"Bastard! I'm the captain!
Strike team, take the deputy captain away!"
He didn't bother arguing over things like whether he was "in his right mind."
Li Zaixu understood that was nothing but an excuse.
What he was facing was a power grab by the deputy captain!
So he gave the most decisive order he could under the circumstances!
But at that moment,
faced with Li Zaixu's order, which was hardly any different from committing slow suicide,
even the strike team, usually controlled by the captain's trusted subordinates, hesitated!
They faltered at Li Zaixu's command. For a long while, none of them stepped forward to restrain the deputy captain.
And so,
more and more dissenters spoke up.
"Sir, you really are too tired. You should get some rest first."
"Don't worry. We're only suspending your captain's authority temporarily.
Once you've rested, everything will return to normal."
"Let's get this over with. I feel awful all over inside the Hell Boundary!"
A few minutes later,
Li Zaixu, like a defeated rooster, was stripped of his captain's authority on the grounds of "extreme fatigue." Several strike team members restrained him and "escorted" him back to Captain's Quarters 25.
The deputy captain of the Hancheng Furnace took over command.
The next moment,
the Hancheng Furnace changed course as well.
Only, it headed in the exact opposite direction from the White Horse Neighing West Wind!
It soon left the Hell Boundary and returned to safe space.
The White Horse Neighing West Wind had successfully escaped the pursuit!
"Whew!"
After watching the Hancheng Furnace give up its pursuit,
everyone aboard the White Horse Neighing West Wind let out a long breath of relief.
"Captain, let's change course and get out of the Hell Boundary.
Look at how my hair's standing on end.
I can't shake