Miss Rachel’s words, naturally, came from Li Min.
With the ship urgently repaired, Captain Lann also rolled up the tide, letting it re-enter the sea.
This special team was now all aboard without a single person missing, embarking on their path to survival.
And hardly had the ship set sail when Miss Rachel couldn’t wait to come knocking, presumably to exchange news with her friend at the first opportunity.
Lady Li Min’s attitude of active cooperation was indeed beyond reproach.
“Thank you for the warning.”
Even if it wasn’t good news for himself, Fu Qian still nodded slightly in thanks.
“So have you felt anything unusual?”
I…
Miss Rachel paused for a moment, subconsciously reaching for her right shoulder, and remained silent.
After a simple cleanup, the area on her clothing had looked much more natural.
Li Min didn’t need anything like breathing, so to the uninformed, it might just seem as though that arm was injured or disabled; it would never occur to them that it was where Miss Rachel’s external brain was connected.
It was true, strictly speaking, her abnormality was much more significant than the others.
“So does Captain Lann have any plans?”
Since Miss Rachel didn’t have much valuable feedback, Fu Qian turned his attention to the others.
“The news you brought is still rather shocking.”
Seemingly accustomed to Fu Qian’s quick shifts in thinking, Miss Rachel gave a bitter smile.
“Even with the recent conflict, there are still many who remain skeptical, so Captain Lann’s plan is quite simple: head straight for the border and first verify if it’s really impossible to get out.”
“A sensible decision.”
Fu Qian understood this quite well.
“After all, the essence of this is merely a cooperative relationship; it’s not that easy to unify opinions in a critical situation with this team.”
“Yes, in fact, the guy who just died was one of the hardest to unify.”
Miss Rachel said this while trying hard not to look at Fu Qian’s head-squeezing hand.
“That’s why he died.”
Fu Qian seemed unsurprised by her comment.
Huh?
Miss Rachel suddenly looked up, her confusion mixed with a chilling realization.
“Why that look? I was just doing Captain Lann a favor.”
Fu Qian gave her a somewhat puzzled glance.
“In a situation where decisions are hard to make, it’s best to let the disobedient troublemakers go first. Getting killed by me just happens to unify the opinions, straighten out the team, and if I were the one who got killed, they could have warned against acting without orders, keeping him in line for a while.”
“In the end, that salty fish of a brother made the largest contribution he could to the group; otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to prepare to set sail so quickly.”
These two didn’t originally know each other, did they? Could they really be so in sync when it comes to lack of humanity?
That recently deceased Rachel suddenly felt a bit pitiable.
“Actually, Captain Lann also specifically sought me out.”
But she quickly reined in this senseless emotion and brought up another matter.
“He expressed that if you’re willing to offer some advice for the operation, everyone would be very grateful.”
“Sure thing.”
Fu Qian readily agreed.
“Mr. Fang is always happy to help.”
…
Following Miss Rachel to the deck, the team members who were prepared for action all had rather complex expressions.
After all, it’s hard for people to feel good about someone who brings despairing news without offering any solutions.
Not to mention the spectacle of forceful skull-splitting just before.
“Mr. Fang, we’ll soon be entering the first adjacent zone.”
Lann appeared relatively composed as he pointed ahead and took the initiative to provide an introduction.
The small boat, now pushing forward with full force, had reached the edge of the Floating Island region and was about to enter a set of waters that seemed connected yet were clearly demarcated.
The distinct boundary was precisely the straight edge of the downpour.
“The current plan is quite simple, which is to maintain a straight direction and try to explore to the edge.”
“The way the sky looks, although strange, can actually help us determine our direction well.”
“Does Mr. Fang have any suggestions?”