He knew Lin Yaru had already prepared. Thankfully, after a glance, Lin Yaru took a deep breath, then shouldering her bag, she walked over.

"Who are you looking for?"

As she approached, someone from the guard room came out. Ye Chen took a quick look; this person seemed to be around 60 years old, and by the looks of it, the security force here wasn't very strong.

After all, it was just a temporary transfer dock, and there was no valuable cargo inside. The valuable items would be transferred away by dedicated vehicles the moment they landed, so it was impossible for them to stay overnight here.

Therefore, for the security guard, the dock didn't have too many requirements; basically, as long as the main gate was guarded, there wasn't a need to manage much else.

"Oh, uncle, hello, I'm from the transfer logistics."

"Transfer logistics? What's the matter, didn't you guys take away all the cargo yesterday?"

"Right, we did take it away, but it was already dark when loading, so in the rush, they discovered a box had been left behind. Hence, I wanted to go check around Warehouse No. 8."

"Warehouse No. 8? There's a cargo delivery scheduled for this morning at Warehouse No. 8."

"I know, that's why I rushed over so early in the morning. I'm afraid once other cargo enters, it won't be so easy for us to go in."

"Alright then, you can go."

With just a simple exchange of words, Lin Yaru managed to take care of everything with ease.

At that moment, Ye Chen felt somewhat surprised. All this information, including these names, and that so-called warehouse number, how did Lin Yaru come to know about them?

Ye Chen followed Lin Yaru, and the two hurriedly entered the dock.

After entering, he stealthily glanced back and noticed that the guard had no particular suspicions about their entry.

After relocking the door, he returned to his post.

"What's the situation? What did you mean by 'transfer logistics' just now?"

"Every day, when cargo is brought into the dock, there is a certain routine, and each shipment has a shipping order. These orders can be checked online. I just needed to see which cargo was taken away from here yesterday to know their delivery method. I made up any reason and mentioned all these details, and I believe he would be convinced."

"Haha, nice! I didn't expect you to think of such a plan, if it were me, I might not even know how to get in. Warehouse No. 8, do you know its exact location?"

"To tell the truth, I haven't managed to obtain a map of the area, so our most important task now is to get hold of a Marine Map nearby, so we can understand the general layout of the dock."

"Normally, such dock layouts are internal documents... Looking back, I somewhat regret not bringing Anying along. If we had Anying here, there might be an opportunity."

At that moment, Ye Chen suddenly thought of Anying because he knew if Anying were with them, this all would be a piece of cake.

It's just a pity that Ye Chen had previously thought everything was a bit too simple and felt that Anying might not have any role to play here.

"No worries, even if we can't get it, dock layout maps are generally posted on warning signs in the middle of this area. We just need to look around, and we should find it since these are not classified materials."

As Lin Yaru spoke, she glanced around. Indeed, her reasoning was sound.

The dock's layout, in reality, wasn't classified information at all. As long as everything was public, even other visitors would have a clear understanding.

"Ah, look over there, isn't that a plaza? There's a big board over there; could that be the dock layout map?"

Suddenly, Lin Yaru excitedly pointed ahead, and Ye Chen followed her pointing to see a large board in the plaza.

And indeed, there was a plaza ahead with a stack of unknown machinery.

The two excitedly ran over and saw that it was indeed the layout map of the dock.

It clearly marked locations like Point 1, Point 2, the distribution of warehouses, safety passages, all entrances and exits, and office locations.

"I didn't expect such clear markings. Though, this information isn't particularly relevant to us; we need to focus on this area."

Saying so, Lin Yaru pointed upwards, and Ye Chen followed her pointing. Those directions should be on the outer edges, closest to the waterfront.

Under normal circumstances, the berthing spots should be at these 1,2,3 locations, split into two entrances for each: one for incoming and one for outgoing vessels.

"Are you saying that this whole area was built out from the original dock? If that's the case, where would the initial dock be located?"

"That, I'm not sure. Usually, expansions happen in both directions, but I remember vividly that on the other side of the dock there was a hill. Look, that hill is still there."

As she spoke, Lin Yaru pointed in that direction, and Ye Chen saw there was indeed a raised marker, which clearly couldn't have been demolished.

"Ah, true. If this side is all blocked, then it's unlikely that the expansion went that way. That means it only could have expanded outward. So, could the innermost spot be where your father disappeared back then?"

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