I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

"You can leave now!"

With a gentle pat, Hashimoto Aoi restored Lu Qi's freedom.

Lu Qi patted his behind, strode away, and said, "Goodbye!"

"Wait a minute!" Hashimoto Aoi's mind went blank for half a second. How could this bastard just leave like that without saying a word?

"Are you just leaving like this?"

Lu Qi stopped and turned around upon hearing the voice. "What else?"

"I told you to save Lin Yao, but you wouldn't. You're so disobedient. What am I supposed to do here? Wait for you to change your mind and kill me?"

He turned and took two quick steps, then suddenly grabbed Hashimoto Aoi's slender waist and pulled her against him, a slight smile playing on his lips. "The environment here is nice!"

"If you're not in a rush, why don't you come here?"

"Field combat has a unique feel to it. There's also a river here; I'd like to hear the sound of two streams flowing together."

Hashimoto Aoi's heart raced, her ears burned, "Is nothing else on your mind besides that kind of nonsense?"

"What's wrong with this mess?" Lu Qi's hands started to wander, both of them were restless.

"If it weren't for that mess, would you have come to save me?"

"If I hadn't been traveling back and forth along the path to your heart, would you have me in your heart, would you have been here at such a crucial moment?"

Hashimoto Aoi was just being stubborn; she didn't resist Lu Qi's advances at all, and in the blink of an eye, her clothes were already disheveled.

Lu Qi looked down and saw a spring-like scene before him. Just as he was preparing for his next move, Hashimoto Aoi pushed him away.

"I have things to do, and it's not safe here. You should leave now!"

Hashimoto Aoi hastily straightened her clothes and disappeared as if fleeing.

"This is so boring!" Lu Qi left as well.

It's impossible for him to go back and save Lin Yao; it's already quite a feat that he even mentioned it!

Young Master Lu has always been flexible in his approach to things; if a path is blocked, he'll find a way around it.

Effort is something others do.

On the other side, Wu Nanzhi stared intently at the monitor screen. Qin Ge's figure appeared alternately in various scenes, so fast that only afterimages could be seen.

"Damn it, where exactly is it?!"

Qin Ge leaped and bounded between the various ships, cursing under his breath.

He didn't know if Wu Nanzhi already knew he was coming, but he knew he had to find Lin Yao as quickly as possible and get her away from this place.

Every second you linger increases the danger.

While Qin Ge was frantically searching for Lin Yao, the Lin family and the Lu family were each leading their people, approaching Seven Star Bay from different directions.

In addition, a tall woman with a slender figure was lying on a high point of a building on the shore, her short hair adorned with a few streaks of white.

The woman was Xie Bingning.

She focused intently, constantly adjusting the muzzle of her gun, trying to lock onto Qin Ge.

Unfortunately, Qin Ge's movement speed was too fast, and Xie Bingning's eyes were almost dry from staring for so long, but she still couldn't find a chance to fire.

Inside the cabin, Lin Yao lowered her head, organizing her last words in her mind.

She gave up after only a few lines.

Who would hear the last words, and how would they be preserved?

Rather than believing in telepathy, it's better to believe in ghosts and wait for them to come back in person on the seventh day after death.

It's a pity that it withered away at such a young age.

As she was lost in thought, she heard footsteps, her heart skipped a beat, and she looked up.

"You really came!?"

The moment Lin Yao saw that face, it was as if she saw light. She had been quite composed when facing death, but now her eyes were filled with tears.

"It's dangerous here, you need to get out of here!"

Lin Yao quickly regained her composure. "They've planted who knows how much explosives and gasoline here. Once it's lit..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Qin Ge interrupted Lin Yao and quickly untied the ropes binding her.

"Now that we're here, do you think I'd abandon you?"

"Let's talk about something useful!"

"Good heavens, how come there's so much blood?"

"Who hit him, Wu Nanzhi or Hashimoto Aoi?"

"It doesn't matter, they're both going to die anyway!"

Qin Ge picked up Lin Yao and, like an arrow released from a bow, leaped off the ship's roof.

At the same time, Wu Nanzhi, who had been watching the monitor, smiled and pressed the remote control in her hand.

One, two, three...

"Why isn't there any response?!"

The remote control was almost worn out from pressing so many buttons, but the expected earth-shattering explosion never happened.

Wu Nanzhi is having an existential crisis.

"Hashimoto!!"

She quickly figured out the key: Hashimoto Aoi must have taken the real remote control to save Lu Qi!

Wu Nanzhi was so angry that her body trembled, and her liver, chest, and both sides ached.

She had painstakingly planned all of this, and finally reached this final step. As long as she detonated the explosives, Qin Ge would be blown to pieces and burned to ashes!

However, Hashimoto Aoi ruined everything at the last moment, and all their efforts were in vain!

She could only watch helplessly as Qin Ge escaped, completely powerless to do anything!

In fact, Wu Nanzhi had many experts from the Jinghe Chamber of Commerce around her. She could have ordered everyone to chase after Qin Ge, but she felt that it would be pointless to do so.

The reason she set up this scheme against Qin Ge was because she was wary of Yu Jinghong's strength. No one under her command could match Yu Jinghong, so she had to outsmart him.

When Wu Nanzhi saw Qin Ge appear, she was happy but also felt a little uneasy, because she wasn't really sure that Qin Ge would come back.

This is a dead end; coming here means certain death. How could Qin Ge be so foolish as to come and die?

But Qin Ge arrived alone, without Yu Jinghong.

Another thing that surprised Wu Nanzhi was that Qin Ge's movements clearly indicated that he was a master!

Could it be that Qin Ge's reliance is not on Yu Jinghong, but on his own strength?

If that's the case, it makes sense. Otherwise, if Qin Ge is just an ordinary person, why would Yu Jinghong follow him like that?

Wu Nanzhi became even more determined to kill Qin Ge; otherwise, if Qin Ge lived, she would be the one to die!

But her dream was shattered, ruined by her own people, Hashimoto Aoi!

Qin Ge carried Lin Yao out of the cabin and leaped into the air. When he reached the highest point, he suddenly sensed danger, and the hair on his body stood on end.

Qin Ge didn't know where the danger came from. Without thinking, he quickly twisted and spun around, falling rapidly at a speed that defied the laws of physics.

"Hiss—"

Two bullets streaked through the air; had Qin Ge been even a fraction slower, they would have struck him.

"Bang bang bang—"

Xie Bingning pulled the trigger repeatedly, but Qin Ge easily dodged them all, and the bullets hit the ship with a loud bang.

She wasn't surprised; it wasn't the first time she'd dealt with Qin Ge, and she knew it was impossible to hit him this way.

Unfortunately, her first two shots missed. Those were her best chances, and if she missed them, she would never have another chance to kill Qin Ge.

"There's even a sniper!"

Qin Ge made a gesture of international friendship in the direction the bullets came from, and then quickly rushed towards the shore.

He didn't quite understand what Wu Nanzhi was up to. Wasn't there explosives?

Why bother with a sniper rifle when you can just detonate the explosives? Isn't that just pointless?

Regardless, let's get away from this pile of wrecked ships for now.

Before he had gone very far, Qin Ge, with his excellent eyesight, spotted a rather familiar figure on the shore.

It was Hashimoto Aoi, holding a remote control in her hand, and she smiled at Qin Ge.