Chapter 90: Electricity
"Whew, this is the power room, hurry up!" Xia Ming led everyone all the way through the two corridors to the door of the power room.
After opening the door, Xia Ming let out a long breath.
It's a good thing that there's no standing water here. I saw the water in the corridor slowly flowing into the door, and after entering, I closed the hatch and turned around twice.
Generally, the doors of the lower facilities of the cruise ship can be closed very tightly, even if one cabin is flooded, it will not affect other positions.
"MD, what the hell is that??" Mo Feng complained as soon as he came in. It is definitely very uncomfortable to be pursued by such an invisible and very deadly unknown object.
"I don't know, I hope it won't get in." As soon as Xia Ming came in, he took the lamp and looked around, and it seemed that the power room was not damaged, on the contrary, it was still safe, and he didn't even feel that there were fish people nearby.
Walk through a door into the control room, where there are a lot of computers and instruments, and a large control power unit, which looks complicated.
"This is the whole cruise power control system. I can start by temporarily activating the emergency battery pack to maintain the minimum power system here and see what the problem is. Ryan walked over to the crew and got up to work.
"Well, you can try, if you need help, just say, we have to restore the power quickly." Xia Ming frowned and looked around. The unknown object just now made him feel uneasy, and it would be really difficult to deal with this thing if it came in.
"Hum..."
With Ryan's operation, the unit started up, and watching a bunch of data refresh on the screen, everyone unconsciously let out a sigh.
It seems that he is really a professional.
ā.... Xia Ming, it looks safe here. Mo Feng casually found a chair and sat down. To be honest, he had expected a big battle here, but the power room was so quiet that there wasn't even a hair.
Looks like they'll just stay here and wait for Ryan to get it done??
Of course, he didn't believe it would be that simple.
"No, the main power system here has been damaged, and if we want to restore it, I'm afraid it can't be done by a few of us." Ryan frowned and shook his head as he stared at the system self-test data.
"Then there is no way??" Xia Ming walked up to him, looking at the self-inspection chart on the screen a little helplessly.
Ryan thought for a moment and pointed to the picture: "You see, the main power source of this cruise ship is the steam turbine to drive power generation. Now that the main power here has been completely destroyed, even if we go to the engine room to repair the equipment now, it will not be possible for a few people to complete it in half a day. From finding out to solving, this requires at least a professional maintenance team to do. ā
ā.... A cruise ship always has a backup power system, right? Xia Ming thought for a while and asked.
"Well... That's what I want to say. Today, if we want to restore some of the power, we can only use the backup diesel generator set here. ā
Ryan swiped across the screen a few times as he spoke, and found a schematic diagram of the backup power system.
"These standby diesel units are not normally used and are only activated when needed. To start them, you need to fill up the tank. As long as they aren't destroyed, we'll be able to restore at least one layer of power by the time the power is dispatched here. ā
"Yes, I see... Where is the diesel unit? I took two people to refuel the start. Xia Ming nodded, this matter cannot be delayed, and it must be done immediately.
"Ha, the standby crew is here to go out of the first intersection and the second room, and the first room is the engine room."
At this moment, Mo Feng turned a laptop on the workbench around.
This notebook still works, and he is bored to open it to see. Information about the hull was quickly found, and it is estimated that this notebook should be reserved for the staff here.
"Okay, I'll go with Johnny and Simmons, and you stay here to protect Ryan." Xia Ming thought about it and patted Mo Feng's shoulder. He was the only one who could count on something.
It doesn't help to go together, it's enough for two people to help.
"Well, you have to be careful, there's that thing out there..."Mo Feng couldn't help but remind. To be honest, he really wanted to tell Xia Ming that everyone should stay here for seven days, it feels like it's quite safe here, maybe if you're lucky, you can really get through it.
"Well..."Xia Ming nodded slightly. Actually, he didn't want to go out and face that kind of thing again, but this task must be completed.
"Hey, Xia Ming, come and see." Just then, Johnny's voice came from the corner, and everyone looked at it. He was pushing open a bookshelf and found a door in the back.
He was also bored, walking around the room, and found that this bookshelf was very unnatural, and when he pushed it open, he saw that there was actually a room.
"The Monitoring Office.."
Looking at the note on the door, Xia Ming gently pushed open the door.
This is a communication room dedicated to observing the entire cruise ship. At this time, the large screen on the wall cannot be started due to lack of power. There was the corpse of a crew member on the workbench chair in the back, it should be a dried corpse to be precise, and the whole person seemed to have been evaporated, leaving only skin and bones.
Xia Ming took the lamp and looked around carefully, and soon found a very strange chair in the corner of the room.
There were clear blood stains under the chair, and there were ropes on it, and it looked like someone should have been tied here before...
There was also an open metal case on the couch next to it.
Seeing this box, Xia Ming frowned unconsciously and walked over quickly.
The silver chest was identical to the one found on the ninth floor, except that there was nothing inside.
I was thinking about what would be in it, and a cool breeze swept over my head...
Xia Ming picked up the lamp and looked up, and the large mesh vent made him take a deep breath.
The last thing he wanted to see right now was the vents.
Seeing the water slowly dripping down from above, he had a bad feeling...
"Hmm..."
Johnny was dripping with water on his head, and he wiped it with his hand and took a step back. But I don't know why I always feel oily on my hands.
He was startled by a flashlight. His fingers had become transparent in the light. Suddenly, I remembered the situation on the fish-man just now, and a deep fear welled up from the bottom of my heart.
"I, Iā" He didn't have time to run, and a large amount of water dropped from his head. The whole person was wrapped up for a while.
ā... Walk! Get out of here first. Xia Ming knew that Johnny was probably hopeless, and he really couldn't think of any way to deal with this flowing unknown object now.
I can only run first, otherwise what else can I do??
But just as he quickly moved to the door, Johnny, who was wrapped, suddenly pounced quickly, and the speed was completely below him.
"I'm in so much pain, I'm going to kill you!!" Johnny shouted as he tried to choke him. Fortunately, although his speed was fast, his movements were very stiff, Xia Ming dodged his attack with a roll, and casually pulled out a pistol and shot three shots at his head.
The bullet passed through the skull and opened several large holes, but it quickly returned to its original shape.
Xia Ming is really at a loss now, the super visual distance can't see into the flaws of this flowing object, and he doesn't understand what this thing is at all.
"Ahh
ā.... You, you're Hansen?? ā
Simmons stared at him with wide eyes, and Johnny had become a different person by this time. His face was pale and blank, and his whole body trembled slightly.
This man was all too familiar to him.
His long-time partner has finally been found.
It's just that what it looks like now, even he can't tell.
In short, like a nightmare...