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Chapter 399: He has already left the Royal Cruise

Chapter 399: Chapter 399: He has already left the Royal Cruise

The temperature in the morgue was very low.

Someone, dressed in thin clothing, had already started shivering. Hearing Lu Xining’s words, everyone turned to look at the place she was pointing to, their gazes filled with confusion and curiosity.

Meng Lai’s eyes darkened, and the look he gave Lu Xining carried a palpable killing intent. He deliberately sneered, "That’s just a wall. Where’s the door? And where’s this other world you speak of?"

Aside from Lott, the head of the experiment, only the fingerprints of the other four could unlock that hidden door.

Now that Lott was dead and the other three were all staying in the room, unless Meng Lai approached, the door could not be opened.

Meng Lai looked at Lu Xining with a smug confidence, waiting for her to be proven wrong.

But when he didn’t see the expression he had hoped for on Lu Xining’s face, he frowned slightly, and an inexplicable anxiety began to stir in his heart.

Her current demeanor.

It overlapped with that woman’s demeanor right before her death all those years ago.

In Meng Lai’s mind, scenes from the past replayed, along with her curse upon them:

[Your family will be destroyed because of you. Your loved ones will die because of you. You will perish in agony and disgrace, amidst the rancor of the world!]

His gaze toward Lu Xining grew heavy. It was said that the East possessed mysterious powers—powers that manifested when the time came.

At first, they didn’t care. But later...

Their family truly began to experience calamities. Their father fell from power, and siblings in their family died one by one from illnesses.

Despite Meng Lai and the others still owning the Royal Cruise, in truth, the four of them had long been exiled to sea by their family, forbidden from setting foot on land again.

The family feared they would bring misfortune upon them!

What had they done wrong? All they wanted was to play around with that enchanting woman. Who told her to refuse?

And about those medicines she used for treating illnesses—since her intention was to benefit humanity, why couldn’t she freely share the formulas with them?

If it hadn’t been for her fierce resistance that made them feel threatened, they wouldn’t have been driven to kill her, and everything that followed might not have transpired. This woman’s lack of sense had condemned them to drift at sea for so many years.

Lu Xining didn’t know what Meng Lai was recalling.

But she could clearly see the unmistakable killing intent in his eyes.

Reacting to his mocking words just now, Lu Xining was about to argue when, in the next second, the alarm sounded.

Meng Lai frowned deeply, giving a glance to his lackey behind him, who quickly left to handle the situation.

From behind the morgue’s hidden door came a resounding bang-bang-bang, startling everyone. Those who boarded with bodyguards saw their protection swiftly step forward to shield them, their expressions steely as they scanned the surroundings.

The sound didn’t last long, seemingly quashed rather quickly.

"Hurry up and leave! This place feels so creepy—it’s giving me chills. If you’re not going, I’m leaving first!"

"Did you hear that? Why do I feel like I heard the growling of some beast? Could it really be like what this Eastern girl said—this ship harbors strange creatures?"

"Why go to the public sea now? I just want to disembark and turn back!"

Languages from different nations mixed together, their fearful tones hushed, making the atmosphere especially eerie in this confined space.

Coupled with the bloodied, pale corpse lying before them, the growing desire among the group to return only intensified.

Hearing everyone express their intention to turn back, Lu Xining’s gaze swept over Meng Lai’s face, clearly sensing the agitation there growing more pronounced—especially when someone mentioned requesting a maritime rescue. At that moment, his expression darkened entirely.

This was precisely Lu Xining’s goal!

Although the Royal Cruise had already left Beicheng’s waters, it had not yet exited the country’s maritime territory.

If they waited until the ship ventured beyond domestic borders, leaving it would no longer be a simple matter.

Crossing boundaries between nations alone would involve countless complications.

Not to mention the biological laboratory’s risks. Other nations would seek to conceal such matters, while her country would undoubtedly enforce stringent measures!

Meng Lai abandoned his former self-assured demeanor, flashing a warm smile instead.

He said, "Ladies and gentlemen, there’s no need to worry. We merely captured some unruly creatures from the sea. Please forgive the disturbance—it’s already been resolved. If everyone cooperates and refrains from stirring up trouble, I assure you all will return home safely."

Hidden warnings were embedded within his seemingly innocent words.

Upon catching the insinuation, the group exchanged uneasy glances, too afraid to speak further.

Cheng Cang leaned close to Lu Xining and whispered, "That hidden door uses a fingerprint lock. Aside from the person lying here, only Meng Lai and the other three have access."

The pressing matter now was to obtain one of their fingerprints.

Earlier, while examining Lott’s wounds, Lu Xining had already checked his fingers to find the prints destroyed. Evidently, someone had anticipated the possibility of his fingerprints being used to reveal the biological lab’s secrets and had taken precautions in advance.

Seeing the group settle down, Meng Lai continued, "We’ve now inspected the victim. Let’s return to the banquet hall and carry on."

The chilling sensation in the morgue seemed to grow stronger.

The group had no objections to Meng Lai’s proposal and began turning to leave.

As Lu Xining lingered at the back, Meng Lai’s boldness surged. He purposely waited until she walked near him, then reached out in an attempt to wrap his arm around her slender waist, to take advantage of her—only for her to sidestep and elude him.

His expression instantly turned menacing and sinister, filled with a fierce desire to dominate.

Fearing Lu Xining might not understand his words, Meng Lai deliberately spoke in fractured Eastern phrases, saying, "The man who was with you before—is he your ex-husband? Or is he your current lover chasing after you?"

Lu Xining’s eyes flickered, her gaze lifting to meet his as her jawline tightened sharply from the force of her clenched teeth.

With his eyes fixed directly on her, Meng Lai curled his lips into a mocking smile and divulged a piece of crucial information, his gaze brimming with malicious intent aimed at breaking her composure.

"He already left the Royal Cruise by helicopter."

"When he left, he took another woman. And you... were abandoned by him!"

In the icy morgue, the white cloth on Lott’s corpse had already been laid back over him, but Meng Lai’s words cut colder than the room itself.

To Meng Lai, Cheng Cang’s status as merely a bodyguard was not in any way threatening.

But Ji Muye was different.

From the moment Ji Muye boarded the ship, Meng Lai had been keenly aware of his uniqueness. Upon inquiring with the other three, he learned of this man’s identity.

Ji Muye was Ji Yu’an’s grandson!

Meng Lai had not forgotten that ten years ago, Ji Yu’an was the only person who refused to board the ship.

Ji Muye had hurriedly left earlier without saying a word. Lu Xining initially thought he had gone back to his room to attend to matters, only to find out he had directly left the Royal Cruise.

Lu Xining had been under Meng Lai’s watchful gaze the whole time and hadn’t noticed anything happening on his side.

But what could have made Ji Muye’s expression change so dramatically?

Only now did she realize he had already made arrangements for a helicopter capable of being dispatched at a moment’s notice.

And astonishingly... he left with the woman, Zhuang Tian, whom he seemingly didn’t care for.