While ordinary people could only see the black outline of the ship on the sea, Zuo Zhicheng had already seen the exact appearance of the ship with his left eye's long-range vision and night vision.
It was a huge ship made entirely of steel. Not only that, there was no mast on the hull. Instead, there was a huge chimney that constantly emitted thick smoke.
Seeing this, Zuo Zhicheng's heart sank again. The ship that these ghouls were driving was actually a steamship. He did not know if they had driven the ship from the West Main Road or built it on the East Coast. It was no wonder that the army of Da Qi State had not discovered them. This type of steamship operated day and night, and its power was stronger than that of manpower. It could also travel against the wind, and its speed was much faster than ordinary ships.
Zuo Zhicheng frowned. It seemed that it was impossible to rely on the passenger ship under his feet to get rid of the ghouls. However, if he wanted to fight them on the ship …
He switched to the mode of using his right eye. In his infrared vision, he saw dozens of purple sparks rising from the sea in the distance. There were also a few orange flames among them, indicating the ghouls' strength.
It seemed that Zuo Zhicheng did not lie when he interrogated Victor earlier. This group of ghouls was so powerful that they could wipe out the entire New Continent. Even Zuo Zhicheng might not be a match for them.
Moreover, they were now on the sea. There was no place to escape, and they lacked a strategic buffer.
'It's impossible to fight them head-on …' Zuo Zhicheng thought of this and looked at Lin Hongsheng and the others behind him. 'I can only think of a way to hide first.'
Thinking of this, he turned around and walked towards Lin Hongsheng and the others.
They were still excited and happy when they saw the ship coming from afar.
"Great, it should be another cargo ship. We can ask them to help us."
"We don't have anyone here who knows how to sail. We can ask them to come up."
However, while they were still immersed in the excitement of surviving the disaster, Zuo Zhicheng had already rushed up and knocked them all out with a punch.
The rest of the people saw that things were not going well and wanted to leave. However, they were either injured or unconscious. How could they escape from Zuo Zhicheng? After a short while, everyone on the deck had been knocked to the ground and passed out.
Zuo Zhicheng estimated that each of these people would be unconscious for more than ten hours with his heavy hand. Some of them might even suffer from sequelae, but he couldn't care less about that now.
After knocking out Lin Hongsheng and the others, Zuo Zhicheng ran to his room, removed the decorations in the room, and pulled Jiang Qing out from under the bed.
"How are you?" Jiang Qing saw that Zuo Zhicheng was covered in blood and asked worriedly, "Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine." As Zuo Zhicheng spoke, he took off his clothes and washed the blood off his feet. "I killed everyone on the ship, but they still have accomplices. Come with me and hide."
"Hide? But where can we hide? "
As they spoke, Zuo Zhicheng had already changed into a set of spare clothes and burned his bloodstained cloak and coat. Then, he took out two sets of special clothes from the wardrobe.
"Put them on," Zuo Zhicheng said coldly.
Looking at the clothes made of unknown animal skin, Jiang Qing asked curiously, "What is this?"
"I prepared a diving suit. It's made of goat skin. It's waterproof and warm. Wear the spare one." As he spoke, Zuo Zhicheng had already put on the diving suit. "However, I made both of them according to my measurements. Try to wear them."
"Diving? But why do we need to dive? "Jiang Qing also put on the diving suit, but she was still confused.
"I killed their vanguard. After they took over the passenger ship, they would definitely check the entire ship. There's no place to hide on this ship, so we need to go into the water and sneak onto their ship. "
The more dangerous the situation was, the calmer Zuo Zhicheng seemed to be. He said calmly, "Although it's summer now, the temperature of the water here is at most 15 to 20 degrees Celsius at night. Wearing the diving suit will help you maintain your body temperature. It's too dangerous to have a fever or a cold at this time. "
"Also, we need to be prepared for situations where we can't sneak in." As Zuo Zhicheng explained, he prepared a claw hook. "If we're left on the surface without a diving suit, we'll die after being in the water for at most 12 hours."
As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Jiang Qing. "Are you ready?"
"Yes." Jiang Qing followed Zuo Zhicheng nervously. She didn't know why, but when she saw how calm he was, she felt at ease.
As they talked, the two of them arrived on the deck. Zuo Zhicheng suddenly turned around and asked, "By the way, you know how to swim, right?"
Jiang Qing grew up in Xinlu Port, so naturally, she knew how to swim. When Zuo Zhicheng saw her nod, he immediately jumped into the sea with her in his arms.
With a splash, the two of them jumped into the water together. Jiang Qing put her hand on Zuo Zhicheng's shoulder. The latter swung his claw hook and hooked it onto the edge of the ship.
A few minutes after they entered the water, the distant horn sounded again. However, this time, when it stopped in Zuo Zhicheng's ears, it was very close.
'That's fast.' While Zuo Zhicheng was thinking about this, the sound of the horn in his ears became more urgent and closer.
"That's right, are they communicating with each other through the horn?" As Zuo Zhicheng thought to himself, the hull of the ship shook violently. The enemy's steel ship had gently knocked into the passenger ship.
However, Zuo Zhicheng had deliberately chosen to be at the back of the passenger ship, so the enemy couldn't see them.
After waiting for a while, they heard a hubbub of voices on the deck. There were all kinds of crazy laughter, clamor, and curses. Philatelist Victor and the others were speaking Westerners' languages, as well as the native dialect of the New World and the official language of the Da Qi State.
"It seems that the composition of these ghouls is very complicated." While thinking about this, Zuo Zhicheng had already put away his claw hook. He pulled Jiang Qing and swam slowly towards the enemy's steel ship.
Just as they were swimming, a burst of shouting and cursing came from the ship. Zuo Zhicheng guessed that the enemy had discovered the deaths of Peter, Victor, and the others. However, the enemy was speaking Westerners' language, so he didn't understand what they were saying.
However, this didn't stop him from swimming towards the enemy's steel ship.
After more than 20 minutes, Zuo Zhicheng and Jiang Qing swam along the edge of the two ships and slowly reached the north side of the steel ship.
Jiang Qing looked at the steel hull in front of her, which was almost twice the height of the passenger ship. Her eyes flashed with surprise.
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