Chapter 408: Chapter 408 Accident

“P-Professor Shen?” Su Tongxin gently enquired.

“Yes, Tongxin?” Professor Shen smiled warmly.

“There’s a mark at the back of your neck.”

If it was any other time, Su Tongxin would definitely pass it off as the after-effects of the scratches.

However, the red mark on the back of the professor’s neck looked vaguely familiar, hence she blurted out the question before thinking.

“A mark? What are you talking about?” Professor Shen smiled awkwardly.

Su Tongxin was positive that the mark resembled the pendant that they were given in the parcels.

“I am serious, professor! It is exactly the same as the pendant!” Su Tongxin exclaimed, horrified.

Everyone looked at each other and took out their pendants.

“Oh, I didn’t know that everyone had the same thing,” Su Mengmeng said.

“Hmph?”

After seeing the pendant, Professor Shen’s expression changed drastically. He snatched the pendant away from Su Tongxin’s hands and looked at the pendants that everyone took out.

Blood drained from his face.

“Tongxin, the mark at the back of my neck, is it the same as this?” Professor Shen asked fearfully, as if something horrible had happened.

Bewildered, Su Tongxin had no idea what was going on. She just nodded.

“What? I thought this pendant was only given to important members. I didn’t know that everyone has it!”

“Professor Shen, what on earth is this pendant? I just received it yesterday—someone mailed it to me!”

Looking at Professor Shen’s expressions, something was definitely off. A shiver ran down everyone’s spines.

After all, it was midnight, and they were in the middle of the sea. The fact that there were many people on board didn’t help to lessen the eerie atmosphere.

“It’s back! I have never… I have never thought that their target is us this time!” Professor Shen said with trembling hands.

“What do you mean, professor?” Su Tongxin asked.

“I-It’s all my fault! I brought this upon everyone!” Taking off his glasses, Professor Shen lost control of his composure.

“This is the logo of the League of the Sun, also known as the Death League! It appeared twice, forty years and twenty years ago. I didn’t know that it appeared this time too! Whoever receives this logo will disappear mysteriously within three days! I’ve been investigating this for decades but I still don’t understand how it happens!” Professor Shen was aghast.

After hearing Professor Shen’s explanation, horror crept into everyone’s hearts.

After all, Professor Shen rarely joked and his knowledge was extensive.

The whole scenario was mystifying and unbelievable. There was a grave look on his face.

“Hurry up, let’s turn back and abort the current expedition! Let’s go back immediately!” Professor Chen stood up.

Someone already gave the same instructions before he did.

However, the person ran back to the room hurriedly.

“P-P-Professor Shen, this is bad! This is very bad!”

“What’s wrong?”

“Please… please take a look outside! R-Right in front of the ship—”

The person ran out of breath.

Professor Shen immediately brought a group of students out to the deck.

Su Tongxin and Su Mengmeng went out together too.

When they reached the deck, they saw Professor Shen and his students standing there looking stunned.

Upon closer inspection, Su Mengmeng screamed.

A huge vortex appeared right in front of the ship. It was like a gigantic black hole that could swallow everything—deep and dark!

Even though the ship was trying its best to escape the current predicament, it still could not escape the pull of the vortex.

“Quick! Go back to the cabin!” Professor Shen bellowed.

Kaboom!

At that instant, waves upon waves rose up high in the sky and crashed to the deck turbulently. The waves were so enormous that they completely obscured the sky and the sun.

The rumbling of the sea was like thunder rolling in the sky.

The impact was many times stronger than a tsunami. Everyone’s shrieks were engulfed by it.

Boom!

The sound of screams and waves were mixed together.

The cruise ship was getting sucked into the vortex at a visible speed.

The night sky was dark, but the sea was even darker and deeper.

When everything returned to normal, a massive creature swam quietly under the deep sea. A strange logo flashed; it somehow resembled the burning sun.

The next day.

“Is Young Master Chen up?”

On the island which Chen Xiao booked, Fu hurriedly came to Chen Hao’s room with a few documents.

“He is up and in good spirits today. We’ve also made arrangements to go out to the sea,” a maid replied respectfully.

The door opened.

Chen Hao was walking out of the room. “Uncle Fu, good morning! I am preparing to set off to the sea today to try to reach Tongxin. We’ll only go back to the Southern Region tomorrow. If you don’t have any errands to run, let’s go together!”

Chen Hao could not reach Su Tongxin yesterday.

As it was just an expedition to analyze the sea water, they shouldn’t be very far.

It would be perfect if he could catch up to them and explain to her.

“No, you can’t go now, Young Master Chen!” Fu said with a grim expression.

“Why not?”

“Cruise ship No.2 had an accident yesterday in the region of Nanyang waters. The authorities have sealed that area and they're searching for it right now.”

“Cruise ship No.2?” Chen Hao froze.

“It is the one Miss Tongxin was on. There was a tsunami yesterday, and the ship sank,” Fu explained weakly.

“What?” Chen Hao was shocked.

His heart felt like it was wrenched by someone.

“Where are they?” Chen Hao asked anxiously.

“The excavation process is ongoing, but they still haven’t found any traces of the ship.”

“No, I must be involved in this!” After speaking, Chen Hao immediately ran out.

Fu shook his head helplessly.

He dialed a number on his phone. “Immediately alert the Special Marine Support Team of the Chen Family! Yes, exactly like what I told you at dawn just now! Mission starts!”

Fu followed Chen Hao after giving out the instructions.

He had watched Chen Hao growing up.

Hence, he knew his character very well.

Chen Hao was very empathetic and caring, and he took relationships seriously. He treated both his ex-

girlfriend, Yang Xia, and his current girlfriend, Su Tongxin, very well.

Now that Su Tongxin met an accident like this, it was considered lucky that Young Master Chen didn’t break down.

Fu used the power of the Chen Family to investigate this matter immediately. He was worried that Chen Hao might act impetuously.

Chen Hao was on the boat all day, joining the search team. They had almost looked under each grain of sand in the sea, but it was futile.

No matter how hard they looked, not a single trace of the ship was to be seen.

In the evening, many more ships and boats were sent to look for the victims.

Chen Hao sat at the harbor with a vacant expression, mourning for Su Tongxin.

“It’s all my fault! Why did I let you come to Hong Kong?! If you didn’t come here, this accident would not have happened! If I kept my promise yesterday, I could still see you one last time before this happened!”

Chen Hao was beating himself up.

Ziyue, who was holding a plate of rice, and Fang Mengxin were by his side as well.

Ziyue felt sorry for Chen Hao as he had not been eating for a day.

“What are you doing? Get away from here!”

As Ziyue came to urge Chen Hao to eat something, a commotion arose.

A bodyguard dressed in black ran to Chen Hao.

“Young Master Chen, a girl claiming that she was Miss Tongxin's classmate wants to meet you.”