Chapter 451 Fu Baiwei Got on Board
The wind and rain suddenly grew stronger, and the water became more turbulent.
Xia Xiaoman and his group finally returned to the vicinity of the underground city, but because of the storm, they were unable to enter the underground city. The people in the underground city also did not dare to open the valve to release water in such bad weather.
Xia Xiaoman had someone lower the anchor into the water and dock the boat near the underground city, waiting for the people in the underground city to come out and pick them up after the storm.
The wind was strong and the rain was heavy, the boat was swaying from side to side, making people feel uneasy.
It was past two in the morning. Xia Xiaoman couldn't sleep, so he put on a shielding suit and an oxygen mask and walked out of the cabin to check the situation outside.
As soon as she stepped out of the cabin, the huge wind blew her back a few steps. After finally standing still, she looked up and saw a huge figure standing on the bow. Xia Xiaoman immediately took out her pistol. Just as she was about to shoot, the other person slowly turned around, revealing a weird-looking face.
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a second, "Fu Baiwei? What do you want to do by following me?"
"Help me... take out the chip..." Fu Baiwei's voice was hoarse as if she had eaten a few frogs. Xia Xiaoman had to listen carefully before he could understand what she said.
"You didn't enter the dungeon, but were also injected with chips?" Xia Xiaoman asked curiously.
Fu Baiwei looked at Xia Xiaoman coldly. Her originally beautiful phoenix eyes had disappeared, replaced by a pair of frog-like eyes with bulging eyeballs and shrunken pupils, which were very creepy.
"Help me take out... the chip, you help me... and I will help you..." Fu Baiwei spoke very slowly, without any ups and downs in her tone.
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "How can you help me?"
Fu Baiwei raised her hand and swung it hard, and a ball of something hit Xia Xiaoman in the face. Xia Xiaoman immediately dodged it, and the ball of something hit the hull with a thud.
Xia Xiaoman's first reaction was that Fu Baiwei wanted to murder her, but when she saw the dark round fruit on the ground, she looked puzzled, "What is this?"
"After eating... I can breathe..." Fu Baiwei said slowly: "Help me... tell you the address..."
Xia Xiaoman picked up the black fruit and asked, "You mean that if I eat this, I can breathe outside without an oxygen tank?"
Fu Baiwei nodded and said, "I'll tell you...the address...for me."
"Why should I believe that I can breathe after eating this?"
Fu Baiwei's deformed face wrinkled up, a little impatient, "You can try one... "
Xia Xiaoman shook her head. "If this thing is poisonous, I will die young."
"So what do you want to do...?" Fu Baiwei was angry and spoke faster.
Xia Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll take this thing to the underground city for testing. If it's not poisonous and can still allow us to breathe outside, then I'll help you find a way to remove the chip from your body."
Fu Baiwei was a little reluctant, but there was no better way now, so the two agreed to meet and trade on the third day after the storm ended.
After agreeing on the next time to meet, Fu Baiwei jumped into the rushing water. Xia Xiaoman wanted to ask her why she became a mutant, but before she could open her mouth, Fu Baiwei had already disappeared into the water.
Back in the cabin, Xia Xiaoman changed out of his shielding suit and oxygen mask, and placed the black fruit that Fu Baiwei brought under the light for careful observation.
The fruit had a smooth skin, a bit like an enlarged version of a mangosteen. She tried to cut the fruit with a dagger, but found that the skin was very hard. She tried to cut it for a long time but couldn't make a cut. In the end, she had to use an axe to split it violently.
No wonder this thing made such a loud noise when it hit the hull. It's probably harder than a coconut shell.
After the black fruit was split open, the flesh inside was similar to passion fruit flesh, but the color was a beautiful bright orange-red. Xia Xiaoman leaned over to smell it, and there was a sweet fragrance that smelled quite tempting.
Wang Shijin came out to use the restroom and smelled a sweet scent. He turned around and walked to Xia Xiaoman, "What delicious food are you stealing?"
Seeing Wang Shijin reaching for the fruit, Xia Xiaoman slapped him and said, "Don't eat it carelessly, or you'll be poisoned."
Hearing that it was poisonous, Wang Shijin immediately threw the fruit away and said, "Why did you take out something poisonous? Aren't you afraid that someone might eat it by mistake?"
Xia Xiaoman rolled her eyes at him and said, "This thing was brought by Fu Baiwei. She said that after eating it, you can breathe outside without an oxygen tank."
Wang Shijin's eyes widened. "Is this true? There is such a magical fruit?"
Xia Xiaoman shrugged, "Who knows? We'll know if it's really that magical when we send the fruit to the laboratory."
Wang Shijin nodded and was about to say something when he suddenly realized that he had overlooked a question. "You just said that this fruit was given to you by Fu Baiwei? Fu Baiwei came to see you? When?"
"Ten minutes ago, she asked me to help her remove the chip from her body. As a reward, she gave me the address where this fruit grew."
At this point, Xia Xiaoman touched his chin, "Just now I saw that Fu Baiwei didn't seem to be afraid of the storm, which means that mutants can move freely in such a storm. If Fu Baiwei can come, other mutants can also come. The people who keep watch need to be rearranged, otherwise we won't know when the mutants come."
Xia Xiaoman had previously thought that in such bad weather, no creatures would attack the fleet. Unexpectedly, in such bad weather, the mutants were not affected and could come and go freely.
When Wang Shijin heard that they were going to resume the vigil, his face suddenly turned bitter. "The weather is too bad, with wind and rain. If we keep vigil outside in such weather, others might have objections."
"If you have any opinions, keep them to yourself. If we don't keep watch, if the mutants suddenly attack, we'll all be dead!"
Wang Shijin sighed, "Then I'll go make the shift schedule."
Xia Xiaoman nodded and said, "Schedule for five days, and arrange 10 people to guard every day."
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The storm lasted for a long time, for three consecutive days, the wind and rain continued.
Xia Xiaoman counted the supplies on the ship and found that they could only sustain them for two days at most. If the people in the underground city did not send someone to pick them up after two days, they would have to prepare to go hungry.
Li Yu'e looked outside through the window. "This storm is not going to stop anytime soon. We don't have much food left. How about starting from today, we should all cut back on food and divide the food on the boat into ten portions?"
Xiao Zheyu frowned, "How can we get enough food if we divide it into ten portions?"
Li Yu'e glanced at him and said, "It's enough that you don't starve to death. Do you still want to be full at this time?"
Qin Shuyan, who had been silent for a long time, said, "Why don't I go into the water and take a look at the entrance of the underground city. I remember there is a waterproof camera over there. I will swim over and use sign language to ask them to send someone out to pick us up."
Even if we can't send people out, we can just throw some supplies out. It's better than letting them wait like this.
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