Jiang Wu casually asked, "Why not go up there?"
A flicker of fear flashed in Lilith's brown eyes. She whispered, "The zombies above are more terrifying than the sea monsters below. The sea monsters below can't catch me, but the zombies above will."
Jiang Wu was slightly taken aback; there were no zombies up there.
But the next second, a thought popped into Jiang Wu's mind.
Could it be that Xiao Xia sent her own zombies down to the cabin to look for them before?
As a result, Lillian thought the zombies were there to capture her?
In addition, because of Lillian's fear and escape, Xiao Xia also thought that the people in the cabin were very afraid of her and her zombies.
So Xiao Xia stayed in the room where she was locked up.
And just like that, a perfect misunderstanding formed between the two...
This is a bit speechless.
This ship is so big, but only Xiao Xia and Lilith are left alive.
But this is the result.
The two were separated by four cabins...
Lillian glanced at Su Ziyu, whose face was cold, and thought that she probably wanted her to say more.
Lillian then pointed to the mountain of canned food and compressed biscuits piled up in the room: "And there's no shortage of food here. The people on the ship stockpiled a lot of food before, but when the sea monster attacked, no one had time to take it with them, so I moved everything I could find here."
She patted the ventilation duct behind her again, "These ducts are interconnected, I can crawl in to sleep or hide, and I get used to it after a while."
Jiang Wu glanced around again. Just the supplies piled up here, as long as they weren't spoiled, would probably be enough to feed dozens of people for decades.
In addition, there is a complex network of pipe entrances here.
No wonder the little girl was willing to hide here.
However, a little girl who was only ten years old had to fight against fear and loneliness alone in this dark and sunless cabin for 394 days.
It wasn't easy.
Just then, a roar came from under the floorboards.
Perhaps because they were far apart, the sound wasn't loud, but it was enough for Jiang Wu and Su Ziyu to hear clearly.
The sound was like the low-frequency vibration of some deep-sea creature, causing one's internal organs to tremble slightly.
Jiang Wu looked at Su Ziyu and said, "Xiaoyu, you stay here with her, I'll go down and check on her."
Su Ziyu nodded obediently.
Lillian looked at Jiang Wu in surprise and reminded him, "That sea monster is very powerful; shooting at it is completely ineffective."
"Okay, I got it," Jiang Wu replied casually, and then disappeared through the doorway in a flash.
Lillian turned to Su Ziyu and asked hesitantly, "Sister, what's your name? You're so pretty."
Su Ziyu's expression softened considerably, and she said calmly, "Just call me Sister Xiaoyu."
She glanced around the room and asked softly, "Are you scared being all alone in here?"
Lillian was silent for a moment, her gaze falling on a tattered rag doll in the corner, and she slowly said, "At first I was scared. I could always hear the sound of sea monsters banging on the door at night, as well as strange noises coming from the pipes. Sometimes I would be so scared that I couldn't sleep all night."
She looked up, a determination beyond her years flashing in her eyes. "But when my mother died, she held my hand and said that I must live well. So I forced myself to get used to it, to get used to the darkness, to get used to loneliness, to get used to falling asleep to those terrible sounds."
Su Ziyu's expression shifted slightly as she recalled the years she was paralyzed.
Back then, every day was shrouded in despair.
I've thought about suicide more than once to end it all.
If it weren't for Brother Wu's constant support and encouragement, she probably wouldn't have been able to hold on.
At the same time, Jiang Wu had already arrived at the stairwell leading to the lower level.
The light here was very dim. The small round window on the bulkhead was covered with an unknown slime, and very little light could get in.
Looking down, the staircase seemed endless, and the darkness was like a greedy maw, waiting to devour any creature that dared to intrude.
The air was filled with the salty smell of the sea, mixed with a rotten stench that made one want to vomit.
Jiang Wu pulled out the Level 5 Sky-Splitting Beast Claw Blade from the system's storage space.
He resolutely continued walking down.
Each step on the metal steps produced a dull "clang," which sounded particularly jarring in the deathly silent space.
The walls on both sides of the staircase were covered with strange marks.
In some places, the sheet metal was even torn open, revealing the twisted steel bars inside, as if it had been scratched by something huge.
On the next floor, Jiang Wu did not linger, because the sound was clearly coming from an even lower location.
Going down another level, Jiang Wu then discovered that the bottom was actually all seawater.
No wonder it was pitch black when I looked down with my own eyesight.
We can't go any further down there.
However, the sound happened to be on this floor.
Jiang Wu walked out of the staircase and saw a corridor submerged by seawater.
The murky seawater had reached up to my knees, and every step I took required more effort than usual.
The metal bulkheads on both sides had been violently damaged and were crooked and twisted.
One can imagine how powerful that so-called sea monster was.
Of course, this only applies to ordinary people or ordinary evolved beings.
In Jiang Wu's eyes, this was nothing at all.
Whether it's those mutated pangolins, the mutated giant python that Yan Yan subdued, or any other mutated beast, they can all easily do this.
Even Little Gold, which isn't known for its strength, could wreak even more damage here with its claws.
Jiang Wu walked forward, his steps uneven, the seawater filled with various debris: broken table and chair legs, deformed metal cans, and some fabrics whose original appearance was no longer discernible.
The further you go, the stronger the fishy smell in the air becomes.
It gradually turned into a mixture of blood and putrid stench, so thick it was almost solidified in the air.
Suddenly, Jiang Wu's foot kicked something hard.
He bent down and felt around, then pulled a human skull from the water; it was completely skeletal.
Jiang Wu casually tossed the bone aside and continued walking forward.
After walking a few dozen meters further and turning a corner, Jiang Wu witnessed a disgusting scene.
The walls and even the ceiling in front of me were covered with a disgusting slime.
It's still grayish-green.
In addition, the color of the seawater here has changed, turning a dark red, as if it has been mixed with a large amount of blood.
In addition, some of the water surfaces were covered with that disgusting-looking slime.
If Jiang Wu hadn't already honed his mindset through countless trials and tribulations, this scene would have been enough to make him turn back.
Jiang Wu couldn't help but mutter to himself: Could it be a mutated slug?! How disgusting.
However, having already arrived here, Jiang Wu put on his mask and then rushed forward as fast as he could.
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