Chapter 8, Blood Ship, feels like a huge loss.
Darkness reigned.
When the sea breeze blew, Sang Li always felt that the sound of the waves was mixed with a low, eerie laugh, so chilling that it made her scalp tingle.
It's like the cries of many who have drowned.
After driving for three hours, we finally arrived at our destination.
It was exactly midnight, and the night was already very deep.
A cruise ship, not very large, appeared in front of the five people. There were no lights on the ship, and if it weren't for the drone's reconnaissance, they would have thought it was a rock standing on the sea.
It was pitch black, like a giant, looking down on everyone.
Looking up through the window, Sang Li felt a pang of fear.
Lu Jin pushed the door open and came in.
He attached a walkie-talkie to Sang Li's waist and said, "Most of the time, your voice will come through your miniature earpiece. I can hear everything you say, and I can also see your location. The walkie-talkie is for auxiliary purposes. Don't worry about the battery; it's always on. I control the switch, so there won't be any situation where you suddenly make a sound and are detected. If you encounter danger and can't speak, just tap the walkie-talkie twice, and I'll know you're in danger."
Sang Li nodded: "Then, will I be in danger?"
Lu Jin answered decisively: "No."
"good."
Lu Jin asked, "Did you remember? Repeat it once."
Sang Li: "Location tracking and communication; knock twice if there is danger."
Lu Jin: "Very good. Wearing contact lenses will synchronize with Tang Lan's map, as well as other commands and countdown functions. You don't need to operate it; it will synchronize with my operations."
Sang Li wore it obediently.
Blinking, my eyes weren't dry, and a semi-transparent screen began to appear in my vision, displaying the time in the upper right corner.
That's really high-tech!
All ready.
Lu Jin took out a bottle of nutritional supplements, unscrewed it, and said, "Drink this, then let's go."
Sang Li drank it all in one gulp. It warmed her whole body and even made her focus a little better.
She stretched her limbs and took a deep breath: "Let's go."
The rescue ship docked at the point closest to the blood ship. The blood ship's hull appeared to be covered in rust, but in reality, it looked like traces of congealed blood, sticky and eerie.
The ship's metal plates were twisted and deformed, and a viscous, dark red substance kept seeping from the cracks, dripping down the hull into the sea.
The drone buzzed, casting a narrow beam of light for the five people in the dim night.
The ladder has been secured to the side of the boat.
They were going to climb up.
Yu Qi was the first to grab the ladder and nimbly climbed up. After climbing three meters, she gave a hand gesture: "Safe."
Next came Tang Lan, Sang Li, and Lu Jin.
Zhou Fangyang directed the rescue operation from the rescue ship.
The night wind was biting, and the waves crashed against the hull with a dull echo, causing the ship to sway slightly.
Sang Li caught a glimpse of the waves beneath her and the endless darkness in the distance.
Wow, that's so high!
Sang Li gripped the rope tightly.
"Don't look down." Lu Jin's voice suddenly came from below. "You won't fall. There's a safety rope, and I'll catch you."
Sang Li: "I'm not the kind of person who lets things fall apart at crucial moments."
Lu Jin chuckled.
Following Tang Lan's figure, Sang Li, perhaps aided by the nutritional supplements, did not feel tired at all.
Finally, we reached the deck.
It offers a wide field of vision.
Sang Li discovered that the place was not as messy as she had imagined, but rather unusually clean, as if someone had deliberately cleaned it.
It was as if they were being welcomed.
Isn't it said that the "Moonlight Sirens" cause humans to hallucinate, leading to them killing each other?
Logically, the ship should have been covered in blood and corpses, or at least showed signs of a struggle.
But everything was so... quiet.
Yu Qi gestured for a pause and raised his gun to scout ahead.
Tang Lan took out five robots from her bag. The robots lit up with green lights and began to explore along the deck like running ants, drawing maps.
At the same time, the electronic map inside the eye begins to update synchronously.
Zhou Fangyang, who was providing support from a distance, saw the scene through everyone's contact lenses and pushed up his glasses: "Something's not right. The previous files indicated that BEAM-915 would cause humans to kill each other. Now, although there is a large area of blood around the deck, it has been cleaned up. And it should have been cleaned just now, as there are still water droplets on the ground."
Sang Li asked in surprise, "You mean, this abnormal being really enjoys cleaning?"
Do you work as a cleaner?
Or... is it that you have OCD?
Zhou Fangyang paused, then his voice came through the walkie-talkie: "You can understand it this way, or you could say that 915 cleaned it up personally. Because in this sea area, the most capable one is 915; only it can do it."
Sang Li: "Huh? Why? Is it animal behavior?"
Zhou Fangyang: "This has never happened before. I can only sort it out when we review the situation after this is over."
Lu Jin: "Be on alert and conduct reconnaissance."
Sudden.
Suddenly, a few beautiful pearls rolled out from who-knows-where.
It rolled and tumbled to Sang Li's feet.
It's white and very round; if it were sold in a shopping mall, it would cost at least ten or twenty thousand yuan a piece.
I want to pick it up.
This shouldn't be an anomalous entity, right?
"Don't move," Lu Jin commanded.
"..."
Sang Li gave him a resentful look and pouted.
The money I had in hand is gone.
Although she didn't necessarily want to pick it up, she just felt like she had lost a fortune.
“Stay close to me,” Lu Jin said. “You’re here on a mission, not to be a pirate.”
"Can something found be considered a pirate's possession?" Sang Li asked.
Tang Lan burst out laughing.
The five people entered the cabin from the deck.
No one noticed that a pale, bony hand took the pearls from the deck.
A note from the author:
Money-grubber +1
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