As soon as these words came out, all the passengers were stunned.
Some of the goods down there belong to the merchants and upper-class people in the VIP rooms, and the empty space in the warehouse is also a place for poor people who buy economy tickets to live. Captain Morgan's hand is simply giving people no way to survive.
The words stirred up a stir, and the crowd immediately started to quarrel. Some even wanted to rush up and beat Morgan, but were scared off by First Officer Clark's shot.
However, the bullets can only scare off the passengers for a while, and it is impossible to really make the passengers resist. The dissatisfaction is still brewing, and there is a danger of breaking out at any time.
At this moment, two red-haired men came to the periphery of the crowd. The handsome young man in the lead held a wooden stick in his hand and pointed in the direction of the crowd...
After Victor and Rianlong arrived here, the wooden stick suddenly stopped moving. The latter put it away, looked back at Victor, and shook his head.
"What do you mean? Your divination failed?"
Victor was curious, but Li Anlong reminded: "Maybe there are too many people here, and more than one of them has been infected by the Abyss Painting Skin."
Hearing this, Victor took a deep breath.
The two then squeezed through the crowd, came to Captain Morgan, and greeted the ship's crew.
"I've already said, this is an emergency, there's no point in you coming back." First Officer Clark stopped the two of them.
"Sir... I finally saw you!" Pickman was hiding in the crowd and saw Victor at this moment. He hurried over to say hello, "They are going to use the cargo warehouse as a ballast tank. Those paintings of mine..."
Victor waved his hand to show that he knew.
At this time, Li Anlong spoke: "The problem now is that the ship's route is not traveling as planned, and this problem itself is easy to solve, just adjust it back. However, you are here to maintain order, neither
After adjusting the route and adding temporary ballast tanks, can I think that the shipping staff are incapable of controlling the ship?"
His words were to the point and very disturbing, which was fatal to Morgan and First Officer Clark. Morgan quickly retorted: "Sir, please don't judge our work arbitrarily. I have forty years of sailing experience. This time I only
It can be regarded as a small incident and will be resolved soon."
"Interlude?" Li Anlong smiled, but his question seemed to be mocking the other party, "If I remember correctly, from the sound of gunshots after dinner to the tilt of the cruise ship just now, the waterline dropped and shadows appeared underwater.
, only two hours later... I guess, this ship is leaking, and in order to maintain the overall balance, you have to adjust the water volume in the ballast tanks, and if you want to flood the cargo hold, it should be you
A last resort.”
Unexpectedly, this young man was so shrewd and saw through the problems of the Northern Faith in an instant.
The first mate's expression betrayed him, causing all the onlookers to riot, shouting like crazy to jump into the sea to escape in a lifeboat, and the situation gradually got out of control.
But at this time, Li Anlong actually comforted everyone. He said loudly: "But fortunately the situation is controllable and the ship did not continue to sink. This proves that Captain Morgan's judgment is correct. Unless necessary,
The warehouse can still be saved."
After listening to all the speeches, the crowd calmed down slightly, but anxiety and fear still lingered in everyone's hearts.
"So, how long can we hold on?"
"That's right! We are still sailing towards the Sea of Tranquility. Who knows what kind of weird things we will encounter..."
"I want to file a complaint against your company! I want to find my lawyer!"
Lianlong glanced at Victor behind him, without mentioning the word "Abyss Painted Skin". He continued to say to everyone: "So what exactly went wrong? I hope the captain and first mate can give us an explanation.
.”
Morgan and First Officer Clark looked at each other. Clark opened his mouth to say something, but Morgan objected to him telling the truth.
This small eye contact was noticed by Li Anlong. He was not angry, but said calmly: "I guess there is something under the water."
Clark's face was very ugly. He ignored the captain's order and said directly: "The hull is indeed damaged, it is leaking, and there are some weed-like things. It may be that they have entangled the rudder blades. We will find a way to clean them out.
of."
This answer is half true and half false, but it can indeed give most passengers an explanation and explain a series of problems currently occurring.
The ship's crew are still trying their best to persuade people to return to their rooms. The entire ship is still stable and has not continued to sink. Captain Morgan's decision to seal the ballast tanks is very effective.
Some people went back obediently, but there were still many restless people on the deck. They wanted to get close to the lifeboat, but the way to the upper level was blocked by the ship's crew. Those guys were armed with guns and refused to let them go.
Anyone near the top terrace.
In the end, only Victor and Rianlong were still following Mate Clark and Captain Morgan closely.
"Why are you two still here?"
Captain Morgan said dissatisfiedly.
Victor refuted him this time: "The situation seems to be stable, but are you telling the truth?"
Captain Morgan's face jumped, and First Officer Clark next to him subconsciously reached his hand to his waist, but Victor showed his ten-star badge of the Inspection Bureau.
"Inspection Bureau?"
Captain Morgan's eyes narrowed, while Clark's face was full of shock, his hand froze, and he no longer dared to take out his gun rashly.
"Now that you know who I am, I don't care whether the Inspection Bureau has the authority to investigate. Anyway, it's impossible for you to fool me. If you want to stabilize the situation, you have to tell the truth."
As Victor's serious words fell, First Officer Clark looked at the captain again, gritted his teeth for the last time, and finally made it clear.
"There are cracks in the hull, and some kind of plant got in and grew in the ballast tank. It's very strange. I suspect that it is entangled in the rudder blades and controlling our route. I just called it a waterweed, just for stability."
Live everyone."
plant?
Victor frowned: "I see, can't you chop it off and clean it up?"
"I tried it, but corrosive gas will emit from its interior and no living person can get close to it." Clark said clearly.
That's it...
They walked to the edge of the boat, and Li Anlong looked at the dark water, lost in thought.
"The plants under the water have entangled the rudder blades, so you can't adjust the course... What's the matter with the lock?" Victor asked with a smile.
Clark was shocked. He didn't expect Victor to know about this.
But there was nothing to hide anymore. The lock was just a cover to attract their attention. In fact, what really caused the course change was the underwater thing.
He opened his mouth, ready to explain to Victor, but at this moment, Li Anlong, who was observing the water, suddenly said: "Deep Diver..."
"What?" Victor looked back at him.
Rianlong raised his head and stared at First Officer Clark and Captain Morgan.
"The Deep Diver, one of the Five Ghosts of the Sea, I believe you two have heard of that ship."