Chapter 118: I Can Explain Everything

With just a few words, they were provoked into losing their composure. "I can do it! I—I mean, we have people who have worked as sailors, and there are many of us. As long as you help control the captain and a few of his deputies, I can get everyone to seize the ship."

Indeed, this was the best method.

But Liu Mu asked, "If I help you escape, what's in it for me? A Merchant like me doesn't do things without a benefit." Even though she was still just a 'Peddler' for now!

"The ship will be yours. There are many supplies on this ship," the large eyes behind the rainbow-colored frames darted about, the fervor he thought he could hide clearly visible. He was afraid Liu Mu might have other concerns. "We have also helped move them a few times; all the supplies will be yours too. These things should be very valuable now, and you can use them!"

Liu Mu actually had the illusion of tricking a child into helping her get something for nothing. "How exactly do you plan to do this?"

This seemed to stump him. The boy looked at Liu Mu's slightly teasing face, and his ears turned red instantly. "I'll listen to you, Big Sister. I'll do whatever you say."

Fine, a little kid is just a little kid.

Liu Mu rubbed her chin and thought for a long while, then clapped her hands together and said with utmost sincerity, "How about I go to the lower deck to arrange for everyone to deal with the guards, and you go to the control room to make an announcement? Just say this ship has been requisitioned by the Haicheng Barrier and that all who resist will be executed. How about that?"

Not good at all!

Naturally, Hong could not believe such words meant to trick a child. Making an announcement? Wasn't that just sending himself to his death?

So, the person before him was still suspicious of him.

Realizing this, Hong nodded decisively. "Okay, Big Sister, you go. I'll go make the announcement. They will definitely be attracted to the deck, and you will have time. I'm not afraid of dying!"

Liu Mu's pupils shifted, not knowing what to make of it, so she reached out and patted the boy's somewhat frail shoulder. "Don't worry, the people in the control room have already been dealt with by me; no one will be going there for now. You just need to lock the door and stall for two quarter-hours, and I'll be able to get there."

She felt a bit of guilt, but not much, and Liu Mu firmly pushed him away.

As for herself, she was certainly not going to some lower deck to gather helpers; she did not need helpers.

Besides, who would trust helpers they had only met once and didn't know at all? There was no need to be that stupid when courting death.

A quarter-hour later, Hong's voice indeed rang out over the ship's broadcast system.

"Attention crew members, this ship has been requisitioned by the Huaguo authorities. Please hold your posts and do not act rashly, otherwise, you will be treated as accomplices of the Sky Viper and will be executed."

"Attention crew members, this ship has been..."

"Huaguo authorities?" Liu Mu mowed down the Sky Viper members rushing out of the dormitory with her gun, muttering to herself, "Pretty good at finding a backer, huh? Looking down on the Haicheng Barrier, are we?"

Come to think of it, before yesterday, the Haicheng Barrier and the Sky Viper had not openly clashed, but that was not the case with the Huaguo authorities.

Even if the Huaguo authorities could not spare the manpower to deal with the Sky Viper for the time being, the two were natural enemies. Whether before or after the disaster, one side was destined to be wiped out by the other.

As for the Barrier, if the Sky Viper spent enough, they might be able to infiltrate it, or even take it for themselves, ruling Haicheng in their own way.

The sound of gunfire attracted more Sky Viper members. These people were actually quite distinct; they were neither weak and sickly from starvation, nor were they fearful and evasive like ordinary people.

So far, they all had almost the same thought: to take out their weapons and kill the intruder.

Desperadoes would never submit just because of a few dangerous words. Liu Mu knew this well, so she didn't waste her breath seeking peace.

Without the threat of absolute force, enemies never believe you can slaughter them.

The entire corridor was soon piled with blood and corpses. Liu Mu was like a ruthless killing machine, numbly sending them one by one to meet the King of Hell.

The only thing to be thankful for was that the Sky Viper organization had divided the ship's areas very clearly, specifying which groups stayed in which locations, which saved Liu Mu a lot of trouble.

The broadcast continued, but Hong in the control room was gradually feeling a sense of disbelief.

Although he had absolute authority on this ship, he didn't manage the daily security chores. The Sky Viper members feared him, but under normal circumstances, hearing such an inexplicable broadcast would surely lead them to think he had betrayed the organization.

Even if they didn't take up weapons to kill him, they would at least come out to take a look, but now...

Apart from the crew members doing their daily work, not a single official Sky Viper member had come out on deck.

The announcement continued, and fine beads of sweat gradually appeared on Hong's forehead. A bold and terrifying guess formed in his heart.

This guess became reality half an hour later.

Liu Mu, covered in blood, walked onto the deck like a man-eating Rakshasa. She stood in the most conspicuous spot on the deck and gave a thumbs-up to him in the bridge.

It's over!

A chill rose from his feet, surged up his spine, and shot straight to his brain.

She—knew his identity!

Hong put down the microphone. Although they were over a hundred meters apart, he still felt like prey being stared at by a beast, with nowhere to hide.

How could he be so stupid, thinking that as long as the organization members came to the deck and Liu Mu fought them, he, the announcer, would remain innocent.

But he had overlooked a group of people. On this ship, besides the civilians imprisoned in those few cabins and the Sky Viper members, there was a group of ordinary crew members!

These people were either picked from the civilians or were low-level Sky Viper personnel. They were neither the privileged class nor civilians who knew nothing. On the contrary, because they had to interact with the higher-ups on the ship, they lived in even greater panic every day. Because of this, many of them knew of his existence and power.

And the person making the announcement was none other than himself. After hearing the announcement, these people dared not come out to cheer, dared not leave their posts, and had nowhere to run.

It was simply the biggest red flag!

But it was in this absurd moment, where their own boss was calling for surrender while no enemy was in sight, that Liu Mu appeared, covered in blood. Regardless of whose blood it was, it was a bombshell that shattered the eerie calm.

The fuse that ignited this bomb and threw it toward the crowd nervously watching the event was the gun Liu Mu raised toward the control room.

It was crystal clear. Hong realized that Liu Mu had set the trap from the very beginning. Regardless of whether she had guessed his true identity, she only needed to do one thing—kill him!

Even though they were over a hundred meters apart and Liu Mu wasn't holding a Sniper Rifle, he had a fear that death was about to descend.

Hong almost sprinted back to the console. Calm and knowledge were cast aside, and he spoke urgently,

"Liu Mu, I'm on your side! I can explain everything!"