"Tell me about your brother. There's no need to rush back now," night must have fallen.
If Nie Lan goes back at this time, it will definitely be a disaster.
All kinds of sea animals, all kinds of large and small plankton, and all kinds of strange fish all pose a threat to human life.
"We will go back together when it gets light," Nie Lan understood what Shu Xingbei meant, but she still persisted and said firmly.
Shu Xingbei was noncommittal. Of course, if he could survive, who would refuse? He was not stupid.
"My brother used to be a material collector for the Jishi Organization. The purpose of the Jishi Organization is to give the poor people living on the sea a way to survive. After the Jishi Organization found the underground ruins, they studied those items and found out how humans looked and lived in the past.
.In the organization, we also produce food and purify sea water, but these are not sold, but distributed directly to the poor," Nie Lan said, showing a yearning look.
Shu Xingbei did not interrupt. He waited for Nie Lan to continue.
Still the previous question, since her brother was a member of Jishi Organization, why did he become a bounty hunter and finally died because of it.
Nie Lan did not continue speaking directly. She stood there and looked at Shu Xingbei with her bright black eyes.
"I am proud of my brother. With people like my brother, poor people can survive. I would like to ask, if the people in the houseboat cannot afford the monthly rent, what measures will the people of Spear Company take?"
Shu Xingbei avoided her gaze, and his expression suddenly became cold.
"Sold into slavery and said you did it voluntarily," Shu Xingbei had seen such tragic things so many times that he was almost numb.
"Do you have a family?" Nie Lan asked.
"There used to be. Then they all died," Shu Xingbei replied calmly.
My father died of illness two years ago. My mother died earlier.
At the age of 15, Shu Xingbei had to dive to salvage items.
Because he was too young, Spear Company did not provide him with diving equipment. Shu Xingbei started his career as a bounty hunter as a solo traveler.
Fortunately, he survived and rented a houseboat that could accommodate him.
Indifference can also be contagious, and Nie Lan lost the urge to continue talking.
She clearly felt that she had touched the most painful depths of Shu Xingbei, and her heart was also bitten by the pain of the past.
"Let's go look for it and see what else is in the hospital," Nie Lan said, stepping up the stairs again.
Shu Xingbei followed behind.
Nie Lan had just cleaned his wound and put a gauze bandage on it. He felt better. His originally groggy mind became a little clearer.
The floors above are all wards. As the doors are opened one by one, beds are revealed inside.
When they came to the corner room on the top floor, they saw a rectangular box placed inside.
The box is sealed and covered with a transparent cover.
"Is this a coffin?" Shu Xingbei suddenly thought of something and his eyes lit up.
"No, it is a transparent sterile cover for critically ill patients to lie on," Nie Lan explained. She knew a lot.
It must have been her brother who told her again. Shu Xingbei said nothing more and pointed to the cover, "Lie in."
"Me?" Nie Lan was stunned for a moment, then she came to her senses. She stepped up and lay down inside.
Before Shu Xingbei could say anything else, Nie Lan waved to him from inside, "It's big enough for the two of us to lie inside."
Shu Xingbei hesitated. Can this be done?
A layer of rust red appeared on Nie Lan's dark face, but her eyes were still firm and not squirming at all.
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"Wait a little longer and try again when it gets daylight." Shu Xingbei was unsure whether this cover could support two people floating up. However, if they lay down inside, connected to the oxygen, and then put the cover on, it would be waterproof.
It's also quite safe. As long as you're lucky and don't encounter any adverse currents, it's still possible to make it up alive.
Nie Lan climbed out again. She looked at Shu Xingbei and tried her best to smile, "We can all go back now."
Shu Xingbei shook his head sadly.
If they lie down inside and go up like this, they will get nothing in this trip.
His idea was to let Nie Lan go up with an oxygen tank.
He continues to stay here.
When his injuries improved a little, he would slowly float back up.
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. In the past, during Chinese New Year, my family would pull some red seaweed and hang it on the bow of the boat," Shu Xingbei thought about the days when his parents lived with him, and his mood became increasingly depressed.
"It was the same in my family before," Nie Lan nodded. "Later, my father couldn't salvage anything, so he tried every means to contact the Jishi Organization to call my brother back. But who knew where to find it? That organization is very mysterious.
.Although my brother came back later, before that, my father had sold himself to the Spear Company as a slave."
"The lives of poor people are the same," Shu Xingbei pointed to the cover, "You go in and sleep for a while. I will wake you up when it's dawn."
Nie Lan looked at him, responded in a low voice, and got into the cover again.
Shu Xingbei sat on a stool nearby and followed him and turned off the headlights.
The headlamp only lasted five hours, so he had to use it sparingly.
After all, Nie Lan had no diving experience, so she was really frightened today. She lay in the cover and fell asleep after a while.
Shu Xingbei was sitting, leaning on a table.
"Brother, brother," Nie Lan suddenly called out.
Shu Xingbei was startled and woke up.
Nie Lan stopped screaming again and snored slightly.
It turned out that he was talking in his sleep.
In the darkness, Shu Xingbei smiled.
Before he fell asleep again, Nie Lan started talking in her sleep again, still shouting "brother, brother", but this time, there was an additional "brother Shu" in her cry.
Shu Xingbei's heart trembled. He had completely made up his mind at this moment.
As soon as it dawned, he asked Nie Lan to go up with a tank of helium.
No matter what she said, he insisted on it. He also fell asleep in a daze.
When he woke up again, it was probably daybreak.
Shu Xingbei turned on his headlight and was about to carry a tank of oxygen over. Unexpectedly, he had only taken two steps when he felt pulled.
When he turned around, he didn't know when Nie Lan tied the straw on her body to Shu Xingbei's breathing tube.
Just as Shu Xingbei was about to untie the straw, Nie Lan had already woken up.
"Shu, Xingbei, let's go up together."
"We can't go all the way in vain," Shu Xingbei shook his head.
"I knew you would push me out secretly," Nie Lan said in a pleading tone, "We will go up together. At worst, we will only bring a tank of oxygen."
Shu Xingbei said with a wry smile: "Only one tank? With the two of us lying in it, we can't carry even one tank." The sealing cover cannot bear the weight of two people plus a tank of gas.
"Try, give it a try," Nie Lan insisted.
Shu Xingbei carried a can of gas and placed it in the sealed cover. Then, he stepped inside and the cover immediately tilted.
"It's too heavy," Shu Xingbei shook his head.
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"Shu Xingbei, let's go up together. As long as we live, there is hope. At most, we can wait for a while and then we can come again," Nie Lan continued to insist.
Shu Xingbei looked at the sealing cover, then at the gas tank, and then he thought of an idea. He found some hoses, tied them together with Nie Lan's breathing tube, and then hung the gas tank under the sealing cover.
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When he lay down again, the cover was stable and did not shift.
"Successful," Nie Lan smiled happily, "Brother Shu, you are so smart."
Shu Xingbei was lying next to Nie Lan, and he could clearly feel Nie Lan's breathing.
At that moment, his heart felt as soft as puddles of water.
The sealed cover successfully sent the two of them to the surface of the ocean. After Shu Xingbei and Nie Lan left the cover one after another, Shu Xingbei couldn't wait to look under the cover, and his heart suddenly went cold.
The straw that tied the tank was floating there, apparently bitten off by some creature on the bottom of the sea.
The tank of gas is gone.
Shu Xingbei and Nie Lan pulled the cover up to the water, and sure enough there was nothing underneath.
"We are still alive, that's enough. Also, the sealing cover can also be used for valuation. It should be able to exchange a lot of air, food and water," Nie Lan comforted him.
The valuation of Spear Company was quickly given. The sealing cover was worth 1000 ml of water and five bags of food, which was exactly what Shu Xingbei had received in advance.
What made the situation even worse was that the wound on Shu Xingbei's back not only showed no signs of improvement, but also began to ooze pus.
Shu Xingbei lay down in the houseboat. He started to have a fever and talked nonsense.
Nie Lan took care of him.
The water was gradually drunk by Shu Xingbei.
The rent for the houseboat is coming soon. Shu Xingbei is sometimes sober and sometimes confused.
When he was awake, Shu Xingbei looked at Nie Lan and said, "You should leave quickly. I don't want to injure you."
"You didn't implicate me. You gave me my life," Nie Lan shook his head stubbornly, "Brother Shu, don't be afraid. The company has approved my application and the doctor will be here soon."
"Doctor?" Shu Xingbei was surprised, "You, where did you get your reward?"
"I saved it before," Nie Lan smiled slightly, "When you get better, we will join the World Aid Organization to give the poor a way to live, okay?"
"Okay," Shu Xingbei held her hand, "I will definitely get better. However, we can't find the organization. Also, will the organization definitely accept us?"
"Don't be afraid. Just have a recommender. My brother is our recommender. Hey, he also left a sign for me. With the sign, we can join," Nie Lan said, took out a sign and handed it to
Shuxingbei.
Shu Xingbei took it in his hand. The sign was round and made of an unknown material. It was very thick in his hand. There was a big word "Light" in the middle of the sign.
There must be light, yes, there must be light. Shu Xingbei pursed his lips and smiled. He held the sign tightly in his hand.
A few days later, Shu Xingbei was woken up by the doctor who changed his dressing.
"Who are you?" he asked blankly.
"I am a doctor sent by the company," the doctor replied unhappily. The smell in the houseboat was not good, and the smell on Shu Xingbei's body was even worse.
If it weren't for the reward, he wouldn't have come at all.
"Where's Nie Lan in my room?" Shu Xingbei was anxious.
The doctor glanced at him and said, "He must have sold himself into slavery."
"Impossible," Shu Xingbei stood up suddenly.
"Believe it or not," the doctor gave him a pitiful look, "do you get paid to be a doctor? If not, what do you have that is worthy of me?"