…… The atmosphere on the ship has been a bit strange lately.

While brushing the deck vigorously with the brush in his hand on this side of the deck, Sergei looked quietly at the officers who were standing at the bow of the ship not far away, talking.

On this icebreaker, there are several classes.

At the top are naturally the captain and first mate, those officers and soldiers belong to the middle class, and at the bottom are naturally sailors like him, and all kinds of dirty work are their turn.

In fact, in the past, this kind of life was nothing, after all, they are now under the fence, and even their lives are in the hands of others, and it is very good to be alive, so naturally they will not be stupid enough to ask for too much.

But now, Sergei had to brace himself and try to keep his ears up to listen to all the information he could get about.

- There is no need for Mu Qingtong's extra reminder, they are also aware of the seriousness of the matter.

About five days had passed since that night's meeting, and in those five days, five more had fallen ill one after the sailor who had fallen ill that day because of the strange noise.

Although the officers declared that the sailors were suffering from sepsis, five days had passed until now, and the sailor who had fallen at the beginning had not returned to his room.

Not only that, but the medical room was also quietly sealed off by the officers, and without a valid reason, they at the bottom could not approach at all.

The infirmary is like a gluttonous beast with its mouth open, swallowing all the sailors who enter it mercilessly.

What had happened to the sailors, what was going on with them now, and why did all the people who went to the bilge to clean fall ill the next day without any doubt...... Nobody knows.

At the same time, as the number of sailors decreased, their daily work became even more heavy, and it was not uncommon for them to work from morning to evening.

Although this situation seems normal, it is more like the officers are not distracted in this way, and when Sergei dragged his tired body to the cafeteria last night, he found that the officers standing in the corner looked at them with pity...... And mockery.

Sergei recognized this look, when he was still on the side of the Black Swan Harbor, they found a nest of ants in the lawn in the middle of the courtyard, and Anton used the scraps of food to pave a path for the ants, and there was a small puddle at the end of the road.

At that time, Anton watched with great interest as the ants fell into the puddle and struggled on the water one by one, his face full of pity and mockery...... The look in which the officer looked at them at this time was exactly the same.

Before the officer noticed the gaze and turned his gaze, he quietly turned around and walked towards the dining table with his plate, but there was a slow shiver behind his back.

Although it was said that because of Mu Qingtong, those people brought them on this boat, but the other party didn't care about them at all, whether they were dead or alive, they had nothing to do with the other party at all.

Khorkina and Junova, who have been following Mu Qingtong, may have that probability of surviving, but if he and Yakov don't find a way to save themselves, their ending will definitely not be too good.

Yu exhaled softly, and while scrubbing the deck vigorously, Sergei quietly leaned towards the front of the deck.

At this distance, with the help of the sea breeze, he could already vaguely hear some sporadic words.

…… Rot...... Stench...... Doll...... What else?

Trying to prick up his ears, Sergei put all his energy there.

But, alas, as if sensing something, the two officers stopped talking, and after glancing at him, who was laboriously scrubbing the deck without distraction, the two officers stopped talking, but smoked in the sea breeze.

The weather has been fairly calm in recent days, and the sea seems calm, with no big wind and waves.

After confirming that the other party was no longer talking, and secretly cursing in his heart, Sergei put away his careful thoughts, as if venting the emotions in his heart, he vigorously scrubbed the deck.

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Lunch time is a rare leisure time.

After preparing the meal with the plate, Sergey and Yakov tacitly chose the most remote table and sat down.

"I tried to sneak to the infirmary, but it failed."

While eating his food with his head down, Yakov whispered.

"At the door of the infirmary, there are two officers with guns stationed there, and sailors like us can't sneak in, and not only that, but the windows of the infirmary are firmly nailed up by those planks, and there is no light."

“…… Completely closed? ”

Unconsciously, Sergei frowned.

When it comes to physique, he is as thin as a monkey, he is far less strong than Yakov, but when it comes to brains, he is definitely much better than the other party.

"Well, I tried to sneak my ear on it, but all I heard was a creepy chewing sound from time to time."

As if recalling the strange chewing sound, Yakov twisted his body a little uneasily.

"The situation in the infirmary can be dangerous, do you want to think about it again?"

"There's no time to think about it, based on the speed at which the sailor falls down, it won't be long before it will be our turn, and it's better to take a risk than sit and wait."

Picking a piece of potato into his mouth, Sergei shook his head slightly.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

All the known sick sailors have been to clean the bilge, which is classified as a forbidden place and is not allowed to be approached in normal times, but there are still officers who allow them to go when they are cleaning.

According to the current pace of the shift, it will be his and Yakov's turn to go over there in a few days, although nothing happened when they went to clean before, but like this situation, who can say for sure what happened over there?

Sergei was sure that if he hadn't found out in advance what the sailors had fallen ill for, something would have happened to them when it was their turn.

Although they can't get in touch with the sailors at the moment, it's not just about getting sick to get into the infirmary.

- In the afternoon of the same day, Sergey "accidentally" fell while cleaning and seriously injured his head on a bulge.