Chen Xiao was about to resist when he heard a scream coming from Zhang Xiaotao below—after all, he could only stand still and pull on the rope, but someone nearby had flipped over and jumped down onto the lifeboat and started fighting with the people on the boat for seats.
Chen Xiao yelled, "I don't want to kill anyone! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!!"
Bang!!
A gunshot suddenly rang out from the crowd!
In the chaos, Chen Xiao suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. It was as if he had been struck hard by something. Looking down, he saw that his right chest was stained red with blood, and blood was gushing out of a bloody hole!
Looking up, I saw a man in the crowd with a distorted expression, his hand trembling as he gripped a pistol. The handle was stained with blood, probably stolen from one of the crew members.
While Chen Xiao was entangled with a group of people, he was caught off guard when someone suddenly shot him from behind! Under normal circumstances, how could an ordinary person possibly hit him? But now he couldn't dodge, couldn't move, and couldn't even use teleportation, so he was immediately hit by the bullet.
His body went limp, and he was nearly dragged down by the rope...
"Tang Ying!!"
As more and more people rushed up, Chen Xiao shouted, and Tang Ying twisted the arm of one of the thugs who was entangled with her. With a crack, the man screamed in pain, probably because his joints were broken.
"Chen Xiaojun?" Tang Ying was stunned when she saw that Chen Xiao's chest was covered in blood.
"Come here!" Chen Xiao shouted. Tang Ying ran over, but Chen Xiao grabbed her and threw her with all his might. Before Tang Ying could react, he threw her over the railing from the deck and landed her accurately on the lifeboat that was suspended in mid-air below.
"Protect them!" Chen Xiao shouted.
Tang Ying landed on the boat. With her as an expert, the three or four thugs who landed on the boat were all knocked into the sea by her with a wave of her hand.
Chen Xiao's eyes reddened at this moment! He was soft-hearted and didn't want to hurt innocent people, but these thugs didn't care about that! No matter how merciful he was, he might lose his life!
He gritted his teeth, grabbed the fence next to him, and with a forceful pull, tore off a steel pipe and threw it hard at the guy with the gun in the distance!
puff
The thug with the gun was instantly pierced through the chest by a steel pipe! The muscles in his face contorted in agony, and then he fell backward to the ground with a thud, dying without uttering a sound.
Chen Xiao snorted, but with a backhand slash, he bent the thigh of the guy in front of him at a ninety-degree angle. The guy was a strong white man who let out a shrill scream and fell at Chen Xiao's feet.
He kicked a strong man backward, the force of which dented the man's chest, shattered all his ribs, and knocked over seven or eight people!
In a few swift moves, he took down several people, some dead and some wounded, which temporarily intimidated the thugs in front of him. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Xiao quickly lowered the rope. When he heard the lifeboat finally land in the sea, Chen Xiao looked at the restless guys in front of him, spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva.
At this moment, his body went limp. He had been fighting for almost the entire night, which had greatly depleted his supernatural abilities and left him with many minor and major injuries. Now, he had been shot. Although the wound in his right chest might not be immediately fatal, his body was not made of iron. He had been able to hold on by sheer willpower just now, but now that the ship had safely landed on the sea, his body went limp, and he knelt on the ground, panting heavily.
The thugs who had been intimidated by him regained their courage when they saw Chen Xiao fall down, and some of them approached with red eyes.
Chen Xiao cursed and turned to look behind him...
I...can't swim.
But he had no other choice at that moment. He suddenly rolled over and tumbled down the broken fence behind him...
thump!
Chen Xiao fell into the sea!
On the lifeboat, Tang Ying saw Chen Xiao fall from it and land in the sea. Without hesitation, she jumped up and plunged into the water, diving down with all her might. Zhang Xiaotao followed her in.
Watching the two girls jump into the sea one after the other, Fireworks sat on the boat, only frowning slightly.
A moment later, Zhang Xiaotao and Tang Ying emerged from the water, panting heavily. Zhang Xiaotao, holding Chen Xiao in one arm, pushed him up with all her might!
Then Zhang Xiaotao climbed onto the boat and reached out her hand to Tang Ying. The two girls, soaking wet, rolled around on the boat, panting heavily.
Just then, a series of gunshots rang out from the high deck of the ship above!
Then came a cacophony of screams and shouts! Amidst the shouts, the faint sound of Japanese could be heard. Tang Ying's face immediately turned pale. She jumped up and looked up.
"Your Highness, the Prince..."
Tang Ying's face showed struggle. She glanced at Chen Xiao lying there with difficulty, then rolled over and knelt down, shouting, "Chen Xiao Jun! Grandpa ordered me to protect you, and now you are safe! I... I still need to go back to find His Highness and my sister!"
After saying that, the little girl picked up a small knife from the deck, presumably left on the ship when someone jumped overboard. Then, with a splash, she swam swiftly to the side of the ship, put the knife in her mouth, grabbed the rope from which the lifeboat had been lowered, and then, with the agility of a monkey, quickly climbed up. In no time, she was on the deck, and with a flip, disappeared over the railing…
Chen Xiao was exhausted and her vision went black. She couldn't hear what Tang Ying said to her before she finally fainted.
“Chen Xiao…” Zhang Xiaotao lay on Chen Xiao’s body, soaking wet, and finally saw the gunshot wound on Chen Xiao’s chest and the blood gushing out.
"He won't die." Fireworks remained seated, glancing down at Chen Xiao, as if muttering something to herself.
Zhang Xiaotao, however, heard the woman seem to say something like:
"It seems... different from what I saw..."
Chapter 154 [Shipwreck]
While in a coma, half-asleep and half-awake, Chen Xiao's senses of the outside world became intermittent.
He had already suffered quite a few injuries, both minor and major, on the ship—it's funny to say, some of the wounds were from his fight with Tang Ying. That girl, who usually seemed delicate and timid, was incredibly ruthless when she got into a fight; she had cut Chen Xiao several times, and there were even a few penetrating wounds.
While on the ship, he was able to manage, but the gunshot wound to his chest later caused serious problems.
Fortunately, the distance was only a dozen meters. The bullet had already passed through his chest, and the right side of his chest did not damage any other internal organs. It only punctured his lung, causing blood to flow into it and resulting in internal injury.
Although Chen Xiao was unconscious, with each breath he could feel a tormenting, lingering pain in his chest.
He could hear things from the outside world only occasionally; he only woke up three times after falling into a coma.
When Chen Xiao first woke up, the sky was still black, and all around him were screams and shouts. In the vast ocean, Chen Xiao lay on the deck of a lifeboat, his head turned to the side. When he opened his eyes, he saw the huge Victoria in the distance, which was listing severely. The ship had begun to sink due to taking on too much water, and half of the bow was already submerged. The sound of explosions kept coming from inside the ship. Looking into the distance, there seemed to be many people crowded on the deck at the stern. The ship's lights were off, probably due to a short circuit.