Shi Tengchuan Ying was in an extremely foul mood. He had the fleet tow sonar equipment back and forth through this stretch of sea, yet two weeks had passed without any gains.
He knew the approximate route taken by the China Scientific Expedition Team, but the Pacific Ocean was terrifyingly vast. Finding a seismometer that had sunk to the seabed was like looking for a needle in the ocean.
They had found the previous seismometer because of its signal.
But seismometers only transmitted signals during earthquakes, which was a real headache.
The entire Island Nation lay on an earthquake belt and had always suffered frequent disasters. Earthquakes caused particularly severe losses every year, so they were determined to obtain seismometer technology.
With seismometer warning technology and earthquake early warnings, they could avoid many losses.
Holding binoculars as he stared over the boundless sea, Shi Tengchuan Ying's face darkened. They had salvaged the China Scientific Expedition Team's instrument last time, thinking they had struck gold, only to discover it was damaged. Its core technology was gone, and that seismometer had long since become useless.
He did not know whether the seismometer salvaged by the Americans was intact, but he had received a strict order from above: he had to retrieve an undamaged seismometer.
"Damn orders." Shi Tengchuan Ying lowered his binoculars and cursed under his breath.
Just as he was grumbling, a soldier in a white sailor uniform ran over, his face full of excitement. "Captain, a long-wave signal has been detected eighty nautical miles to the northeast. There are signals in other directions as well—three in total."
"Three signals?" Shi Tengchuan Ying was ecstatic. "Record the coordinates of every signal immediately. Head for the sea area closest to one of them."
"Yes, Captain."
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