Chapter 300: Caused by the abandoned and remaining level 4 thunderstorm...
The disaster caused by the level 4 thunderstorm was more terrible than imagined.
Even though Lin Luoluo and her merchant ship sank into the depths of the sea in the shortest possible time, it was still affected by the thunderstorm, especially the several external monitoring cameras, which all went black in an instant.
“Just now…” Lin Luoluo licked her lips, “Mother…”
Her voice trembled slightly.
Mrs. Lin carefully held her daughter's hand and whispered words of comfort, but her voice trembled slightly.
Mr. Lin, standing nearby, gently held his wife and daughter in his arms, offering silent comfort.
"What is that thing?!" Lin Luoluo swallowed hard and looked up at her father after a long pause.
In her mind, her father had always been omniscient and omnipotent, but now even her powerful father was silently staring at the screen, a look of bewilderment flashing across his face.
For a moment, the entire monitoring room fell silent.
"What does that person do?" Mr. Lin, being well-informed and a member of the Lin family, was the first to react.
The crow beside her snapped out of its daze and quickly stepped forward to reply, "That's the girl who came aboard to shop today. She and Miss hit it off immediately."
The crow thought for a moment and continued, "She claims to be an amnesiac, but when she entered the rest area, we could tell that she was used to these luxurious decorations and had a certain taste, but she was not from an aristocratic family."
"Amnesia...?" Mr. Lin frowned. "Are you sure?"
The crow frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke with certainty: "This subordinate did not see any flaws."
Mr. Lin stared at the blacked-out screen and sighed silently: "I wonder what kind of protective technology she has."
"Perhaps we can run into her again when we surface after the natural disaster ends," Lin Luoluo said after biting her lip and thinking for a moment.
Mr. Lin was silent for a moment before shaking his head: "This level four thunderstorm far exceeds the energy damage caused by previous level four natural disasters. Even if she is very skilled, she cannot survive such a natural disaster."
“Then wouldn’t that be…” A look of pity flashed in Madam Lin’s eyes.
Mr. Lin understood his wife's meaning and knew that she, being kind-hearted, sympathized with the ordinary people on those boats. After thinking for a moment, he gently advised, "There are only two boats like ours in this area. It's not our fault that we can't save the other boats."
Mrs. Lin knew her husband was right, and after thinking about it, she could only nod silently.
The entire monitoring room fell silent again. They didn't look up at the monitors showing the underwater environment; instead, they all stared at the blacked-out screen.
The ship that seemed utterly ordinary to them suddenly had a light green barrier appear, enveloping the entire vessel, just as a bolt of lightning struck it.
The last image they saw was the perfectly intact small boat after the lightning had stopped.
The Lin family also has its own shipbuilding industry and ships, as well as many protective systems, but none of them dare to say that they can completely withstand the attack of a lightning bolt in such a natural disaster.
They were naturally curious, and a few even harbored some greedy thoughts—if the Lin family possessed such technology…
Sang Zhitao, whom they suspected and distrusted, was lying in the ship, fast asleep. A faint green light rippled outwards from her chest, as if drawing power from her chest to support the outer protective shield.
The protective shield, spherically enveloping the ship, carried Sang Zhi Tao's vessel eastward with the arrival of the thunderstorm, tearing apart the anchor chains securing the ship.
For Zhifeng, the thing she regrets most in her life is probably boarding the Lin family's big ship. But she doesn't know if she and her parents would have survived the disaster if she hadn't boarded the ship.
She felt the ship beneath her sway slightly, followed by a brief feeling of weightlessness.
Zhi Feng struggled to his feet, leaning on the railing. Blood seeped from behind the gauze on his knees, instantly turning the clean white gauze red.
She gritted her teeth, her eyes were bloodshot, and her fingernails, which were gripping the bed railing, were white, showing that she had given it her all.
Zhi Feng felt a sudden darkness before his eyes and fell backward.
Zhifeng quickly grabbed the railing, and after a long while, his vision returned to light.
"Are you looking for death?!" Her roommate, who had just gone out, returned with a pale face and couldn't help but frown when she saw her stubborn appearance.
"Has no one from any ordinary boat outside really been let aboard?" She sniffed and asked her roommate timidly.
My roommate opened his mouth, then sighed after a long while: "Don't even think about it. They might offer shelter during a normal disaster, but how could they possibly do that during a level four or five disaster?"
Despair filled Zhifeng's face. She slumped back onto the bed, her grip loosening. "Mom and Dad..."
“You should be glad you came up here, otherwise…” My roommate shook his head and turned to pack his things on his bed.
“If I hadn’t come up…” Zhi Feng’s voice was hollow, “I might have been able to die alongside them…”
“That would be truly stupid.” Her roommate turned to look at her, and after a long silence, said, “If you died together, you would only become nourishment for the ocean, and no one would remember you.”
“But as long as you’re alive, people will remember them. If…” The roommate glanced at the wooden door and lowered his voice slightly, “If you could get into the young master’s bed, perhaps you could also be remembered by future generations.”
Zhi Feng sat silently on the edge of the bed. Blood from her knees slid down her fair skin to the ground, forming a puddle the size of a fingernail.
Crimson blood flowed across her fair skin, creating a poignant and beautiful scene.
This scene also caught the eye of Young Master Lin, who had come to find her.
Young Master Lin's dark eyes swept over her calves before finally settling on the girl who was hanging her head and exuding despair.
"Young Master..." The roommate next to him stood respectfully to the side, his face filled with timidity.
Lin Shao's thoughts were interrupted by her call. He glanced at her coldly until his roommate took a few steps back in panic before turning his gaze back to Zhi Feng.
"Do you know Sang Zhitao?" His icy voice sounded extremely harsh in the small cabin.
Zhi Feng shuddered before slowly raising his head.
She looked at Young Master Lin blankly for a long time before slowly nodding.
"What's your relationship?" Young Master Lin continued to ask, waving his hand to signal his roommate to leave.
The roommate glanced at Zhifeng with concern, but didn't dare say anything. He lowered his head and obediently walked out the door, making sure to close it carefully behind him.
“Friend.” Zhi Feng didn’t know why the other person was asking about Sang Zhi Tao. She had no mind to pay attention to these things right now, only filled with despair that she would never see her parents again.
Young Master Lin didn't care about the despair emanating from her, after all, in his eyes, she was nothing more than a lowly person.
However, the news he received from the branch merchant ship forced him to be alert, carefully examine the person in front of him, and use that gentle demeanor that was most likely to make people lower their guard to probe in a soft voice.
Are you very familiar with each other?
Zhi Feng nodded silently.
"Did you know that she has protective equipment that can withstand a Category 4 thunderstorm?"
Zhi Feng suddenly looked up at him, his eyes filled with a mixture of emotions including confusion, surprise, and bewilderment.
Young Master Lin felt relieved, and his smile became even wider: "Looks like she didn't tell you."
Zhi Feng kept his head down and didn't reply.
She didn't quite understand what the other person was saying.
Does Sang Zhitao possess protective equipment capable of withstanding a level 4 thunderstorm?
How is that possible?
Zhi Feng didn't believe that her childhood friend possessed such a thing, but Lin Dashao's extremely confident expression made her waver.
If she really does have it, then why doesn't Sang Zhitao have such equipment made for her own boat?
She knew, of course, how absurd and illogical the idea was, but now her mind was filled with the news of her parents' deaths and the regret of watching them die.
She couldn't help but direct these negative emotions toward her best friend.
"The Lin family's merchant ships witnessed her using this technology."
Young Master Lin couldn't discern Zhi Feng's expression as he lowered his head, so he continued as planned, "You and she have a good relationship. I'd like to find a way to get you two in touch later..."
He took a jewelry box out of his pocket and gently placed it beside Zhifeng: "The Lin family will surely repay you handsomely."
After saying that, Young Master Lin got up and prepared to leave.
As he walked to the door, with his back to Zhifeng, he said softly, "Starting tomorrow, you will serve in the main hall and will no longer need to go to the young lady's side."
"Are you alright?" After seeing Young Master Lin off, her roommate walked in with concern, looking at the silent Zhifeng and then at the jewelry box next to her.
After a long while, she sat on her bed and looked at Zhifeng: "Noble families are all cannibalistic, you..."
Zhi Feng looked up at the jewelry box, then at his roommate, and after a long while, said in a hoarse voice, "I know."
She lowered her eyes, staring blankly at the dried blood on her calf, and said nothing more.
My roommate sighed, said nothing more, and lay back down on the bed.
Only when darkness completely enveloped the entire room did her voice softly emerge from the darkness: "Don't let Miss see your jewelry, or you'll be dead."
After a long while, a very soft "hmm" came from Zhifeng's bed.
Time marched on, little by little, until the level 4 thunderstorm disappeared from the sky and the natural disaster finally came to an end.
The Lin family's large ship slowly rose back to the surface of the sea.
"Any news?" Young Master Lin asked, fiddling with a ring on his hand.
"After their ship ascended, they discovered that the other side had already left," his subordinate replied respectfully.
"You're gone..." Young Master Lin slowly uttered a few words, "Useless."
The subordinate lowered his head so low it was almost buried in his chest. He dared not discuss the branch's affairs casually, even if the branch was not respected by the main branch, it was still a member of the Lin family.
"Send the portrait to all the Lin family ships. If you encounter them, treat them with courtesy if necessary, and it would be best if..." He glanced at his subordinates, the last few words so soft they were almost inaudible, but his subordinates understood his meaning, nodded slightly and withdrew.
The Lin family's actions reached the ears of other prominent families in just three days.
"The Lin family...we need to find a way to get the portrait and find out the specific reason."
"That brat from the Lin family is very cunning. Since he's taking this so seriously and making such a big fuss, it seems he's got a lot in the bag."
...
Sang Zhitao had no idea that the protective shield she activated in her sleep had attracted so much attention.
When she woke up, she found herself far from the original route, and even further away from where she had encountered the merchant ship.
"How did it drift here?" Sang Zhitao frowned, got up and went to put away the cover.
"..." But just as she lifted a corner of the cover, she froze on the spot, her whole body stiff.
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