This Civilization is Strong, Just a Bit Crooked on the Tech Tree
Chapter 12

Maritime Sound Bombardment

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Chen Yi watched the two cargo ships in the screen moving closer together, then looked at the weapons in the hands of the crew on both sides.

Good heavens, this is either smuggling or selling narcotics!

"Everyone is responsible for reporting illegal activities."

"At worst, I'll earn some consciousness waves and build a super robot, an Iron Man bodyguard to protect myself."

Thinking about the consciousness waves he had almost completely depleted building his new drone today, and the potential consequences of so many narcotics flowing in.

Considering himself to still have a conscience, Chen Yi decisively opened his streaming software and started broadcasting.

"666, the streamer is still playing with planes late at night?"

"Looking at the background, this is out at sea, right?"

"Quick, quick, quick, fly into space again!"

"When will the streamer's engine ship? I've been looking forward to it so much I'm about to turn into a 'looking-forward-to-an-engine stone'."

"Ever since I started watching the streamer's broadcast, my back doesn't hurt and my legs don't ache anymore. The effect is great."

As soon as the stream started, a group of night owls who had set up broadcast notifications rushed in, excitedly posting comments.

At Jinling University, Shao Kaiwang, who had already secured his postgraduate recommendation in his second year and was chatting with his professor, asking for advice, felt his phone vibrate twice, lighting up the screen.

The professor saw this and teased, "Girlfriend looking for you?"

"Teacher, please don't make fun of me. I've been blissfully unaware of girlfriend troubles since I was a child."

Shao Kaiwang took out his phone and looked at it, then said happily, "It's the content creator I told you about yesterday. They've started streaming."

"Let me see."

The professor became interested and gestured for Shao Kaiwang to open the stream so they could watch together.

Yesterday, Shao Kaiwang and a few others had brought the tracked photos and playback recordings from the stream to ask for his advice.

Although his first reaction at the time was that the drone's exterior design was shockingly ugly.

But immediately after, he was drawn to the drone's unique aerodynamic layout.

After careful analysis and contemplation, it had given him many new ideas and inspiration.

"Broadcasting a night flight, altitude 3800 meters, in a low-speed hovering state."

Shao Kaiwang opened the stream and first checked the parameters displayed on the avionics interface, reporting the flight status.

"Altitude 3800 meters? Are civilian drone technologies this advanced now?"

The professor exclaimed, then suddenly seemed to discover something, pointing at the image displayed on the radar imaging interface.

"Wait, zoom in on this image, look here."

At this moment, not only the professor had noticed the problem, but the netizens in the live stream had also reacted.

"Holy crap, everyone look at what those two ships below are doing?"

"Are these all real weapons?"

"6666, a late-night gathering at sea, I believe they are innocent!"

"Look quickly, someone's taking out boxes, and the boxes are full of cash and narcotics!"

"Streamer, are you keeping watch for them?"

"So many narcotics, keeping watch is a serious offense."

"Extremely serious!"

The netizens' shouts seemed to celebrate Chen Yi's impending arrest.

Chen Yi looked at these comments, glanced at the rapidly increasing consciousness waves, and took out his phone with a speechless expression.

"What do you mean I'm keeping watch and it's a serious offense?"

"Can't you see I'm reporting criminals?"

Saying that, Chen Yi decisively dialed the emergency number.

"Hello, 911? I've discovered people trading narcotics, a large quantity, at least dozens of kilograms."

"Narcotics?"

The operator paused for a moment, then reacted, quickly grabbing paper and pen: "Where did you discover this? What is the specific location? And please hide yourself immediately to ensure your safety."

"Don't worry, I'm safe. As for the transaction location... 24.35 degrees North latitude, 118.05 degrees East longitude."

Chen Yi glanced at the avionics interface and reported the drone's current coordinates.

The operator searched the coordinates and found that the location corresponding to these coordinates was a sea area, at least fifty kilometers from the nearest land.

"Sir, reporting a false alarm is subject to detention."

"I am not lying," Chen Yi replied.

"You made this call in Penghai City, but the transaction location is tens of kilometers out at sea. How did you discover it? Sir, I am now formally warning you, if you continue to report false information, I will detain you."

"I was discovered by a test flight drone."

Chen Yi said speechlessly, "As someone who flies drones, isn't it normal for me to find criminals selling narcotics at sea?

If you still don't believe me, I'm live-streaming right now.

Live stream ID: 04198, you can check the live stream to verify!"

As he spoke, Chen Yi controlled the drone to descend, reaching an altitude of 1000 meters above the two cargo ships.

He adjusted the camera, which had billions of pixels, three times. Using the moonlight, he clearly captured the faces of the people on board.

At this moment, the operator also found Chen Yi's live stream.

Upon seeing the narcotics being exchanged in the footage, as well as the weapons in the hands of the people on the ship.

The operator was stunned for a second, and the next moment, he hurriedly called the Director.

"Director, I received a report from a concerned citizen. While test flying a drone, he discovered people trading narcotics at sea. The quantity is large, at least dozens of kilograms!"

"Is the intel confirmed?"

The Director, who was still working overtime, was taken aback by the operator's report.

"It's confirmed. This concerned citizen is also live-streaming, with the ID: 04198. Over 800,000 netizens are watching. Oh no, they've discovered us!"

The operator reported quickly.

But before he could finish speaking, he saw someone on the ship suddenly pull out a satellite phone.

After a few sentences, the person abruptly looked up at the sky.

With a shout.

Everyone's weapons were angrily aimed at the sky, spitting out flames and bullets with a bratatatata.

This sudden change made the operator instinctively exclaim, "Quick, quickly ascend the drone, don't let them destroy it.

We've already contacted the local maritime bureau and armed police. We need you to provide location assistance, they'll be here soon."

"It's fine, I'm at an altitude of one thousand meters."

Chen Yi, who was interacting with the live stream comments and sending out consciousness waves, heard the shouts from his phone and looked at the radar imaging interface.

While enjoying the group's anger, he didn't forget to control the drone to take a close-up shot of each of them as they looked up and fired.

In this era of facial recognition, with these photos.

Even if they escaped today, these photos would become their death warrants.

After shooting for over ten seconds.

The people on the ship seemed to realize that their gunfire was useless against the drone in the sky.

They all put away their weapons, and the ships began to separate and move away.

At the same time, the narcotics that had just been traded were taken out bag by bag, cut open, and thrown into the sea.

"Damn it, streamer, they're trying to escape and destroy evidence!"

"Don't let them get away!"

"Charge, charge, streamer, stop them, I'll tip you a hundred rockets!"

The comments exploded.

Dense tipping effects kept appearing, and the system program's consciousness waves surged rapidly.

"Don't worry, they won't escape!"

Chen Yi watched the people fleeing the scene and destroying evidence. He picked up his phone and asked the operator, "If I injure them while stopping them, that's not illegal, right?"

The operator looked at the Director, who had already arrived, and received an affirmative answer. He hurriedly replied, "Don't worry, the current evidence is sufficient to show that these are extremely wicked narcotics traffickers."

"You stopping them is assisting the police in combating criminals, it's completely legal."

"That's good then."

Chen Yi smiled and tapped on his keyboard.

The radar scanned the surrounding sea, confirming that there were no other fishing boats or cargo ships within a few kilometers.

The next second, Chen Yi pushed the drone's throttle to the maximum, pulled the control stick, and stomped on the foot pedals.

Under Chen Yi's control, the drone first ascended rapidly, then, like a swallow's return, it plunged downwards at extreme speed.

The entire aircraft was like a bolt of lightning, descending from the sky and cutting towards the space between the two cargo ships.

"Dangerous maneuver, do not imitate!"

When less than 50 meters from the cargo ships, Chen Yi shouted, pulled the control stick to change from a dive to level flight, and then floored the accelerator.

Boom!

The tail flame erupted, like a fiery meteor in the night sky.

Layers of white mist appeared around.

The fuselage seemed to blur for a moment, and then it broke the sound barrier, roaring between the two cargo ships.

Rumble!

The drone broke the sound barrier, and the air shockwave spread outwards.

Strong winds whipped up waves several meters high on the sea surface. The personnel on the ships who were destroying the narcotics cried out in pain, covering their ears and rolling on the deck in agony.

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