The noise of the crowd stopped for a few seconds. In this fleeting moment, a complex and continuously changing expression flashed across everyone's face - Si Lei's words were like thunder, tearing apart the sleepy restaurant. .
"...Waiting room?" Mantel raised his upper lip slightly, and his voice obviously changed, "Did I say 'waiting room'?"
"You said it!" a thorn monk shouted, "'This is also half a waiting room', these are your exact words."
"How is this going……"
"What are you hiding-"
Seeing that the crowd was like water about to boil, Mantel took a step forward and drew a beautiful semicircle in the air with her right hand, like an orchestra conductor.
"Everyone, please listen to me!"
Everyone fell silent again.
"Indeed, as you have heard, the restaurant where you are standing now was once transformed into a waiting room."
Mantel said as he walked into the middle of the crowd.
"Last summer, due to maintenance, the Shengming passed through the Rose Islands in District 12. On the day of arrival, ahgas found two cases of chelation infection on the islands. Therefore, the Shengming had to suspend the journey and stay in the Rose Islands. Awaiting inspection at port.
"At that time, there were a large number of passengers coming from the epidemic area at the port. They were prohibited from contacting any ships and could only move around in the sky waiting room of the pier. That place was like an island in the sky, after all the connections leading to the ships were removed. After the air corridor, the only exit was the door to the land. After the port sent a batch of advance supplies, they temporarily locked the door there.
"This should have been an effective and safe measure, but for some reason, the supplies to these passengers did not keep up, which resulted in these people being locked in the waiting room of the pier for five full days after they had exhausted all their food. For days, I could only survive on a little drinking water.
"At the last critical moment, a former Navy doctor found a way to break through the ceiling, but unfortunately, the surface of the sky waiting room was too smooth and people were not allowed to climb down along its outer wall. The brave doctor Climb up to the roof of the waiting room and ask us for help in semaphores - the waiting room where these passengers are located is at the dock where we are.
"We tried to contact the port but the response was 'gotcha'. So our entire crew had to start discussing whether we should rescue these passengers.
“First of all, the Shengming has extremely abundant supplies, whether it is water, food or medicine, we are not short of it;
"Secondly, Shengming was designed with epidemic prevention in mind. Every corridor and every room here can turn on negative pressure fans during special periods to isolate all types of pathogenic microorganisms to the greatest extent;
“Third, although we were in the maintenance period and did not carry passengers at the time, when we passed through the fourth district earlier, we contacted two local medical teams, each of whom was experienced in combating chelation disease.
“Considering the above three things, many of us believe that we have an unshirkable responsibility to rescue these passengers, and this resolution was passed by a huge margin of 562:17 in the subsequent secret vote. .
"However, considering that the port has repeatedly issued orders that all ships are not allowed to admit passengers without authorization, we must find some ways to get around it, otherwise the Shengming may be directly refused entry in the future."
Si Lei had already figured it out: "So you made the restaurant part of the waiting room?"
"Clever!" Mantel snapped his fingers, "These were originally supposed to be revealed when I take you to visit the Shengming Navigation History Museum tomorrow, but since we've all said it here, why not take you to fully appreciate it today? Style..."
As Mantel snapped his fingers, everyone felt that the floor beneath their feet seemed to shake. Immediately afterwards, many dark green metal fences suddenly appeared on the floor at the edge of the restaurant. Just when everyone was wondering about the purpose of these fences, a cool sea breeze blew across everyone's cheeks.
Everyone opened their eyes wide and silently watched all the changes happening under their feet and around them: the glass floor of Bishop's restaurant was rising and extending outward at the same time.
People finally realized what this change meant - the entire restaurant was slowly moving outwards, and they could already see the snow-white hull outside the Shengming, the deserted aisles on the first deck, and the people wrapped in rainproof sheets. Square cargo and orange-red lifeboat...
In the distance, the bright moon hangs low.
The sea at night looks solemn and terrifying even if it is calm. The sea water on a summer night looks almost pure black, except for the area of the sea that is dimmed by the moonlight. After two hours of sailing, the Shengming had left the coast of Area 3. Everyone could no longer see the pale golden light belonging to the land. All they could see across their eyes was the endless, silent ocean.
Mantel walked forward slowly: "In short, the rescue operation went very smoothly. None of the passengers we rescued was infected with chelate bacteria - this is really lucky. Although we received a written warning from Rose Port afterwards , but later the port didn’t give us any hard time.
"So, I ask everyone here to be calm. I understand that you experienced some unpleasantness in the port of Havre this afternoon, but we, the entire crew who are currently serving you wholeheartedly, will provide help to all those who need help when necessary. Lend a helping hand, please believe this, because all communication and mutual assistance can only be based on trust. The more difficult the time, the more it should be like this..."
Everyone present looked into Mantel's eyes. This young crew member seemed to have a magical power. When she smiled and said some official words, people always had the urge to believe her.
"Sorry, let me interrupt."
Si Lei's voice sounded again, and everyone's eyes returned to Si Lei again.
Mantel looked at Si Lei with a smile, and the veins on his forehead that were covered by his hat were bulging - it seemed that this little woman was always looking for trouble.
"If you have any questions, just ask them directly."
"Did your temporary cabin have a name at the time?" Si Lei asked.
"No name." Mantel replied politely.
Several thorn monks breathed a sigh of relief - their heartbeats almost accelerated at the same time when Si Lei asked the question.
"...Where is the number?" Si Lei asked again, "Is there anything similar to the number... What do other people call your 'waiting room'? Is it just the Shengming?"
"Oh, you reminded me. At that time, there were only eleven waiting rooms in Rose Port, so when other people mentioned us, they all called us..."
Mantel gave a low high five and said, "Waiting Room No. 12."
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