The latter half of the journey was exceptionally quiet, following Shen Qi's ‘terrifying’ topic.
Except for Lu Zhi, the person involved, it only took him a minute to go from initial shock to calm acceptance, leaving Jiang Yue and the other two in awe.
Lu Zhi even dozed off midway, and then leaned his body to Shen Qi’s side, sleeping comfortably with Shen Qi’s arm around his shoulder, feeling the sea breeze.
It was agonizing for Jiang Yue and the other two. They had heard such a world-shattering secret, and although they didn't know if it was true, it was highly likely.
Was Shen Qi the kind of person who joked?
No! Absolutely not!
So they could only believe that everything Shen Qi said was true.
Jiang Yue and the other two huddled in a corner to discuss. As for Wang Cao Tian and Lan Yu Shan, the two simpletons, they were completely ignored by the trio.
"What should we do?" Xia Zhi asked Jiang Yue worriedly, "Are they going to silence us?"
Jiang Yue wiped nonexistent dust from her sunglasses, "Not yet, perhaps?"
"Can't you say something to reassure me?" Xia Zhi said with a wry smile, "Junior Lu should protect us, right? Right?"
"Aren't those the important issues?" Luo Shi Yu, who had been listening for a while, couldn't help but interject, "It's about their current identities."
The three had different expressions on their faces.
"If it's true, I suspect Boss Shen's identity... hiss~" Jiang Yue condensed fire energy at her fingertips, writing the characters 'God'.
Luo Shi Yu and Xia Zhi lowered their heads. After a pause, Xia Zhi slowly said, "I remember we have to pay for damaged decks, right?"
Jiang Yue: ...
Luo Shi Yu extended his hand and condensed a small piece of ice, "Heat it up and write with water."
Jiang Yue’s mouth twitched, "Thank you, really."
Why were they still joking about such a serious topic?
"What are you three whispering about behind our backs?" Wang Cao Tian and Lan Yu Shan, having tired of swimming, came up and immediately found the trio lurking suspiciously in the corner.
The three unanimously shook their heads, "Nothing."
Wang Cao Tian narrowed his eyes. His yellow hair and muscular chest gave him a thug-like aura at the moment, "You're definitely hiding something from us."
Lan Yu Shan nodded his head in agreement with a serious expression, "We're a team. It's too much for you three to have secret meetings!"
The three exchanged knowing glances and turned away one by one, very carelessly dropping a sentence each.
Jiang Yue: "Oh my goodness, I forgot to apply sunscreen."
Xia Zhi: "I haven't finished reading my book yet."
Luo Shi Yu: "I'm going to ask the captain how much longer until we arrive."
Wang Cao Tian, Lan Yu Shan: (0_0)???
Blue sky, white clouds, a lone ship sailed on the vast ocean. As they got closer to Saint Island, two large cruise ships entered everyone's sight.
Boom—
The sudden explosion woke the sleeping Lu Zhi. He opened his eyes blankly, rubbed them, and mumbled, "I, I think I heard an explosion?"
"Holy crap!" Wang Cao Tian and Lan Yu Shan had their hands on the railing.
Shen Qi swept them with a glance. Wang Cao Tian and Lan Yu Shan, startled, quickly covered their mouths, their actions as synchronized as twins.
"If you're tired, get some more sleep," Shen Qi said, skillfully kneading the back of his neck.
Lu Zhi shook his head and stood up to stretch his lazy limbs. Suddenly, another explosion sounded, accompanied by various curses.
"What's going on?" Lu Zhi looked towards the source of the explosion, which seemed to be two large ships quite far from them. From this position, he could only see the silhouettes of the two ships. He mumbled, "If only I had a telescope."
Shen Qi, the thoughtful boyfriend, handed him a telescope.
Lu Zhi couldn't help but smile.
"What are you laughing at?" Shen Qi brushed a stray strand of hair from Lu Zhi's face behind his ear.
Lu Zhi shook his head, "I just suddenly feel like having a boyfriend isn't so bad."
Shen Qi heard this and let out a soft chuckle, his eyes filled with a tenderness as thick as unmelted sugar. kuAiδugg
Wang Cao Tian and Lan Yu Shan, who were forced into silence and stuffed with affection, ran off to ask the captain for a telescope.
Captain Ma: "They're all gone. There was only one, and that young lady took it earlier."
The two had no choice but to dejectedly run to Jiang Yue's side, instinctively keeping a safe distance from Lu Zhi and Shen Qi.
Lu Zhi stood at the bow of the ship with the telescope, puzzled, "What's going on? The people on the two ships are fighting each other."
Suddenly, Lu Zhi saw several huge tentacles surge out of the sea through the telescope, binding the two large ships that were fighting fiercely, as if to drag both the ships and their occupants into the depths of the sea.
Lu Zhi: "!!!"
"What the hell! A giant octopus!" Jiang Yue, who had arrived beside Lu Zhi at some unknown time, was so excited that she didn't control her strength and slapped the railing, bending it askew.
Lu Zhi silently moved aside.
Luo Shi Yu opened his optical computer and checked the data, frowning, "What's going on? How can there be such a large octopus? There's no explanation in the school's records."
"There is," Xia Zhi also opened her optical computer and pointed to a corner of the data in the projection.
There, in font the size of an ant, it was marked: Beware of large octopuses.
Everyone: ...
Why was such important information written in such tiny font!!!
Captain Ma emerged from the cabin and said, "Those two ships are out of luck. That large octopus is said to be one of the guardians of the Saint Island entrance. There are three of them, but their appearance time and entrance are random. It's all a matter of luck. We're lucky today, we didn't encounter any, hahaha..."
Several people: ...
Lu Zhi said with a wry smile, "According to you, whether we can safely enter Saint Island depends entirely on luck?"
No wonder there were so many piers on Chichi Island, it was to separate people boarding the island to avoid them all being wiped out at once.
The captain: "Not necessarily. If you have the strength to drive the octopus away, that's fine too."
"Not good!" Jiang Yue's tone suddenly turned serious, "Damn it, those guys are trying to divert the disaster! That octopus is coming towards us!"
Lu Zhi was startled, picked up the telescope, and indeed saw a huge dark shadow lurking in the deep sea, rapidly approaching them.
"Quick, quick, let's enter Saint Island!" The captain's smile vanished, and he rushed to the helm.
Lu Zhi was very puzzled, "Why is that octopus so obediently coming towards us and letting them go?"
"Why else? It must be using some dishonorable means," Jiang Yue stepped on the railing and gave a middle finger to the escaping ships in the distance.
Lu Zhi: ... Senior sister, mind your image as a lady.
"Damn it, those guys are provoking me!" Jiang Yue suddenly became furious, took off her sunglasses, "Luo Shi Yu, give me a baseball bat!"
Luo Shi Yu understood instantly and condensed an ice bat, handing it over.
Lu Zhi watched as Jiang Yue struck a batter's pose, a fireball condensed before the ice bat, and with a powerful swing—
Bang—
The fireball turned into a blur and flew towards the ships in the distance.
Jiang Yue extended her thumb towards the ships over there, then gestured downwards in a contemptuous manner.