"Surviving since the Xia Dynasty?" I thought this must be a fallacy, perhaps his descendants had been maintaining the North Star all along. How could there be immortality in this world? I didn't argue, knowing it was impossible to change Blood King's mind.
They were already eroded by an unshakable belief; this strange notion had completely consumed their nerves. All his thoughts had been replaced by another ideology. No matter what anyone said, they wouldn't listen. Perhaps the blood of the progenitor of crime flowed in their veins. Seeing my silence, Huan and Feng sneered, "What's wrong? Are you having second thoughts? Do you feel like you've wasted all this time living? If you change your mind now and join the North Star, perhaps you can change all of this..."
"What are you talking about?"
"I can take you somewhere..."
"Do you think I would associate with you?"
"No, actually, neither of us wants to die, right!"
At that moment, the cage suddenly cracked open. To be precise, it was as if it had been torn apart by a divine hand. Huan and Feng burst into laughter, as the surrounding wind and waves churned. I wondered if this guy wasn't afraid of death.
He didn't struggle at all, letting the giant waves batter his body, tossing him around, all the while emitting an eerie, piercing laughter...
Ah ha ha!
"Do you see, Investigator He? I, Blood King, am escaping this sinful tidal wave. We'll soon reach Zhenshui Island. I forgot to tell you, this island is my territory! I've been lurking here all along, but you didn't discover me. If I hadn't accidentally exposed myself this time... I suddenly realized, since I can't save her, I'll live alone. I want to live a reborn life. I remember a companion of mine who was captured by you while trying to rescue his loved ones. Now I understand, emotions only hinder the progress of our North Star. For the future of Blood King, I must be reborn. Alright, enter my world with the waves! Investigator He, can you hear me? The roar of the waves is calling us!"
At that moment, I couldn't speak. This guy was truly insane, with such nonsensical thoughts even as he was about to be engulfed by the waves. Yet, just as I thought we would both be drowned, a flying boat sped towards me. Several men in black grabbed me and threw me onto it. Blood King quickly boarded another flying boat. "This way, we can shake off those cops. Let's go home!!"
As Blood King spoke, the men in black cheered in unison. Then, they took me away on the boat.
I didn't know what happened to the others, but they should be safe. I, however, was taken away like this.
I struggled a bit at first, but one of the men in black raised his assault rifle and hit the back of my head with the butt of the gun. I immediately lost consciousness.
I woke up to the sound of shoving. The moment I opened my eyes, I saw Du Wantian and Liu Yuning beside me. I thought only I had been captured, but it turned out they were both here.
Indeed, it was they who woke me up.
"You're finally awake? It seems the situation is more serious than we thought. Young Master, Zhenshui Island has been taken over. This place appears to have become a stronghold for the North Star."
"A stronghold? How many people do they have?"
"We're not sure, but there must be at least tens of thousands of men in black and mercenaries stationed here, along with some nuns."
"Damn it, what are they doing? Rebelling?"
"I don't know, He Sheng. Our companions have all been captured, except for the North Star members. Everyone who entered the graveyard before has been imprisoned."
"How do you know, Yuning?"
"We saw them when we were captured, but for some reason, the criminals arranged for us to be together."
"It's deliberate. They want us to starve to death here together."
As I finished speaking, I realized that the place where we were imprisoned was a hospital room. I saw a heart monitor, various disease testing strips, and some medicine bottles lying on the floor. There were also some bandages and alcohol on the ground.
I picked up some usable bandages and a bottle of unbroken alcohol. Seeing that my equipment was still with me, Liu Yuning looked curious. She asked, "What happened after you were separated from us?"
I recounted my encounter with Blood King. Yuning then cursed, "I get it. His territory is here, so to truly capture him, we must rescue people first. Otherwise, how can the three of us deal with so many criminals!"
"Can't you call for backup?"
"No, the entire island is cut off from the outside."
"Bastards, but this is typical of the organization's methods. They really want independence now, don't they?" Du Wantian said. I saw a hook knife appear on her wrist. Looking at Yuning's arm, she had an identical one.
I couldn't help but say, "Yuning, I've never seen it before..."
"Hehe, I'm careful. Even when we were intimate, I'd already put it away. Otherwise, if you saw this, you'd think I was trying to assassinate my husband?"
"You're still in the mood to joke. It seems you've thought of a way to get out of here?"
As we bantered, Du Wantian became a bit serious. "I hope we can find He Xin first, as she can be our technical support. If we can disable the jamming device here, notifying the outside world won't be difficult."
"You're wise, little maidservant. Let's go!" Yuning stretched her joints. For some reason, when faced with danger, everyone became more relaxed, as if they were going to cause a big ruckus on Zhenshui Island!
As she crouched down and discovered a crack in a wall, I realized she intended to go through it. Her body was incredibly agile, like a loach, and she slipped through, followed by Du Wantian.
Girls are most convenient at times like these. After they passed, I had to be pulled by them to reach the adjacent hospital room. I was really worried that we'd encounter puzzles that needed solving to open the doors. Fortunately, the door to this room wasn't locked from the outside like the previous one. Otherwise, we would have just kicked it open.
After going out, I realized this wasn't a hospital at all. Only two rooms resembled hospital rooms. This led to a hotel. Those two rooms were likely the hotel's infirmary. I almost misunderstood.