ACT 203: Engineering Vessels
acT203: There are people on board the engineering ship, but dead people. The telescope is a big road cargo picked up in the city, the clarity is average, and you can only see a rough idea through the dense fog.
The yacht is facing the starboard side of the engineering ship, and according to Cao Zheng, the square white structure at that position is the mixing building, surrounded by facilities such as distribution rods, material warehouses, and living buildings.
Unlike yacht ships, this concrete mixer ship is actually more like a floating mixing site on the sea, with a boxy hull and low sides, and rubber tires that slow the impact.
From the side, if there is no bright red ship name on the side of the living building, it is difficult for the layman to distinguish which side is the bow.
The guardrail on the side of the ship is very low, because it is an engineering ship, it saves a lot of unnecessary facilities, and the person Dai Wei saw from the telescope was lying on the side of the ship, and behind him was the white mixing building, and the corpse was very conspicuous.
The reason why Dai Wei's expression became serious was not because he saw a corpse, to be precise, because of the corpse's clothing.
Song Jiu and several people took the binoculars in turn to check, the corpse fell on the deck of the ship with its head facing outward, there seemed to be something under the corpse, and the lower half of the body was raised high, and from this angle it was clear that the field combat uniform, that is, the camouflage military uniform.
"Let's take a look." Wu Wentao put down the binoculars, the two sword eyebrows twisted up, ordinary people may not be able to distinguish the difference between camouflage uniforms and combat uniforms, but Wu Wentao is familiar with it anymore, since he is also condensed, presumably that corpse is really not ordinary.
Wu Wentao glanced at Song Yao, the latter was silent, and Song Jiu was not stupid, so he naturally thought of the establishment of the dragon who saw the head but did not see the end.
"You don't think too much about it." Song Jiu was quite helpless, Lao Wu and Lao Sister, these people are a bit of a soldier, Jin Bo said that the stronghold of the establishment faction is located in Nansha, which is 108,000 miles away from Nansha, and those who wear military uniforms are not necessarily the establishment.
"Perhaps." The corners of Song Yao's mouth hooked up a wry smile, once she was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, she was indeed too sensitive.
Needless to say, Cao Zheng drove the yacht forward slowly, in order to avoid changes, he did not approach the boarding ship directly, but drove around the huge engineering ship, trying to get more information as much as possible.
Facts have proved that Cao Zheng's prudence is completely necessary. On the starboard side, only the corpse was more eye-catching, everything else was normal, and when going around the stern and approaching the port side, the problem arose.
There were walking corpses on board, and there were quite a few of them.
"Obediently..."Cao Zheng's eyes widened, and the hand at the helm trembled a little. If you replace the engineering ship with an old-fashioned mast sailboat, with the wandering corpses on the port side, it will be Barbossa and the Black Pearl without special effects.
The yacht and the engineering ship moved in parallel, the roar of the motor disturbed the walking corpses who had been drifting for an unknown amount of time, and the walking corpses wandering near the mixing building heard the sound, slowly and firmly staggered, climbed over the low guardrail, and fell into the water like dumplings.
The passengers of the yacht were stunned, watching as half of the corpses were instantly launched, some of them were sinking in bubbles, and some of them seemed to still have corpse gas in their bodies, floating on the surface of the sea and screaming, struggling to try to get close to the yacht that was destined to be impossible to board.
Song Yao and Lu Qian looked suddenly, they had seen this scene, when they set off from Bohai Bay, the port was full of walking corpses, the scene was much better than today, that time the accompanying soldier brother, and later Xinpuyang rushed to the rescue, and the group of people avoided the invasion of the walking corpses in the water, otherwise the consequences are really unpredictable.
Walking corpses do not drown, the sea water can only limit their range of movement, and it is impossible to know what will happen to them when they sink to the bottom of the sea, but the guys floating on the surface of the sea are undoubtedly mobile virus warehouses.
Whether the sea creatures will be affected or not is not in everyone's consideration for the time being, but it is clear that the walking corpses in the water are still a threat to them, and no one can guarantee that these walking corpses will flutter close to the yacht, and the chances of overturning the cruise ship may not be high, but it will climb up if they are not guaranteed.
"There's no way there's going to be a living person on board." Fang Fei stood by the porthole and looked at the boiling sea, his back was faintly cold, if the walking corpses could not be drowned, would there be groups of corpses on the bottom of the sea, walking with fish?
Or if the fish of the sea use the walking corpse as bait and devour it, is it possible that some new species of walking corpse will come out of the bottom of the sea in the future?
It's cranky, but it's scary.
"Do you want to get closer?" Cao Zheng deeply agrees with this, the engineering ship is very large, but the space for people to move is limited, the walking corpses are almost all over the ship, and there is no possibility for the living to survive here.
Qianqian nodded and agreed, and said softly: "The ship should be floating along the ocean current, no wonder the movement shown by the radar image is irregular, it is completely a ghost ship." ”
"Why are there walking corpses on the ship?"
"It should be that there were infected people in the crowd who boarded the ship, but they were not found in the chaos, and there was a mess after going to sea." Song Jiu stepped out of the cockpit, his eyes swept over the magnificent huge ship, and muttered, "If it's because of the walking corpse, then there should be resources on the ship, right?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and immediately understood the meaning of Song wine, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was really some possibility.
If this engineering ship had carried a group of survivors to escape, there would have been a certain amount of food, water and fuel on board, perhaps not much, but at least it could support the survival of these people for a short time.
This kind of large engineering ship is not as easy to operate as a yacht, it needs to be equipped with professional pilots, and there is more than one, plus those in military uniforms among the walking corpses, there is reason to believe that the final jurisdiction of this ship should belong to the establishment or a powerful organization such as Rca.
Aside from them, the average survivor of the aftermath would not be able to sail such a behemoth out of port.
A ship full of survivors sails the seas, what keeps it out of the big forces? Or to put it another way, why have all the passengers become walking corpses?
The walking corpse can't drive a ship, so the corpse mutation must have occurred after the engineering ship went to sea, and the connection here is not far from the nearest land, so the conclusion can barely be established.
If it was used by the establishment to escape the survivors, combined with the situation at the time, the screening of the boat passengers may not have been very detailed, resulting in the infection of the walking corpses mixed in.
As far as everyone knows, the whole process from the injury to the death and then back to life will not exceed 12 hours, which is still to extend the time as much as possible, but it may actually be shorter.
The tragedy occurred when a walking corpse suddenly appeared on the panicked escape boat, the limited space made it impossible for the survivors to avoid it, and the soldiers stationed on the ship could not control the situation.
There may be a small number of people who abandoned the ship to escape, but this part of the people must not be able to leave with the reserves, because the lifeboats on the engineering ship are limited, and from what I saw in the circle just now, the lifeboats on the engineering ship are all in place, and there is no sign of being moved.
Moreover, the incident happened suddenly, and the survivors who reacted did not have time to make so much preparation. If the above speculation is in line with the real situation, then the ship in front of you, in addition to the walking corpses, must still have a considerable amount of survival materials!
The more people think about it, the more reliable they feel, the walking corpse is not interested in the food and water needed by humans, and the water source may have been polluted, but there must be a surplus of food, right?
The entourage of the establishment faction is also equipped with marching rations, these things are not delicious, but they are easy to store and carry, three years is not long or short, and the compressed vacuum-sealed military rations are obviously not so easy to expire.
The solemn atmosphere of the cockpit gradually faded, and the possible resources of the engineering ship became the subject of discussion, Cao Zheng and Dai Wei ventured to get closer to the yacht and checked the specifications of this giant ship.
It is already a miracle that such a ship full of walking corpses floated on the sea and did not capsize, so everyone could not ask for more.
"So..."When the discussion subsided, Cao Zheng tentatively asked, "Are we going to board the ship?" ”
"I don't think it's necessary." Fang Fei did not participate in the previous discussion, but was the first to speak at this time. Fang Fei was not in a hurry, patiently waited for everyone to calm down, and said indifferently: "There is no need to take risks, the specific situation on the ship is unknown, our current supplies are enough to return to the island, and there is no need to worry about eating and drinking after landing on the island." A simple sentence immediately extinguished a large amount of enthusiasm.
Fang Fei was right, they were a little inexplicable in their excitement just now, no matter what was on the ship, it didn't mean much to them.
Instead of wasting time and energy on boarding the ship to search, it is better to hurry as soon as possible while the fog has lifted. If they were also wandering aimlessly, perhaps the ship would be worth exploring, but they were purposeful, and there was enough squandering water and food at the end.
Under such a premise, it is not worth risking your life to snatch something from under the noses of the walking corpse.
"I agree with Fang Fei." Song Yao also expressed his position, and glanced at Wu Wentao, who looked indifferent, obviously he was also not interested in the things on the dead man's ship.
The atmosphere in the cockpit suddenly became a little strange, originally he just came to check, Song Jiu's casual words triggered everyone's reasoning and discussion, and when he was about to practice it with great interest, he was blocked back by Fang Fei's voice...... From an onlooker's point of view, these people seem to be a bit of an idle egg.
Song Jiu didn't intervene, leaned against the porthole and looked at the domineering engineering ship, deaf to everyone's discussion, and suddenly felt quiet around him, turned his head to look, but found that everyone was staring at him.
"Huh? What's wrong? Song Jiu looked dazed, as if he hadn't heard what everyone had just said, looked left and right, and wondered, "What's wrong?" ”
"What do you think?" Luo Yu gave him an angry look, his words made everyone talk for a long time, okay, dare to love people didn't take it seriously at all?
"What do you think?" Song Jiu was even more confused, looking at Luo Yu's disgusted eyes, he suddenly understood, thinking about their discussion just now, he couldn't help laughing.
"Laughing fart!" Song Yao was speechless for a while, walked over and twisted his brother's ear, and scolded with a smile: "What about teasing us?" ”
"No, no, no." His ears hurt, Song Jiu repeatedly asked for forgiveness, and shouted wronged: "What did I do!" You're talking hotly, it's none of my business! ”
"Ugh." Wu Wentao sighed and left the cockpit with a wry smile. The rest of the people looked at each other, how embarrassed and embarrassed they were, the heated discussion just now turned into nonsense, and they seriously discussed whether to board the ship or not one by one, and the person who caused the conversation did not participate at all...... Just like Song Yao said, it makes them look like a group of stupid roe deer.
The good meeting turned into a farce, and the flickering points of light were clearly visible, and they were of little value to them, and there was no need for the yacht to continue to pestle and harass the walking corpses here.
A group of people were angry and funny, surrounded Song Jiu with a full meal of old punches, and left with a snort, leaving only the coolie trio and Song Jiu staring at each other.
Song Jiu rubbed his ears and pouted at the three of them, his face full of innocence: "Do you say I'm wronged?" ”
"Yes." The three of them said in unison. …… The fog cleared, but the sea breeze remained. The yacht left the engineering ship, the assembled militia team was disbanded, the mahjong table was set up again, those who should play continued to play, those who should vomit continued to vomit, and everything returned to normal.
Song Jiu climbed down the gangway, saw that there was no one left and right, took out the cigarette that came back from Yang Xiaomeng's gambling bag and lit it, took a puff, hummed a little song and walked into the lower cabin, just happened to meet Jiao Ziqian with a red face.
"What just now? The ship seems to have stopped? Jiao Ziqian poked out half of his head through the crack in the hatch door, his face suspicious, and he didn't know anything about what was happening in the outside world.
"It's okay, wait for the fog to clear." Glancing at the deep and shallow kiss marks on Jiao Ziqian's neck, Song Jiu was happy, shoved his head back with his probe, and said with a smile: "You continue." Jiao Ziqian smiled, squeezed his eyes narrowly, and gently closed the hatch.
Song Jiu stood in the aisle and finished smoking, frowning and thinking about it for a long time, he wanted to knock on the door several times, his hand was raised for a long time, and then he put it down, and after repeating it a few times, Song Jiu lost his patience, sighed and prepared to leave.
Just as he was about to turn away, the hatch opened. Natalia stood behind the door prettyly, as if she knew that Song Jiu had been wandering here for a long time, there was no surprise, no doubt, there was not even a superfluous expression on that delicate face, and her eyes as deep as the sea were full of water vapor, bright and moving, looking at him quietly.
Song Jiu involuntarily looked away, coughed dryly, and said a stupid greeting: "Hi........." The morning mist clears, the sun bursts through the clouds, and the golden light shines onto the sea, reflecting the sparkling waves.
The tide was turbulent and undulating, and the walking corpses floated and fell in the water, propelled by the force of the current, slowly approaching the stern of the engineering ship.
For the walking dead, the sea is noisy, but for engineering ships, the sea is silent. The sea is calm, the undercurrents surging underwater are difficult to catch with the naked eye, and the walking corpses do not understand what the whirlpools in the water represent, only the noise can arouse their interest.
The walking corpse was struggling, letting out a hoarse roar, there was a force in the water, it was pulled to the bottom, the broken body rolled and churned along the swirling current, the fine bubbles surged and burst, the huge cold spiral fan blades spun rapidly, frantically stirring the seawater, the vortex momentum became more and more violent, pulling the walking corpse into the center of the whirlpool, and was instantly torn and shattered by the propeller blades.
The dark red plasma sparkled and rose in the sea like wisps of blood-colored smoke, rising as fragments of the broken corpse surfaced.
The sky is warm, the water is rippling, and the sea is silent, empty. ...