Searching for someone in northern Myanmar, and you call that earning tuition fees?

When Su Ming opened his eyes again, he smelled a mild disinfectant scent.

He lay on a dazzlingly white bed, covered with a thin blanket bearing military insignia. This was the medical bay of the "Nanchang" ship. A female military doctor in a white coat was recording something. Seeing him wake up, she smiled gently.

"You're awake? How are you feeling? You have a minor rib fracture, multiple soft tissue contusions, severe exhaustion, and inhalation injury to your lungs. To be honest, your physical condition is even better than the elite soldier in our special forces."

Su Ming tried to sit up, which aggravated the injury in his chest, causing him to gasp in pain.

"How long have I been asleep?" His voice was still hoarse.

"Thirty-six hours." The medic helped him up. "Don't worry, the 'cargo' and 'prisoners' have been safely handed over. You are now a hero of the entire fleet."

Su Ming nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He knew his mission was over.

But he didn't know that during the thirty-six hours he was unconscious, the outside world had already undergone tremendous changes.

The incident originated from an international astronomy forum called "Deep Space Eye".

A blurry image with extremely low resolution, captured by a commercial satellite, was posted anonymously.

[Title: Unbelievable footage, was this taken in international waters... a mirage?]

The picture shows the still turbulent sea after the storm. A small, toy-like, rusted iron-hulled ship is struggling to navigate. At its stern, a thin, almost invisible cable is dragging an enormous, futuristic-looking metal structure.

The metal object was more than ten times the size of the small boat. Its hull gleamed coldly in the morning light, and its structure was intricate and complex, clearly no ordinary object.

A tiny, dilapidated ship versus a colossal "giant".

Classical corrosion and futuristic technology.

The convergence of two extreme visual contrasts in the same scene creates an absurd yet stunning effect, like an epic painting.

Initially, most of the replies on the forum were sarcastic and disbelieving.

"The image editing is good, but don't edit it next time. A fishing boat towing an aircraft carrier? Physics is going to explode."

"Is this a promotional still from some new movie? The special effects are pretty realistic."

But soon, tech gurus stepped in.

A tech whiz known online as "Orbital Beacon" used multiple satellite images from different angles to overlay and sharpen the images, and also retrieved meteorological data and ship navigation records for the area.

Half an hour later, he came to a surprising conclusion.

"This isn't a photoshopped image. I've verified it; the ship's Automatic Identification System (AIS) signal disappeared before the storm, but its outline matches that of the missing Chinese supply ship 'Breaking Waves.' Most alarmingly, what it's towing... based on the outline and size model, it's highly similar to the 'deep-sea drilling rig core components' that were previously reported missing from the 'Voyage' by Chinese officials!"

This technical analysis post instantly went viral across the internet.

The image was widely shared, spreading from professional forums to all major social media platforms such as Weibo, Douyin, and Twitter.

#A wrecked ship towed back a mountain of gold#

This topic rose to the top of the global trending search list in just a few hours!

"My God! Is this real? A man sailed a wrecked ship and towed back a national treasure from a storm on the high seas?"

"This scene is so thrilling! That's what a lone warrior looks like (leans back)!"

"Did you guys watch that 'Dawn Vision' livestream? The signal dropped at the end, and I thought the streamer was done for, but I never expected... he really went and created a miracle!"

"This is no longer just a gold mine; this is the technological lifeline of the Dragon Kingdom for the next decade! This wrecked ship carries a true hero!"

Countless netizens spontaneously called the mysterious driver "Tugboat Hero" or "Deep Sea Bro".

For a time, the public's patriotism and worship of heroes reached their peak.

Then, even more significant news came.

Naval spokespeople from several countries, including those in the Oceania and island chain nations, held emergency press conferences, claiming that their search and rescue fleets encountered "unexplained technical malfunctions" and "extremely bad weather" in the relevant waters, forcing them to return to port. Meanwhile, military experts pointed out that in the same area shown in satellite imagery, the signal of a destroyer from an island chain nation had permanently disappeared.

A destroyer sank?!

A wrecked ship, a colossal object, a sunken enemy vessel, a returning hero...

These elements intertwine to create a legend more bizarre and thrilling than any Hollywood blockbuster!

The entire internet is frantically asking:

Who exactly is he?!

Just then, a top-tier civilian hacker group called "Code Ghost" spoke out publicly.

"We are performing the highest-precision, pixel-level enhancement on all relevant satellite images. We must ensure the world can clearly see this hero's face!"

Countless people stayed glued to their screens, waiting for the answer to be revealed.

Finally, a high-resolution profile photo, processed by a supercomputer over several hours, was released.

In the photo, the young man stands on the deck of a wrecked ship, soaked to the bone and looking exhausted, but with an exceptionally calm gaze.

He was not tall or muscular; in fact, he was rather thin.

But it's this back view, this profile...

Countless students who were scrolling through their phones on the campus of Jiangnan University were suddenly stunned.

This silhouette... why does it look so familiar?