Chapter 30
Liu Jin’an didn’t know what was happening behind the scenes.
He and Hu Jianye were struggling to deal with tentacle attacks from all directions.
Fortunately, Chang Siqin had told them the characteristics of the tentacles in attacking people. Whenever the tentacles were raised high, they would dodge to the side, which greatly saved their physical strength and gave them some breathing time.
“An’an, this can’t go on like this, we have to fight back,” Hu Jianye panted.
Turning sideways to avoid the attack of a tentacle, Liu Jin’an nodded slightly and tried to condense a small ball of light.
When the tentacles were raised high, the large light group guided by Hu Jianye shot toward the tentacles.
Countless light spots danced like fireflies, illuminating the night sky in an instant.
What a beautiful view.
Everyone’s eyes couldn’t help but be attracted by this gorgeous scene, and strong shock surged into their hearts.
Especially Old Xing, who had thought the two young men were rushing forward only with passion, but he didn’t expect their strength to be so terrifying.
Rubbing his burning cheeks, Old Xing worked harder to attract firepower for the two of them, but when he turned his head, he found that his companion was missing.
“Liang Yuanshan! Liang Yuanshan!”
No one answered.
The strong light dissipated, and the power of the explosion from the unstable light group left a few bright red marks on the tentacle’s pitch-black skin.
Afraid, the tentacles slowly retreated, and the sea monster escaped into the sea.
Saved.
Liu Jin’an looked around and saw the survivors. Most of them had some injuries.
The most seriously injured person was Chang Siqin. The flesh of her left arm was torn up and dripping with blood.
“How are you?” Liu Jin’an asked with concern, his eyes lingering on her wound for a moment.
Chang Siqin calmly hid her injured arm behind her back: “I’m fine. Let’s see how the others are doing first.”
“Oh, why is it so badly injured!” Zhang Wenqian took a breath, quickly tore off Hu Deyi’s clothes below the belly button, and used the strip of cloth to make a simple bandage for Chang Siqin.
Hu Deyi looked confused and puffed out his white belly: “Honey, what should I do?”
Zhang Wenqian rolled her eyes at him: “It’s just your belly button. You won’t catch a cold, so what are you afraid of?”
Hu Deyi had no choice but to ask Liu Jin’an: “Boy An, please give me some advice. Is your aunt bullying me?”
“Uncle, I see you’re enjoying it too,” Liu Jin’an said with a smile, “Besides, isn’t there Zhang Bao? If you’re cold, let it come over and warm you up.”
Hu Deyi feigned anger and said, “Okay, even you, kid, are bullying me, so I won’t pay attention to you.”
Zhang Wenqian pulled Hu Deyi away: “You are so old, but you are still like a child. You are such a conspicuous person!”
Chang Siqin’s eyes were full of envy: “Uncle and aunt have such a good relationship.”
Hu Jianye chuckled: “That’s right, that’s why I can be optimistic and cheerful.”
Liu Jin’an was thinking in his mind, his eyes falling on Chang Siqin’s injury: “How did you get injured just now?”
Chang Siqin lowered her head in embarrassment: “I didn’t react and was hit by the tentacle.”
Yeah?
It just didn’t look like a whip injury caused by a tentacle but more like an explosion injury.
Without asking any more questions, Liu Jin’an just nodded and returned to the Hu family to rest.
The night was long, and they didn’t know what would happen next, so it was necessary to conserve their strength.
Having seen Hu Jianye’s strength, many people came over to make themselves familiar. There was even a woman in her early twenties who secretly recommended herself as a pillow.
In times of crisis, face, age, and dignity—these frivolous things weren’t worth mentioning.
Being so praised, Hu Jianye straightened his back subconsciously.
With Liu Jin’an’s acquiescence, he said sternly: “Everyone should help each other. It wasn’t just me who repelled the sea monster. Without everyone attracting the attention of the tentacles for us, we wouldn’t have been able to land that one blow. I hope everyone will continue to work hard, and we can survive together.”
Amidst the cheers, Liu Jin’an noticed that the middle-aged man named Old Xing looked sad.
He stepped forward: “What’s wrong with you?”
Old Xing sighed: “My friend was caught in the cabin. I’m worried about him… but I can’t break the rules. I don’t dare to go in to find him.”
‘Rules, break the rules…’
Liu Jin’an was thinking that the force of the protagonist’s group in the novel should have been considered a violation of the rules.
Then why were they not punished for violating the rules, but instead received spiritual treasures? Was it because they were the protagonists of the novel?
In other words, what Jialinhe wanted was a master who dared to break the rules?
Of course, thinking this way, Liu Jin’an would not take the risk so soon.
There were still fourteen days left. If there were no other clues, he could try to break the rules on the last day.
“Don’t worry, your friend will be fine,” he smiled reassuringly. “Always have hope. What if your hope comes true?”
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It had been calm on the boat until the morning star shone brightly.
Liu Jin’an had taken advantage of his break to visit all the places he could go.
The only area that could move was the deck. The edge of the deck was surrounded by air walls, making it impossible to enter the water.
He had also tried to climb the mast, but he could only climb up to three meters before hitting the wall of air again.
There were no restrictions on superpowers, but looking up, there was a vast sea in all directions, and this ship was the only floating place.
No matter what kind of power it was, there would be no response if it was released.
Liu Jin’an had no choice but to give up the idea of disembarking.
The deck and cabin were connected, so in order not to break the rules, the exploration journey could only stop there.
When the time came, Wang Gui stepped on the spot, held his daughter in his hand, and invited everyone back to the cabin with a smile.
“Everyone, have a good rest. I have prepared a change of clothes for you. Breakfast has been delivered to your room. Please enjoy it.”
After saying that, Wang Gui turned around and returned to his room.
Liu Jin’an also followed the room number in his memory and returned to his room.
At a glance, he saw a whole set of clothes on the bed and a sumptuous breakfast on the table.
He picked up the pants, ground them carefully, and put them in front of his nose to smell them.
They had the smell of soap locust, which was very nice, mixed with a light herbal fragrance.
When he was a child, his adoptive parents had never washed his clothes, let alone bought him soap or laundry detergent.
When his clothes were dirty, he went to the field to find a locust tree and crushed its fruit into pieces to clean his clothes and body.
This smell was all too familiar to him.
Putting on this outfit, Liu Jin’an tried to stretch his arms.
It fit pretty well.
After a busy night, Liu Jin’an was not in a hurry to climb into bed and sleep.
He knelt on one knee, pressed his ear to the ground, and drummed his fingers against the wood.
Dong dong.
The sound was distant and echoing.
As he had expected, there was another layer under the cabin. Generally, cargo ships stored cargo in the cargo hold.
Placing heavy objects on the bottom helped stabilize the hull and prevent capsizing.
The ship had thirty small rooms in the cabin, and each room was equipped with an independent bathroom.
There was also a deck outside the cabin that could accommodate a hundred people.
Such a large ship could not sail smoothly on the sea without the ballast of the cargo hold.
However, after rummaging through the entire room, Liu Jin’an could not find a handy tool to pry open the wooden board.
He looked at the iron nails embedded in the wooden board and suddenly had an idea.
There was a way!