Chapter 138 - Escape (1/2)

Qin Mu Yin had never felt that he would see something like this.

He could still vividly remember the incident earlier that day with the skeletons yet the scene before him was even scarier than that.

He couldn’t help but feel glad that he didn’t go in. If he did, he felt that he would probably end up in the same situation he imagined earlier.

Returning back inside the passage, it was quiet inside.

Qin Mu Yin was at the front as they made their way back to the room. Just as he was about to stick his head out, he saw Mu Yuan’s head and was startled.

Mu Yuan quickly retreated.

Qin Mu Yin jumped out and dusted himself off, “You almost scared me to death. What were you doing looking inside?”

“I was checking to see if you’re going to come back.” Mu Yuan scratched his head and answered honestly. “You just happened to come out when I was checking.”

Su Min came out from behind.

“Did you find anything?” Xia He Yin asked nervously.

Su Min nodded. He said: “There were a lot of things in the room including some strange scrawls. It’s probably something similar to spells or curses or the like.”

“Yeah.” Qin Mu Yin added: “There is a room inside filled with skeletons. You couldn’t count how many there were. At the very least several dozen.”

Su Min returned all the clothes back into the closet and closed the door. Like this, even if someone came through, they would make a sound and alert them.

Su Ying patted her face.

She had almost forgotten that she was supposed to act as a mute when she was out with Xia He Yin earlier but fortunately she didn’t speak the entire time.

The short-haired woman had really believed that she was sick and was extremely anxious.

Later, the captain came. Su Ying was a little afraid that her fake illness would be discovered but unexpectedly the captain also didn’t notice.

They eventually suspected that she may have caught a cold.

Because there was no medicine on board, they decided to give her an extra set of blankets and said it would be delivered later.

Just as they spoke, there was a knock on the door.

Xia He Yin quickly gestured with her eyes. After they entered the bathroom, she opened the door. The short-haired woman stood outside.

She glanced inside, “Is the little girl okay?”

Xia He Yin said: “She just laid down. We’ll see if she will feel better after taking a nap. That’s what we normally do in my hometown.”

The short-haired woman sighed, “This is the blanket. Remember to cover up at night and don’t make it worse. We don’t have medicine here.”

“Okay, I will pay attention.” Xia He Yin took the blanket from her. The blanket wasn’t very thick, but it was not thin either, “Thank you.”

The short-haired woman wanted to enter the room, but she was left outside with the door shutting in her face.

Xia He Yin pretended not to see her act of wanting to enter.

Su Ying pried away the blanket and sat up. She groaned: “She keeps obsessing over me. Like a witch.”

Su Min came out from the bathroom. His expression was solemn: “She’ll take action tonight.”

But it’ll be too late when the time comes.

Su Ying let out an ‘ah’: “Then there’s no need for us to continue staying here.”

Qin Mu Yin said: “Yes, we need to leave.”

Mu Yuan said: “We need to leave the ship first, but we will need some equipment like a lifeboat. Do they have it here?”

“I haven’t seen any.”

“Since we haven’t seen it after so many days, they probably don’t have one.”

“Even if they did, they wouldn’t let us see it to avoid letting us escape. We wouldn’t be able to use it.”

The people before them probably discovered what was going on and similarly wanted to find a lifeboat but they either died at sea or was turned into skeletons.

So they must not repeat the same mistakes.

“Actually, it doesn’t have to be lifeboats.” Mu Yuan saw that they were in a difficult position. He added: “We just need anything that allows us to float at sea.”

That was the simplest way of rescuing yourself.

They had trained for this and had learnt what to do if they encountered a storm at sea or if their boat capsized.

Mu Yuan promised: “Let me look around and see if there’s anything useful. There definitely would be something suitable.”

Only now did Su Min understand the role for this character.

In the original plot, the male and female protagonist were probably able to successfully escape with Mu Yuan’s help. It was just like their current situation now.

Xia He Yin was also very happy.

Although she was still upset about Song Nan Nan’s situation, her life was more important. She would definitely seize any opportunity to leave this ship.

While she was thinking this, she thought of another problem: “What if this ship follows after us?”

Su Min said: “The best option is to destroy this ship.”

“We don’t have any explosives.” As soon as he mentioned this, Qin Mu Yin became depressed, “Are we going to end up like Mu Yuan’s dream?”

Escaping but getting caught again.

Mu Yuan waved his hand: “Didn’t you say that reality is usually the opposite of your dreams? Why are you suddenly like this?”

Qin Mu Yin let out a large sigh.

Hearing the mention of this, Su Min didn’t find it a problem, “It’s not impossible if you want to blow it up. You just need the right materials.”

The courses he studied had covered this. His chemistry labs naturally played around with chemical explosions.

Even if you didn’t have that knowledge, you would have learnt some things during high school chemistry.

After hearing this, Qin Mu Yin looked over at him with surprise.

Su Min quickly thought of a method, “I’ll go and ask the captain if he has any flour.”

Mu Yuan asked: “What’s the flour for?”

Su Min explained briefly: “Can explode.”

He didn’t explain the principle behind it. It would be a waste of time and effort. It was more important getting their hands on some flour.

They could use the excuse that they wanted to use it to make something.

If the captain only had a little bit, then they would need to think of something else.

Su Min opened the door and went straight over to the hall upstairs. He called out to the captain a few times.

Soon, the captain emerged from the cabin on his end. There was unexpectedly a look of suspicion on his face, “What’s wrong?”

Su Min smiled: “I want some flour.”

The captain asked: “Flour?”

Su Min explained calmly: “Yes, flour. The little girl doesn’t feel good so I want to make some noodle soup for her.”