Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Russia is in complete chaos, with various provinces announcing their secession from Russia.

Currency devaluation, inflation, military vehicles speeding everywhere, and checkpoints being set up between provinces.

They stayed at the same hotel as last time, and the more than twenty bodyguards they hired were all fully armed.

The sounds of cannons and gunfire could be heard from outside from time to time.

Television news has been broadcasting the situation live.

Lu Jiefang and Qianmian kept in touch with the outside world.

Even Jiang Sen could feel the tense and oppressive atmosphere.

The purchase of the ship went relatively smoothly, thanks to the fact that the shipyard manager was a greedy fellow.

He found a feasible solution in Qianmian's casual words.

According to Qianmian, this is called "substituting one thing for another" or "grafting one thing onto another" in China.

The shipyard manager directly converted the Kuznetsov, which had been brought back for repairs, into a "cruise ship," and replaced the equipment from the modified Riga with that equipment on the Kuznetsov.

On the deck, identical hulls were installed, with workers working overtime.

From the outside, the two aircraft carriers look exactly the same.

However, one of them is solid, and the other is hollow.

Wang Haiyang once raised the question, "What if the soldiers discover us?"

Thousand Faces laughed and said, "What do you think I did with the 500,000 dollars I gave him in the first place? Since he said this method was risky, of course he should bear the risk. Now it's worked, hasn't it?"

December 20th, with only ten days left until New Year's Day, which is the start of the new year here.

The shipyard has finally completed all the formalities.

Once these documents are obtained, the massive "cruise ship" can set sail, travel through the Black Sea to Europe, then around the Mediterranean Sea, and finally sail from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean back to China.

The plan is good, but many unexpected things will happen when it is actually implemented.

I don't know where Lu Jiefang gathered more than a hundred people.

These people are half Chinese and half from other countries.

Instead of keeping a low profile, they held a high-profile launch ceremony and invited many media reporters.

Amidst music and firecrackers, the "Dream" cruise ship was launched.

This marks the official opening of the world's largest floating casino.

The wealthy people invited were all people they met during this trip.

Amidst laughter and song, and the clinking of wine and women, the huge gambling hall was bustling with noise.

Jiang Sen and Lu Jiefang stood in the high-rise VIP room, looking down at the casino below from the atrium.

Jiang Sen laughed and said, "I really didn't expect that I could actually open a casino. If this falls into the wrong hands, I'll be reported for something again."

Lu Jiefang said, "You don't need to worry about that. Our own people will come aboard at different ports along the way. Moreover, once we arrive in China, we will maintain the guise for a while."

Jiang Sen nodded. "I haven't told everyone yet, but I've wanted to do this for a long time. I've been worried that something might go wrong."

At this time, they had reached the Mediterranean Sea and would soon dock in Italy.

After docking, some people will disembark, while others will come ashore.

However, just as they were about to see land, and the captain had just dropped anchor, they noticed a ship approaching from not far away.

Looking at the words and icons printed on it, Lu Jiefang said, "I'm afraid there's trouble ahead. I'll go out for a bit."

Jiang Sen didn't know who the other person was, so he asked Qianmian, "What's written on it?"

"Coast patrol boat." Qianmian frowned slightly. "Let's go find that important figure from Italy."

The two men led Han San and Wang Haiyang down from the top floor to the casino, found a "waiter" and asked him, only to find out that the important Italian figure had gone to a room.

"Let's go!" The group went back to the room.

After knocking a few times, the bodyguard opened the door. Hearing that Jiang Sen and Qianmian were looking for the boss because a coast guard patrol boat had arrived outside and there was probably trouble, he quickly went to knock on the bedroom door inside.

After a long while, the important figure angrily opened the door and yelled at the bodyguard.

He wasn't wearing a shirt, just shorts, and he was sweating.

Jiang Sen could smell the strange odor coming from the bedroom, along with the scent of a woman's perfume.

Qian raised her chin at him, mumbled something in English, and then pretended to be angry as she pulled Jiang Sen away.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Sen asked in a low voice.

Thousand Faces chuckled as he replied, "I just gave him a little provocation, saying he's no good in Italy, he can't even handle the coast guard, so we'll have to find someone else."

"Huh?" Jiang Sen was surprised. Before he could say anything, he saw the important figure running out, buttoning his clothes.

His bodyguards followed behind him.

"I'll show you who they really listen to!" the big shot declared before storming off to the deck.

Through the window, Jiang Sen saw that the patrol boat below looked like a small car, and people were climbing up the rope ladder.

Once everyone had climbed up, the important Italian figure arrived.

Then he yelled at the people who came up, and the bodyguards surrounded them.

The person who came up seemed to be making an explanation, but was slapped hard across the face by the important figure.

Lu Jiefang stood not far from them, leisurely lighting a cigarette, followed by Xiao Wu and several crew members.

The matter was resolved, and the important figure came to Qianmian to show off, so Qianmian gave him a bottle of fine wine.

Jiang Sen felt it was like a joke, all for the sake of saving face, that a big shot personally stepped in and slapped the coast guard team across the face.

The rest of the trip went much more smoothly.

Once we pass through Turkey and enter the Red Sea, we'll be safe.

Jiang Sen hadn't expected that the big shot from Turkey wasn't as effective as the big shot from Italy.

Turkey deployed several hundred people and several ships to intercept the "Dream" and said it could not leave without their navigation permit!

Damn it, Jiang Sen wanted to spit directly into the face of the person who spoke.

When the Turkic leader realized he was ineffective and had lost face in front of Qianmian and his group, he immediately promised to contact his friends in Turkic countries and that the matter would definitely be resolved.

He was making a phone call nearby.

Jiang Sen and the others sat on the sofa next to them, watching the captain and the boss, Qianmian, argue with the people from Turkey.

She asked Lu Jiefang in a low voice, "Brother Lu, why do I feel like they're doing this on purpose?"

Lu Jiefang said, "Take a good look at those people."

Jiang Sen peeked out slightly and saw several men in suits looking back and forth in the casino lobby, seemingly searching for some suspicious person.

"Why don't these people look like Turkish people?"

Lu Jiefang said, "They are from the United States."

"Them? What are they looking for?"

"I don't know, but I do know one thing: Turkey dared to stop us, so it must have been at their behest."

"...Should we throw it into the sea to feed the fish?" Jiang Sen asked with a sly smile.

Lu Jiefang covered his mouth, turned his head, and chuckled for a while.

“You just love making things worse!” he said with a laugh, clearing his throat. “They want to see if this is really a gambling ship, whether the owner has any connection with China, and they suspect that this gambling ship might have some hidden secrets.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Sen immediately became nervous.

"Brother Lu, we won't give ourselves away, will we?"

Lu Jiefang said, "Don't worry! Many parts are covered with an outer skin, and some parts have been modified by our own people since the ship started sailing. You won't notice it at all unless you take it apart to look."

"Won't the shipyard give themselves away? After all, we managed to get their vehicle out of there."

"That's none of our business. Our paperwork is all in order."