flstandardbreds Chapter 1135
Chapter 1135
At this moment, He Chengshi's voice came from outside, his tone full of guilt: "Sir, I don't know if there is a soldier here named Qi. He once brought his family to patrol our area, and then we had some conflict. At that time, I was confused and blinded by greed. Now that I think about it, I really regret it."
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu looked at each other.
During that naval conflict, He Chengshi's ships were suppressed by their firepower and could not raise their heads. They never managed to figure out how many people were on board.
However, during the exchange of fire, the family's tacit cooperation made He Chengshi vaguely realize something, which is why he concluded that Qi Mingyu was traveling with his family.
As for whether there were other helpers on board, he had no idea.
Upon hearing this, Captain Ma raised an eyebrow, his tone carrying a hint of inquiry: "We are not aware of what you are talking about, and we will need to inquire about it. But what kind of conflict occurred between you? You can tell us first."
He Chengshi's face immediately showed even greater guilt: "At that time, we were so short of supplies. We had been drifting at sea for days, and our food and fresh water were almost exhausted."
Seeing that their cruise ship was brand new and seemed to have weathered few storms, they wondered if they could borrow some supplies for emergency use. However, they couldn't reach an agreement, and a small fight broke out..."
He raised his voice as he said this: "But their weaponry far surpassed ours, and in the end, we were defeated. What we didn't expect was that they took a liking to the fuel stored in our base, siphoned some off, and left!"
They didn't try to wipe us out, so we assumed your fleet wouldn't harm innocent survivors, which is why we wanted to come and join you!
Captain Ma was not clear about Zhou Shuwan and his group's previous experiences, but after hearing He Chengshi's account, it sounded as if the other party had come to rob them, but ended up losing money instead.
Even though he had fought for many years and witnessed all sorts of strange and wonderful things in the apocalypse, he couldn't help but chuckle.
Sure, sure, that's just like the Zhou family's style!
Let alone Zhou Shuwan and his group, even if it were him leading the team out, if they encountered such provocative robbers, he would naturally fight back fiercely, and even rob them back!
However, this group actually had fuel reserves...
Captain Ma's eyes instantly sharpened.
In the apocalypse, fuel oil is a strategic resource even more precious than gold. He Chengshi's deliberate mention of it at this time is likely...
Sure enough, the next second, He Chengshi followed up with, "Sir, we've brought all our fuel reserves with us when we came to join you! If you're willing to accept us, all of this fuel will belong to the fleet, as a small token of our appreciation!"
This person is quite adept at expressing their feelings and feigning weakness! They're definitely the kind of person who's good at socializing and negotiating!
Captain Ma stared sharply at the other person without immediately responding.
He Chengshi didn't wait for his response, but continued, his tone desperate: "Sir, as you can see, our ship has become like this."
The seawater temperature has been rising recently, and the bottom of the boat is almost rotting from being submerged. It won't last much longer.
Moreover, the food and fresh water on board will only last for three days. If we can't find a way out, we will all perish at sea..."
Captain Ma fell silent, his expression becoming complicated.
He has fought for many years, from the early days of the apocalypse to the present, and has witnessed the ugliness of human nature and the cruelty of the end times.
The despair in He Chengshi's eyes didn't seem feigned.
But as one of the fleet's captains, he was responsible for the safety of more than 7,000 survivors in the fortress and could not easily trust any outsider.
Especially someone like He Chengshi, whose background is unclear and who seems to have a deep scheming mind.