Just as Lu Ye was weighing the pros and cons and thinking about how to respond to Xiong Ren's request——
"Buzz—"
The gaming bracelet on Xiong Ren's wrist suddenly lit up with a soft green light, and a prompt box popped up.
【System prompt: You have successfully joined the team! 】
"Ah? Team formed successfully? Who?"
Xiong Ren himself was stunned and looked at the bracelet with a confused expression.
Almost at the same time, a chaotic sound of footsteps and voices came from the ice fog not far away, getting closer and closer.
"Boss! We found Xiong Ren! He's over here!"
A shrill voice shouted.
Soon, seven or eight figures emerged from the cold mist. Leading them was a plump man in his forties, wearing a thick fur coat.
Behind him were several men who were also wrapped tightly and holding simple weapons. They looked at Xiong Ren with a sense of matter-of-factness.
"Boss!" When Xiong Ren saw the fat man, a complicated look appeared on his face and he shouted subconsciously.
The fat man called "boss" was named Jintang. He first glanced at Xiong Ren and his sister, and then turned his gaze to Lu Ye, who was holding a flamethrower and a brazier, and looked calm and composed, with what he thought was a kind smile on his face.
"Xiong Ren, I'm glad you're okay. Come with me."
Jin Tang first gave an order to Xiong Ren, and then looked at Lu Ye.
"Hey, brother, you look unfamiliar. We are the self-organized 'Jintang Mutual Aid Team', ready to work together to get everyone's boats out of the ice. Xiong Ren is already one of us."
He pointed at the people he had brought with him, with obvious pride on his face.
"Brother, I see your boat is stuck too. Why don't we join forces? There's strength in numbers! I don't have any other hobbies. Since I was young, I've loved making friends and having a wide network of contacts. Look, I just wandered around on the ice and said hello, and there are already more than ten brothers willing to follow me! Only by sticking together and helping each other can we survive in this damn place!"
Haha, the abacus beads are about to fall on my face.
Lu Ye sneered in his heart.
As soon as he saw that Xiong Ren was useful, he came to pick peaches?
He also wants to recruit me into his group. Is it because he likes my obviously unique ship, or because I am fully equipped, and wants me to be a free thug and mobile warehouse?
"No thanks." Lu Ye curled his lips, his tone full of undisguised sarcasm.
"I'm afraid I can't afford your 'mutual assistance'."
The smile on Jintang's face suddenly froze, and a hint of displeasure flashed in his small eyes.
"Hmph, you don't know how to appreciate my courtesy!" He looked up and down at Lu Ye and the obviously modified and sleek ship behind him, the Breaking Wave, and his tone became contemptuous.
"I'm telling you, I got a legitimate offshore fishing boat! With a reinforced hull and a specialized icebreaking bow! The engine is incredibly powerful! For its size, it's definitely top-notch in this awful game!"
He boasted about his boat with great enthusiasm.
"You're guarding that modified speedboat of yours? It's so fancy, but what good is it? It looks fast, but in this icy and snowy weather, speed is useless! If there's any ice compression or any other disturbance on the sea, your boat will be the first to capsize! You won't even have time to cry then!"
Xiong Ren was listening on the side, moving his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but after looking at Jin Tang's unquestionable expression, he finally swallowed his words back with a bit of embarrassment on his face.
However, in the face of Jintang's boasting and belittling, Lu Ye did not show any anger on his face. Instead, he showed a half-smile and looked at the confident Jintang and the people behind him with a playful look.
Finally, it landed on the so-called "fishing boat" whose outline was vaguely visible and looked a little bulky in the cold wind.
"I say, Fatty," Lu Ye's voice was not loud, but it was clear enough to hear over the howling cold wind.
"Those lard-clouded eyes of yours, would you mind...opening them wider and taking a closer look?"
Do you really think you can become the king just by driving a shabby fishing boat? This game is not that simple.
The fat on Jintang's face twitched violently!
He didn't expect that under such a "huge disparity in strength", the young man in front of him would dare to be so arrogant!
They simply don't take him seriously!
"You little jerk! You're so shameless!" Jintang's eyes were full of ferocity, and his saliva almost sprayed on Lu Ye's face.
"Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you talk to me like that? Do you believe I'll sink you and your wrecked boat into the ice hole right now to feed the fish?!"
You're asking for your own death! When I get the boat over here, I'll crush you first!
However, facing Jin Tang's threat, Lu Ye didn't even bother to raise his eyelids.
He slowly took out a silver-gray, palm-sized communicator from the inside pocket of his winter coat, put it to his mouth and whispered something.
"Yiyi, turn on the light, maximum power."
"Buzz—"
Almost the moment the order was given.
The next second, not far behind Jintang and the others, the Breaking Waves, which they ridiculed as a "fancy little speedboat", suddenly burst out with brilliant light!
One, two... dozens of high-brightness searchlight poles, like the arrival of daylight, instantly tore through the thick darkness and cold fog!
The blinding light illuminated the surrounding ice surface for hundreds of meters as bright as snow!
Under the strong light, the true outline of the Breaking Waves, which was hidden in the darkness, was finally clearly revealed to everyone!
What kind of speedboat is that?!
The smooth and powerful metal lines far exceed the huge size of ordinary fishing boats.
Thickened composite armor plates gleamed with an icy sheen, and even the faintly visible, ferociously shaped turrets on either side of the bow...?!
This is clearly a sea fortress armed to the teeth!
The cold, powerful and inviolable aura it exuded instantly made Jintang's bulky "offshore fishing boat" look like a shabby toy!
"Gudong!"
The arrogance on Jintang's face froze instantly.
His fat body trembled violently, and beads of cold sweat oozed out of his forehead and instantly turned into ice chips.
The fat man who was so arrogant the previous second wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with extremely smooth movements the next second.
The waist that was originally straight seemed to have lost its backbone and bent down with a "swish".
His face was filled with a flattering and twisted smile, and his voice had changed in tone.
"Oh my! Master Lu... Master Lu! My dear Master! Look at my dog eyes... I really can't recognize a great man! Damn you! What nonsense! Please be magnanimous and don't bother with a small character like me!"
Oh my god! This is clearly military grade, right?!
The guys behind Jintang who were originally aggressive now had pale faces and trembling legs.
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