Heroes Return

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On the fantastical sea, the Future is slowly sailing.

In the captain's cabin, the admiral and Xiang were alone.

“They certainly won’t obediently hand over their Achilles’ heel to us,” the admiral said. “How are our previous arrangements going?”

"The setup is complete."

"Are there any strange behaviors among the passengers on the ship?" the admiral asked. "Especially that monk from the Bachelor Temple, after all, the Bachelor Temple is listed as an extremely dangerous organization."

"Without any unusual activity, I have already increased security in the cabin where he is being held."

"Now we'll see if the transaction at midnight tomorrow will go through." The admiral looked out at the long night sky. "Speaking of which, it's always night here. Tell those sea race priests to speed up their spellcasting. It'd be best if they finished before 9 pm tomorrow. That way we'll have more time to prepare."

"I will go find them."

"Have you found out Swain's true identity yet?" the admiral asked.

“His real identity is an executive officer of the Eighth Division. Swain is just an alias he's using. I also learned a lot about the secrets of the Eighth Division from him.”

……

In a cabin below deck, almost all the male guests are now being held captive.

"I can tell from your face that you're going to have a rough year," the incompetent master said to a male passenger.

"Master, it goes without saying that we're in a bad situation right now! Are you blind?" the passenger said. "Master, aren't you the head of the four great monks of the Guanggun Temple? The Guanggun Temple is renowned far and wide. Master, you should have a solution, right?"

"Yes! The master is the abbot of the Guanggun Temple! He must have a way to save us!"

Faced with the male passengers' agreement, the incompetent master calmly took out many scriptures and looked at everyone present: "One thousand per book."

"Will buying the master's money save me?"

"..."

"I'll buy one. This is my ring, worth tens of thousands..." "I want one too! Mine has a diamond on its clasp..."

……

After Master Wuneng sold out all the scriptures, he slowly clasped his hands together amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd and said, "Amitabha, I see that you are all restless and agitated, so I wanted you to read the scriptures to calm your minds. As long as you can calm down, I believe you will naturally be saved."

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In another cabin specifically for holding women, most of the women appeared to be trembling with fear.

Almost everyone in the room sat on the floor in fear and unease, except for the two girls.

"Kuhuhu, this is getting more and more interesting," Alice said to the little girl beside her. "We've always been the kidnappers, and now we have the chance to experience what it's like to be kidnapped. Kuhuhu, does it give you a shiver of fear?"

"Absolutely not."

“Kuhuhu, what a clueless girl,” Alice said. “Kuhuhu, shouldn’t we be seeing some kind of hero rescuing us next? Oh, right, the two pro heroes don’t seem to be in the ship’s hold where the prisoners are. So, should we wait for them to come and rescue us? Although this kind of scene seems a bit boring, should I cause some trouble? Kuhuhu, I really want to cause trouble! But I’m a well-mannered young lady who’s about to inherit the family business. Wouldn’t that be too inappropriate? Do you think I should cause some trouble?”

"I'll listen to you." Delis sat quietly on the ground, hugging her knees with a blank expression. In her eyes, an inconspicuous little blade of grass was quietly sitting in the corner of the cabin.

"Kuhuhu, I knew this wasn't the right thing to ask you. When I get back, I'll definitely buy a copy of 'An Actor Prepares' and read it. Now let's see what that admiral does. Kuhuhu, if he's really that unprofessional, I'll consider keeping him here forever. Speaking of which, the name 'Salvation Army' sounds familiar, Kuhuhu."

……

A day passed in this way, and on the fantastical sea, an aircraft hovered silently. Mr. K himself stood on the aircraft, holding a strangely shaped metal box in his hand.

In the distance, the Future slowly approached. K could clearly see a large number of sailors standing on the deck, with hundreds of passengers densely packed among them. Each passenger had a mechanical collar around their neck.

"Admiral, we have brought the Reverse Scale. Now, please release the hostage immediately," K shouted through a megaphone to the people on the distant ship.

"If you want us to release them, then please bring me the 'Reverse Scale' I'm asking for first!" the admiral shouted at K.

“Of course, I’ll bring it up right away,” K said.

"You're the only one who can board the ship!"

"no problem."

Not long after, Mr. K, carrying a special metal case, boarded the Future.

"Release those hostages and I'll give you the box. Otherwise, I'll just press the button on the box and you'll never see Ni Lin again."

"I have to see their Achilles' heel before I can release them, otherwise, with just one word from me, all the hostages' heads will explode."

“Take off their collars right now, and I’ll show you my true colors.”

“Impossible.” The admiral said, as a large number of sailors had already surrounded Mr. K: “If you don’t want to die here, you’d better cooperate with me.”

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Just as Mr. K and the Admiral were at a stalemate, Sho suddenly appeared beside the Admiral and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Move! Eliminate them all!" Upon hearing Xiang's words, the admiral immediately issued the order.

At the same time, Mr. K immediately realized that their lack of a "threshold" had been discovered for some reason. However, as a person who had received rigorous training, Mr. K instinctively activated the box in his hand as soon as the admiral uttered the first word. But there was someone whose speed was obviously faster than Mr. K's.

In the blink of an eye, Xiang appeared in front of K, his hand blocking the button K was about to press. Giving K no chance to react, a bar of soap appeared at K's feet.

Then Mr. K abandoned the box he had prepared and went to pick up the soap...

"Plans changed, retreat immediately!" the admiral shouted to the numerous sailors on board. The Future also accelerated and began to sail in another direction.

Upon seeing the changes on the Future, more than a dozen stealth aircraft appeared in the air, while a large number of naval forces also emerged from the water.

As the stealth aircraft revealed themselves, numerous military artillery turrets also appeared on the Future. The original warship's turrets reappeared, and simultaneously, fighter jets were maneuvered to launch bombing raids at speeds exceeding the reaction time of conventional aircraft.

In a single attack, they sank half of the fighter jets and three sea creature warships. Although these were decommissioned warships, their combat power was clearly superior to most of the World Government's active warships. This result shocked Mr. K, who had already been subdued. Most importantly, the warship was currently unmanned.

A single attack completely overwhelmed the elite naval forces.

"This isn't the decommissioned Future at all!" K exclaimed in surprise, staring at the Future's formidable automatic firepower, which could suppress a large number of sea race warships. It's important to understand that in naval warfare, human warships are generally inferior to those of the sea race. Furthermore, the Future was able to effectively evade attacks from the sea race army by utilizing its agile movement and the recoil from its energy cannons.

"She is the Future, but you people just don't know anything about her," the admiral said to K with some pride.

Just then, the image of the girl from the future reappeared on the deck: "We have reached the airspace above the underwater tunnel. Shake hands down?"

"Sink immediately!" the admiral said without hesitation. Once they entered the underwater tunnel, the Future would have a chance to escape the enemy's pursuit. The underwater cave had a very complex terrain and also blocked signals.

With the admiral's order, a peculiar bubble appeared on the surface of the Future. It did not look very sharp; ordinary shells could easily penetrate the bubble, but they could not destroy it.

As the bubbles appeared, Wei Laihao decided to dive underwater.

While bubbles cannot isolate other things, they can effectively isolate seawater while producing a continuous stream of air.

Once the Future sank into the water, it immediately adapted to underwater navigation, and while constantly dodging attacks from a large number of underwater creatures, it was also able to launch effective counterattacks.

Meanwhile, on the deck of the Future, K was looking at the image of the future figure in astonishment. He was certain that the girl in front of him was not a phantom formed by a system, but a real energy body with a physical form.

"This is a warship spirit! Impossible, a technology that the World Academy of Sciences has never been able to complete!"

"The World Academy of Sciences?" The admiral raised an eyebrow. "I met the future more than twenty years ago."

After saying that, the admiral ignored K's words and walked towards the bow of the ship, while Mirai followed beside him.

"Damn it, stop him from entering the underwater cave immediately!" The sea creature commander understood the Future's intentions as it submerged, and a large number of sea creature underwater troops blocked the Future's path. At the same time, other sea creature troops also moved towards the Future's location.

At that moment, everyone was shocked to witness the formidable combat power of the Future in naval warfare.

The admiral stood quietly at the bow of his ship, and a platform appeared beside him, from which a steady stream of soap emerged.

The admiral kept picking up the soap and throwing it at the distant enemy. With the admiral's high-speed throwing, a large amount of soap began to appear in the sea.

To their astonishment, a large number of sea creatures were forced to leave their ranks and swim quickly toward Soap.

The admiral cleverly used a large amount of soap to lure a large number of enemies to his desired position, thus creating a safe route for the Future to escape, which was further aided by the Future's accurate main gun salvo.

For a time, the sea creature army, which originally had an overwhelming numerical advantage, was rendered powerless to resist the admiral's attack.

The admiral only needs to throw a bar of soap in one direction, and the enemy will inevitably gather in that direction under the admiral's abilities. The Future's main guns can then simply wait until the enemy has gathered and then fire in that direction.

However, the sea creature forces quickly noticed this, and the uncontrolled troops all opened fire on the admiral standing at the bow of the ship, intending to kill him or interrupt his actions. But whenever an attack was about to strike the admiral, Future beside him would gently raise her hand.

An invisible energy will then block the admiral's path, shielding him from those terrifying attacks.

This is what's known as a maritime bug; as long as the Admiral and the Future are together, they have the confidence to face any enemy.

With unstoppable momentum, the Future sailed towards the underwater cave.

Just as everyone watched helplessly as the Future was about to enter the underwater cave, a huge iron rod fell from the sky. It could no longer be called an iron rod, because its size was equivalent to a giant pillar reaching to the heavens.

The iron rod landed right in an underwater cave.

"Smash that iron pillar!" the admiral ordered the Future.

"A divine metal reaction has been detected. The main gun cannot cause effective damage," Wei Zai said beside him.

"Damn it!" the admiral cursed angrily. He hadn't expected his escape route to be blocked just as he was about to break free. But reality gave the admiral no time at all. Just as his escape route was blocked, a pale blue energy shone from among the sea creatures and shot towards the bubbles outside the Future.

"Damn it, Future, surface immediately!" The admiral immediately realized what the blue energy was when he saw it appear. As the Future surfaced, a large amount of blue energy shot towards it.

The blue energy disappeared when it touched the bubbles outside the Future, but the bubbles disappeared along with it. Fortunately, when the blue energy popped the bubbles outside the Future, the Future had already successfully risen to the surface of the sea.

Meanwhile, several stealth fighters appeared in the sky above the Future. Many World Government agents jumped from their aircraft onto the Future's deck and stared at the Admiral.

“You have no way out.” Mr. K, who had been captured, became arrogant at this moment: “Admiral, your way out has been blocked. You are now surrounded by the sea creatures. You should surrender immediately.”

As he spoke, a large number of sea creature warriors surrounded the Future.

"You think I've lost?" the admiral said, gesturing for his sailors to bring the hostages to his side. "Don't I still have plenty of cards to play? If you're not willing to let us go, I can't guarantee the safety of these hostages!"

"I advise you not to do this." Lin Jie and Thirteen appeared in front of the admiral at this moment.

"So it really is you two professional heroes." The admiral said, pulling the Incompetent Master to his side. "The Master must be your friend, right? You'd better get these people to let me go, or I'll kill the Master right now, and then kill the other hostages one by one!"

The admiral's words were not merely a threat; he was fully capable of doing so. Of course, his threat was still very effective against the World Government. With the loss of the "Reverse Scale," the safety of these hostages became paramount, given that they were all individuals of considerable social standing. If the "Reverse Scale" were still in their hands, the higher-ups would be perfectly willing to take the blame for the hostages being threatened.

However, the person he was facing now was Lin Jie, so this was the answer the admiral received.

"Kill me if you want! As the saying goes, everyone dies eventually. We'd rather die than give up our lives. We absolutely cannot bow down to evil forces today!" Lin Jie said righteously to the admiral, as if he were the incompetent Master Wu Neng.

"..." The admiral was certain that this was the first time in his life he had ever seen such a heroic figure.

“Amitabha, Benefactor Lin, as the saying goes, saving a life is better than a seven-story pagoda. Benefactor Lin, please don’t make such jokes to frighten this humble monk.” Master Wuneng said to Lin Jie at this moment.