A milk-white long-haired Tu Song transformed into a wolf-like creature, Bai, stood at the edge of the fish pond and let out a wolf howl towards the twenty or so dogs.
After the wolf howl, Bai leaped and quickly sprinted towards the dock.
The pack of dogs followed Bai, excitedly howling, and ran swiftly towards the dock.
Among them, the slender dog led the charge, closely following Bai, its speed around fifty kilometers per hour, like an arrow in the night.
Seeing the dogs running, the little fox’s cheeks showed a look of disdain.
Trying to keep up with the dogs’ speed wasn’t much of an issue for Ansheng, but as a little fox with short legs, Ansheng didn’t usually enjoy running.
"I thought we were coming for a new energy fishing trip, yet I didn’t expect to run two miles before fishing."
The little fox sighed deeply, moved its limbs to catch up with the gradually distant pack of dogs, and then flipped over to ride on the back of the frolicking slender dog.
The slender dog was momentarily stunned but didn’t mind, carrying the fox on its back as it chased after the leader.
Once the dogs entered the dock, instead of going into the depths, they dashed westward along the riverbank, running almost three kilometers west before reaching a shallow area, where wolf-form Bai flipped over the barrier.
Bai stopped, eyes like an eagle, sharply focusing on the river course, while other dogs panted beside Bai, forming a long snake-like formation.
"Is it going to start a fight?"
Ansheng’s ears twitched slightly, hearing the waves in the river, thinking Bai was leading the dogs to battle strange big fish in the river course.
After a moment of waiting, familiar engine roars filled the air, and a swarm of modified speedboats appeared densely on the shallow area. Bai snarled ferociously at the modified speedboats. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ɴoᴠel Fɪre.nᴇt
The dogs also displayed fierce expressions, gradually closing in on the speedboats docked by the shallow area.
"Pay up! Pay up! We’ll pay——"
Under Bai’s lead, the dogs approached the modified speedboats—the closest person immediately spoke upon seeing Bai and the dogs coming over.
On a nearly six-meter-long modified speedboat, three people held six large plastic bags.
Bai raised his head, the speedboat’s owner sat helplessly at the bow, opened a plastic bag, took out a roast chicken, and under the watchful eyes of the dogs, bit the chicken before throwing it to the shallow area.
The slender dog jumped up, caught the steaming roast chicken, and happily went aside to eat.
The two other speedboat crew members, like the owner, took a bite of their roast chicken and tossed it to the dogs.
The dogs seemed accustomed to this, orderly lining up to take turns jumping up and eating the chicken.
Bai squatted nearby, as steady as an old dog, not eating the food thrown by the speedboat owner.
"....are you robbing a big fly?" Ansheng looked at the wolf-formed Bai with a look of surprise and suspicion.
Bai nudged the little fox, indicating it should go and collect some food, as it would keep watch. If the opposite side dared to drug the food, Bai would flip the boat.
The dogs at the shallow area and the speedboat owners seemed to have encountered each other before, as both sides conducted themselves properly.
The owner and two crew members fed the dogs while other speedboat crew members uncovered waterproof cloth from the cabin, revealing boxes of traditional Chinese version 4090 graphics cards and boxes filled with CPU chips, unloading them.
Some crew members threw boxes from the speedboat, while others stood in the shallow water, received the goods, and walked towards the shore, where tricycles had long been waiting at a hidden spot, reversing into position.
Exchanging a few words, the crew loaded the graphics cards or CPUs onto the tricycles.
Besides ROG computer components, Ansheng also saw two new BMW motorcycles covered in dust, nearly a hundred car rims, and boxes of milk powder.
They were truly milk powder cans, bearing Hong Kong labels.
Next came ten tons of frozen pig trotters, with two nearly six-meter-long speedboats tossing boxes of frozen goods onto the riverbank, while people in tricycles and electric bikes quickly retreated after grabbing a couple of items.
The riverbank was exceptionally lively at dawn, and within half an hour, the speedboats had all but left, with tricycles and electric bikes disappearing without a trace.
The two motorcycles with foreign plates were directly ridden away by several youths, taking off as soon as fuel was added.
"Unbelievable, the big fly even formed a group...." Ansheng was stunned as he watched the whole scene.
Of course, Ansheng wasn’t surprised by the presence of a big fly on the river course.
In reality, having a big fly around the rivers was normal; on the sea, they encountered patrols from the maritime police, but to avoid maritime police pursuit, they could only run to the river domain because the rivers fell under the jurisdiction of the water police.
When two different enforcement areas intersect, without joint enforcement, handling someone else’s jurisdiction became impossible.
What surprised Ansheng was how these big flies dared to travel in groups; weren’t they afraid of Jiule dispatching iron dragonflies (armed helicopters)?
As long as any ship carried illegal items, the iron dragonfly could truly sweep the river domain into chaos.
"It’s almost one o’clock, why aren’t they here yet!" The speedboat owner cursed while looking at his electronic watch after feeding the river dogs.
The rivers weren’t safe, apart from the recent half-year presence of dogs who extorted at fixed times and locations.
Moreover, there were crocodiles and big fish in the river; encountering the dogs was manageable, allowing mutual negotiation, trying their luck ordering delivery for a thousand bucks as a landing fee.
But if encountering crocodiles or big fish, those smuggling computer parts could face severe outcomes like shipwrecked and deaths.
And afterward, they wouldn’t dare alert the police; an inspection by the security agency would reveal their superficial jobs and earnings didn’t match at all.
Although death meant no prison sentence, the result of having illegal income seized would definitely be more tragic than going to prison!
The speedboat owner anxiously awaited the passengers, even consoled himself to call them, asking why Mazu’s visa wasn’t processed instantly—how could it drag on for almost half an hour.
Previously this was insignificant, but every extra second on the surface now added to the danger!
"I can’t risk a million-dollar speedboat for a bit of fuel cost, can I?"
Being the leader, Bai waited until all the dogs had eaten their fill and the owner played no tricks before leisurely starting to eat supper.
However, Bai had barely started eating when suddenly sensing something, sharply turned to look at the dark river surface, barking intensely.
Hearing Bai’s barking, the speedboat owner’s heart suddenly jolted, urgently ordering the big fly crew.
However, it was too late.
A fish with a duckbill-like, chin-like shape suddenly leaped from the river, crashing heavily onto the river surface, stirring up giant waves.
Under the raging waves, the speedboat, not yet started, rocked violently, throwing the owner and two crew members into the river.
The nearly nine-meter-long giant fish, almost comparable to a small semi-trailer truck, arrived in front of a speedboat, raised its head, using its weight to press against the boat’s edge.
It seemed intent on dumping something out but found nothing inside; the earlier loaded graphics cards and CPUs had already been unloaded onto the tricycles.