After a small exchange of fire, the pirates gave up their assault and surrounded the aisle door, carefully and vigilantly watching the resisters not far away.

A moment later, a handsome man appeared among the pirates, holding a megaphone in his hand, and said in English: "This ship has been taken over by us, give you fifteen minutes, everyone lay down their weapons, if they continue to resist, then we can only blow up this ship." If you surrender voluntarily, we will not harm your lives, as long as you pay enough ransom, we will let you leave safely. ”

As the man spoke, he snapped his fingers, only to hear a whooshing explosion, a cannonball flew from the pirate ship in the distance, accurately hit the hull, although the tonnage of the cruise ship was very large, but after being hit, it still shook violently, the tourists and staff on the ship had already gathered together, under the strong earthquake, the hall was suddenly a mess, and they all fell to the ground.

Because the man was standing on the deck, but he was also affected, he swayed from side to side, and finally stood firm, and secretly scolded the gunners on the pirate ship for being too crazy, how could they use such a powerful cannonball, didn't it just say that it was just a threat?

The hall was in chaos, crying and scolding were full of people, and as an ordinary person, they were very broken in the face of such a predicament.

A couple with their daughter in their arms had a sad look on their faces, regretting the trip.

"Mom, am I going to die?" the daughter looked at her mother in confusion.

The mother gently stroked her daughter's hair and said softly, "No, we will survive this crisis." ”

The daughter shook her head and suddenly cried, "Mom, I want to go home......"

Mom sighed, her eyes were red and she said, "We'll be home soon, don't cry, ......"

Seeing that the mother and daughter were so frightened, the father stood up in grief, waved his fist and said, "We are willing to pay the ransom, please don't continue to fight the pirates." ”

"That's right, they promised that as long as you give up resisting, our lives will not be in danger, and we don't want to die. The rest chimed in.

Similar pessimism continued to spread, and some people even got into arguments with the ship's security personnel to maintain order, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

Du Ziqian looked at Su Tao anxiously, and said in a deep voice: "What should we do now? ”

Su Tao sighed and said helplessly: "This is the other party's tactic, he wants us to be like this, now you must come forward to stabilize the morale of the army." You have to tell these tourists what kind of people the pirates are and what they will do if we give up resisting. ”

Du Ziqian nodded, he was the captain of this cruise ship, and he had the obligation to stand up at this time.

Du Ziqian found the microphone, took a deep breath, and said slowly in English: "I am Du Ziqian, the captain of this ship. I apologize for the pirate attack. ”

Du Ziqian came forward at this moment to temporarily stabilize everyone's emotions.

"We already know the origin of this group of pirates, the notorious ghost pirate group. You can look up their information. It's true that some pirates don't kill hostages indiscriminately, but ghost pirate ships definitely don't mean that kind. They would brutally kill all the hostages and then sack the ship. That's why we're resisting so much. Du Ziqian said in a serious tone.

Someone below asked loudly: "Is it useful to resist? The other side has a powerful cannonball, and our ship will be sunk, and in the end it will die!"

Du Ziqian smiled helplessly: "We need to wait! We have sent a distress signal to the Huaxia Navy, as long as the warship arrives in time, we will be rescued." ”

"Wait? How long do you have to wait, you have to give us an accurate answer. "The voices of doubt are continuous.

"Shall we surrender? at least there is a chance of survival. Someone pleaded with tears.

In the face of life and death, the true emotion of fear of life and death is fully revealed, but no one will laugh at this cowardice, because it is human nature.

Du Ziqian stood there a little embarrassed, he couldn't control the spread of pessimism on the field, and even an inexplicable tiredness appeared in his heart, wanting to take the initiative to bow his head to the pirate group.

Su Tao saw Du Ziqian's emotions, walked to Du Ziqian's side, and said in a deep voice: "Captain Du, you have to grit your teeth and hold on at this moment." We haven't lost yet, there are only a few hundred pirates, but we have a few thousand of them, and although they are fully equipped, we are outnumbered, and if we are discouraged at this time, our previous efforts will be in vain. ”

Du Ziqian came back to his senses and stared at Su Tao, although this matter was related to Su Tao, but more importantly, his eldest deputy Sun Guowen colluded with the pirate group, even if there was no fuse of the Heavenly Sage Bronze Man, something similar would break out sooner or later if he was targeted by the pirate group.

Du Ziqian continued: "There are more than 3,000 people on our ship, most of them are men, and there are only a few hundred pirates on the other side. If you are a man, fight side by side with me, so that you will be a leader in this life. ”

After being stimulated by Du Ziqian's words, all the men remained silent, thinking about the power of Du Ziqian's words.

Du Ziqian said again: "I am the captain of this ship, if I can save everyone, why should I refuse the other party's conditions? Because the risk and cost of giving up resistance is too great, I can't make that decision." The moment we lay down our weapons, the other side will aim their weapons at us, and we will not even have a chance to negotiate. ”

Someone below finally began to support Du Ziqian, "That's right, there are so many of us, are we afraid of their little people." ”

"Fight with them. Killing one is enough, killing two is profitable. ”

The classic words of the anti-Japanese drama soared out, this guy has forgotten that the other party has a gun in his hand, and he can easily collapse a dozen unarmed people.

Du Ziqian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now that we have professional soldiers to protect our safety, we can't mess around now, and wait patiently for support." ”

Du Ziqian's expression looked full of confidence, but his heart was uneasy, because support seemed to be far away.

Su Tao saw that Du Ziqian had calmed everyone's emotions, and he was also slightly relieved, he beckoned to Jiang Jing, and said in a deep voice: "When will the navy arrive?"

Jiang Jing smiled helplessly: "It is estimated that there will be another hour." ”

Su Tao sighed secretly and said, "We must delay until that time." ”

Jiang Jing frowned and said, "I'm afraid that the other party won't give us this opportunity." ”

Su Tao gritted his teeth and said, "I'll negotiate with them, so that I can delay time." ”

"That's too dangerous. Jiang Jing shook her head and said, "Our first priority is to keep you safe. ”

Su Tao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If this ship is sunk, none of us will be able to escape." ”

Jiang Jing said in a low voice: "If you want to escape now, we can take a yacht, and the success rate is more than ninety percent." ”

"I can't do it!" Su Tao stared at Jiang Jing very seriously and said coldly.

Jiang Jing was silent for a few seconds, then sighed, "That's right." If you do that, you don't deserve to be the new Vulcan. ”

Su Tao nodded at Jiang Jing and said, "Contact the pirate ship, and I will negotiate with their leader." ”

Jiang Jing sighed, this was also the only way to delay time at the moment, and Su Tao was also the only person on the ship who could bargain with Cruise.

Jiang Jing went out and arranged for someone to contact the negotiation pirate.

The pirate hesitated slightly, then relayed the news to Cruise, who was still on the pirate ship.

Cruise smiled slightly and said, "What an interesting guy, is there such a stupid person in the world? ”

The henchman hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "I have investigated Su Tao, who is Mr. Qin's sworn enemy, a wealthy man with a lot of money, and a doctor with superb medical skills. ”

"Doctor?" Cruise said with a smirk, "let him meet then." ”

With Cruise's permission, Su Tao was closely escorted by pirates and boarded the pirate ship in the distance through the yacht.

After the two met, they looked at each other for a while.

Cruise smiled in Chinese: "I didn't expect you to be so young. ”

Su Tao said quietly: "I didn't expect your Chinese level to be good." ”

Cruise smiled faintly and said: "I am Malaysian, there are a lot of Chinese in China, and I went to school in a school founded by Chinese, so I can speak Chinese." ”

Su Tao looked left and right and said, "No wonder many of your pirate group are Chinese. ”

The conversation between the two did not have any sense of confrontation, as if they were friends who had not seen each other for a long time and were a little strange.

His eyes were relative for a moment, and Cruise, who had been smiling, suddenly turned from sunny to cloudy, he took out a Magnum revolver from his waist, pointed it at Su Tao's temples, and sneered: "Say, what do you want to exchange for the lives of a boatload of people, if I am not satisfied, I will let you leave this world now." ”

Su Tao put his hand on the revolver, pressed it down gently, and said with a smile: "Qin Jingyu promised you, I can double it for you." ”

Cruise laughed and said, "I have worked with Mr. Qin for many years, why should I believe you?"

"With no effort, I was able to make Stein disappear from this world. Su Tao smiled faintly, calculating the distance between himself and Cruise, and he said seemingly casually, "You were originally waiting for Stein's mercenary group here, but I didn't expect to be waiting for me in the end, right?"

Cruise stared at Su Tao, and began to hesitate in his heart, working with Qin Jingyu for many years was not particularly pleasant.

And Su Tao does have some strength.

At this moment of hesitation, Su Tao raised his eyebrows and quickly dodged, the speed was so fast that Cruise didn't react at all.

Su Tao was already standing behind Cruise, and a folding hand twisted Cruise's arm behind his back.

With a click, the revolver slammed into the ground.

The henchman who had been standing behind Cruise reacted faster, and he picked up the revolver with his toes, but pressed the muzzle of the gun against Cruise's temple.