Heroes Return

"Get lost!" Thirteen rolled her eyes at Lin Jie: "Our breakup wasn't like this at all!!"

Chapter 12

"Thirteen, your old flame is actually a princess!" Lin Jie dodged a round of energy attacks and successfully jumped onto another container. "Why do I feel like their attacks became even fiercer after you mentioned your old flame's name?"

"It seems something might have happened to the Sea Clan!" Thirteen said, jumping to Lin Jie's side. "I must go to the Sea Clan's capital!"

"Amitabha, shouldn't we resolve the issue of these sea creature benefactors before discussing this?" Master Wuneng said, jumping onto the container where the two were standing. "Stop fighting! As the saying goes, 'Lay down the butcher's knife, and instantly... ah! Instantly become a Buddha!!!'"

"Can you guys please stop running with me?" Lin Jie shouted at Thirteen and Master Wuneng as he scrambled to avoid another wave of attacks.

"Didn't you say we'd share the good times and the bad? You even stopped me from going invisible just now!! If we're going to have bad luck, we'll have bad luck together!" Thirteen said, following closely behind Lin Jie.

As the three were dodging and weaving through the cargo hold, two vines suddenly appeared beneath the feet of the two sea creatures. They instantly wrapped around them, and the sea creatures saw their companion fall straight to the ground.

The other sea creatures immediately looked around, and just as they were on guard, a young girl suddenly appeared in front of two of them. With a sweep of her chainsaw, she severed the hands of the two sea creatures who were holding spears.

Blood splattered, and for a moment even Lin Jie and the other two didn't react.

At the same time, the bodies of the two sea creatures entwined by the vines instantly dried up, as if the moisture in their bodies had been sucked out.

"Ah...ah!!!"

Accompanied by agonizing screams, all the sea creature soldiers charged towards the girl. At the same time, they fired a barrage of energy projectiles from their spears at her.

But the next second, a large number of vines stretched out from the container next to them, forming a wall of vines in front of them.

The energy blast hit the wall and exploded, but it had no effect on the girl.

Then, to the horror of Lin Jie and the other two, the girl smiled strangely and swung her chainsaw again, severing the legs of two sea creature soldiers and turning them into human stumps.

As one soldier fell to the ground, the girl plunged the chainsaw into the sea creature's abdomen.

At the same time, numerous vines sprouted from the containers surrounding the blocked sea creature soldiers, binding their bodies. A little girl who looked about eleven or twelve years old then appeared before the soldiers.

"Good boy, good boy..." The little girl stroked the thick vines. As she stroked them, the color inside the vines gradually turned red. The bodies of the sea creature soldiers also withered away little by little.

Lin Jie and his two companions rubbed their eyes in disbelief after witnessing the two girls commit murder. They had seen murder before, but they had never seen delicate girls dismembered with a chainsaw before.

"Amitabha, forgive me. This dismemberment technique is definitely not something that can be easily mastered." Master Wuneng said with emotion as he watched the girl dismembering the sea creature soldiers with a chainsaw.

Lin Jie and his companion had naturally recognized the two girls; they were the Alice sisters. While the younger sister's vampire vines could be considered aesthetically pleasing, what the older sister, Alice, was doing at this moment completely shattered Lin Jie's perception of the psychological resilience of modern girls.

Lin Jie stared blankly as Alice used a chainsaw to cut the sea creature soldiers' corpses into small pieces. Then, together with Delis, they packed the pieces into several sacks and casually tossed them into a shipping container…

"Kuhuhu, it's all settled, let's go have some tea, Delis." Alice said, pulling Delis towards the warehouse exit.

"Wait! Is this really okay?" Lin Jie shouted at the two girls, "Defeating them is one thing! But there's no need to dismember them! Just throwing the bodies into the container like this is completely unnecessary!!!"

“Kuhuhu, what a boring person.” Alice turned to Lin Jie and said, “I took care of all those troubles for you. As for the corpse you mentioned… Kuhuhu, I’m used to it.”

"Young lady, your thoughts are dangerous," Lin Jie said, looking at Alice. "Is it really okay for a girl like you to engage in such bloody activities?"

As he spoke, Lin Jie couldn't help but look at the bloodstains still remaining on Alice's face.

“Kuhuhu, since you, as a hero, are unwilling to take action, I, a little girl, have no choice but to kill them to protect myself. Kuhuhu, is there anything wrong with that? They clearly wanted to kill me.” Alice said to Lin Jie, “Kuhuhu, I don’t intend to give up like you.”

After saying that, Alice took her little sister's hand and walked towards the deck.

“Amitabha, this humble monk does not approve of this female benefactor’s actions. This humble monk believes that we should be compassionate. Responding to violence with bloodshed will only lead to greater bloodshed and violence sooner or later.” After the two girls left, Master Wuneng said, “And even if it is a battle, subduing them is enough. There is no need to torture and dismember them. Forgive me, forgive me.”

"Why didn't they say anything when they were here?" Lin Jie asked Master Wuneng.

"Didn't you see that Alice was holding a chainsaw just now?" Master Wuneng said, looking at Lin Jie with an expression as if he were an idiot.

"Depend on!"

"What do we do now?" Thirteen asked.

"Let's take those pieces of the body out and throw them into the sea first," Lin Jie said. "This is the custom of the sea people to bury the dead. We originally thought we would try not to hurt anyone, after all, they also have families... but we didn't expect them to still die."

“Amitabha, Benefactor Lin, there’s really no need for this.” Master Wuneng looked at Lin Jie and said, “Everything has a cause and effect, so why should Benefactor Lin worry about it? Even if Benefactor Lin did wrong things to the sea people in the past, Benefactor Lin has now repented. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. As for the deaths of these sea soldiers, the blame doesn’t lie with you, does it? This humble monk has a copy of the Rebirth Sutra here that I can sell to Benefactor Lin to calm his nerves.”

……

At this point, the battle on the deck also reached a fever pitch, with large numbers of sea creature soldiers constantly rushing onto the deck of the Future.

The Future's defense system had already been activated, and not only that, numerous directional devices were also activated at this moment. The passageway between the deck and the cabins was also blocked by layers of alloy doors.

This at least ensures that the passengers in the cabin will not be affected in any way.

Xiang was constantly running across the battlefield, displaying his abnormal physical abilities. With his high speed, many sea creature soldiers didn't even have a chance to react before being knocked back into the sea by Xiang.

A large number of armed robots also appeared on the deck at this time.

"Don't underestimate retired naval warships!" the admiral shouted at the sea creature general. Immediately afterwards, dozens of bars of soap were thrown towards the battlefield.

The sea creature soldiers who had just rushed onto the deck immediately turned around to pick up the soap, and taking advantage of this opportunity, the crew of the Future launched a fierce attack on the sea creature soldiers.

The admiral had just thrown away his soap when the sea creature general, who was holding a bar of soap, pointed his spear at him.

Another bar of soap appeared, and the sea general immediately changed his tactic, running towards it. Just as he picked it up, the admiral appeared not far in front of him.

The admiral pointed his pistol at the sea tribe general with lightning speed.

However, the sea general was clearly quick; just as the admiral raised his pistol, he threw the soap in his hand towards the admiral, striking the pistol first. The pistol was deformed by the impact of the soap and slipped from the admiral's hand.

Before the pistol could hit the ground, the Sea Clan General appeared in the Admiral's transformation, and a fist full of explosive power smashed towards the Admiral's face. But just as the fist was about to make intimate contact with the Admiral's face, a bar of soap fell out of the Admiral's body.

The sea creature general immediately abandoned his attack on the admiral and instinctively went to pick up the bar of soap.

Immediately afterward, the admiral swung his laser sword down at the sea general as he picked up the soap. However, just as the laser sword was about to strike the sea general, it was blocked by an arm guard.

As the sea creature general's arm armor blocked the admiral's sword strike, his other spear swept towards the admiral: "Human! Don't think you can defeat me with such petty tricks!"

With a roar, the energy on the spear exploded. A series of explosions echoed wherever the spear passed.

Just as the spear was about to strike the admiral, another bar of soap was thrown behind the sea creature general, who at the same time turned and pounced on it.

The trajectory of the spear in his hand changed once again, and the explosion grazed the admiral's body, heading in another direction.

Without giving him a moment to catch his breath, the admiral slashed at the sea general's back.

As the sea general bent down to pick up the soap, he rolled forward, dodging the admiral's sword strike from behind.

This battle was probably the most humiliating fight this sea-folk general had ever fought. Especially the feeling of instinctively reaching for the soap thrown by the opponent—it was incredibly disgraceful! It left the sea-folk general feeling utterly helpless, as if his body was being controlled by someone else.

However, the admiral's meditation didn't give him much time to think. He immediately threw another bar of soap in front of him.

However, just as the soap made its move, the sea creature general quickly turned around and struck the soap hard with an energy blast.

"Prepare to die, human!"

……

Chapter XIII

The sea creature general smashed the soap thrown by the admiral, its speed suddenly increasing as it charged towards him. In the blink of an eye, the sea creature general was in front of the admiral.

Just then, the admiral flung another bar of soap into the air, and the sea general instinctively looked in the direction the admiral had flung the soap. But the soap vanished right before his eyes, landing behind him the next moment.

"How is this possible?" The sea tribe general bowed down again, unwilling to give up.

Just as he picked up the soap, an energy gun was pressed against the back of his head.

"Isn't this 'disappearing soap' trick fun?" The admiral looked smugly at the sea creature general whose head he had a gun to, and shouted, "Tell everyone to stop!"

"Stop!" the sea race general shouted helplessly at the sea race soldiers who were engaged in a chaotic battle.

Upon hearing his shout, all the sea creature soldiers ceased their attack. An eerie silence fell over the deck as they stared at each other in the tense atmosphere.

"Release me, and I promise to stop the attack and take you to the capital to see your diplomatic consul," the sea creature general said to the admiral.

"Who believes you? Order your soldiers off my ship immediately, or I'll drag you down with me!" the admiral said to the sea general. "Now, order all your soldiers off my ship immediately! And make way for us to leave!"

“Impossible,” the sea tribe general said. “I don’t trust you either. What if you leave and refuse to release me?”

“你别无选择。”提督冷冷的说道：“我只给你十秒的时间，如果不下令我就先杀了你，然后自己想办法突围。1、2、3……8、9……”

"Everyone get off this ship!" the sea general shouted to his soldiers.

With the departure of a large number of sea creature soldiers, everyone on deck breathed a sigh of relief. These sea creatures were not only individually very strong, but their numbers also far exceeded theirs.

"Xiang, tie him up," the admiral said to Xiang.

"My men have already disembarked, shouldn't you let me leave?" the sea general said angrily.

"Don't worry, I'll let you go, but only after we've confirmed it's safe." The admiral shouted, "Future! Prepare for a lightning-fast escape strategy!"

"Understood, Admiral." Images of the future appeared on the battlefield.

As he spoke, all of the Future's powerful propulsion systems activated, and a platform extended in front of the admiral. The platform opened, revealing a continuous supply of soap.

As the Future accelerated forward, an energy surge formed at its bow and began to expand outwards. With this expansion, waves as tall as the ship itself surged forth from the bow. These waves swept away the sea creature warships surrounding the Future, creating a straight path for it to advance.

Just as the giant wave subsided and the other sea creature warships were about to surround the Future again, large amounts of soap flew from the deck into the sea. Then, the sea creature crew members began swimming towards the soap in the sea.

Taking advantage of the chaos caused by a large number of sea creature crew members going into the sea to retrieve soap, the Future successfully broke through the sea creatures' encirclement.

The sea creature warships that were originally pursuing the Future were also tempted by the large amount of soap and stopped their pursuit.

And so, a few hours later, the Future successfully shook off the last sea creature warship.

"Now you can release me, you are safe now." On the deck, the sea creature general said to the admiral, "I hope you will keep your promise."

"You can rest assured about that. I have a few questions for you. As long as you answer them, I will let you leave." The admiral said to the sea creature commander, "Why did you attack us?"

"..."

Faced with the admiral's words, the sea creature general remained silent.

"Don't worry, I'll let you talk." The admiral said, then shouted to Xiang beside him, "Bring the truth serum!"

"Why would there be such a thing on a cruise ship?" Lin Jie asked, puzzled. He and Thirteen had run back to the deck after the Future escaped the encirclement.

“Back when I was in the navy, these things were left on the ship and never got used! I never thought they'd come in handy,” the admiral said to everyone present.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang pushed a small cart out.

“That way we’ll know why they attacked us.” The admiral said, picking up a syringe and walking toward the bound sea general.

Half an hour later.

"What's going on? Did the truth serum expire?" The admiral asked, looking at the still silent naval general with a puzzled expression. "Is this guy's body structure unique?"