You Huo and Qin Qiu got into the cave one after the other, and everyone inside looked over.
Although the sky was overcast and it was already evening, the cave was not dark.
Several kerosene lamps rested on the ground, projecting a circle of light, and the figures were sitting around the circle.
Youyou glanced around.
The people sitting around were both men and women, except for a few middle-aged people, all of them were young faces.
Unlike the few who just carried people out, they didn't wear uniforms, down jackets, jackets, coats, sweaters... they were all wrapped up, and one even wore a white coat.
Roughly 30 or so, it should be another 17 groups of candidates.
Right next to the white coat, You Huo saw an acquaintance—
Shu Xue waved at them with bright eyes, and patted the vacant seat beside him, signaling them to go over.
Youhuo nodded his head and was about to go over, but Qin Qiu said, "Wait a minute."
Then, in front of everyone's eyes, he brought in a suitcase from outside the cave.
"… "
The students went crazy.
The buzzing discussion exploded instantly.
A candidate didn't hold his throat, and his voice became extraordinarily clear: "...Is this pulled over on a business trip? It's been three rounds of exams and still carrying a suitcase, no wonder it's the second to last!"
As soon as the voice fell, everyone suddenly became quiet.
They came early and introduced themselves and knew each other well. So as soon as You Huo and Qin Jiu came in, everyone in the cave knew that the one who sent the head was coming.
But when I think about it in my heart, it's embarrassing to say it.
Especially when the two parties were passing by, it was really embarrassing to suffocate.
The one who missed out was a very young boy, probably similar to Yu Wen, who burned a slightly curly grandma's ashes.
He lowered his head and coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, and quietly said to his companion: "It's over, I'm so excited..."
Who knows that Youhuo didn't hear it.
And Qin Qiu, who was one step behind him, also found it interesting to smile.
Shu Xue whispered, "It scared me to death, I thought I couldn't keep up with you guys! I'm very happy just seeing the list coming out."
"Oh?" Qin Jiu joked: "My fellow group is very unhappy, look at this green face."
Confused: "… "
"By the way, let me introduce, this is my companion." Shu Xue pointed to the woman in the white coat beside her, "She is Wu Li, she is a brain doctor, you should have seen it in the rankings, she is very powerful. "
Wandering eyes once again fell on the white coat.
Wu Li has a plain face and a thin body, which gives a clean impression in this chaotic environment.
The only thing that didn't fit was her hair, which was a little messy and short, like a temporary cut.
Youhuo just glanced at it and didn't look much.
Wu Li is not a lively and enthusiastic person, and she is not good at chatting. When staring at people, she gives people a serious sense of inquiry.
She looked at You Huo for a moment with this kind of exploratory eyes, then looked at Qin Jiao for a moment, then nodded and said, "Hello."
After saying that, without waiting for the two of them to return their greetings, they withdrew their gazes.
…
Thinking of their rankings, Shu Xue was a little panicked again: "By the way, did you hear the exam rules just announced?"
Qin Research: "Very clear."
"You should have seen the people who carried them out, right?" Shu Xue's face was not very good, she was sad and worried: "They are all crew members, there are eight in total..."
This means 0 o'clock in a few hours, and if the ranking doesn't change, the last group will be out of luck first.
Shu Xue quietly introduced a circle of people present.
Not far from them, the two unfortunate people named Chen Fei and Huang Rui lost their souls and had been in a daze for a long time.
What's surprising is that the young grandma Hui and his whispering companion are now ranked first, with a total score of 42.
Grandma Gray's name is Di Li. It is said that she just turned 18, just like Yu Wen.
…
There are also candidates rankings on the stone walls in the cave.
You Huo retracted his gaze from there and suddenly asked, "Where's the person?"
Shu Xue was taken aback: "Huh?"
"Captain and crew, those on the merchant ship."
"It's all inside." Shu Xue pointed behind her.
Youyou looked in the direction of her finger.
They just noticed that there is a hole there, which is connected to another space.
A fire was lit inside, and light was reflected on the stone walls.
But it could be seen that the fire was very weak and seemed to be extinguished at any time.
"It's more sheltered from the wind, the place is smaller, and it's a little warmer." Shu Xue said, "The captain and crew are all there. Before you came, we counted 36 people in total, exactly the same as ours. Now... only 28 people are left. "
"What happened to the eight people who died? Are they injured or hungry?" You Huo asked.
"I just asked the crew members for these reasons. They are cold and hungry, and they have been sick all the time." Shu Xue said.
"The temperature here is too low and too cold. If they can't guarantee their body temperature, they must rely on food to make up for it. However, they have limited food and are hungry every day, and their resistance is reduced." An analysis of a candidate said.
"That is to say, to ensure that they live to return home, they must first find fire and then find food?"
"right."
"No, look for medicine first."
Wu Li spoke suddenly.
"what?"
Wu Li said: "There are wounds on the crew, which were caused by the beast attack."
Shu Xue exclaimed in a low voice, "What? Are there beasts here?"
Everyone glanced warily towards the entrance of the cave.
"I don't know." Wu Li said sternly: "But the few who died should be based on infection. They were cold and hungry, and their wounds could not recover. The remaining crew members were similar, and none of them had myrrh. Can't survive."
The white coat on her body strengthened the persuasiveness of these words.
Everyone looked at each other in dismay and paralyzed: "Fire and food can still think of a way, where can I find the medicine?"
Grandma Hui Di Li suddenly said, "There is one in the merchant ship."
Everyone was stunned: "What?"
Di Li said: "From 1596 to 1598, a Dutch captain... The Barents, if I remember correctly, was trapped in a certain area of the Arctic Circle. There were 18 people in the captain and crew, and 8 people survived on the island. For months, I hunted for food, and the fur was just enough for clothing. When the fuel ran out, I dismantled the deck of the ship and set it on fire to keep my body warm. It is said that there was food, clothes and medicine in the cargo, but they didn't touch it. In the end, they all died. Eight crew members finally waited until spring to deliver the goods to their destination intact."
Before everyone could react, he sniffed again and said, "The questions I've done on the sophomore exam paper."
Also just after the college entrance examination, Di Li and Yu Wen fully proved the diversity of species.
He still remembered the question in the second year of high school, and Yu Wen only popped up "Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties".
"I thought of that question as soon as I came here." Di Li said, "But it should not be exactly the same. First of all, the number of people is different. From the original question to the end, a total of 8 people died, so I can't say for sure here. So there are some in the merchant ship. No, I have to take a look."
"some."
A raspy voice answered.
You confused and looked at the sound.
It was the crew member who had just carried the body out.
They have finished dealing with their companions and are coming back one after another.
One of the men with a flat head had an Asian face and opened his mouth to speak Chinese.
He coughed a few times, stared at Di Li without turning his eyes, and his expression was cold: "We have medicine in the boat, but it's all cargo, and no one can move it."
Di Li: "We don't want to move, but that's to save you! If you don't take medicine, you won't be able to live, don't you hear?"
Flat-headed man: "What if you can't live? You are an insult to us."
Di Li: "..."
You are intimidating us...
While talking, other crew members also gathered around.
Wu Yangyang's head was all directed at Di Li.
Di Li's companion tried to ease the atmosphere: "No, no, it's your merchant ship after all, how can we move around at will. It's just that you are too worried."
Several crew members whispered a few words, matching expressions, like a warning.
"what did they say?"
The flat-headed man said with a straight face: "They said, we never use any goods privately, not a single needle. This is a rule passed down from generation to generation. Whoever destroys it is against the entire merchant fleet. We are not afraid of a duel."
"… "
Everyone's faces were splendid, and they thought that whoever stepped on a horse would fight with you, who would dare, and if you accidentally killed one, you would have to pay for it.
"Okay, okay, don't destroy it, whoever destroys us is in a hurry!" Everyone soothed.
The flat-headed man made two fires, and his strength was exhausted. He lowered his eyes and beckoned to the crew, "Go, go first."
He was supposed to be a first mate, at least the crew listened to him.
Line up to drill that tiny hole.
The flat-headed man was at the end of the line, and couldn't help but emphasize to everyone: "We will check the goods every morning and evening. If there is one less, I will find you. Those medicines are very scarce, and we remember each one clearly. Chu, don't expect to be fooled. To move them, step over our bodies first."
Everyone: "..."
During the stalemate, two sounds of "click, click, click" suddenly sounded in the cave.
Everyone swept around and found the source of the sound—
Qin Qiu opened the very eye-catching suitcase, and picked out a box from the inside.
"Fortunately, I made up some things before I came."
He bent down, put the box in front of Wu Li, and pushed his two slender fingers forward by half an inch, making a "please" gesture.
Wu Li was stunned and opened the box.
Everyone curiously craned their necks to look inside.
I saw three boxes of medicines neatly packed in the box, anti-inflammatory, disinfectant, and fever-reducing, and a bottle of vitamins was stuffed next to it.
Everyone: "… "
You Huo glanced at it: "Experienced, this is called generally not winning?"
"The shopping list that 922 yelled at me before going to the rest area, of course I can't use it, and he doesn't know anyone else, so he might be just in case for you."
Qin Qiu did not hesitate to sell his subordinates.
Confused: "… "
On the sea, in the brightly lit cabin.
922 sneezes eight times in a row.
154 took out a few tissues to wipe his face, and asked in disgust, "Can I go to the deck if I'm sick? The air in the cabin is blocked, do you know that it will be contagious?"
922: "No, I'm not sick. I think someone is thinking of me."
154 rolled his eyes: "The ghost is thinking."
"Speaking of ghosts..." 922 wrinkled his face, as if he had swallowed a melon: "There is that god of plague in this exam, do you think he will come again?"
154 thought for a while and said, "No way, there's the boss. If I'm not mistaken, they should be in the same group. Can they foul with the invigilator?"
922: "Oh... yes."
Chapter 40 Distressed Invigilator ┃ Invigilator 154, 922, 078, 021 are on their way.
When the candidates first entered the venue, the crew members always looked disheveled when they were uninvited guests.
Of course, living in an isolated island for 8 months, it is impossible to have flesh color.
Now because the candidates take the initiative to deliver medicine, their attitude has changed significantly.
To express their gratitude, the crew decided to share the fire with the candidates. So, everyone moved into the cave inside.
…
The cave is really small, and as soon as the candidates enter, they will fill up the remaining space.
The flat-headed man pressed his lips with a "shh": "The captain stayed up for a long time at night, try to keep your voice quiet so as not to wake him up."
He pointed to a figure in the corner.
It was a middle-aged man, curled up farther from the fire, leaving the close quarters for the rest of the crew.
He was facing the fire, frowning and falling asleep. The firelight didn't change his pale complexion, but instead illuminated his sunken cheeks and protruding cheekbones more clearly.
"Captain?" Di Li asked curiously, "Is it Barents?"
A crew member looked at him strangely.
"What's wrong?" Di Li was a little flustered, and added: "I just—"
Before he finished speaking, a young sailor said in surprise: "How do you know? Are you a wizard?"
Di Li was so proud, he showed two canine teeth and said, "I'm a werewolf."
The flat-headed man said slowly: "Wolfman? Oh, I don't know if it's true or not... Anyway, whether it's a witch or a werewolf, it's better to be careful. It's fine on the island, you'll be caught and burned to death if you go out."
"… "
Di Li's mouth hardened at that time.
…
Wu Li did a simple check on all the crew members, and there were 14 people with wounds, including the flat-headed man and Captain Barents.
This lady hates being surrounded by people when she is doing business.
But for the sake of medicine, she made an exception for You Huo and Qin Zhuo.
Because she needs someone to hold this group of foreign-flavored feudal remnants.
such as anti-inflammatory drugs.
This medicine is in the form of injection, a box of 12 bottles comes with an injection. There is no condition to tie one for another, and only use fire to sterilize.
When Wu Li screwed on the needle, several crew members took turns backing away, murmuring suspiciously. As a result, before taking two steps back, he was caught on the heels by You Huo, and his face immediately looked desperate.
"What?" Wu Li asked with a stern face.
The crew member's expression was as if she didn't come to save people, but to kill them.
The chief mate explained: "They said that your medical skills are so strange that a normal doctor wouldn't hold this thing to sip water."
Wu Li pushed the bubble's hand for a while: "... Zishui?"
Pingtou keenly felt her displeasure, and immediately added: "It's just a description, don't take it seriously."
Wu Li was still stern: "What do their normal doctors do? I'll listen."
The crew babbled and made gestures, and even issued the onomatopoeia of "pa-pa-".
A simple summary of the flat head: "There is usually a long thin rod, and this is used to whip patients."
Wu Li: "…"
"Rely on what?" Shu Xue didn't hear clearly.
Qin Qiu was even more concise: "Pump to death."
Shu Xue: "..."
Wandering irony: "How can you generalize like this?"
Qin Jiu said with a smile, "I won the prize."
The crew made another gesture.
The flat-headed first mate continued to explain: "Or bloodletting is also a good way, and many doctors also choose to do this."
"… "
Dr. Wu really couldn't listen to such foreign bullshit, and said to You Huo and Qin Qiu: "Help me control it, I'm afraid I can't do it alone, thank you."
Just as Shu Xue was about to take a step forward, Wu Li said with long eyes behind her back, "Sit back for me."
"..." The fake pregnant woman was almost choked to death.
When the crew heard that they wanted to control, they all wanted to escape.
The other candidates didn't sit still and stopped everywhere.
They were trying hard to persuade them when they saw Qin Jiu pull out the commonly used leather rope, tie a knot in the blink of an eye, and put it on the hands of a crew member.
He is extremely skilled, a knot in three seconds, and tied a row in the blink of an eye.
Counting 7, they were just bundled into a bunch and given to Dr. Wu.
Just when he was about to set the eighth one, a slender hand was inserted into the air.
It is wandering.
The big man put his five fingers together into a palm knife, one knife and one head, knocking out the other crew members with precision. The first mate and translator was left alone.
Flathead was stunned.
Wu Li looked at a bunch of people and people, her face almost couldn't hold back.
She sighed, debridement and injection one by one.
…
You Huo noticed that the crew's wounds were strange.
Some skins are open and fleshy, and some leave a long blood mark on their backs or arms. After a long time, the congestion began to turn blue and black, which was shocking.
This is not a scratch from the claws of a beast, let alone a bite.
But isn't this kind of ice and snow like polar bears and arctic wolves
What kind of beast attack would leave such a wound
Taking advantage of the flat head not dizzy, You Huo asked him.
He sighed and said, "I don't know, neither of us."
"What's the meaning?"
"It actually only started recently..." Flathead said.
Most recently means about ten days ago.
They encountered a fish tide under the ice that day, took the opportunity to catch a batch, and ate a lot.
This is a rare lucky day on the isolated island. After they finished eating, they gathered around the fire to keep warm, chatting about something worth looking forward to and encouraging each other.
As a result, for some reason, they all fell asleep while chatting.
When they woke up suddenly, the fire had somehow been extinguished, and the cave was pitch black.
They heard a scream, next to the first mate.
"Fortunately, my hands are always faster than my head, and my first reaction at that time was to fish for a handful." The flat-headed man said: "It was also lucky that I just grabbed his ankle. He was being dragged out of the hole by something. Go, it's very powerful anyway. I greeted a group of people and it was useless to embroider it, and I almost dragged us out."
This thrilling continued until the fire was lit again.
The strength of dragging them suddenly loosened, and they fell into a string of dogs chewing on mud.
"The next day, the place that was dragged became like this." Pingtou sighed and said, "We didn't dare to put out the fire during the day. As long as there was someone, there must be a fire, so we took turns to watch the night. That's how sometimes Still can't stop."
"We later found out that the bigger the fireball, the safer it was, so the amount of fuel wood was doubled and used more and more."
"The fuel ran out, so I had to dismantle a part of the deck to burn. It was enough to last until the snow melted. Once this incident is disturbed, the fire will be cut off today."
"No." Wu Li interrupted: "The fire can't be stopped for a minute."
Everyone looked at her.
She said: "Injecting and taking medicine is not a panacea. The body temperature must be guaranteed. When the fire is extinguished, the temperature in the cave will drop in a few minutes, and the medicine will be in vain. A little more firewood, it is best to light both the inside and outside of the stone caves to ensure a healthy temperature."
"I understand the rationale, but it's a bit difficult to implement." A candidate said, "I made a rough turn when I came here, and the island is almost full of rocks."
"It's really not possible, we have to rely on merchant ships." Di Li was so impressed by the exam questions that he always thought about the wood of the merchant ships.
Pingtou was anxious: "No! The cargo can't be moved! If it really moved, we wouldn't be ashamed to go back. The captain said that he jumped into the sea to apologize for losing the cargo. I have an idea with him."
Everyone: "… "
Di Li hurriedly said: "I don't move the goods, I know that you have more goods than one's life, so I have been writing this question for a year. I mean demolishing the deck!"
"The deck can't be dismantled any more." Pingtou said: "If you dismantle it again, the boat will be useless, and the wind and rain will not be able to withstand the wind and rain. The cargo will still suffer, and finally it will have to jump into the sea."
Di Li: "..."
How come you have so many causes of death
"Not even one?" Everyone tried to bargain.
Pingtou said: "No, and it's not enough to burn."
…
In the cave, the fist-sized flame swayed slightly, and it was a circle smaller than before.
"No, it's really going to go out." Although Di Li was young, he was ranked number one after all, and felt that he was the destined representative of the candidates.
He patted his butt, stood up, and said, "Well, some people will go to the island to find out if they can find a few branches. The other people will follow this uncle—"
short hair:"… "
"—Big brother, go to the merchant ship and have a look. What if there are still fish that slip through the net? One piece is one piece."
The others were older than him, and gave him a little.
What's more, this kid's words are quite reasonable, so everyone does it separately.
Wu Li stayed behind to take care of the wounded.
Shu Xue prepared ten excuses in her heart and planned to go out together.
She wanted to follow You Huo and Qin Qiu to see if there was anything that needed help. After all, these two know that she is not a real pregnant woman, so they don't have to tie their hands and feet.
Who would have guessed that the two bosses stayed at the end of the team in a hurry and stopped Shu Xue before they left the hole.
Youyou said, "I'll go around alone."
Qin Qiu glanced at him and said, "It's a coincidence, so am I."
Youhuo gave an "oh" and raised his chin at the entrance of the cave: "It's different, you can go."
Qin Qiu pressed his tongue against his cheek, thought for two seconds, narrowed his eyes and said, "Okay."
When Qin Qiu left, You Huo turned his head.
Shu Xue asked warmly, "Are you sure you don't need to help? Finding firewood in this situation is a hassle. You are all busy, so I can't sit still. But if it's inconvenient, I'll go back to accompany Wu Li."
Youhuo said: "It's not troublesome, at most it's a little illegal."
Shu Xue: "..."
He waved his hand, turned his head and left. When he came to the entrance of the cave, he turned back and said, "You are here, and let him check whose suitcase is there."
After he finished speaking, he added: "Eat a lot."
Shu Xue: "...Oh."
…
In the twilight, the small boats used by the system to pick up and drop off candidates stopped in a neat circle, separated by a short distance from the three merchant ships in question.
According to the test rules that were originally read out, the boats configured with these systems will not set sail again until the test is successfully completed, and leave the test room with each group of candidates.
Other than that, no one should be here.
But at this moment, a tall figure suddenly appeared on the deck of one of the system ships.
He had just climbed up the rope ladder, and bent over to pick and choose by the helm, looking for something handy.
It was the wandering who just said that he wanted to go around alone.
He was looking for the long iron hook he had used when he got on the boat.
I had the impression that it was clearly lost here, but somehow I couldn't find it.
You Huo turned around, lost his patience, turned over a dagger slightly longer than his hand, and planned to do something.
His fingers fumbled along the gap where the deck was assembled, and he was about to pry when he lifted the blade. As a result, there was a sudden cracking sound in the cabin.
anyone
You Huo was stunned for a moment, then walked to the stairs with a frown, and moved the trap with his feet.
He thought he would see the left-behind old captain, but he saw Qin Qiu...
The other party held the missing long iron hook in one hand and threw away a pried wooden board in the other.
With a bang, the planks fell to the side, where there was already a small pile.
Hearing the movement above his head, Qin Qiu twirled a long hook in his hand, put it on his shoulder, and raised his head: "What a coincidence, top student, are you also visiting the system's boat?"
Confused: "… "
He looked down for a moment with his eyelids down, then crouched down beside the trapdoor with the dagger in hand.
"Do you still remember that you are an invigilator?" He asked Qin Jiu across the high wooden stairs.
Qin Qiu laughed: "Yeah, I have some impressions. But right now, I'm more like your accomplice, what do you think?"
Youhuo watched condescendingly for a while, and finally turned his head and hummed: "Okay."
…
After half an hour.
Di Li and the others returned to the cave in batches, taking their spoils: two bundles of wet branches, and three decks for life.
Gone.
This is obviously far from it.
When everyone was unhappy, the candidate who was closest to the entrance of the cave suddenly stood up.
"What's wrong?" Everyone was nervous.
"I heard a voice... Wait, I'll go take a look!" The candidate said and got out.
Within half a minute, he rushed back.
"I fuck..."
He entered the door with a foul language, and then took a deep breath.
"What's the matter? Stop panting and say it!"
"The second to last two!"
"Um?"
"Come back with a load of dry wood, right at the door!"
"A lot of it? How is it possible? Where did it come from?" Di Li didn't finish his words, and the man had already flown out.
The moment he flew out, he heard the candidate say: "The boat was pryed! They dismantled the system boat!"
Di Li: "..."
What? ?
More than 30 candidates rushed out of the cave, and they were immediately shocked by the pile of wood at the entrance of the cave.
Before they could close their mouths, the dead rabbit outside the cave cheated:
[The candidates are confused, and Qin Jiu has dismantled the system vessels in violation of regulations, and the invigilator has been notified. Invigilators 154, 922, 078, and 021 are on their way. 】