The chaos on the Aurora Borealis cruise ship continued.
People shuttled back and forth in the cabin, frantically packing their luggage, for fear that they would have to evacuate later and become the one left behind.
It was unknown who leaked the news, or perhaps someone got the news through other channels, but the news that they were being targeted by pirates spread wildly in the cabin.
Someone ran to the captain's room and knocked on the door, asking to lower the escape boat. Some people even asked for life jackets, so that once the ship was boarded by pirates, they could jump into the sea and escape.
It had to be said that when people's lives were in danger, they would always say some thoughtless things.
Except for a limited number of diesel speedboats, the rest of the rubber boats were enough to keep them from sinking, and they could only float on the sea and wait for rescue. Not to mention the fact that they couldn't go far on the high seas, they couldn't even run, and there was the risk of being capsized by the waves.
As for life jackets …
It could only be said that this was a very creative idea.
More and more people gathered in the captain's room, and the bodyguards of the Royal Guards had to join the security team and began to maintain order outside the captain's room. The first mate of the ship also joined in, trying to calm everyone's uneasiness.
Although it was safe here for the time being, it was obviously not suitable to stay.
After watching Wang Peng report the situation on the satellite phone, Lu Zhou asked Wang Peng to take him out of the captain's room, and he prepared to return to his room to rest for a while.
However, just as they were about to go down the stairs, they suddenly met two acquaintances.
These two acquaintances were none other than Prince Philippe and his beautiful wife, Princess Sophia. Madam Sophia was crying like a pear blossom in the rain, and she was lying on Prince Philip's shoulder, as if she had lost her soul.
Although it had nothing to do with him, no one would turn a blind eye to such a thing, especially when he saw that the little princess was not with them. Lu Zhou, who had vaguely guessed something, asked in a friendly manner.
"What happened here?"
Madam Sophia looked up and saw Lu Zhou and Wang Peng. She grabbed Lu Zhou's arm and said in a pleading voice.
"My Lillian! She's gone! I beg you, please help me. "
Lu Zhou glanced at her and saw that her eyes had already turned red from crying. She was like a drowning person who had fallen into a lake, desperately grasping at any straw around her.
He had no doubt that even if the person passing by was not him and Wang Peng, but a waitress who could not even protect herself, she would definitely grab him and ask him to help her find her daughter.
Prince Felipe's emotions were still relatively calm. At least he still had a trace of rationality left, and he gently pulled his wife's arm.
"The Royal Guards are already looking for her. They just need a little time."
"That bunch of trash doesn't care about us!" She shook off her husband's arm, covered her face, and whimpered, "Don't look at how they stare at the name of the royal family. They don't even have us in their eyes. Just look at their eyes!"
"I think you're just too sensitive …"
Looking at the sobbing Madam Sophia, Wang Peng took a step forward.
His expressionless face only maintained basic courtesy. He did not care about these things at all during the mission, and he only spoke in a cold voice.
"Sorry, Madam Sophia, we have a more important —"
"It's okay, please don't panic, Madam Sophia. Your daughter will come back to you."
Wang Peng looked at Lu Zhou in shock, and he suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.
At this time, Madam Sophia, who was crying, also raised her head and looked at him in disbelief.
"Are you … willing to help me?"
Lu Zhou nodded and spoke in a gentle voice.
"Of course, I am also very worried about the little princess's safety. I hope she can come back to you as soon as possible."
Prince Felipe held his wife's hand again and gently squeezed it. He looked at Lu Zhou with some hesitation.
"Is this … really okay?"
Although the relationship between the two countries was temporarily in a honeymoon period, whether it was Sweden, China, or himself, they all knew that his daughter was not worth Academician Lu taking any kind of risk.
If something went wrong with the former, it would only be Sweden's problem.
And if something went wrong with the latter, it might not be as simple as a diplomatic dispute.
Looking at Prince Felipe, Lu Zhou spoke with a smile.
"There's nothing wrong with it, not to mention it's not difficult."
After asking for Prince Felipe's room number, Lu Zhou took Wang Peng to the other end of the cabin. Looking at Lu Zhou's back, Wang Peng hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"We shouldn't complicate things, I'm worried that there might be other dangers on the ship."
Regardless of whether or not diplomatic issues were Lu Zhou's job …
Even if something were to happen to the little princess, no one would blame the inaction of a scholar, much less the Hua Nation. Other than mourning, people would at most hate those pirates.
"People all over the world know that the Swedish royal family is the poorest royal family in the world. Even though there are some well-known entrepreneurs and rich people on the ship, they are far from being as rich as a country. Not to mention, even if they get the ransom money, they probably won't be able to spend it. Obviously, those pirates are not after the money, they are after me.
"So, this is not a new problem."
"But —"
Wang Peng still wanted to say something, but he was interrupted by Lu Zhou.
He smiled and spoke.
"And like I said, it's not difficult."
In fact, the main reason was that Chen Yushan liked the little girl. If she encountered any danger, fell into the water, or something bad happened to her, Lu Zhou felt that she would definitely feel sad.
Of course, no matter how much he said, it would just be an excuse.
The real reason was probably because he was a nosy person.
Wang Peng sighed and stopped trying to persuade Lu Zhou. Instead, he started to talk about practical problems.
"How are you going to find her? I don't have enough people on my side. "
"That's a good question. Give me a minute."
Lu Zhou reached out his index finger and tapped on the Transcendence AR glasses.
"Xiao Ai, help me find a little girl on the ship. Her name is Lillian, the little princess of the royal family. Although I don't have a photo of her, you should be able to find her on the Internet. "
[Okay, Master! (?????)????】
For Xiao Ai, who controlled the quantum computer, it was almost omnipotent in the world of the Internet. Although the surveillance on the cruise ship was not connected to the Internet, there was always something connected to the Internet on the cruise ship as a springboard.
The moment the message was replied, Xiao Ai had already taken control of the surveillance system.
By retrieving the cached data and comparing the portrait, height, and gait characteristics, as well as analyzing the route of action, an intermittent green line extended from the 3D cabin thumbnail. It quickly ran through the entire internal space of the Borealis cargo ship, pointing straight to the stern.
Lu Zhou looked at the entire route. He reached out and gently adjusted his glasses. The corners of his mouth curled up into a smile.
"… We found her."
Wang Peng looked at Lu Zhou in disbelief.
He was about to ask "Are you sure?" But he remembered that Lu Zhou would never joke about this kind of thing, so he changed his words.
"Your glasses … How much is it?"
"Do you think it's the glasses that did this? Don't even think about it, it's mine. "Lu Zhou smiled faintly and continued," The target is in the storage room at the stern of the second floor. The room number should be B2771. Let's go. "
Wang Peng nodded.
"Okay."
Against the crowd, Lu Zhou followed Wang Peng's footsteps and came to the storage room at the stern of the ship.
There were mainly cleaning supplies that were not used for the time being. It was a place where people generally did not come.
Lu Zhou looked at the locked door. Although he was curious about how the naughty little guy sneaked in, Lu Zhou did not waste too much time on such trivial matters. He tapped his index finger on the frame of the glasses and unlocked the electronic lock.
The doorbell rang, and Wang Peng grabbed the doorknob with one hand. His other hand was in his pocket as he carefully pushed the door open.
Looking at his careful movements, Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head. He followed him into the spacious storage room.
Naturally, there was no way there would be an ambush. There was only a little girl in a dress squatting in the corner, tightly hugging a rag doll that she had picked up from somewhere.
Princess Lillian blinked her big emerald eyes and looked at the two people who appeared at the door. She opened her mouth in surprise.
"Why aren't you hiding yet?"
Lu Zhou thought this question was a little funny. He walked to her side and squatted down.
"Why should I hide? There's just a little situation outside. A good child won't run around. "
"Lillian isn't running around. She's just running away."
Lu Zhou couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
Fleeing?
This is the high seas, where can she escape to?
Seeing that Lu Zhou obviously didn't believe what she said, the little princess sitting on the ground complained.
"You can't not believe me, I'm telling the truth. Someone said that pirates came outside, and then Mom and Dad can't be found. If Lillian doesn't hide, is she going to die on the deck? "
"At this time, a good child should go back to her room, not let her parents worry … Wait, you said someone knows that pirates are coming?"
"Yes." Lillian nodded and looked at Lu Zhou curiously. "Don't you know? Everyone is saying this. "
Lu Zhou and Wang Peng looked at each other and saw the same expression in each other's eyes.
Sure enough, there is most likely a spy on this ship.
If no one spread the news, even if there were similar rumors, it wouldn't be so consistent.
Not to mention that this was before he used the satellite aerial photography.
Even if the news was spread from the captain's room, the timing didn't match at all. In this case, someone should be deliberately creating chaos, and then planning to do something in the chaos …
Probably hearing their conversation, an icon flashed in the upper right corner of the glasses.
After about 30 seconds, a line of text appeared in Lu Zhou's field of vision.
Xiao Ai: [Master, Xiao Ai found a few suspicious people on the lowest floor. Φ (≧ ω ́ *)??]
Lu Zhou: "Mark them for me."
Xiao Ai: [Got it! (?????)????】
Soon after, a surveillance image was displayed. Everyone went to the restaurant and was ready to listen to orders to take refuge. A few suspicious people went against the crowd and went to the bottom of the cruise ship.
Judging from their clothes, they were wearing hotel staff uniforms. After they disappeared from the surveillance image, Xiao Ai marked their current location on the map.
"Wang Peng, look at your phone."
When Wang Peng heard Lu Zhou's instructions, he turned on his phone without any hesitation and played the surveillance video that Lu Zhou just sent.
When he saw the strange figures, he frowned subconsciously.
"There are two security checks before boarding the ship. No one should be able to bring weapons on board except us."
"Do we include the Royal Guards?"
Wang Peng paused for a moment, then nodded.
"I see."
They didn't bring weapons on board. Instead, they used the equipment belonging to the Royal Guards on board.
Although these equipment were all light weapons, they definitely couldn't blow up the ship. However, they could still do some bad things in the chaos.
If there were no surprises, if the pirates' attack did not succeed, they would take advantage of the time when the pirates were fighting with the guards on the ship.
The expression on his face was slightly gloomy. Wang Peng put away his phone and said softly, "I'll be back soon.
"I'll be back soon. You stay here and don't walk around."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I don't plan to walk around. You should be more careful. There are six of them."
Upon hearing her words, Wang Peng smiled all of a sudden. His smile revealed a trace of untraceable murderous intent that even the thick-skinned Princess Lilian couldn't help but shiver.
"Only six?"
"It's better to worry about me after sixty."
After that, he walked out the door.
The door of B2771 was closed. Before leaving, Wang Peng also turned on the lights in the cabin for Lu Zhou.
It was safe here.
With the surveillance system controlled by Xiao Ai, even if the entire cruise ship was searched, no one would think that he would be here. He only needed to wait quietly here for the chaos to end. Then, he would hand the little princess running around to her parents. Everything would be over.
Just when Lu Zhou was thinking about whether to use the AR glasses to watch a movie to kill time, he suddenly heard a timid voice.
"I heard."
"Heard what?"
"The pirates will take us away."
"…"
Lu Zhou felt that this was nonsense. If the pirates didn't take hostages for ransom, what else would they do? But he thought that this was just a six-year-old girl. She couldn't say anything philosophical, so he was too lazy to pick on this word.
"… And then?"
"Then kill all the men, then all the women —"
As soon as he heard that something was wrong, Lu Zhou immediately covered her mouth while sweating profusely.
If he allowed her to continue, he was afraid that both of them would be dead.
"Who taught you these things?"
Princess Lillian blinked her eyes and said innocently.
"I read it on the Internet."
"I think the person who showed you those things should be sentenced."
Lillian asked curiously, "Then … Should Mr. Andersen be sentenced? I love reading his stories the most. "
Lu Zhou, "… I guess what you saw is definitely not the normal version."
"But what should I do, Lillian is really scared." All of a sudden, Lillian hugged her head and shrunk her body against the corner of the wall. Her shoulders shivered as though she had recalled something horrifying. "A little girl like me who doesn't have much meat will be thrown into the sea to feed the fishes for eating too much."
What the hell is throwing into the sea to feed the fish?
Lu Zhou looked at this pitiful and funny little guy and couldn't help but shake his head.
Just as he was thinking about how to comfort her, he suddenly thought of a good idea, so he snapped his fingers and said, "Don't worry.
He snapped his fingers and said, "Don't be afraid, I can show you a magic trick."
Lillian, who was trembling, raised her head and looked at Lu Zhou curiously.
"Magic trick?"
"Yes, magic."
With his hands on his knees, Lu Zhou stood up from the floor and reached out his right hand to the little girl sitting on the ground. "Get up, let's go to the porthole."
Only now did she act like a princess.
Lillian elegantly placed her hand on Lu Zhou's palm and complained, "Can't we just do it here? The deck is swaying, it's so tiring to stand. "
"I will pull you up before you fall and hold on for a while. This magic trick is not convenient for other things, it only works on bad people … "
He squinted his eyes and looked out of the porthole. The shadow of the cargo ship was getting closer and closer.
At the same time, a marked green dot was getting closer and closer on his AR glasses.
"Where is the magic trick?" Lillian tilted her head unhappily and looked at Lu Zhou with her baby fat chin. She complained in a childish voice, "So you are also a liar? Mr. Scholar. "
"People who know me know that I never lie. Look out the window. "Lu Zhou stretched out his index finger and pointed at the cargo ship that was getting closer. He said softly," The spell is completed. "
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