I Start with a Mysterious Island

Chapter 312 - 250: Too Late for Regrets

GULP.

The sound of gulping could be heard one after another. The criminals, surrounded by Wang Jing and her people, were clearly terrified by their current predicament.

There were over twenty Investigators surrounding them at the scene, each one exuding a stunning aura.

The woman in the lead, in particular, radiated an aura so powerful it drove them to despair.

"Second Order High Rank... That woman is at the Second Order High Rank..."

The man in the vest perceived the intensity of the Spiritual Energy Wave emanating from Wang Jing and knew the gap between them was as wide as the heavens and the earth. In that instant, all thoughts of resistance vanished.

Wang Jing looked at the members of the Canglan Society and stated expressionlessly, "Give up. Don’t struggle needlessly."

After speaking, she signaled her colleagues to move forward and apprehend the despairing members of the Canglan Society.

"No, we can’t let them catch us! Run! We have to split up and run!"

A burly man who had been moving cargo saw an Investigator approaching to apprehend him. He immediately dropped the goods in his hands to the ground and let out a loud shriek.

Then, he charged toward a shorter Investigator, intending to break through the encirclement at that point.

"Heh." The shorter Investigator watched the burly man, who was only at the First Rank Middle Stage, charge toward him. He gave a silent, exasperated laugh and thought to himself.

’Who gave you the courage to try and break through past me? You really have a death wish.’

BANG.

The shorter Investigator struck out, felling the burly man who was trying to break through with a single punch.

He twisted the man’s arms behind his back and slapped handcuffs on him.

The entire process was as smooth as flowing water, a clear sign that the shorter Investigator was not only powerful but also had extensive experience in apprehension.

The man in the vest saw his companion taken down with a single punch and put in handcuffs. He muttered to himself in despair.

’Sigh! All of these Investigators here are at least at the Second Rank Initial Stage.’

’The strongest person on our side is me, and I’m only at the Second Rank Initial Stage. How could we possibly fight back against these Investigators?’

Seeing their resisting companion so easily taken down by an Investigator, the others didn’t dare to make a move.

"Everyone on the ship, get down here!" an Investigator wearing glasses shouted to the captain and his crew on the deck.

The ashen-faced crew members had a flicker of resistance in their eyes, but under the Investigator’s gaze, their hearts trembled. In the end, they chose to disembark one by one, like puppets.

RUMBLE...

As the crew members were disembarking onto the dock, they suddenly heard a loud noise from the ship behind them.

"Huh?!!!"

The crew members turned to look back at the ship and saw a figure inside the cockpit.

It was the captain. Unwilling to be captured by the Investigators, he had taken advantage of his crew disembarking to run into the cabin, start the ship, and try to make a run for it.

"How incorrigible!" The Investigator with glasses snorted coldly and was about to leap onto the ship to drag the captain off.

"I’ll handle it. You watch the crew." Wang Jing, who had been silent until now, spoke to her colleague. She then sprinted toward the ship in the distance, which was just about to leave the dock.

"All of you, stay put! Don’t think your captain can get away." Seeing Wang Jing leap onto the ship, the Investigator with glasses retracted his gaze and barked at the restless crew members.

* * *

Inside the ship’s cockpit.

After starting the ship, the bearded captain’s face was filled with anxiety. He muttered to himself.

"Faster, faster! Get away from the dock! Go faster!"

Just then, a slender figure appeared at the cockpit door. The newcomer spoke coldly to the anxious captain inside, "Kill the engine. Get out here."

"..." The captain, who was at the Tier One Peak, stared at Wang Jing standing at the cockpit door and swallowed hard.

He was already a nervous wreck, but at this moment, his heart rate suddenly skyrocketed. Cold sweat instantly beaded on his forehead and trickled down his cheeks.

"Did you not hear me? Kill the engine and get out here. I don’t want to repeat myself..."

The stunning aura emanating from Wang Jing made the captain, whose strength was far inferior to hers, feel as if he couldn’t breathe.

Right now, the captain felt like a helpless lamb facing a ferocious tiger.

"I... Let me go! I can give you a lot of money," the captain, scared out of his wits by Wang Jing, said with a tremor in his voice.

"..." When Wang Jing heard the captain try to bribe her, she was rendered speechless for a moment, then replied with displeasure.

"What kind of person do you take me for? Don’t assume everyone is like you, willing to do anything illegal for money with no bottom line."

"I don’t want to go to jail! I have a family to support—elders and children! Please, give me a break! I know I was wrong, I’m begging you."

The captain immediately dropped to his knees, pressed his hands together, and pleaded with the expressionless Wang Jing, tears and snot streaming down his face. His miserable appearance was a truly pitiful sight.

"Before we caught you, you had plenty of opportunities to turn yourself in. But did you ever, even once, consider surrendering to the Superpower Administration Bureau?"

"I’ve seen plenty of guys like you who cry and make a scene begging for forgiveness the moment they’re caught. So cut the act. Get up and wait on the dock to be processed."

The captain’s wretched performance couldn’t sway the iron-willed Wang Jing in the slightest.