111: Chapter 111 I'll help you kowtow

Just then, someone at the back of the wooden boat exclaimed with joy, "That... that cruise ship! Is it moving? It's turning towards us!"

Everyone cast their gaze in that direction.

They saw the silver-white steel behemoth, which had been sailing parallel to them, now slowly turning its bow with a steady and resolute posture.

The low roar of the engines seemed to become deeper, and the waves cleaved by the bow grew significantly larger.

"It's moving! It's really moving!"

"Great Expert Qi Yun's ship is coming over! Is it here to pick us up?!"

"Zhang Meng! Liu Kun! You guys are amazing! You really managed to convince them!"

"But weren't they arguing just a moment ago?"

"What do you know? Men who are on good terms always curse at each other when they meet."

Some people who hadn't fully grasped the situation actually started cheering, and the looks they directed at Liu Kun and Zhang Meng were once again filled with gratitude.

Liu Kun and Zhang Meng, however, were deathly pale at this moment. Does picking people up require charging straight at them with such speed and oppressive force?

"No... this isn't right..." A sharp-eyed young man's voice rang out, shrill and filled with terror, "That bow... it, it's aiming straight for us and ramming into us!!!"

The last few words were almost shrieked.

In an instant, the wooden boat fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone stiffly turned their heads, their pupils constricting.

Within their field of vision, that luxury cruise ship, representing absolute power, was bearing down on their wooden boat in an unstoppable manner, straight and accelerating... crushing them!

"Fuck your mother, Zhang Meng! Liu Kun! You two idiots!!!"

"Didn't you say you knew them?! Didn't you say you had a connection?! Now the Great Expert is going to ram us to death!!"

"I shouldn't have believed you two pieces of shit who spew nothing but garbage!"

"Row faster! Row with all your fucking might!!"

The cruise ship, accompanied by a low roar and the whistling of the waves, drew ever closer.

The crowd on the wooden boat, who had just been dreaming sweet dreams, plummeted from heaven to hell in an instant, their fear of Liu Kun and Zhang Meng rapidly transforming into the most vicious curses and resentment.

They had originally wanted to latch onto a powerful figure, but instead, they saw the powerful figure kick them away.

The instinct to survive made them burst out with their final strength. Seven or eight people grabbed anything they could use to row and began frantically and chaotically churning the water.

The wooden boat shook violently on the sea, sending water splashing everywhere, but it was almost just spinning in place.

How could human power compare to the propulsion of a steel behemoth?

Seeing that the shadow of the silver-white bow was about to completely engulf them,

"Spare us! Great Expert, please spare us!!!"

On the wooden boat, that seemingly slightly older middle-aged man suddenly lunged to the side of the boat, using all his strength to shout hoarsely toward the cruise ship deck that was inches away:

"We were wrong! We accept punishment! It was all the fault of these two idiots, Zhang Meng and Liu Kun! We are willing to punish them for you! We only ask that the Great Expert spare our lives!!!"

As soon as he shouted this, several others nearby, equally terrified, followed suit, crying and echoing him:

"Yes, yes, yes! It was all them! It has nothing to do with us, Great Expert!"

"Spare us!"

"Hummm—"

The low engine sound underwent a subtle change. The steel bow stopped steadily, less than ten meters from the front of the wooden boat.

The people who had been rowing desperately collapsed onto the boat as if they had been drained of all strength, panting heavily, their bodies soaked in cold sweat and seawater.

On the deck of the cruise ship, Qi Yun looked down at the disheveled crowd below with great interest. He slightly lifted his chin, his voice carrying clearly down:

"Oh? Punish them?"

"How... do you intend to punish them?"

Hearing the word "punishment," Zhang Meng and Liu Kun's faces instantly turned as pale as paper, cold sweat pouring down.

"L-Lao Zhou! How can you do this! Even though you are the clan leader, we escaped together through our own efforts!" Zhang Meng was both shocked and furious, looking at the middle-aged man, his voice trembling.

Liu Kun was also panicked, shouting at the deck where Qi Yun stood: "Lao Zhou, you can't treat us like this!"

"Shut up!"

Lao Zhou turned around abruptly, his face showing fierceness and determination. He lunged forward, and amidst the terrified gazes of Zhang Meng and Liu Kun, he swung his arm around—

"Slap!!!"

"Slap!!!"

Two crisp, extremely loud slapping sounds rang out almost simultaneously!

Lao Zhou swung both ways, using all his strength to fiercely strike Zhang Meng and Liu Kun across the face!

These two slaps sent the two of them reeling, stars in their eyes, their cheeks swelling up at a visible rate, with blood even seeping from the corners of their mouths.

Zhang Meng and Liu Kun were stunned, covering their faces, looking at the clan leader in disbelief.

"Do you think I'm asking for your opinion?"

"You two idiots offended the Great Expert! You even dared to yell in front of the Great Expert just now! If you want to die, don't drag us down with you!"

Lao Zhou panted heavily, pointing at their noses and cursing loudly.

The others on the boat also looked at Zhang Meng and Liu Kun with coldness and rejection.

In the face of life and death, all friendship was ridiculously fragile.

Zhang Meng and Liu Kun looked at the indifferent, even resentful faces around them, and finally understood their situation completely.

On the deck, Qi Yun watched this scene, the corners of his mouth curling up imperceptibly. He nodded, his tone flat:

"Hmm, continue."

Upon hearing Qi Yun's "continue," Lao Zhou felt as if he had heard an imperial decree, and his spirits lifted. He knew this was the Great Expert observing his performance!

"Kneel! Kneel and kowtow to Great Expert Qi Yun! Just like the Great Expert said before!" Lao Zhou commanded sternly, pointing at Zhang Meng and Liu Kun's knees.

Kneel? Kowtow?

Zhang Meng and Liu Kun's bodies stiffened.

Now, under the eyes of everyone, especially in front of Chen Xiaolin, making them actually kneel and kowtow... It was humiliating.

The two lowered their heads, their bodies trembling slightly, but their knees were like they had been welded shut, refusing to bend.

"What are you still standing there for! Help them! Make them kneel!" Lao Zhou was anxious, shouting at the other few men on the boat.

Immediately, several men eager to show their loyalty and distance themselves from the pair lunged forward, grabbing Zhang Meng and Liu Kun's shoulders and backs, using all their strength to press them down!

"Let go of me! What are you doing!"

"Fuck your mother!"

Zhang Meng and Liu Kun struggled desperately. After all, they were physically strong, and for a moment, the few men really couldn't hold them down.

"Useless trash!" Lao Zhou cursed, joining in himself, specifically kicking hard at the backs of their knees!

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

Two muffled sounds.

Under the combined suppression and kicking of five or six people, Zhang Meng and Liu Kun finally couldn't hold out any longer. Their knees gave way, and they knelt heavily onto the rough, damp deck of the boat.

"Kowtow!" Lao Zhou, showing no mercy, pressed down on the back of Zhang Meng's head, forcing it down hard!

The people nearby followed suit, pressing down on Liu Kun.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Two solid, resounding kowtows hit the wooden planks, exceptionally clear on the relatively quiet sea.

"Keep kowtowing! Say out loud 'Master Qi, I was wrong'!" Lao Zhou commanded, panting for breath.