They were mostly half dead but as soon as they heard that cry they dragged their injured bodies desperate to answer that call.
Most of them were finished off before they could even reach the railing but one that had been hiding under the stairs slipped through the cracks and clawed its way towards the edge of the ship.
Unfortunately, the shortest way to get off the ship happened to be where Xunshi Zhe was standing. Xunshi Zhe who had been frightened half to death by this ordeal was completely unaware that something was crawling behind him.
So one can only imagine his reaction when he felt a cold bony hand touch his ankle. Memories of his leg being pulled down into the deep water when he was five instantly flooded in his mind and his entire body froze.