Chapter 17

When the enormous cruise ship broke through the water and slowly approached, the small boat carrying Lu Mi began to shake wildly in panic.

"What is that?!" The sailors' foreheads were covered with sweat and they opened their mouths unconsciously.

On the vast ocean, a luxury ship suddenly appeared and rose from the horizon, like a huge kingdom descending into reality from a distant mirage.

Unknown metals outline the hideous corners of the giant ship, and the hull is decorated with patterns of silver lines, which sparkle in the skylight. Combined with the huge several-story buildings on the ship, there is no end as far as the eye can see, and it reveals an extremely luxurious taste everywhere.

Such a scene has never appeared in this backward sea area.

This huge monster, standing tall and majestic, showed no intention of giving way, and the small boat in front of it looked even smaller like an ant.

In an instant, evasive commands came from all over the boat, the helmsman turned the rudder frantically, and the engine was turned to the maximum speed!

"...Hey, wait a minute, we haven't reached the station yet!" A sailor noticed Lu Mi standing up and hurriedly signaled him not to move.

"No." Lu Mi looked at the tip of the iceberg that was right in front of him. "I'll get off here."

The boat Lu Mi was riding was like a sea bus, navigating the waters on a fixed route. He had already taken it back and forth no less than ten times in the past few days, and he had finally found his target!

Without waiting for the sailor to react, Lu Mi gathered strength with his feet and jumped directly.

The sailor could only watch as the other party took off from the spot, shot in an arc trajectory towards the huge ship that was flying high and far away, and then landed on it, disappearing in an instant.

The sailors who stayed where they were showed expressions of doubt about life, just like the small boat under their feet, floating aimlessly on the sea.

On the other side, Lu Mi landed on the deck of the giant ship and looked up - wow, there were people everywhere!

On the terrace outside the cabin, professional bodyguards dressed in black were seen moving back and forth following the sound, their eyes fixed on the silver-eyed young man who suddenly appeared.

However, this is not an ordinary auction after all. Only tough guys can come here.

Even the bodyguards immediately displayed their professionalism. They didn't draw their guns immediately. Instead, a leader stepped forward and asked in a deep voice, "Excuse me, does your Excellency have an invitation?"

Lu Mi handed it over casually.

This invitation letter was attached to the task file, and it was specifically noted that it would not be replaced if lost, which showed that it was not easy for the higher-ups to get it.

The leader quickly checked, his expression relaxed, and then he put on a respectful attitude, "The auction will be at 8 pm. Please go this way."

The others also let down their guard and made way.

Lu Mi looked straight ahead and calmly walked towards the nearest hatch.

After him, another person arrived on the ship—a burly man dressed as a mercenary descended from the sky, carrying two axes and cursing, "I've been drifting on the sea for three days, and no one can even find my location!"

"Your invitation is partially damaged."

"Ah? I just accidentally fell into the water and got soaked. You mean I can't go in? Do you know how much effort I put in to get this piece of crap?"

The argument behind them was blocked out as the hatch closed, but was immediately replaced by a new noise.

After Lu Mi entered the cabin, he was instantly drowned out by the noisy voices.

Countless people from all walks of life gathered together, filling up all the space on the first floor.

Some were wearing casual clothes, some were wearing combat uniforms, and some were wearing strange clothes and covered with weapons... They either gathered in groups of three or four, shouting loudly to attract others' attention, or hid in the corners alone to reduce their presence.

At the same time, many eyes swept over Lu Mi, who had just entered. Seeing that it was a completely new face that they had no impression of, everyone turned away without paying any attention, and only a few lingered on the young man's particularly good-looking face with interest.

But they did not act rashly.

Under the gazes of these people, Lu Mi looked around and went straight to the second floor.

At this moment, everyone's expressions changed.

"Where does this newcomer come from..." they murmured.

Some people showed a gloating expression, "Hey, I bet he will be thrown down in half a minute!"

"I bet ten seconds!"

Even the original noise died down a little, and everyone looked towards the second floor as if they were watching a show.

The second floor had indeed become much emptier. It was set up like a restaurant, with only a dozen or so people sitting scattered around.

As soon as Lu Mi walked up, he realized that the aura of these people was completely different from those below.

They were like the king of a lion group, marking their own territory. Each of them exuded an aura that kept strangers away, and they didn't even glance at Lu Mi who appeared.

Lu Mi didn't care and just found an empty seat to sit down.

The next second, a sharp black light shot towards his temple, and the faint sound of it breaking through the air was almost inaudible.

In a flash, Lu Mi gently pressed down the shadow of the black hidden weapon and also fixed the object to which the shadow belonged.

The dart suddenly froze and hovered in the air one step away, and Lu Mi reached out and took it lightly.

The eyelids of the person who threw the hidden weapon jumped, and he met Lu Mi's eyes - those silver eyes did not contain any emotion, but made his heart tremble.

The other people couldn't help but look sideways slightly because of Lu Mi's move, with different expressions.

"Hey, I just wanted to tell you." The man who threw the dart pointed at a figure sitting on the table next to Lu Mi, "The seat you're sitting in belongs to that guy."

Lu Mi looked over.

The person sitting there was covered in a hood, with only his jet-black hair visible from the hood. Judging from his stature, he was a man.

As if he had noticed Lu Mi's gaze, the man casually pulled his hat down again and said in a youthful voice, "I didn't say that."

The man who threw the dart twitched his face at the words—he had the least experience among the people present, and he had intended to use him as a way out, but who knew he would be so disrespectful. What a damned brat!

His eyes became fierce and vicious, and the hooded man, who had innocently attracted a wave of hatred, continued to sit motionless.

At this moment, Lu Mi was playing with the dart in his hand. He turned his wrist and threw it back the way it came. "I'll give it back to you."

The person who threw the dart caught it with a chuckle, silently hiding the fierceness in his eyes: He is still ignorant after all. His most powerful weapon is not the hidden weapon. He actually dared to touch the poison smeared on it with his bare hands...

"Hiss!" Just as he was anticipating the other party's miserable state in a moment, suddenly, a severe corrosive pain came from his fingertips.

The man looked down and found that his special gloves were corroded, and the venom on the darts was corroding into his skin.

How is this possible?! The man stumbled to his feet and bumped into a chair.

Facing the other party's incredulous gaze, Lu Mi smiled slightly and said, "I'm quite good at identifying poisons. By the way, I helped you improve it."

No matter how powerful the poison of the ordinary world is, can it be more perverted than the abyss? In his Book of Keys, there are many demons with extremely poisonous venom.

The man didn't have time to say anything. He gasped a few times and rushed down the stairs to find a way to detoxify.

The people waiting downstairs had not seen Lu Mi come down for a long time and were feeling strange. When they heard the hurried footsteps coming down, they couldn't help but look expectant.

"Here I come... Wait, that doesn't seem to be the person who just went up there?"

Everyone stared in astonishment at the figure who pushed them away and walked away. "Isn't that a well-known mercenary in the underworld..."

"Why are you in such a mess?"

"Humph, a bunch of fools! Can't you see that the guy who pretended to be a pig to eat the tiger just ran into a wall!" The big man lowered his voice. "The strong men nowadays are more eccentric than each other. What kind of habits do they have..."

Hey, awesome, but they just don't talk about it, they just play around! How can the people below them live happily?

The second floor of the remaining people returned to calm again, but there were a few more vague gazes falling on the silver-eyed young man.

Just then, a group of people came down from the three floors above.

To be precise, it was a group of guards surrounding a young man dressed in aristocratic clothes.

The moment the noble boy appeared, everyone on the second floor silently turned their gazes away. Some were unmoved, others concealed their disdain. But no one bothered to cause trouble, because in reality, many of the nobles were their financial backers. Even if they weren't yet, they would inevitably deal with them as employers in the future, so there was no need to offend them.

From this, we can infer that the third floor is probably where the nobles stay.

The young man had a look of disgust on his face. "Where did these bugs come from? Clean them up quickly and don't let me see any more!"

"Yes, yes, maybe it's because of the heavy humidity at sea, which has attracted some small insects and ants. We have sent people to drive them away. Do you want to go outside to get some fresh air first?" the guard asked cautiously.

The boy got goose bumps when he thought of the scene of moths flying everywhere. He accidentally glanced at Lu Mi downstairs and immediately raised his finger and pointed, "I want to hire you."

"Young Master, we can also protect you..." The guards were wary of these people of unknown origin.

"Are you as good-looking as him?" the young man said confidently.

The guards fell silent as they took one look. Indeed, the silver-eyed youth, amidst the sea of ​​ferocious men, was like a pearl lost in the mire, his divine light radiating from him, brightening and illuminating the entire hall.

Lu Mi rubbed his chin slowly, glancing at the boy with a half-smile, "I'm very expensive."

When he met the young man's silver eyes, the noble boy's heart skipped a beat for some reason and he was a little dazed.

Lu Mi looked at the other person's breathing paused, and lowered his eyes with a frown in his heart - he almost forgot about this familiar sea buff that made him more attractive to prey!

At this time, the noble boy had already spoken, though he was a little stammering, "I, I, I, I'm not short of money!"

The other people on the second floor couldn't help but cast envious glances at Lu Mi. This guy looked like the type of person who was "silly and rich, come quickly." They loved meeting an employer like him! Why didn't they have such luck?

"Okay then." Lu Mi slowly stood up. He didn't mind making a little extra money during the mission anyway. Who would complain about having too much money?

As for the rule that "superhumans are not allowed to take private jobs", he is currently playing an illegal superhuman who participates in illegal gatherings, which is also a necessary part to make the role more perfect.

Although Lu Mi's reluctant tone made others hate him, the noble boy was obviously very happy.

"My name is Grant." Fortunately, he still had some common sense and knew to hide his family name.

Afterwards, Lu Mi followed Grant around the giant ship.

There was actually no danger at all on this huge ship with perfect security. Even some troublemakers, after discovering the boy's obvious aristocratic identity, did not want to cause trouble and walked away.

Except...

Lu Mi's gaze was fixed on a wall where a moth was resting, flapping its wings.

"It's annoying, isn't it?" Grant noticed his gaze and complained, "I wonder where it came from? This ship hasn't been cleaned in years, and they didn't realize it's become a nest of insects."

——No, this shouldn't be something originally on this ship.

Lu Mi narrowed his eyes slightly and looked towards the sea in the distance.

The sky had been clear not long ago, but thick cumulus clouds had settled in. From here, all I could see were dark clouds descending, casting the distant landscape in a gray haze.

More and more insects appeared in the sea, and employees with insect nets were running back and forth on the deck of the giant ship, but it seemed that they could not catch all of them.

The silver-eyed young man gazed at the gloomy scene in the distance and suddenly said, "If I save you, do I get a bonus?"

"Ah?" Grant looked puzzled.

The next second, a silver-blue lightning in Lu Mi's hand came straight towards his face.

The noble boy's pupils suddenly shrank. Lightning flashed across his cheek, and he didn't even have time to see the true form of the silver spear.

The strong wind accompanied by a roar hit the noble boy's back and hit the creature that was about to attack him hard.

It was not until he heard the sharp cry of some creature that Grant turned his head in a daze, and he only had time to see the blurry back of an unprecedented huge monster fleeing in a hurry.

...was, was rescued?

"What happened?" This is what Grant wanted to know most. "Just now, what was that?"

The young man's face was still filled with panic and confusion, and Lu Mi in front of him was like his life-saving straw.

But Lu Mi sighed - something bad was happening.

He looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar posture of the flying creature and frowned in distress.

—That was a genuine Zerg, more like an ancient Zerg. Why was the most troublesome species in the Abyss, the one that dominated the Western Regions, here?

According to the Zerg's habit, they will quickly build their own nests in the new area, and the first ones to come out to hunt are only the vanguard.

Oh no, he might have to work overtime again.

The author has something to say:

I used the money from the auction mission to earn extra money as a bodyguard - this was a profit.

To resolve the upcoming special A-level event and fight against the uncrowned king of the Western Region of the Abyss - this wave of blood loss.