Chapter 160: Chapter 160: Seeing Lydia Magnus Again

"Look, isn’t that the person who was taken away? We didn’t see her yesterday, so I thought something had happened to her!"

Stella Sterling’s appearance made the expressions of the others on the ship change.

Two groups of people had been taken away yesterday. One group came out right away, but the other woman was never seen again. They all assumed some problem had been found with her and she had already been "dealt with."

Seeing her so suddenly, they thought their eyes were playing tricks on them.

Many people on the ship pointed and whispered at Stella Sterling. Drake’s group saw her too.

"She’s out too? Did she finally change her mind and decide to obediently hand over her gun and listen to Meridia Base?"

"Of course. If she didn’t hand over the gun, was she really going to get off the ship and leave? Out here on this vast expanse of water, danger can appear at any moment, not just at night but even during the day. How could anyone survive without joining the base?"

Drake watched Stella Sterling, his expression unreadable, his thoughts a mystery.

However, although the others were a little surprised to see Stella Sterling, they didn’t have much of a reaction. After all, they had no grudge against her, so they didn’t really care what happened to her.

But one group was different. The moment he saw Stella Sterling, Timothy Chase’s face darkened.

"How is she still alive and still here? What the hell are the people from Meridia Base even doing?"

"She’s just one woman. Why are you so obsessed with her?"

Timothy Chase’s brother shot him a helpless look and chided him.

Timothy Chase looked resentful. "Brother, I just can’t stand that woman. Besides, she gives me a very dangerous feeling. It would have been best if we could have used someone else to get rid of her, but Meridia Base is completely useless."

Leo Chase also looked in Stella Sterling’s direction. That woman gave him an inscrutable feeling as well.

’But so what if that’s the case?’

’They didn’t have any major feud with her. No matter how formidable she was, all they had to do was not provoke her.’

Just then, Stella Sterling’s gaze shifted toward them, and their eyes met in mid-air. For some reason, Stella Sterling gave them a slight smile.

This smile made Timothy Chase’s expression darken even more.

’That smile was definitely filled with ill intent!’

’This woman is provoking us!’

Timothy Chase’s face was grim. They hadn’t interacted much before, aside from one unpleasant incident that hadn’t escalated further.

The woman hadn’t paid them any mind, so why was she looking at them like that now?

’Could she already know that I was the one who reported her to Meridia Base for having a gun?’

At this thought, Timothy Chase’s heart sank.

But he quickly glared back fiercely at Stella Sterling.

’So what if she knows? The fact that she can walk around freely on this ship must mean she compromised with Meridia Base and handed over the gun.’

’Without a gun, that woman’s threat level is greatly reduced. I’m not afraid of her.’

’Besides, I refuse to believe she’d dare to start trouble. If she did, the people from Meridia Base wouldn’t tolerate it.’

With this in mind, he looked at Stella Sterling with a mocking expression.

’So what if she knows? She can’t do a thing to me. If she has the guts, she should come and teach me a lesson. Let’s see if I’m scared!’

Seeing his expression, Stella Sterling scoffed but didn’t walk over to confront him directly.

Instead, she approached a member of Meridia Base and whispered a few words to him.

The man turned his head to glance at the Chase brothers, then looked back at Stella Sterling, and finally nodded respectfully. "Understood, Miss Sterling. We’ll get right on it!"

Captain Young had already given the order today to be respectful and polite to this Miss Sterling, so he took her words very seriously. Besides, if what Miss Sterling said was true, then those two were indeed unfit to stay with Meridia Base. They would only cause more trouble later on.

Stella Sterling nodded. She didn’t say much more, just briefly mentioned what the two Chase brothers had done over the past couple of days, leaving the rest for the Meridia Base members to handle.

Then, she paid them no more mind and walked toward the deck.

Meanwhile, members of Meridia Base were already walking toward the two Chase brothers to escort them somewhere else. The two glared at Stella Sterling but didn’t dare to resist.

The rain outside began to fall harder. Stella Sterling noticed the water level had risen again.

After staying outside for a while, she went to check on Basil Xavier.

When she came out, she found an argument still going on in one area.

Today, Meridia Base had rescued another group of survivors.

A good number of new people had come aboard. The ship was already crowded, and being cooped up together on the water all day made people restless and irritable. The slightest friction could easily lead to a dispute.

A few of the newcomers had gotten into an argument with some of the original passengers over something trivial.

This had already started when Stella Sterling went in to see Basil Xavier, but she hadn’t paid it any mind. After all, such things were common.

Even the Meridia Base members generally didn’t intervene unless it turned into a major brawl. Minor squabbles happened all the time; they couldn’t possibly manage everything, nor could they be expected to.

After all this time, they were still arguing, and it was getting more heated. She was still planning to ignore it, but then she heard an anxious voice cry out from the crowd, "Claire, are you okay?"

"How could you pull a dirty trick like that? You’re despicable!"

Hearing this name, Stella Sterling paused and turned to look in that direction.

She saw a thin, disheveled woman supporting another woman much taller than her, glaring angrily at the people around them.

The face had changed drastically from the beautiful, otherworldly one in her memory, but she still recognized her in a single glance.

’Lydia Magnus... she’s on this ship too. What a coincidence.’

’In her past life, they were together at this time. But in this life, because of her rebirth, many things have changed. She had no idea what Lydia Magnus had been through these past two years.’

’But looking at the other woman’s much thinner face now, it seemed her past two years hadn’t been easy either.’

"What nonsense are you spouting? When did I lay a hand on anyone? Do you have proof? If you don’t have proof, don’t make baseless accusations, or I’ll report you!"

"Yeah! How dare you newcomers be so arrogant, falsely accusing people. People like you should be thrown off the ship!"

The men surrounding Lydia Magnus grumbled one after another, their gazes cold as they looked at the bleeding woman.

She glared at them, so furious she felt like she would explode, but there was nothing she could do. She finally ignored them and said to Claire Xavier, "I’ll find someone to bandage you up. There must be someone on this ship who knows medicine. Just hang in there!"