The captain of the Aldrich Glory was experienced, having spent his entire life at sea with extensive knowledge. However, the current situation had left him bewildered; in all his years at sea, he had never witnessed anything like it.
Attached to the stern of the Aldrich Glory was a mass of ice over five meters in diameter!
It was this massive ice block that had firmly frozen their ship's propeller.
With the propeller frozen, the ship's engine and transmission system continued to operate, causing the entire engine and transmission system to be strained, resulting in irreversible structural damage!
The captain and the chief engineer exchanged bewildered glances, staring at each other. They couldn't fathom where this large block of ice had come from!
After all, this was a subtropical sea area, with surface water temperatures consistently around 20 degrees Celsius. This was not the Arctic; how could there be ice?
Furthermore, even in Arctic waters, the propeller area would not be the first to freeze!
Little did they know, just moments ago, as the two ships passed each other, Aurora Kuit had used a spell to release a large amount of extreme cold air directly towards the stern of the ship.
This extreme cold air rapidly condensed upon contact with the seawater, freezing into a large ice block and damaging the ship in the process.
The captain felt like crying. If it were merely a malfunction in the ship's power system, it wouldn't be a significant issue. The sea was calm, and a rescue vessel would arrive in just over an hour.
But the biggest problem was the hole, about the size of a bowl, at the waterline on the stern. Seawater was gushing in, and if they waited for over an hour for the rescue ship to arrive, their own ship would likely have sunk!
Just then, a foul, fishy smell suddenly wafted over. The captain turned his head and saw David Aldrich also walking towards the stern. His trousers were still wet, and yellow liquid had dripped all over the deck during their journey.
The captain was disgusted. If David were not a member of the Aldrich family, he would have kicked him into the sea to feed the turtles.
"What's going on!"
"Mr. Aldrich, you see for yourself..." the captain said, pointing at the ice block at the stern, his voice filled with despair.
Aldrich looked at the ice, equally bewildered.
"How could this happen?"
The captain was too angry to speak. He didn't know who to ask.
"Mr. Aldrich, we are in serious trouble now. The ship's power system is severely damaged, and we are immobilized!
Moreover, our ship is leaking!"
The captain then led Aldrich to the side of the ship, showing him the terrifying hole.
Seawater exerted immense pressure, and the continuously surging water was gradually widening the damaged hole, causing the ship to sink faster.
"Mr. Aldrich, although we have requested rescue, it will still take over an hour for the rescue vessel to reach us. We might sink before they arrive..." The captain's words struck Aldrich like a bolt of lightning.
"This... how could this happen, how could you do this?" David Aldrich was somewhat lost and dejected.
After all, the guests on this ship were all wealthy and influential. Besides sports stars and entertainment celebrities, there were also the children of several parliament members.
Although he considered those celebrities mere actors individually, they were still influential. If so many celebrities died on an Aldrich family ship, the Aldrich family would become a laughingstock!
At that moment, they suddenly heard the sound of an engine. It turned out that Ling Tian's yacht had returned.
Aurora and Ling Tian stood at the bow, enjoying the panicked expressions of the Aldrich party.
"Sir, save us! Our ship is sinking, we are going to die!
As long as you save us, I am willing to pay any price!" Aldrich shouted hysterically. Ling Tian's ship had now become their lifeline. Even if Ling Tian demanded billions of US dollars, he would have no hesitation in writing a check.
David Aldrich was filled with regret. The Aldrich Glory yacht had 360-degree surveillance video. Earlier, when he ordered the captain to ram Ling Tian's yacht, he had turned off all the surveillance video beforehand.
After all, if such footage were leaked, it would cause him trouble. But as a result, by turning off the video, the footage of Ling Tian attacking them was not recorded.
Now, even if the Aldrich family reported it to the police, the authorities would not believe their account. How could a person throw a harpoon dozens of meters and embed it into a metal wall?
How could a person use a stone to puncture a yacht worth hundreds of millions of dollars? Unless they used a recoilless rifle.
In response to Aldrich's desperate pleas, Ling Tian and Aurora Kuit acted in unison. They both raised their hands, gave him the middle finger, and then burst into laughter.
Immediately after, Ling Tian turned and entered the cabin, heading to the ship's kitchen. Soon, Ling Tian emerged carrying two large plastic buckets.
"Mr. Aldrich, you have repeatedly provoked us, even recklessly ramming our ship! This act is unforgivable!
However, in our country, China, we have a saying: 'Repay grievances with straightness!'
Therefore, I have decided to give you a gift!"
As Ling Tian spoke, he directly poured the contents of the two plastic buckets into the sea.
These two plastic buckets contained animal blood and offal, leftovers from the chefs processing ingredients on the ship.
After doing this, Ling Tian ordered the captain to turn the ship around and sail away.
Seeing Ling Tian's actions, Aldrich gritted his teeth in anger. However, when he turned his head, he saw that the captain and the chief engineer's faces had turned green.
"What's wrong? What was that guy doing just now? Was he humiliating me?"
The captain pointed to the sea surface, "You see for yourself!"
Aldrich looked in the direction the captain was pointing and his sphincter muscles lost control again, spewing out a pile of excrement.
On the sea surface, moving triangles had appeared.
Even if one hasn't eaten pork, one has surely seen a pig run, right? Aldrich immediately recognized these as shark fins!
After all, the waters they were in were home to several species of sharks, including the great white shark, also known as the man-eating shark!
The bucket of blood and offal that Ling Tian had dumped had quickly attracted all the sharks in the surrounding waters!
And some of these sharks were visibly over two meters long!