Chapter 305 Redemption! The team member responded very quickly: "Comparing the welding marks requires the help of professionals. I will immediately apply to my superiors and ask the ship engineer to assist in inspecting the welds of all the detained ships!"
Another team member had just hung up the phone, but his expression was somewhat grave: "I just confirmed with the Coast Guard that in the past five years, more than forty illegally modified vessels have been seized in that area."
"Moreover, weld pattern comparison is a delicate task at the millimeter level. Relying on just a few engineers to check each one is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive..."
Ji Shuyun remained calm upon hearing this, turning her gaze away from the screen showing her sister He Haitun's interaction with her, a hint of unconscious satisfaction appearing in her phoenix eyes:
"We humans may not be sensitive enough to subtle differences in texture."
"But some animal experts are naturally exceptionally sensitive to morphology and traces."
Ji Shuyun dialed a familiar number: "Now, we can formally request support from expert Xia Zhining."
At this moment, they were no longer on the same track as those teams who were still in the conference room rehearsing the case and perfecting the report.
Instead, it was a substantial breakthrough that grasped the clues and pointed directly to the real culprit.
*
Xia Zhining was surrounded by a flock of seagulls carrying French fries when her phone rang.
When she answered, it was her brother Ji Shuyun's clear voice: "Ningning, we need to compare the metal patterns left by underwater welding, the more detailed the better."
"Welding marks?" Xia Zhining's eyes lit up after listening to Ji Shuyun's explanation of the whole process, and she blurted out almost without thinking, "This Squidward is really good at it!"
Octopuses have eight arms, and each arm has suckers covered with highly sensitive nerves, making them far more capable of sensing minute textures than human fingertips.
Moreover, they are recognized as the most intelligent of invertebrates, with excellent memories and a particular talent for solving complex problems...
He's practically a born "micro-trace identification expert"!
Xia Zhining stood on the deck of the patrol ship, looking at the vast sea, and scratched her head helplessly: "It's just a bit difficult to invite them."
"They usually live in rock crevices or caves on the seabed, and they don't like to move around. It's also not easy to find many of them to work together..."
...Got it!
At this moment, Feng Sixiao, the coast guard officer who had been accompanying her, saw her hang up the phone and came over to ask, "Expert Xia, should we return to port, or...?"
Xia Zhining turned around, patted the fries crumbs off her hands, and gave a mysterious smile:
"No turning back. Sister Feng, we need to go to the underwater talent market first—"
She blinked and said, word by word:
"Redeem the octopus experts."
Feng Sixiao was completely bewildered: "An underwater talent market?"
"...Redemption?!"
After bidding farewell to the seagulls and dolphins, Xia Zhining asked Feng Sixiao to take the boat to the nearest fishing port.
She wandered around the bustling seafood market and finally selected five medium-sized octopuses with round heads, each weighing about ten kilograms.
Feng Sixiao helped find a transparent plastic box with a lid, put them in it, and carried them to the shore in a small trailer.
Inside the box, the seemingly silent octopuses were experiencing a turbulent internal conflict:
[Buying five at once?! Do these two-legged creatures have such big appetites?!]
[Oh no, is this going to be some kind of huge banquet...?]
[Don't panic! Once the lid opens, all five of us brothers will rush in together; those two definitely won't be able to hold on!]
[I'm the boss, I'll trip them up with my tentacles first!]
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