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Lu Ao nodded.

Song Zhou squeezed his shoulder. "Let's clear everything out first, check the other ships, and once we've confirmed there's nothing left on any of them, we'll lure the poachers over."

"I'll go with you."

"Sure. It won't take long." Song Zhou said, "Just move this stuff to the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency's courtyard."

Lu Ao nodded.

Working together, they quickly emptied the ship.

Then they moved on to the other vessels.

The poachers had a whole fleet of thirteen ships, each one at least medium-sized.

They searched the ships one by one. Every vessel had more or fewer of these treasure-filled chests. Perhaps the poachers lacked any sense of security and did not trust others with their valuables, so they brought their treasures along every time they went to sea.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou moved every chest of treasure to the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency.

After moving the last chest, Lu Ao counted them. There were seventy-seven chests piled in the small courtyard outside the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency, most of them large.

You Li came out to see the commotion. When he saw the items inside, he was greatly astonished. "Where did you find all this? So many of these good things aren't even on the market anymore. Historians thought they'd been lost to the sands of time."

Lu Ao said, "We stole them from poachers."

"Poachers?"

Lu Ao nodded.

They had visited every ship. No matter which vessel they entered, they found large quantities of animal products in the refrigerated storage and freezers, mainly shark fins and fish livers. There were also plenty of Coral, Giant Clam, Hawksbill Turtle, and the like. They killed whatever was rare.

You Li understood immediately.

Holding a gemstone necklace made of Turquoise and diamonds, he