The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 111: It’s Not That Easy to Ambush Me
When this person doesn’t speak, it’s fine, but once he does, it triggers my nerve to retort. Qi Xiuyuan’s plan failed, and he was clearly thrown into chaos, especially after Qi Xiuyuan got injured and went missing.
His anxiety can be understood as being concerned for Qi Xiuyuan, but whether I want to save someone or not doesn’t require others to dictate.
"Hmm? Who said I want to save her? I just want to catch her and eliminate this threat before she harms others."
"You!" The elite man glanced at Qinghan, as if hoping he’d refute me.
But Qinghan remained silent, not uttering a word, while the elite man angrily said, "She has known you since childhood, always took care of you, treated you as her own family, and in the end, she raised a white-eyed wolf."
To say Qinghan wanted to bring Qi Xiuyuan to justice, his determination was one hundred percent firm, but hoping for her death would be unfair to him.
As the elite man said, Qi Xiuyuan took care of Qinghan a lot during his youth; he also treated her like family. Just like his sister had gone on a perilous path, he had never given up looking for her all these years, trying to bring her back.
Qi Xiuyuan has harmed many over the years, catching her and sending her to prison would be tantamount to benefiting society, a great deed of ridding harm for the people.
"Who are you calling a white-eyed wolf? Don’t beautify yourself. Your master is in trouble, and instead of finding them, you’re here wasting time arguing with us. What’s your motive? Are you hoping she’ll die or wishing she’d get thoroughly infected to come out and harm others?"
Perhaps the elite man had little experience quarreling, glaring with heaving chest, holding back for a few seconds before saying, "Twisting words and sophistry, shrew!" 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
"That’s right, the shrew is starting now, going to kill... the monster..."
He was angry, but I wasn’t. I picked up the fire axe I’d taken from the hallway and quickly walked into the ship’s corridor.
Qinghan and I divided the areas. He was searching the areas above the deck, and I was searching the areas below.
We closed the safety passages section by section, finally sealing the external vents to ensure the safety of the control room and monitors. If electricity was restored, we could contact the rescue team.
Due to the power outage, all sounds on the ship stopped, and compared to the ship next to it, this oil tanker wasn’t much better, turning into a floating ghost ship on the sea.
Without power, it could only be moved by waves pushing or pulling, but the quickest and most effective method would be to dispatch a ship to pick up the passengers.
As for this ship... maybe its company would have a way to recover it, but the biggest trouble now was the unknown creatures that had crawled up from the sea.
Going down layer by layer, I shut the safety passage hatches, so that even if they emerged from an internal exit, they’d be trapped in the passage.
The captain had ordered all external vents to be welded shut, so once we sealed the cabin door, they’d be like white mice trapped in a glass maze.
Rustle... rustle...
While checking the kitchen, I heard a faint rustling sound from above. I pretended not to hear it and continued roaming the kitchen.
I hoped the thing would come down on its own. They were clearly parasitic creatures, but for some reason, they abandoned that nurse.
However, that’s their inherent nature; they won’t stop seeking new hosts.
I took a bottle of liquor from the cabinet, poured it on a towel, and rolled it up into a ball. No matter how formidable it is, it’s a water-based creature and must fear fire.
I tied the towel to one end of a rolling pin, hearing the rustling sound draw closer, as if it were in the ventilation shaft above me. I took out a lighter, lowering my head to shield the towel.
At the moment the ventilation cover fell, I ignited the towel and simultaneously turned my body to face him, rather than having him at my back.
This person wore a green surgical gown, with dried blood on his mouth and clothes.
He was likely the one who bit the nurse. He jumped down with an open mouth, ready to bite me. I countered with a raw potato.
Among the ingredients on the cutting board, it was the only suitable one. I jammed the potato in his mouth, his teeth getting stuck as he bit it. I took the opportunity to jab the burning towel torch into his back.
The flames scorched his skin, and with a howl, the doctor dropped the potato from his mouth and dodged my attack.
Like the nurse, he was alive but no longer in control of himself, resembling the legendary rabies victim. I discovered he not only feared fire but also the fire’s light.
Now that he was down here, escaping back up wouldn’t be easy. He leaped onto the counter, trying to crawl back into the ventilation duct. I grabbed the firefighting axe and struck at his knee with its flat side.
Crack—Crack—With two strikes, the doctor’s legs lost power, and he fell from the counter.
A broken leg could have a prosthetic, but there’s no substitute for life once it’s gone.
He was still alive now, but it was uncertain how long that would last. Early detection and treatment were his best options.
The four crew members from below the sea were thoroughly dead. Casually, I picked another towel, stuffing it in his perpetually biting-ready mouth, then knocked him out, bound his hands, and tossed him onto the kitchen cart to wheel him out.
His back had a big hole in his clothes, not burned by the torch but torn, with a charred tentacle curled inside, resembling the grilled squid tentacles common at night stalls.
This thing seemed to grow from within his body, unlike the four people with suction cups stuck on their backs.
Perhaps, upon leaving the sea, it altered its parasitic method for survival.
Knowing to control a person to escape through a vent indicates a certain level of intelligence. Still, I didn’t sense their ’thoughts.’
The medical staff that operated on Qi Xiuyuan included four people: two doctors and two nurses.
Now, I’ve found one doctor and one nurse. Counting the sick Qi, there are still three on the run.
Luck was on our side; their parasitic organisms sought living hosts. While the passengers were around earlier, they didn’t strike, likely because people always carried lights, which they detested, hence not attacking humans.
But I hadn’t used any lighting tools upon entering the cabin, creating a racket wherever I went, so I attracted them, giving them the confidence to draw near.
Humans don’t go into the sea every day, so it’s improbable that these creatures only parasitize living people; perhaps they often inhabit marine life instead.
Although the noise I made attracted them, it doesn’t mean they could parasitize me.
I captured two doctors, bound them, and loaded them on the cart, dragging them out.
At the cabin entrance, I met up with Qinghan. Coincidentally, he’d also captured two people.
All four medical staff were accounted for, yet there was no sign of Qi Xiuyuan.
The cabin door was locked when we entered. The captain gave us a password-protected chain, which we used to lock the handles of both doors, preventing the parasites from retaining their intelligence and opening ordinary doors.
Only Qinghan and I knew the unlock code. We met at the cabin door, checked the people we’d dragged in, and decided to send these four out first.
