I really don't want to date a girl addicted to the internet!

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At the same time, Cheng Fei and Ye Shuang quickly walked onto the escape deck on the starboard side.

According to the broadcast, the lifeboat on the port side had unexpectedly detached due to a collision malfunction, and now the starboard side had become the hope for everyone on board. Although the ship's list to port was becoming more and more severe, it did not stop a steady stream of passengers from rushing to the starboard side.

"Something's not right." Cheng Fei suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"What's wrong?" Ye Shuang tilted her head.

"At this rate, even the lifeboats on the starboard side will be unusable," the boy thought quickly.

"Why?" The girl blinked.

"The lifeboats on the ship have to slide down the tracks; if the angle is too steep, they'll get stuck." The boy looked into her eyes.

Ye Shuang was stunned for a moment, "Can't we get on the lifeboat and wait for it to float up automatically when the ship sinks?"

"Being sucked into the vortex is even more dangerous."

"Then aren't we doomed?" Ye Shuang's eyes widened slightly.

"It's possible that the life rafts on the ship aren't enough for so many people." Cheng Fei thought for a moment and nodded.

Ye Shuang opened her mouth.

"The lifeboats on the port side are broken, and those on the starboard side are unusable. It's too much of a coincidence. I feel something's wrong." The boy quickly started thinking, his eyes sharpening.

"You think Ding Sheng is up to something?" The girl was taken aback. "But how did he do it?"

“He’s already got a prosthetic body, so don’t worry about these technical issues.” The boy looked up, his gaze sweeping over the crowded passengers. “I doubt he’ll be in a hurry to get on the lifeboat.”

"Where would he go if he didn't get on the lifeboat?" The girl felt like she was always a step behind the boy in thinking.

"Let me think about it." The boy fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Ye Shuang had no choice but to look around.

At this point, the crew realized that if the ship continued to list to port, the starboard lifeboats would get stuck on the rails and could not be released, so they urged the passengers to board the ship as quickly as possible.

The lifeboat that was first filled with people closed its hatch, and the crew members standing by quickly pulled down the lifeboat's release lever.

The lifeboat did not slide out along the rail as expected. The tilt of the ship made the rail almost horizontal, and the lifeboat, which was full of ninety people and weighed several tons, stopped on the rail without moving.

Amid the crew's anxious expressions, a girl with pigtails wearing an apricot trench coat jumped onto the ship's side, grabbed the support frame securing the lifeboat with one hand, and stepped on the hull of the lifeboat with the other, her movements suggesting she wanted to forcefully push the lifeboat into the sea.

Rationally speaking, this is impossible. Even the strongest man among humans could not push a lifeboat in this state, let alone a delicate little girl.

Just as the crew members with this thought were about to step forward to stop her, they saw that as the girl gritted her teeth and exerted her strength, the lifeboat actually began to slide outward.

The crew members stared wide-eyed, their expressions horrified.

495. Ye Shuang felt she could win.

"Get down here!" Ye Shuang pushed the lifeboat outward step by step along the support frame.

The lifeboat, weighing several tons, gradually accelerated as it rubbed against the rails, overcoming resistance.

The crew members next to him were stunned, unable to understand how such a delicate-looking girl could possess such terrifying power. The young man quickly came to his senses and climbed onto the other side of the support, using all his strength to help.

The lifeboats continued to move.

The young crew member was instantly delighted.

It was that easy?

Soon, the lifeboat detached from the track and fell towards the sea. Although it was going down very slowly and almost headfirst into the water, the people inside probably didn't feel very comfortable. Fortunately, the boat quickly regained its upright position thanks to its own weight.

After Ye Shuang breathed a sigh of relief and jumped off the scaffold, Cheng Fei came to her and said, "Master Ye, we have to go back."

"Back where? To the driver's cab?" The girl's chest was still rising and falling slightly.

"Correct."

"why?"

"Ding Sheng is very likely to go back and silence them."

"Why?" the girl asked, repeating herself like a broken record.

"If he sabotaged the lifeboat incident, all I can think of is that he's willing to sacrifice everyone to hide his secret. If it were me, I would definitely kill the witnesses myself to feel at ease. Everyone else is easy prey, so going back and killing them first is the best option," the boy said seriously.

"You're so cruel." The girl's eyes widened slightly.

"It's not me who's vicious, it's him!" the boy shouted, raising his voice as if pricked by a needle. "Anyway, let's hurry back, or I'm afraid everyone in the driver's seat will die if we're too late."

“Okay.” Ye Shuang nodded first, then shook her head. “No, the lifeboat needs someone to push it.”

The two turned to look and saw the crew member who had pushed the boat with Ye Shuang earlier running to the side to try to do the same thing. His face turned as red as a pig's liver, but he couldn't move the lifeboats loaded on the rails an inch.

“Master Ye, we can’t worry about these people now. Who knows what other schemes Ding Sheng might have up his sleeve? We’d better get rid of him as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications,” Cheng Fei said without hesitation.

Ye Shuang frowned, her expression becoming conflicted. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I'll go back to the cockpit. You help push the lifeboat."

"Me?" Cheng Fei was stunned.

"You can't push it?" the girl stared at him.

"You can push him over, but can you beat Ding Sheng?" the boy asked doubtfully.

"Of course I can beat him! I'll definitely smash his jaw!" The girl's eyes seemed to blaze with fury.

“We should be together.” The boy looked at her, his expression filled with worry.

"Cheng Fei, what time is it and you're still being indecent!" Ye Shuang suddenly became annoyed.

"Where am I being indecent..."

"I'm going!"

Before the boy could finish his rebuttal, the girl uttered a single sentence and vanished in a blur.

"Holy crap! So fast?" Cheng Fei's expression changed.

The boy looked left and right, changed his mind, and decided to push the lifeboat down first.

Heaven knows how fast Ye Shuang's Platinum Star is at its limit. Judging from this, even if she can't beat him, she can still run away... right?

He'd better act as soon as possible.

Cheng Fei approached the young crew member who was desperately trying to get the boat out but was powerless to do so. He jumped onto the support frame and pushed the boat outward, just like Ye Shuang had done before.

As the boy exerted his strength, the lifeboat miraculously began to slide outwards.

The young crew member looked at this scene, looked down at his own well-built physique (which he regularly worked out in), and showed an expression of existential doubt.

Is he too weak?

Beside the massive iceberg, the towering cruise ship floated tilted on the sea, with lifeboats accidentally released from the port side scattered around the ship, attempting to rescue those who had fallen into the water earlier, as well as a few who had jumped into the sea in desperation.

Inside the intricate interior of the ship, thousands of people, like ants in an anthill, were driven by the seawater that gradually flooded the lower decks, moving towards the highest starboard side, as if reaching that point would bring salvation.

The lifeboats on the starboard side were not only unable to be launched, but their capacity was also running low. The sweating crew began to restrict the number of people, allowing vulnerable groups to board first.

In the crowded throng, strong men tried to squeeze into the lifeboats amidst the chaos, shoving and jostling with the crowd. In the face of the choice between survival and destruction, the air was thick with oppressive tension.

In the cockpit, unconscious Interpol agents and security guards were placed in the corridor, while several crew members, led by the third mate, directed the actions of various departments.

The third mate's face was extremely grim; ever since he announced the abandonment of ship, bad news had been coming one after another.

Damage control on the lower deck is working to slow the rate at which water enters the ship's compartments. According to reports, a large number of watertight compartments cannot be closed for unknown reasons.

At some point, Aurora's external communications were also interrupted. Maintenance personnel urgently inspected the antenna, but there was no response for a long time.

Following the malfunction of the lifeboat on the port side, the lifeboat on the starboard side also became difficult to launch due to the ship's significant list.

All of this is likely related to the first mate. Although the third mate cannot understand how the other party did it, he can only try not to think about these questions now and focus on saving more lives with the right orders.

Just as the third mate was pondering his next move, heavy footsteps suddenly reached his ears.

The third mate subconsciously turned around and saw the thin, cold, mysterious man return, walk back to the cockpit through the emergency escape door, and scan the cabin with his eyes.

Recalling his terrifying skills, the three men's expressions changed drastically.

The other crew members also noticed the man's arrival but were not overly wary.

Following the third mate's orders, the security guard standing nearby stepped forward and said, "Halt, this area is off-limits..."

Before the security guard could finish speaking, the man punched him in the face, sending him sprawling to the ground.

Another security guard, holding a pistol he had just retrieved from the weapons cabinet, said nervously, "Don't move!"

"Fire!" the third officer shouted, his urgent tone as if he were facing a monster.

The man opposite showed no fear in the face of the gun, and walked quickly toward the security guard with a blank expression.

The tense security guard pulled the trigger.

The moment the gun spat out flames and bullets, the man vanished from his spot. The security guard saw nothing; a tremendous force gripped his throat, and with a snap, his consciousness ceased.

Ding Sheng kept walking and quickly approached the unarmed crew members.

Just then, a blurry figure chased after them through the emergency escape door.

Before Ding Sheng could even turn his head and see clearly, a strong gust of wind rushed towards him, making him dizzy. He was then slammed against the cabin wall with an over-the-shoulder throw, making a dull thud.

Ye Shuang followed up with a sweeping kick that left a blur in the air.

Ding Sheng rolled away to dodge, got up from the ground, and looked at himself with a look of disbelief and confusion. "Why are you back again?!"

Ye Shuang remained silent, continuing her pursuit with a cold expression, her fist slamming into Ding Sheng's face with incredible speed.

Ding Sheng gritted his teeth, his nervous system reacting at high speed, directing his arms to stand upright and block the attack.

This time, Ye Shuang frowned.

Cheng Fei's guess was completely correct; the other person's arm was as hard as iron, making her fist hurt a lot.

From the perspective of the third mate and several crew members, the two men's continuous exchanges happened in the blink of an eye, as if an action movie had been fast-forwarded, leaving everyone dazzled.

496. One thing Ye Shuang wouldn't do.

The lifeboats on one side of the Aurora can only accommodate half of the passengers; some things were destined from the beginning.

The escape deck reached its peak of congestion half an hour after the abandonment operation began, with all sorts of men and women pushing and shoving each other. The large movement of people caused the ship's center of gravity to shift, even suppressing the tendency to list to port.

The crew formed a human wall, protecting the hatches of every lifeboat, shouting at the top of their lungs, "Women and children first!"

The woman holding the child left the man's embrace, her eyes red, and squeezed towards the lifeboat, where she was pulled and shoved into the cabin by the crew.

A swaddled baby was held high by a crew member and handed to the human wall. The baby's cries drowned out the noise of the crowd, passed over everyone, and became indistinct as it entered the lifeboat.

The young couple stood hand in hand on the ship's railing, watching the crowd rushing by, when suddenly they turned to each other and kissed.

The well-dressed man squeezed through the crowd, took off his mechanical watch and handed it to the crew member in front of him, trying to squeeze through the crowd. He was sternly scolded and pushed back. He smoothed his hair, looking annoyed.

On the side away from the ship's railing, several band members dressed in tuxedos whispered among themselves, took out violins and cellos from nearby cases, stood in a circle, and began to play.

As the soothing melody of Canon resounded on the deck, it was like throwing ice into a boiling kettle, finally calming the tense atmosphere. The deep, soulful tones of the violins and cellos blended together, touching the hearts of everyone around.

Cheng Fei pushed five fully loaded lifeboats off the rails in one go, leaving the boy drenched in sweat and breathing rapidly.

Several strong men from the crew took over his work, and with the help of tools, they were able to launch the lifeboat normally.

Cheng Feiteng made his move and rushed towards the deck where the cockpit was located. On the way, he passed a restaurant, found a few pieces of cheese in the kitchen, and stuffed them into his mouth haphazardly.

Once back in the corridor connecting to the driver's cab, it was a complete mess.

The ship's railings bulged outwards, the walls had dents of unknown origin everywhere, the ceiling lights were broken and flickered on and off, the cabinet containing fire-fighting equipment was open and the fire extinguishers inside were missing.

The boy walked quietly into the cockpit and saw the third mate and several crew members standing guard. There seemed to be a few more unconscious people on the ground. Fu Qian and Wan Haoran were gone, as were Ye Shuang and Ding Sheng.

"Has the girl who was with me returned?" the boy asked the third mate.

"They got into a fight and disappeared!" The kind-looking man turned around, his expression still shaken, as if he had just gone through something.

Cheng Fei followed the other person's finger and left through the emergency exit. He traced the route the two had taken, and the more he looked, the more alarmed he became.