Planck's body eventually sank into the sea, and the seawater surged up and splashed onto Billens, but was completely blocked by his crew uniform.
A question mark appeared above Jiang Ran's head. It was truly unexpected that it would end in such a ridiculous way.
The fact that the gun in the red-clad crew member's hand could kill Planck meant that no one present could withstand a single shot from him!
"Oh! Everyone, don't panic, I'm not some terrorist plotting a coup!" Billens turned and laughed heartily, making sure everyone on the ship could hear him. "You've all heard it, haven't you? Sirius and Planck are complete lunatics, so why should we follow in their footsteps?"
"Listen, everyone! We don't need to pursue some so-called immortality, nor will we die here! But I am still going to Atlantis!"
"Think about it, everyone! There's not only the blessing of immortal mermaids there, but also a treasure that would last eight lifetimes! I will take this ship to the land of the treasure. Those who wish to live forever can pursue immortality, and those who don't can divide the treasure equally. After that, we'll go our separate ways. Isn't this the best option?"
The crew members in white all smiled, clearly very satisfied with the decision!
The mermaid's treasure—how vast must it be?!
"Long live Lord Birons!"
"Long live Captain Billens!"
"Then please go back to your rooms and rest. Think about your luxurious and prosperous future, and get a good night's sleep."
Billens went to the captain's cabin.
A bolt of lightning struck, and the storm began!
A torrential downpour began, and a fierce gale caused the entire cruise ship to rock violently at sea. Jiang Ran had no choice but to leave the deck and return to his room. He felt something was amiss and quickly went back to the VIP lounge to check the surveillance footage!
Billens took a large sack of things from the captain's cabin, sneaked onto the lifeboat, and disappeared!
Damn it! He had no intention of going to Atlantis with the others!
"No, the cruise ship's course is starting to veer off course!"
Birens used some unknown authority to forcibly change the cruise ship's course, which meant they would not enter Atlantis along the original route, but instead drift in a stormy area at sea!
He wants to kill everyone! Why, why would he do that?
Jiang Ran learned that Bilens had taken Planck's inheritance and fled, wanting to use the money to live the life he wanted. However, he was also afraid that if others entered Atlantis and actually obtained the mermaid's treasure, it would make him feel extremely unbalanced!
Since he himself doesn't dare to go, then nobody else should either! Let them just die at sea!
"That idiot!"
Even if everyone enters Atlantis, the white-clad crew member without the Sea-Avoiding Pearl will only face certain death. His worries are completely unnecessary; on the contrary, this action will prevent everyone from passing through smoothly!
"No, we must regain control of the entire cruise ship!"
Jiang Ran immediately led Gwen to the captain's cabin. Everyone else did the same, except for Wips and Gwen, because they had all seen what Billens had done on the monitor!
At this moment, the group no longer cared whether they were enemies or not. If they couldn't restore the cruise ship's course, none of them could pass the level!
Unfortunately, the state of the captain's cabin left them dumbfounded. The control console, which had been securely hidden inside the desk, had been smashed to pieces by Billens. Unless one of them could reverse time, there was no way they could repair it!
"There's really no other way, but at least we can survive until the seventh day. We can keep our lives and get a quarter of the reward, which seems like a pretty good ending."
Alansta sighed slightly. It was indeed a pity that he couldn't clear the S-rank ghost story world, but he couldn't say how much of a pity it was, since he had never cleared it before.
Long ago, it wasn't always the case that at least one person could clear an S-rank world. Solo dungeons were fine, as countries could send people one after another. As for team dungeons, it wasn't uncommon for 30 people to die.
This is the chasm-like difference in difficulty between S-class and A-class worlds!
It was only after Jiang Ran, this oddball, appeared that they actually treated clearing S-level worlds as a commonplace thing, which was really strange.
"No, there is a way!" Jiang Ran slammed his hand on the table. "The solution lies within the rules! Let's go to the Golden Hall!"
"Go to the Golden Hall? Are you sure you can handle it?"
"Do you have a better idea? If not, then come with me!"
Jiang Ran led the way to the Golden Hall. After opening the door, a man in a suit was sitting there quietly drinking coffee.
"You've arrived?" The man in the suit wiped his mouth with a napkin. "What a farce. If I'm not mistaken, besides you, I'm probably the only senior officer on this ship."
"Are you also a senior officer? The ship's control system has been compromised, and repairing it is almost impossible. Do you know where there is a spare control console?"
The man in the suit stood up slowly, without immediately answering Jiang Ran's question.
“We have now entered the most dangerous area of this ocean, the sea monster zone. I know you may have sea-repelling beads on you, but they are of little use and not enough to protect you from the sea monsters’ bites.”
"So if you jump into the sea now, you'll only be going to die. But if you continue on the current route, the ship will definitely run aground and sink, probably in an hour or two."
Everyone's brows furrowed deeply. One or two hours was simply not enough for them to live until tomorrow! This meant that if they couldn't change course, everyone would die here!
"Stop talking nonsense!" Shan Shang shouted. "Tell us how to get the ship back under control! I really don't believe such a large cruise ship doesn't have a spare control panel. Right now, you're probably the person on this ship who knows the most about this!"
"The way to regain control is simple." The man in the suit slowly walked to the bar in the golden hall, pressed a few hidden buttons, and six fingerprint scanners were revealed.
“Starting this console requires confirmation from at least six senior staff members.” The man in the suit first pressed his thumb onto the first fingerprint scanner. “Alright, now we need five more.”
Jiang Ran, Shan Shangye, Alansta, and Han Xiaodong all currently hold dual positions as senior staff members and VIP guests, thus meeting this requirement. However, Zhuge Shensuan is merely a VIP guest and does not hold the status of a senior staff member.
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