Chapter 98 Chapter 98 I don’t want to leave, but I can’t leave…

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"Gee, gee - I feel dizzy. I can't do it anymore. I really have no strength left."

"Hold on! Hold on!"

"Brother Jun, hold on to me, don't let go!"

"Ahhhhhh Jun-ge!"

“Mmmmmm, no no!”

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There was a roar of thunder, heavy rain poured down, and mournful wails echoed through the sky.

One side of the Ever Leap was sailing at high speed, sticking close to the mountain. It was moving forward one second and moving backward the next. The hull repeatedly rubbed against the mountain, shaking back and forth, as if it encountered strong winds and huge waves at sea, and the whole ship was shaking constantly.

It was obvious that someone had tampered with it, and a large section of the railing on the fourth floor had fallen down.

The people on the deck were thrown all over the place and fell into the water one after another. In just a few minutes, half of the open deck that had more than 20 people on it was gone, leaving only ten people.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the slippery deck was like a natural ice rink. People who had lost their balance held on tightly to the handles and pipes on the inner wall. They had no strength in their lower bodies and could only rely on the strength of their upper arms to try to save themselves.

The cruise ship was still shaking violently. It was only a matter of time before we ran out of strength and fell off.

Looking at the purgatory-like scene before his eyes, Gu Mengran's heart was broken as if by a knife. His companions who had fought side by side with him not long ago were struggling in despair, dying in agony, and disappearing before his eyes one after another.

Just watch like this? He could definitely do something...

For a moment, Gu Mengran thought a lot, and then his slightly drooping eyes suddenly raised up, his gaze was firm, as if he had made some kind of determination.

"You can't care about Mengran!"

As if he had guessed what was in his mind, before he could take any action, Liang Zhao tightened his arms, tightly grasped the pipe embedded in the wall with both hands, and held the solemn-looking Gu Mengran firmly in his arms.

The big pendulum rose and fell, and more and more people were exhausted.

In a blink of an eye, the young girl behind the two of them ran out of energy. One of her hands slipped from the life-saving straw, and she slid uncontrollably towards the edge as the boat swayed.

At the critical moment, Gu Mengran reached out and grabbed her wrist.

Before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a sudden creaking sound from behind. Gu Mengran held his breath and looked back. He saw that the connection surface between the pipe and the cabin could not bear the weight of three people, and several spider-web-like cracks appeared in an instant.

The cracks grew larger and denser visibly. Before Gu Mengran could react, there was a loud "click" and the pipe that Liang Zhao was holding tightly in his hand fell off.

“Ahhh—”

Screams rang out again, and Gu Mengran, Liang Zhao, and the thin young girl were thrown out instantly. His body slid along the deck, and when he saw that he was less than half a meter away from the broken guardrail, Gu Mengran finally made a decision.

Put the people into the space, now!

Just as the thought came to my mind, another loud noise came from under the ship, as if something had hit the Ever Leap. The cruise ship, which was originally tilted to the right, suddenly shook and tilted in the opposite direction.

In an instant, everyone was thrown back to the inside of the deck and fell to the ground. Before they could recover from the strong dizziness, the violently shaking pendulum was suddenly unplugged, slowing down the shaking speed and gradually stabilizing.

"Ouch...my hand!"

"Get up, stand up quickly! Find something nearby to hold on to!"

“Don’t take it lightly!”

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The deck was in chaos, with shouts coming one after another.

The sudden collision saved them, but the blow was so strong that everyone fell heavily.

In order to prevent the cruise ship from shaking again, the villagers endured the pain and climbed up from the ground one after another, grabbing nearby objects fixed to the wall.

Gu Mengran and Liang Zhao had the same idea. They hurriedly got up, settled the girl down, and then found a thicker pipe to hold on to.

Two minutes later, the cruise ship seemed to gradually stop, and there was no sign of shaking. Gu Mengran wanted to go to the guardrail to confirm what was happening below, but Liang Zhao saw through his thoughts before he took a step.

"It's very dangerous, wait a moment." Liang Zhao held his hand.

It seemed that there was no way to stay in a stalemate. Gu Mengran looked up at Liang Zhao and deliberately lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear, "I think... why don't we take them back to the space now? Too many people have died, Liang Zhao. If we continue like this, let alone robbing the cruise ship, we might even be wiped out."

"No." Without even thinking, Liang Zhao decisively rejected the proposal.

Realizing that his tone was too blunt, Liang Zhao stroked the back of Gu Mengran's hand with his thumb and explained in a gentle voice, "It's very dangerous for you to be exposed. Even if the villagers don't have any bad intentions, what about the people on this cruise ship? So many people disappeared without a trace, wouldn't they be suspicious? What if they are waiting here, how are we going to get out then?"

Gu Mengran shook his head quickly, "No, they are also injured, they probably don't have time--"

"Meng Ran." Liang Zhao interrupted him and lowered his eyes to meet his gaze. "Look at them. Do you think they are willing to leave now and give up halfway?"

Gu Mengran understood what he meant and his eyes moved slowly across the messy deck.

The lady holding the pillar with her arms had blood all over her face, the girl standing against the wall had a dull look in her eyes, and the young man holding the pipe gnashed his teeth...

In the calm after the storm, there was fear and panic in their eyes, but surprisingly, they also had a strong, unresolvable hatred and unwillingness in their eyes.

They paid a heavy price for this. If they gave up, all the people who had died before would have died in vain. Either they died here together, or they took down the cruise ship in one fell swoop. They didn't want to leave, but they couldn't.

“Woo woo woo—”

A deep whistle suddenly sounded. It was not from the Ever Leap. The sound was very close to them, coming from below the deck!

Gu Mengran realized something, his eyes lit up instantly, and he slowly moved to the edge of the deck. This time Liang Zhao did not stop him, but held his hand and moved together.

The deck without its guardrails was like a cliff, which would be shattered into pieces if one was not careful.

Standing on the terrifying outer deck again, Gu Mengran was not afraid because Liang Zhao was standing beside him, and because the sturdy and majestic Feng Yi was right under his feet.

“Boom boom boom—”

A huge roar shook the sky and the earth. The Fengyi, Hengrongsheng, and Decheng driven by Duan Yueyan quickly approached the Yongyue and attacked it from three different directions: front, back, and right.

The first battle was a success. Heng Rong Sheng successfully squeezed past from the side, and its ship was turned sideways to block the Everlasting Leap right in front of it, forcing it to slow down.

The Feng Yi followed closely behind and immediately blocked the right side of the Ever Leap to prevent it from turning and escaping; the De Cheng, which arrived last, blocked the stern to prevent the opponent from reversing the propeller and blocking the passage for reversing the ship.

There were mountains on the left, and ships on the right and in front and behind. In just a few minutes, the situation was reversed and the Ever Leap, which had been swaying in the water, turned into a huge trapped beast.

Is it possible? Of course it is possible to force it through. Three medium-sized cargo ships are still a bit insignificant in front of the cruise ship, but the problem is that the captain dare not force his way through.

Compared with surface cargo ships, cruise ships are taller and larger, and they carry six floors on their backs, which results in a higher center of gravity. Although modern cruise ships have good wind and wave resistance, their huge size and high center of gravity make them more likely to lose balance in extreme situations, leading to capsizing.

The fact that the three ships dared to attack has already shown their attitude. Go ahead and ram us. The worst that can happen is that we will all die together.

This was a big gamble. Dong Hongbo held the rudder but was hesitant to place his bet.

"Zizizizizi, Captain, Captain! The remaining bastards from the fifth floor are coming down. Please give us your instructions!"

"They started moving, moving towards the cab with weapons!"

The intercom beside him rang. Dong Hongbo could no longer remain calm. He punched the driver's seat hard and grabbed the intercom, swearing: "It's garbage. It's all garbage. I can't beat a bunch of old, weak and sick people. I ate in vain!"

After his fury, Dong Hongbo softened his tone. "Xiao Wang, you are my earliest crew members, and you are also the masters of Ever Leap. I don't care what you think or what you pay, just stop them and never let them get close to the cockpit!"

"Received!" A resounding reply came from the intercom.

Putting the intercom back in place, Dong Hongbo stood up and gave up the captain's chair. He glanced at the man next to him and said, "First mate, you take the helm. Try to break out as much as possible without capsizing the boat."

"clear."

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Their reinforcements also arrived, and after confirming that Ever Leap would not suddenly shake, Zhou Jing, Fang Jie, Xiao Dong, and more than a dozen young men and women used ropes to slide down to the fourth floor.

The frightened and injured uncles and aunts stayed where they were to rest, while more than 20 young men picked up their weapons again and walked resolutely towards the driver's cab.

Having taken precautions in advance, Gu Mengran told the others that there might be people on the fourth floor. So when they were about to reach the bow, the tightly closed cabin door on the inner side of the deck suddenly opened, and twenty or thirty people rushed out instantly. They were not completely defenseless.

Without further ado, they started fighting as soon as they met. The two groups of people, armed with weapons, started fighting on the narrow open deck.

Unlike the initial reluctance to take action, the villagers had already become furious after sacrificing so many of their companions along the way. They started hacking down without hesitation with knives, axes, sticks and clubs.

Anger does increase fighting power, twenty people against thirty people, the fight was evenly fought. But the longer the delay, the villagers, who were always outnumbered, naturally fell behind.

The oil saw had already fallen into the water. Without this killer weapon, if they continued to fight like this... their chances of winning were slim. Gu Mengran also thought about taking another oil saw from the space, but he could not avoid the oncoming knives and sticks, and he could not find a suitable opportunity.

One after another, most people were injured, including Gu Mengran and Liang Zhao.

His anger was not diminished, but his strength was gradually exhausted. Just as Gu Mengran used a steel pipe to block the oncoming blade, Xiaodong next to him was hit hard by a club.

Xiaodong was obviously exhausted due to the great consumption of energy. He was hit on the head with a stick. He staggered back two steps and staggered towards the guardrail.

In order to kill him while he was weak, another man next to him seized the opportunity, raised a half-meter-long machete, aimed at Xiaodong's chest and stabbed him with all his strength.

"Xiaodong!"

Gu Mengran, who was overwhelmed, cried out in surprise. Just as the sharp tip of the knife was about to pierce Xiaodong's skin, the murderous man with the knife suddenly stopped.

After being frozen for about two or three seconds, he slowly lowered his head, looked at the blood-soaked tip of the knife that had pierced from his back to his chest, and fell down with a look of disbelief on his face.

Zhou Zhiqi, who had not been seen for a while, came with his men. There were not many people, only about a dozen or so, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that they did not encounter too many obstacles along the way and had conserved their strength and energy quite well.

A timely rain! More than a dozen helpers joined in, and the situation turned around in an instant.

However, there were dozens of people, and it would take a while to deal with them. Zhou Zhiqi killed one of them with a knife, turned to look at Gu Mengran and others, and decisively waved his hand, "You go to the driver's room first, leave this to us!"