Chapter 674: With an Expert
Rudolph actually did this to bring everyone together, because those who understand will know the answer as soon as they hear it. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Second mate Albert said quickly: "It's still in a nearby room, I know there is one, just a few steps diagonally opposite." Because there is a machine room nearby, the windows are double-layer soundproof, so it is relatively strong. ”
There are advantages and disadvantages to glass windows, the disadvantage is that this monster power can suck away or break all glass windows, and the advantage is that as soon as you see a monster coming, you will immediately run for your life.
Then there was the question of eating and drinking, and they went to the restaurant instead and came back with some food.
The restaurant was already a mess, but fortunately there were no bones to be seen, and all the living had fled, and the monster was obviously not very particular about whether the food was dead or alive, so there was no one to be seen.
"Is there anything else to eat here?" Regel stepped straight over a fallen chair.
Thinking about it, there should be no more, and the other survivors will definitely take food too. Gordon suggested, "Or we should go to the storeroom and get some." ”
The second mate, Albert, did not speak, but led them to the original dressing room. Maybe there will be food here, and the treasury may have been swept a long time ago. And the cafeteria is already a lifelong nightmare for many people present, and those who can come back to flip things and eat are already bold, and they leave in a hurry when they get something, not daring to stay longer, for fear that the monster will go and return.
After walking in, walk to a door, push it open and go straight inside. It was empty, with many floor-to-ceiling mirrors on the wall and handrails, and it was a practice room.
He walked to the other side, pulled out a box of things near the window on the side, and dragged it to the ground: "Take it away." ”
Gavin opened it and saw that it was full of biscuits, chocolates, and the like, and this box alone could last everyone for two days.
Albert smiled at the corner of his mouth: "The waitress is always afraid of being fat and comes here to dance and exercise, and she is hungry after practice, but she can't control her mouth." Not only here, but also in the wardrobes in the gym. ”
Maybe the military will come in three days, but in fact, there is enough food here, and every time this cruise ship goes out, it will bring enough food for fifteen days. Even if there is already a freezer thrown out and the electricity is cut off, the number of people here is also decreasing, and after two days, there will be enough food to eat, just go and pick it up.
So Sneijder said, "We've saved some too, enough for everyone to eat for five or six days." "Anyway, Albert knew that they were hiding food and water, and he would ask if he didn't say anything, so he just had to be generous.
Albert's henchman, Barron, picked up the box and everyone began to head back to the cold storage.
Rudolph asked, "Albert, you're quite familiar with octopuses, can you tell me more about them?" "Rudolph is a very special spy, and he is very shrewd and capable, but without electricity and no Internet here, he can't be a master of all things.
Albert also said helplessly: "I don't know much, I used to play in the aquarium, and it was very interesting to see octopuses, so I took a few more looks." I'm a second officer, not a fishery expert. ”
Along the way, there were still frightened people sitting in a corner, some holding their heads; Some were still weeping, though their voices were hoarse; Some of them were talking to themselves like crazy. These people are basically not saved, and you can imagine that when the monster was hungry, it clutched the hull of the ship with its tentacles with suction cups, and looked around for food. When they climb to the bilge on the last stretch, they will be a small pre-dinner snack on the way.
"Oh God, save us, save us lost lambs..." The man lay curled up on the ground, praying vigorously.
"Ah~, ah~" The woman kept saying monosyllables, and it seemed that she was not exhausted and fainted, and she didn't want to stop.
Cheng Qianxun, like everyone else, walked forward without even looking at it. Suddenly, an old voice came into her ears: "Octopus, octopus... What a big octopus... Bigger than the Pacific giant octopus... ”
She looked sideways, and it was an old man, sitting stupidly on one side, his eyes straight.
With a move in her heart, she walked over and back, squatted down, and looked at each other's faces face to face: "Hey, what are you doing?" "The old man had been held by the kidnappers for three days, and he had grown gray stubble, and he was about sixty years old.
The rest of his teammates stopped, including Albert's men, and they all turned to look.
But the old man still muttered to himself with straight eyes: "The eight-legged one, yes, the octopus, not the squid, the octopus... ”
Cheng Qianxun rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand and slapped him hard, slapping the other party's head slightly.
"Are you awake?" She asked coldly: "Is your profession familiar with octopuses?" ”
The other party was stunned at first, and when he turned his head, his dull gaze finally focused, and he had a little light: "Me? I'm a professor and I study marine life. ”
He grabbed Cheng Qianxun's arm and said very nervously and affirmatively: "That's an octopus, it must be an octopus." Bigger than any octopus I've studied, bigger... Ten times bigger! ”
Cheng Qianxun finally smiled a little, and his attitude was much gentler: "What's your name?" Professor. ”
The old man gasped nervously, then relaxed and said with a bit of prostration: "Ackerman." ”
"Good!" She stood up, turned back to her teammates, and said, "We have an expert, please help Professor Ackerman if he can't leave." ”
Jason went to help Professor Ackerman, on the one hand, the passage is relatively narrow, there is no way to let more than two people pass through at the same time, and on the other hand, the two of them are relatively comparable, otherwise let Gordon help him, it will definitely make Professor Ackerman walk on tiptoe, it is better to let Gordon carry it.
Along the way, Cheng Qianxun and other teammates began to pass by the room, and when they saw the door open, they went in and carried the quilt away.
The room where the second officer, Albert, took everyone to, and sure enough, as he said, it was the closest to the cold storage, diagonally opposite, because the sound was relatively loud, and it was equipped with double glazing, which was used by a staff member to rest when he was on duty at night.
After entering the room, Snead threw the quilt in their hands directly to the ground and began to clean everything in the duty room to the side. The floor should be as close to the door as possible, so that if you find a monster coming, you can run to the cold storage.
"Professor Ackerman, come, drink some water, and suppress the shock." Cheng Qianxun opened a bottle of mineral water with a smile and handed it over.
The old man had been nagging for about some time, and it was impossible to drink much water during the hostage, so after taking the water, he poured it into his stomach.
I'm almost drunk, and I should see if it's a treasure that I picked up, or if there's an extra meat shield when the monster comes. Cheng Qianxun began to speak: "Professor, in your opinion, what kind of octopus is this monster?" ”
Professor Ackerman wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and his heart palpitated: "I don't know, I've never seen it before." So big, it's ridiculously big, something that shouldn't exist on Earth at all. ”
He explained: "The Pacific giant octopus is actually a king squid or giant squid, because the octopus has eight wrists and the squid has ten wrists. The larger the creature, the more food it needs and the larger and deeper space it needs to hide. ”
"But it's there now." Cheng Qianxun is also very helpless, she would rather sink the ship, rather than kidnap the hostage case than have a big monster.
Ackerman recalled: "But octopuses never prey on humans, and they are very timid, except to protect their eggs during the breeding season, and in most cases, they do not attack humans at all." ”
"Isn't it an octopus that ate people in the middle of the night last night, it's an alien creature?" Cheng Qianxun sneered: "Professor, don't think it's impossible, you should have seen its eight tentacles, do you still think you're dreaming?" ”
She revealed some of the analyses she had received about monsters: "Its body secretes mucus, so it can be in the air for long periods of time, even for days. And I like to swallow people whole, and then I don't know whether to excrete or spit out the parts that are not easy to digest. ”
"It's normal for an octopus to keep water in the mantle cavity and live on oxygen dissolved in the water, so it can live for a long time without the seawater." Ackerman shook his head again and said incredulously, "Octopuses like to chew and swallow food, and I don't know why it swallows whole." ”
"Then think about it, now the first thing is, I want to know, how much it can eat, whether it can sleep and rest, whether it intends to eat all the people on the ship and go or whether it will finish after a few meals." Cheng Qianxun took out a chocolate cheese rack from the box and gave it to him.
Ackerman was also hungry, so he took it and opened the package and ate it, and said vaguely, "But I don't know, it's a kind I've never seen before." ”
Cheng Qianxun took another one, and after Ackerman gobbled up the first one, when he reached out to pick it up, he pinched it and looked at the other party gloomily: "It's better to think of it." We are responsible for your safety, and you are responsible for giving us the answers we want. Everyone is useful here, and professors who are highly educated should understand what happens to useless people. ”
Ackerman shuddered, and said tremblingly: "I must do my best, the size of the octopus is different, but the living habits are similar, I will definitely analyze it." "This is the attitude of cooperation, and now the professor needs their protection, after all, the group of people out there who have already gone crazy with fear are far less reliable than these kidnapper leaders. And they also need to be given a way to guard against monsters, so they have to cooperate with each other.
"Good!" Cheng Qianxun turned to smile and let go of the hand that was holding the wrapping paper tightly. She stood up, walked to the floor where she had already laid out, found one at random, and lay down. The quilt was covered on the body and lay on the ground: "You arrange the order of the sentry duty, I will sleep first, and wake me up when it is my turn." ”
Instead of looking at other people's expressions, her energy is not used to guess whether she is recognized by others, but to find a way to save the lives of her teammates. (To be continued.) )