The giant ship had a total of twenty decks, five below deck and fifteen above deck. Li Ke stopped when he climbed to the ninth deck.
Along the way, there were many captured people squatting on each deck, guarded by seven or eight people with guns. These were the decks that had been successfully taken down.
Upon reaching the ninth floor, Li Ke heard a total of thirteen gunshots. The last one occurred right before her eyes; the leader she had released had just fired, killing a seriously wounded teammate.
Seeing Li Ke approach, he silently retreated. Li Ke stepped forward and removed the bomb from the deceased's body.
They also took the ninth floor, but that was all they did. On the tenth floor, someone noticed something was wrong, gathered the guards, and fired a few shots downstairs before completely blocking the way up.
Li Ke wasn't too disappointed. The ship was too big, and it would be difficult for her to subdue everyone quietly by herself. The current situation wasn't too bad.
She ordered all those who had been captured to be gathered on the main deck. Anyone who was restless and wanted to resist was to be killed, but if she found anyone indiscriminately killing innocent people, she would not let them off the hook.
Niu Dazhuang selected more than 300 men and more than 900 women. There were only more than 200 remote-controlled bombs. After they were used up, the rest of the people were only chained by the hands, but their legs could move freely.
Niu Dazhuang then selected some minor leaders to monitor them, and those who performed well could have their chains removed.
Among this group of minor leaders, there are more than twenty brothers who were brought out by Niu Dazhuang, and more than twenty others whose whereabouts are unknown. Hopefully, they are with Yan Bo and his group.
By the time Niu Dazhuang led his men upstairs to find Li Ke, Li Ke had already interrogated the captain and crew and had a general understanding of the situation on the upper floors.
Niu Dazhuang asked Li Ke what the situation was, but Li Ke was too lazy to answer. She had been busy all this time and was feeling a bit lazy. She pointed to the few people lying in the next room and told him to go ask them himself.
The tenth to the fifth floors, a total of six floors, housed a relatively small number of people, about 1,700 people in total. The tenth to the twelfth floors each housed two to three families, and the two floors above each housed only one family.
There are ten families in total, occupying the top six floors. Their total number of people is less than five hundred. The remaining thousand or so are their subordinates, followers, guards, and staff who serve them.
The captain wasn't entirely sure of the exact number of guards, but there were probably around seven or eight hundred. The people upstairs lived a life of luxury and had abundant resources, so being trapped up there wouldn't affect their lives.
After Niu Dazhuang inquired about the situation, he saw Li Ke's lazy appearance and knew that she probably didn't want to attack at the moment and wanted to rest.
He ordered a few men to come out and prepare lunch, making it a lavish meal. Except for those who had been in charge on the ship, who were starving, all the other prisoners should be fed well and well.
Li Ke was sitting in a chair with a backrest near the door, facing the sky outside. She was looking out the window with her legs crossed, lost in thought.
This ship is too big. The gunshots have been going on for quite a while now, and there has been no reaction from the other ships. The people guarding the signal station haven't called out to say that they've received any information or asked any questions.
Li Ke asked the captain here, and each ship has its own owner and sphere of influence. For their ship, the captain only knew that the two families living on the top two decks were ship owners, but he was not sure which family was more powerful.
Their main job down below was to ensure the operation of some tasks on the ship. As long as there was no order to set sail, they were actually quite idle, and other tasks could be done by the imprisoned laborers.
This situation has its advantages; if other ships don't care what's happening on board, it's only a matter of time before they want to take down the people on board.
There are downsides too. Although the various forces are not closely related, with these six giant ships anchored in six different locations, it would certainly not be allowed for anyone to sail away on their own.
Niu Dazhuang walked up to Li Ke and asked, "How did you find me here? How did you know I was captured and brought here? Do we have some kind of telepathic connection?"
Li Ke snapped out of her daze and glared at him: "What are you dreaming about? If I weren't short-staffed, you'd still be locked up right now! Tell me, what's going on with you guys? Why weren't you on time? What happened? And how did you end up here?"
Niu Dazhuang sighed and told Li Ke about being tracked. Li Ke listened carefully and thought back to the animal rescue team she met in the flood. If the earthquake and flood hadn't happened, she would indeed have been found by those people.
As for how Niu Dazhuang and his group got here, that was just bad luck. Yan Bo and the others all had life-saving kits, but each person had one, and the quantity was limited.
Niu Dazhuang and his group also had some, but the quality was just average. When the earthquake and flood first came, everyone fled and managed to survive the first day.
The next day, everyone put on life jackets and swam together in the water to find their way, but after more than half a day, many of their life jackets were torn.
Because there are fish in the water, and there may be sharp stones in the current, in short, Niu Dazhuang and his friends' life jackets were the ones that wore out the fastest.
Later, Yan Bo and the others distributed more than twenty life jackets and let them work in pairs to hold on.
Yan Bo said he would take them to one of their underground bases, where the earthquake and waterproof measures were excellent, and they could hide there for a while.
There were 250 or 260 people in total, and there were 12 motorboats, but only 100 people could ride on them. The others could only swim along with the motorboats and switch places when they got tired.
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