Towering waves crashed down less than ten meters from the ship.
Spray erupted from the impact.
Beneath the faint glow of the lanterns, that spray scattered into warm streams of light.
Compared to the raging winds, torrential rain, and terrified crowd all around them,
Su Wen alone stood where he was, dressed in a black trench coat.
He calmly raised his head and looked into the distant depths of the Dark Sky.
This scene was not only recorded by the traveler Nelson, but also captured by a journalist from California.
Afterward,
it became a world-famous painting from Origin Year 5, one that could perhaps stand alongside "The Burning Bavarian Banquet Hall" and "Race Car No. 25 Racing Across Detroit's Sky":
Traveler Facing the Storm
The next second,
the ocean's vast and majestic power began surging upward without end.
It propelled the enormous cruise ship swiftly toward its destination.
Just like that,
the ship's hull did not capsize amid wave after wave of violent rocking.
Instead, it was pushed by the deep sea's tides toward the Samoa Islands.
The guests gradually realized that they had escaped danger.
Some wept with joy, while others even fell to the ground and gave thanks for the protection of the gods.
Adrian rose from the sofa in the captain's cabin, then set the overturned flowerpot upright.
"Now I understand how Spring-Fal felt."
Phyllis-Eleanor also murmured,
"Father, was this the miracle you had always hoped for?"
An hour later,
the black storm clouds gradually vanished from the passengers' sight.
Only then did Su Wen confirm that the danger had truly passed.
Of course,
most of those present had also seen the radiant golden protective halo he had released.
They understood that if Detective Kevin had not stepped forward and used his life to unleash some kind