The night is thick like ink that cannot be dissolved.
Tonight is also a moonless night, the stars have hidden away, and dense clouds bring an incredibly gloomy atmosphere as if it’s about to rain, so dark that you can’t see your hand in front of you.
The sea and sky are profoundly deep, rging into a whole in the night, with no way to distinguish the boundary between sea and sky.
Perhaps it’s just a coincidence, a very luxurious cruise ship is quietly anchored at sea, its brilliant lights opulent, illuminating a large area of surrounding water, reflecting the ship’s opulent facilities in the water, bustling with voices and incredibly lively.
Those coming and going on the ship are all dressed impeccably, exuding an elite aura, though there are those with bulging bellies and a corpulent figure.
People co and go, glasses clink, talking and laughing, seemingly enthusiastic and genuinely friendly, but all conversations inevitably revolve around interests, though not said too bluntly, and often agreents won’t be reached imdiately, requiring mutual probing again and again...
Of course—
The need to circuitously go around ans these are not legitimate or reasonable transactions of power and money, but that is precisely the purpose of this cruise ship’s presence here.
"... Let’s settle it like that, cheers to our friendship."
On the top observation deck, the cruise ship’s owner sits on a lounger, elegantly raising the glass of red wine, gently clinking it with a nearby elder.
The two exchange smiles, seemingly reaching so sort of consensus.
The atmosphere is very pleasant, indicating that their discussion results are quite satisfactory.
And those socialites who had previously kept their distance and other elite individuals noticed this and recognized the signal that the talks among the top figures were wrapping up. They exchanged glances and walked over, naturally raising glasses, conversing, and toasting, bringing back liveliness to the once relatively quiet observation deck.
But just at this mont, a cold wind blew through.
An unnaturally cold feeling, different from a normal sea breeze, a chilling cold that seeps to the bone. The intense contrast feels like being abruptly pulled from a warm bed into an ice cellar.
"..."
"..."
A sudden silence, as if soone pressed the pause button, the once lively and seemingly sleepless cruise ship halted all movents.
Everyone aboard, including guests, service staff, and security personnel, was like a duck suddenly choked by the neck, frozen in place in their original positions, until several seconds later, they awakened as if from a dream.
In a burst, the entire ship erupted with an astonishing wave of sound, though nobody lost their composure with screams or shouts, but in extre silence, suddenly synchronizing their reactions, causing the wave of sound to overlap.
So trembled with surprise, so hastily put on coats they had taken off due to the heat earlier, and so questioned where this cold current ca from, wondering if the weather was about to change...
Yet earlier, there had been no weather forecast, and it shouldn’t have co so abruptly, so quickly, so urgently. Clearly, a mont ago, the sea breeze was just right, the sea at night calm and quiet, why the next mont did it suddenly beco bone-chillingly cold, as if capable of freezing a person stiff?
"Haha... this wind is a bit cold..."
The elder, who had just been so suave, looked displeased, his face ashen, seemingly struggling for breath, gesturing for help to put on his coat, he murmured with a sowhat stiff voice to relieve the slightly awkward atmosphere, after all, just now he was gracefully chatting, yet in a blink, shivering in front of others, quite embarrassing.
It’s indeed hard to defy age, even those in their youth and pri struggled against this cold wind, his elderly bones naturally almost cost him half a life...
But that’s not all.
The wind intensified, growing more urgent, the chilling sensation spreading over the sea, causing people to change color.
An uneasy night, the air thick with fear, so pets aboard growled anxiously, and people couldn’t help but feel an ominous foreboding spreading, unrelated to any particular event, just a human’s primal instinct related to danger.
And as so hurried to return to their rooms for warmth, others with sharp eyes discovered an extrely terrifying problem, screaming in frenzy.
"What’s happening..."
"It’s so cold, is it going to snow..."
"Look! Look at the sea over there!! Quick, look! It’s, it’s frozen over!!"
Normally at such occasions, they wouldn’t act so out of control, whether naturally prestigious individuals or those who got aboard due to connections, whether maintaining dignity or worrying about leaving a bad impression on the big shots, all had to maintain basic composure in public.
But now it’s different because they’ve witnessed sothing extrely terrifying!
Those near the railing turned towards the direction pointed by those shouting, their pupils suddenly contracted tightly!!
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