The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 207 - 208: Can’t Even Copy It All

A ’sword’ pressed against their necks, their crooked thoughts could be restrained; these bullies need to know who’s the boss!

Qinghan and the team leader came back, saying the storage room was empty, with a few human skins on the floor; there was no vent in the storage room, but there was a wide gap under the door, and there was nearly dried water stains along the ’route’ from the door gap to the nearest vent outside.

Qinghan conjectured that their escape coincided with the timing in the medical storeroom.

These human skin monsters were detained separately; to act in unison, they must communicate with each other. We have people in the corridor, and no one heard them make any sound, so they likely have their own way of communicating that doesn’t require shouting.

The laboratory, medical area, mechanics—they are the last appointed personnel left in the control room on the ship.

The team leader said those people should be well-behaved, Bi Shi didn’t mention any anomalies with them.

Qinghan, however, was not too reassured and called on the team leader to go to the control room. After they returned, Qinghan signaled me to talk outside.

The team leader stayed behind to watch Captain Jack while I went with Qinghan to the hallway, walking to a place a bit away from the dining room.

"Those are robots." Qinghan said, "The chips have self-destructed, nothing can be traced."

"Huh? No wonder they don’t feel pain, Old Bi got it right." At the time, Bi Shi suspected those people were robots, only capable of working according to a set program, with no ability to handle emergencies outside the program.

However, disguising robots as humans to steer the ship seems too far-fetched, we took it as a joke and didn’t think much of it after saying so.

"I believe Shield is remotely controlling these robots, and upon being attacked, their chips self-destructing indicated that they already knew something happened to the fishing boat." Qinghan analyzed: "Moreover, Captain Jack hasn’t reported to his superiors about the follow-up search for the missing survivors; with such a big incident at the site, Shield would certainly want to immediately understand the situation over here."

Indeed, there’s no one alive on the island. Shield couldn’t establish contact, so they could only send the nearest Captain Jack to find out the situation.

But ever since Red Corpse grabbed the ship and the woman disappeared, we have had Captain Jack locked up.

"But while we were away, no one called the Captain."

"Maybe they’ve always communicated in a one-way manner."

"Do you think Shield can also remotely view the ship’s surveillance?"

"That possibility can’t be ruled out."

"Heh~ discover it if they may, the noble hero stays true to his name no matter what!"

"Oh?"

"Ahem, forgetting doesn’t count, don’t trouble a patient with amnesia."

"Relax, what they’ve done on this ship won’t be publicized; even if they find out about us, at most they’ll send someone to find a chance to assassinate us."

"Ah... hearing you say that, I’m quite comforted, feel much safer now."

Actually, even if Shield traced back to us, they couldn’t do anything; originally, only I was invulnerable, now Qinghan has also gloriously joined the Iron Cloth Shirt family, so whether it’s in broad daylight or in secret, we aren’t afraid.

Besides, Shield might think of threatening us with family, but sadly we have no family.

Thinking about family, I secretly observed Qinghan’s state, expecting he would be down for a while after hearing the news of his sister’s death.

But looking at him now, he seems back to normal. If he chooses to let time heal his inner wounds, why probe further? Maybe he wants to shift his mood through ’work.’

"That little thing is in the control room." He hesitated for a moment, and said, "Are you going to take it ashore?"

I almost forgot about it, after tasting the water stains by the vent, it ran away, turns out it ran to the control room.

Qinghan’s question really stumped me. The water creature is like a child; it won’t disguise itself and likes to mess around. Taking it ashore, into the human world, may not be a good thing for it.

If it leaves my sight and gets caught as a monster, the outcome is foreseeable.

If I lock it up or tie it with a rope, how different is it from an animal then?

Perhaps just as Qinghan said, some creatures should stay in their original habitat.

"You keep an eye on Old Jack, I’m going to the control room to have a look."

"Alright, call me if there’s anything."

Qinghan handed me a walkie-talkie, and I took it to the control room. From outside the door, I could hear Bi Shi humming a song, obviously in a good mood.

The robots we tied up were still sitting motionless in the corner. Qinghan had lifted their skulls, exposing a charred mess inside, emitting the smell of burning metal.

The wires and components inside had all burned into black cinders, making it impossible for anyone who opened them up to reconstruct their original internal structure.

"Have you discovered the truth, Volstai?" Bi Shi, wearing sunglasses from who-knows-where, was not only sailing with them on, but also chewing gum.

"? Did you mean to say Sherlock Holmes?"

"Alright, Modernay, did you unveil those monsters’ true forms?"

"No, their bodies are made of water and hidden in the murky water, they’re invisible. I locked the cabin and welded the vents shut, let’s just keep it that way." As long as they don’t drill a hole in the bottom of the ship, we can leave them be.

I watched Bi Shi press a few buttons, tap on the keyboard, all in a skilled manner, and wondered aloud: "You learned to use their system so quickly?"

Bi Shi tilted her chin back, letting her sunglasses slide down to the bridge of her nose with a downward force, glaring at me through the gap above the sunglasses: "Are you stupid? This is our clan’s navigation system, only modified a bit."

"Huh?" I walked to the console, bent over, and took a careful look, "I don’t recall."

"Not just the navigation system, the ship hull... it’s also modified. Who knows where they found this scrap ship from some pit or trench!"

"Wow, impressive, your learning ability is strong, and your innovation isn’t weak either; you even coined new terms."

"Listen to the important part, they’ve modified our tribe’s transport!"

"Tsk, about that, you have to reason, originally it was a decommissioned transport, they salvaged it and repaired it, you can’t blame them, only that you didn’t destroy it."

"Oh hey, decommissioned? Tell me, have you regained your memory? Otherwise, how did you know this ship was decommissioned?"

"Cough~ uh... women’s intuition, intuition."

"Don’t fool me, slipping up is slipping up, not admitting it is pointless."

"Alright fine, I remembered a little bit, hm? That isn’t right, what is that ahead? A small island?"

"Yes, you saw it right, that’s an island."

"It looks familiar."

"Sea of Sunken Ships, I’m here to pick up something."

I thought I heard wrong; I looked at the ocean outside the window, then at the sky, it really is the Sea of Sunken Ships!