Chapter 137 Tangdi Tongxin (5) Model
The cargo ship was coming towards their small boat at a speed of 10 knots, with everyone on the deck holding a gun.
"You, come up!" A man holding a loudspeaker pointed his gun at Tu Cheng.
"Don't worry, they won't hurt you," Tu Cheng said to Gao Mengtang. "If you're scared, hide in the cabin."
Gao Mengtang: "...not so timid."
But I was still a little wary. Most of the people on the boat were non-players. They were numerous, armed with real guns, and immune to the players' attacks. If a fight broke out, I didn't know which side would win.
The people on the cargo ship threw down a rope. Tu Cheng climbed up first and said a few words to the leader.
There was a 20-meter height difference between the two ships and the wind was strong at sea, so their conversation was completely drowned out by the noise.
But Duan Song had sharp senses and could hear clearly. He covered his mouth and translated in real time.
"Really?" asked the cargo ship's captain.
Tu Cheng: “Really.”
Captain: "Are they humans or players?"
Tu Cheng: "Ordinary people. If they were players, could I hang out with them?"
The captain said something again, and Duan Song seemed to not believe his ears, and confirmed it carefully: "The captain asked who he liked. Tu Cheng replied that he liked the third one from the left, the boy with short black hair. He wanted to live a stable life with him."
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
Following the captain's direction, He Lun started counting from the left. The first one was Bai Jie, the second was Lin Li, and the third was... himself.
No, that's not quite right, right?
He Lun didn't believe it, so he started counting from the right. The third one was Wei Wei, but he had short silver hair.
After a few seconds, He Lun finally responded: "W-what, he likes me?! What does he want to do with me??"
"Keep your voice down!" Wei Wei shouted in a low voice, "It's just Tu Cheng's delaying tactic, why do you take it seriously?"
"He's not interested in you, so of course you're not serious! Mmm, Mmm!" He Lun was halfway through his words when he was silenced by Wei Wei's Silence Skill Scroll.
The wind was howling and the people on the cargo ship could not hear Herun's voice at all.
The captain looked down and asked, "Where is the gold hidden?"
"It's in the Paradise Sea. Once you get out of this strange circle, I'll tell you the coordinates."
It sounded like the flag signal Tu Cheng just sent meant that he had hidden the gold, and in exchange, he hoped that the captain would take them in and protect him and He Lun to leave safely.
Gao Mengtang asked quietly: "Duan Song, can flag language convey such complex information?"
"Yes," Duan Song said, "By changing the positions and waving methods of the two flags, they can represent different letters. These letters can be used to form a complete sentence."
The two men exchanged a few more words, trying to build trust with each other. Not long after, the captain waved to Gao Mengtang and the others, signaling them to come up, and then turned and left.
Two rope ladders were lowered from the boat.
Climbing up the rope ladder, everyone on the boat looked at Helen with a smile that was quite playful and contemptuous. The captain, with bare arms, wearing a bulletproof vest, and holding a cigarette in his mouth, smiled the most radiantly.
He Lun was furious, and he resisted the urge to rush over and grab Tu Cheng by the collar and punch him twice. After all, he was inexperienced, and his face could not hide his true feelings.
Anger is not expressed through the fists, but through the eyes.
"Why does your lover treat you like an enemy?" the captain asked with a sneer.
Tu Cheng was very humble: "He doesn't want me to hand over the gold, he wants to keep it for himself."
"Oh, I've learned something new. Two men having sex together, and you don't think it's disgusting." The captain waved his hand and said, "Go, arrange a good room for them."
Several people led the players towards the cabin.
"Oh, by the way," the captain turned his head and smiled nastily, "the little fag will be kept in solitary confinement, but the fag couple will be given an hour to say goodbye."
As soon as the bedroom door was closed, He Lun couldn't hold back any longer and rushed over to hit him: "You short-lived bastard, what did you say to the captain just now!"
"Calm down, calm down, dear." Tu Cheng took two steps back and raised his hands.
"Kiss your grandson——"
Tu Cheng's expression changed sternly and he pointed at the door, meaning that someone was eavesdropping outside.
Gao Mengtang also said through the mental link: "A knight must be able to bend and stretch. Don't you want to protect me? Don't cause trouble and be obedient."
This sentence reconnected the broken string of reason, in an orderly and tidy way, and also applied a layer of adhesive.
"Kiss you, you bastard!" He Lun was so angry that veins popped out of his forehead and his nails dug deep into his palms. "So much gold, you can give it away if you want. What are we going to spend?"
Tu Cheng went from being alert to being stunned, and finally he tried to hold back his laughter: "Baby, money can still be earned, but life is more important than anything else. If we work together, what can we have?"
"Who will work with you?!" He Lun was almost crying, "I hate you!"
Tu Cheng: "Baby..."
Outside the door, there was a faint chuckle, and the footsteps of several people faded away.
"I'm not your baby!" He Lun sat on the ground and yelled, "I don't care about you, I only care about gold!"
Tu Cheng finally couldn't help laughing and said softly, "Okay, stop acting, they've all left."
"Why do you have to use this excuse when you can think of any other one?" Heron's teeth were clattering. "Why don't you just say you'll give them gold in exchange for their protection? Why do you have to drag me into this?"
Tu Cheng smiled and shook his head: "What do you know? If I don't leave a 'handle' in their hands, how can they trust me? If you go as a hostage, their suspicion of us will be much less."
"Besides, I don't have any gold, and I can't produce any evidence. Do you think they are fools? I can only give them a false handle."
He Lun understood the reason, but he was still angry. He slammed the floor and said, "Why did you choose me?! Two men, don't you find it offensive?"
"Who do you want me to choose?" Tu Cheng asked, "We have three women, your mother, Lin Li, and your sister. Which one is suitable to be a hostage? Are you willing to let them take the women?"
He Lun turned around, facing away from Tu Cheng, and sat cross-legged on the floor, folding his arms across his chest and sulking.
The captain gave them an hour to say goodbye, and He Lun seized the opportunity and said goodbye with tears and snot. He held Bai Jie's hand tightly and asked him to take good care of his sister.
An hour later, there was a knock on the door. The crew pointed a gun at Helen and said, "Faggot, come with us. You'll be put in solitary confinement."
Tu Cheng: "Take good care of him."
He Lun ignited an inappropriate sense of belief: "Chengcheng, remember to think of me."
Tu Cheng:?
The door closed and the people inside had different expressions.
"What kind of people are these?" Wei Wei asked.
Tu Cheng: "The pirates in this area. They stole this cargo ship."
"You also know how to use pirate flags?" Duan Song suddenly raised his eyes.
Tu Cheng smiled calmly: "We are the coast guards, dealing with pirates. If we don't even know their flag signals, how can we eat for free? We'll just wait for the thunderbolt to strike them to death."
The others had no experience in the maritime police or piracy industry, so they could not find any fault with the work.
The captain gave them three bedrooms, with Gao Mengtang, Wei Wei, Duan Song and Tu Cheng sleeping in one. They tidied up a bit and lay on the bed to rest for a while.
"Mr. Blind, Tu Cheng has helped us a lot," Wei Wei said through the telepathic link. "Since they are pirates, they must have done a lot of evil. Pick seven of them and kill them, and use their blood to balance the scales."
Gao Mengtang: "Well. I'll think about it."
"Don't worry about it. These people have committed countless sins. It would be a good thing for them to die. What are you worried about?"
This is [Arrogance], Wei Wei, Gao Mengtang thought, but did not transmit it into the mind link.
Even if they have moral flaws, they are equal people like you. How can you be so condescending and rank their lives in different levels, think that they don't deserve to live, and say things like "death is a beautiful thing"?
The cargo ship was taller and had many people guarding it, so it was not easy for Tong Xin Teng to attack it. The taut string loosened, Duan Song fell asleep quickly, and Pegana was already snoring.
The eye-protecting blueberries lost their effect, and Gao Mengtang closed his eyes, feeling drowsy.
"I can't sleep." Tu Cheng yawned.
Wei Wei was worried and couldn't sleep. After hearing this, he thought, why not get some information from Tu Cheng?
"I can't sleep either," Wei Wei raised his upper body, "Let's play chess?"
Tu Cheng's eyes lit up: "Okay!"
Chess and cards are convenient and interesting entertainment props that are always available on board. The two of them quickly took out a chess set, set up the chessboard, and started playing in the bedroom.
They played two games with full concentration. It was hard to tell who would win, and both of them played very seriously. When Wei Wei lost the second game, he shook his head and put the chess pieces in place.
"You have a sharp mind, and few people can beat me," said Wei Wei.
Tu Cheng smiled and said, "You are just a rough man, what intelligence do you have?"
"Smarter than me," Wei Wei maintained a smile and said calmly, "I also wanted to be a soldier back then, but firstly, I couldn't stand the hardship. Secondly, the score for military academies was high, so I was afraid of being rejected, so I didn't dare to apply. I honestly applied for the general liberal arts and history major."
Tu Cheng: "My ancestors' graves are emitting green smoke, and I am entering with a thread."
Wei Wei didn't say anything else and started with the first cannon. He still looked intently at the chessboard, secretly opening the mind link.
"Mr. Blind, Tu Cheng is definitely not a coast guard. Please be careful."
Military and police majors are all in the early batch, and even if they are rejected, they are still in the first batch, which does not conflict with applying for liberal arts and history majors. There is no such thing as "fear of rejection, dare not apply".
If Tu Chengdui really had a chance to get into the military academy, how could he not notice the problem in his words?
*
The blood of the seven evil men.
Gao Mengtang thought silently.
This had to be done quickly, his teammates were all gone and were just waiting for him.
Helen was also imprisoned by the captain...
The deck at night was wrapped in even darkness. The few lights were dazzling, but they could not illuminate the dense night. There were no windows in the bedroom, but the night seemed to invade, oppressing me so much that I felt heavy breathing.
"I have neither virtue nor vice." Tu Cheng dripped blood on the 14 pearls. "I can also just leave."
Wei Wei leaned against the head of the bed and read the book "Secrets of the Moon": "Sir Blind, can you share your assassination plan?"
There are non-players on the ship. They are immune to skill attacks. If you want to kill them, you need to use the most primitive method.
They have guns. Once they are discovered, the players will be in trouble.
Besides, the pirates on board the ship had fought together for many years and were familiar with each other. If one of them disappeared, it would attract the attention of the others.
How could he kill seven people without anyone noticing?
No. They are all human beings, not NPCs. How can you just kill them?
Gao Mengtang grabbed his hair in distress. Suddenly, he raised his head and smiled: "I have thought of a way, but you will be in the way here, why don't you leave first--"
Before he could finish his words, Duan Song interrupted him: "Senior, you just want to drive us away. This is impossible."
"Hmm!" Gao Mengtang grabbed his hair in distress again.
"Gay!" The bedroom door was kicked open, and a bald man said drunkenly, "The captain wants you to drink with him!"
Gao Mengtang: "I can't drink."
"Who cares if you can do it or not!" The bald man drew out his scimitar and pointed it at him. "Hurry up, the captain is asking you to do this, don't act like a fool!"
"I really can't drink. My physical condition..."
Tu Cheng whispered, "Don't try to reason with the hooligans. They just want to bully you. Come with me. I'll help you block the wine."
In fact, there was no need for Tu Cheng to block the wine.
Wei Wei could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, and he drank strong liquor as if it were water. After two hours of drinking, the table was spilled. The captain vomited twice and fell into a chair, holding on to the wall.
"You, hiccup, you, can drink quite a lot," the captain opened his mouth and almost vomited, "I underestimated you."
Wei Wei filled three more cups, secretly glared at the captain viciously, thinking, you want to get me drunk without even considering your own worth?
If you dare to ask me to drink with you, then I will drink. No one can stop me.
"Captain, continue," Wei Wei handed over a glass of wine with a smile, and placed the remaining two glasses in front of himself, "You drink one, and I'll drink two."
"No, I don't want to drink it." The captain was about to vomit when he smelled the alcohol.
Wei Wei raised his hand, and the 40-degree liquor was almost gone. He put down the cup and said softly, "Captain, you are joking. You have been sailing on the sea for many years, so you can drink a lot. How can you not drink more than a eunuch like me? Let your men see it, and have another drink."
His men had collapsed on the table, unconscious, what else could they see?
At this point, the captain would be embarrassed if he didn't drink. His arms shook like he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, half a cup of wine spilled, and the remaining 10 milliliters poured into his throat. Instantly, his stomach churned, the smell of alcohol rose to his head, and his eyes were red.
"Ugh—" The captain opened his mouth and vomited all the contents of his stomach onto the table, with a sour and pungent smell. The captain leaned forward and buried his face in the vomit.
I pushed his shoulder, but there was no response.
Tu Cheng gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Wei, you are this."
Wei Wei stood up, looked around the table, and picked out the smallest pirate who looked to be underage.
He put his finger under his nose and found that he was still breathing. Wei Wei grabbed his shoulders and threw him to the ground, then kicked him under the table.
"Your captain is drunk, help him back to his room to rest," Wei Wei came to the corridor and said to the people guarding outside, "The banquet hall is full of vomit, we will clean it up before we leave."
It was already past three in the morning. The pirate was so sleepy that he kept yawning. He poked his head into the banquet hall and his features wrinkled up by the smell of alcohol and sour air.
"Thank you for your hard work. We will go to bed first," said the pirate.
A group of people helped the captain and other crew members back to the bedroom. They didn't know how many people came to drink, and they forgot the young pirate under the table.
After everyone left and there was no one outside the room, Wei Wei locked the door, picked up a pillow and handed it to Gao Mengtang: "Mr. Blind, use this pillow to suffocate him to death."
On the other side, Duan Song dragged out the unconscious boy.
Gao Mengtang hugged the pillow: "I..."
"Of course it's you," Wei Wei said, "Don't worry, I've observed that he's a marginal person. Tomorrow we can say that he got drunk and fell into the sea by himself, and no one will doubt it."
They had already grabbed Gao Mengtang's arms and pressed the pillow against the little pirate's face.
"Push harder, push harder, senior." Duan Song urged.
Gao Mengtang: “…”
Duan Song: "Come on! Try harder!"
"Shut up."
Gao Mengtang had witnessed many deaths, and had killed several people indirectly or accidentally. But those situations were different from now.
Either he was completely blind and did not witness the murder scene, or the other party showed murderous intent to him first, and he was forced to fight back.
This is the first time I’ve actively killed someone.
"He Lun, think about He Lun," Duan Song whispered in his ear, "Try hard."
Gao Mengtang closed his eyes, straightened his arms that were pressed on the pillow, and pressed them down.
But just now at the dinner table, the boy knew that Gao Mengtang was a vegetarian, so he moved the plate of mixed salad in front of him to in front of Gao Mengtang.
Suddenly, the boy twitched and his elbow slammed against the floor. Somehow, Gao Mengtang held him down even harder.
His skin was not too dark, but rather smooth, and it looked like he had just become a pirate.
He became a pirate when he was underage. Are his parents still alive? If he was born in a family that could afford food and clothing, he should be sleeping in his own little bed now, carrying a schoolbag to high school tomorrow, looking forward to college life...
As if he could see what Gao Mengtang was thinking, Wei Wei said softly, "You don't have to pity him. He is poor, but he is not innocent. Most people in this world have low moral character. When they are young, they only think about doing evil and having affairs with men and women."
Duan Song echoed, "That's right, that's right. Think about those bad boys in your high school, the ones who disrupted class discipline, the ones who bullied people in school, the ones who spread obscene rumors, the ones who gossiped... They are the same kind of people. Senior, don't have a filter for people. Bad people are bad everywhere."
One sentence after another urged Gao Mengtang like a spell, and the person who was held down struggled twice. Gao Mengtang felt the warm vibrations transmitted from the pillow, which was him trying hard to breathe.
Gao Mengtang counted the time second by second.
4 minutes have passed.
The person will surely die within 5 minutes.
"No!" Gao Mengtang suddenly loosened his arms and stood up. "You guys go first tomorrow. I will find a way to balance the scales."
Wei Wei: "Mr. Blind, you——"
"Do as I say!" Gao Mengtang looked at him expressionlessly, "I am your leader."
Wei Wei opened his mouth but said nothing more, and his drooped eyelashes trembled slightly.
The little pirate breathed rapidly, his hands covering his throat, his eyes wide open.
His drunken vision was shaking and doubled, turning into flickering spots of light. He couldn't see anything clearly and his eyeballs moved in vain.
Suddenly, he saw a cold light.
It was so cold that it made people shiver all over, like ice water poured over one's head during the coldest days of winter in the north.
The swaying light spot solidified, and at that moment, the little pirate only saw a frozen cold light.
That was Wei Wei's gaze. Wei Wei stood beside him, looking at him coldly with his eyes downcast.
The little pirate instinctively sensed the murderous intent and struggled even more violently, using his hands to support himself on the ground in an attempt to stand up.
"He's going to grab a gun!" Wei Wei suddenly shouted and rushed over to cover the pirate's face. Tu Cheng and Duan Song immediately retreated to a corner to protect Gao Mengtang.
The pirate coughed for a while, pushed Wei Wei away, stood up shakily, pulled out the dagger from his waist, and pointed at Gao Mengtang: "You, ahem. You look pretty good."
"Just now at the table, I wanted to ask you this," the little pirate burped, exhaling a cloud of alcohol, "I've only had sex with women, never with gays. Why don't you try it with me?"
Gao Mengtang: "You, why are you suddenly talking nonsense?"
"Don't be so shameless!"
The little pirate rushed over but was kicked down by Wei Wei. The fallen dagger bounced on the floor. Wei Wei hooked it with his foot, swung his leg, and threw it to Gao Mengtang.
"Mr. Blind, hurry!"
When the pirate was about to get up, he felt a pistol among the mess of cups and plates on the ground.
Hot weapons are scarce. If there is a gun, everyone will hold it in their arms like a treasure. How could it be left on the floor? Whose gun is this?
The pirate's mind was in a mess and he lost the ability to think. He instinctively grabbed his gun and pointed it at the three people in the corner.
"He's going to shoot!" Wei Wei shouted.
The pirate pressed the trigger, but nothing happened, not even the vibration of a jam. He looked up in confusion, his eyes were bloodshot.
The dagger had pierced his forehead.
All his thoughts were cleared in an instant. He didn't even feel the pain. He fell on his back with his eyes still open.
Dead.
Gao Mengtang looked at his empty palm, then at the dagger that had pierced the little pirate's forehead.
He really killed someone.
It seems... not as hard to accept as I imagined.
What is the difference between life and death? Just like opening or closing a book, it is still a book. Sadness does not have to accompany death.
No, how can you think like that!
Gao Mengtang shook his head, shaking off these strange thoughts: "Next, we should..."
"You don't have to do anything to take the blood from the heart." Wei Wei had already cut open the chest quickly and efficiently.
The body was thrown into the ocean, and the blood spread out after being flushed with a high-pressure water gun.
Under the light, the last trace of light pink water flowed into the sea, and the trace of the little pirate's existence was completely wiped out. Gao Mengtang was unexpectedly calm.
As calm as closing a book.
It is a bit regrettable that the little pirate's precious blood did not produce any evil qualities.
Tu Cheng: "I thought he would have 'lust'."
Wei Wei threw the heart out of the window and walked to the deck to enjoy the fresh air.
"What happened just now? Why did the pirate suddenly go crazy?" Duan Song followed and asked, "I saw you feeding the little pirate a pill when you covered his face. You must be the one behind this."
Surrounded by non-players, the pipe was too eye-catching to smoke, so Wei Wei lit a cigarette: "A pill that catalyzes desire and can also heal injuries. An improved version after learning the Secret of the Moon."
Duan Song smiled and rested his hands on the deck railing: "That gun?"
"It's Wolanbei's model gun," Wei Wei narrowed his eyes and took a puff of cigarette, "It's highly realistic and worth a lot of money. There are two scratches on it, Wolanbei will definitely come after me."
Gao Mengtang is kind-hearted and will not harm anyone unless he is pushed to the limit.
"Well done." Duan Song patted Wei Wei's shoulder.
Wei Wei was the only one left on the deck, the orange-red flame of his cigarette flickering like a small, lonely firefly.
The cigarette butt was extinguished on the railing, the light disappeared, and the ashes on the railing were blown away by the sea breeze in an instant.
*
There were two people left in the bedroom. Gao Mengtang was lying on his side, hugging a pillow and facing the wall.
"Tu Cheng, am I a very bad person?" Gao Mengtang asked.
"Of course not," Tu Cheng said, "He wanted to hurt you, and you were acting in self-defense."
Gao Mengtang: “Hmm.”
But why did he react so calmly after killing someone with his own hands?
When Gao Mengtang was about to fall asleep, he suddenly remembered something from his childhood.
The incident seemed very ordinary at the time, so ordinary that Gao Mengtang never recalled it over the years.
"Mom, my desk mate died of encephalitis. His parents came to school today, saw me, and gave me a birthday present." Xiao Mengtang sat in the passenger seat and held up the stuffed rabbit doll in her arms.
Gao Yaxin glanced at the rearview mirror: "Did you thank Auntie?"
“Yes.”
"Yeah. Is the baby sad?"
The street scene in early summer was too bright to be real. Gao Mengtang looked out the window and said, "I'm not sad. I received my birthday present. I must be happy."
"That's not right," Gao Yaxin turned on the turn signal, "My classmate died, so I should be sad."
Gao Mengtang: "Why?"
"It's the right thing to do. You should be sad."
"Oh. I remember that."
The next day, Gao Mengtang went to school holding the rabbit doll, and the head teacher announced the death of his deskmate.
Gao Mengtang cried so hard that he was out of breath, and his teachers and classmates took turns to comfort him.
At that time, he only remembered crying and did not think deeply.
Looking back now, he cried for no other reason than his mother told him that it was the right thing to do.
In the cargo ship's bedroom, Gao Mengtang finally shed a tear. He hugged the pillow tightly in his arms and said in a choked voice: "I am just a very bad person."
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