Chapter 119 Sea Ice
Lin Guantang is certainly a different person from Chi Zhongsu. At least he is not as conflicted as him. When he finally chose to commit suicide, he was still wondering whether jumping into the river or taking medicine would make him more comfortable.
But Jane Yinglai liked his books, so she could never say anything bad about it in front of him.
So, even if Jian Yinglai took the initiative to say "maybe the wrong book was sent", Lin Guantang still shook his head and replied:
“Actually, I think the book is pretty good.”
This is not a lie, and no one says you can't like a protagonist in a book or a book by an author with a different personality from your own.
When Jian Yinglai heard his answer, she smiled.
The others were confused and casually asked what the book was. You Guangyu, the cousin, answered on their behalf, and received a strange silence from the others. After that, they all said that Young Master Jian/Xiao Lin was indeed a person of great taste.
Lin Guantang almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
It wasn't because I was praised for my taste, but because I instantly understood what everyone meant.
I really don't know how to praise it, because this book is really tedious and boring. It is on the list of famous books that are hard to finish reading every year, and few people like it. But since I asked about it myself, I can only rack my brains to think of words of praise in order to avoid a dull moment.
It's actually quite interesting to watch others get frustrated.
Jian Yinglai was probably already used to this kind of situation. Anyone who didn't like this book would be labeled as tasteless by him anyway, so he naturally ignored what others said and continued chatting with Lin Guantang on this topic.
The others had no way of joining in on their conversation, so they could only talk about their own things. Fortunately, while they were talking, the equipment to send Lin Guantang back to the shore was already fully prepared.
After saying goodbye to his friends and other guests who saw the action and came to say hello, Lin Guantang left the boat and sped towards the shore as everyone watched.
A small boat in the vast ocean.
A huge and bright moon hangs high in the night sky, reflecting the sparkling waves of the sea. The sea is endless, and looking at it always makes people feel confused, as if they can't find a place to settle down.
So I instinctively want to find a place to rely on and miss a certain figure.
I wonder if he is also looking at the same full moon as me.
That shouldn't be possible.
Lin Guantang was a little aimless, and even thought with amusement that someone like him would never have such an interest.
The accident happened in an instant.
The sea was calm, the wind was gentle and there wasn't even a cloud in the sky. The driver was amazed at the rare good weather.
Lin Guantang suddenly felt a panic, as if some danger was coming towards him.
His intuition has always been accurate, and he trusts it quite a bit, so when he sensed danger coming from behind, he instinctively wanted to look back, but the moment he twisted his body, he suddenly fell down, shouting "Get down!".
The driver was still a little confused. He looked down at Lin Guantang lying on the bottom. Just when he was about to ask what happened, he saw something flying past him at an extremely fast speed, almost sticking to the position where Lin Guantang was just now.
That's a bullet.
After realizing what it was, the driver screamed in fear, fell to the ground in a panic, looked at Lin Guantang in panic, and asked him in a trembling and incoherent voice what happened and why someone opened fire.
Lin Guantang couldn't answer his question.
The second bullet came again, and this time it hit the control panel accurately.
The wind carried not only the screams of the driver in front of him, but also the panicked voices of the guests on the ship in the distance, the shrill alarms, and the faint sound of someone calling his name.
Lin Guantang ignored it until Tian Ye sent him a message.
"Half an hour!"
Along with the news from the field, there appeared two silver-white balls with rapidly flapping wings above their heads. They were lined up in a row, extending from Lin Guantang's position to the shore.
When the balls were arranged at regular intervals, the first ball folded its wings and fell vertically, and the second half of Tian Ye's reminder followed:
"I haven't tested it in the open ocean, so I can only guarantee it won't melt in half an hour. Run as fast as you can!"
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That was a scene that no one expected.
There was actually a killer lurking on the ship.
After seeing the accident on Lin Guantang's side, without any hesitation - after just a few seconds of thinking, Jian Yinglai immediately made a division of labor:
"Tian Ye, you control the release of the condensation balls, I'll go find someone!"
"clear."
The two looked at each other, and Tian Ye had already activated the terminal and started the cracking program of Condensation Ball.
Jian Yinglai took one last look at the small boat drifting on the sea, then immediately turned around and ran to find the shooter. He also asked the security personnel on the boat to rush over and cordon off an operating space for Tian Ye.
And asked You Guangyu to stay and comfort the panicked guests.
Although You Guangyu had never experienced such a scene, he had aspired to become the most perfect omega mistress since he was a child. Of course, his training courses also included how to comfort frightened guests when accidents occurred.
Fortunately, no gunshots were heard. To most guests, it seemed that only an accident had occurred on the small boat that Lin Guantang was riding.
Even if you hear that someone seemed to be shooting, you will still be rational because you didn't see it with your own eyes or hear the gunshot, so even if you are panicked, you will still be rational.
And someone was able to step forward immediately to take command of everything, and the situation was temporarily stabilized.
Amidst the hustle and bustle, one couldn't help but curiously watch the isolated area and the young man fiddling with a long and thin box in the area.
Human lives were at stake, and no one dared to hesitate any longer. Soon, the security personnel on the ship stood side by side, surrounding a semicircular area and blocking all other guests outside, who could only watch through the gaps.
Like magic, the young man knelt on one knee on the deck with an open box in front of him, his fingers operating on the terminal quickly.
Not long after, several small silver-white balls suddenly flew out of the box, and their wings danced up and down, leaving silver-white afterimages.
Then, these small balls flew rapidly towards Lin Guantang under the astonished gaze of everyone.
For Lin Guantang, when the ball flew over his head, he only felt a chill rushing to his forehead.
For those who were leaning on the railing of the boat and looking towards him, if they saw the ball flying up by itself, fast and steady, like a refreshing magic trick, then what happened next would be a visual feast that could be called a miracle.
The first ball stopped flying and then fell vertically.
It splashed into the air and began to explode and deform, emitting blue lines, as if lightning was moving in the air.
The small ball exploded the moment it fell into the sea.
The small ball was not even as big as a palm, but it exploded with amazing power, instantly creating a wave several meters high. Then the splashing wave condensed into ice, floating in a fan shape on the sea, blocking Lin Guantang behind.
Or, it should be called a barrier that blocks sight.
Amidst the guests on board, some were speechless with amazement, while others screamed with excitement, the second, the third...
The flying condensation balls were thrown one by one according to the set distance, and also began to deform in the air, but when they fell into the sea, they did not explode like the first one, but directly condensed into ice in the sea.
The two-meter-wide ice block is wide enough for a person to run on it as hard as he can without worrying about accidentally falling into the sea if he deviates by one or two steps.
In this way, several ice blocks connected together, eventually forming an ice bridge floating on the sea, leading all the way to the shore.
Thank God, Lin Guantang was not far from the coast.
Lin Guantang, like the surrounding guests, was shocked by what he saw. He had never expected that the military academy's technology tree had been lit up to this extent.
but--
Although the ice is wide and long enough, this journey would not be a big deal if it were on land.
But against the backdrop of the vast ocean, the ice bridge is as narrow as a thin line, like a long road in the sky with no end in sight.
Even if there was no wind tonight and the moon was bright, running along such an ice bridge would be challenging.
Maybe there's no need to run away in such a dangerous way. It's not a bad idea to stay where you are and wait for rescue.
Although the control panel was broken, there was no third shot fired. The alarm on the ship continued to sound, and the attackers would not stay there and wait to be caught.
So once the murderer is caught and the situation on the ship is stable, there will be people available to pick him up - maybe someone has already been sent to pick him up now.
But that's not necessarily the case. Knowing that there is a killer lurking on the ship, who would dare to take the risk to come and rescue people? Who can guarantee that the killer will not kill the people who come to rescue?
So should we wait?
Stay on the boat and wait for rescue, or run back along the ice now? A choice must be made as soon as possible and never change it.
Hesitation will only lead to the worst possible outcome.
Lin Guantang took several deep breaths, then looked up at the operator in front of him who was frightened to the point of being stunned.
"You may misunderstand me, but I still want to say that you'd better stay here and don't follow me."
Under the crew's horrified gaze, Lin Guantang stood up, looked down at him, and explained in a calm tone:
"The enemy's target is me. If you follow me, I can't guarantee that you won't be killed by mistake, so it's better to stay here and wait for rescue."
"Don't be afraid, you will be safe."
Under the huge and bright moonlight, the driver stared blankly at the person in front of him, watching him smile at him like a holy angel, his ice-blue eyes purer and more peaceful than the color of the sea.
The wind blew his hair and clothes, and the moonlight flowed behind him, as if it would turn into real white wings with the wind.
The driver thought he might be hallucinating, otherwise why would he feel like an angel had descended and made a gentle yet firm promise to him.
Then the angel disappeared from his sight.
Lin Guantang gave him one last smile. Seeing that he was no longer so nervous, he flipped over and jumped lightly onto the ice floe. He took a few tentative steps, found his balance, and then ran forward quickly without any hesitation.
During this process, he had to make his brain work at a rapid pace in order to forget the increasing coldness on his body and the ice bridge under his feet that seemed to be getting more and more shaky.
Okay, then let’s first think about who wants to kill me and for what purpose?
Did Dai Zhourong discover that he had a connection with Gu Jiaying and was afraid that his crimes would be made public, so he decided to take the initiative and kill himself?
Or was it because of Huo Shizhen that his enemies couldn't find an opportunity to kill him, so they turned to killing him, their already tacitly accepted lover?
Or maybe, someone discovered the identity of "Lingchen" and that's why this assassination plan was arranged?
It seems very likely.
Lin Guantang's mind was in a mess. Countless useful and useless clues were intertwined like a tangled mess. In the end, he couldn't even tell whether these clues were related to each other.
Gradually, the coldness spread throughout his body at an unstoppable speed, even making Lin Guantang unable to think.
To the people on the boat, they could only see a small figure running on a thin white line, which made them worry for him, fearing that he would miss a step and fall.
Lin Guantang was not worried about stepping on air, but the cold was almost killing him. It was summer, and he was wearing thin clothes. He was running on the ice where the cold air was coming out. Even through the thin soles of his shoes, his feet seemed to be frozen.
So he had to run because the ice would melt, and he was afraid that if he stopped, his whole body would be frozen into ice.
I also wish I could grow a pair of wings and fly away.
It may be inappropriate, but the system villain appeared uncontrollably in Lin Guantang's mind——
The winged angel that was modeled after him.
Lin Guantang thought somewhat self-deprecatingly and unrealistically, "Master Huo, since I am an angel in your heart, then let me be like an angel, show my wings, and take me to fly across this sea."
The moonlight and the night wind silently swept across every inch of the empire.
Why do I suddenly feel palpitations?
Somewhere far away, Huo Shizhen paused, as if some danger that he could not handle was quietly approaching, as if he was about to lose something vital.
That was an unprecedented situation.
His heartbeat has always been steady. Even if he encountered any dangerous accidents, he would not be moved, let alone panic. But why is it that now that everything is going according to plan, he has a bad premonition, and even his heart is beating uncontrollably.
The system also issued a warning, detecting abnormalities in his body.
Huo Shizhen stopped the system from automatically reporting any abnormalities in the body, and did not issue any orders to review the task process or ask anyone to be on alert.
He just stopped all movements, stood by the window, looked up thoughtfully, and looked at the bright moon hanging high outside the window.
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