Chapter 291: Survival at Sea, Day 17 (3) Making up for my mistakes…

There weren't many people in the group chat, only eight including Aoyi. The group owner was named "Xiguazi". The people in the room looked at each other and shook their heads. They were very unfamiliar with this ID.

Seeing everyone searching for the group owner's ID, Aoyi quietly reminded them, "I've checked, and he's not on the list. The information we can find on the forum is also very limited, with only a few inquiries he's posted."

Yu Miaomiao nodded without asking any more questions. Instead, she assigned tasks to the three people present, sent a message to Chenchen asking him to wait a little longer, and then began to browse the names in the group one by one.

There were not many people in the group, and she saw a familiar name at a glance - I love playing games.

If Yu Miaomiao remembered correctly, when this person was surviving in the desert, he had always been at the top of various rankings, especially the internal test server competition list, where he had always remained in the top ten. But now, after browsing, he had fallen to after 50th place on all the rankings.

Although many survivors have gathered the materials to make some items in the current stage of the crafting system synthesis guide, including herself, no one has started making them yet. This is because the snow season has not yet arrived and the construction hammer needs to be used for other things first.

But this person's ranking has been falling all the way. It is obvious that after unlocking the shooting function, he has not made anything new. Is it because of lack of gems?

She analyzed each name one by one, and had not found any useful clues so far, but the clue revealed by Ao Yi alone was enough for her to dig deeper.

There is very little chat content in the group. In some cases, the group owner just releases a keyword and everyone gathers to bid. There is no real valid information. It seems that everyone in the group is in single contact with the group owner.

Monkey poked his head out and asked, "Aren't you guys chatting in the group?"

"Yeah." Aoyi opened the chat interface of the person who had contacted him first, who was now offline. "I contacted this person in another group chat for sharing material information, but the group chat has been disbanded by the group owner. I forgot who the group owner was."

Chat records cannot be deleted or withdrawn. Only group chats can disappear by disbanding the group by the group owner. If even this is part of the scam, then this is a really big game. It seems she must investigate it thoroughly.

The two of them had a lot of chat records. About ten days ago, this person vaguely mentioned to Aoyi that someone was selling doomsday information at a high price. But according to the chat records, perhaps it was too obscure. Aoyi didn't understand it at first, until this person couldn't hold it back anymore and said it out loud, and Aoyi immediately took the bait.

The message slid quickly, and the faces of the four people present were all gloomy. On the contrary, Aoyi relaxed a lot. The atmosphere that was tense just now now eased up after his companions around him saw his chat interface. It seemed that he could not believe what outsiders said, and should tell his companions this information honestly.

The more Aoyi thought about it, the more it made sense. If he had told his companions earlier, they might have fully agreed with his approach and provided material support. Miaoshen would also think that he had made a huge contribution and would be the first to help him clear the dungeon.

Imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.

Lulu said mercilessly, "This person asked you not to tell your companions about this deceptive trick. Is that why you kept it hidden?"

I've complained so much about the berserker mode that I can only shake my head helplessly.

Yu Miaomiao didn't want to waste any more time here, so she said, "It's getting late. Since it's been confirmed that Aoyi colluded with outsiders to steal base supplies, although we tried our best to prevent it, Aoyi's actions have caused huge losses to the base. According to base rules, we need to deduct five times the amount of supplies stolen from Aoyi's backpack. At the same time, Aoyi will be sent to the periphery of the base for a 10-day inspection. There are four notaries present - Berserk Mode, Fatty, Dumb Thunder, and Houhou Doesn't Take a Shower. If everyone has no objection, I will sign this personnel transfer record book."

"Huh? What?" The scene changed so quickly that Aoyi thought he had misheard. He reiterated, "Didn't I do a good deed for the base? Why, why did you write me as a thief in the registration book?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another "bang bang" sound of wind outside the door. This time the sound was even louder than the last time. The "whoosh" sound of wind squeezed in from the gap in the door, and the entire offshore base was moved.

Yu Miaomiao grabbed hold of the supports in the room, silently memorizing the duration and intervals of each gust of wind. She replied perfunctorily, "You all have no doubts, right? Then, after this gust of wind passes, you shouldn't need to deal with Aoyi. Please ask Houhou and Kuangbao to send Aoyi away. Lulu, remember to synchronize the personnel changes in the on-duty group and delete his name from the safe and trusted list."

Monkey also felt that things happened too quickly, but since it was the final word from Meow God, he resolutely carried it out and immediately responded with a "OK."

Crazy had said earlier, "I promise to complete the mission." Seeing Ao Yi's stunned expression, he pretended to comfort her, "This time, Meow God is being magnanimous. He didn't expel you outright because you were thinking about the base. Now is the best time to send you away. You know, April will be back soon."

Aoyi hurriedly shouted, "But I, yes, I am doing this for the good of the base. I have no ulterior motives. Meow God, are you going to give up on me?"

Yu Miaomiao didn't answer him, but asked: "Did you take the things?"

Aoyi nodded absentmindedly and was about to say something in defense, but he swallowed it back when Miaomiao asked him the next question.

Yu Miaomiao: "Public supplies are only used for the normal operation of the base. You exchanged everyone's things without authorization, right?"

Aoyi shook his head, then nodded in agreement.

Yu Miaomiao didn't give him a chance to interrupt and continued, "This behavior is stealing. Let's not talk about whether the information you exchanged is true or false. If it is false, and your companions at the base believed what you said and were killed by you, you may still face subsequent punishment."

What's next? Aoyi was even more confused. Why was there still a follow-up penalty after the five-fold fine? Didn't he do a good deed? Was the penalty for a good deed this severe?

Aoyi: "No, Meow God, I really am doing this for the good of the base. My intentions are good. I've shown you all my chat logs. The last few days of the apocalypse are the hardest. I'm out here all alone with this flimsy boat of mine. In today's weather, it's bound to be overturned by this evil wind."

As if in response to what he said, the wind outside slammed the door again, making a few "dong dong" sounds, which scared him so much that he collapsed on the stool and dared not move.

As the sound of the wind passed, silence returned outside the house. Then there was the sound of waves raised by the sea breeze hitting the deck heavily, and there were no other weather changes after that.

Yu Miaomiao looked through the window and said, "Let's go. You have about 10 minutes. Monkey and Crazy, please pay attention to the time. If you can't come back in time, leave Aoyi there first. You two should come back to avoid the wind and waves and save your lives."

Kuangbao originally really thought that Miaoshen wanted to send Aoyi away, but when he heard this, he roughly guessed what she was thinking. He stood up without any hesitation, pulled one of Aoyi's arms, and said, "Since you have nothing else to say, let's go." After that, he gave Houhou a look and carried Aoyi out.

"My God Meow! Don't abandon me, I was wrong, I was really wrong. I should have been honest with everyone from the beginning. I shouldn't have committed such a sin of arrogance, but I really did it for the good of the base. I am willing to atone for my mistakes! Yes, atone for my mistakes. Didn't the base write a rule that you can make meritorious contributions while serving your sentence unless it's a major fault?" Aoyi half-knelt on the ground, looking very embarrassed, completely different from when he was first discovered.

Sure enough, his attitude at the beginning was that he relied on the fact that he arrived at the base the earliest, so he thought that no one would really do anything to him. Moreover, the more time everyone gave him to reflect on himself, the more confident he became that as long as he said a "very useful" piece of news, he would be fine. Yu Miaomiao sighed. She didn't expect to see this kind of "taking advantage of seniority" in the end times.

Aoyi's voice was very loud, and the wailing stopped abruptly after the door opened. Although his ranking in various subjects was not high, other companions in the base still respected him because he came early. He didn't want others to see his current appearance. He suppressed his voice and struggled hard, wanting to return to the warm and familiar public area.

Houhou glanced at Yu Miaomiao's gesture to wait a moment, and said to Aoyi who was lying on the ground: "Aoyi, why do you have to make it so embarrassing? It's not like I won't let you come back."

"Come back? Ah." Aoyi easily shook off their hands, sat on the ground, and said with a slight cry: "I just want to prove myself. I want to prove that even if my personal ability is not good, I can still help everyone with information collection. Is there anything wrong with that?"

There are three minutes left before Yu Miaomiao has to hand over her shift to Chenchen, otherwise her plans for tomorrow will be disrupted.

Yu Miaomiao said coldly: "Do you really want to redeem yourself?"

Aoyi looked towards the indoor wall lamp with lifeless eyes, focused his eyes and nodded vigorously: "I want to! I really want to! I can do anything. I never retreated when fighting monsters, let alone now! As long as you give me a chance, Meow God, I will definitely perform well and try to make up for the mistakes I made before." This is also the reason why Yu Miaomiao felt that Aoyi's brain was not very good, but he could still continue to regard him as a companion in the base, because he was very active in previous battles, and even suffered serious injuries in order to save a companion two days ago. He is a very loyal person.

Moreover, she needed Aoyi to continue following up on the elaborate scam that was almost aimed at her and Tingting, but not the Aoyi who was still self-righteous.

After giving a detailed explanation to Aoyi, Yu Miaomiao arrived at the duty post when the second wave of wind came.

Each duty post is a specially made iron house, which was also made by Lulu from the reward of the Fish King. It is very simple and can only accommodate one person, but it is sturdy.

Wave after wave of storms hit, and Yu Miaomiao was doing the repetitive and monotonous recording work, while continuing to search the world for relevant information about the scam.

When the first ray of sunlight in the early morning shone on her face, huge waves that covered the sky came at the dawn. The strong wind blew the plank under her feet to the side, and when the boat just stabilized, the next wave followed.