Chapter 861: When fear and anger reach their extreme, violence becomes the only outlet.
When Liu Rulan arrived at the scene, she saw Lao Qi and Tong Junhui, who were unharmed in the crane's cab, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Luckily, I made it in time."
She patted her chest, thankful that she had arrived at the scene as soon as she received the news.
But then she looked around again and didn't see anyone else. Her heart jumped again, especially when she heard the gunshots coming from the ship next to her. Her heart pounded and pounded.
Liu Rulan quickly leaned over the railing and looked down, but could only see the ship swaying in the darkness below and the occasional flash of light.
Moreover, perhaps because the wind on the sea suddenly became noisy, and the waves began to crash against the ships, the cargo ship that was originally moored near the Xiang Sheng slowly drifted away with the wind and waves, gradually putting some distance between them.
It shouldn't be long before that ship is completely out of their reach.
Security personnel rushed over, flashing their bright flashlights in that direction, trying to get a closer look at the situation on the ship. But for some reason, they were stopped by others behind them: "What are you doing? Stop attracting their attention. Those guys are carrying a lot of firearms, it's very dangerous. Report to the captain immediately and tell him to leave this place!"
"No—wait!"
Liu Rulan tried to stop them, her hands trembling.
"There are still people on the ship!"
...
Cheng Bei secretly sneaked into the ship's hold while the two sides were handing over the containers.
He knew that this location served as their office, and that the safe inside contained many important items, including the box of money Xiao He had brought, which was also locked here.
"To catch the thief, first catch the king"—he had already decided that if a real crisis occurred later, he would have no choice but to fight to the death, capture the leader here, and try to lead Xiao He to find a glimmer of hope.
The entire plan was implemented relatively smoothly.
The only shortcoming was that no one expected such a criminal gang to resort to such deceptive tricks, causing Cheng Bei, who was hiding in the shadows and unable to observe the true situation up close, to misjudge the real leader.
Fortunately, at that critical moment, Xiao He, sensing something was wrong, leaned over another porthole and shouted a warning to him.
So when the other thugs opened fire without any sense of camaraderie, Cheng Bei immediately threw Jue Dan, whom he was holding, to shield him from the bullets, and rolled with all his might behind the desk next to him.
As expected, Juedan had not anticipated such a situation, and his screams immediately echoed from inside the cabin.
Judging from the sound, the victim probably didn't die on the spot, but the screams were still chilling.
Xiao He, however, showed no pity. He immediately opened the gemstone ring on his left hand, revealing its true purpose: a flashlight with a bright beam, which he then blazed into the eyes of those people in the darkness!
—As a person who boarded this cargo ship openly and legitimately, in order to show his sincerity and harmlessness, Xiao He was both skilled and daring. He did not bring any weapons when he boarded the ship, but only equipped himself with some trinkets that he had made in his spare time before boarding.
Sure enough, no one noticed anything wrong with the shiny ring on his hand.
However, when used in the dark, its effect is comparable to a flashbang.
The thugs, who had been gradually adapting to the darkness, were immediately blinded by his specially made bright light, and bursts of white light appeared before their eyes!
Cheng Bei, who was backlit, was not greatly affected. He quickly shot several people in the arm and then rummaged through the drawer of his desk where he was hiding, and sure enough, he pulled out a handgun.
"Take it!"
Cheng Bei didn't have time to ask Xiao He whether he could fire a gun or not. The situation was urgent, so he threw the gun he had found to Xiao He, who was unarmed, without hesitation. He then picked up the rifles that the other thugs had dropped on the ground, and then dove aside the thugs blocking his way, escaping through the other side of the cabin door.
This series of events happened extremely quickly, yet the two cooperated remarkably well. Even without exchanging words, their movements were swift and efficient. Even this brief handover took only a moment, but they knew that this cooperation was only temporary, and they would have to rely on themselves to escape next.
Because Xiao He came from the other side, the round porthole where he was standing was completely inaccessible, while Cheng Bei was inside the cabin, and other people were constantly coming in to check.
So even though they've met now, they're actually very far apart, and neither of them can help the other.
The only thing Cheng Bei could do for Xiao He before escaping from the cabin was to throw him the pistol he had found.
Xiao He naturally did not refuse, and reached out from the porthole to catch the gun that was thrown at him.
But the next moment, the footsteps of other thugs could be heard not far from the outer corridor behind Xiao He.
Immediately afterward, the first thug who rushed over saw Xiao He and raised his gun to fire without hesitation!
Xiao He quickly ducked, narrowly avoiding a bullet that nearly hit his head. As he grabbed his gun, he quickly turned and hid behind the wall on the other side.
Almost as soon as he ducked inside, a frenzy of bullets came from the corner of the wall behind him, making the wall next to him clang and bang, like a hail of bullets!
"Whoosh—"
Xiao He stood against the wall, holding his pistol. Instead of immediately changing position, he first checked the gun and the bullets inside.
"Okay, okay! Calm down, Xiao He! This is good news! At least you won't have to fight those guys empty-handed... But does that mean everyone assumes I'll use this thing?"
As Xiao He muttered to himself, he looked at the fully loaded pistol and managed to get some good news, but his hand holding the gun was still trembling slightly.
Although Xiao He has been holding a golden finger of crime-solving for so long, he has never encountered such a violent scene before!
"Whoosh—"
Fortunately, his powerful heart functioned at this moment. After taking a few deep breaths, Xiao He regained his composure and gave himself a few positive mental suggestions to keep himself in top condition.
He glanced again at the 【Absolute Accuracy】 skill he had acquired long ago, his mind no longer wandering to other random thoughts, but instead flashing back to the scene he had witnessed earlier—
The container door slowly opened, and countless innocent and pitiful girls raised their heads, their faces filled with confusion and bewilderment, their eyes filled with only gloom and numbness.
In another corner, there were a few bewildered children.
Since this place is hell, those criminals are no longer worthy of being human.
Amidst the deafening gunfire, when the young man opened his eyes again, only unwavering resolve remained on his face.
When fear and anger reach their extreme.
Violence will then become the only outlet for venting.