Time to Take on a Little Brother
A group of heavily armed soldiers poured in from outside the door. There were seven of them in total, all wearing tactical vests. The Asian man in the lead had wolf-like eyes and was a ruthless character.
"There are two survivors here!"
"Look at this one, it's a live one with curves."
One of the soldiers stared at Cui Lin's chest and whistled at her; in terms of discipline, this group of soldiers was more like mercenaries.
Sensing the visitors' ill intentions, Cui Lin immediately employed her skills as a con artist. "Excuse me, only staff are allowed in the captain's cabin. As the captain's assistant, I must warn you..."
The Asian man stared coldly at Cui Lin. He was a desperate criminal who had lived a life of violence, and his aura was completely different from that of ordinary people. Cui Lin wisely shut his incessant mouth and moved to stand behind Russell.
"Where are the other passengers?" The Asian man looked at Russell and gestured for him to raise his pistol.
"Don't do that, don't point the gun at me, people will Deadman." Russell raised his hand, revealing a harmless smile.
The Asian man's heart sank. His intuition, honed through life-or-death experiences, told him that continuing to hold the gun would really Deadman, and he himself would most likely be the one to die.
Suppressing the turmoil in his heart without making a sound, the Asian man lowered his gun and asked again, "Tell me what happened here, where are the other passengers?"
Russell frowned. "I'm also looking for other passengers. To be honest, I..."
"We were having a tryst in the storage room when the cruise ship suddenly started shaking, as if it had hit something. When we woke up, this was the scene." Cui Lin handed over the key card. "We just arrived at the captain's cabin and ran into you. Really, we don't know anything."
The Asian man squinted at Cui Lin. Russell was putting a lot of pressure on him, and he instinctively didn't want to get entangled with the two of them. He took the key card and tossed it to his subordinate.
No one knew what had happened on the ship. The mercenaries searched the captain's cabin for Silk and found the vault door in the bedroom. They immediately opened it with a key card.
The maiden voyage and the presence of a wealthy individual attracted the first uninvited guests: pirates!
The mercenaries came to the Sago to rob it, or at least ostensibly to rob it. They were hired by a wealthy patron to blow up the Sago and disguise it as a pirate operation.
The mercenaries don't care who the benefactor is or what their purpose is. They just take the money, put on a good show, and consider the mission complete. After that, nothing else matters to them.
Russell and Cui Lin were pushed to the doorway of the captain's cabin. Looking at the scene before him, he seemed to recall something and muttered to himself, "An axe... the person who opened the door was killed by an axe..."
Click!
The vault door opened, and the burly black man in front of it cheered. Just as he was about to rush in and rob the money, a firefighter's uniform struck him on the forehead.
Next, the enraged mercenaries opened fire, slaughtering everyone in the vault, except...
"Besides the captain, there's also the bespectacled investor... Deep Freeze! The Sea Monster!" Seeing the plot unfold exactly as he had predicted, Russell felt reassured; this was a sure thing.
Previously, when he first entered the Main God Space, he encountered the "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" storyline; this time, it's "Deep Freeze." Times have changed, and he's no longer the same person he once was. With his trident in hand, the Sea Monster is just an ugly pet.
"I was so clever. It was definitely a wise move to farm the Trident dungeon in the Caribbean island world back then."
"Uncle Luo, we've detected Ring of the Goddess of Fortune! Shen Menghan is nearby!"
Upon hearing the system's words, Russell hurriedly covered his face and muttered, "Why didn't you say so sooner about something so important? When did she arrive? Didn't she see me?"
"I've been here for a while now, and I told you before, but you were concentrating on rubbing... cough cough, concentrating on wiping away shoe prints, and you didn't pay attention to me." The system's voice sounded a little aggrieved; it had indeed reminded him, and more than once.
"Useless! You can't even handle this simple matter. What use are you?" Russell coughed lightly, skipping the topic. "So, where is she now?"
"Floating 200 meters above the cruise ship..."
"If she makes any move, remember to remind me immediately." Russell cursed his bad luck, hoping that Supergirl hadn't used her X-ray vision to look around, otherwise the part about wiping the shoe print would be hard to explain and would be too easy to cause misunderstandings.
After giving the system instructions, Russell looked around. Now was not the time to watch the show; he needed to find a place to put on the black robe and cover his face.
"These people are dangerous, let's get out of here."
Cui Lin whispered something in Russell's ear, then took his hand and ran towards the corridor outside the captain's room. Russell's earlier act of standing in front of her had won her a lot of goodwill, and Cui Lin didn't dislike him as much as she had at first.
Holding hands with a beautiful woman, Russell exclaimed that he was out of luck, as he could just save Phoenix Woman's information on his digital camera, but now that Supergirl was coming, all hope was lost.
Staying by Cui Lin's side now is also a problem. If she sees Russell's face, it is very likely that he will be exposed. He needs to find a way to shake her off and find a secluded corner to change his clothes.
The two hurried along and arrived at the elevator. Suddenly, an echo of a Beast's roar came from the end of the corridor. The sound was very deep, yet it was also penetrating.
"Damn it, what is that sound?" Cui Lin's face was pale, his mind racing after being bombarded with Hollywood blockbusters.
Bite!
The elevator doors opened, and Cui Lin rushed in, only to bump into two men.
One had long, flowing hair and a hip-hop style with a touch of roguishness, while the other had regular features, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, with the face of a Sin Buster.
Cui Lin bumped right into the arms of the protagonist of justice. The latter had just opened the elevator door when he saw the unidentified object rushing towards him. He subconsciously raised his hand to protect himself and just happened to grab the eastern hemisphere.
"Hey, what are you doing? Show some respect!" Cui Lin roared, raising his hand to slap him.
Before the slap landed, Cui Lin stared blankly at the handsome man in front of him, silently withdrawing his hand that was frozen in mid-air, and casually brushing the long hair in front of his forehead behind his ear.
"Madam, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it."
"It's okay, just be more careful next time!"
Russell: "..."
The guilt he felt for wanting to secretly shake off Cui Lin vanished instantly. Russell realized he was still too young. These days, there's a kind of lust at first sight called love at first sight, a kind of flirtatious glance called mutual affection, and a kind of grievance called "sister-in-law first"...
The last sentence was superfluous. Cui Lin and the male protagonist made eye contact like turtles looking at green beans, but in just a moment, she forgot all her goodwill towards Russell.
That's not quite right either; in fact, she has already forgotten who Russell is.
Russell remained silent, quietly pressing the elevator button to send the three downstairs. He then turned and went to the room around the corner, pushing open the door and putting on his black robe. With the hood up, his features were obscured by shadow, leaving only his blue-glowing eyes visible.
Taking out his trident and gripping it tightly, Russell lowered his voice and changed his tone. "It's time to recruit a follower..."