Chapter 42
After dinner, Qiao Sheng picked up the atlas on the table and began to look at it. Of the seven atlases, they already had five. It was no wonder that they had duplicates. They were all making them without atlases and learning them automatically, especially Li Mu, who made them himself.
"Are the duplicates useless?" Qiao Sheng frowned slightly, a little worried.
"It shouldn't be a big problem. Let's see if we can exchange them for something in the trading house. There will always be people who can't open the atlas." Li Mu thought of a solution when he saw the duplicate atlases.
Seeing that he had thought of a way out, Qiao Sheng felt relieved. He took the only two remaining non-duplicate atlases, one for a cannon and the other for a catapult. When he saw the materials needed for these two things, he felt terrible.
That cannon requires a lot of rare metals and iron products. The point is that there are only cannons on this diagram, but no ammunition! This thing is just a lump of iron and can't be used.
"This catapult is fine. If there is a chance to go ashore, we can carry stones back, but can our ship really carry these things? Will it sink?" Qiao Sheng felt that these two diagrams were like hot potatoes. It was uncomfortable to hold them, and it was uncomfortable to throw them away.
"We may have opened this diagram too early. This ship may not be able to carry these now." Li Mu asked her to learn the diagram directly, and for the rest of the diagram, she randomly picked up a metal wall lamp and put it in the auction system.
The next step is to wait. Tomorrow night, the value of this diagram will be reflected.
The dumplings they had planned to make the next day were not taken care of because when they woke up in the morning, they found a boat within sight. It was a little far away and they couldn't see what it was made of, but the color and shape clearly showed that it was not a wooden boat like theirs.
The two discussed and decided to go over and take a look. The boat was just in the direction of their downwind. They prepared their weapons, including bows and crossbows, wrist bags, backpacks, and waist bags, with water and food in them. All the preparations were ready, and they just waited for the two ships to approach.
As soon as they met, Li Mu threw the anchor onto the deck of the opposite ship. It was too far away to see clearly, but once they met, they could see that it was actually a small cruise ship, which looked similar to the modern craftsmanship in reality.
Before boarding the ship, Qiao Sheng still asked the system to make sure that there were no players on the ship or nearby. He was still worried and asked the system if there was any danger on the ship. The answer he got was: an abandoned cruise ship, with a danger factor of two stars.
The two of them weighed the pros and cons before deciding to board the ship.
The cruise ship was a little high, and even if they stood on the third deck, they were still a little short of the target. The two of them worked together to cut a wooden plank, moved the boat sideways closer to the cruise ship, and then climbed up on the plank.
Standing on the cruise ship, Qiao Sheng was still a little uncertain. He whispered to Li Mu and asked him, "Will this ship sink? If there is no one on it, will it be a ghost ship or something?" Li Mu sighed and walked ahead with a machete in hand.
When they arrived at the door of the cabin, they found that the door was deformed. They pried it open with a machete for a long time. They stood at the door and waited for a while. Li Mu took a torch from his bag and lit it, then walked into the cabin in front.
When they first came in, it was a little bright at the door, and it was pitch black inside. Qiao Sheng didn't dare to stay too far away from Li Mu, and just walked behind him.
"It's broad daylight, why is it so dark in here?" Qiao Sheng was really a little uneasy about such a dark and quiet place.
Li Mu looked back at the door they came in, and dragged Qiao Sheng to change the route, from walking straight forward to walking along the wall. After walking a few steps, they found the reason why the cabin was so dark.
With a swish, Li Mu opened the curtains, and the sunlight from outside shone through the glass windows, improving visibility.
With the light, Qiao Sheng was no longer afraid. She said something to Li Mu and prepared to pull the curtains in the opposite direction. Li Mu gave her the torch, and the two separated. After
all the curtains were opened, they could see that this should be a banquet hall, with a bar, a stage, tables and chairs, and even a lot of empty glass bottles on the floor and tables.
After the two of them gathered together, they carefully walked around the banquet hall and felt more and more that something was wrong.
"Are the facilities here too modern? There are light bulbs on the ceiling, and is there a stereo behind the stage? Haven't we seen such modern things since we entered this game?" Qiao Sheng pointed at the stage and asked.
Li Mu walked over to check and came back to tell her that they were all unusable. They looked like they had been soaked in sea water and were all scrapped.
Qiao Sheng was stunned by what he said. The ship was obviously drifting on the sea, so how could the stereo in the cabin be soaked in sea water? How did the water get in? And how did it get out?
With doubts, the two continued to move forward and found a metal plate on the wall of the emergency exit with a topographic map of the cruise ship marked on it.
There are seven floors in total. They are now in the banquet hall on the fourth floor. The two floors above and the first floor are guest rooms. The other places for crew activities are below. There is also a sea view restaurant on the top.
Afraid of getting lost in the cruise ship, Li Mu also pried the metal map off the wall.
With the map, the two decided to go up and take a look at the guest rooms first.
They found the stairs and climbed up. The guest rooms on the fifth floor are all sea view rooms. Many of them have balconies and can enjoy the sea view. The two went in one by one. Each room is equipped with a bed, a wardrobe, a table and chairs, and a sofa. The difference is that some are larger, some are smaller, some have double beds, and some have two single beds.
"We have checked about ten rooms, but there is no sign of accommodation. How can such a large cruise ship drift on the sea without tourists? It seems very strange." Qiao Sheng opened more than ten closets and toilets in succession to search for signs of human survival. "
Look again. If there is nothing on this floor, go up to the next floor. If there is nothing upstairs, go downstairs. I also think there should be people. The system told you that there are no players, not no indigenous people, right? Let's look carefully." Li Mu still felt that there should be clues.
This floor was quickly searched. There were a total of 20 guest rooms, but there was nothing. He continued to go upstairs. Most of the sixth floor was sea view deluxe rooms, a total of 12 rooms.
After a thorough search, they finally determined that four of the twelve luxurious rooms had been occupied. There were clothes in the closets and suitcases in the corners of the rooms.
Qiao Sheng, who had seen too many cases of bodies hidden in suitcases, refused to open the suitcases to look for clues, fearing a head-on attack.
So the job fell on Li Mu. Fortunately, the suitcases were opened to see if there were any scary things. Most of them were clothes necessary for travel.
Looking carefully at the dust on the storage boxes and the floor, it can be confirmed that these things should have been left here for a long time without anyone touching them.