The Flying World encountered a major crisis.
To be honest, Jian Jing did not expect things to turn out like this. On the sixth night, she returned to her room after finishing the interview, and all she could think about was revenge.
Yes, revenge.
Even if she won, cheating was cheating, and she couldn't let them take advantage of her for nothing, right?
There was one thing she didn't tell Jiang Baiyan.
Night vision cameras were installed in some places on the 8th floor. Before 10 o'clock, the lights on the cruise ship were on. What was the purpose of this? Of course, it was prepared for the lights to be turned off at 10 o'clock.
The program crew said they didn't know either, which was true, but it was a passive way of achieving fairness.
[Mission name: Undercurrent Reasoning Game]
[Description: You have participated in an international reality show game. This should be a fair duel, but some people are manipulating behind the scenes and trying to influence the outcome. Please win this game.]
[Mission reward: 10 points of courage]
Well, the courage is not worth mentioning, but the mission has appeared, and Jian Jing can use some props.
She used the perspective to screen the camera, and before taking action, she used the aiming skill to throw the chewing gum over, perfectly blurring the camera.
Tomorrow's quiz, I have to teach those cheating guys a lesson.
Jian Jing thought so and fell asleep.
In the past two days, she seemed calm and composed, but in fact, she was very careful. Her tense spirit relaxed and she inevitably slept deeply.
Her consciousness seemed to sink to the bottom of the sea, wandering in the blue world.
She had a deep dream and a deep sleep.
Jian Jing thought she slept well until her dream suddenly changed.
A shark broke in. She didn't know much about it and couldn't recognize its species, but from its appearance, it looked very much like the former horror movie star - the great white shark.
Its bloody mouth opened and closed, swallowing her in an instant.
Jian Jing: "???"
The next moment, the great white shark disappeared.
What immediately appeared in her mind was a transparent panel flashing red light.
[System: Special copy has been opened]
[System: Issue an emergency task]
[Task name: Silent Cruise (Special copy)]
[Description: A wonderful performance has just ended, but a new crisis has arrived, but this time it is no longer as simple as a game... Who is behind the storm, who is planning a terrible tragedy, please try to survive and find out the truth.]
[Task reward: Depends on completion]
Jian Jing:?
Jian Jing: Damn!
She woke up from her dream.
In the first second, she still had the beautiful wish of "just a nightmare", but in the next second, she saw the highlighted task prompt.
It's not a dream.
It's not an illusion.
It's an emergency task, the kind that will kill you if you don't do it.
She jumped out of bed and quickly put on her most comfortable and light clothes. She stuffed important items into her backpack and threw them into the storage compartment. She
carefully opened the door. The corridor was quiet. Everyone was tired and must be sleeping.
She decided not to wake anyone up and wait and see what the situation was.
The first stop was the driving platform.
There were crew members on duty. Now everything was high-tech. The crew did not need to control the steering wheel all the time. They just had to pay attention to the instruments.
He drank coffee and flipped through magazines. The values on the instrument panel were all normal, and there were no alarms.
Jane glanced out the window quietly. The night sky was clear and there was not a drop of rain.
She took out her mobile phone and checked the weather forecast here. The result was cloudy to sunny, and the wind was not strong.
It seemed that there was no problem with the cruise ship itself. The sailing routes are also very mature. The tourist routes of China, Japan and South Korea are taken several times every year.
So, where does the crisis come from?
The black technology watch shows that it is 2:45 in the morning.
In the lounge next to the captain's room, a conversation between two people can be heard.
"Jenny, you have been lukewarm to me recently. What are you thinking about?" A man asked, "We have achieved great success, a greater success than the European chapter. The Asian market will be completely open to us."
Jian Jing recognized that he was the chief director of the production team, Ma Lun, and the woman named Jenny was his girlfriend and the general manager of this Asian chapter.
Jenny said, "But the result is not what I wanted."
"We have tried our best." Maren shrugged, not caring. "Our agreement with 3Q Group is only to help Liu Xiuzhi, but it does not mean that we will definitely help him win."
Jenny said, "That girl gives me a bad feeling."
"Jane?" Maren laughed, "She is a little smarter than ordinary girls, so what? Even if she finds out about our deal, what will she say? She won a million dollars in prize money! If the show is questioned, she will not benefit."
Jenny's eyes penetrated the wall and seemed to see Jian Jing hiding outside.
But it seemed that she did not.
"Honey, relax a little and enjoy our success." Maren said drunkenly, "Also, don't get too close to the 3Q people. Although they are very generous with their money, but..."
His red eyes showed a trace of sobriety: "It is rumored that they are from the Spiritualist sect. I don't like those guys who pretend to be gods."
Jenny glanced at him: "You don't believe in God."
"I believe in money, in US dollars." Maren's voice became louder due to the alcohol, "I even gave up on God. No, it was God who gave up on us first, our poor Nina..."
Jenny's face suddenly became gloomy. She ignored the drunkard and turned to leave the lounge.
Maren muttered a few words and fell asleep with his head tilted.
Jenny walked in the empty corridor. In the dead of night, her footsteps were clearly audible.
Jian Jing followed carefully.
However, Jenny did not go to the captain's room. She walked up the stairs, and her high heels made no sound on the thick carpet.
Floor after floor.
She walked to the 9th floor.
Entered the cinema.
Entered the witch's secret room.
Jian Jing's scalp began to numb, goose bumps appeared one after another. She wanted to rush out to stop her, but she was worried about making a fuss, so she had to suppress the impulse and follow her secretly.
Fortunately, her fame value had soared before, and before participating in the show, she drew a very useful limited card.
[Name: Status Card·Hidden]
[Description: Use this card to weaken your presence, hide your breath, and reduce the probability of being discovered. The basic time is 1 hour per day, and the courage value can be used to extend the time. [
Note: Although it is pitiful to be followed by paparazzi, it cannot be used outside of missions.]
From the notes, you can see that this was drawn when she was escaping from the entertainment industry. At that time, the guest list of the King of Reasoning had just been announced, and many entertainment companies went to stake out her, which was very annoying.
Who would have thought that it was not needed at that time, but would be of great use now.
Jian Jing tiptoed to the door and observed Jenny's every move.
The witch's room was turned upside down by them, and the puppets and talismans fell all over the floor. Jenny ignored it, but just sat down with her legs crossed and put the strange root carving hidden in her arms into the shrine.
She muttered to herself, as if chanting a sutra.
After a while, she took out a fruit knife and drew patterns on her arm.
Jian Jing was nervous for a moment, but soon realized that nothing happened.
There was no cold wind, no ghost crying, only a foreign woman neurotically mutilating herself.
Did I find the wrong person? The crisis has nothing to do with her? Should I ask someone else to keep an eye on her?
At once, several thoughts emerged in Jian Jing's mind.
The next moment, she heard rumbling thunder, the room tilted sharply, messy debris rolled to the ground, and the ground rose and fell.
What a big wave.
Jian Jing held onto the wall and barely stood firm, and the lights in the corridor flickered and suddenly went out.
There was a power outage.
The emergency exit below opened, emitting a faint green light.
She rushed to the window, and a strong lightning flashed across the sky, baring its fangs and claws like a thunder dragon descending from the sky.
The waves surged, and the waves came one after another.
The luxury cruise ship was parked on the shore, not much worse than a building, but in the endless ocean, it was still small and fragile, and could only passively withstand the push of the waves.
It tossed left and right, and the world tilted.
Jian Jing didn't look at it anymore, and quickly went downstairs, found Jiang Baiyan's guest room, and knocked on the door.
Jiang Baiyan rubbed his eyes and opened the door. The moment he saw her, his eyes widened: "Jingjing? In the middle of the night... come in quickly."
He was extremely enthusiastic.
"The wind and waves are strong, don't fall asleep." Jian Jing was too lazy to pay attention to his jokes, and said in a low voice, "Be careful and pack your things. If anything goes wrong, go to the stern, where the lifeboat is."
Jiang Baiyan took a breath and said, "It's just a strong wind, it won't be that serious."
Jian Jing said, "Bring water and food."
He nodded quickly and asked, "Do you want to call others?"
"Don't make a fuss first." Jian Jing said, "If the situation is not good, it won't be too late to call them."
Jiang Baiyan has his advantages. When the situation is urgent, he doesn't ask the ins and outs, nor does he persuade her not to go. He accepts everything: "Understood." Jian Jing
decided to go somewhere else.
The task prompt said something about planning a tragedy, which shows that there is a mastermind behind it, and it is not a natural disaster survival. But she still couldn't figure out what would happen.
Indiscriminate mass murder by a serial killer?
Impossible.
Such a scene would only appear in American blockbusters.
Hostage by pirates?
Impossible. Where would the pirates come from in the Yellow Sea? Did they treat the cruiser as a figurine?
Terrorist attack?
Impossible. The nationalities of the people on this cruise ship are complex, with China, the United States and Russia all here. There's no need to rush to hell.
Jian Jing thought while shuttling between the floors. After
eliminating guesses one by one, the staff on the cruise ship got up and went to work, controlling the cruise ship, checking equipment, and contacting the Maritime Administration.
According to the plan, they will arrive in China tomorrow night, and the closest country tonight is South Korea.
Jian Jing heard the captain on the phone.
No one answered.
She knocked on the door and went straight to the point: "The ship is shaking violently, what's going on?"
"I don't know." The captain hung up the phone irritably and forced a smile, "Miss, please go back to your cabin, we will handle it."
Jian Jing: "I can't sleep, is there anything I can help you with?"
The first mate might be her fan, and replied: "The situation is still unclear, and the weather forecast didn't say there would be a storm tonight. The strange thing is that we called the police station, but no one answered."
Jian Jing's eyelids jumped.
She asked: "Can you ask 3Q to help?"
The captain held back his anger: "I'll try."
He dialed the satellite phone.
The other party picked up the phone, but said, "The chairman has gone to bed. Let's talk tomorrow."
"Emergency," said the captain, "please help us contact..."
Before he finished speaking, the other party hung up the phone.
I called again, but it was busy.
Only the emergency light in the captain's room was emitting a faint light.
[Beep——]
A rapid alarm.
An English warning popped up on the screen, which translated into: "Power propulsion system failure, problem is being investigated."
There was a problem with the engine.
Then, there was a new alarm.
The hull was damaged and water was entering the bottom of the cruise ship.
"What is it?" The captain's face was livid, "Can you see it?"
After some work, the technicians got a blurry thermal image. After having difficulty identifying its shape, everyone agreed that this thing... looked like a squid.
It had many tentacles.
The captain's mood stabilized a little: "Fix the problem in the engine room first."
The system automatically monitored the fault.
However, the nightmare was not over yet.
After a few minutes, all the instruments went out one after another, and only one instrument was still on.
Jian Jing didn't understand why, but she heard the first mate say: "The emergency power supply also has a problem, this is troublesome."