"Some of the people on our ship had already noticed something was wrong, because the specifications for this escort of supplies were very high, and even our unit's internal security department had no right to inspect it."

"But we have discipline, we only obey orders, and we don't listen, speak, or ask about what we shouldn't know. So after a simple preparation, our ship set sail."

"But what I didn't expect was..." The woman paused here, "We were sailing on the high seas at about midnight. It was during a shift break, but... but just as I was passing those containers placed on the deck, preparing to return to the cabin to rest, I suddenly heard a sound from inside the containers."

"The sound wasn't loud, but it was very peculiar," she recalled, "It was like something very sharp was scraping against sheet metal."

"I was also possessed by a ghost at the time, and an uncontrollable curiosity arose in my heart. I slowly moved closer, and the closer I got to the container, the more difficult it became to suppress that curiosity. Then, I even had an urge to open it and take a look." At this point, the woman revealed a look of regret.

Although she quickly suppressed the expression of emotion, everyone present was not an ordinary person, and naturally captured this point.

"What happened later?" someone asked, it was the rock climbing woman from before.

"After I regained consciousness, I was already locked up," the older woman sighed, "Sitting across from me was a man, staring at me coldly. I had never seen him before, about 50 years old, dressed in plain clothes, without any markings on his shoulders or collar."

"Not someone from your ship?"

"No," the woman shook her head, "But I could feel that he was one of us too, but his status was much higher than ours. Because later our captain came in escorted by two people, and the captain's attitude towards this person also explained this point."

The woman gestured to her shoulder and added, "Our captain has two bars and four stars."

"Later they asked me something, but I was muddled at the time, and I can't remember."

As for why the woman couldn't remember, everyone understood.

"Then I was taken out by two people, they were all wearing helmets and dark green lenses that I had never seen before. I couldn't see their eyes, but I could feel the cold eyes behind the lenses."

"I was very strange at the time, how could there suddenly be so many people I didn't recognize on the ship, but until I was taken to the large conference room, when I passed the deck on the way, I realized that four dark green containers had been opened, and more than a dozen people were carrying something back and forth nearby, and there were also people in the same dress holding guns on guard."

"They were carrying neat wooden boxes, some large and some small, but they looked very heavy. Sometimes it even took three or four people to work together."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions became subtle. The wooden boxes probably contained weapons and ammunition.

But... this is on the high seas.

A single oversight could cause big trouble.

Everyone was quietly guessing what kind of thing would cause such a big commotion.

"When I was looking there, the person escorting me behind pushed me with the butt of his gun. This was very sudden, and I didn't stand firm and fell. There happened to be something next to me, and I grabbed it with my hand in a hurry. It turned out to be a large piece of dark green tarpaulin."

"After the tarpaulin was torn off, it covered a cannon."

"But not the kind that fires shells, but a huge four-pronged harpoon was stuck in the muzzle, with sharp points, about two meters long."

"A whaling gun?!" someone exclaimed.

Everyone's eyes turned to her, it was the petite loli who hadn't spoken all along.

For some reason, it seemed that things with the heavy industrial-era steel smell changed when they came out of the loli's mouth.

The older woman glanced at her, without confirming or denying, and simply added, "I'm not sure about the other side, but there are probably 4 to 5 more similar things covered in dark tarpaulin on this side."

The young master who had been somewhat frivolous before also fell silent. After a long while, he slowly said, "Your ship's tonnage is not low."

"Please continue," Jiang Cheng nodded.

The woman paused and continued, "After that, I was taken to the largest conference room on the ship. As soon as I entered, I found that almost all the crew members were there. Everyone looked very nervous, and even the sound of the door opening startled them."

"The 50-year-old man I had seen before was standing in the most conspicuous position. There were several armed guards standing beside him, and there were also armed people in the corners."

"I looked at the person escorting me, and suddenly found that his finger was on the trigger, and..." the woman took a deep breath, "He didn't turn off the safety."

"The man with the high status took a kraft paper bag from another adjutant-like person in front of us, and then tore it open on the spot. There was only one page of paper inside. He read the document on the paper in public, and then announced that he would immediately take over the ship."

"Everyone on board, regardless of rank, must obey his command, and orders must be obeyed."

"From this moment on, enter a state of wartime control, and everyone must unconditionally obey the temporary control regulations."

"Cut off all contact with the outside world, maintain radio silence throughout the entire journey, implement light control throughout the ship when traveling at night, and ensure that at least two people are on duty at the same time in key positions."

"Those who violate will be dealt with according to military law!"

The woman deserved to be someone who had worked her way up, and her description of these things was calm and clear, and there was no warmth in her words. She was only used to stating facts.

People of that era grew up listening to the heroic stories of their predecessors, so they had an absolute belief in the regulations, even if no one was pointing a gun at them.

The woman exhaled, as if giving herself and others a chance to breathe, "Then he left the captain and the heads of various departments behind, and the rest of the people returned to their respective posts under the supervision of armed personnel."

"Then he took out another document, which was about our mission this time."

Now everyone could see that this was definitely not the simple maritime rescue mentioned earlier, but a standard top-secret military mission.

Judging from the mission configuration and the compliance with wartime control regulations, the confidentiality level of this mission was unimaginably high. It was difficult for local authorities to have such great decision-making power, and this order was likely issued directly from the capital.

The woman's words were also very measured. She seemed to have revealed a lot, but it was difficult to trace the source through her words.

Because she didn't mention the coordinates here, and there were no names of people or places. Just such a story without beginning or end could be written by the top-ranked writers in the Qidian Chinese Network suspense channel.

This was a kind of protection for Jiang Cheng and others, as well as for the woman herself.