An orange-yellow bullet was gently tapped on the table, but because the ship was already tilting slightly, the table could no longer remain level. The bullet landed on the table and immediately rolled slowly to one side.
As the bullet slid to the edge of the table, about to fall, a hand suddenly caught it swiftly and slammed it back onto the center of the table...
Big Head sat bored at the table, his eyes intently watching the bullets that had slipped off the table. He picked them up again and again and put them back on the table, as if this mundane task was full of interest to him.
This is the cockpit.
Inside the cockpit, several hooded men held guns at several crew members. Meanwhile, outside the left-hand door of the cockpit, gunshots rang out intermittently.
Several masked, fully armed men occupied the main passageway outside the cockpit and were exchanging fire with the people opposite them.
Apart from the occasional gunshots outside, there was no other sound in the cockpit. Big Head seemed to have had enough of playing with bullets, and finally raised his wrist to check the time.
"Sigh, time really flies..." He yawned lazily.
Right across from this table sat the two brothers in top hats, and the woman who looked remarkably like Hong Qi stood there, her eyes filled with curious wonder as she examined the instruments in the cockpit and the ship's rudder.
"You didn't kill that one..."
“I didn’t kill him.” The big-headed man frowned, seemingly annoyed. “How many times do I have to ask? He’s just a kid. You guys seem really afraid he’ll die?”
The men in top hats looked rather grim, but they seemed too afraid to lash out at the man with the large head.
"Hey. When are we leaving?" The woman turned to look at Big Head. But then she heard gunfire outside. She grew impatient: "It's so noisy. I'll go out and take care of those guys."
Big Head finally chuckled and said leisurely, "What's so fun about killing people? We might as well sit here and wait patiently."
He paused, then glanced at the woman: "By the way, what about that kind-hearted Yashin?"
"Him? He left alone in a small boat." The woman curled her lip. "Why didn't you kill him?"
"Girls, don't talk about fighting and killing all the time." Big Head joked, but then said seriously, "He's just an international mercenary. Whether we kill him or not is a small matter, but he does have some status in the mercenary circle. Killing him would offend those guys who make a living as mercenaries, and it's not worth it."
"Aren't you afraid he'll say something inappropriate?" the woman frowned.
“Just tell me. Do you think we can hide what we did afterward? This is the clarion call for our organization to step out from behind the scenes after years of dormancy!” Big Head said, a hint of excitement and agitation flashing in his eyes.
"I'm getting impatient. I'm leaving now and will wait for you on the boat. The gunfire here is giving me a headache."
As she spoke, the woman shook her head and walked out through another door in the cockpit.
Bullets were whistling and clattering outside, but she seemed completely unconcerned and swaggered out.
"You've arrived?"
Nie Feng had just finished firing a magazine and retreated behind the wall. After changing his magazine, he suddenly saw a young man approaching him. It was Chen Xiao.
"You're still here? Haven't you gotten back the cockpit yet?" Chen Xiao's brows were furrowed.
Nie Feng cursed, "Damn it, we're just crew members! Not special forces! Those guys are tough. I lost two more of my men!"
Sure enough, there were two crew members' bodies nearby.
However, seeing that Chen Xiao had brought quite a few sailors, and that the leader, a black man, immediately saluted Nie Feng upon seeing him, Nie Feng's expression softened slightly. He was short-handed; with only a dozen or so men and seven or eight guns, how easy was it to wrest the cockpit back from a group of fully armed bandits?
Chen Xiao spotted Li Wenjing immediately, but Li Wenjing was sitting leisurely beside him, calmly sitting behind a cabin wall amidst the hail of bullets. He seemed completely unconcerned.
"Are you alright?" Chen Xiao had a rather favorable impression of Li Wenjing.
"It's nothing," Li Wenjing smiled. "It's just that there's nothing for me to do here. I'm good at giving advice, but fighting on the battlefield isn't my forte. Besides..."
He didn't say anything more.
In fact, Chen Xiao could vaguely guess Li Wenjing's meaning: given his status and position, it was really not worth risking his life here with some unrelated people for such a thing. The reason he followed along and even helped out was simply because he didn't want to go back to the cabin and stay with those Japanese people.
But given his status... risking his life for a ship and its people? What a joke!
"The ship might be lost," Chen Xiao said to Li Wenjing in a low voice. "Those people blew a hole in the hull of the drainage system with bombs. We can't plug the hole, we can only try to delay... Now we can't even get to the bridge. We can't use the drainage system to buy time. I'm afraid..."
“I’m afraid a lot of people will die, right?” Li Wenjing sighed.
"Um!"
Seeing Li Wenjing's seemingly indifferent expression, Chen Xiao felt a surge of displeasure and couldn't help but want to say to him: Don't forget, you're in this boat too! Even if your family had a helicopter to pick you up, it would still be an hour later!
But he held back those words after all.
"I'll go up and give it a try!" he muttered. At this moment, he didn't care about revealing his strength. In front of many crew members, he forcefully pried open a hatch next to him!
Click!
Several crisp metallic snapping sounds rang out. This was, after all, on the deck, and the hatch wasn't as sturdy as the ship's important mechanical hatches, but it was still made of steel! Chen Xiao simply pried it off!
Then, Chen Xiao looked at the hatch, which was taller than a person, and simply placed it horizontally in front of him, like holding up a shield, to meet the bullets fired from the other side, and gritted his teeth and went for it.
Then they heard the clanging of bullets hitting the hatch, sending sparks flying. Fortunately, the hatch was extremely thick and made of high-quality steel. Although the bandits were well-armed, they didn't have armor-piercing bullets.
Chen Xiao, this monster, stepped forward, charging ahead in one go. He actually stunned the thugs, their repeated firing ineffective. Chen Xiao instantly reached them, rounded a bend, and two of the thugs, seeing Chen Xiao approaching, simply dropped the wall, letting him pass their "shield," and drew their daggers to stab him viciously…
bump!
Two figures flew out, one to the left and one to the right. Chen Xiao's strength was immense. He kicked out with both feet, his desperate attack showing no mercy. The two thugs were sent flying. The one on the left, struck in the chest and abdomen, died mid-air before his internal organs ruptured. The one on the right tried to block with his arm, but the bones snapped, and he flew far away, through the fence and into the vast ocean. Poor man, with a broken arm, he couldn't swim and sank to the bottom, becoming fish food.
The sailors and crew behind him, seeing Chen Xiao's bravery, were initially impressed by his ability to pry open the cabin door with his bare hands and carry it forward. However, when they saw Chen Xiao charge into the enemy's defensive line and easily defeat several ruthless bandits, they were immediately roused and, shouting, raised their guns and charged forward.
With Chen Xiao leading the charge, it was like having a heavy tank clearing the way; the bandits immediately retreated in disarray. Within minutes, Chen Xiao had reached the driver's compartment door!
The last few ruthless bandits stood guard at the cockpit door, but they were already in despair!