then keep track of them, we'll stay in contact, and I'll report to the City Bureau."

He's just a police station; although it's by the sea, it has no maritime patrol capability, so he can only turn to the City Bureau, which has marine police.

The matter was quickly reported up; hearing that little devils were coming to steal a national treasure, it directly alarmed the City Bureau Chief, Zhou Zu Hai.

At 2 a. m. deep in the night, the City Bureau was brightly lit.

Seven or eight police cars had already assembled, and thirty fully armed special police stood before Zhou Zu Hai.

Zhou Zu Hai was very pleased with the troops' morale; he slightly nodded and spoke loudly,

"Let me explain tonight's mission: twenty minutes ago we received a report that little devils came here to steal giant clams, they've already succeeded; now we must reach the sea as fast as possible to intercept them, understand?"

"Understood!" the special police below shouted in unison.

Going on a mission is fine, but catching little devils—who wouldn't be excited?

This is a matter of bringing honor to one's ancestors, something you can brag about for a lifetime.

"Deploy!"

With Zhou Zu Hai's order, the alarm instantly tore through the night's quiet as they headed toward the seaside.

This time the marine police dispatched three speedboats, quickly heading to the position Ye Cheng had mentioned.

Liu Jin was also on the boat; he was responsible for staying in contact with Ye Cheng. Once the boat went out to sea, he would call Ye Cheng to tell him to keep tracking them.

The call connected, but before he could speak, a loud "Bang!" came from the other end, then a "Plop!", and the phone went silent, only the busy tone "beep beep beep" remained.

"Hello? Hello? Ye Cheng? Ye Cheng?" Liu Jin called a few times, but there was no response at all.

His heart tightened; could something have happened?

He hurriedly called back, but no matter how he tried, he couldn't get through.

Ten minutes earlier.

After Ye Cheng finished the call, he quietly stayed on the boat, watching Da Liu and their boat.

Liu Jin had already contacted me earlier; the city bureau's Chief Zhou was dispatching the sea police, who would be heading out to sea imminently, and I just needed to wait.

Just then, Xiao Hu suddenly pointed at the opposite side,

"Brother, look, they're moving."

Ye Cheng stood up and looked; sure enough, for some unknown reason, Da Liu's fishing boat started moving.

"Follow." Ye Cheng called out, quietly starting the boat and giving chase.

Da Liu and them weren't going very fast; they probably hadn't noticed me.

But their direction wasn't toward the dock; they were heading straight out to sea.

"Brother, where are they going?" Xiao Hu asked, puzzled.

"I don't know; let's follow a bit longer and then decide."

Ye Cheng was now worried about one thing: he feared that Da Liu and them might try to flee.

After following for five minutes, Ye Cheng realized something was off—they showed no intention of turning back toward the dock.

They were definitely trying to escape; if there were another rescue boat to transfer the cargo to, it would be troublesome.

He glanced back at Xiao Hu and grinned.

"Xiao Hu, dare to pull off something big?"

Xiao Hu said nonchalantly,

"If we're playing, we play; I'll follow your lead."

Seeing Xiao Hu's support, Ye Cheng suddenly felt a surge of heroic spirit and let out a loud laugh.

"Alright, then we'll go big—let's directly capsize their boat!"

Xiao Hu stared for a moment, then immediately gave a thumbs up.

"Brother, you're really going big, but don't worry—if we capsize it, I'll jump over and at least take out three of those little devils."

"Good, brothers, let's also unleash our heroic spirit today! True hero colors!"

Having said that, Ye Cheng accelerated the boat to the left and plunged into the darkness.

To ram, we also need to find the right angle.

At this angle, it would be a rear-end collision.

What he wants is a ram.

Speaking of Da Liu and them, on their boat.