Chapter 37: Farewell

Chapter 37: Farewell

Zhang Haiyan retreated to the original gap.

He tried to breathe calmly as he took off his military uniform and pants. He was left only in his shorts since his other clothes were soaked in blood.

The pottery fragments were embedded in his flesh and he wouldnt be able to get them out for a while. He moved a little and found that it hurt a lot, but it wouldnt affect his movements.

He believed what He Jianxi had said. Even though the man had caused all kinds of troubles, the past few incidents made Zhang Haiyan feel that He Jianxi was really lucky. He even began to suspect that He Jianxi was a walking bodhisattva sent by the heavens. When this whole thing was resolved, he would probably turn into a plume of smoke, laughing as he disappeared.

If there were more than a dozen people in this cargo hold, then that proved a few things.

First, there were more killers on the ship than he had expected. The killers he had found in the steerage area and third-class cabins were only some of them.

Second, this cargo hold was a trap so that they could launch their counterattack.

He wouldnt be worried about Miss Dong if it was one on three, but it was impossible for anyone to deal with more than a dozen people by themselves. He was the only one in history who could do it.

But Zhang Haixia hadnt been very impressed with him when he did it. It was the concept of winning small in the casino a dozen times in a row. There was a chance that it would happen, but it would never happen a second time.

That was why Miss Dong had erased her presence. She had stepped into a trap now, so she needed to protect herself instead of hunting the killers.

Of course, he had to help Miss Dong. It didnt matter whether he wanted to hijack the ship or leave by lifeboat, he couldnt let the people who killed his Southern Archives colleagues win. Otherwise, the entire ship might be blown up to hide the evidence of the plague.

But he wasnt completely sure that he would win. In fact, he was considered an interloper to both the killers and Miss Dongs plans. But even if he and Miss Dong had a tacit understanding, the two of them wouldnt make a big difference in this cargo hold.

But He Jianxis existence changed things.

If Zhang Haixia had been around, he would have been able to smell a lot of things. He and Zhang Haiyan would have definitely been moving slowly by now, approaching those people who were emitting an odor. The two of them would kill their opponents one by one until they had killed them all.

The lights went out again.

Zhang Haiyans eyes immediately felt more comfortable. He quickly closed them and ran to go hide, but he had already lost his sense of direction. He slammed into a box of goods again. It was so heavy that it shattered when it hit the ground and he was also sent rolling.

The lights came on again.

He squinted and took off his glasses, smearing his blood on the lenses so it wasnt as bright as before. When the killer didnt immediately come at him, Zhang Haiyan looked around and suddenly realized that the goods he had slammed into werent actually goods. They were corpses. Their faces had turned blue and they appeared to have undergone antiseptic treatment.

There was a familiar smell of disinfectant, which was the same kind they had smelled on Flower Reef.

Is this the place where they hid the missing South Sea spies?

Zhang Haiyan steadied himself first and then blended in among the cargo boxes. He could see human shadows everywhere. He didnt know how things were on Miss Dongs end. As the lights went out again, Zhang Haiyan pushed more boxes to the ground. Whether they could see or not, he would make it difficult for the killers to walk around.

When the lights came on again, Zhang Haiyan had pushed more than a dozen boxes to the ground. Not all of them contained corpses, but there were six or seven of them.

The corner of the cargo hold was now a complete mess. The killers stepped on the goods and rushed towards him from all sides, but Zhang Haiyan had finally adapted to the lights. He licked the blades under his tongue and decided to risk it all.

At this moment, he suddenly saw a corpse in front of him.

He was stunned. He recognized the face of that corpse. It was Zhang Ruipu. Why is he on the ship? And why is he dead?

Then he saw another corpse next to Zhang Ruipu.

He didnt recognize the face at first glance, but then he took another look at the corpse.

His blood ran cold and his brain buzzed. Zhang Haixia! He shouted.