Chapter 113
Xia Beibei was always outside the situation, watching the snowy owl jumping in front of the food bowl and flapping its wings. She didn't understand it, so she just regarded it as an animal performance. Her feeling was that the meat bun was delicious, the fish ball soup was delicious, and the snowy owl performance was also very good.
The Arctic fox was no different from before. After eating, it walked to Qiao Sheng's legs and nestled.
Qiao Sheng and Li Mu, who knew the character of the snowy owl well, saw something else. The beak knocked on the iron bowl and the whole head turned to the stern, which should mean that the cassock cub didn't get to eat the shark meatballs.
After flapping its wings, seeing that Qiao Sheng and Li Mu did not react, it changed its approach. It flew in the air and used its short claws to grab the edge of the iron basin. It could not fly too high, otherwise it would knock over the shark meatballs in the basin, which would be very difficult for the bird.
Li Mu saw that it was too difficult, so he decided to help. He took a rope and made a net bag for the snowy owl to grab with its claws, and put the iron basin into the bag.
This time, the snowy owl was finally able to fly, and took the food saved from its mouth and the Arctic fox's mouth to its bear brother.
"It's amazing, are their IQs so high? Is this reasonable?" Xia Beibei looked at the back of the snowy owl and couldn't help asking.
"I don't know if it makes sense, but a small number of animals in this game seem to be smarter than in real life. For example, the black bear you held before obviously has a high IQ, but it's still not as smart as these two. That one was rescued, and these two came to us on their own. When we get back, I'll show you the duck called the tied one, which is also smarter than the wild ducks caught in the same batch." Qiao Sheng thought it was amazing. "I'm
so angry. I haven't been to the island yet. I either rely on you guys to get all kinds of agricultural and sideline products, or I rely on the trading system to exchange them. It's so sad." Xia Beibei took a bite of the meat bun and felt more miserable.
"I can't give you these four smart ones at home, but I do have other chickens, ducks, and rabbits, but it's quite troublesome to raise them. I have to feed them and clean up their feces. If you don't mind the trouble, I'll bring you a pair later." Qiao Sheng was worried about the increasing number of rabbits and chickens at home.
Xia Beibei agreed without much hesitation. She was too lonely on the boat. The overly quiet illusion easily made her think wildly. That's why she sent so many long messages to Qiao Sheng and Lin Haiyang. In fact, she had nothing to do except buying supplies and browsing the trading system.
Although raising animals is a bit laborious, it is nice to have some noises on the boat, especially the chickens and ducks, which are quite lively. However, she still hopes to have the opportunity to raise some animals like little foxes and little black bears, which are so cute.
The snowy owl came back not long after. When it came back, there was nothing in its claws. It must have left the iron basin to the cassock cub. It did not return to Qiao Sheng and the others, but circled in the air, flying around the entire boat.
After lunch, Qiao Sheng put the pot and basin into his wrist bag, and continued to collect and pack with Xia Beibei. After Li Mu put out the fire, he entered the captain's room again, gave Lou Ping'an a bottle of water with added ingredients, and checked the rope on him.
Coming out of the captain's room, I saw Qiao Sheng and Xia Beibei still picking and choosing. Li Mu's bag still had some space, so he followed the places they walked by to collect the marked ones.
When they filled their bags, I looked at the position of the sun and saw that it was only one or two o'clock in the afternoon. It was still early, so I called Snow Owl back and asked about the situation nearby. Qiao Sheng also secretly asked the system if there were other players in the nearby sea area, and the completion progress of the container ship.
The answer he got was that there were no other players nearby, and the completion progress was only 10%. It seemed that three and a half stars would not be that easy.
When the three of them were collecting and packing things, they found the door to the cabin at the stern. However, in order to store things better, Li Mu decided to go back to the wooden boat first, empty the storage boxes in his waist bag, and use the materials to make thirty new storage boxes. Who knows if there are other things to be stored in the cabin.
If there are really good things that cannot be stored, it will be very troublesome for these three hoarders.
Li Mu can go back and forth quickly by himself. Xia Beibei also gave him the elevator in the bag. When he went back, he used the height difference between the two ships, took the rope to make a net bag, sat in it, and slid down directly.
It was quite thrilling when they got to the wooden boat. Qiao Sheng and Xia Beibei were worried because they were going too fast and were about to hit the wooden wall. Fortunately, the snowy owl also flew over there and pushed Li Mufei in front of him to reduce his sliding speed.
Li Mu also stretched his legs and pushed against the wooden wall to prevent him and the snowy owl from hitting the wooden wall together.
Standing at the bow, he turned his head and gestured to Qiao Sheng and the others, then entered the cabin. It took less than three minutes to get out again. He climbed up with the elevator. When he reached the top, he grabbed the rope that Qiao Sheng and the others had let down. The snowy owl also flew beside him to grab his cotton coat.
He took back the ladder, followed the rope and worked hard, and soon he came up. Xia Beibei said that this snowy owl was a must-have pet for home travel, it was too strong. The
praised snowy owl held the pork jerky that Li Mugang fed it in its mouth, squatting on his rabbit fur hat with a proud look on its face. This pork jerky was probably taken by him when he got on the boat. Qiao Sheng asked for a piece and stuffed it into the mouth of the Arctic fox. This family must pay attention to fairness.
After entering the cabin, they lit the wind lamp. It was pitch black inside. Thinking that the control room of a normal ship should be at the bottom, the three of them groped for the stairs to go down.
It was also a coincidence that they went down from the stairs at the stern. The control room was right at the stern. After entering, Li Mu looked for the switch. After closing it, the entire cabin was brightly lit. Qiao Sheng put away the lantern in his hand so that he could take a good look at the control room.
Xia Beibei, who was wandering around in the control room, won again. There was an iron cabinet in the corner. When it was opened, there was a person hiding inside. With a scream, Qiao Sheng and Li Mu approached quickly, still pulling and blocking.
Qiao Sheng comforted her from behind, but he was helpless. How could this girl always find people?
Li Mu's machete was in a special blocking posture. He approached to check. The person was already dead, but it was not long before corpse spots appeared on the body.
Thinking that he could find some clues, Li Mu suppressed his fear and kept reminding himself that this was just an NPC, just data, not a living person. He also took out the rabbit leather gloves from his wrist bag and put them on before moving the body out of the cabinet.
After moving the body to the open space to search, Qiao Sheng left Xia Beibei aside and went to the iron cabinet where the body was found to look for clues.
Xia Beibei also calmed down at this time. In fact, she was not so afraid of this, but the sudden visual impact scared her. However, thinking that this body was just an NPC, she just treated it as playing a secret room escape. After several self-hypnosis, she followed Qiao Sheng to search the cabinet.
Facts proved that Jinli was not exaggerating. Li Mu did not find any clues on the body, and Qiao Sheng did not find any clues in the cabinet where the body was hidden. Xia Beibei, who was searching in another cabinet, found a work permit and a notebook.
"This man is called Ke Ming. Sister Qiao, do you dare to go over and compare the photo?" Xia Beibei read the name on the work permit, looked at the body and the photo on the work permit, and still did not dare to get close.
Without Qiao Sheng saying anything, Li Mu stood up and came over to get his work ID. Qiao Sheng and Xia Beibei flipped through the notebook together.
Although his face was pale and his eyes were closed, Li Mu recognized from the mole at the corner of the corpse's mouth that this work ID belonged to this corpse.
Since there was no other useful information, there was no need to waste effort on the corpse. Li Mu stood up and found a clean work suit in the iron cabinet, covered Ke Ming's face with it, then took off his gloves and walked over to the two people who were looking at the notebook.
Qiao Sheng and Xia Beibei were watching very excitedly, and they also told Li Mu that Ke Ming was a new crew member. He applied for this ship after graduating from the marine school on the big island. This was his second time to go out to sea to deliver supplies. The ship was loaded with food, fresh water, basic supplies and some advanced machines.
The machines were ordered by some small islands. Their mission was to deliver and collect marine resources, bring them back to the big island, produce and process them, and then ship them out in exchange for supplies.
Ke Ming applied for this job because he wanted to find his parents. His family fled together that year, but later they were separated from their parents, and only he and his grandfather fled to the big island.
Now that his grandfather has passed away and he has grown up, he wants to try to find his parents. After consideration, he found that it is most convenient to follow the container ships that deliver goods everywhere, and he can follow the ships to various islands.
The last page of the notebook says that there are strange noises outside the door, and he dare not go out. He hopes that this time he can be safe and find his parents.
"It seems to coincide with what Lou Ping'an said. They both say that container ships depart from cities on large islands to transport supplies to small islands with coordinates, but what Ke Ming said is more detailed. There are schools in cities on large islands, and people there can go to school and find jobs." Qiao Sheng summarized the contents of the notebook.
"This Ke Ming is not very old, only about 20 years old. Since he was separated from his parents and fled to the big island with his grandfather, this means that this world city disappeared within 20 years, or even shorter." Li Mu thought and analyzed.
The strange sound outside the back door might be the mermaid that Lou Ping'an mentioned. However, looking at the condition of Ke Ming's body, he had been dead for some time, but he did not die of starvation or dehydration.
When they entered the control room just now, was the door locked from the inside, or did they break in violently?
Li Mu checked the door of the control room again to confirm that there were only other traces of damage caused by him alone.
Now things became strange. The door was intact and locked from the inside. Ke Ming, who was hiding in the iron cabinet, had no obvious external injuries. Judging from the condition of the body, he did not die of hunger or thirst. Various signs showed that he did not leave the control room. So how did he die?
The cause of death became the biggest mystery. Unfortunately, none of the three people had experience in this area, and they were all stuck in the mystery for a while.
Xia Beibei also said something confusing. There is only one truth, and the solution to the mystery is always...
"Washing machine! We are not detectives. Let's not solve the secret room murder case here. The right way is to go to the next room and look for clues." Qiao Sheng stood up, patted the other two people, and was the first to leave the control room.