These words made Yan Yincheng's face tighten even more.
The situation seemed to be more serious than he had imagined, because it wasn't just Xu Zixi who had gone missing, but also the others in the protection team.
He pricked up his ears to listen to the sounds around him. There was the sound of rain, the sound of wind, and the sound of waves, but there was no sound of someone swimming in the water or surfacing.
Looking back, he gave A Meng a cold order.
"Make him talk."
He didn't specify who, but A Meng immediately understood his instruction. Rolling up his sleeves, A Meng slapped Duan Jia hard across the face.
For a moment, the only sounds around were the sounds of punches and kicks and the man's painful wails. It made the people on the other boat tremble with fear.
At this time, another boat came from behind. It was Vice Dean Meng and the others who had rushed over in a hurry.
Seeing A Meng dealing with Duan Jia, these researchers who had never seen such a scene felt a bit soft - hearted and tried to persuade them, "It's better to hand over any problems and conflicts to the police, right?"
However, when they heard that Xu Zixi and the others had lost contact and that it was Duan Jia who had caused it, Vice Dean Meng was so angry that his fingers were shaking.
"Good job! He's worse than a brute!"
A Meng was the most muscular one among the bodyguards, and he had also been a mercenary before. He knew best how to deal with an enemy spy and make the other person talk. Even well - trained soldiers couldn't withstand such methods, let alone Duan Jia?
Before long, A Meng had pried his mouth open.
"I tampered with the locator on the equipment. I added a device to interfere with the signal, and I also tampered with the oxygen tank. The oxygen in it was only enough for half an hour, but the dial showed it was full."
On the boat of the protection team, Zhang Li, the employee left behind to provide support, turned pale with fright. "They've been in the water for more than half an hour."
As if in response to her words, as soon as she finished speaking, there were bursts of splashing sounds around. Everyone turned their heads and saw several heads emerging from different areas of the sea, shaking the water off their heads.
Zhang Li exclaimed in surprise, "It's them! It's them! They're back!"
Duan Jia's face changed, and he murmured, "It's impossible... It's impossible..."
Everyone on the scene let out a sigh of relief. Vice Dean Meng quickly said to the people on his own boat, "Hurry, go and pull them out of the water!"
The members of the protection team were pulled onto the boat one by one. Before they could ask what had happened, Zhang Li cried out again, "No! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... One is missing! General Manager Xu... General Manager Xu isn't back..."
General Manager Xu... wasn't that Xu Zixi?
For a moment, everyone on the scene turned their eyes to Yan Yincheng.
Yan Yincheng stood up and said calmly and firmly, "I'll take care of her. I will definitely bring her back."
But Wei Shu, who was putting on the diving equipment for him, clearly saw that his fingers trembled slightly.
Before putting on the oxygen mask, Yan Yincheng asked to the left, "Where did Xu Zixi enter the water?"
Zhang Li quickly replied, "General Manager Xu was responsible for areas C1 - 1 to C1 - 4. The entry point is just to your right!"
Yan Yincheng took a deep breath. After confirming that all his equipment was properly worn, he took an oxygen tank and entered the water from the position Zhang Li had mentioned.
The moment he was submerged in the water, Yan Yincheng felt that his heart had never been so calm.
When he was unconscious after the car accident, she had overcome her fear of death and rushed him to the hospital as fast as she could. So this time, whether it was to heaven or to hell, he would hold on tightly to his woman! He would bring her back to this world and keep her by his side!
...
Forty minutes ago.
"I'm responsible for areas C1 - 1 to C1 - 4. Fang Ruiyang is responsible for areas C1 - 5 to C1 - 8. Wei Yuantao is responsible for..."
Xu Zixi assigned the responsible areas to everyone and then reached out her hand forward.
"Today is the first difficult problem our protection team has faced since its establishment. In the days to come, we may encounter countless similar situations. Protecting the Golden Amber is our duty!"
"Don't worry, everyone. We're not fighting alone. The research team will come here soon and join us. So I hope everyone will cheer up, search for the pollutants with all their might, and take them out of this sea area!"
Everyone placed their hands on hers and said in unison, "Come on!"
After getting ready, everyone entered the water one by one and dived towards the seabed.
After diving about ten meters, Xu Zixi noticed something was wrong. She was an experienced diver and was very sensitive to the pressure of oxygen. She immediately found that the oxygen in the oxygen tank on her back was not enough, but the dial showed it was full.
Realizing that their equipment had been tampered with, she immediately stopped diving and tried to press the communicator on her body to inform the others of this news.
But no matter how much she pressed, Fang Ruiyang, who was about five meters away from her, didn't respond at all.
She judged that the communicator was also out of order.
Without hesitation, she turned around and swam towards Fang Ruiyang. The movement of the water attracted Fang Ruiyang's attention. Looking back, he saw Xu Zixi swimming towards him. He made a questioning gesture.
Xu Zixi pointed to her oxygen tank and her communication device, indicating that there was a problem.
Fang Ruiyang was shocked. He pressed the communication button, but there was no response from Xu Zixi. He tried another set of codes, but still received no answer.
After joining hands to deal with the Zhao family, they had developed a tacit understanding. After Xu Zixi confirmed that he had noticed something was wrong, she made a gesture to him, asking him to pass this news on in the same way she did.
The entry points of everyone were very close. Before long, the people underwater already knew that there was a problem with the equipment. However, this couldn't stop their determination to continue diving.
Just as Xu Zixi had said, this was a challenge for them, and they would face countless such challenges in the future. They were determined to resolve the current crisis of the "Golden Amber"!
As the diving depth gradually increased, the pressure from the sea water on her also became greater and greater. But in order to find the pollutants, she adjusted her breathing while carefully rummaging through the coral reefs.
When they had dived a few days ago, there had been a lot of fish in the sea, but today, the number of fish swimming in the sea had obviously decreased, which was clearly affected by that pollutant.
What on earth had entered this sea area and affected so many fish? If it affected the "Golden Amber" because of this...
Xu Zixi's movement paused for a moment and then accelerated.
Before long, she noticed something strange. It was true that the number of fish in the sea had decreased, but there were still some. However, there was a place where a large area was empty, and no fish was willing to pass through there.
That was the place!