"What a handsome man!"
Janice blurted out, her eyes sparkling with excitement, completely forgetting to take photos.
Seeing his young, beautiful wife praise another man right in front of him made Jack quite unhappy.
However, as a successful person, Jack wouldn't get angry directly. Instead, he examined the young man inside the elliptical object, looking for something to criticize.
But even Jack, a man with normal preferences, had to admit that the man with his eyes closed in front of him was simply too handsome.
Then, the more Jack looked at the man, the more familiar he seemed, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
Just then, the captain spoke up in surprise.
"Isn't that Roy Blake, the guy who just won the gold medal in the heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympics a few days ago?"
There were others on board who had watched the Sydney Olympics, and they all recognized Roy.
It couldn't be helped; Roy was so handsome that basically everyone who had watched the match would remember him, regardless of gender.
Finally, Jack also recognized Roy. He had also watched the final match of the Sydney Olympics heavyweight boxing competition.
"It seems like it really is him! How did he end up inside this thing?"
Everyone exchanged glances, trying to figure out why Roy would be inside such a sealed, gray elliptical object.
Then, the captain, who had a particularly wild imagination, thought of another possibility.
"Could he have been kidnapped by aliens for some experiment and then sent back?"
In that era, there were quite a few similar news stories in Europe and America, with many people claiming to have been taken by aliens and then returned.
Although these news stories were eventually proven false, many people strongly believed in such tales. The captain was likely one of them.
Jack noticed that his wife Janice was still staring intently at Roy, not even blinking. Feeling increasingly annoyed, he couldn't help but prod her.
"Janice, what do you think?"
Her husband's voice brought Janice back to reality, but she didn't detect the displeasure in Jack's tone. Her gaze remained fixed on Roy's face.
"I was wondering if he's still alive?"
This made everyone present pause collectively. Until now, they hadn't even thought about checking if Roy was alive or dead. Everything they had discussed before seemed a bit ridiculous in retrospect.
The captain looked at Jack.
"Boss?"
Jack stroked his chin. Although he didn't have a good impression of Roy because of Janice, it wasn't to the extent of wanting him dead.
"Let the ship's doctor check him out then!"
The ship's doctor immediately stepped forward to examine Roy's body.
"His pulse and breathing have stopped, but his heart is still faintly beating!"
This discovery surprised everyone greatly. Jack couldn't quite understand how a person's heart could still beat when their pulse and breathing had stopped.
"Doctor, is this guy alive or dead?"
The ship's doctor provided an answer.
"I suspect this gentleman is in a state of suspended animation. Most of his physiological functions have shut down, with only his heart maintaining basic vitality."
Upon hearing this, Janice seemed a bit anxious, an attitude that made Jack frown.
"Doctor, can you save this gentleman?"
"I can try, but I don't know if I can save him."
Saying this, the ship's doctor had already begun attempting to give Roy first aid.
At this point, Jack put his arm around Janice's waist and forcefully led her away.
"Alright, dear, let's not disturb the doctor while he's trying to save someone! Everyone else, you can go too. Don't forget you have work!"
Since the boss had spoken, the crew members dispersed, though two remained to help the ship's doctor take Roy to the infirmary.
When Roy regained consciousness, he saw an unfamiliar middle-aged man shining a medical flashlight in his eyes.
"Who are you?"
Roy's sudden awakening startled the ship's doctor because he hadn't even started the formal first aid yet, and Roy had woken up on his own.
"You're awake! I'm the doctor on this ship. You can call me Bruce."
Roy had been unconscious for too long and was still a bit groggy. He tried to sit up but couldn't.
"Don't move around! I suspect you have decompression sickness. Were you diving before?"
Decompression sickness refers to the condition where, after leaving a high-pressure environment, the body's decompression process is inadequate, causing nitrogen in the bloodstream to form bubbles and blood clots, which can severely impact health.
Severe decompression sickness can potentially lead to death.
Roy's fight with the Kraken happened in the deep sea, which could indeed be considered diving. However, his physical fitness was incredibly strong, and decompression sickness wouldn't be enough to kill him.
After all, Roy had survived for several days in a state of oxygen deprivation, let alone simple decompression sickness.
You could say Mr. Blake was truly becoming less and less human.
"Where... where am I?"
"You're on the oil tanker North Pioneer. We're heading to an oil well in the Pacific Ocean."
The ship's doctor answered Roy's question while examining his body.
"Did you save me?"
"No, the person who found you was Mrs. Janice, and the crew members brought you onto the ship."
The doctor took out a syringe, ready to draw blood for examination, but his hand was stopped by Roy just as the needle was about to enter his arm.
"No need for examination, my body is perfectly fine."
As he spoke, Roy directly sat up, even though his body was still a bit unsteady.
He couldn't let the doctor draw his blood, otherwise the doctor would discover that the needle couldn't pierce his skin at all.
"Didn't I tell you not to move? Your body is very weak!"
"I'm really fine! If you want to help me, just get me something to eat!"
The main reason Roy was able to survive these past few days was that during his fight with the Kraken, he absorbed a large amount of life energy with his Dark Touch. This life energy sustained Roy's basic physiological functions.
However, after several days, the life energy was almost depleted. If Roy had drifted for a few more days, he might have actually died.
"No! For the sake of your health, I must draw blood and examine you!"
The ship's doctor couldn't believe such an unscientific claim. He held Roy down, trying to force the blood draw.
With no other choice, Roy directly kicked the doctor over and jumped off the sickbed.
"Sorry, Mr. Bruce, I don't like people touching my body."
This was the power of super self-healing; it only took a few minutes for Roy to shake off the negative reactions from being in a state of suspended animation.
Before, it would have taken Roy at least several hours to recover to this extent.
However, the price of super self-healing was that it made Roy even hungrier. He felt like he could eat several cows right now.
The ship's doctor looked at Roy in surprise.
"How did you get up so quickly?"
"I'm an athlete, I have a good physique. Is there any food? I'm starving!"
In the North Pioneer's mess hall, many people stared in disbelief as Roy ate because the guy had already eaten enough food for all the crew members for a whole day, and he was still eating non-stop.
This kind of appetite would undoubtedly win any competitive eating contest.
Everyone was wondering why Roy ate so much, but his stomach didn't change at all, as if everything he ate went to another dimension.
"Another serving!"
The chef didn't respond immediately because Roy was eating too much, which might affect the crew's meals later.
Just then, Jack walked in with Janice.
Janice's eyes lit up again when she saw Roy.
Yeah, Roy's clothes had exploded when he transformed into his demon form, so now he was wearing the ship's work uniform.
But the drab work uniform couldn't hide Roy's handsomeness. Janice was almost instantly captivated by Roy, her eyes filled with fascination.
Fortunately, Jack didn't notice Janice's expression and gaze this time. He was just surprised looking at Roy and the huge stack of plates in front of him.
"What on earth is going on? He's awake so quickly? And what's with all these plates?"
The head chef walked up to Jack awkwardly and explained what had happened, leaving Jack quite speechless.
"You called me over for this? How much did he eat?"
"He ate an entire day's worth of food reserves!"
Hearing this, Jack was as stunned as everyone else.
"What did you say? A whole day's worth? Are you kidding me?"
"Boss, it's true, everyone in the mess hall saw it!"
Jack was a bit speechless. He looked at Roy, whose figure was still standard, even perfect, and then looked at his own single ab...
How could there be such a big difference between people?
Shaking off the gloomy feeling from his face, Jack sat down across from Roy.
"Still not full?"
Roy nodded. He was only about half-full right now, and the hunger was still very strong.
"Head chef, keep making some food for this gentleman."
"Boss, but the food reserves..."
"Didn't we prepare a month's worth of food reserves for this trip? There should be plenty for the round trip. Go make him something to eat!"
Ships in ancient times had to prepare food in advance for long voyages and usually prepared a bit extra to prevent any unexpected situations at sea.
However, modern ships don't prepare too much food when going out to sea, as navigation is very advanced now, and the safety of going out to sea is incomparable to ancient times.
Fortunately, Jack's trip this time was to an offshore oil rig near Antarctica, and since there were no places nearby to resupply, they were very well-prepared with food and freshwater.
The head chef still listened to Jack and went to make food, while Jack started chatting with Roy.
"My name is Jack Davis. Are you Mr. Roy Blake, the heavyweight boxing champion from this year's Sydney Olympics?"
Roy wasn't surprised that he was recognized. The ship's doctor and head chef had both recognized him earlier, and they even asked him for autographs.
"Yes, I am Roy Blake."
"Mr. Blake, can you tell me why you were found floating on the sea wrapped in a gray elliptical object?"
This was something everyone on the ship wanted to know.
"Actually, the Santiago, the cruise ship I was on, was shipwrecked. I found a strange object on the ship and crawled inside. I drifted at sea for several days until you found me."
The fact that Roy was on the Santiago had been reported in the newspapers, so this matter couldn't be hidden.
Upon hearing this, Jack was very surprised.
"Santiago? That largest luxury cruise ship in the world? It was shipwrecked?"
"Yes, there are probably only a few people left alive from the entire ship."
Roy didn't believe that under the Kraken's strangulation, there could be any other survivors from the Santiago. Those who escaped with him at the time were probably all the survivors.
Hearing this, Jack's expression became a bit anxious.
"Then do you know how Charles Weyland is doing?"
Roy looked at Jack in surprise.
"Mr. Davis, you know Charles too?"
Jack nodded.
"Charles is my business partner. We collaborate on many investments, and we've also been good friends for many years. How about you?"
Roy examined Jack carefully and realized that his age seemed to be not much less than Charles's. It was indeed possible that they were friends.
Since he was Charles's friend, it was simple.
"I've been dating Serena recently."
Roy directly brought up Serena, and Jack didn't doubt it at all. His attitude also became much more enthusiastic.
"Oh, so you're Serena's new boyfriend. How are Charles and Serena doing?"
"I saw them get on a lifeboat, they should have been successfully rescued."
Jack breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Blake, I will use the satellite phone to inform the outside world about the Santiago's accident, but please forgive me, I cannot immediately send you back to land because I still need to inspect the oil well under my name."
"Mr. Davis, you and your wife have already made me very grateful by saving me. There's no need to specially cancel your trip to take me to land."
At this point, the head chef had finished preparing the food and served it. Jack stood up, no longer interrupting Roy's meal.
"Mr. Blake, take your time eating. I'll go make the call now."
With that, Jack left the mess hall in a hurry, even forgetting to take his beloved wife Janice with him.
And so, the ravenously eating Roy felt a beautiful young woman sit down across from him.
He glanced over, almost choking.
"Eat slowly, don't choke!"
Janice handed Roy a glass of water and even walked behind him to gently pat his back.
"Thank you!"
After swallowing his food, Roy looked at Janice with a strange expression, constantly sizing her up.
Isn't this Kelly Brook?
Kelly Brook should be one of Britain's most successful football WAGs and Page 3 girls. She successfully entered the film industry through her relationship with her boyfriend, Jason Statham
Although she could only play revealing roles in low-budget films, transitioning from a football WAG to the film industry was quite a leap across a chasm.
However, Roy's biggest impression of Kelly Brook was still that pair of "big treasures" (referring to her chest).
He took a quick look – indeed, they lived up to their reputation!
Roy's strange gaze seemed to cause a misunderstanding for Janice. A shy expression appeared on her face, and she lowered her head, acting like a young girl who had just started dating.
"You... why are you looking at me like that!"
"Sorry!"
Roy quickly averted his gaze, focusing on the food.
Janice (Kelly Brook)