The peaceful atmosphere was short-lived, broken by the barking of dogs and meowing of cats.
After looking through the telescope, Master Long turned to Xie Tianlang and Gou Fugui with a serious expression. "There's a giant ship at our four o'clock position, but its stern is frozen. Shall we go take a look?"
The group of people holding fishing rods looked at each other, unable to make a decision for a moment.
"Master Long, can you see any survivors on that ship through the binoculars?" Although Gou Fugui had already smelled blood, he needed a reason to act at this moment.
Grandpa Long handed him the binoculars: "The lights on the ship are still on, so there must be someone there. Take another look for yourself."
"But even if we go to see them, we probably won't be able to help much or save many people."
Gou Fugui took the binoculars and looked at the cruise ship over there, discovering that it was a rather luxurious cruise ship. The cruise ship was indeed brightly lit at the moment, and even through the lit windows, one could vaguely see dark figures running around.
I don't know what happened there, but it certainly wasn't very safe.
After thinking for a moment, Gou Fugui glanced at Xie Tianlang, Song Sanchuan, and Si Wuyai, and all three nodded at him.
He then looked at Master Long and said, "Master Long, let's steer the boat that way and the four of us can board and take a look. If Grandma Wen is on that boat, we can bring her down with us. If she can be of any help, we can go and lend a hand."
"After all, given the current situation... there aren't many people left alive in this world. If possible, let's try to live a few more lives."
Moreover, they haven't found the core of the world yet. Considering that the core of the world could be any kind of life form, they can't afford to give up on any possibility.
When Grandpa Long heard that Grandma Wen might be on that ship, his previously indifferent expression immediately turned serious. The old man even started rolling up his sleeves as if he was going to board the ship with Fugui and the other three.
"If Qingya is in that place, then we should definitely go and take a look. But Qingya is a lucky person, and she must be very lucky too. Even if something really happens to her, she will definitely be the one who is safest."
Lu Hao grinned and looked at Wen Boyuan, who rolled his eyes at him again.
However, he is now somewhat worried and wants to go see that luxury cruise ship.
So the wooden boat, now fully charged, sped toward the frozen giant ship at the four o'clock position.
Just a few hundred meters away from the giant ship, Gou Fugui had Long Ye stop the boat and wait for him next to a huge ice floe.
"We don't know what's going on on the cruise ship right now. Our ship is small and we don't have many people. If something happens, we're definitely no match for the thousands of people on that cruise ship. So, Mr. Long, Mr. Lu, and Mr. Wen, you two just wait here. Keep your walkie-talkies handy, and we'll let you know if anything happens."
"If we encounter a dangerous situation that we cannot handle, we will tell you to run away first. You should sail away and hide. We will come looking for you later."
Gou Fugui's words made the expressions on the faces of the people on the ship not very good. Grandma Lu even wanted to grab Gou Fugui's hand and stop them from going on the cruise ship to take risks.
They were now only a few hundred meters away from the cruise ship, and could faintly hear screams and angry shouts coming from afar.
Gou Fugui patted Grandma Lu's hand and said, "It's alright, Grandma. Don't worry, you know what we four are capable of. We can take on ten people at once! If all else fails, Xiao Si has even made some tranquilizers. One tranquilizer will basically knock out all the enemies."
Then, Gou Fugui turned around and pressed Long Ye, who was about to sneak up, back down: "If Grandma Wen were on the ship, we would do our best to save her. Although you seem to be in pretty good health, please don't overdo it."
After saying that, they shouldered their backpacks and boarded the electric kayak that Song Sanchuan had quickly modified, heading towards the cruise ship in the darkness.
Meanwhile, on the cruise ship.
The Wen family, along with their bodyguards, butler, doctor, and cook—eight people in total—along with more than forty others, were hiding in a food storage room on the ship, armed with every weapon they could get their hands on, waiting for the chaos and carnage on the ship to reach them.
"Mom, don't worry, the door to this storage room is made entirely of steel plates. Even if Liu Laosan and his group eventually defeat the soldiers on the ship, they can't do anything to us as long as we don't open the door."
"Wait a little longer, cough cough... cough cough! Just wait a little longer, and we'll get through this."
As the head of the Wen family covered his mother with the only down jacket he had, he turned his head away to cough, trying not to let his cough spray onto his mother.
Grandma Wen, who was being carefully cared for by the Wen family head, was a woman who still looked very elegant and beautiful even in her old age. She reached out and gently patted her eldest son's back, then put his cold hands into her arms and nodded firmly: "Anzhi, you are right. If we hold on a little longer and wait a little longer, we will definitely be able to get through this and wait for rescue."
Grandma Wen smiled gently and slowly: "I have a feeling that someone will come to rescue us. So, you have to hold on too."
Due to the second major cold wave, the temperature on the entire cruise ship was extremely cold, around -66°C.
Fortunately, the warehouse they were in had enough food and a portable gas stove specifically for hot pot.
Everyone put more than a dozen hot pot gas stoves together and turned them all on, which finally raised the temperature in the storage room considerably. The person closest to the hot pot gas stove felt the temperature to be around ten degrees Celsius.
More than fifty people gathered together, huddling together for warmth, while anxiously listening to the sounds outside.
"Damn Liu Laosan, I knew that guy was no good. I shouldn't have let them on the ship! And why didn't I warn the captain and the others when Liu Laosan and his hundred-plus men boarded the ship together?"
They're a bunch of desperados! Completely wicked and utterly shameless!
Another imposing-looking old man sitting next to the Wen family was cursing and swearing, shivering as he warmed himself by the fire while regretting not being more careful earlier.
“Dad, stop scolding. Save your energy and have some more hot water! Look at you, you're all pale now, and you still insist on giving your coat to Nannan…”
"When Liu Laosan boarded the ship, he acted very honestly and with good manners. His group has indeed been laundering its image in recent years. Even if we know they are not good guys, who knows they wouldn't have dared to be so audacious before the conflict happened? Cough, cough cough cough!"
"Alright, shut up and stop talking! Come on, get a little closer to the fire! Just hang in there a little longer. Your Grandma Wen said that if we can hold on until the end, we definitely can. Let me tell you, your Grandma Wen was a legend when she was young!"
The people in the storage room trembled as they encouraged and comforted each other, awaiting the outcome of the chaos on the ship.
Meanwhile, Gou Fugui, Xie Tianlang, and their companions had silently arrived beneath the giant ship. In the icy water and darkness, without any ropes for raising or lowering, it would be impossible for anyone to climb onto the cruise ship under normal circumstances, but—
Wealth and status can fly away.
Owl Fugui spread its wings and quietly flew to the frozen rear section of the cruise ship.
He found that the cruise ship was relatively lucky; not much of it was frozen, only about ten meters of the stern.
If handled properly, the cruise ship could potentially survive by cutting off its stern. What puzzled him was why, in this critical moment of escape, there was turmoil on board instead of everyone working together to leave this dangerous boundary between ice and sea.
If this continues, the ice shards falling from the frozen waves will only increase, and may even gradually freeze the entire ship. What on earth happened on this cruise ship that was more important than escaping?
Owl Fugui quietly lowered the rope ladder.
He had originally planned to spread his wings and eavesdrop everywhere, hoping to find some useful information.
but……
It's so...cold!
Although there are cold-resistant snowy owls among the rich owls, at least he wasn't a snowy owl; he was so cold that he was shivering all over and couldn't even stand in the corner.
Let the polar bear save its life!
After Xie Tianlang, Song Sanchuan, and Si Wuyai boarded the boat, the four decided to split up.
"I tried to contact the head of the Wen family and his grandmother by satellite computer to see if they were on this cruise ship."
Si Wuyai, shivering, carried his medicine box beside him: "I'm with Song Sanchuan. Ugh, neither Master Long nor Long Ming prepared thick down jackets. The warm supplies prepared by everyone on this ship are definitely not enough. Many people will catch a cold and get fevers. I'll have to treat them after I find them."
Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang nodded.
Song Sanchuan reached out and patted his brother Fugui on the shoulder: "So, we won't go to that messy place up ahead. We'll go straight to find someone. Once we find them, we'll contact you. In this situation, our combat strength is indeed a bit useless, so we'll just act as support for now."
The big white bear Fugui laughed and slapped Song Sanchuan back, almost knocking him to the ground before realizing how terrifying his slap was. He coughed and walked forward.
"Okay, okay, we'll communicate directly via our watches if anything comes up."
"Also, don't underestimate yourselves, you two are definitely the strongest support players."
Song Sanchuan chuckled, and Si Wuyai pushed up his glasses and curled the corners of his mouth. Only after Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang's nimble figures disappeared in front of them did they squat down together and tremble as they turned on the computer to look for the person.
"Ugh... I'm freezing! I hope Grandma Wen and the others are on this ship. We absolutely have to escape!"
* * *
Meanwhile, Big White Bear Fugui and Xie Tianlang headed straight for the captain's bridge of the cruise ship, where the commotion was loudest and the smell of gunpowder was strongest.
The two moved stealthily and at great speed, almost ignoring the biting cold. Their reaction time and agility were much faster than the two groups fighting on the ship.
Therefore, when the Great White Bear Fugui and Xie Tianlang arrived outside the captain's cabin, neither of the two groups that were confronting and attacking each other noticed their presence.
The great white bear, Fugui, listened intently to the sounds coming from inside the captain's cabin and quickly gleaned useful information and conversations.
"Captain Zhang! Don't be so stubborn! You're still going to fight me to the death at this point! Look at how many of your soldiers have died! Even if every one of your soldiers is an elite, there are still thirty of you. You can't possibly defeat one hundred and thirty of us!"
"Besides, your mission is only to protect the people on this ship. Aren't we the people you are supposed to protect? I, Liu Laosan, am not some vicious person. But at this point, our ship needs someone who can speak and lead everyone, right?"
"As long as you put down your guns now, give up resistance, and listen to me from now on, I, Liu Laosan, guarantee that the matter of you killing our brothers today will be over, and we'll be on the same path from now on! How about it?"
The man known as Captain Zhang had one arm covered in blood, and there were more than a dozen other soldiers around him who were also wounded.
Upon hearing Liu Laosan's words, he immediately revealed a mocking and sneer: "Entrusting the fate of two thousand people on the entire ship to you is the greatest danger and folly."
"You are the ones who should lay down your guns and weapons! Your current actions are a serious violation of the law, and after the disaster, every one of you will be severely punished by law!!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Laosan burst into loud laughter as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"Captain Zhang! Captain Zhang! Can't you even see the situation clearly or recognize reality?!"
"Didn't you see that iceberg chasing our cruise ship? Wearing a military overcoat, didn't you feel the biting cold, almost freezing you to death? Could your cell phone still receive a signal, still receive instructions from the national government?!"
The louder Liu Laosan spoke, the more manic his expression became: "The Ice Age is coming! If you don't understand what the Ice Age means, I'll translate it for you again."
"Captain Zhang, the end of the world is coming. Times have changed."
"This world is no longer the peaceful world of yesterday! Almost every country in the world will cease to exist after today! The only survivors will be those who fled to the equator! In a world like this, you still want to talk to me about law? You still want to talk to me about countries?!"
Liu Laosan fired a shot that struck a vase in the captain's cabin hard. As the vase shattered, he said, word by word:
"From now on, whoever has the bigger fist is the law."
"Captain Zhang, I'm giving you one last chance. You'd better surrender with your dozen or so witnesses. Otherwise, it's too cold now, and I really don't want to waste any more time with you here. I'll just have to send you all to the Western Paradise."
“Even if I kill you, I can still control this ship.”
Zhang Guoming's lips were frozen purple, and his blood seemed to be ice-cold. He felt that he was in a very bad state, and that he was only standing here to force himself to stay awake.
He glanced at his dozen or so comrades standing beside him. They were in no better shape than he was, but their gun-holding posture remained perfectly steady.
It's just that they discovered Liu Laosan's ambition too late. Due to the time crunch during boarding, the captain and crew didn't inspect the passengers' luggage.
But they didn't board the ship to protect their own people; the thirty of them boarded it to protect their people.
However, in the end, they were sacrificed at the hands of the people they were trying to protect.
Zhang Guoming took a deep breath and made his decision in that brief moment.
He absolutely could not allow this group of dangerous people to remain on the ship, otherwise even if everyone escaped to the equator later, the cruise ship would become a hell because of their presence.
He simply didn't believe that the third brother and his group would spare their lives. After all, as long as they were there, there would be unrest on the ship, and they would never be so foolish as to allow such unrest to continue.
so--
He and his comrades now number seventeen, while there are still more than eighty on the other side. If they fight to the death, they should be able to kill more than forty of them, leaving forty... Hopefully, the captain and other courageous men will be able to find an opportunity to fight back against them in the future.
"Well? Captain Zhang, have you made up your minds? If you have, then... let's do it!!"
"Attack with full force!"
Almost simultaneously, Liu Laosan and Captain Zhang each shouted out the order for the final battle.
Surrounded by ten henchmen, Liu Laosan warmed himself by the fire while sneering at the dozen or so men who were hiding and stalking him.
"Running is useless, resisting is useless. Today, right now, you all have to die here!"
"Then this ship will have to obey me! I am the new emperor of this chaotic era!"
Liu Laosan spoke with a smug and arrogant smile on his face, but his smile froze the moment he finished speaking.
His eyes widened in disbelief at the cold touch on his neck.
At the same time, a somewhat cold voice rang in his ears: "Bullshit."
"If you're the emperor, then what is your father? The retired emperor?"
When the sound rang out, both sides in the fierce battle suddenly stopped attacking each other.
The thugs led by Liu Laosan looked nervously at Liu Laosan, who had a knife to his neck, and threatened him with ferocious expressions:
"Who goes there?! Let go of our boss!!"
Even though four of Liu Laosan's ten bodyguards simultaneously fired shots at Gou Fugui's head and two tried to stab him in the back with knives, all six of them were kicked away by Xie Tianlang the moment they made their move.
Even the four bodyguards who were on guard and hadn't made a move were kicked out by Xie Langren.
The bullet aimed at Gou Fugui's head was dodged by the sharp-eared polar bear Fugui, who simply bent down and dodged it. After dodging, the polar bear Fugui swung a bear paw at the fierce Liu Laosan.
"You're useless! From this moment on, this ship will obey my orders!"
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