The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 110: Few People Avoid Courting Disaster
The elite man’s expression changed, and judging by his appearance, I find it hard to believe he wasn’t aware of Qi Xiuyuan’s plan.
"What a joke, just because you say it doesn’t make it true? Xiuyuan has a clear conscience. It’s you targeting her, being hostile to her, adding guilt without any evidence."
"Oh ho? Fine, I hope you can remain calm until your sentence ends."
"Ah——" A scream suddenly came from the ward, and it was clearly a woman’s voice, but not Qi Xiuyuan.
The crew outside, including the captain, hadn’t evacuated. We confronted them at the door, and they showed no response, but upon hearing the scream inside, they immediately became alert.
The elite man tried to go in but was stopped by them. They pushed him aside and locked the infirmary door from the outside with a chain.
These were the most sensible ’supporting actors’ I’ve seen; they didn’t rush in after hearing the scream, avoiding becoming cannon fodder in an unknown situation.
Almost simultaneously with them locking the door, the door panel of the infirmary was violently hit, making a loud bang.
Then the door was pulled from inside, and since it opened inward, it revealed a wide gap.
"Ah——gurgle!" A face full of blood appeared in the gap. Her face was severely injured, with a large chunk bitten off, so severe that if filmed, it would need to be pixelated before uploading to any public platform.
Overall, it was indescribably terrifying and gory, and her mental state was also off; she couldn’t call for help, only making meaningless roars.
"What are you doing? Aren’t you going to save her?" Seeing this situation, the elite man glared angrily at the crew.
I suspect the captain might know something and had given prior instructions; otherwise, the crew wouldn’t have locked the door so decisively.
"There’s something harmful inside, anyone with eyes can see that. The crew’s lives matter too. If you want to play the fearless hero, you can go in and save her yourself." I looked at the elite man with a smirk.
The woman was in a nurse’s uniform, so severely injured, and seemingly mentally affected. Sending unarmed crew in under these circumstances would be asking for substantial losses.
The elite man fell silent at my retort. If he dared to go in, it would be for the best; if anything happened to him, it would save me from lawsuits with him.
Since he didn’t have the guts to, what right did he have to demand others!
"You go in and check; Xiuyuan is in danger." The elite man’s plan failed, so he turned to the four ’hypnotized people.’
The hypnotists’ expressions finally changed when they heard the latter part of his sentence, possibly reacting to the keywords ’Xiuyuan’ and ’danger.’
Their originally blank faces were replaced by anger. I didn’t know if she had the upper hierarchy’s permission to control her colleagues with hypnotism, but it certainly shielded her from many blades.
The elite man obviously knew how to ’activate’ them, likely because Qi Xiuyuan often used this method.
"Wait! The situation inside is unclear, and there might be a deadly infectious virus. Opening this door is risking the whole ship’s lives. If you aren’t afraid of dying, fine, but what about the other passengers? I suggest seeking their opinion first and then voting to approve the door opening." Anyone can play dumb. The elite man glared at me as if wanting to strangle me instantly.
"Open the door, or I’ll sue your company and send you all to jail!" the elite man shouted at the crew.
The crew hesitated slightly, but perhaps due to the captain’s strict orders, they still didn’t relent.
"Just you wait, I’ll go find the captain now." The elite man knew he was outnumbered; the number of hypnotists wasn’t greater than the ship’s staff. If he really started a fight, he might not win.
Plus, I was still there, able to escape Qi Xiuyuan’s hypnotism and elude her to escape alone, which already proved I wasn’t a pushover.
The elite man stormed off to find the captain, while the four hypnotists remained there, attempting to break the door lock. The crew tried to stop them, but they had no rationality, only commands that Xiuyuan was in danger and needed rescue.
So I pushed the crew aside, went up, knocked them all out, and had the crew tie them up with ropes.
The corridor outside the infirmary was locked down, ordered by the captain this morning, under the guise of fearing that aggressive marine life carrying viruses might harm Qi Xiuyuan.
As a result, no one was watching what’s happening here, and the earlier shouting wasn’t heard outside, nor could the fighting now.
Several male crew members looked astonished at me knocking down four tall adult men with my bare hands.
Their job was just to tie ropes. They wanted to ask something but held back; they knew about my and Qinghan’s ’special’ identity, perhaps not realizing how formidable I was.
Chen Qinghan accompanied the captain over, meanwhile the nurse was continually banging on the door, almost dislodging the door hinge, and her bones nearly cracking.
With such blood loss, her strength should have been waning, but even after twenty minutes of banging, she was still vigorous as if feeling no pain.
The captain came down personally, evidently taking the situation very seriously. There were other doctors on board, but upon seeing the frantic nurse, he immediately sent someone to call the off-duty doctor today to inject anesthesia into the injured nurse.
Three shots of anesthesia were fired before the nurse unwillingly collapsed.
Crew members donned isolation suits and, under the protection of staff, dragged the nurse out, securing her hands and feet to the bed in the neighboring ward, so the doctor could treat her wounds.
The doctor also suited up and proceeded with stitching the nurse’s wounds, others went into the infirmary and found no one, the vent cover had been pulled off, for sure Qi Xiuyuan and the other medical staff escaped through there.
The captain realized the situation was dire, as the ship’s ventilation shafts stretched in all directions. Half a day had gone by, and they could have crawled anywhere.
With their current manpower, they couldn’t monitor all the ducts in a short time, and these ducts had no surveillance.
"Notify all passengers to transfer to the Ghost." This was the captain’s order after consideration.
The Ghost was the ship docked beside the cruise ship; who named it this ominous name is unknown, but it did indeed have space to accommodate all passengers.
The captain announced that there was a gas pipe leak on the ship requiring evacuation and repair. Though this move caused dissatisfaction among passengers, no one dared risk their lives over it, boarding the Ghost with grumbles.
The ship’s crew continuously monitored the transfer, and fortunately, no incidents occurred.
Once all passengers were transferred, the captain approached me and Chen Qinghan, saying earnestly, "Thank you for your efforts, please be extra careful."
Chen Qinghan and I didn’t join the relocation, along with another person who stayed on the cruise with us.
The elite man’s decision to stay surprised me. Was he so sure Qi Xiuyuan wouldn’t harm him?
"Xiuyuan is your colleague. Finding her is your duty. Regardless of whether you have evidence to accuse her of murder or not, without it being filed, she isn’t a criminal yet."
