Chapter 35 Shadows on the Lenin
…The atmosphere on the ship has been a bit strange recently.
While brushing the deck vigorously with the brush in his hand, Sergei looked calmly at the officers standing at the bow not far away and talking.
There are several classes on this icebreaker.
At the top are the captain and the first mate, and the officers and soldiers belong to the middle class. At the bottom are sailors like him, who do all the dirty work.
In fact, in the past, this kind of life was nothing. After all, they are now living under someone else's roof, and even their lives are in the hands of others. It is already very good to be alive, and naturally they will not be stupid enough to ask for too much.
But now, Sergei has to cheer up and try to prick up his ears to listen to all the information that may be found.
——Without Mu Qingzhi's extra reminder, they also realized the seriousness of the matter.
About five days have passed since the party that night. During these five days, five more sailors have fallen ill after the sailor who fell ill because of the strange noise that day.
Although the officers announced to the outside world that the sailors had sepsis, five days have passed and the sailor who fell at first has not returned to his room.
Not only that, the officers also blocked the medical room without a sound. Without a legitimate reason, the lower-class people could not get close.
The medical room was like a gluttonous beast with its mouth opened, swallowing all the sailors who entered it mercilessly.
What happened to the sailors, what kind of situation are they in now, why all the people who went to the bottom cabin to clean up fell ill without any doubt the next day... No one knows.
At the same time, because of the reduction in the number of sailors, their daily work has become more arduous, and it is common to be busy from morning to night.
Although this situation seems normal, it is more like the officers are using this method to distract them. Last night, when Sergei dragged his tired body to the cafeteria to get food, he found that the officers standing in the corner looked at them with pity... and mockery.
Sergei recognized this look. When he was in Black Swan Port, they found a nest of ants in the lawn in the middle of the courtyard. Anton used food residue to pave a path for the ants. At the end of the path, there was a small puddle.
At that time, Anton watched with interest as the ants fell into the puddle and struggled on the water. His face was full of condescending pity and mockery... exactly the same as the look the officers gave them at this time.
Before the officers noticed the gaze and cast their eyes over, he turned around calmly and walked towards the dining table with the plate in his hand, but he shuddered slowly behind his back.
Although those people brought them on board because of Mu Qingzhi, they didn't care about them at all. Whether they were dead or alive, it had nothing to do with them.
Khorkina and Zhunova, who had been following Mu Qingzhi, might have the chance to survive, but if he and Yakov didn't find a way to save themselves, their ending would definitely not be very good.
Yu exhaled lightly, scrubbing the deck vigorously, and Sergei quietly moved towards the front of the deck.
At this distance, with the help of the sea breeze, he could already vaguely hear some sporadic words.
...Rotten...Foul smell...Human figure...What else?
Sergei tried hard to prick up his ears and put all his energy there.
But unfortunately, the two officers seemed to have noticed something and stopped talking. After looking at him who was scrubbing the deck with all his heart, the two officers stopped talking and smoked in the sea breeze.
The weather has been quite peaceful in recent days, and the sea is calm, without any big waves.
After confirming that the other party was no longer talking, Sergei cursed in his heart, put away his little thoughts, and scrubbed the deck vigorously, as if he was venting his emotions.
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Lunch time is a rare leisure time.
After carrying the dinner plate and preparing the food, Sergei and Yakov chose the most remote table and sat down tacitly.
"I tried to sneak to the medical room, but failed."
Yakov said in a low voice while lowering his head to eat.
"At the door of the medical room, there are two officers with guns stationed. Sailors like us can't sneak in. Not only that, the windows of the medical room are nailed shut by those wooden boards, and no light can penetrate."
"... Completely closed?"
Unconsciously, Sergei frowned.
In terms of physique, he is as thin as a monkey and is far less strong than Yakov, but in terms of brain, he is definitely much better than the other.
"Well, I tried to secretly put my ear on it, but I only heard a period of creepy chewing sounds from time to time."
As if he recalled the weird chewing sound again, Yakov twisted his body a little uneasily.
"The situation in the medical room may be very dangerous, do you want to reconsider it?"
"There's no time to think about it. According to the speed at which sailors fall ill, it won't be long before it's our turn. Instead of waiting to die, we might as well take a chance."
Putting a piece of potato in his mouth, Sergei shook his head slightly.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine."
All the sailors who are known to have fallen ill have gone to clean the bottom cabin. Although it is listed as a forbidden area and people are not allowed to approach it at ordinary times, officers still let them in when they are cleaning.
According to the current scheduling speed, it will be his and Yakov's turn to go there in a few days. Although nothing happened when they went to clean before, in this situation, who can say for sure what happened there?
Sergei is sure that if he can't find out in advance why those sailors fell ill, when it's their turn, they will definitely be in trouble.
Although they can't contact those sailors at present, there are more ways to enter the medical room than just falling ill.
——That afternoon, Sergei fell "accidentally" during his daily cleaning and his head hit a protrusion, causing serious injuries.