Chapter 63: The Coastline
Taking away what he needed, Li Xiang repeated his old tricks, flipping out of the window, and then turning out of the villa area through the courtyard. Wave your sleeves without taking away a trace of clouds.
A few hours later, the unconscious woman woke up faintly, and when she saw the blood and fishy smell in her eyes, she screamed, attracting the others in the villa. However, the killer has long since fled.
The furious Kadiya family spent a huge amount of money to offer a reward for the murderer who entered the Kadia family base to assassinate the patriarch, and the officials were also outraged, Damascus, the capital of the country, actually had such a vicious murder case in the economic and political center of the country, which can be described as a slap in the face to them. The Kadiya family hit it off with those in power, sealed off the whole city, and conducted a carpet search. All police forces were mobilized to investigate the case, but still no clues were found.
This headless case, over time, gradually became a legend around Damascus.
At the same time, Li Xiang was following a convoy towards the Mediterranean.
Due to the chaotic political situation and war riots, a large number of refugees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia are moving to Europe through the Mediterranean and the Balkans.
The weather in the Mediterranean is still warm, but in this particular port, there is a large concentration of refugees who are preparing to smuggle themselves to the European Union.
There are so many refugees who want to emigrate that smuggling has turned smuggling into a business, and many illegal smuggling boats have concentrated in this port to openly solicit refugees to board the ships.
Refugees who don't have much money to smuggle in need of to huddle into the cabin of a cramped and stuffy boat, enduring the smell of foul air, sweat and even excrement. Take advantage of the night or other opportunities to go to sea and cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach the coastlines of European countries. Finally, swim to the shore as fast as you can and rush into the borders of European countries.
Of course, in addition to the real refugees who were forced to flee because of life, Li Xiang also met some wealthy "refugees".
These "refugees" do not want to live in their own countries, but want to obtain asylum in European countries through refugee status, leave their own countries, obtain immigration status in European countries, and live in developed countries.
Most of these people dragged their families with their families, and their clothes were noticeably more elaborate and neat than those of other real refugees. For these wealthy VIP users, the stowaways will provide better service, the boat will have more space, no odor, and the owner of the stowaway boat will not drive people off the boat to swim when they are still several kilometers away from the coastline in order to avoid their boat being intercepted by the police near the European coastline, as they do when they pick up civilians.
Some smuggling boats even provide food to these "dignitaries" on the way. Of course, it is expensive to get on such a smuggling boat, and only those "rich people" can accept it.
In the port, dozens of smuggling boats were waiting for their guests, Li Xiang picked one at random, got on the boat and agreed with the owner of the boat, paid the money to get on the boat, and then lowered his head and got into the dim, damp and stuffy cabin.
Due to the recent intake of adequate nutrition, coupled with the continuous "fine-tuning" of the system Lori, his height has grown from about 160cm to about 165cm, and his face is a little redder than before.
However, he was still relatively small in height and size, so curling up didn't make him feel too uncomfortable.
Li Xiang found an unoccupied corner of the cabin and sat on the ground.
One by one, the refugees entered the cabin, gradually filling the space in the cabin completely.
It wasn't until the owner felt that there was nowhere to fit the few remaining "passengers" that the ship started. The rocking boats make it seem like rush hour buses are nothing more than that.
"I used to read something similar in a book, and it seems like it's about the black trade in a history textbook."
The noise in the cabin did not affect Li Xiang's "resting state" sitting in the corner.
"Iriel, how long before we can enter the territorial waters of the European Union?"
Lori quickly replied: "According to the average speed of the host's boat, it will be able to reach the coastline of the EU member state in about ten hours." ”
"Okay, I'll take a break, and remember to remind me if it's time."
"Got it."
Li Xiang explained to Iriel, and then began to close his eyes and recuperate.
If the sea has its own character and temperament, then the Mediterranean must be the most quiet lady of all the seas in the world, and the stowaway boat passed through the Mediterranean safely in a slight rocking.
Iriel's voice woke Li Xiang from his napping state: "Host, there is only 1 km left from the coastline, but this ship has been discovered by the European coast guard and is rushing to expel it, and it may need to disembark early." ”
Li Xiang raised his eyebrows: "In other words, this last kilometer needs to be swam by yourself?" ”
"So far, it seems so."
Li Xiang shrugged his shoulders, fortunately he could swim, and he currently had the physical attributes of a heroic spirit, so it would be no problem to swim 1 kilometer.
"Bang-"
The head of the snake opened the cabin and said loudly, "Our ship has been discovered, and we can't go any further." Now everybody gets off the boat, and if you stay on the boat, then the Europeans will treat you as stowaways and refuse you entry. There is still a kilometer to the coastline, and you can enter the country as long as you swim through. ”
"One kilometer! What about my four-year-old? He can't swim that far! ”
"We were discovered? I heard that if you are caught by the Europeans at sea, you will be denied entry......"
The captain's words ignited the gunpowder, and a fierce and noisy sound erupted in the cabin.
"Don't make any noise!"
The captain roared, and the cabin fell silent.
"What are you? It's a refugee! You are homeless refugees, and you no longer have the right to choose since you left your hometown, either jump ship now and fight for your life, or continue to stay here, and we can take you back to the starting point. You have one more minute to think about it, and in a minute, our boat will turn around and go back. ”
Li Xiang tightened the gray-white linen cloak he had wrapped around himself, and without saying a word, he came out of the crowd and walked out of the cabin.
The sea breeze outside the cabin was cool, and the air was much better than inside, and looking to the northwest, the coastline of the mainland was already close at hand.
The people on the boat jumped from the deck of the ship, over the guardrail, and into the sea like dumplings.
As long as they cross the coastline, these people have the potential to qualify as refugees as European migrants, enjoy the European social welfare system, and say goodbye to war and displacement.
All of them gave their all.