When everyone crossed the iron bridge and stepped onto the deck of the Shengming, their first reaction was to look back in the direction of the port. It's too high here, high enough to overlook the entire pier.
Si Lei stamped her feet on the spot and did not feel the expected shaking. The feeling of being on a cruise ship was not much different from walking on the ground. Although she understood that this was probably because the ship had not started sailing yet, it made her feel a little bit. got some comfort.
Si Lei looked around. They were in the middle of the cruise ship. The lower level was the terrace, swimming pool and tennis court. They were as clean and refreshing as those found in any ordinary gymnasium. In the distance, the winding kart racing track was deserted. Through the gap in the lane, Si Lei could even see a small Ferris wheel - this should be a semi-open-air entertainment center.
As soon as Chiba's front legs arrived, several crew members ran towards her from the back legs. They whispered a few words in her ears, and Chiba frowned.
"You guys wait here for a while, I have something urgent to deal with right away..."
"No need to trouble you, we can go to the guest room ourselves-"
"No, you can't." Qianye interrupted Si Lei and looked at Turan, "Tulan, come with me."
"Me?" Turan pointed to herself in surprise. Although she didn't understand Qianye's order at all, she quickly followed each other's pace, and the two quickly disappeared at the entrance of another building.
Si Lei stood there stunned for a while, and when he started to chase after him, he could only stare at the deserted corridor.
"So what's the difference between waiting at the dock and waiting on the boat!?"
The empty corridor did not answer Si Lei's question.
"Let's take a stroll nearby." Si Lei heard Anna behind her speak again. She turned around and saw Anna looking at the remaining smoke in the east, "After all, the view here is pretty good..."
Si Lei reluctantly returned to Anna, "She is always so startled and never explains anything clearly in advance!"
Anna looked into the distance and didn't respond.
A dozen steps away from them, Hesta had left her wheelchair again. She lay on the fence and looked down - the figures on the ground were so small, like peas clustered together.
The boarding port originally connected to the port hall has become unusable due to the collapse of the building. The crew on the dock are working with colleagues on the side of the ship to lower the white iron ladder. It was originally a number of closely connected parallelograms. It slowly Slowly pulling and stretching, it made the unique squeaking sound of metal joints, and finally stretched into a straight line that sloped downward along the hull... This process was so beautiful that Hestad was not distracted by the sight.
Zero was also standing next to her, but because of his short stature, when her arms hugged the fence, her feet were hanging in the air. Hesta never noticed this until her eyes followed the iron staircase to the side of Zero.
Zero noticed Hesta's gaze and raised her head, "Those things are beautiful, aren't they?"
"...It's very dangerous for you to be like this." Hesta looked around, and finally pointed at his wheelchair, "Are you going to step on it, use your feet?"
Zero was silent for a while: "That seems more dangerous?"
Hesta grunted and held her forehead, "You are right...forget about this proposal."
Ling laughed, she let go of the fence and fell back to the ground: "Is this your first time on a boat, Jane?"
"Yes, how about you?"
"I've been on it many times, but this is the first time it's as big as today," Zero turned around, "They just moved an amusement park here."
At this moment, they saw Anna and Si Lei talking to a crew member pushing a trolley. Zero was a little concerned and quickly returned to Anna with Hesta, but as soon as they arrived, the man left.
"What happened? Who is that?"
"It was the crew member in charge of luggage delivery who asked us if we needed luggage now," Si Lei replied, "We asked her to send the things directly to our guest room according to the original process."
"…Who would need luggage at this time?"
"Perhaps because of the accident at the port, she asked us if there was anything we needed to pick up, such as medicine. If we need it, she can help us deliver our luggage now..."
Anna looked back at the crew members and said, "Very considerate. It is indeed a world-class cruise ship."
Si Lei looked at the watch and saw that it was already 3:44. If nothing else happened, check-in procedures would be stopped at the pier two hours before sailing - that is, at four o'clock, and the cruise ship would set sail at six o'clock. .
"What are you thinking about?" Anna looked at Si Lei.
"Nothing... I just suddenly thought that if the 'unpredictable consequences' in the notice refer to the riot that occurred at the dock, it would be quite reasonable." Si Lei said softly, "I don't know if anyone has been found today. Waiting room No. 12, anyway, according to the rule of elimination, it is neither in the port hall nor on the first floor underground."
Anna glanced sideways: "...You accept this kind of thing pretty quickly?"
"First make announcements, then sabotage... My last case was basically the same rhythm," Si Lei smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm used to it——"
Before Si Lei could finish her words, there was a sudden spooky cracking sound from the hull near the dock. She immediately ran to the edge of the hull and looked down, only to see that the metal staircase that had been gracefully unfolded in the air was broken in the middle. Come, after swinging back and forth in the air for a few times, they fell quickly, hitting the concrete floor of the pier first, and then fell into the light blue seawater with a deafening sound, causing a huge splash.
Hesta followed Si Lei closely. When she returned to the fence and looked down, the scene in front of her surprised her: more than twenty young men from the Thorn Monks were holding on to the chains hanging in the air - which were originally stairs. The handrails - swaying in the wind.
Everyone on the ground was screaming, but those hanging in the air couldn't say a word. Each of them clung tightly to the chain in their hands and looked at their feet in horror.
The distance between the Shengming and the pier is enough for people to jump. It is safe to fall into the seawater, but the swinging chain always changes their direction. Who can guarantee that at the moment of taking off, they will fall in the direction of the seawater , instead of hitting the dock first like those stair slabs?
"Chains! Chains!"
The crew on the ground once again let out a cry of fear.
Everyone looked at the top of the chain - it was firmly fastened to a raised steel bar on the left side of the temporary boarding port. However, the entire boarding port floor had been pulled off by the fallen metal stairs, and the rest Parts were also weathered, deforming in disturbing ways as the chains swayed.
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