Li Wenjing smiled slightly: "I've never really liked being around Japanese people."
These words immediately increased Chen Xiao's positive impression of Li Wenjing.
He went down several floors of stairs... The ship was really too big. On the stairs, he encountered two cabin attendants in white uniforms. They all recognized Nie Feng's ship and quickly bowed respectfully.
Judging from their reactions, it seems they are still unaware of what happened, or rather, they are completely unresponsive.
Nie Feng didn't say anything to these people. Instead, he led Chen Xiao and Li Wenjing quickly down the stairs to the ground floor, opened the door to a crew-only passageway cabin, and went inside.
This is the engine room at the bottom of the ship. Walking inside, there are metal pipes on both sides of the passage. The place is filled with a pungent smell of engine oil, and the lighting is not bright enough.
"Sometimes, our lives as crew members are like those of groundhogs," Nie Feng tried to lighten the mood with a joke.
Chen Xiao remained silent, while Li Wenjing gave a smile in response.
"And you? Young man, you're Chinese, how come you're working as a bodyguard for the Japanese?" Li Wenjing glanced at Chen Xiao.
"I had no choice but to accept the commission." Chen Xiao didn't explain further.
"It's just ahead." After walking for about ten minutes, a cabin door appeared in front of them. Nie Feng went up, grabbed the captain's rotating handle, and twisted it open with force...
"Wait!" Chen Xiao suddenly grabbed Nie Feng's shoulder. He took a step forward, pressed his ear against the door to listen carefully, and then took a step back: "Something's not right! There's no sound from inside."
Nie Feng's expression changed, and he drew his gun, gripping it tightly, and forcefully pulled open the door...
With two clicks, the hatch opened wide, and the group entered the ship's engine room.
Inside the vast engine room, the massive machinery beneath the ship, which resembled enormous behemoths, was now completely silent... The ship had stopped, and even the propeller-operating units had ceased their operation.
But strangely enough... the engine room, which should have been the busiest place for the crew, was completely empty! Not a single crew member was there!
Nie Feng's face immediately turned extremely ugly!
Obviously, it's impossible that all of these crew members escaped due to dereliction of duty...
Damn it! Even if all these people sneaked off to the brothels on the ship to find women, it's impossible for them all to have escaped!
"Gentlemen, it seems we've encountered a serious problem." Nie Feng turned to the two men and said, "My personal suggestion is that you two return to your cabin immediately and stay with your men!"
Chen Xiao shook his head and did not agree. Instead, he reached into his pocket, pulled out a pair of glasses, and put them on.
"You wear glasses?" Li Wenjing smiled.
"Well, my eyesight isn't very good—but after wearing them, I can see some things more clearly," Chen Xiao said thoughtfully.
"Let's go to the communications room!" Nie Feng immediately made his second decision.
Emerging from the engine room, they came to another passageway—Chen Xiao and Li Wenjing were basically unfamiliar with the area, so Nie Feng led the way.
But after walking for less than two minutes, in a corridor, suddenly, the music that had been playing on a loop from the speakers on the ceiling stopped!
"Ladies and gentlemen, please note that this is your captain speaking to the entire ship." A man with a slightly hoarse voice spoke in English with a somewhat awkward and strange tone: "Repeat, please note that this is your captain speaking to the entire ship."
The three of them stopped immediately upon hearing the sound.
"...I regret to inform you that this enjoyable journey has ended prematurely. Three minutes ago, this ship implemented a communications signal blackout, meaning that the ship you are on is now temporarily isolated from the civilized world. I hereby declare that all facilities on board, including restaurants, clubs, nightclubs, casinos, cinemas, and so on, are completely closed! Please cooperate and remain in your cabins. Do not wander around, or you will bear the consequences!"
The announcement was given in English, and then repeated in Chinese and Japanese...
Chen Xiao and Li Wenjing looked at Nie Feng, whose expression was strange. It was hard to tell whether he was angry or something else. He just gave a bitter laugh and said, "Damn it... He's the captain? What am I to you! Damn it!"
“That’s not the problem… The problem is that the other side seems to have taken control of the communications room,” Li Wenjing said calmly.
Chapter 144 [A Clever Man]
"It seems the situation is quite clear." Chen Xiao looked at Captain Nie Feng: "Your ship has been taken over. I suggest you don't walk into a trap... The best option now is to leave with us... Perhaps go to the first-class cabin; the Japanese have quite a few bodyguards there, or you could choose to go to the casino..."
Who knew that despite his repulsive appearance, Nie Feng resolutely refused!
"This is my boat!"
Nie Feng's words were filled with a resolute attitude: "This is my ship! My ship! Understand? It can only obey me! If there is only one person who can order it to stop or continue sailing at sea, then that person must be me! I will not hide like a mouse after someone has taken my ship. I will take it back!"
Chen Xiao sighed.
"Captain Nie Feng, what do you plan to do now?" Li Wenjing's tone was calm: "I'm not really willing to stay with those Japanese anyway."
“First, gather some manpower.” Nie Feng frowned. “Then we need to figure out what’s going on. However, to take control of my ship, the other side must have quite a few people. Otherwise, taking control of the cockpit, the communications room, and taking the entire engine room crew away… that won’t be an easy task. I need to gather some people and then go to the weapons storage room.” Chen Xiao remained silent.
But then he suddenly twitched his brow and gently pressed the earpiece.
Suddenly, some reactions appeared on the screen of the glasses.
The latest detector that Phoenix gifted itself is far more powerful than the grey market version. Its most powerful feature is the detection radar, which the grey market version lacks.
Within an effective range of approximately one kilometer, it can detect other superhumans in the vicinity—of course, if the other party is also wearing a detector with the same function but has a shielding capability, then it cannot be detected.
To Chen Xiao's slight surprise, the detector now displayed a message!
About 300 meters ahead... and six floors above... Hmm, that place seems to be the passenger cabin?
One, two, three, four...
There are five displayed reactions in total.
Five superhumans?
Chen Xiao frowned.