Chapter 198 - 173: Didn’t Even Dare to Touch Rowan Rhodes

Chapter 198: Chapter 173: Didn’t Even Dare to Touch Rowan Rhodes

"Hahaha, I can’t stop laughing!"

"With Equipment like that, it can only be the big shot, Rowan Rhodes!"

"Hahaha, thanks to Harold Thompson, we finally get to see what big shot Rowan Rhodes’s raft actually looks like."

"Rowan Rhodes is truly the big shot of all big shots. The level of Equipment on that raft is insanely powerful!"

"If I ran into big shot Rowan Rhodes, I’d turn and run immediately."

"Who wouldn’t? Going up against her is like a newbie village player fighting the final boss."

"Harold Thompson didn’t even say it outright."

"Saying it outright would be too embarrassing! Imagine telling his lackeys, ’That’s big shot Rowan Rhodes, we can’t afford to mess with her, let’s run!’"

"To think Rowan Rhodes encountered another sunken ship on the seabed. After she clears it, she’s probably going to level up again!"

"Speaking of which, I’m actually surprised big shot Rowan Rhodes has stayed on a Level 8 Raft for so long."

"Pfft, don’t set your expectations for her too high, okay? Big shot Rowan Rhodes’s raft is definitely upgrading step by step, not exploiting loopholes. If she wanted to use exploits, I bet she could be at Level 10 by now."

"Besides, reaching Level 10 depends on actual strength, and whether the Sea Survival Game even acknowledges it."

"@Harold Thompson @Simon Quinn @Elias Ziegler @Sean Rowan @... Why are you all so quiet? Well? Are you going to fight her or not?"

"Haha, are you just ignoring the question because it’s hard to answer?"

"..."

Amidst the chorus of mockery, Harold Thompson actually spoke up.

"Harold Thompson: @Simon Quinn @Elias Ziegler @Sean Rowan @... My raft has stopped moving. We’ll talk when you get here."

"Simon Quinn: Okay."

"Elias Ziegler: Okay."

"..."

Harold Thompson’s team was all about falling in line. Though they were panicking inwardly, they absolutely couldn’t let the other players continue treating them as a joke. They hadn’t expected that what was supposed to be a good thing could be abruptly twisted into such terrible luck. It was truly awful luck! If they had encountered any other player besides Rowan Rhodes—even Zelda Parrish—they would have had the strength to put up a fight. But Rowan Rhodes? They wouldn’t even dare to lay a finger on her.

But to truly make them give up seemed a bit of a shame. After all, they had encountered the sunken ship through Nature, without using any items. Such a stroke of luck was incredibly rare. So, all they could do was gather together first, have a good discussion, and see if there was any chance to get a piece of the pie from Rowan Rhodes.

There were so many resources in the sunken ship; it would definitely take Rowan Rhodes some time to collect them all! If she let them join and help gather, they would only take a tiny portion in exchange for saving her some time. Surely that would be acceptable?

It could be said that this group of people were able to band together because, to a certain extent, they were on the same wavelength. Without needing him to spell it out in the World Channel, they already understood what Harold Thompson meant. After popping up this once, Harold Thompson and his group went silent, even as many players did their utmost to mock, tease, and goad them.

And so, Harold Thompson kept watch with his binoculars while waiting for Simon Quinn and the others to arrive.

Time ticked by. Simon Quinn was the first to arrive at the waters where Harold Thompson was waiting, and Elias Ziegler arrived close behind. The others hadn’t arrived yet, so they still had to wait.

As their three rafts bumped together, the three men stood on their respective decks, looking at each other in dismay. Harold Thompson directly handed his binoculars to Simon Quinn. Taking them, Simon Quinn peered at the distant raft. One look confirmed that the situation was exactly as Harold Thompson had described. This raft was far too formidable. It perfectly matched the status of the big shot, Rowan Rhodes. Furthermore, aside from her, it really couldn’t belong to anyone else.

Finally, it was Elias Ziegler’s turn. After taking a look, his words tumbled out in a nervous rush.

"How about... we run?"

Running into such a ruthless character, they had no choice but to flee! When he had come, he was still thinking about grabbing a piece of the pie, but after seeing Rowan Rhodes’s raft, he lost his nerve. The weapons they currently had on hand probably couldn’t cause a single scratch to her raft. Under these circumstances, how were they supposed to snatch anything from her? How could they negotiate with her? Especially since... Harold Thompson and Simon Quinn used to frequently badmouth Rowan Rhodes in the past. Who knew if she had seen it? What if she had? What if she held a grudge? Judging by her previous action of annihilating over a hundred players, she clearly wasn’t the merciful type. She definitely wasn’t the kind to show politeness to enemies who delivered themselves to her doorstep.

"No need to panic. We don’t plan on attacking her. We just want to talk to her and offer our help," Simon Quinn reassured him.

Hearing this, Elias Ziegler hesitated. "Will she agree?"

"We have to at least try."

"And what if she attacks us instead?"

Simon Quinn paused for a moment upon hearing this before replying, "Based on her style of doing things, even if she disagrees, she won’t strike out at us."

He didn’t think Rowan Rhodes was a good person, but she definitely wasn’t an evil one. Because of this alone, it was worth taking the gamble. Simon Quinn felt that the likelihood of failure was rather high, but faced with the temptation of such massive resources, it was truly hard to just give up. He had done his research—Rowan Rhodes’s rise to power was inextricably linked to the previous sunken ship she had found. There were absolutely extremely crucial items inside the sunken ship on the seabed. Things like schematics, blueprints, and special resources.

Listening to Simon Quinn’s reasoning, Harold Thompson and Elias Ziegler did indeed recall Rowan Rhodes’s usual conduct, and largely agreed with his assessment.

"So do we wait right now, or try to communicate with her first?" Elias Ziegler asked.

"Let’s wait! With a larger group, we might have some leverage to negotiate. With just the three of us, she won’t even take us seriously," Simon Quinn analyzed.

It could be said that Simon Quinn was the brains of their team. The strategy of using distance and wind direction to converge at the same island had also been his idea. Therefore, the others were quite convinced by his judgment.

After agreeing on the plan, the three of them began observing Rowan Rhodes’s raft together.

"Rowan Rhodes doesn’t seem to be on the raft."

"She must have already gone down to the seabed."

"Down to the seabed? Then doesn’t that mean..."

"Don’t even think about it. The raft’s defenses won’t be easy to breach. Moreover, Rowan Rhodes’s raft is equipped with a Fish Spear Gun that will attack automatically. Even at the bottom of the sea, she should still be able to see her control panel. If she notices she’s being attacked, she’ll definitely rush right back."

"Then can we dive to the seabed and lie in ambush, waiting for her to rest so we can scavenge some resources?"

"We can’t. The diving suits and oxygen bottles don’t last that long!"

"Then when did Rowan Rhodes go into the water? If she was on the raft, she should have seen the messages in the World Channel! If she didn’t see them, it’s been over half an hour by now, right?"

"It’s possible that she has better diving gear on hand."

"That’s very likely. She really has way too many good things."

"..."

However, while the men were huddled together muttering amongst themselves, they had no idea that the Seagull Family on Rowan Rhodes’s raft had already spotted them.