Chapter 37 Boarding the Ship
Chapter 37 Boarding the Ship
Two days later, late at night.
The sea outside the Magic City Port was filled with thick fog, the moonlight was nowhere to be seen, and the clouds were gloomy. This was the prelude to the coming storm.
A giant cruise ship slowly emerged from the layers of mist, like a moving island.
The New Las Vegas, the largest modern ship, is 505.9 meters long, 80.4 meters high, and has a hull width of 26 rows of containers, which exceeds the limits of ordinary crane operations. It is environmentally friendly, highly automated, and fully monitored by a computer system, reducing the necessary number of crew members to thirteen.
However, according to public information, the ship was confirmed to have sunk to the bottom of the sea a year ago, and none of the more than 7,000 passengers on board survived, shocking the world.
At the port, there was more than one person waiting for the cruise ship to dock. Hundreds of invited guests gathered here. The young waiter who was standing guard at the entrance of Xuanbin Hotel saw an acquaintance and walked over to greet him.
"This ship may be suspicious, why don't we help each other. By the way, my name is Gong Chen."
Jiang He nodded and said, "It's called the Death Cruise. My suggestion is to remove the 'maybe', but it seems that you have a reason to go on it."
Gong Chen spread his hands and answered, "Of course it's because the invitation letter said it was about realizing a dream. This ship should have sunk, but now it's back in good shape. Even though I originally just wanted to give it a try, I can't help but believe it now. What's more, I heard that they provide food and accommodation, and I just happened to have lost my last job."
"I'm not interested in cheating you."
"No, the shooting incident had such a bad impact that the hotel laid off all its employees."
The death cruise ship docked, the waves it created hit the embankment, and an anchor the size of a house was thrown into the sea, causing a loud bang. The cruise ship stopped immediately, and the victims on the port shore looked at each other in bewilderment. This was completely different from the docking process of an ordinary cruise ship.
"Paranormal activity."
A middle-aged man who was a sailor expressed his opinion.
Amidst the huge discussion, a large door suddenly opened on the starboard side of the ship, and a gray folding stone slab stretched out. Twenty security guards in suits and sunglasses filed out, each holding an amphibious assault rifle.
Then a charming woman walked out of the cabin. She was wearing a black long skirt with hollow waist and back that dragged on the ground. Her skin was white and her figure was plump, revealing a mature charm. She clapped her hands lightly, and her shiny black gloves attracted the attention of everyone present.
"Dear guests, I am one of the persons in charge of the operation of the Death Ship. You can call me Ms. A. The ship will dock in only half an hour. Please board the ship as soon as possible and in an orderly manner. The invitation letter in your hand is your ticket and pass. If you cannot participate due to special circumstances, you can return the invitation letter in exchange for 30,000 US dollars. However, as long as you board the ship, it is considered voluntary."
Several female emcees stood in a row, carrying cash boxes in their hands. Each of them had her own charm and outstanding appearance.
The middle-aged sailor was the first to rush into the cabin. He firmly believed that the Death Ship had magical powers.
The shore became restless, and more people began to board the boat. A dozen people also decided to call it a day and left reluctantly with 30,000 US dollars. The organizers did not try to stop them.
In less than half an hour, after security check, most of the invited guests entered the cabin. In front of them was an open space the size of a basketball court, with a dark passage in front, behind, left and right.
And on the wall at the edge of the open space, there are thirty-six transparent elevators installed, marked with numbers in sequence.
Ms. A walked onto the platform and introduced in an elegant tone: "Welcome to the Death Ship. You are in cabin area A, and the rules here are that there are no rules."
"But the rules do exist. As the person in charge of Area A, I would like to kindly remind you that monsters will appear at night. They will not enter normal rooms, but the number of rooms is limited. There are a total of 36 elevators around, which are only open during the day. You can take the elevators to participate in the game."
"If you succeed in the game, you can stay on the previous level. If you fail and are lucky enough not to die, you will go directly to the [Hell] on the next level of the cabin."
A sturdy man interrupted, "Let's not talk about monsters for now. How are we going to get off the ship? I only asked the company for two days off. If anything goes wrong, you organizers will be responsible. Thirty thousand dollars is like a drop of water. It's not too much to compensate me, right?"
"Yeah, the game content wasn't announced in advance."
"What can we eat and drink during this time? We can't play games with you on an empty stomach!"
The scene suddenly became chaotic. Ms. A seemed to be used to it. She turned and walked towards a wall. The wall, which was originally tightly closed, opened to both sides. Inside was a white passage with a prominent sense of technology. Security personnel and the emcee followed closely behind. After a moment, the door closed again.
"Give me an explanation!"
"What are you doing, bitch?"
"Everyone be careful, something is wrong."
Gong Chen shouted loudly, but unfortunately no one paid attention to him.
Jiang He looked up into the air above the basketball court, where a sign was hanging.
Standard time—5:35
Number of people in Area A—525
Suddenly, the number of people displayed changed to 521.
Many of the invited guests noticed this and looked around. A woman let out an ear-piercing scream.
"what!!"
A giant mosquito as tall as a human flew out from each of the four dark passages. Each of its limbs looked like a cold and sharp javelin. As its size grew, its faces became more hideous and terrifying to the point of making one's scalp tingle, especially its eyes, which looked weird and cold.
The giant mosquito knocked the invited person to the ground, pierced its mouthparts into the abdominal cavity, and after a sound like a water pump, the blood and internal organs of the prey were sucked out.
"Buzz!"
The giant mosquito ate very quickly and started to vibrate its wings again in the blink of an eye.
The woman's screams soon stopped.
"Damn, it's mutated!" "Run, everyone run together!"
"Go to the room!"
Everyone fled in all directions. Jiang He hid in the diverted crowd at a moderate speed. When passing by the east passage, he crushed a cinnabar pill. The light red mist was dispersed by the figures and was inconspicuous.
The four giant mosquitoes are very fast, but they will pause for a few seconds when feeding, which gives the invited ones time to escape. As long as they are faster than the others, they can temporarily save their lives.
The passage was deep and dark, with only red lanterns vaguely guiding the direction. There were rooms on both sides.
The invited person who rushed the fastest opened the first room, and a group of people hid in and closed the door tightly.
Jiang He continued running forward without stopping.
"If there is no limit on the number of people that can stay in a room, then the reminder of 'limited number of rooms' is undoubtedly unnecessary. The interruption of the person claiming to be Ms. A is a real loss for the invitees."
There were quite a few invitees who had similar ideas to someone else. Gong Chen shouted as loudly as he could:
"Don't gather together. Mosquitoes won't enter a normal room. But if you gather too much, it's definitely not normal. Spread out!"
There was only one giant mosquito that entered the east passage, but this obviously unusual monster caused great panic. It stopped in front of the first room, then raised its mouthparts and pierced a large hole in the door.
"Ahhh!"
"Please, don't kill me!"
The five people who were holding the door were strung together like a candied haws stick. The wailing lasted only a few seconds before the giant mosquito crashed into the room, breaking the door into pieces. The space inside was relatively narrow, and the invited guests had nowhere to hide. The giant mosquito stopped flapping its wings and moved forward like a tiger or leopard.
Roars and howls of despair rose one after another.
Jiang He heard the sound and stopped immediately. Not far in front of him was the wall at the end of the passage. He stretched out his hand and left a cinnabar pill, opened the room next to him and walked in. There was only a bed inside.
"After the door was destroyed, the room was no longer in the normal range and should be considered damaged. This passage has a total of one hundred rooms, but there are more than one hundred people diverted here. In this case, the most dangerous person is not the giant mosquito, but the other invited guests."
At the same time, shouts were heard outside the door.
"Let me in, why do you have the right to occupy a room all to yourself!"
"I have old people and young children to take care of, please have mercy on me!
Jiang He took out the cinnabar mirror. In the picture, dozens of people came to the end of the corridor and gathered in front of the door of the last room. Some were begging and some were cursing.
The sturdy man in the lead was knocking on the door.
"You bunch of lunatics, if there are too many of you, we'll all die!"
A roar came from the last room.
The crowd who had not yet found their rooms became very angry and began to bang and hit the doors around them.
Jiang He was also affected, and with his physique and strength of 8 points, he easily blocked the door.
"If the giant mosquito does not have any special supernatural abilities, its life level is estimated to be above ordinary beasts and below alien species such as mountain ghosts and wood guests. However, life level does not completely represent combat power."
At the same time, the giant mosquito had killed all the invitees in the first room. Its abdomen bulged, and it flapped its wings and flew to the end of the corridor.
The crowd went crazy upon seeing this, and led by the burly man, they rushed madly into the last room.
"Click."
With a cracking sound, the door began to shake, and when the lock was broken, the invited guests inside started cursing.
"What's the point of you doing this? Look at the first room, a bunch of blind people!"
The sturdy man sneered, "I can't bear to see you watching the fun from behind the door. The room is narrow. If you want to survive, you should resist with us. Even if it is a tiger, it will definitely not be able to defeat so many people."
"That's right, let's press on together."
"Hurry and find a weapon that suits you."
The fear reached its extreme, and everyone became brave enough to fight.
The giant mosquito came to the end of the passage. Contrary to expectations, it was surrounded by dense swarms of mosquito larvae, like a black fog.
Black fog swept through the room, leaving countless fist-sized lumps on the skin of the invitees, causing unbearable pain.
The resistance was easily defeated. The invited guests who could not bear the severe pain wanted to rush out, but the giant mosquitoes killed them one by one. After sucking out their blood and internal organs, they used the flesh and blood as the embryonic bed to lay eggs. After a few minutes, a new "black fog" was born.
Jiang He, who was watching the whole process, was slightly surprised. There were four giant mosquitoes in one area. The total number of giant mosquitoes and their larvae on the entire death cruise ship was likely to be an extreme number.
"If this is the worst case scenario, I can only barely save my life."
(End of this chapter)