Chapter 156 Death Voyage 13
In the afternoon, the fishing boat arrived at the gold panning site and everyone was gathered on the deck again.
Yu Ke was still wearing the black cloak, and she had an inexplicable intuition telling her that it would be better not to show up at this time.
The first officer was still standing on the box, looking down at everyone with a smile on his face.
"Everyone is here, great."
He looked at the vast sea outside the boat, his smile deepened, and there was indescribable anticipation and excitement in his eyes.
This made the players who were always observing the ship's deputy feel even more uneasy, and they always felt that the NPC was up to no good.
After all, NPCs always like to build their happiness on the pain of players.
Sure enough, the next remarks of the ship's deputy immediately confirmed their guess.
"This is the place you have come from so far away. I won't waste any more time. We only have five sets of diving equipment on the boat. Who will go down first?"
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw deep diving equipment such as masks, snorkels, fins and oxygen tanks piled on the ground.
Ordinary crew members raised their hands one after another, trying to get one of the five spots.
"Me first! I'm physically strong! I've even learned how to dive!"
"I must go first. I, I can pay you, so let me go first!"
They pushed each other, trying to get in front of the first officer, arguing until their faces turned red, and even started to attack each other.
In stark contrast is the attitude of the players.
The players stood there with indifferent expressions, and it was obvious to the naked eye that they had no interest and had no intention of participating in the competition for the five spots.
Judging from their past gaming experience, this was most likely not a good thing. Adding to the fact that it had nothing to do with the main quest, they didn't want to get involved.
At least no player wants to be the first to try something new, and will first see what happens to others.
What the players didn't expect was that the mate looked at the ordinary crew members rushing to the front under his nose and showed an embarrassment.
"Oh my, so many people want to go down first? But there are only five sets of equipment. It's really hard for me to choose."
Players: “…”
No, big brother, there are only seven people jumping around in front of you! Is it that difficult to choose five out of seven?
The mate continued with his performance.
He seemed to have come up with a good idea and clapped his hands suddenly: "Got it! In this case, for the sake of fairness, let's draw lots to decide!"
After he finished speaking, the person next to him immediately handed over a box, indicating that everyone's names were inside.
The first officer rubbed his hands in satisfaction and said, "I'll call out your name later."
His sudden and fair move changed the expressions of everyone present, including Yu Ke.
Xiao Piaoliang asked System 5488 in panic: [Is my name in there? 】
System 5488: [From what we can see so far, all the players’ names should be there. 】
Yu Ke wanted to cry but had no tears.
She never expected that the person was hidden but the name was not.
Let’s not talk about what will happen if she is picked, just think about what she will do if she is called later?
A magic trick on the spot?
Just as Yu Ke was hesitating whether to walk away and take off her cloak and pretend to be late, the first officer had already read out the first name.
An ordinary crew member jumped up ecstatically, "Me, me, me! It's me! It's my name that was read!"
He proudly pushed away the person who was blocking his way and walked to the diving equipment with his head held high.
The first officer read out the second name, also an ordinary crew member.
This person's reaction was the same as the first person. He smiled happily as if he had won the lottery and stood next to the first person.
The players were praying in their hearts: There are only three spots left, please don’t let me be called!
Yu Ke stayed with a lucky mentality, always thinking that she would not be so unlucky to become one of the remaining three.
It turned out that her luck was indeed good, as the remaining three spots were taken by three other unlucky players.
The last name called was Li Qing, a man with a bulbous nose. His heart sank when he heard his own name.
The ordinary crew members who were not selected turned their heads to look at him with envy, as if this was some great thing, which made him speechless.
Do you want this blessing? ?
...Hey, wait!
An idea suddenly occurred to Li Qing, and he quickly raised his hand and said, "I voluntarily give up my place!"
After hearing his words, the ordinary crew members who were not selected became agitated and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.
The first officer asked everyone to be quiet. His expression remained unchanged as he looked at Li Qing with a smile to confirm: "Do you really want to give up your place?"
Li Qing saw that there was a chance and nodded without hesitation: "That's right!"
The mate nodded and said nothing, but just grabbed a name from the box again, it was an ordinary crew member.
Now that a successor had been found, Li Qing was completely relieved and felt that he was really smart!
Seeing that Li Qing's trick seemed to work, the other two selected players couldn't help but be tempted.
The first officer looked very easy to talk to, and patiently confirmed with the five people: "Is there anyone who wants to give up the quota?"
One player immediately raised his hand and gave up enthusiastically.
The only remaining player also wanted to give up, but the props on him suddenly gave a warning.
This is a prop that automatically predicts good and bad luck. Most of the time, it is in a state of strike, regardless of the life or death of its owner.
But it works occasionally, and the predicted results have never been wrong.
Thinking of this, the player finally chose to believe in the props and did not give up the spot.
The first officer asked the last five people selected to put on diving equipment, and then pointed at the two players who had just given up their places.
"It will take them time to change their equipment, so you don't need to go through so much trouble. Just go down directly."
Li Qing and Zhao Shike were stunned when they were pointed at.
What does this mean?
Yu Ke was also confused.
What kind of development is this?
She wrote down the idea of giving up the quota in her little notebook, ready to use it when it's her turn.
She looked at the first officer with a blank look, and saw that he said vicious words with a cheerful face.
"You guys gave up your quota for diving equipment, so just go down."
Not only Li Qing and Zhao Shike, no one present was not shocked when these words were said.
Li Qing hurriedly explained: "No, I want to give up the opportunity to go and pan for gold!"
Zhao Shike nodded vigorously: "Me too!"
The mate looked at them both in surprise.
"But I'm talking about the quota for diving equipment. How can I give up the quota for gold panning? Don't be ridiculous."
Who the hell is kidding you! ! !
Li Qing was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wanted to argue, but two senior crew members grabbed his hands and pulled him forcefully to the side of the boat.
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