The Answer in the Book

Ensuring the vessel sailed normally was just one small part of returning to Western Capital City.

Even Zhou Xin had paid no attention to this kind of short-distance transfer vessel before.

But he belatedly realized that something like this could make him capsize in a gutter.

It was like those warriors of decades or a century ago, unmatched wherever they went, who had been cut down by a common soldier. It was also like the firearms expert of Zhou Xin's generation who had been stabbed by a thug. One little moment of carelessness, and all their good fortune and hard work would come to nothing.

This boat captain named Ao Aisi really did have one chance to turn the tables on them.

Leaving aside the place he would earn in the history of genetic development if he succeeded, if he could just damage the vessel and then escape in a small boat, he might have a fortuitous opportunity to ascend to the heavens in a single bound in the Aomeijia Alliance.

But that required a gamble, and a snap decision.

After everyone tied up the captain and threw him into the cabin to demonstrate how to send a distress message, Zuo Teng, his head aching, made his way through the cabin to explain some of the problems.

Zuo Teng's explanation made Zhou Xin's face darken slightly, while the captain, Ao Aisi, turned ashen.

Between dying at the hands of this group from the Scarlet Alliance State and dying when the Aomeijia Alliance held him accountable, he really did have a third path.

His keen eyes had let him see how serious the situation was, but he had been unwilling to part with the vessel he relied on for his livelihood, so he had never thought along those lines.

Now that