83 Silver Necklace (1/2)
After leaving the shipyard, Chen Fan took out his phone to call Chen Shuguang, to ask him where he was so that they could go prepare the travel documents. Chen Shuguang was indeed a veteran. After the two of them arrived at the travel agency and took three two-inch colored photos with white a background, they only needed to fill out an exit application form, and they could go back and collect their visas two days later.
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After waiting for two days, Chen Fan received a call from the shipyard informing him that the submarine model was ready and could officially be put into use.
”How is it? Are you satisfied with how it looks?” The middle-aged man pointed at the submarine model behind him. ”I've made the tail thruster valve almost like the real one. If we make it according to the dimensions, it will definitely scare our Zhongyun Navy to death!”
”Your 'Seawolf Class' seems to be spelled wrong.” Chen Fan pointed at the alphabets on the submarine body. ”I remember seeing on the internet, I think it's 'Soawllf Class'.”
”Well….” The man looked a little confused. ”I also searched for it on the internet and it should be correct!” The fact was the man had indeed gotten it wrong, but Chen Fan wasn't right either!
”Forget it, I'm also not too sure.” Chen Fan went into the submarine to have a look before nodding. ”The overall feel is not bad. Push it into the sea and get a tugboat to tow it further away. I'll make a call to get a ship to pull it away.”
”Alright!” The owner shouted to a few strong men to come over, poured oil onto the axis, and then removed the skid underneath the submarine model, causing it to slide into the water with the slope's inertia.
Thump! With a thunderous sound, the entire submarine fell into the water, producing enormous waves. Once it got into the water, huge water bubbles appeared on both sides of the submarine. After thirty seconds when the water storage tanks at the two sides had been filled with water, the submarine started going slowly into the water, showing only its black tower at the top.
After getting people to pull the submarine model to the designated location, Chen Fan drove to the beach. While there was no one around, he wrapped the Kunwu dagger and the Luger pistol with a few layers of plastic bag before taping them onto the front claw of the electric eel. He was getting them ready for use in Myanmar.
After the taping was done, Chen Fan huddled back into the car to control the eel. He got the eel to grab the tail of the submarine and use its claws to turn the valve, filling the hold with some water so that the submarine could sink to the bottom of the sea on its own.
”Fully manual silent submarine...” Chen Fan exclaimed as he drove toward Zhongyun City's airport.
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After leaving his car in the car park, Chen Fan dialed Chen Shuguang's number to ask him where he was.
”I'm here!” Just as he stepped into the main building, Chen Shuguang came forward wearing a yellow cap. He thrust a plastic bag at Chen Fan before pointing to his own attire. ”Quickly go to the toilet and get changed. We signed up for a tour group, so our attire has to be uniform.”
”This is real ugly…” Chen Fan pulled out a yellow cap printed with the words ”Fiyata Travel Agency” on it. ”Why does it look like an orange?”
Chen Shuguang gave him a 'count yourself lucky' expression. ”The travel agency I signed up with the previous time gave a green cap!”
After getting changed and following the tour group into the plane, Chen Fan pretended to rest with his eyes closed while he focused his thoughts on the electric eel. The electric eel grabbed the thirty-meter long, six meter wide submarine with its claws as if it had caught a bighead carp. With the meteor hammer on the submarine, the eel held onto the four U-shaped clamps, moving its tail and swimming toward Myanmar.
The flight time from Zhongyun to Myanmar was around seven hours, but the electric eel needed almost three days with its current speed. Just when Chen Fan was focused on the electric eel, Chen Shuguang who was seated near the aisle gave Chen Fan's shoulder a pat.
”What is it?” Chen Fan shifted his thoughts back and opened his eyes.
”We're arriving at Yangon airport in another half an hour. Let me explain to you the culture and taboos there.” Before Chen Fan could reply, Chen Shuguang started rattling. ”Ninety-five out of a hundred people there believe in Buddhism. Although you're not a believer, you have to put your palms together when you see a statue of a Buddha in front of others. Don't ever use your left hand when someone passes you something, not even when shaking hands…”
”What the hell, so many taboos!” Chen Fan could not help but respond with vulgarities. ”You can't go out today, can't borrow money tomorrow, can't give gifts the day after...then what's the point of living?”
”Just get used to it, get used to it!” Chen Shuguang gestured him to calm down.