Chapter 162 Death Voyage 19
"What!?"
The news that there were only six spots made the players explode.
"There are fifteen of us in total. Six seats are not enough!"
"That's right, there can't be only two sampans on the ship, give us a few more!"
The mate rolled his eyes unceremoniously.
"You think you're buying groceries? You're bargaining here, and you want to buy a few more. Why? We've given them all to you, so we don't need them anymore! Just two, take them if you want!"
Seeing that there was no way to get a few more spots from the ship's deputy, the atmosphere among the players suddenly became weird.
The shared hatred and solidarity they had just felt had long since vanished, and now when they looked at each other, they could see a lot of evil in each other's eyes.
Zhuang Haobo's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he said to the first officer: "We need to discuss it before deciding."
The mate nodded casually, "Hurry up, I'm busy."
More than a dozen people moved their positions in a large group, moving some distance away from the first officer.
Everyone was silent and no one spoke for a while.
Finally, Zhuang Haobo said in a gentle voice: "It is still uncertain whether the sampan will be useful. We must not panic."
"Yes, what Zhuang said makes sense."
"There are only six places for fifteen people. This is obviously a trick by the NPC to sow discord. I won't be fooled!"
Yu Ke listened left and right and felt that everyone was really united.
Unexpectedly, this false illusion of warmth lasted less than a minute before Shan Gu's sharp questions tore apart the hypocritical appearance, revealing the true human nature within.
"So you don't want the six spots, right? Then I'll go."
Shan Gu crossed her arms, impatient to see them competing with each other in acting. The lip ring swayed gently with the movement of her mouth, and the sarcasm in her smile became more and more intense.
When Zhao Fan heard this, he quickly followed the pace of the valley: "Count me in, I want to go too!"
Two of the six places were divided out just like that. The remaining players no longer cared about pretending to be in love with each other and retorted anxiously.
"What a joke! How can you get a spot just by opening your mouth?"
"And who said we don't want a spot? Of course I do!"
Zhuang Haobo quickly raised his voice and signaled everyone to be quiet, "Everyone listen to me, I have an idea."
The players still believed in him at the moment, so they all obediently shut their mouths and prepared to listen to him.
Zhuang Haobo continued, "I think if the sampan's return voyage is considered customs clearance, maybe we can also get customs clearance by buying a boat or something like that in the mall."
"This matter only needs to be verified. If it is true, we don't have to argue here."
Some people raised questions.
"How to verify it? Who will verify it?"
It usually costs a lot of points to buy this kind of props in the mall, and not everyone can afford it.
Besides, if there is a free sampan to ride on, who would be willing to spend points to buy a boat?
Zhuang Haobo smiled and said, "Here's what I was thinking. Right now there are only six vacancies for the sampan. Why not let these six people use their points to buy props for verification?"
"Then whoever is willing to pay points will have a spot on the sampan. This way of allocating spots is fair and just."
After hearing his ideas, the players who had just been arguing calmed down a lot.
On the one hand, they felt that what Zhuang Haobo said made sense and they agreed with it, but on the other hand, they felt that the points they had to spend were too many and they were a little reluctant and hesitant.
The smile on Zhuang Haobo's lips deepened. Just as he was about to take the lead and set an example, Shan Gu got there first.
Shan Gu: "I'll pay points to buy a spot."
Zhao Fan didn't know how many points it would take, but he still subconsciously said, "I'll pay points to buy it too!"
After that, he quietly asked Shan Gu: "I only have... points, is it enough?"
Valley looked at him speechlessly, indicating that enough was enough, and reminded him that the noise was too loud when he was speaking quietly.
I'm afraid everyone knows how many points he has now.
Yu Ke pursed her lips to resist the urge to laugh, and raised her hand to sign up.
She heard it all.
She has more points than Zhao Fan, and if he can afford it, then there must be no problem for her.
She can't compete with others in snatching it, so she definitely can't miss the opportunity to buy it with points.
After three of the six places were lost, Zhuang Haobo's smile faded a little, and he immediately won the fourth place.
When Wang Lingan saw him buying, he bought one too.
Now there is only one spot left among the six.
The high points originally made many players hesitate, but people tend to follow the trend.
Everyone wants it, so I want it too.
"Then I'll take the last one."
"Why do you come? Let me come!"
"No, who said whoever asks first gets the chance? There are probably only six places to go through the game. How can we decide based on the order of priority? That's nonsense!"
The players who failed to speak first echoed in agreement, and this brought things back to the starting point.
Everyone started arguing again about who could buy these six places.
More than a dozen people were arguing together. No one was willing to give up their spot, and no one could convince anyone else to give up. The scene became a mess.
The noisy and intense voices made Yu Ke's head buzz. She felt like leaving right then and there.
But reason stopped her again.
If she could really pass the customs by riding on a sampan, she would have to try her best to get a spot.
She frowned and tried to find a gap in the noisy voices to speak, but she couldn't find a chance to join in.
I thought about throwing away politeness and interrupting others directly to show my determination to fight for the spot.
But as soon as she opened her mouth, her weak and soft voice was quickly drowned out by the loud voices of others, not even a splash could be heard.
Yu Ke: ...
Destroy it, I'm tired.
Damn it, who doesn’t have a loud voice? She’s going to buy a loudspeaker and sing into it now!
System 5488: […There’s no need to be competitive in this regard. 】
In the end, Yu Ke failed to buy the trumpet because the mate came over to watch the fun.
His appearance quickly interrupted the farce. The players fell silent for a moment as if they were poisoned, staring at his approaching figure warily.
The world became quiet.
The first officer had no sense of being unwelcome and said cheerfully, "Haven't you finished discussing this yet?"
Everyone was silent. Even Zhuang Haobo lowered his eyes and showed no intention of speaking.
He had tried it just now, but it turned out that it was difficult to fool people once his own major interests were involved.
The ownership of the quota will never be determined by negotiation alone.
No one answered, so the mate asked and answered his own questions.
"It seems that we haven't come to an agreement. In that case, I have a good idea!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately became nervous and stopped keeping silent.
"Don't bother you! We will give you a result as soon as possible!"
"Yes, yes, yes. Actually, we have almost come to an agreement. We don't need your good idea."
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