I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 75

Welcoming Wang Kelin

Small boats and kayaks met up in twos and threes. Lin Yu re-divided the group into two teams, requesting the wind-ability users to send the space-ability users back to the sea base first.

After listening, the man frowned in confusion. “Why let me lead the team? Wasn’t it agreed that the ability users would be responsible for supporting the cargo ship?”

“To be safe, we still need to leave one stronger ability user behind as an escort. Don’t worry, you’ll get every bit of the reward you’re due.”

The man had a troubled look on his face. “But…”

“What, do you think the reward is too little, or do you have other objectives?” Lin Yu’s original appearance was already that of a fierce god and evil demon, and at this moment, his face sank, giving off a murderous, gloomy, and terrifying aura.

Hearing this, the man said no more and nodded in agreement with Lin Yu’s plan. Watching Lin Yu’s departing back, he couldn’t help but feel that he must have been exposed. But he hadn’t done anything, so how was he found out?

The man really couldn’t figure it out. But it didn’t matter much; after all, there was still one person who hadn’t been discovered.

For the rest of the voyage, Luo Xi used her spiritual power to pull the wooden boats forward. The sailing speed was even faster than before, with the waves at the bows of the boats splashing up to a meter high. The spray hitting Su Wenwen’s face was so cold it made her shiver uncontrollably.

As the sky gradually darkened, the temperature plummeted. The temperature at sea was much lower than on land, and the breath exhaled from their mouths and noses formed a thin, frosty mist. Lin Yu had Luo Xi stop the boats for a short rest. The few wooden boats furled their sails and moored on the lonely sea, separated by a few meters.

Luo Xi sat upright, the crystal core in her hand shining with a red glow as if it were plated in blood, making her look exceptionally bewitching.

Lin Yu, meanwhile, was responsible for contacting Wang Kelin. Learning that the cargo ship was not far, he provided their position to Wang Kelin and waited for the cargo ship to find them.

Everyone had been hungry for a long time, so they took out the food Lin Yu had given them to eat. Even though they were wearing diving suits, the biting sea wind howled, and with no shelter on the small boats, it was hard to endure. Everyone was shivering from the cold.

Su Wenwen was no exception. However, her body’s constitution was supported by the System, so she wouldn’t freeze to death no matter how cold it got. She was worried that Luo Xi’s body couldn’t take it and just hoped the cargo ship would find them quickly.

She watched as half of the setting sun sank into the sea on the horizon, burning a patch of the sky red, as if melting the sky and sea together. As time passed, only a black curtain remained, along with the faint lights of the cargo ship shining over. They mixed with the bright stars in the sky, making them difficult to distinguish.

“They’re over there…”

Su Wenwen hurriedly shouted. After hearing her, Lin Yu had the boat team row toward the cargo ship. Near the cargo ship, subtle, inconspicuous ripples could be faintly seen on the calm surface of the sea.

Su Wenwen activated her five senses to observe the surroundings but didn’t discover anything unusual. Before the team could get close to the cargo ship, she saw Wang Kelin standing on the bow, alive and jumping around, waving to greet her.

The team didn’t board the cargo ship. Lin Yu tossed Wang Kelin a walkie-talkie and said to her, “Our boat team will escort the cargo ship, so we won’t come aboard. The temperature is getting lower and lower, so we have to rush back to the sea base overnight.”

Wang Kelin nodded, indicating it was no problem.

As the boat team began its return journey, Wang Kelin used the walkie-talkie to greet Su Wenwen. Su Wenwen also missed her parents, so she asked Wang Kelin how they were doing at the temporary base over there.

Wang Kelin said that although the temporary base’s defenses were a bit lacking, its remote location was a blessing. Later, they took in some more ability users, so things were peaceful. Although its scale of development wasn’t large, it had been officially named Southern District No. 1 Base.

As for Father Su and Mother Su, they were now in charge of farming and managed several hundred people, which was very impressive. They also had Wang Kelin pass on a message for Su Wenwen not to worry, and that once things were more peaceful, she should come back with Luo Xi to visit them.

Wang Kelin enunciated the two words “Luo Xi” very heavily. This was because Father Su and Mother Su droned on in her ear every day about how wonderful Luo Xi was, to the point that her ears were growing calluses¹. Having been around Luo Xi for so long, she knew all too well how good this big-tailed wolf² was at pretending.

When Su Wenwen first heard that Wang Kelin was coming, she was actually very worried. She knew Wang Kelin had a secret crush on Luo Xi and was very resistant to the idea of becoming love rivals with her. Not wanting to lose her friend, she had already prepared for the worst, planning to maintain some distance from Luo Xi in front of Wang Kelin.

But now, listening to Wang Kelin’s words, it seemed she held a lot of dissatisfaction toward Luo Xi. This confused Su Wenwen. Clearly Wang Kelin had a secret crush on Luo Xi; treating the object of one’s affection with such an attitude was unheard of. Shouldn’t she be more cautious, or even hostile toward all the men and women around Luo Xi?

“Wang Kelin,” Luo Xi suddenly said.

Wang Kelin hadn’t finished her rant and was slightly annoyed at being interrupted. “What?”

“Stay alert to the surroundings. If you want to catch up, it’s not too late to do so once we’re back at the sea base.”

Wang Kelin immediately adopted a serious expression. “Yes!”

Su Wenwen also activated her five senses and became alert. The sea surface within a one-li³ radius was very calm, but beyond one li, a tide seemed to be constantly churning.

Lin Yu had three water-ability users investigate the situation underwater. The moment two of them put their hands in the water, small tendrils of water wrapped around their wrists, and they were dragged into the sea before everyone’s stunned eyes. The third person turned and jumped into the sea before Lin Yu could react.

At the same time, the tide a li away rose higher, one wave after another, layered like a staircase.

Hearing the commotion, Wang Kelin squinted and could see the scene a li away. The abruptly appearing waves left her no time to think. She turned and ordered everyone to use ropes to secure the supply crates on the deck.

The people on the ship were so anxious they were spinning in circles, creating a chaotic scene. Seeing the waves, taller than the cargo ship itself, about to crash down heavily, everyone quickly grabbed onto the ropes binding the supply crates, took a deep breath, and prepared for impact.

Some people even closed their eyes.

However, the anticipated impact never came. The waves seemed to be blocked by something invisible. Looking up, they could see the reflection of the tranquil and peaceful stars on the water’s surface.

Outside, however, another wave crashed down. The waters around the cargo ship were turbulent, kicking up huge splashes and forming a sharp contrast with the tranquility within.

Before long, the sea surface gradually returned to calm.

The ability user who had been hiding in the water was dragged out by Luo Xi’s spiritual power. The man’s face was flushed red as if someone were strangling him, and he was unable to speak. The other two water-ability users were already dead, their throats slit. Their blood had already drained into the sea, and they now looked like pale corpses.

Seeing that someone had been killed, the expressionless look on Lin Yu’s face instantly cracked. “It’s already the apocalypse, can’t we have fewer of these messy intrigues and plots?”

The man coughed and laughed. “What’s the use of telling me? No one wants to do these things, all this fighting and killing. If it weren’t for her causing the Luo family’s Young Master to go crazy, I wouldn’t have been sent to do such a dangerous thing.”

When the man said “she,” he was looking at Su Wenwen. The Luo family’s Young Master was, of course, Luo Qi. After being repeatedly tortured by Helian Yun that day, he now screamed and yelled whenever he saw a woman, as if he’d had a terrible fright. Luo Tianyang had to ask for a long time before Luo Qi finally told him what had happened that day.

Anxious for his beloved son, Luo Tianyang didn’t question Ji Qingshuang, nor could he find Helian Yun to get revenge. So, he could only set his sights on Su Wenwen, secretly sending two people to sabotage the cargo ship. Even if Old Master Luo found out about it later, Luo Tianyang could still use Su Wenwen as an arrow-blocking shield⁴.

A father avenging his son is a matter where it’s difficult to sort out right and wrong. Old Master Luo doted on his grandson and was a father himself, so he would probably just apply a ‘small punishment to serve as a big warning’ to Luo Tianyang. After that, this matter would end with nothing resolved, and all the pressure would fall on Ji Qingshuang.

After listening to the man, Luo Xi glanced back at Su Wenwen, whose spirit was wandering beyond the heavens⁵. She helplessly pulled Su Wenwen to her side and said, “Still so dazed. How do you plan to deal with this person?”

“Hand him over to the Commander-in-Chief, of course.”

Luo Xi shook her head. “Although I don’t know what my mom is planning, handing him over to her is not as good as me taking him directly to Grandfather and confronting Luo Tianyang face-to-face…”

Before she could finish her sentence, the calm sea surface suddenly began to surge and roll. The small boat carrying Su Wenwen and Luo Xi was directly overturned, and both of them fell into the sea. The restrained man also plunged in headfirst along with them.

A massive whale tail swung casually, and the other nearby small boats met with disaster as well. The tail whipped heavily toward the cargo ship. With a DONG, the giant cargo ship actually tilted forty degrees. Some of the supplies on the deck that weren’t tied securely broke their ropes, slid across the deck to the edge, and only came to a stop when they hit the railing.

Wang Kelin quickly ordered people to protect the supplies.

Then, she ran to the bow to look out. Only a few individuals had managed to climb back onto the wooden boats; she couldn’t see any sign of Luo Xi and Su Wenwen.

The moment Su Wenwen fell into the sea, she choked violently on the water and kept trying to cough, but it was impossible to do so in the water. She subconsciously thrashed her limbs to swim upward, but she hadn’t been swimming for long before she was enveloped by spiritual power and pulled directly to Luo Xi’s side. Then, it felt as if something covered her face, and Su Wenwen could breathe freely.

Her eyes widened as she looked at Luo Xi, whose silky hair floated gracefully in the sea. She hadn’t expected Luo Xi’s spiritual power to be so well-controlled that she could filter the air from the seawater. The two of them could breathe freely underwater, no different from real fish.

In her heart, Su Wenwen could only think that Luo Xi was too powerful. And this powerful person was her girlfriend. She wouldn’t even dare to dream of such a thing.

Luo Xi pointed forward.

Su Wenwen followed Luo Xi’s slender finger and looked. In the darkness of the night, she could only see a frightening black curtain, but mixed within it was a bit of dark red. This inconspicuous smear of red had to be blood. It was the blood that had attracted the zombie whale.

Then, Luo Xi pointed to the other side.

Su Wenwen took a look and saw the water-ability user surrounded by countless piranhas. He was struggling to use his ability to create a barrier around himself, barely keeping the piranhas from getting close. But having scented blood, the piranhas became even more frenzied, swarming around the man and twisting their tails, trying to break through.

How could piranhas appear in this area?

Was it because the apocalypse had caused a food shortage on the seabed, or because of the abnormal temperature changes, or had they evolved?

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