After the malicious taunt, Feng Bujue stopped talking and let Graybeard go crazy.
In the next minute, Graybeard's cursing voice continued to echo in the public channel … until someone (Max) forcibly turned off his walkie-talkie, and the voice stopped.
"Is it really okay for you to provoke him like this?" Lei Feng looked at Brother Bujue and asked.
"Heh … even if I don't provoke him, he won't let me go, right?" Feng Bujue pointed to the two bodies on the ground. "Just now, these two shot at me without saying a word. This means that they were ordered before they came to the island to 'leave no one alive.' In this case, why should I be polite to them? "
"Well … that's true." Lei Feng nodded. "But … even so, you don't have to talk to them. Why expose your identity in the public channel and deliberately provoke Graybeard?"
"There are two purposes." Feng Bujue put the walkie-talkie on his waist, raised his hand, and extended a finger. "First, I want to test Graybeard's character …" He paused. "If he doesn't respond after hearing my words, or if he scoffs at my ridicule, then he is a calm and shrewd opponent." He laughed. "Haha … But from the looks of it, he's acting like a pure bandit. He's impulsive, ruthless, and unable to restrain his anger when provoked."
"This should be a good thing." Lei Feng continued.
"Not necessarily," Feng Bujue replied. "A cruel person may not be brainless, and a calm person may not be wise." He said and extended a second finger. "So … I also made a second test."
"Oh? What is it? " Lei Feng was puzzled.
…
At the same time, on the Dolphin cruise ship.
At this time, under Max's command, the pirates had completed full control of the cruise ship.
Except for the "special care" that was not deaf, everyone else had been locked up by the pirates.
Captain Joseph and his crew, as well as all the staff of the program (including cameramen, medical personnel, logistics, etc.), were all locked in the surveillance cabin.
The five "important hostages", Baport, Rohan, Erde, Ao Guanhai, and Gu, were transferred to the lounge next to the surveillance room. Although four of them had injured their knees, after a night of treatment, they had recovered some of their mobility and could now walk with a limp.
After all, this world was set in the twenty-fifth century. Aside from the cutting-edge technology of "ants" (the "ant" technology in the wasteland was usually only available in the military, scientific research institutions, and some high-level hospitals. this cruise ship naturally did not have it. In addition, because of the high cost of this technology, ordinary people couldn't afford it. Criminals like Gray Beard did not have the right to use it at all. Even if he had the money, there was no place to treat him. The conventional medical methods of humans were quite advanced, at least in the field of surgery … As long as the treatment was timely, it was very easy and fast to cure.
"What the f * *? Who is that! How dare that bastard talk to me like that! "In the captain's room, Graybeard was still shouting angrily.
"Hahaha …" In the corner of the captain's room, Not Deaf, who was tied to a chair, laughed gloatingly. "He is the terror that flies in the dark … He is the winged roundworm that tortures you in your nightmares …" This guy's ability to fan the flames was not weak. "He is the psoriasis on your index finger … He is the operator who cut off your phone …"
"Are you done? Bastard! "Graybeard turned around and scolded.
"He is the chewing gum stuck to the soles of your shoes … He is the one who woke you up at three in the morning and dialed the wrong number … He is the special news that interrupted your favorite TV series … He is the slug lying on your crabapple flower … He is the weirdo next to you on the bus … He is …" Not Deaf used his actions to show that he was not done.
"Enough!" This time, it was Max who had stopped talking. He was not deaf yet. "Stop reciting the lines from 'Dark Wing Duck.' I could tell when you said the first line."
As a person with a rich imagination, high IQ, and a certain degree of mysophobia, Max felt uncomfortable when he heard these lines.
"Oh? So you pirates also watch cartoons? "Not Deaf laughed.
"My spare time is more than you think, Not Deaf," Max replied. "Life on a ship is like this … In addition to daily affairs and some action planning work, most of the time, I am very free." He paused. "When I was nine years old, I had finished all the courses from grade one to twelve through the Internet and began to study professional courses in university. Due to limited resources on board, I gave up some subjects related to experiments and chose economics, law, and management. Considering the principle of striking a balance between work and rest … in order to let the brain relax, I would multitask and play some entertainment videos while I was studying, so … I randomly watched a lot of cartoons and accidentally memorized all the content in them. " After he said this, he paused for two seconds and added, "Oh, by the way, the reason I only watch cartoons is because of the age limit. Nowadays, there are too many violent and sexual elements in movies and TV series. It is not suitable for children like me to watch. "
Not Deaf listened to this full of sarcasm and did not know whether to laugh or cry. He thought to himself, "Kid, you hang out with a group of pirates who kill without blinking every day. The things you see and hear are far more bloody and realistic than those in movies and TV series, right? Besides, is your mental age really a child? I would believe you if you said you are a time traveler! "
"Okay … Let's stop chatting." Graybeard stepped on his wooden leg and turned to Not Deaf. "Tell me … Who is Stephen Carbon?"
"He is a writer," Not Deaf replied. "Haha … If you are literate, you might have read his books …" Even though he was a prisoner, he still spared no effort in mocking his opponent.
* Thump! *
"Ah —"
She wasn't deaf yet, but what she got in return was another round of physical torture. His comminuted foot had never been healed, and whenever he irritated Greybeard, the latter retaliated by giving him a 'light' nudge with his wooden leg.
"A writer …" Max said thoughtfully, "This is a little unexpected … His behavior does not seem like something a cultured person would do …" As he spoke, he had already walked to the control panel in the captain's cabin. He stood on his tiptoes and quickly operated it.
A few seconds later, the recording of Feng Bujue's previous two sentences rang again and was played on the big screen in the captain's cabin.
Max turned up the volume of the recording and listened to it five times. Then, he smiled. "Ah … I see."
"Son, what did you find?" Although Graybeard did not hear any clues from the recording, he knew that when his son showed such an expression, it meant that he had found something.
"No matter what kind of mentality this Mr. Carbon had when he spoke in the public channel, in short … he has accidentally exposed two pieces of information," Max said. "First, there is at least one person beside him …" He paused for a second and turned to look at his father. "Second, his position is near a flowing water source …"
…
"The second test I did was to deliberately let him hear the sound of a small stream in the background …"
On the other side, Feng Bujue and Laden had already climbed up a nearby high ground and were hiding. At the place where they were hiding, they were able to observe the corpses of the two pirates from before.
"We will wait here for an hour. If no one comes to find us, or if someone comes after forty minutes, then it means that … Gray Beard's group is just a group of bandits, but … if there are pirates who come to find us in less than half an hour, and it is obvious that they are following the stream with a purpose, then we will have to be on high alert …" Feng Bujue stared at the dead bodies as he explained to Lei Feng, "… because there is a clever person among that group of pirates … and the game with this person will be the key to whether we will survive or not."
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