The sea was calm and the unchanging scenery quickly caused visual fatigue. In addition, it was nighttime, and the human body is naturally prone to fatigue and drowsiness.
Only the bodyguards seemed to be able to discern the correct direction from the monotonous sea, rowing their boats without hesitation, with a clear target.
It wasn't until Cheng Shuang realized that it was more like drifting than paddling.
“They rely on ocean currents,” Du Jun said.
Lie Fu immediately called Hu Zi to stop. The group observed that the wooden boat was drifting quietly, still closely following Qing Nai and her group.
“Stop paddling.” Lie Fu frowned. “I think maybe drifting downstream would be faster.”
Almost without any verification, the boat immediately accelerated as soon as the two men put down their oars.
"They're speeding up too!" Cheng Shuang exclaimed in surprise, putting her hand to her forehead. "No, they've stopped."
It should be said that after accelerating for a while, the raft came to a stop.
From afar, it appeared that Qingnai stood up from the swaying raft and fired a shot into the depths of the sea.
Cheng Shuang was stunned. The artillery fire struck a transparent wall, creating a ripple-like afterimage like a barrier, before being completely swallowed up.
"We haven't fallen into something like...Inception, have we? That movie, Liefu, do you remember it? We went from a cruise ship to the sea, and then from the sea to a deserted island. It was like going from one space to another." Hei Zishan gestured eagerly to prove his discovery, but from Liefu's thoughtful expression, it was clear that he understood what he meant.
Cheng Shuang asked blankly, "Brother Hei Zishan, what movie is Inception? I haven't seen it." She had only heard her sister mention Inception, and she didn't know if movies with similar world names had similar content.
"The core content revolves around the story of profiting from stealing other people's secrets through dreams, which involves the idea that people have five layers of dreams," Liefu's answer was concise.
Cheng Shuang nodded in understanding and asked the question that had been on her mind, "So Brother Hei Zishan suspects that we've been dreaming all along?"
"No, what I mean is that we haven't actually reached the real world yet!" Kuroko scratched his head, he couldn't quite explain it either.
“That’s reality,” Cheng Shuang denied, the little girl’s face serious. “The reality of going hungry, getting hurt, and dying.”
Kuroko was slightly taken aback. "Yes!" He quickly changed his mind. "It's also possible that the exit is just ahead."
Lie Fu immediately rolled his eyes at him, saying he wasn't even as mature as a child.
The sound of cannon fire was incessant. Qingnai in front seemed to have gone mad, ignoring the bodyguards on the ship's attempts to stop her, attacking the transparent barrier again and again, accompanied by the roar of cannon fodder and Qingnai's maniacal laughter.
"He's really gone mad!" Lie Fu said with displeasure, cursing under his breath. "Damn it, does he want everyone to die with him at the hands of Jie Suzi?"
“He’s not that noble. He wants everyone to die with Jie Suzi, except for himself.” Du Jun took out a pair of table legs from his spatial storage, his expression calm. “Slow down first, so he doesn’t go berserk and attack people indiscriminately.”
Upon hearing this, Hu Zi and Hei Zi Shan immediately started rowing.
Soon, the rafts behind caught up. The first to arrive were Xie Xiaoxian and Shao Yang, whom Cheng Shuang knew. The other maintainers paddled their simple rafts in twos and threes, each on guard. They were no longer as splendid as before, showing that they had put in a lot of effort to escape from the jellyfish monster.
So when they saw Aona go crazy, everyone immediately started to slow down.
There was no other way; the skills were nearing their cooldown limit, and nobody wanted to waste their last bit of life-saving attack power on this madwoman, Aona.
"If the exit of the Gate of Reincarnation could be broken through by force, so many people wouldn't have died inside," Xie Xiaoxian said with a mocking sneer.
Xia Guang was not among the surviving protectors. Xie Xiaoxian and her husband never mentioned him, and Cheng Shuang and the others naturally overlooked him as well.
Those who survived are all at sea, so what else is there to ask!
Several maintainers even turned the ship around, preparing to attack from other directions, but unfortunately, they soon slunk back. For a moment, everyone's expression was grim.
“There will always be a time when his skills run out.” Shao Yang scoffed. He didn’t know what had happened to the couple, but they were both a bit irritable and didn’t communicate with each other. However, he could always hear the tacit understanding between them in their tone of voice.
“He has a cigarette card that can quickly restore his strength.” Cheng Shuang, without much hope, frowned slightly, looking like a little adult, and calmly analyzed, “If this is the correct exit, why are Adolf and his bodyguards also stopped here? They should be continuing to drift with the ocean current.”
"Moreover, given Qingnai's temper, Adolf is no longer useful to him, and he is very likely to kick Adolf into the water," Liefu added.
“Don’t forget about those bodyguards!” Hei Zishan shook his head in disagreement. “They won’t just stand by and do nothing.”
The little girl finally couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. "The people they're supposed to protect have all fallen into the sea, so they must be rushing to rescue them! Besides, how can they fight Qingna head-on without weapons! If they kick people into the sea and rescue them quickly, there's still hope for them to survive. But if they confront Qingna because of anger and resentment, they might all be wiped out."
"Even Shuangshuang can see clearly which is more important!" Lie Fu said disdainfully to his friend.
"What role do you think Adolf's existence actually played?" Du Jun changed the subject, returning to Adolf. He didn't believe the truth about the so-called Gate of Reincarnation as told by the bodyguards, or rather, he only believed a part of it, such as the existence of the wanderers, but he absolutely did not believe the idea that Adolf's noble lineage could save the world.
When people are in despair, they will hold on tightly to even the smallest glimmer of hope. In a desperate last stand, some hopes are more of a source of comfort and faith.
"Could Adolf be the key to exiting the Gate of Reincarnation?" Shao Yang said in a deep voice. Du Jun looked up at him, and the two exchanged a glance, their eyes deep and unfathomable, before looking away again.
"Qingnai has gone mad. Does he not want to leave the Gate of Reincarnation?" someone asked疑惑地. Before anyone could answer, he followed this line of thought, his brows furrowing even more deeply, "He doesn't want to go out, and he doesn't want us to go out either. Could it be..."
"Kill Adolf!" his companion shouted abruptly.
From afar, Qingnai seemed to hear their voices. She turned back to give them a threatening look, her mouth opening and closing silently, "Useless cowards, just wait to die together!"
The maintainers' five senses were enhanced to varying degrees, and most of them saw Qingnai's provocative words.
"Madman, ptooey!" Of the dozen or so people, half were filled with righteous indignation, while the other half calmly observed and analyzed the situation, clearly trusting their own judgment more.
“We can’t go on like this.” Someone suddenly spoke up, looking up at the dark sky with an unusually solemn expression. “I used to be a sailor, so I have some experience observing the sky and the sea… It looks like there’s going to be a big storm tonight.”
Everyone instinctively looked down at the light raft beneath their feet, their faces contorted in pain.
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