NCCnovel Chapter 177: Pirates Appear
Chapter 177: Pirates Appear
Shen Yiyi thought about this and heard the old man sigh unwillingly. He added, "It's a pity that young people like you who have professional knowledge of machinery can easily find a good job now, so no one is willing to run smuggling. As for me, I am old now and my energy is not good. Otherwise, I can train this boat to be faster."
Shen Yiyi nodded and looked around. It was true. The bar was mostly filled with middle-aged people, including some old guys like Hong Liugong, but there was not a single young person to be seen.
She couldn't help but feel curious, so she asked, "That's right, old man. Your captain is probably the youngest person on this ship, right? So in the future..."
Hearing Shen Yiyi's question, Hong Liugong sighed again: "Alas... If there was no other way to make a living, who would be willing to come here and do this job that requires them to put their heads in their belts?"
"Our Black Pearl has been running this smuggling route for many years. When Ci Pengpeng's father was still alive, he managed everything very well. Whether it was our enemies or those elusive pirates, they all gave us some face to some extent."
“But now, not to mention the young people who are unwilling to come to us, even the old people now…” At this point, Hong Liugong’s mood suddenly became depressed. He took a sip of wine and began to stare blankly.
Hearing this, Shen Yiyi silently filled the glass in front of him, and then continued to ask: "How is it now?"
Hong Liugong lowered his head and muttered to himself: "Now we don't know what the future will be like, and any money we can make is good. After all, everyone's hearts are scattered, and it's hard to lead the team."
The two chatted intermittently, and soon it was late at night. Just when Shen Yiyi was about to find an excuse to end the party and go back to the lower cabin to sleep, the alarm plant in the bar suddenly bloomed large patches of red flowers.
The morning glory responsible for voice transmission suddenly opened, and the voice of the female captain Ci Pengpeng came out from it: "A pirate ship was spotted approaching us at high speed 30 nautical miles away. All crew members are on level one alert. I repeat, all crew members are on level one alert!"
In an instant, Shen Yiyi clearly felt that the entire Black Pearl ship began to speed up crazily. When the old ghost Hong Liugong heard the alarm, he immediately threw away the empty bottle in his hand, picked up the parasitic vine and put it on his leg, then swam quickly towards the door of the bar.
Just as he ran to the door, he turned around and saw Shen Yiyi still sitting in a daze at the bar seat. He picked up a cup and threw it at her, shouting, "Little chicken, if you still want to live, come with me to the power deck to help!"
At this moment, the dazed Shen Yiyi reflexively caught the wine glass with her hand, and then she was suddenly startled as if she had just reacted, and bounced up on the spot like a spring, and followed the old man Hong Liugong and ran towards the power deck.
No matter what little thoughts everyone has in their minds, when facing external threats, all we can do is work together.
At this time, accompanied by the alarm, the entire ship was in chaos. Countless crew members poured out from the restaurant, bar and sleeping cabins and rushed to various posts on the ship.
Perhaps it was because the power deck was the most critical place at this time, so when everyone saw the old man Hong Liugong running over with Shen Yiyi, they all made way for him.
Those who were blind and failed to react were slapped aside by the people around them.
In this way, the two people quickly came to the power deck located at the bottom of the entire rear of the ship, which is the power core of the "Black Pearl" smuggling ship.
As soon as Shen Yiyi squeezed out of the narrow hatch and saw the huge power system, she gasped.
At first, she thought that old man Hong Liugong was bragging when he said that the power system of this ship was very powerful. But when she saw the real thing, she realized that the old man was just being modest.
The system in front of him was not the propulsion system of a civilian transport ship at all. It was equipped with the entire power system of the main battleship currently in service of the Huayue Navy - the Trident-class high-speed frigate!
So, Miss Shen asked in surprise: "Oh my god, this is military goods! Where did you get it from?"
Hearing this, Hong Liugong was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Shen Yiyi, and asked: "How could you recognize this system?"
Shen Yiyi quickly recalled her own personality in her mind, then nodded and said shamelessly:
"Yes, you can smuggle and blackmail as you please, but when it comes to professionalism, I am - bah, bah, I am really good! Isn't this the complete engine of the Flashfish? I can recognize it just by the sound!"
Then, she asked Hong Liugong in a suspicious and fearful tone: "When this kind of high-speed frigate is retired, the power system must be scrapped and recycled. How did you get it? Reselling military supplies, this... this is a matter of life and death!"
When the old man Hong Liugong heard Shen Yiyi's question, he didn't say much, but just replied: "If you want to stay alive, don't ask so many questions." Then he turned his head and started working on the control panel in front of the engine.
At this moment, the water mirror on the power deck control panel suddenly lit up, and the image condensed into a solid in just an instant. It turned out to be the female captain Ci Pengpeng!
Because the image is real-time and two-way, Ci Pengpeng also saw Shen Yiyi who was standing behind the old man Hong Liugong at this time.
Of course, in her eyes, that was the thin and timid illegal immigrant Qin Xinghe.
Although he was a little surprised, Ci Pengpeng did not say anything. He just said directly to the old ghost Hong Liugong: "Uncle Liu, is the power system outputting at full capacity now? We are now in a stalemate with the pursuing pirates and cannot shake them off at the moment."
At this moment, Ci Pengpeng's face still looked very calm, but her words revealed an anxiety that could not be concealed.
Hearing what Ci Pengpeng said, Hong Liugong, who was sitting in front of the control panel, didn't say much. He just flipped up a cover from somewhere on the control panel, then reached into his pocket and took out a wrench-shaped key.
Then, he inserted the wrench-shaped key into the groove under the cover, and with a turn, he could clearly feel that the speed of the entire ship suddenly increased a lot.
After a while, Ci Pengpeng in the water mirror said to Hong Liugong happily: "Master Liu, you are amazing! Now the pirates can't catch up with us, how did you do it?"
Hong Liugong chuckled and said, "I just activated our reserve power and slightly overloaded it for a moment. Fortunately, it worked. Of course, this cannot be used frequently, otherwise it will affect the life of the engine."