Chapter 179
Neither the captain nor the player considered the possibility of the navy losing. They had the same confidence in the Dynasty's army as they did in the outside world. The army fired accurately, and with a single shot, it shattered the planks the pirates had just climbed onto.
"Captain, those pirates are gone."
"If it's gone, it's gone. As long as we have the rope, we can get the body and reward it accordingly." The wooden board could not support the pirate to swim to the shore. The captain tied the pirate to the wooden board not to let the pirate survive, but to make it easier for the officers and soldiers on the warship to get the body and reward them according to their merits.
Because they usually don't drag their feet or steal heads, and often give heads to officers and soldiers, the official ships have a very good reputation in the navy. Usually, a warship will come to rescue them as soon as a signal flare is sent. The safety factor is unmatched by ordinary ships.
The task of dealing with pirates has come to a temporary end. After confirming that the pirate ship can no longer catch up, the captain began to deal with the stowaways. As for issuing mission rewards to players who participated in the mission, the deputy captain is responsible for it.
"There's work!" Bai Youchang, who was in charge of the interrogation, was quite surprised when he was called online. As the only person in charge of interrogation on the ship, he rarely needed to be online. "What happened?"
"Nothing, just a bunch of stowaways," his colleague yawned as he handed them over. "The captain's worried some of them are in league with the pirates who showed up tonight." This wasn't an unfounded worry; in the enclosed environment of the sea, anything could happen. Besides interrogating the stowaways, all the crew members had to gather again before the meeting was over to review and change the codewords to prevent any natives from sneaking in and using the old codewords to take advantage of the situation.
Bai Youchang brought the stowaway into the cabin for interrogation. Players waiting on the deck for their mission rewards craned their necks curiously to peek inside, but the quickly closing hatch blocked their view. A moment later, muffled screams erupted from the cabin. Those who had been waiting to watch the excitement rubbed their chilled necks and turned their heads back without a word.
Bei Qiao chose the cash reward, so she didn't need to go to the vice-captain to queue up and claim it. After reporting to the captain, she returned to her room. After logging off, she took off her holographic glasses and heard Tang Yuan scratching at the door: "Here I am."
Bei Qiao opened the door and watched Tang Yuan sniff around him before turning his head and leaving. He chased after him in confusion and bent down to touch Tang Yuan's head: "Are you done?" He wasn't hungry, thirsty, or wanted to be touched, so why was he scratching the door? Was he just not happy with it?
"Meow." Tangyuan shook his tail: Just to make sure you are not injured while hunting.
When they returned from patrolling in another world, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Their parents had already gone to bed. When they heard Bei Qiao open the door, they lay on the bed and reminded her to drink a bowl of milk before going to bed to help her sleep.
Bei Qiao replied, "I know." After washing up, he poured a thermos cup of warm water, pretended to have drunk milk, went back to the room, lay on the bed and closed his eyes.
My neighbor is probably traveling, and their dog is lonely. He often whines and scratches the wall at night. Although it's a bit noisy, it barely disturbs my sleep unless I pay attention.
A night passed, and the sun rose. Bei Qiao got up, stretched, opened the door, and picked up Tangyuan, who had come running towards him. It had been a bit chilly these days, and Tangyuan hated the cold floor, so he wouldn't walk unless someone held him.
After breakfast, Tangyuan refused to leave. Beiqiao pretended to hold it in his arms and open the door to walk out. The wind blew it into Beiqiao's arms, but it still stubbornly refused to move. Seeing this, Beiqiao simply took the cat out for a stroll to breathe in the fresh air. He returned home half an hour later and went back online.
During this time, Tangyuan kept nestling in Beiqiao's arms and humming. When Beiqiao opened the door and came home, it still looked very tired, as if it had been active in the past half hour.
After failing to return the cat to its nest, Bei Qiao decided to simply carry it online. Unsure if Tangyuan was still in her arms, she instinctively embraced him as she opened the door to her otherworldly room. The next second, a small, furry creature swooped over and landed right in her arms.
In real life, Tangyuan jumped up with his eyes closed and sniffed around in Beiqiao's arms: It's strange, why do I feel like there are little goblins trying to steal my poop scooper?
The furry thing was a grayish flying squirrel. After landing on Bei Qiao's arm, it quickly crawled down her arm to the ground and disappeared in a flash.
Tangyuan, who was about to go crazy, said: Hey, why does it feel like it's gone all of a sudden?
Bei Qiao had no idea that Tang Yuan had nearly gotten mad at her over the flying squirrel. She closed the door and headed straight downstairs to the deck. The sea was as rough as usual that morning. There were no pirates to be seen, nor was there any sign of the blood that had gradually thinned on the surface.
"I saw them fishing for pirates by the window yesterday. The pirates' blood was so red, tsk tsk!" Although they didn't participate in yesterday's battle, this didn't stop one of the natives from bragging about what happened yesterday: "It's only because they wouldn't let me out. Otherwise, with my ability to swim in the waves, I would have killed them several times!"
"Oh, right, right..." The son who was forced to be the supporting actor turned sideways to his father and rolled his eyes, not shying away from other people's thoughts at all: Last time he said he was a tiger coming down the mountain, now he's turned into a white shark in the waves. He changes his nickname every time he brags. Last time in my hometown, a one-meter-deep pond could drown you and make you cry for help, and you still call him a white shark in the waves, tsk!
The captain hadn't allowed the natives to participate in last night's mission. After all, if they died, they were truly dead. Human life was important, and it was also very troublesome. Although they appeared enthusiastic and courageous when they accepted the mission, in the moment of life and death, the instinct to preserve their lives still prevailed.
It's understandable that people want to save their lives, but many people, when their minds are blank, will do things that hinder the team's progress, sometimes even causing the crew's death. Even if it's not a real death, the captain refuses to accept such a thing happening.
While the natives felt a little regretful about not being able to participate in the fight against the pirates, after witnessing the battle, this regret was less significant. Instead, they were more interested in discussing the dangers of fishing for pirates and whether it was suitable for indoor use. Some even knocked on someone's door in the middle of the night to inquire whether they considered the act cruel.
The coward who had previously said the female doctor's act of saving someone was inappropriate was woken up in the middle of the night and bombarded with inexplicable questions. If he hadn't felt he couldn't defeat them, he would have rolled up his sleeves: "Who's picking on me? They're pirates! I feel the pain for the horses when they were torn apart by five horses!" Even with books like "The Domineering Pirate and the Pretty Enemy" circulating on the market, ordinary people know that pirates, like bandits, can kill people. Is it a difficult choice to choose between me and the pirates?
"Tsk tsk, you are indeed a cultured person..." Seeing that he had irritated the other person, the man did not pester him anymore, but before leaving, he still couldn't help but sneered: Who gave you the courage to speak ill of the doctor? Do you plan to never get sick in your life?
Without the threat of pirates, the natives ate and slept, and woke up the next day to continue doing their own things, bragging and chatting. Their mood was just like the sea outside, and the pirates left no extra traces on it.
Bei Qiao doesn't care about pirates at all. They are not from the same world, so even if they become enemies... well, the Fourth Calamity still holds grudges. Players who encounter pirates never take revenge overnight. If they do, it means they haven't taken enough revenge and plan to do it again.
"Hey? Is there anyone over there?"
"How can there be... Hey? It seems like there's a real living person on the sea?"
On the other side of the deck, some natives discovered someone who had died at sea. Seeing that the person holding onto the driftwood seemed to be still conscious, they quickly asked the crew for help in pulling the person out and giving him first aid. Bei Qiao noticed a group of people gathered there and subconsciously went over to watch the excitement.
"What happened again?" Bai Youchang, who had stayed up all night to interrogate the stowaways, yawned, opened the door and walked out of the cabin. He saw his colleagues carrying three people on stretchers hurriedly passing by him, followed by a group of passengers who were watching the fun.
"It's okay, they just died at sea. There's no need to interrogate them this time..." The colleague was a little uncertain, but the people who had just been rescued didn't look very well, so he was more inclined to ask a doctor to check them out first, and then ask who they were after they recovered a little.
"Okay, I'd better go and take a look, so as not to be woken up again just after falling asleep." Bai Wuchang pulled the wet towel around his neck and wiped his face: "I feel a pain in my heart from listening to the alarm clock too much." It's not that he is pessimistic, it's just that the composition of the people on the sea is complicated. Except for the players who bought tickets, the identities of others are really, sometimes even more outrageous than a reversal drama.
"That's fine. If you're fine, come log off with me. We can go to dinner together after we wake up." The colleague nodded, and together with his partner, they carried the stretcher and walked towards the hall at a quick pace. On the way, they didn't forget to greet the county magistrate who passed by: "Hey, sir, good morning!"
"Good morning, what are you doing...huh?" The county magistrate saw the crew carrying a stretcher and turned sideways to signal his attendants to clear the way. However, at this moment, two of the people on the stretchers suddenly jumped up, pulled out sharp blades from their bodies, and stabbed the county magistrate.
"Oh my goodness!" The passengers who followed were stunned for a moment, then quickly dispersed to look for tools. Is this finally our chance to be a hero? Hurry, hurry, the quicker the better!
"Hey, what's your name?" There are those who aspire to be a hero and gain fame, while there are also those who simply don't get involved. When others are looking for tools, some people don't want to get involved at all, and if they don't want to chat with others, they might even turn around and walk away.
Bei Qiao, who was being approached, felt as if he saw the two attackers’ expressions become ferocious: Oh, are they angry?
Because the person on the stretcher suddenly jumped up, the crew member closest to the county magistrate was caught off guard and tripped by the suddenly falling stretcher, almost falling to the ground. However, he reacted quickly. After stabilizing himself, he quickly left the stretcher and rushed over to try to stop the attacker: Damn it, I should have listened to Lao Bai earlier and tried to rescue him first.
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