A luminous "nucleus" hangs above the safe area, which is similar to the sun in the outside world, and it is also one of the most important conditions for people here to survive. The "nucleus" keeps releasing energy continuously, so there is no alternation of day and night in the belly of the sea monster. Only the ringing of the bell that rings in the square every hour can make the already numb residents feel that time is still passing.
After counting the third 24 bells, Lin Tianyin realized that she had been in this place for three days. Under the current situation, it seems impossible to go to Area A, not even Areas B and C. Now they got too little information, she had to follow the exploration team together with Celier, the scope of D area is really big, it is not easy to remember the way here, especially the water level. The ups and downs of the changes are always great. If you are not careful, you may even lose your way back and die in this huge garbage collection bin.
For three days, Lin Tianyin and Celier found nothing, but John told them that this is a common occurrence. The sea monster Ermes moves very slowly. Generally, experienced captains know how to avoid it, and its dormant period It's almost here. After two weeks, it will slowly reduce its activity frequency, and then the water level in its body will gradually stabilize in two to three months. At that time, it will enter a more difficult state for the residents. We have to go to Area C to find resources.
The sea monster's dormant period may not be a good thing for the residents here, but if the water level is stable, it means that she may have the opportunity to enter Area A to find out. Lin Tianyin secretly made up her mind, although this is a very risky plan, she will never let go of any possibility of leaving here.
In the past three days, apart from getting acquainted with the basic situation of D area, there has been no progress. The food distribution in the sea monster is extremely limited, and most of them are mainly caught deep-sea fish. Due to the limited land resources, the grain and vegetable production in the planting fields is very small, and only those high-level residents, that is, people who are equivalent to management, can enjoy it. The rest of the ordinary households can only get part of the food unless they make greater contributions or during festivals.
Yes, this place has festivals. It's unbelievable, right? It is said that on a certain day of each month, people in this place will hold a celebration to thank the gods for allowing them to survive after being swallowed by sea monsters. At this time, people in the management will distribute vegetables to ordinary residents. John said that Lin Tianyin and the others With good luck, in about a week or so, you will be able to participate in this month's Thanksgiving celebration.
Lin Tianyin actually didn't care about this, she didn't like vegetables very much, it was ridiculous that the cheapest and most humble food in the outside world became the most precious and scarcest thing here.
Sure enough, the environment affects life.
Because she was very concerned about what Celier said, after the fourth day of the exploration mission, she and Celier went to visit the old captain of the passenger ship.
It's unbelievable that the old captain is stubborn, but it's not incomprehensible. A few days before the voyage, he received a call from the Wang Family Research Institute, saying that it was a secret mission to be given to him. During the official handover, the person who handed him the box specifically asked him and the sailors to protect the transported items, and absolutely must not let anyone know about it. Originally, it was just a surefire item transported with the passenger ship, and it was enough to hand it over to the courier after arriving at the destination port, and there was no need to hire mercenaries at all. As a result, this group of pirates did not know where they got the news, but they attacked and robbed their ship. In any case, the old captain said that for the sake of his own honor, he would never live on the premise that the property of the royal family he transported was taken away and the ship that had been sailing for decades sank, and insisted on dying in the line of duty.
Since the old captain was really unwilling to cooperate, he seemed to be under house arrest by the residents here. When Lin Tianyin and Celil went to look for Jorov and proposed that they wanted to see the old captain, Jorov showed a vague expression of panic, and said to him a little: "This... he is not in a stable state right now. , or don't see each other."
... Sure enough, it was a bit suspicious. Lin Tianyin and Celier secretly exchanged glances, wondering if they really dealt with disobedient people quietly
"But there is something very important, and I want to ask the captain anyway." Celil showed a very sincere look, and said to Jorov politely and in a pleading tone, "Please... the captain is still here. alive?"
His words seemed to touch something, Jorov's body froze suddenly, but recovered quickly. He turned his head unnaturally, and said to Celil with a smile on his face: "Of course, how could we let the compatriots who were also killed give up their lives so easily... He is fine now, if you really want to see the captain, come with me Bar."
Jorov changed his words very happily, and he didn't look guilty at all. This surprised Lin Tianyin—could she have guessed wrong
Or is there some other conspiracy? Lin Tianyin was puzzled, but Celier responded quickly and thanked her immediately. Ignoring the unnatural part of it, Jorov happily led the way for the two of them, and after twists and turns, they finally came to the door of a house built in a marginal area.
There are two shirtless and strong men standing guard outside the house. They were not very energetic at first, but when they saw someone approaching, they immediately became vigilant.
"Hey Pig, Tik!"
Jorov waved his hands to them. After seeing Jorov, the two relaxed their vigilance a little, nodded to him, and said respectfully, "Lord Jorov."
"The guards have worked hard!"
Jorov laughed, turned around with a smile on his face, introduced Lin Tianyin and Celier, and then directly explained the purpose of his visit.
"These two are the little brothers who have just joined here, and they want to meet the captain."
The two guards didn't look very friendly, and even said that their guards were too high. They frowned and sized up Lin Tianyin and Celier, then they refused flatly: "No, Lord Jorov, Governor Hailim has told us not to let anyone approach this place, and we can't open the door without an order. "
Why do you have to watch so closely? Lin Tianyin felt very strange in her heart, the old captain had nothing else besides his refusal to cooperate, this was obviously the treatment of prisoners. However, Celier reminded her to try her best to be obedient and not to question them. Although she felt a great sense of disobedience, Lin Tianyin still held back her silence.
"It's okay, I'll tell the governor later." Jorov put his hips on his hips, looking bold, and explained to the two in a loud voice: "These two little brothers want to know how the old captain is now, we should Let them see, even those victims who cannot accept the reality, we didn't treat them badly, right?"
Jorov especially emphasized the last sentence, and the expressions of the two guards suddenly changed as if they had realized something.
"So that's how it is... I see, you go in."
Their attitudes changed a little unnaturally quickly, and Lin Tianyin felt more and more weird, but after following Qiaorov into the room, she was a little surprised.
There are two prison-like cages in that room, but the cage on the left actually holds a person, with untouched water and food on the ground, that person sits quietly on the ground with his head bowed, looking completely lifeless Lovely appearance.
"Then let's talk slowly." Jorov took a step back and said to the two of them in a friendly manner, "I'll avoid it for a while and wait for you outside."
Jorov left the room as he spoke.
"... Captain?"
Lin Tianyin carefully stared at the old man with the gray beard in the cage, and tentatively greeted him.
... Is he still alive
After hearing the sound, the old captain slowly raised his head tiredly, but when he saw Celier next to Lin Tianyin, he jumped up from the spot as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
"It's you—that damned pirate!!" He was so emotional that he rushed forward and grabbed the fence, "What do you want to do! Do you want to live? Shameful scum!! Give back what you stole!"
"Hey, grandpa." Celil waved his hand to the old captain with a smile and said hello, "Everyone is like this, so don't think about those things, let's get along well."
"Who wants to get along well with stinky pirates!" The old captain was so angry that his beard was crooked, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot, "Don't think that you can sit back and relax, being caught is your retribution! You will be with the things you stole forever buried here!"
"I said... so you have said that, Grandpa, why do you still have to worry about things that I can't take out." Celil sighed helplessly: "You are too stubborn, you see we all I have accepted to be a resident here, wouldn’t it be better to cooperate a little bit? Instead of insisting on dying with dignity, it’s better to live mediocrely, there is nothing more important than living.”
"Shut up, I won't allow a guy like you to teach me a lesson." The old captain blushed a little, but I don't know if it was an illusion. The captain's demeanor showed a faint wavering, and he suddenly scolded as if he was angry: "Even shame is shameless!" You brat who doesn’t know how to write!!”
... low oil
Lin Tianyin suddenly realized that this stubborn old captain might not want to die so much now.
It can be seen from his eyes that he really wants to live... But this guy is too stubborn to admit it out of self-esteem, it seems that there is only one step that allows him to come down...
"Really, there is still no way."
The old captain was still cursing, but Celil suddenly snapped his fingers, turned to look at Lin Tianyin and said, "Okay, we can go back."
"Ah? Going back so soon?!" Lin Tianyin was surprised by Celier's reaction, she couldn't figure out his thoughts, "Aren't you going to persuade the captain again?! It's halfway through, don't give up halfway ah!"
To be honest, she almost thought she saw the shadow of the boy manga hero just now! So confidently speaking some touching lines, why did he suddenly change his words? ! And it's about to succeed, right? !
"No, why do you have to persuade the old man?"
This development made the old captain stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect him to give up so simply. Celil seemed indifferent, shrugged and said, "Anyway, I don't care, we're not here to do this."
"Huh—?! We are here to confirm some things, but..." Lin Tianyin froze for a moment, and then realized that she seemed to have accidentally HIGH too much and forgot the original purpose. Indeed, since these people didn't say anything to the captain, there's nothing to prove... But isn't Celier being too straightforward! She really almost forgot that this person is actually a pirate...
"Haven't you noticed? You're so slow, little fat girl." Celil frowned, and suddenly reached out to pinch Lin Tianyin's fat face, and whispered in her ear, "Could it be that you really didn't realize anything?"
"What did you realize? The captain is doing well now, and he is still very energetic..." Lin Tianyin looked at Celier in a daze, and suddenly, she noticed a problem.
Yes, such an obvious sense of disobedience, she had already felt it since Jorov brought them over.
In this living space where resources are already very scarce, they lock up a person who is completely uncooperative and even has no desire to survive. They provide water and food, but do not let him do anything. Why? In this difficult environment, is it necessary for them to raise a worthless person? "Could it be..." Some not-so-good conjectures arose in her heart, and Lin Tianyin's eyes widened slightly due to the unknown anxiety. Celier let go of his hand and made a "whisper" gesture to her. At the same time, Nong Luofu suddenly pushed the door open and walked in, and said loudly to the two of them as if announcing something good: "Have you finished talking? Come with me, the governor wants to see you!"