Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 504: Pirates

"In total, approximately forty tons." The leader of the salvage team came over to report, "We have salvaged all the lead ingots that were relatively easy to retrieve.

Additionally, we have also brought up some artifacts and items from the Ancient Roman period from the ships.

There are definitely more lead ingots remaining, but it will take considerable effort to find them. The difficulty of retrieval is not only high, but also very time-consuming."

"How much longer will it take?" Chen Yiyang inquired.

"A conservative estimate is one month."

"One month?" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Hearing this, Chen Yiyang stood on the deck of the salvage ship, looking into the distance. Even with the naked eye, he could vaguely see some ships wandering in the distance.

Ever since the first batch of lead ingots was salvaged, Chen Yiyang no longer allowed unrelated persons to board the salvage ship.

Including Jack’s team.

Chen Yiyang negotiated a buyout price with Jack, hoping to directly buy out all of Jack’s future profits.

But Jack had not yet decided whether to agree.

At this moment, Chen Yiyang’s phone rang, and Jack called to inform Chen Yiyang of their decision.

"Boss, I think the price you offered is quite good," Jack said. "Just pay according to the buyout price, I need to leave quickly."

"What’s going on?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"The news leaked, and now people all over the scene are frantically inquiring about this. I’ll say this upfront, I’m a man of principle, it wasn’t me who leaked the news, but with so many people on my team, and the logistics ship you hired nearby adding to that.

With so many people around, news leakage is quite normal. This is international waters, we can salvage freely, but it also means others can salvage freely too.

I think staying here any longer might put our lives in danger, better to take the money and leave immediately.

Besides, I advise you to leave here quickly too, a few guns from the security team can’t protect an entire ship."

"Alright, I understand." Chen Yiyang nodded.

Jack wasn’t wrong, with so many people, as soon as someone leaks the news, it quickly becomes public knowledge.

Especially when it involves invaluable Ancient Roman lead ingots.

The ships that have appeared in the nearby waters recently are definitely not here by coincidence.

These small boats don’t have salvage capabilities, but they definitely have the capability to rob salvage ships at gunpoint.

When a gunfight breaks out, both parties sticking to their guns can easily blow things out of proportion.

Given this, the right course of action is to salvage the majority of the lead ingots and leave quickly.

So Chen Yiyang went to the leader and shared his decision.

Stop the salvage work, and let those who have already learned the news and are hurrying to this sea area handle the remaining hard-to-find lead ingots.

Chen Yiyang and his team would first hurry back to their own waters and transport all the lead ingots to the warehouse before discussing further.

After issuing his instructions, the salvage fleet immediately ceased operations and began their journey back home.

But Chen Yiyang had still oversimplified this world.

Since the ships had set sail, the number of small boats following behind the fleet had not decreased but increased.

These small boats made no attempt to approach, only trailing far behind the salvage ship.

"Boss." The security team’s leader, whom Chen Yiyang had hired, came over to update him on the recent situation.

"I’ve already called and communicated with our company, and the company has fully authorized us to use our fire authorization. If anyone tries to board, we can open fire immediately. I have a consent form here that requires your signature."

Chen Yiyang took the document handed over by the security leader.

The main content of the document was to state that Chen Yiyang’s ship was under serious security threat, so the security team, to protect Chen Yiyang’s safety, would open fire immediately without needing instructions, if necessary.

The primary purpose of the document was for the security team to protect themselves, preventing a situation where, after opening fire and causing casualties, Chen Yiyang would disassociate himself and leave them in the lurch.

After all, it wasn’t unheard of for security teams to open fire to protect their employer’s safety, only for the employer to later deny authorizing the security team to open fire because of their reputation.

Chen Yiyang was indifferent to this, signing his name on it crisply and cleanly.

"At our current speed, we’ll soon be entering Southeast Asia waters, where it should be safer, right?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"No, that’s when it’s the most dangerous." The security team leader gave a surprising answer to Chen Yiyang.

"The reason these boats haven’t acted up until now is that they’re waiting for us to enter Southeast Asia waters, where they can claim to be Southeast Asian pirates or sea thieves to rob us, thinking we might hesitate to fire for fear of the repercussions?"

"What’s the reason for this? Also, are there pirates in Southeast Asia too?" Chen Yiyang’s knowledge of pirates was limited to Somali pirates.

He genuinely didn’t know that Southeast Asia also had pirates.

So the security leader explained to Chen Yiyang where pirates still existed in the world.

The most famous, of course, are the Somali pirates, where the large impoverished population combined with thriving maritime routes makes it a hotspot for piracy.

However, the well-known Somali pirates are primarily after money. Although they are armed, they generally don’t kill or injure people.

Once the money is acquired, they quickly release people, keeping their word to avoid sparking a multinational crackdown.

Aside from Somalia, West African pirates are not well-known but incredibly terrifying.

Because West Africa’s local situation is chaotic, with warlords in constant conflict.

This leads to pirates originating there having no modern concepts; their method of plundering resembles that of ancestors from hundreds of years ago, seizing ships and killing people, causing numerous incidents.

It’s just that international merchant ships rarely travel in their active regions, nor do they involve the interests of major countries, so they remain obscure.

The remaining ones are the Southeast Asian pirates.

It’s more accurate to call them sea thieves than pirates.

In the maritime areas surrounding Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines are where Southeast Asian pirates operate.

They typically use small boats to approach ships at night, then use various methods to climb aboard and begin stealing.

These sea thieves generally do not carry or use firearms, but they will use some melee weapons.

If discovered, they don’t mind tying people up to prevent disruption as they steal any readily available cash, electronics, or items from the ship.

But no matter how successful the heist is, or whether they steal valuable goods, they usually withdraw immediately after.

After all, with the surrounding countries having their coast guards, robbing ships is truly courting death.

"So, I think the people trailing us might pretend to be Southeast Asian sea thieves and sneak aboard. They’re betting we won’t fire carelessly to avoid causing a bad impact." The security leader explained.