Ling Zhenfei was taken aback, he really didn't expect that Zhou Kui had teamed up with Song Mingyi.
Previously, when he heard about Zhou Kui ambushing Mao Sharlu, he thought Zhou Kui was trying to outsmart them, but now he realized that the ambush was something the two had planned in advance.
It seems like Mao Sharlu must have suffered heavy losses. If Zhou Kui, who was deeply concealed, took action, he must have wanted to push Mao Sharlu into the abyss with just a single move.
Ling Zhenfei asked, "Then why are you firing at the fishing boats?"
The person said, "Mao Sharlu ran away. Our Prince said he must be hiding in one of the fishing boats, so we'd rather kill the wrong one than let him escape. That's why we're shooting at any boat trying to go to sea."
Ling Zhenfei was somewhat angry when he heard this. It was such indiscriminate killing. To hunt down the fleeing Mao Sharlu, they were shooting all innocent people.
Ling Zhenfei asked, "Did Mao Sharlu really escape? Was he defeated?"
The person didn't dare to hide anything and said, "I heard this battle was a failure. It was personally led by Mao Sharlu, but unexpectedly, Lord Zhou attacked suddenly, so Mao Sharlu's troops were nearly completely eliminated."
Ling Zhenfei finally understood. Mao Sharlu was defeated this time, but with near total annihilation, it would likely be impossible for him to recover.
Ling Zhenfei asked, "Do you have anything else to confess?"
The person said fearfully, "Daddy, I've told you everything you asked, you can't kill me, you said you wouldn't."
Ling Zhenfei sneered, "I won't kill you, but since you've killed so many people, they won't forgive you. I'm going to kill you on their behalf."
After saying this, Rental Fee, without any hesitation, shot at the person, and then gave a few more shots to the two others in the cabin.
These people killed so many, although they were executing orders, it was them who did the killing, so to not kill them would not suffice to appease the public anger.
After doing all this, Ling Zhenfei saw that the entire ship was almost halfway filled with water and could sink at any moment.
Ling Zhenfei flipped into the sea and swam toward his own boat. He came near it before surfacing and climbed aboard.
The people on the boat were anxiously waiting for Ling Zhenfei's return. Once Ling Zhenfei was back, Lin Yuluo excitedly rushed into his arms.
"I was so scared earlier. Why didn't you say anything before you left."
Ling Zhenfei said, "It's okay now, we can all safely leave. Is anyone injured?"
This question from Ling Zhenfei left everyone silent, Zhang Bin said, "Two people on the boat were shot dead, and a few others were injured."
Ling Zhenfei stomped on the deck angrily, feeling very frustrated, thinking if he had moved faster, perhaps no one would have died.
Zhang Bin said, "Brother Ling, did you find out why these people attacked us? We're from the Outer Islands."
Ling Zhenfei said, "They are Song Mingyi's men. Now Song Mingyi and Zhou Kui have teamed up. They defeated Mao Sharlu completely in today's battle, and he has already escaped. They believe Mao Sharlu fled by ship, so they are shooting at all boats heading out to sea."
Zhang Bin immediately got angry, "Damn these Song Mingyi's henchmen, they're indiscriminately killing innocent people, truly heinous!"
Talking about this matter brought everyone to anger, Zhang Bin said, "Since they want to stop everyone heading out to sea, it's not just these two ships, there are many routes here.
This sea area is narrow, with islands on either side, ships have to pass through here, so they're setting ambushes here. There are several other places with the same terrain."
Ling Zhenfei said, "I don't know how many people will die on this sea tonight."
The ship continued onward. Although two people died, those remaining had to keep moving forward, leaving this place of trouble.
After they hadn't traveled far, they suddenly heard machine-gun fire, and saw a fast boat on the sea being chased by two speedboats.
The pursuing speedboats fired at the boat ahead, seemingly trying to sink it.
Ling Zhenfei was infuriated by this scene, realizing it was exactly what they feared, not just these two ships but all the pursuers were trying to sink the boat ahead and kill its crew.
Zhang Bin asked Ling Zhenfei, "What should we do? Should we help?"
Ling Zhenfei thought for a moment and said, "Of course we should help. If we don't act, once they kill everyone on that boat, they'll come for us next."
Zhang Bin said, "But how should we help them?"
While speaking, they suddenly saw the targeted boat's engine had been hit by the chasing boat, rendering it immobile.
The chasing boat then stopped firing and approached the immobilized boat, evidently intending to capture them alive.
At this thought, Ling Zhenfei said, "Looks like I still need to go there myself."
After saying this, Ling Zhenfei jumped into the water. This time he was a bit more familiar with the water environment, and after using a little Northern Spiritual Energy, he moved through the water effortlessly.
His speed was even faster than fish, heading directly toward the boats.
Although Ling Zhenfei moved swiftly, by the time he arrived, his Divine Sense could already detect that the people on the boat had been tied up.
"Haha, things come easy sometimes, looks like we brothers are in for a big catch."
"Yeah, who'd have thought we'd stumble upon this, surely our leader will reward us greatly."
"Maybe this pretty girl will give us some fun."
"Bet you've been thinking about that for quite a while."
"Enough chatter, hurry and get them on the boat, the longer they're left the bigger the risk."
Finishing their conversation, they dragged their captives toward their boat.
Though the captives were bound, they were still desperately resisting, clearly not wanting to be captured, as being taken by these people likely wouldn't end well.
By now, Ling Zhenfei had approached, still underwater, using his excellent eyesight, he remarkably identified someone he knew on the boat.
Among the five captives on the boat, four were men and one was a woman, whom Ling Zhenfei happened to recognize.
It was the girl he met at Modu Airport named Li Hao.
Back then, the girl evidently didn't want to say her name, and Ling Zhenfei didn't ask more, thinking it was just a chance encounter. But unexpectedly, he ran into her again amid the turbulent Moergawa, truly surprising.
Ling Zhenfei was very surprised, not expecting the girl to be captured too, it was really unclear why she ended up in such a place.
Seeing the girl was about to be dragged on board, she desperately resisted, even biting one of them. In anger, the person slapped her twice on the face.
"Watch it, or I'll kill you."
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