Chapter 400: Giving
Conquer the sea and the passage to Ivig.
On the vast ocean, a huge cruise ship was completely stopped on the sea due to the explosion in the boiler room. After seeing the signal flag raised by the cruise ship requesting rescue, the Glorious Pilgrimage Fleet in the distance immediately changed course and approached the cruise ship.
"Sir, we are approaching the White Pearl. It has completely stopped. It looks like its power is seriously damaged."
On the flagship of the escort fleet, a man dressed as an adjutant reported to the officer Jod beside him after seeing the situation of the White Pearl in the distance. After hearing these words, Jod carefully examined the situation of the cruise ship in the distance, and then continued to speak.
"Well... according to the signal flag they just responded to, the accident over there should be quite serious, and water has begun to enter. In this case, we must rescue them with all our strength."
Qiao De spoke with a serious expression. Generally speaking, when ships have an accident at sea, they will rescue and help each other. What's more, they are a fleet going to the holy land of the Holy Father for pilgrimage. According to the teachings of the Holy Father, they must take care of this situation.
"A passenger ship of that size probably has at least one or two thousand passengers. We must rescue everyone in time before the ship sinks completely. Santos, pass the order down. All ships in the fleet are ready for rescue operations. All lifeboats are mobilized. After approaching the stricken ship, use the lifeboats to transport the passengers in batches and disperse them to various ships.
"Also, hoist a signal flag to notify the other ship's crew to bring the passengers to the deck in an orderly manner, set up the gangway, and prepare to transport the passengers."
Joad said this, and while he was speaking, there was suddenly another loud explosion from the cruise ship in the distance. After hearing the explosion, Joad frowned and then continued to speak solemnly.
"Another explosion was heard. The accident over there is still getting worse. We can't wait too long. Move quickly."
"Yes, Sir Joad!"
The adjutant said this, and just as he was about to go down to pass on the order, he suddenly seemed to remember something, so he continued to speak to Qiao De.
"By the way, Mr. Qiao De, just in case, should we conduct Beyonder tests on those passengers? If there are pagan Beyonders among them, bringing them into the fleet will become a hidden danger."
Listening to the adjutant's words, Qiao De thought for a while, and then immediately
"Well... what you said makes some sense. We should indeed check it, but we can't delay saving people because of the overly cumbersome inspection process. How about this... you arrange for people to conduct primary extraordinary detection on every passenger who boards our ship. Just take a quick look at each person. Remember, saving people is the top priority now."
Jode gave such instructions. Although the Glowing Fleet had enough "lights", it would still cost a lot of spiritual energy to conduct extraordinary inspections on more than 2,000 passengers. If the level of inspection was too high, the entire fleet might suffer from an overall spiritual deficiency in the next period of time, which might put them in a passive position if they encountered other crisis situations.
At present, it seemed that the White Pearl was experiencing an ordinary shipwreck, without any signs of any extraordinary intervention, so after thinking it over again and again, Joad decided to only conduct a basic spiritual detection on the entire ship, which was probably to detect everyone at a casual glance.
"Yes, sir, I will arrange it immediately!"
As he responded, the adjutant stepped back to carry out the order, while Joad continued to stand where he was, looking at the huge cruise ship that was getting closer and closer in the distance.
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At this time, on the deck of the White Pearl, Costa was standing by the railing, staring with wide eyes at the approaching Glowing Fleet in the distance. In the cabin behind him, the bodies of Binns and the other two were still lying there. Ever since he saw that Binns was dead, the anger in Costa's heart was beyond redemption.
"Damn thief... Was all this part of your plan? Did you really want to disguise yourself as an ordinary passenger and sneak into the Glorious Fleet?"
Muttering with gritted teeth, Costa stared at the fleet in the distance and muttered angrily. The railing in his hands had been bent and twisted. At this moment, he felt deep despair in his heart.
Facing the Glowing Fleet, he did not dare to display any of his extraordinary abilities. Once the other party noticed something was wrong, he would be dead. He had no way to stop the Glowing Fleet from coming to rescue people. He could only watch the thief sneak into the Glowing Fleet from among the passengers, and completely escape from his control with the Deep Blue Heart.
The Glowing Fleet was getting closer and closer. Reason told Costa that after the official contact with the Glowing Fleet, he would be in a very passive and dangerous situation. The best choice now was to take all his men with him and quietly jump into the sea to escape before the Glowing Fleet arrived. He should use the ability of the Path of Waves to dive away from the Glowing Fleet and swim to the nearest shore after they left.
But... if he did that, he would have to watch Thief K escape with the Deep Blue Heart. Once he returned to land on the glowing ship, he would never be able to find him. The sacrificial ceremony went wrong, and he lost the Deep Blue Heart. Costa couldn't imagine what would be waiting for him if he returned to the Abyss Cult under such circumstances.
Costa now has three choices. One is to jump into the sea with his men and escape, and return to the Sea Abyss Church after reaching the shore, accept punishment, and live a life worse than death from now on. The second is to jump into the sea with his men and escape, but immediately leave the Sea Abyss Church after reaching the shore, and live a miserable life being hunted down by both the black and white worlds from now on. The third is to throw the pot into the ground and immediately show extraordinary traces to the Glorious Fleet, leading the Glorious Fleet to conduct deep detection of all the people on the ship, so that the Glorious Church can find the thief K directly.
If the third point is done well, you can even jump into the water and escape after revealing your traces. If you are lucky, you can rely on your advantage in the water to get rid of the pursuit of Huiguang. If successful, Huiguang will definitely conduct strict detection on all passengers, and the thief K will most likely not be able to escape.
Thief K is most likely a member of the Eight-pointed Nest, and an evil pagan to the Glorious Church. If he is caught by the Glorious Church, there will be no good result. Although the Deep Blue Heart will eventually fall into the hands of the Glorious Church, the hateful Thief K will also pay a corresponding price! He may be tied up and burned to death by the church!
"Huh...Huh...What should I do...What should I do now...Those people from the church are coming soon, what should I do now? Should I jump into the water and escape immediately and go back to accept the punishment? Or should I escape after jumping into the water...Escape to a place where Master Jianlin can't find me, and live a life of running away every day to avoid divination. Or should I give that damn thief a surprise before jumping into the water, let him be caught by those charlatans and suffer the consequences, and if I'm lucky, I can still escape..."
At this moment, Costa's heart was filled with resentment towards the thief K. He desperately wanted the thief K to be punished and to pay the price, no matter whether the punishment came from himself or the church. If he really wanted to live a life of constant escape, why not let the damn thief pay the price before escaping?
'Yeah... that thief... must be secretly happy in some corner that I can't do anything to him. He must be looking forward to welcoming the church's ship. He must think that I don't dare to risk being exposed! Humph... he really underestimates me...
'Right now, this Glowing Fleet only has two large warships, which means there are only a few Cretaceous on them at most, and no Chi Cheng. If I concentrate on escaping by diving, with my physical strength and ability, it is not impossible for me to escape under their noses after triggering extraordinary signs... But the thief is different... In this vast ocean, with so many charlatans fully detecting him, he will definitely not be able to escape!
'I...even if I have to live a life of fear and escape from now on, I won't let you have it easy! Humph...do you think I don't dare to show my extraordinary signs and attract the attention of the Glowing God? You are totally wrong! Even if I am caught by the Glowing God, I will make you pay for your arrogance! Besides, in this vast ocean, they may not be able to catch me even if I use my power and run away!'
Gritting his teeth, staring at the fleet in the distance, Costa thought with a twisted face that after being fooled by Thief K several times, his biggest wish at this moment was to make Thief K pay the price no matter what. In his angry heart, the Deep Blue Heart even gradually became unimportant. He knew that in this situation, the Deep Blue Heart could not be taken back no matter what. It would either be taken away by the thief or fall into the hands of the Glowing Church. So instead of letting the thief continue to be arrogant, it would be better to give the Deep Blue Heart to the church, so that the thief could be punished.
With such a desperate idea in mind, Costa, staring at the fleet in the distance, slowly raised his hand, ready to use his ability in front of countless eyes in the Glow Fleet to attract the opponent's attention.
Just when he made up his mind to activate his ability, Massimo's voice behind him interrupted him.
"Hey, Costa, you come and see this thing?"
"Tsk... What else is there to see now!" Costa turned his head angrily after listening to Massimo's words. Then he saw Massimo squatting on the floor of the cabin, pointing at Binns' body and the hand. At this time, there was a black button placed there. The button looked like it had been torn off the clothes.
“This, this is…”
Looking at the button in front of him, Costa's eyes widened, while Massimo, who was squatting, spoke seriously.
"I saw Binns's hands clenched tightly before, which seemed a little unusual, so I opened them to take a look, and found that he was holding this button in his palm. Binns and the other two people didn't have such a button on their clothes. Costa...who do you think this button belongs to?"
Massimo said to Costa with a sly smile. Listening to Massimo's words, Costa's gaze gradually became fixed, his eyes staring straight at the black button in the dead man's hand.
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