Just as the voice carried across the sea, the bow of the freighter happened to "brush past" White Bone Hill.
The freighter stood roughly six meters above the waterline, seeming slightly taller than White Bone Hill. Yet as the hull gradually passed by, the "hill" beside it seemed to keep growing. More and more of its structure emerged above the water, soon reaching a level where it could "look the ship in the eye," and its "growth" showed no signs of stopping.
Of course, Ink was still high atop the aft superstructure. From the camera's overhead view, under the glaring red warning lights, its deathly still and savage form was displayed with perfect clarity.
"Hey, I'm coming over."
The voice from before cut in again. Then someone "boarded" the ship, jumping from White Bone Hill onto the freighter's deck.
The armed personnel standing tensely on the deck with their weapons raised almost instinctively aimed their guns at him. Ink's camera also temporarily left White Bone Hill and locked onto The Visitor.
The newcomer now appearing in Ink's footage, with black gun barrels aimed at him, was someone the viewers knew very well:
Long Qi.
It was precisely because they knew him too well that many people overlooked the fact that, while the freighter and White Bone Hill looked "level" and "close," the distance between them still far exceeded the limits of an ordinary human body's jumping ability.
Of course, those were minor details not worth mentioning.
On the deck, facing lethal firearms that could tear him to pieces at any moment, Long Qi, dressed casually, harmlessly raised both hands.
"Everyone, don't be nervous. I really just came to borrow something."
As he spoke, he whistled toward Ink from afar and shouted, "Hey, Mr. Ink, take care of the little kids,