Chapter 385 - 381: Maritime Crisis

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Chapter 385: Chapter 381: Maritime Crisis Watching the thin-lipped Nanrong Wanqing biting her lips tightly beside him, Ling Chen stretched out his hand to embrace her shoulder, protecting her in his embrace, and gave her a reassuring look. Then he turned to Kaelina and asked, "Can the submarine mines move in the water?" Kaelina nodded lightly and said, "Those mines have been specially modified with the addition of miniaturized propellers, allowing them to be moved slowly through computer control." "Why didn’t you say so earlier?" Hu Fei couldn’t help complaining, "If we knew this, we would have devised another plan." "Other than taking a boat, do you have another way?" Kaelina countered, leaving Hu Fei speechless. Indeed, the island was surrounded by the sea on all sides with no land routes available. Besides the waterway, there were no other methods. At this moment, Zhu Hong arrived at the shore in a jeep with over two hundred soldiers in tow, looking over at the people trapped on the motorboat with a slight smile on his lips, a smile of victory. "Ladies and gentlemen, don’t hesitate anymore. Hurry back the way you came; otherwise, don’t blame me for being merciless under my gun." Hearing Reylov’s voice coming from the helicopter, Ling Chen’s eyebrows furrowed, his thoughts flying as he wracked his brain for a way to escape. The key was still the mines! If they could figure out the mine issue, they could escape the island unobstructed. With this in mind, Ling Chen looked at Nanrong Wanqing in his embrace and said firmly, "Do you trust me?" Nanrong Wanqing didn’t utter a word but nodded her head. "What are you planning to do?" Kaelina asked from the side. "Just follow my instructions later," Ling Chen replied, then turned his head towards Qiu Yong and others on another motorboat, saying, "Brother, come over to this side." Without a word, Qiu Yong immediately led the injured Yuan Yun and the others onto Ling Chen’s motorboat. Fortunately, the motorboat had standard space to accommodate ten people, and though everyone was on board, it wasn’t too crowded, though it might have some minor impact on the speed of the boat. Once everyone was settled on the motorboat, Ling Chen briefed Yang Chen and Kaelina for a moment, then took out a sunshade from the boat, covered it over the heads of everyone, hiding all of them. After all this was done, Ling Chen looked up at the circling helicopter above and raised his arm high, giving the long middle finger. Seeing Ling Chen’s gesture, before Reylov could react, Ling Chen leaped into the sea from the motorboat, disappearing without a trace. At the same time, the motorboat started again, moving forward slowly. "I want to see where you can escape to," Reylov hummed coldly, and shouted to the pilot, "Fire!" "Stop! Without my order, no one is allowed to fire," Zhu Hong on the shore of the island yelled into the walkie-talkie loudly. "Do you want to let them go?" "I... no, we can’t fire no matter what," Zhu Hong hesitated for a moment, but his tone quickly became resolute. At this moment, all the people on the motorboat were covered by the sunshade cloth, making it impossible to distinguish who was where. If Nanrong Wanqing were accidentally injured or even killed, Zhu Hong was certain that no matter how close his relationship with Mr. Yun was, he would not be spared. After all, that was Mr. Yun’s biological daughter; he did not dare to act rashly. Watching the powerboat gradually getting further away, Zhu Hong roared into the walkie-talkie, "I don’t care what method you use, you must stop them." Reylov’s eyes were somewhat cold, and beyond that, there was a hint of admiration. Ling Chen was very smart, knowing to exploit their weakness and preventing them from daring to attack. However, what he was even more curious about was how Ling Chen, having dived into the sea and not reemerged for a while, managed to direct the powerboat away from the mines? "Boss, what should we do?" the sergeant riding with Reylov in the helicopter asked. Reylov sneered, "If he thinks I have no way to deal with them, then he is sorely mistaken." Saying this, Reylov glanced at his subordinates and spoke indifferently, "Now, I need your help." "Please give your orders, Boss." "Very well." A cruel smile spread across Reylov’s face as a glint of ferocity flashed in his eyes. Without waiting for the sergeant to react, Reylov suddenly grabbed his shoulder and pushed him out of the helicopter, dropping him into the chilly seawater. Watching the sergeant flounder in the water, Reylov said emotionlessly, "Kill him!" As soon as he spoke, the Gatling gun mounted beneath the helicopter began to spin, raining bullets down like a torrential shower. In an instant, the sergeant’s body was riddled with holes, and his blood slowly began to spread in the sea. Beneath the powerboat, Ling Chen clung to the underside of the boat, observing the underwater mines and incessantly tapping either side of the boat’s bottom, first left, then right. Although the sound was faint, with Yang Chen’s keen hearing, it was entirely distinguishable. It was through his guidance that Kaelina on the powerboat could accurately control the course, avoiding the hidden underwater mines. When his air ran out, Ling Chen stuck his head out of the water, taking a deep breath before diving back under to guide Kaelina. However, while surfacing for air, he suddenly smelled a stench of blood nearby. Looking intently, he saw a mutilated corpse floating on the water’s surface, with blood spreading from its body. Seeing this, Ling Chen’s brow slightly furrowed, a sudden shock ran through him as something crossed his mind, and he quickly looked deeper into the water. Instantly, several sharks about three meters in length were swiftly swimming towards him from about ten meters away. Trouble! Ling Chen’s pupils constricted, clearly, these sharks were attracted by the smell of blood. As more and more sharks appeared around him, Ling Chen’s body tensed up. At this moment, the best course of action would be to get back on the boat to avoid the sharks’ attacks. But doing so would mean lingering on the sea surface. The longer they delayed, the more disadvantageous it would be for them. Thinking of this, Ling Chen gritted his teeth, trying to remain calm while letting the sharks swim past him. As long as there was no blood scent on him and he did not provoke the sharks, he should not be attacked. However, Ling Chen had still underestimated Reylov’s ruthlessness. At that moment, the helicopter’s Gatling gun spewed out a long stream of fire snakes, and the bullets with terrifying destructive power penetrated the sea surface, shooting frantically along the edge of the powerboat. In an instant, several sharks were riddled with bullets, with blood flowing along the seawater, almost covering the area around the powerboat. Seeing this, Ling Chen muttered to himself that this was bad. This way, sooner or later, he would become the target of the sharks’ attacks. After a moment’s hesitation, Ling Chen immediately surfaced, preparing to get back on the boat to avoid the blood-thirsty brutal sharks. Bang! Suddenly, accompanied by a crisp sound of gunfire, Ling Chen felt pain in his left shoulder as a bullet pierced through it, and blood gushed out profusely.

Chapter 385 - 381: Maritime Crisis

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