Chapter 186 Snake
"I heard that there are several people from the Carter family on your ship." said Klaus, who was walking in front and looked like the leader.
"They are just some outsiders who are not aware of the situation. We will deal with them immediately." Hearing Klaus' words, Vincent's forehead began to sweat and he said quickly.
"Then let's deal with it quickly. Mr. McAllen will be here soon. We are just here to find out the situation in advance." Klaus said.
As soon as the name McAllen came out, Vincent's face instantly turned even paler. He could hardly hide the trembling in his voice: "Mr. McAllen... is coming in person too?"
Klaus stopped and turned to stare at Vincent with a sharp and unquestionable look, and said in a cold tone: "Is there any need to ask? The matter of the Kingdom of God is so important that Mr. McCullen will certainly not stay out of it. He has high hopes for this operation and will not tolerate any factors that may affect the plan."
Vincent tried to adjust his breathing and forced a smile: "Of course, I understand. These few people are just a small problem. I will definitely get rid of them completely before Mr. McAllen arrives."
Klaus nodded slightly, but his expression remained cold, and his tone was full of intimidation: "Vincent, this operation is led by the Holy Palace Medical Association, but we know that you control this ship and the surrounding resources. Mr. McAllen hopes that you can understand that this is your last chance. Any mistake will make you pay an unbearable price."
Vincent lowered his head with a complicated look in his eyes. He held the armrests of the wheelchair tightly with both hands. He suppressed his inner tension and responded respectfully: "Please tell Mr. McAllen that I will not let him down."
Klaus gave him a cold look, then turned around and continued walking into the cabin. The several Holy Palace hybrids following behind him also had indifferent expressions, as if they regarded Vincent as a completely replaceable chess piece.
After Klaus's figure completely disappeared, Vincent took a deep breath, and the respect on his face was instantly replaced by gloom and resentment. He gritted his teeth and whispered, "These damn bastards!"
He turned to look at the assistant beside him, and lowered his voice to a very low level, with a fierce tone: "Arrange personnel immediately to keep a close eye on those Carter family members. There must be a result tonight. No matter what method is used, they must not be allowed to see the sunrise tomorrow."
The assistant murmured yes and left in a hurry.
Vincent turned the wheelchair and pushed himself slowly in another direction. He narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself, "Klaus, do you people in the Holy Palace think you can control everything at will? When Macallan comes, it's still unknown who will be the hunter and who will be the prey..."
At the same time, on the other side of the deck, Lu Mingfei stood by the railing, watching the interaction between Vincent and Klaus and his group from afar. He held a cup of coffee in his hand, with a look of coldness and scrutiny in his eyes.
Jiude Mai came over and said in a low voice: "Boss, it seems that Klaus is also a difficult character to deal with. I heard them mention Macallan, who should be a big shot in the Holy Palace Medical Association. I feel that things are getting more and more difficult."
Lu Mingfei gently shook the coffee cup in his hand, his eyes still fixed on the direction where Vincent left in the distance. His tone was calm but with a hint of thoughtfulness: "McCallum, a big shot in the Holy Palace Medical Association? It seems that the stakes of this game are indeed getting higher and higher."
Jiude Mai leaned against the railing, looking at the crowd on the deck with vigilance, and said in a low voice: "If that Macallan is really a key figure in the Holy Palace, his arrival will make the situation more complicated. Vincent has obviously started to panic, and he may jump to the wall at any time."
Lu Mingfei chuckled and placed the coffee cup on the railing. His eyes were calm but with a hint of amusement. "It's good that the cornered dog jumps over the wall. It saves us from trying to pry him open. As for Macallan, I'm looking forward to meeting him and seeing what surprises this 'big shot' of the Holy Palace can bring us."
"But boss, Vincent is likely to take action tonight. Shouldn't we make some preparations first?" Jiude Mai frowned slightly, with a hint of caution in her tone.
Lu Mingfei pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Jiude Mai, and said in a low and calm tone: "Don't worry about Vincent. Since they want to take action, let them fall into the trap themselves. You go and make arrangements so that the detection team can continue to work and ensure that our research plan is not disturbed. In addition, let Scarlett speed up the collection of intelligence about the Holy Palace and Macallan. I need to know their real purpose."
Jiude Mai nodded: "I understand, but Boss, the forces on this ship are complicated. If we are not careful, we may be dragged into bigger trouble."
Lu Mingfei turned around and leaned on the railing, a sneer appeared on his lips: "Trouble? The more complicated the situation, the easier it is to find a breakthrough. Mai, you have to remember one thing, no matter how big the net is, there will be loopholes, and what we have to do is to find that loophole and turn this chess game into our game."
When Jiude Mai heard this, a look of approval flashed in her eyes, and then she stood up straight, turned around and left: "I'll arrange it right away."
After watching her leave, Lu Mingfei turned his gaze to the other side of the deck again and murmured, "McAllen, Kingdom of God, Vincent... It seems that the secrets on this ship are more interesting than I imagined. I hope you won't let me down and give me more interesting situations."
The cold polar wind whistled in his ears. The lights on the ship reflected the darkness deep in the ice ocean. The secrets hidden underwater seemed to be secretly spying on the battle that was about to unfold.
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"Boss, yesterday our people went to the ice surface with dog sleds for reconnaissance and saw a red sea. The bottom of the glacier was dyed blood red.
This phenomenon is called red tide, which is caused by the explosive growth of red algae, but red tide algae are not cold-resistant, and the sea water in the Arctic Ocean is close to zero degrees." Jude Mai reported.
"So, we are getting closer to the so-called kingdom of God." Lu Mingfei said.
"We communicated with the captain of this ship, and he said that the territory ahead is Leviathan's."
"Leviathan? What's that?"
"It was a white sperm whale. It was extremely large and aggressive. When it gets angry, it will attack its own kind. Small ships would be in danger if they encountered it."
"It has appeared in many myths. In Indian mythology, it is called Timingila. In Greek mythology, it is one of Poseidon's pets. The constellation of Cetus is named after it. But the Inuit are the ones who know it best. The Inuit live in the Arctic Circle and have more opportunities to see that guy.
The Eskimos say that this guy is the king of whales. He hibernates most of the time and only comes out of his Arctic ice cave once every 60 years to swim around the Arctic, patrol his territory, and prey on all kinds of big fish along the way. So when they foresee that he is coming, other big fish will leave the Arctic Circle for refuge, and even the sawtooth shark in the sea is no match for him. "Said Mai Jiude.
"It sounds like the white whale in Moby Dick," said Lu Mingfei.
"What should I do next, boss?"
"Shh..." Hearing Jiude Mai's question, Lu Mingfei did not answer but closed his eyes.
The sound of countless scales rubbing against each other came from the bottom of the boat, and at the same time something hissed underneath, like a snake.
"Something has crawled into the boat. It seems that it not only wants to kill us, but also everyone on the boat." Lu Mingfei opened his eyes and said. "Ma Yi, go protect our people."
"Got it, boss." Jiude Mamayi heard Lu Mingfei's words and pushed open the door. A giant snake opened its mouth wide and pounced towards her.
Jiude Mai reacted quickly and rolled backwards in an instant, avoiding the attack of the giant snake. She drew the dagger from her waist and stared at the giant snake coldly.
The snake's scales glowed strangely coldly under the light in the cabin. It was huge, with its head almost occupying the entire cabin door, and its tongue had a strong fishy smell.
"Boss, this thing looks unusual." Jiude Mai took a step back and whispered to Lu Mingfei.
Lu Mingfei stood there, his eyes calm and sharp, as if he was quickly analyzing the situation in front of him: "This is not an ordinary giant snake. It looks like a biological modification of the dragon race, or it comes directly from some kind of dragon bloodline. Someone has brought the underwater thing up."
More and more sounds of scales rubbing against each other were heard in the cabin, and there seemed to be quite a few giant snakes like this.
Not only Lu Mingfei and his crew discovered these giant snakes, but the guests in other cabins also discovered these giant snakes. These guests on the ship were not easy to deal with and naturally would not surrender.
"What's going on?" Klaus frowned when he heard the sound outside. He stood up and the moment he opened the cabin door, he saw a giant snake coiled in the corridor, its huge body almost blocking the passage.
Its eyes emitted a faint green light, as if looking for its next prey. Klaus narrowed his eyes and raised his right hand. A blue light flowed out from his fingertips and quickly condensed into a long blade that flashed with coldness.
He glanced at the giant snake coldly, his tone full of impatience: "A bunch of reptiles dare to mess things up?"
As Klaus swung the long blade in his hand, there was a sharp sound of breaking wind in the air, and the giant snake was split in two. The smelly black liquid gushed out and splashed all over the corridor. However, Klaus's movements were so fast that his clothes were not even stained at all.
He turned to look at the Saint Palace hybrids behind him and said in a cold voice: "Protect the research data. Anything that comes near here must be cleared away."
Several hybrids nodded, drew their weapons and stood in a row, looking around vigilantly. In the corridor, more scales rubbing sounds came from the shadows. Obviously, there were far more than one or two giant snakes.
Klaus clenched the long blade in his hand and whispered to himself: "What the hell is Vincent doing? Or are these things a sign that he is completely out of control?"
A hybrid asked, "Mr. Claus, what should we do now? Do we suppress these monsters with all our strength, or just take over the ship?"
Klaus clenched the long blade in his hand, his eyes cold: "Vincent is no longer trustworthy. It is only a matter of time before he takes control of the ship. But before Mr. McAllen arrives, we must make sure that the secrets of the Kingdom of God do not fall into the hands of anyone."
Vincent on the other side also looked at these giant snakes that suddenly appeared with a serious expression, "Where did these things come from!"
"It seems to have come in from the bottom of the cabin," said one of his guards.
"The bottom of the boat? Could that guy have done that?"
Vincent quickly led his men to the watertight compartment at the bottom of the ship.
There are 14 watertight compartments on the YAMAL, located at the bow, stern and both sides of the hull, which ensures that the ship can still float on the water and wait for rescue even if the bottom cabin leaks. The largest watertight compartment is located at the stern. When encountering very hard ice, the YAMAL will fill the large watertight compartment at the stern with seawater, so that the bow will tilt up and press on the ice to collapse it.
Vincent came to the last watertight compartment. There was still about one meter of sea water at the bottom of the compartment. The strong smell of mold and rotten flesh filled the space.
There was a strange creature half submerged in the sea water. It looked like the skeleton of a giant, with a huge chest, dense ribs, and a thick twisted spine, like a dead Titan python, but it had no legs. Below the lumbar vertebrae was a long snake tail, and countless blood vessels grew out of the gap in the coccyx, piercing into the steel plate at the bottom of the watertight compartment. What was even more strange was its head, which was a large iron box firmly fixed by iron chains, and the iron box was filled with cement.
The iron box is not small, but compared with its huge chest, it feels like a basketball player carrying a Lego brick.
The blood vessels spreading from the coccyx joints pulsated slowly, injecting the dark red liquid into the huge body. After a long time, a muffled sound was heard from the chest cavity. It was a huge heart beating slowly.
This was a common scene for Vincent, but this time it shocked him.
Because another huge monster emerged from that monster's body.
It was a giant snake with nine heads, which was wrapped around the monster and gnawing at its body.
Vincent's face turned pale instantly, and beads of cold sweat oozed from his forehead.
He tightly grasped the armrest of the wheelchair, his voice almost trembling: "Hydra... How could it be here? This kind of monster should not appear on the ship! Who let it in?"
The guards beside him were also shocked, and asked hesitantly: "Mr. Vincent, these things...are they attracted by the power of the Kingdom of God? Or did the change of that monster trigger a chain reaction?"
Vincent managed to calm himself down and tried not to look too panicked.
His eyes were fixed on the strange scene in the watertight compartment. The nine heads of the Hydra were frantically biting the giant bone monster embedded in the steel plate. Dark red blood gushed out from the intersection of the two and mixed with the sea water at the bottom of the cabin, making the entire watertight compartment filled with a strong fishy smell.
"This thing attracted me..."
(End of this chapter)
