Internal strife is about to break out!
Just when the atmosphere was frozen to the point of freezing, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and looking somewhat gentle raised his hand tremblingly.
"Lu... Boss Lu!" He pushed the frame of his glasses on his nose, his voice sounding flattering.
"Maybe I have a way. Find the cause of that magnetic field anomaly!"
"Oh?" Lu Ye raised his eyebrows and looked at him with interest, "Tell me about it."
There was actually some unexpected gain among this motley crowd?
The man named Wenzhou Cheng seemed even more nervous under the watchful eyes of the crowd.
He carefully pulled out a palm-sized, dark wooden box from his pocket. The box itself was plain, but a hideous skull pattern was carved on it in pale white paint, exuding an indescribable evil aura.
"This is a 'Lucky Skull Box' that I opened when I opened a system treasure chest earlier."
Wenzhou Cheng licked his cracked lips and began to explain.
"It is said... that as long as you ask it a question and offer it a sacrifice that it 's 'satisfied' with, there is a certain chance that you will receive the correct answer."
He paused, a look of helplessness on his face.
"But this thing is pretty awful. It only has three uses. I tried it twice before, hoping to get some supplies or the location of the safe zone... but it didn't work, and I wasted two compressed biscuits!"
He added, pointing to the skull on the box.
"If it refuses to answer, or if the offering is unsatisfactory, the skull will let out a strange, cackle-like laugh... Anyway, I ended up throwing it into the warehouse, where it gathered dust. But now it seems... this is the only solution..."
After Wenzhou Cheng finished speaking, he looked at Lu Ye nervously, his palms full of sweat.
He was afraid that Lu Ye would think this thing was unreliable and would just leave all of them here to fend for themselves.
Damn it, let's try it! Whether it works or not depends on this gentleman's mood!
The survivors around also held their breath, their hearts in their throats.
Lu Ye's gaze lingered on the strange skull box for a few seconds, with no expression on his face.
He didn't ask any questions, just held out his hand.
"Bring it here."
Wenzhou Cheng felt as if he had been pardoned and quickly handed over the box.
Lu Ye weighed the box and it felt cold to the touch.
He didn't study it carefully, but glanced at the side. Xiao Yiyi was holding a small plate of heated dried meat that had just been taken out of the ice room, emitting an enticing aroma.
Without saying a word, he picked up the plate of dried meat and stuffed it directly into the skull box without even looking at it!
"Hey - Boss Lu! That's..." Wenzhou Cheng exclaimed subconsciously, his flesh aching.
That's meat! In this damn place, meat is more precious than gold!
If this fails again, won’t it be all in vain?
However, before he could finish his words, he saw two faint red lights suddenly flash in the eye sockets of the pale skull on the wooden box!
Immediately afterwards, there was a slight "click" sound!
The skeleton's jaw actually slowly opened!
It did not make the "weird laugh" that Wenzhou Cheng said, but instead "swallowed" the plate of dried meat like a real mouth!
The next second, the skull's jaw slammed shut, and then the entire box vibrated slightly. The skull part on it actually slowly turned like a compass, and finally pointed firmly to a certain direction where the fishing boat was sailing!
“What the hell?!” Wenzhou Cheng’s eyes almost popped out and his jaw was almost dislocated.
"This...this...it's pointing the direction? It's not smiling?!"
He rubbed his eyes, unable to believe it.
In the two previous failures, the skull made a shrill laugh and then became silent, like a dead object.
But this time, they actually gave instructions? !
Could it be that this damn box likes to eat meat?! If I had known this earlier, I would have given it some meat to try!
The other survivors were also in an uproar, with expressions of incredible ecstasy on their faces!
"It worked! It really worked!"
"We have a direction! We are saved!"
Lu Ye just glanced at the skull box pointing in a specific direction, as if he was not surprised by the result.
It seems that this 'system product' has some tricks.
He casually threw the box back to the stunned Wenzhou Cheng, then looked at the survivors on the broken ships, his tone still cold.
"We have the direction. Two motorboats, drive away on your own."
"Ah! Good! Thank you, Boss Lu! Thank you, Boss Lu!"
Wenzhou Cheng seemed to have just woken up from his dream, nodding and bowing repeatedly. The leaders of the other two teams also came over quickly, with flattering smiles on their faces.
However, Lu Ye's next words made their smiles freeze on their faces in an instant.
"However," Lu Ye pointed to the carefully protected solar panels on their broken ships.
"Leave those things behind."
"What...what?" A leader's face changed. "Boss Lu, that's our last..."
"Hmm?" Lu Ye narrowed his eyes, "Is there a problem?"
The man's next words were stuck in his throat. Looking at the dark, metallic, and cold shipborne cannon behind Lu Ye, and Su Baiyue's expressionless face that faintly revealed murderous intent, he wisely shut his mouth.
Damn it, when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head!
"No problem! Take it!"
Wenzhou Cheng immediately nodded and bowed, and ordered his people to skillfully start dismantling the solar panels that they regarded as treasures.
Although the people in the other two teams were heartbroken, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and do as they were told.
Soon, several solar panels of fairly good quality were delivered to Lu Ye's fishing boat.
Lu Ye nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand.
"Go away."
The three teams of survivors were as if they had been pardoned. They no longer cared about fighting for the motorboats. They almost crawled onto the two small boats, started the engines, and sped away from Lu Ye without looking back, for fear that the evil god would change his mind.
Looking at their embarrassed fleeing backs, Shen Hebei came over, somewhat puzzled.
"Brother Lu, don't we have a generator on board? Why do we need these solar panels?"
Lu Ye patted the solar panel controller that had just been installed beside him.
"A generator is a generator, and solar energy is solar energy. This thing is just sitting there during the day, so it's just right... to power the air conditioning in the cab."
He turned and walked into the cab, casually pressing the air conditioner switch.
"call--"
A cool breeze blew out instantly, dispelling the heat on the sea.
Lu Ye stretched comfortably, adjusted the course, and headed in the direction indicated by the skull box just now. While humming a tuneless little tune, he drove the upgraded fishing boat through the waves.
The warehouse behind him was well-stocked, the cannons on the bow were fierce, he was surrounded by beautiful women, and now he even had air conditioning...
These days don’t seem so hard to endure!
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