Chapter 11:Lord of the Sea Abyss × Researcher (11)

When Ji Qingzuo snapped out of her daze, the weapon imbued with residual warmth had already fallen back into her hands.

It was the agonizing cry of An Kun that brought her back to reality. Of course, An Kun only managed to let out a brief wail, as Shen Rongyu didn't allow him to continue making any noise.

He stood behind Ji Qingzuo, still wearing a faint smile on his face, which made him incredibly charming. However, the onlookers on the deck looked at him with fear in their eyes.

"You..." Ji Qingzuo opened her lips, unsure of what to say. She only managed to utter a single word, her mouth drying up.

She had never expected someone to come, Shen Rongyu... Wasn't he still locked up?

And now, he looked incredibly dangerous.

"I came to find you," Shen Rongyu replied.

He walked forward and leaned against the railing of the ship, adopting a relaxed posture.

An Kun's fingers twisted, his gaze towards Shen Rongyu filled with resentment and astonishment. He had experienced such injuries before, but what terrified him the most was the look in Shen Rongyu's eyes as he stared back.

In situations of extreme anger or indulgence in bloodlust, many people would resort to injuring others. However, Shen Rongyu was the first person to do it so casually, almost effortlessly.

He wasn't furious, he casually snapped An Kun's finger bone, only because his hand obstructed something. He lifted the stiff joints of his finger, just as one would open a can tab in front of a vending machine, with a sense of pleasure and ease.

This person before her, seemed to have destruction and harm imprinted into his very core. Although he possessed a beautiful human appearance, he might not... be human.

An Kun encountered someone even more insane than himself for the first time, and he surprisingly had no room to resist.

Finally, Shen Rongyu released his hold on him, and An Kun cleverly didn't let his subordinates continue attacking him.

"What is your relationship with her?" An Kun climbed up from the ground and asked Shen Rongyu in a low voice, restraining his anger. He had already made up his mind to investigate his identity once he returned.

"Hmm?" Shen Rongyu shifted his gaze back from the distant sea and looked at Ji Qingzuo standing beside him. "I am her... man—"

When he uttered the word, Ji Qingzuo's breath hitched. She remembered the question Shen Rongyu had asked her not long ago, "What is a boyfriend?"

Naturally, they didn't have that kind of relationship, but he... wouldn't say it like this, right?

Ji Qingzuo furrowed her brows slightly, preparing herself to refute his statement. Even though Shen Rongyu had just committed such terrifying acts, she surprisingly didn't fear him.

She was slow in perceiving certain dangers or perhaps, she did perceive them but didn't care.

"He meant a male friend," Shen Rongyu interrupted, with a brief pause in his sentence. His gaze caught Ji Qingzuo's slightly furrowed brows.

She was someone difficult to deceive or tame, a soul that couldn't be easily swayed.

"Hehe..." An Kun laughed softly again, extending his hand for the approaching doctor to treat his wounds.

Perhaps due to the impression Shen Rongyu gave him, An Kun felt that Shen Rongyu wasn't entirely incorruptible.

"What happened just now, you may have misunderstood. I was just playing around with this beautiful lady here. Look, it was her gun pressed against my chest." An Kun pointed to the creases imprinted on his chest by the barrel.

"Oh?" Shen Rongyu supported his chin with one hand, leisurely turning his head around. "There's more to it?"

"I am the Chairman of An Kun Group." An Kun handed a business card to Shen Rongyu. He was clever, knowing how to interact with powerful individuals. Through this method, he had gathered numerous experts to protect him.

And he knew that on another whaling ship, someone had already aimed a gun at Shen Rongyu.

If he couldn't subdue him, then he would... An Kun secretly plotted.

Shen Rongyu didn't immediately answer his question. Instead, he continued conversing with Ji Qingzuo. "Miss Ji, take a look at your fish."

Because of the chain and dragon tail, he was well aware of everything happening at sea. He had sensed everything that had just occurred.

He was also awakened by the commotion caused by the injured giant fish falling into the ocean.

Ji Qingzuo was busy reloading her firearm when Shen Rongyu reminded her. She turned her head and looked outwards from the railing of the whaling ship.

Since she was wearing glasses, the blood spreading in the sea appeared as a faint color. The fresh blood spilled from the whale's body merged with the seawater and sank into the depths. The wounded whales that she had saved hid beneath the water.

Ji Qingzuo had recorded the data of these whales and planned to bring the necessary equipment the next day to treat their injuries.

While she was lost in thought, she heard a loud noise behind her.

Taking advantage of her distraction, Shen Rongyu took a step forward. An Kun's hand was still extending his business card.

Instead of accepting it, Shen Rongyu raised his leg and kicked it away. His foot struck An Kun's chest right in the spot where Ji Qingzuo had pressed the gun not long ago.

Shen Rongyu's smile remained gentle and warm, but his actions were extremely ruthless. Despite An Kun's enhanced physical abilities, he couldn't withstand the force of the kick. His body flew backward and crashed into the railing on the other side.

The loud noise Ji Qingzuo heard came from this impact.

As she turned her head, another sound rang out. On the other whaling ship, a bullet flew through the air, enhanced with various technologies, resembling a mini missile.

Shen Rongyu shifted his gaze and locked onto the bullet. Then, with an invisible speed, he caught the speeding projectile between his two fingers.

After so many years, human weapons had become more advanced, and Shen Rongyu silently evaluated them in his mind.

The bullet was about to explode, and Shen Rongyu smiled again at An Kun's subordinates on the whaling ship.

He lowered his head, and with a single hand, dislocated An Kun's jaw.

Then, he directly inserted the bullet into An Kun's mouth.

Shen Rongyu's palm supported An Kun's jaw and with a "click," the joint was back in place.

"Just playing around," Shen Rongyu lightly tapped An Kun's cheek, his voice gentle.

Ji Qingzuo widened her eyes, staring in disbelief at everything that was happening. Then, almost unconsciously, she made a move.

She raised her hand and, as the chamber of her newly loaded gun made a sound, she fired a shot, directly knocking down the electronic surveillance floating nearby.

It wasn't just her who could access the data from these surveillance cameras; the Public Security Bureau of the independent city could also monitor any abnormalities in every camera in the city.

An Kun must have established a good relationship with the Public Security Bureau here, temporarily cutting off the signal, so they wouldn't have any evidence left behind regarding what they did.

But now that An Kun was unconscious, Ji Qingzuo didn't know how much the surveillance cameras had captured. She couldn't let the events that took place here be exposed.

"Let's go, it's about to explode soon," Shen Rongyu reached out his hand to Ji Qingzuo.

There were so many people on the whaling ship, yet no one dared to stand up and stop him. Meanwhile, the sniper who had targeted him just moments ago was using all his strength to prevent the mini missile from exploding, as it was now inside his boss's stomach.

Following Shen Rongyu, Ji Qingzuo walked down the whaling ship and noticed that the speedboat he was piloting wasn't his own.

When he came over, he had dragged an unlucky person into the sea and took his speedboat, directly driving it here.

He could fly, but he hadn't forgotten to appear "normal" in front of Ji Qingzuo. In his understanding, using human transportation would make him seem more normal.

Ji Qingzuo didn't really want to step onto the yacht of An Kun Group. She toyed with a strand of hair flying in the sea breeze near her temple and said, "Mr. Shen, how about..."

"Hmm?" Shen Rongyu was busy tinkering with the control panel of the speedboat, smashing the flickering electronic screens displaying "Warning, under attack" to take over control of the speedboat.

"Sit with me." Ji Qingzhuo pulled out the car keys from her pocket.

She led Shen Rongyu to sit in her beaten-up and modified yacht. As she turned the steering wheel, the sea breeze rushed towards them. The two of them quickly left, leaving behind a huge splash.

Ji Qingzhuo silently drove the car, her mind empty, still not fully recovering from the unexpected events that just unfolded.

She squinted her eyes and surprisingly didn't feel it was unexpected. Shen Rongyu was dangerous, and she knew it, so his actions seemed to be within reason.

However...but...he went too far with his bad behavior. However, the contradiction was that she thought he did quite well when facing Ankun.

Ji Qingzhuo lightly tapped her index finger on the steering wheel, trying to sort out what had just happened and contemplating how she could emerge unscathed from the questioning of the security bureau amidst Ankun's retaliation. She...she wasn't good at this at all.

Just a while ago, she was just a researcher working quietly, how did such a thing happen?

Ji Qingzhuo bit her lower lip and remained silent.

On the other hand, Shen Rongyu sat in the passenger seat, having already turned his head to observe Ji Qingzhuo for a long time.

He expected Ji Qingzhuo to question him, but he didn't expect that she wouldn't say a word.

Damn it, didn't she feel scared or curious about him, a man as terrifying as him?

He was so extraordinary, how could she still have no reaction?

Quickly, ask him about his identity so that he can tell the lies he had long prepared!

The modified yacht continued to speed forward, and Shen Rongyu placed his hand on the car window and finally spoke.

"Miss Ji, why aren't you speaking?" he asked.

"I'm driving." Ji Qingzhuo straightened the steering wheel, unsure of where to go.

"Just stop for a moment." Shen Rongyu told her.

"Stop?" Ji Qingzhuo unexpectedly stepped on the brakes obediently. She turned her head, looking at him with the eyes of someone studying her subject. "Are you feeling motion sick?"

"Miss Ji, after what just happened, that's the only thing you want to ask me?" Shen Rongyu couldn't believe it.

"Yeah..." Ji Qingzhuo dryly replied, the chaotic information rushing back into her mind.

"What were you thinking just now, Miss Ji? Can you tell me?" Shen Rongyu leaned closer to her, showing great interest.

He wondered if she was curious about his existence, if she tried her best to figure out his identity but failed.

"Yeah." Ji Qingzhuo tapped the steering wheel again, and the modified yacht still had a horn. It emitted a "ba-ba" sound.

"I was thinking about how to shift the blame for our violent actions against Ankun during the security bureau's questioning." Ji Qingzhuo knew that she would soon receive accusations from Ankun.

As for Shen Rongyu's identity - it wasn't a concern at the moment.