Still an Old Acquaintance!

The Barberry Crown, a large luxury cruise ship built by Arakawa Company, had been in the water for less than three years. Its facilities were lavish and extravagant. Like a golden palace floating upon the sea, it could carry more than fourteen hundred people out onto the ocean for a wonderful time of merriment.

Especially now, as they watched Japan struggle and sink in the distance, the ship inevitably gave people the illusion that they had escaped the flood of apocalypse and entered a paradise on earth.

An inconspicuous fishing boat sailed past not far away.

Compared to the Barberry Crown, that fishing boat was like a scruffy little hedgehog passing beside a majestic lion—shabby, ugly, and tiny. The laughter and teasing on the Crown's deck immediately rose several decibels, and everyone's mood improved a few more notches.

The passengers did not know that on the shaded side of the Crown, Shi Tiexin was clinging to the hull like a gecko. Special climbing devices covered his hands as he climbed upward, one step at a time.

Youyou, riding on his back, could not help asking, "Say, isn't it a little unconventional for us to be playing stealth in broad daylight?"

"It has to be broad daylight. This ship only hovers from two to four in the afternoon. After four, it starts cruising, and it'll be hard to find. Besides, there's nothing strange about a fishing boat passing by during the day, but a fishing boat coming close in the dead of night would be suspicious." Shi Tiexin climbed while looking around. "Quit talking and help me watch for cameras!"

"Don't worry, I've already spotted them. This ship doesn't have many cameras pointed outside. Climb a little higher, then go left. Wait a moment, and when the camera sweeps past, you