In the dark, Zhou Yu opened his eyes with difficulty.

The surrounding light is dim and it is impossible to see, and only a few vague silhouettes of human figures can be seen.

The hot and humid air smelled of mold, sweat, and feces mixed together.

Underneath him, the metal-like floor rises and falls, making people's stomachs convulsive and spasm.

Zhou Yu could feel that there were still many people in this dark and narrow space, they were huddled shoulder to shoulder, and occasionally someone could be heard vomiting.

As a top student in the history department of the University of U-Munciana, he was clearly still in the library to consult materials last moment, why did he get here in the dark?

"Please.... What kind of place is this? ”

Zhou Yu patted the shoulder next to his right side, trying to figure out where he was.

"What? Big brother .... What are you asking? Have you forgotten where you're going? Or was he knocked unconscious and loaded onto the ship? ”

The person next to Zhou Yu copied a strange Shandong accent, and he was listless and quite weak when he spoke.

"I'm sorry, I hurt my head, and I can't remember it clearly." Zhou Yu casually made up a reason and said.

"We now take a big iron boat to the foreigner's place to make a lot of money!"

At this time, a voice came from another direction in the darkness, answering his question instead of the person next to Zhou Yu.

"Go to a foreigner's place to earn money? This.... What year is it? ”

"What year? It seems that your head is not lightly hit, this year is the year of Bingchen. ”

"This is the Year of the Dragon!"

"I'm eighteen this year."

A noisy voice sounded, and was suddenly suppressed by another voice: "This year is the fifth year of the Republic of China, and it is also the first year of Hongxian." ”

"You all don't talk nonsense, Lu Xiucai has read books, what he said is right!"

After the man known as "Lu Xiucai" finished expressing his opinion, the people around him agreed, and they admired the meaning of those words.

However, when Zhou Yu heard about these two years, the whole person was stunned.

"Five years of the Republic of China...... The first year of Hongxian? I...... Did I travel back in time to 1916? Take an iron boat to a foreigner's place to earn money......"

Zhou Yu, as a top student in the history department of M-Uchigan University, understood his situation almost instantly.

1916 was the time of the First World War, and at this time went to the place of foreigners to make a lot of money? There's a good chance that these people have been deceived! Where is this to make money? That's all about going to die!

World War I, it was a global scuffle that lasted for four years, three months and two weeks! It is a tragic age of darkness with more than 18 million deaths!

Yourself this is.... Traveled to the 140,000 Chinese laborers who supported the European battlefield in World War I!

This year, most of the 140,000 Chinese laborers were assigned to England and France, doing the hardest, most tiring and dangerous work, while also facing discrimination, humiliation and abuse by these so-called "allies".

The arrogant Europeans will not fulfill their promises at all, and will send them to the front to dig trenches, absolutely nine to death!

"No...... No way! We can't go! That's a trap, it's a scam! ”

Zhou Yu struggled to stand up and shouted loudly around.

Suddenly, at this moment, the top exit of the pitch-black cabin was opened, and a dazzling light immediately shot in, causing everyone to subconsciously close their eyes.

"Shut up, you yellow-skinned monkeys! Let me hear someone talk and throw you into the sea to feed the fish!" ”

A gruff voice came from above the crowd, but it was in English.

"Don't talk, the foreign devil won't give him food when he's angry...."

A whisper of a reminder in the darkness fell silent in the cabin.

Zhou Yu squeezed two steps forward, and shouted to the top in English as well: "Sir, I'm on the wrong boat, I'm going to get off the boat!" ”

The man at the exit of the cabin was a little stunned when he heard that some of the laborers in this group knew how to speak English, and their accents were purer than his.

The man above talked a few words with his companions, and suddenly said to Zhou Yu in the cabin: "Do you speak our language?" Come, our chief wants to see you. ”

Zhou Yu was overjoyed, and stepped on the people around him and walked to the exit of the cabin.

As he climbed out of the cabin and onto the deck, the glare took him a long time to get used to it.

Zhou Yu saw a foreigner in military uniform walking in front of him surrounded by others, looking like an officer.

"What's your name?" The officer with a serious expression asked.

"Zhou Yu... Well... Bruce, my name is Bruce Chow. ”

Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment and said his English name.

"Aha~ Listen, this yellow-skinned friend is called Bruce~? What a wonderful name~~hahahaha~"

The officer seemed to have heard something extremely funny, and began to laugh at the people around him.

After a while, all the foreigners on the deck laughed, and Zhou Yu, who was laughing, was upset.

"This gentleman, I asked to get off the boat, I got on the wrong boat."

Zhou Yu tried to bring the topic back on track.

"Oh~~~ Listen to what he's talking about? Did he get on the wrong boat? He's going to get off the ship? Is there something wrong with this man's brain? ”

"Hahahaha~~"

The officer laughed when he suddenly threw a punch without warning!

"What?"

Facing the fist swung by the officer, the pupils of Zhou Yu's eyes contracted rapidly at this moment, slowing down everything he perceived.

The clouds in the sky, the ship at your feet, the sea in the distance, everything became extremely slow.

The officer who punched the opposite side turned into slow motion, and Zhou Yu easily dodged it.

But this strange phenomenon soon passed, and the clouds flowed at a uniform speed again, the hull continued to rise and fall, and the sea water once again stirred and slapped against the hull.

The fist-swinging officer's smile froze on his face, and he didn't even see when Zhou Yu dodged.

"Hell...... Who told you to dodge!? ”

The officer seemed to feel very faceless, and turned around and punched Zhou Yu in the nose again.

Zhou Yu's pupils contracted, and he found that the officer's movements had become slow again.

He dodged sideways, shocked by the extra ability in his body.

"What?!"

The officer's second blow missed again, and there was already obvious killing intent on his face.

"Boom!"

At this moment, Zhou Yu, who had not yet figured out how he did it, felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, followed by a black in front of him.

"Sir, I've heard that some Huaxia people have a special ability called 'Kung Fu', you still have to be careful."

The soldier who put down Zhou Yu with the butt of a gun explained.

"Sir, do you want to throw him into the sea?" Another soldier asked.

The officer looked at Zhou Yu who fainted on the deck, and said hatefully: "Phew! Throw him back in the cabin! We're almost there, and this man knows our language, and it's still useful to keep it. ”

"Yes!"

Zhou Yu, who was knocked unconscious, was thrown back into the cabin like a bag of garbage.

In the cabin, the laborers quickly gave up a small piece of open space, so that Zhou Yu could stretch and lie on the ground.

"What's wrong with him? Dead? ”

"Just say don't provoke those foreigners, look at the heads are broken."

"Do any of you know this man? He would also say things like foreigners. ”

"Go, go, go, get out of the way! He's not dead yet! ”

The previously respected "Lu Xiucai" stopped everyone and took out a rag and put it on the back of Zhou Yu's head to help him stop the bleeding.

"Since they came out, they are all fellows, don't let those red-haired devils look flat! Come and give this brother a hand, and get this brother to sit up. ”

Everyone helped Zhou Yu up with all hands and feet, and let him lean on the cushions piled up with clothes.

"Hmm......"

After a while, Zhou Yu slowly woke up, knowing that it was too late to escape.

Although he had been on the deck for a short time, he had already faintly seen seagulls flying by, which meant that the ship was not far from the coast.

"Brother, are you alright? Don't reason with those red-haired devils, they don't understand. Besides, if you go to work with them, you will get thirty pieces of ocean a month! You can't earn it in your lifetime if you stay in your hometown! ”

"It's just ~~ him for a few years, and when the time comes, go home and build a three-entry compound, marry a few daughters-in-law, and let's live the life of the landlord~!"

"What daughter-in-law to marry? If I had money, I would live in the kiln and not leave~! ”

"Hahahaha~~"

In the cabins, the laborers, who have no idea about their future, are still imagining the future, and they have no idea what they are going to face.

"No...... No! You're all wrong, we're going to war...... Go to the front! ”

Zhou Yu roared in a low voice, scaring everyone.

"You don't understand at all...... What thirty oceans a month? They can't even eat their own soldiers, so where will the ocean come from for us?

And also...... You must have been promised to do the logistics before you came, right? I can tell you now that it's all a scam! We will be thrown to the front line to dig trenches at the first time, and even face German artillery fire!

The 'Battle of Verdun' that the foreigners are fighting now is like a meat grinder...... Hundreds of thousands of lives have already been devoured! You still think ...... Can you easily make money and then go home and enjoy it? ”

Although everyone couldn't understand what Zhou Yu said about the "Battle of Verdun" and "digging trenches", they could understand the words "deception" and "hundreds of thousands of lives".

For a while, there was silence in the cabin, and only Zhou Yu's heavy wheezing sound could be heard.

"This ...... How do you know this? ”

The previous Lu Xiucai was the first to react and asked in a low voice.

Zhou Yu adjusted his sitting posture a little dejected, "These are not important, the most important thing now is how we can save our lives!" ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately panicked.

"We're also... Are you going to war too? ”

"Can't you? They won't lie to us, will they? ”

"I.... When I signed up for the ship, they also gave me a settling-in fee of 10 oceans! ”

"Settling-in expenses? Hmph~"

After hearing this, Zhou Yu sneered and said, "That's not the settling-in fee, that's the money to buy your life!" ”

"Hiss......"

At this time, Lu Xiucai shouted in a low voice: "It's all quiet!" Do you want to bring in foreign devils again? This brother, my name is Lu Jianren, I don't know what you call it? ”

“...... Zhou Yu. ”

"It turned out to be Brother Zhou! Disrespectful, disrespectful! I just heard you speak foreigners, and you know so much insider, so you must have a way to escape back with us, right? ”

Zhou Yu glanced at Lu Xiucai, shook his head and said, "There is no way to escape now, it's too far...... We can only find a way to save our lives and live as long as we can. ”

"This ...... Brother Zhou! Please show me the way, I can't wait for it! ”

Zhou Yu glanced at the countless pairs of panicked eyes in the dimness, and said calmly: "If everyone wants to live, we must unite from now on!" No one can help us there, only unity can save us!

I need to know the names of each of you now, what you did before you got on the boat, and what you were good at, and the more detailed you are, the better! ”