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grim Reaper?

Approach cautiously and discreetly, striving to work quietly and avoid alerting the enemy.

Fortunately, the foreigner on the raft kept yelling and screaming, drawing the giant snake's aggro.

As soon as I got closer, I heard someone say something about the Grim Reaper.

Enjoy yourself.

This foreigner must have lost his mind. If he were the Grim Reaper, his boat-based door-to-door service performance would be at the bottom of the list long ago.

His gaze swept over the burning raft—

It's larger in size, the wood looks thicker, and most importantly, there's that burning mast...

It doesn't look like it was directly attached to the game console; the base shows signs of reinforcement.

The edges of the raft were also treated with simple mortise and tenon joints; otherwise, his raft would have fallen apart under the giant snake's blows long ago.

Then look at what's hanging from that man's waist; it seems to be a tool bag?

The contestant has hands-on skills, knows how to reinforce the hull, and even brought their own toolkit.

The scales of value in Ren Yi's heart tipped rapidly.

"Evaluation complete, it's worth investing in."

He picked up the bone oar again and slowly rowed toward the firelight.

The viewers in the Dragon Kingdom's live stream room were going wild.

[Holy crap! What is Coffin Bro going to do?!]

[No way! Boss! That Green Jade Maiden is over ten meters long! We don't need that to eat!]

[Is he insane? What's the difference between this and suicide?]

[You guys don't know anything! The big boss definitely has his own plans!]

[My rational mind tells me this is dangerous, but emotionally... Mom, it's so exciting!]

"He's getting closer!" Zhang Guangwei suddenly stood up.

"The risk is too high!"

Professor Li Shu looked at the screen nervously, but calmly said:

"No... he's not a reckless person; he must have assessed the risks and rewards."

Meanwhile, the command center of the Hanscat Kingdom was in complete chaos.

"It's over, Klaus's dead!"

"Our biggest hope... is it really over just like that?"

"Wait! What's that? A ship has passed by! It's a contestant from the Dragon Kingdom!"

"Is he going to rescue Klaus? My God! Are the Chinese really that brave?"

The ambassador of the Hanscat Kingdom has contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dragon Kingdom:

"We see that your country's athlete is attempting a rescue! If... if he can save Klaus, Hanscat Country is willing to request that he engage in the deepest cooperation with Dragon Country's athlete in our next contact!"

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs relayed the message to General Pei through his earpiece, and he solemnly replied:

"We respect individual will and will not interfere in any way."

His gaze never left the screen.

In the live broadcast studio of the American country, the host Jeff burst into exaggerated laughter:

"Oh? Is this Dragon Country player planning to go and collect the body of that poor Hans Cat Country player? How thoughtful of him!"

In the live stream footage.

Klaus slumped onto the scorching wooden plank, staring blankly at the approaching coffin and the blurry figure on its surface.

A smile that looked more like a grimace appeared on his face.

"The Grim Reaper...?"

"Why does he look like an Asian?"

He has given up resistance.

Being taken away by the Grim Reaper is better than dying in the mouth of a monster; at least you'll have a whole corpse.

The strangely shaped bone coffin stopped about ten meters away from the burning raft.

"I can save you."

Klaus's unfocused pupils refocused as he stared blankly at the 'Grim Reaper' not far away.

"But there's a condition."

"Once you survive, you have to listen to me. You do whatever I say."

However, flames, thick smoke, monsters, despair...

These things made Klaus's senses confused and dulled.

So much so that he only heard that one sentence—

"I can save you."

...Help me?

For the first time since Lina was diagnosed with deep-sea silencing syndrome, this staunch materialist knelt in the church and prayed to God.

He prayed day and night...

But God never responded.

Until he was selected for the Ocean Era, until he was driven to the brink of despair and lit the mast in a final struggle, he offered one last prayer.

Could it be...?

Is this God's response?

In the flickering firelight, the other person's gentle smile looked particularly eerie.

It's more like the devil, tempting you with a deal, desperately trying to show off his mercy...

But so what?

For Lina,

He must live!

If this is a test from God, he will accept it.

Even if it's a devil's pact... he's willing to offer his soul.

But for viewers watching off-screen, this scene was a completely different story.

Klaus sat there motionless, stunned.

The comments section in Hanscat Kingdom is going crazy:

[Hurry up and respond to him, Klaus! Damn it!]

[Oh my God, don't be foolish at a time like this!]

I really want to jump into the screen and nod for him!

[Even though that Chinese guy might not be reliable, damn it, I'll just agree first!]

The commanders of Hanscat Kingdom were in a panic, wishing they could rush in and agree on Klaus's behalf.

But Renyi is very patient.

His attention was mostly focused on observing the 'snake'.

As soon as the contestants from Hanscat Country quieted down, the big guy also noticed Renyi's presence.

Its movements underwater slowed down, and all the eerie green lights pointed in random directions, as if it were staring at him through the firelight.

He realized that those points of light were the compound eyes on the giant snake's head.

Just then, Klaus moved; he knelt on one knee on the raft.

"I, Klaus Schmidt, accept the contract."

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Dragon Kingdom Live Stream Room:

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[What...what is this Hanscat guy doing? Is he taking an oath to join the Party?]

[Hahahaha, I don't understand this. What kind of medieval stage play is this?]

[Oh no, he's really gone mad from the fever. Can we even keep this guy...?]

Ren Yi was a little confused. Was this a unique sense of ritual among Europeans?

However, he didn't care about formalities; as long as he agreed, that was enough. After all, verbal agreements weren't very binding in this kind of situation.

Arbitrary is merely about establishing dominance within a team that may potentially form in the future.

"stand up."

In the instant the two boats passed each other, he nimbly jumped onto Klaus's raft.

The already precarious raft sank even further with the added weight of an adult man, making it look even more dangerous.

However, it was discovered arbitrarily.

After he jumped onto the burning raft, the unsettling underwater gaze disappeared.

Those eerie green lights that had been staring at him sank into the deeper waters, no longer peering out.

Whether it's being afraid of heat or light,

This only shows that its eyes are very fragile!

"Take it apart, quickly."

He pointed to the mast, which was nearly two-thirds engulfed in flames. Its top was glowing red, and sparks and ashes fell from it from time to time.

"No!"

Klaus finally came to his senses and subconsciously retorted,

"I reinforced the mast to the central support of this raft using double mortise and tenon joints; removing it would cause the raft to fall apart even faster!"

Brother, does a slow dispersal mean it's not a dispersal?

Klaus glanced at him silently and immediately shut his mouth.

He read the unspoken message in that casual glance:

If you don't want to die, do as I say!

"...This is insane..."

While complaining, Klaus quickly pulled out a screwdriver and started dismantling the mast. In less than two minutes, the mast collapsed, sending sparks flying.

"Alright, now we're all going to die even faster!"

Renyi doesn't care what he says, as long as he gets things done.

"Wait until that thing's head comes out," Renyi said, lifting the charred mast, now only two meters long, and shoving it into Klaus's hand.

"Poke its eyes with this."

After saying that, without waiting for him to ask any more questions, Ren Yi jumped back into his bone boat and propelled himself several meters into the darkness with his oars.

[He...he...he's gone?!]

[Holy crap! They're kicking you over after you've served your purpose! Wait, is this like getting on the boat, dismantling the mast, and leaving?]

[I knew it! This man is so bad! I love him so much!]

[Wait! Look at the water!]

Almost at the same time that Renyi and his ship left the range of the fire, the huge shadow in the sea began to stir, and the eerie green light reappeared.

And this time, they were no longer satisfied with just spying; instead, they quickly rose to the surface.

"It's caught up!" someone exclaimed.

Klaus also realized what was happening.

Without the deterrent effect of firelight, the monsters will have no fear.

That Chinese man was using himself as bait!

"Splash—!!"

The sea broke open, and the giant serpent's head rose high above the surface.

At that moment, everyone watching the live stream felt a chill, especially the viewers in any of the live stream rooms.

Because they were looking directly at the snake—

That's not a snake.

It looked more like a deformed catfish head magnified a thousand times, with fine, oily scales. The shimmering light they had seen earlier was actually a layer of slimy, flowing paste covering its scales.

Its skull was flat and broad, without a nose or mouth, only a dozen or so pairs of protruding, eerie green compound eyes.

They are not arranged neatly, and there is no pupil in the middle...

Only a dim, chaotic light.

But at the center of the focal point, one can clearly feel all its eyes are firmly locked onto it!