Chapter 87 Chapter 87 There are already some signs...
Not only Chang Ruijia was looking for different types of monster fish nearby based on her experience.
Even Lu Baian behind him finally returned to normal after suppressing the ripples in his heart.
The phone in his hand kept contacting people from all over the place, asking them if they had any new discoveries about monster fish species, such as other monster fish species they had never seen before.
After all, this matter concerns the life safety of a market team. It is enough to let your mind wander a little, but the main work at hand cannot be stopped easily.
This is an area of sea that she seems to have never been to, Chang Ruijia thought to herself.
Seeing Xiao Ai standing by the bed and not being as active as usual, Chang Ruijia seemed to understand the little Ai's restraint in arriving in an unfamiliar sea for the first time.
Not to mention, the "master" of this sea area is still unknown, a monster fish of some kind. It's best to avoid provoking them and just quietly stay by the bed.
With the reminder of Xiao Yi's abnormal behavior, Chang Ruijia's already vigilant spirit was once again elevated to an unprecedented new level.
The number of GoPro cameras that were originally planned to be scattered in different directions on the floating objects was reduced by half, and the original ordinary thin lines were replaced with spare guy ropes on the bed.
After all preparations were made, Chang Ruijia and Lu Baian looked at each other, and together they carefully placed the GoPro in their hands on the bed hanging beside it, and slowly pulled the length of the guy rope, allowing the man to retreat back to the tent in the middle of the bed.
After the two of them returned from the surrounding beds and met again, they waited for the beds on the sea, which had been shaking due to the movement of people, to return to calm, and then slowly let out the wind ropes in their hands.
The GoPro, which was originally floating on the sea surface due to the controlled length of the wind rope, now sank to the deep seabed in a controlled manner along with the slight waves on the sea surface and gradually increased the length of the wind rope.
Lu Baian took out all the mobile phones in his hand at this time, linked them to the GoPro images that sank deep into the seabed, and placed them one by one on the table in the middle of the tent so that the two of them could detect the slightest changes in the images at the first time.
While they were supposed to be observing together, Chang Ruijia was the primary investigator. Lu Baian's phone was flooded with messages, including daily market news and information on the other monster fish species he had just inquired about.
In addition, it is not known whether the monster fish in this sea area live in groups or alone. The range of exploration under the sea is too vast, and the monster fish have a strong sense of territory. It is not known when we can see their true appearance.
There was no way Lu Baian would be allowed to waste all his time waiting. He could only let Lu Baian take over temporarily when Chang Ruijia was tired.
The deep blue seabed on the mobile phone screen seems like a mysterious existence.
If Chang Ruijia's eyesight wasn't quite good enough to occasionally spot layers of monster fish swimming through the rippling waves, the images sent back by the GoPro would have looked like a no-man's land.
No, the no-man's land is at least desolate and deserted with a harsh climate. If you have sufficient equipment and rich experience, there is still a possibility of survival.
But in this mysterious deep sea, one careless move could lead to eternal damnation, not to mention the increasing number of extremely lethal monster fish.
Although only a GoPro was used to explore the deep sea each time, the images transmitted back were enough to scare the observers.
Chang Ruijia tried hard to hold her breath, so as not to let the wind rope tied to the GoPro in her hand shake too much, causing fluctuations on the seabed water surface and attracting the attention of the monster fish. She focused all her attention on the subtle changes on the screen.
When my eyes got tired from looking at the screen, I took turns with Lu Baian, walked out of the tent and went to the bed, gently paddling the oars to change our positions.
One stroke, two strokes, three strokes, then watch the screen climb for an hour or two, then take a few more strokes...
Time passed quickly as they waited and paddled. Just as Chang Ruijia was staring at the screen, her eyes almost blurry, and she was about to go outside to paddle for a while, she suddenly heard Lu Baian's excited cry from behind her, "Found it! There's news of encountering other monster fish."
That’s great!
Chang Ruijia's tense mind suddenly relaxed. Although it was possible to encounter the monster fish discovered last time in this sea area, it was better for someone to have accurate information than to look for a needle in a haystack here.
Now, time is life-saving medicine for them.
"Have you sent us the specific location? Then let's pack up and get ready to go." Chang Ruijia withdrew her gaze from the surveillance screen and turned to look at Lu Baian.
"Well, it's not far from us, which is good news." Lu Baian nodded.
The person who gave him the news was just a traveling merchant who was looking for markets to resell.
It is said that not far from them, a team from another market was seen catching a strange-looking monster fish not long ago.
After getting the accurate information, Lu Baian no longer cared about the phone that was sending messages. He took the wind rope from Chang Ruijia's hand and, imitating her, carefully took back the GoPro, trying not to cause it to shake.
However, just as Chang Ruijia and Lu Baian were concentrating on retrieving the GoPro, they did not notice that the surveillance footage transmitted back from the screen of the mobile phone she had placed aside suddenly flashed a strange red light.
Perhaps, at this moment, there were already signs of the impending disaster.
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Just after the meeting ended, Zhang Rui and Shi Fang, who were worried about the merchants in the market, left in a hurry, thinking about notifying their confidants to prepare for evacuation as soon as possible.
But when he saw the huge scale of the market again, Zhang Rui's ambitions that had been slowly growing stronger suddenly waned.
Who to tell, who not to tell, and how to tell them so as not to cause a huge change among the confidants, this is obviously another difficult problem.
"What's wrong?" Looking at Zhang Rui, who was originally full of energy but suddenly stopped in time, Shifang asked puzzledly after catching up from behind.
"No, I just suddenly feel a little lost." Zhang Rui shook his head. Sometimes, too much ability is not a good thing. It means that at critical moments, your responsibilities will be unprecedentedly great.
It can even overwhelm a person's shoulders and make them no longer able to bear the burden.
"Oh, Mr. Zhang, who is omnipotent, also has moments of confusion?" Shi Fang teased.
It was rare for him to see Zhang Rui, who always acted omnipotent in front of others, reveal such an expression.
"If you ask me, you're just overthinking it." Seeing Zhang Rui roll his eyes, Shi Fang curled his lips. "Why bother caring so much? In this world, giving them a stable place to live is already a great honor. Now they're facing a crisis that could mean their life or death, and you're still worrying about their safety and well-being."
Shi Fang came closer and gave her some bad advice, "Just announce the news. Those who want to leave can leave, and those who want to stay can stay. We don't plan to own this market base anyway, so what happens to it is none of our business."
"There are other market bases nearby. If you don't want to leave, you can go somewhere else."
Seeing Shi Fang's matter-of-fact look, Zhang Rui suddenly became curious. "Since you don't care about the lives of those people, then why did you work so hard to form a guard team, repeatedly check for safety hazards, and rescue those who were lost outside?"
"Ah? I don't plan to save him?" Shi Fang looked at her in surprise, not quite understanding why she would ask such a question. However, since things had come to this point today, he didn't mind explaining it more clearly.
Looking at the bustling market not far away, Shi Fang's eyes were filled with indifference. "I never care about those people's lives. I'm following you."
"Brother Lu, you, Xiao Zhong, and Brother Yu, it was you who wanted to set up a market to accommodate more people, so I served as a guard. As for those crises, if you hadn't asked me to go, I wouldn't have risked my life to save people. It's hard enough to stay alive myself, so how could I have such a kind heart?"
"So what do you usually do..." Zhang Rui asked in confusion, as if he was meeting this person for the first time.
"Well..." Shifang rubbed his face and said with a smile, "I'm good at making jokes! Living in this world is hard enough as it is. If I have to be serious all the time like you guys, it would be so boring."
Zhang Rui suddenly recalled that during the long time they knew each other, Shifang had acted like a good boy and a fool time and time again, which had added a lot of laughter to the whole team.
But if you look into the root of the matter, if Shifang was really just a brainless person who only knew how to tell nonsense jokes, then he would not have survived in the market for so long, and he even had an increasingly tight control over the guard team. He would probably have been buried at the bottom of the sea long ago.
"Of course," Zhang Rui looked up and down at Shifang, clicking his tongue. "I really thought you were a brainless person, always arguing with me. I didn't expect you to be such a profound person."
This time, it was Shi Fang's turn to be choked by her words. He rolled his eyes and said, "Please, you're the only one who doesn't have the brains to notice that something's wrong with me. Otherwise, how do you think Brother Lu would trust me with something as important as safety?"
"On weekdays, I see you handling the affairs of the market in a very reasonable manner, but why do you act so foolishly when it comes to me?"
"Bullshit!" Zhang Rui retorted, "That's called trusting your companions! What do you, with your mind like a honeycomb, know?"
"Oh, trusting your companions?" Shi Fang didn't dare to speak loudly, only whispering, "He's a good abacus expert outside, but inside the team, he wouldn't even know if I sold him for two dollars."
Zhang Rui snorted coldly and decided not to bother with this mumbling person. However, she seemed to suddenly remember something, looked around carefully, and came closer to ask.
"What about Chang Ruijia? Don't do anything stupid. Not to mention the huge amount of supplies she has, just look at our Brother Lu. It's a good thing he didn't marry into the family. Don't dislike her and cause trouble. Besides, Sister Chang is a good person. If we have any problems, we can..."
Before Zhang Rui could finish her words, she looked up and saw Shi Fang looking at her as if she was a fool. She was so angry that she just picked up something and threw it at him.
"What are you looking at! What does that look mean?!"
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