CHAPTER 1127: CHAPTER 444: WHAT IS LIFE COMPARED TO MONEY?

James Sterling walked out of the small dark room at 3 a.m. the next day.

Yes, the wild weekend party wasn’t able to continue.

When the Coast Guard arrived, those magical things, after shouting almost the same words at the Coast Guard, seemed to have received a response.

Then James Sterling witnessed the most unbelievable scene of his life.

Those jumbled things suddenly began to transform in front of him, then burrowed into that large machine body and started to sink, disappearing from the water’s surface.

What was that?

Transformers?

Honestly, if he hadn’t started drinking yet, James Sterling would definitely have thought he was hallucinating, yes, everything was an illusion, fake.

Unfortunately, countless phones recorded that scene.

No one can create a collective hallucination, unless it’s alien technology.

Unfortunately, right after that, the Coast Guard boarded the two cruise ships that first discovered these strange things, and then everyone’s phones were confiscated roughly.

Yes, whether dignitaries or ship attendants and crew, all devices capable of leaving video files were confiscated.

Originally, James Sterling intended to protest, but when he learned that a state senator on the ship that encountered these things before theirs had protested and was treated just the same, he dropped the idea.

One must be aware of their state of affairs.

James Sterling is a smart man, even though he’s confident in his connections, he can’t compare with a state senator since the people they associate with are at his boss’s level. Even though, in his heart, a state senator is just a high-level beggar.

But they do know many people.

For the Coast Guard to disregard who a state senator knew for support, it suggests that someone much higher-level has intervened.

In short, after learning this news, James Sterling obediently signed all the agreements provided by the other side in the small dark room. One of the clauses was to ensure not to mention his encounters from yesterday via any public channel or social media after coming out.

It’s ridiculous.

In this day and age, so many people witnessed the scene today, and they still want to keep it quiet? That’s so low.

To know that even those who can board his yacht for a ride are mostly people rich and free enough to live in the Upper East Side, let alone those who can invite a state senator to go to sea. The level of people on that cruise ship is only higher, not lower, than theirs.

Even if they temporarily kept quiet, could they really be threatened not to say anything after coming out?

The most crucial thing is, who knows where those things that can transform and dive into the sea have gone?

They might show up again on the sea surface in a couple of days, who knows?

Although yesterday’s experience was thrilling, dealing with these officials made James Sterling feel very unlucky, and the originally planned weekend indulgence night was instead spent in the small dark room.

The only consolation he found was that the agency was quite reliable. After getting his phone back, they proactively called to inform him that they were aware of the situation. Although it was impossible to refund this time’s money, they could arrange a free cruise for him next time.

Actually, he wanted a refund.

After all, encountering such an event, who can assure the surrounding sea areas are still safe?

Although it made a child’s voice when it issued sounds, making it seem harmless.

But that thing is really terrifying when it explodes...

Today a mechanical thing, over three meters long looking like a big fish, something went wrong when it was folding, directly exploded. Fortunately, all these things consciously separated when folding, but it still startled everyone at the time.

Even from a few hundred meters away, the waves stirred up still shook both sides of the boats for quite a while.

If those densely packed machines accidentally exploded simultaneously... especially if those two big ones followed suit, the extent of that power is something he dared not imagine.

He bet the people from the Coast Guard onsite also dared not imagine, as could be seen from their faces at that time.

And those things went to the seabed afterward, who knows how many of these things are underwater?

As for scientific exploration...

That excuse wouldn’t fool anyone.

From the East Coast of Huaxia to the East Coast of the United States, the straight-line distance is tens of thousands of kilometers, let alone coming through the sea, any route would be nearly twenty thousand kilometers. To get lost twenty thousand kilometers and come for deep-sea scientific exploration?

Not to mention those things didn’t explode sooner or later, but exploded right in front of the Coast Guard, clearly a demonstration.

Others might feel worried about the country’s future, but James Sterling, after all, is a finance professional, and what he sees is opportunity. Once the news is leaked, it’s impossible for the American stock market to be unaffected.

Bear in mind this is Manhattan, the central district of New York, where Wall Street is located.

If he doesn’t make a big play in the short term, he would have wasted such a wonderful weekend holiday.

He was pondering where to raise funds to achieve his idea when the phone suddenly rang, with a stranger’s number showing up.

Out of professional habit, James Sterling answered the phone immediately.

"Hello, is this Mr. Sterling?"

"Yes, may I ask who this is?"

"Hello, Mr. Sterling, I’m Bob Fendis, a CNN reporter. I heard that some rather interesting unplanned events happened when you went to sea today. Could you share some information with me? Of course, we are willing to pay, and we can keep it anonymous for you."