In an empty, dim hallway.

Jia Quan stood alone in the aisle, looking around with dignified eyes.

The tragic dark red indicator light reflected on his face,

There was a faint sense of horror, unease, doubt and panic.

On the quiet second deck, only the sound of his heavy breathing echoed, and everything was quiet.

The mysterious figure disappeared without a trace after returning to the living area on the second floor.

The darkness engulfed everything, as if nothing had ever happened.

That weird and grotesque feeling is simply chilling!

"Who is it?! Who is that man?! What is he trying to do?"

"If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, and you just run away after being discovered, there is definitely a ghost in your heart!"

"No, this matter must not be left alone, I have to tell the commander!"

At this time, Jia Quan had no desire to urinate.

The water stored in the body turned into sweat along the pores and soaked the back.

It was beyond his ability to deal with such a thing when he was on duty at night.

Jia Quan decided,

No matter what, let's report this to Meng Lei first.

Walking quickly to the captain's lounge, Jia Quan rang the doorbell next to the door in a panic.

In addition to public areas such as restaurants, toilets, and bars,

Most of the facilities on the ship require special information authentication to enter.

That is, similar to the setting of the access card.

For example, in the crew room, the weapons storehouse and the captain's room, only the personnel whose ID card information matches the authentication can open the hatch.

While protecting privacy, it is also a measure to eliminate hidden dangers.

Therefore, Jia Quan cannot directly enter the captain's room.

After a while, the hatch opened.

Meng Lei stood in the room with squinted eyes, looked at Jia Quan suspiciously, rubbed his messy hair like a chicken coop, yawned, and asked:

"What's the matter, Lao Jia, is something wrong?"

The crew compartment doors are well sealed and fairly soundproofed.

Aside from the humming of the engine and water pump, there was little to hear in the cabin.

Of course, if you really want to fight with guns in the corridor, the noise will still disturb the people inside.

But Meng Lei was completely unaware of Jia Quan's shouting and running.

After all, it's impossible to concentrate when you are sleeping as you are when you are awake.

"Commander, I encountered a very strange thing just now!"

Jia Quan said as he walked to the captain's room.

Then, he told Meng Lei what he had experienced just now.

After listening to Jia Quan's narration, Meng Lei suddenly lost sleep.

"You said that someone was doing something outside the reactor room?"

"yes!"

Jia Quan lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that someone was eavesdropping in the dark. He nervously leaned into Meng Lei's ear and said:

"That person was sneaky. After I found him, he turned around and ran away. He definitely didn't have any good intentions!"

Hearing this, Meng Lei immediately frowned.

Not sleeping in the middle of the night, wandering in the corridor of the submarine, is not normal in itself.

In particular, after the behavior was exposed, the man actually went around in circles, throwing Jia Quan away.

This is enough to prove that the mysterious guy is definitely not sleepwalking, he must be doing things intentionally.

After a pause, Meng Lei asked again:

"Have you seen the person's characteristics, such as height, hairstyle, etc.?"

Jia Quan shook his head and sighed in annoyance:

"No, I just got down to pee and didn't even think about turning on the light.

It was so dark in the corridor that I couldn't see the man's face at all. "

Meng Lei nodded and said no more. He picked up his jacket and put it on, and walked directly to the captain's room.

In the corridor, it is still dark, only the red cursor is flashing.

Meng Lei asked Jia Quan to return to the command room, turned off the energy-saving mode, and turned on all the lighting equipment.

Then, under the leadership of Jia Quan, the two came to the door of the reactor room.

"Commander, that man was nearby at the time."

Jia Quan pointed to the cabinet where the PUCS radiation protection suits were stored.

Meng Lei stepped forward and searched the surroundings carefully.

He suddenly found that a certain distribution box on the corridor wall seemed to have been opened, and it was not completely attached to the wall.

With a slight push, the power distribution box is easily opened, and the casing is hidden.

Meng Lei and Jia Quan looked at each other and saw that the other's face became extremely ugly.

Obviously, someone had manipulated this distribution box before, but had not had time to completely lock it.

Although the wiring inside, from the outside looks nothing unusual.

However, the expression between Meng Lei's eyebrows was extremely solemn.

He realized that this is not as simple as it seems!

"Call everyone up, don't sleep, and gather here immediately!"

Meng Lei spoke suddenly, his voice a little cold.

Vaguely, there is a hint of majesty.

All along, most of the time he feels like a big boy next door, rarely revealing that kind of managerial aura.

But at this moment, his temperament has undergone a significant change.

There was a feeling that made Jia Quan panic and couldn't look directly.

Jia Quan nodded immediately, and without saying a word, ran to the crew room not far away, knocking on the door one by one and calling for people.

Soon, everyone who was in the dreamland was awakened.

Sleepy-eyed, wearing messy pajamas, they came to the corridor outside the reactor room.

Among them, Gina, the female ship doctor, is even more excessive.

She wore simple underwear directly, put a white coat on her body casually, and walked out just like that.

The red lace is looming under the white clothes, attracting infinite reverie.

But at this time, no one would pay attention to her so much.

Everyone was dizzy, holding their chicken coop heads, yawning and looking at Meng Lei.

It's not entirely clear what the young captain was doing when he woke everyone up from their beds in the middle of the night.

But Meng Lei's gloomy face made them realize,

It seems that something very bad has happened.

"Commander, what's the situation? Call everyone up at this time, what happened?"

Huo Ye lit a cigarette, cheered up, and asked suspiciously.

Meng Lei didn't mess with them, and directly explained what happened.

This time, everyone lost their drowsiness and realized the seriousness of the matter.

Not to mention the purpose of the person who was bumped into by Jia Quan.

Such behavior is hard not to be suspicious of.

This was discovered by Jia Quan and interrupted the other party's follow-up plan.

If the situation is allowed to develop, no one knows what the final result will be.

"Damn, on the first day at sea, there was a ghost on the boat? What's the situation?"

Huo Ye took a deep breath,

He glanced at other people with bad eyes, and everyone was suspicious.

"We didn't recruit anyone and didn't provoke anyone. Who the **** are they targeting?"

Xu Hui also had a look of vigilance, and subconsciously leaned towards Huo Ye, and distanced himself from the alien crew.

You don't need to think about it to know that this matter cannot be done by a few of their Blue Star players.

In the final analysis, the problem still lies with these alien natives.

Meng Lei didn't speak, his eyes kept looking at Simon and Hans, trying to find any clues from their expressions and demeanor.

However,

Everyone's behavior is very normal, there is a daze in the doubts, and there is no more emotional expression.

Only Gina always tilted her head with an expression of watching the fun.

At this time, Hans stepped out of the crowd.

He walked over to the electric box that Meng Lei had opened, and then observed it carefully for a while in front of everyone's eyes.

In the end, his expression became extremely solemn.

Turning his head, he said to Meng Lei:

"Captain, the gate line in the reactor room has been moved, and once it is opened, it cannot be closed automatically.

It's not a big problem, but there are certain security risks. "

Hearing this, the doubts shrouded in everyone's hearts could not help but grow stronger.

"Why did that person open the door of the reactor room? What is his purpose? Isn't he sick?"

Jia Quan murmured to himself, unable to figure out the crux of this.

but,

Carl, a mechanical engineer in the crowd, stood up at this time, frowned tightly and said:

"Under normal circumstances, the reactor room does not need maintenance, and it is not even necessary to open the door of the engine room until the fuel rods are used up.

At this time, no one will find that the line has been manipulated.

But…"

Having said this, Carl paused for a while, his eyes flashed a little dignified, and continued:

"But if there is a serious failure of the reactor, such as meltdown, leakage, etc., and the hatch cannot be closed in time to prevent the spread of radiation.

So…

In a short period of time the entire ship will be infected with radiation!

At that time, even if it is treated in time, there will be serious health risks! "

Hearing this, everyone felt a chill on their backs and realized the seriousness of the matter.

"The heart can be punished! The heart can be punished!"

Huo Ye scolded angrily, "Damn it, he wants to kill us all! What kind of hatred is there, the other party wants to be so vicious!"

"The guy must be found as soon as possible! Strip off his clothes and throw them in the sea, and give him an outdoor swimming lesson without a wetsuit!"

When it comes to life safety, the bearded Simon is also extremely furious.

Even Gina, who has been watching the fun all the time, her delicate facial features climbed a layer of frost, and sneered:

"Outdoor swimming lessons are too cheap for him, and my favorite phlogiston enema is more appropriate.

Guaranteed to leave a precious memory in his life before he goes to hell! "

When a few people were talking, Meng Lei's eyes kept wandering around everyone.

Although everyone showed incomparable anger at the behavior of that mysterious person.

It didn't look like he was suspected of committing crimes, but Meng Lei didn't dare to let his guard down.

In his opinion, until the real murderer is found, anyone is doubtful!

Because this is clearly not a vendetta!

Not to mention that when they first arrived in Xier City, it was impossible for them to have enmity with anyone.

Just looking at the other party's behavior, it is obvious that they want to drag everyone to be buried together!

This is not a matter of personal enmity, but an extreme anti-human revenge incident!

Thinking of this, Meng Lei suddenly felt a sense of deja vu.

That strong sense of sight always felt as if I had seen it somewhere.

At this time, after checking the electric box, Hans opened the diving suit cabinet.

On the PUCS radiation protection suit, I explored it carefully.

Finally, he pointed to a hole in the heel and said to everyone:

"The radiation protection suit was also damaged. The other party's next plan is obviously to start the nuclear reactor. Fortunately, we found it in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!"

"Why is this!?"

Xu Hui still couldn't understand the purpose of the mysterious man's actions, and said very anxiously:

"We didn't provoke anyone? Why did he do this? Isn't this harmful!"

Xu Hui's voice fell,

Hans seemed to realize something suddenly, and his face suddenly turned pale.

He took a deep breath, took a step back in the opposite direction of the crowd, and said solemnly:

"Some people don't need a reason to do things! They are a group of complete lunatics, and they can't find any logic in their behavior!

perhaps…"

When Hans said this, Meng Lei suddenly interjected:

"What do you mean, a member of the Joker came on board!?"

Hearing this, everyone was shocked!

Hans nodded heavily and said solemnly:

"That's right, it's very likely this is the case, otherwise the other party's behavior cannot be explained!"

Meng Lei took a deep breath.

really!

When he thought of this extreme behavior just now, he realized that this situation seemed familiar.

Thinking about it again, isn't that what those crazy clowns like to do?

"This is too much! The first time to go to sea, the female voyage, there was a clown on the boat, and no one has luck!"

Meng Lei cursed inwardly, suddenly feeling extremely sad and angry.

This is unfortunate.

Fortunately, Jia Quan discovered it in time and stifled the hidden danger in the cradle.

Otherwise, I really have to let the clown take the opportunity and complete the sabotage plan.

Like his sister ship, the Sea Locust will be like his sister ship, with a brightly colored clown suit painted on the outer shell, and will sink forever in the cold and dark ocean.

"Commander, what should we do now?"

Huo Ye approached Meng Lei and frowned at the others present.

He also knew that, except for Jia Quan and Xu Hui, who were from the Blue Stars, everyone was suspected of committing crimes.

Meng Lei's face was sullen,

Gloomy eyes swept over Hans, Karl, Charlie and Eugene.

These people are all engineers on the ship.

Since the clown can modify the electrical system of the reactor room door, it proves that he has certain electrical knowledge.

Therefore, these people are undoubtedly the biggest suspects!

But another possibility cannot be ruled out.

Although the other party is of another profession, in order to carry out the sabotage plan, he has specially learned this knowledge in advance.

And then through such means to confuse the public and hide their identity.

Therefore, the suspicion of others cannot be ruled out.

Meng Lei pondered for a moment, and finally said:

"From now on, everyone is not allowed to leave the sight of others without authorization, hand over your ID cards, and gather on the first floor deck!"

Then, Meng Lei turned to look at Huo Ye and the others, and ordered:

"Take your ID cards and search everyone's crew room for anything suspicious.

If you find anything, report it immediately! "

"Yes!"

Huo Ye and the others responded with a bang.

Finally, Meng Lei turned his attention to the alien crew members and said in a deep voice:

"The situation is urgent and concerns everyone's safety, I hope everyone can cooperate with the investigation.

If this clown is not caught, it will be a huge threat to all of us!

Therefore, everyone should be more conscious and active.

Hope we can fix this as soon as possible! "

For the first time, Meng Lei showed the majesty of the captain and did not give anyone leeway.

In this matter, he will not listen to any advice from the alien crew, because it is likely to be misled by the clown and affect his judgment.

As for Meng Lei's actions and requirements, everyone did not refute them, and they handed over their ID cards obediently.

In this case, everyone can understand.

The point is, if you refuse to cooperate, you will be immediately arrested as a suspect and attacked in groups.

Even a real clown wouldn't be so stupid.

"Be careful when you check, don't let any corners go! I'll go to the bridge command room to check the surveillance to see if there are any clues!"

Meng Lei explained, and then urged everyone to concentrate on the first floor area.

before leaving,

Gina put her hands in her pockets and fanned her loose white coat. The elegant and full lines flickered and appeared, emitting a subtle temptation.

"When rummaging, move lightly, don't break my things~

Especially personal items, don't use them for weird things,"

The bright red lips showed a meaningful smile, and the smell of alcohol was mixed with the smell of hormones, and he dropped an inappropriate remark.

"If you want, you can come directly to the room to find me..."

Hearing this, Meng Lei frowned in disbelief.

The appearance of the clown makes everyone feel like an enemy.

But this woman seemed to be indifferent, unaware of the current crisis.

Is it because she has a big heart, or is there really something wrong with her brain?

or,

Death is nothing to her?

Or is she the Joker?

With doubts, Meng Lei climbed up the shaft passage and then came to the bridge command room.

The others were not in the mood to pay attention to Gina's provocation, and gathered on the deck outside the command room, each with a solemn expression.

The originally friendly team relationship was shattered by a clown.

The trust collapsed, and the eyes of everyone looking at others were full of strong alertness.

in the command room.

Meng Lei turned on the surveillance video and called up the surveillance on the second floor of the cabin half an hour ago.

The display on the center console was suddenly dimmed.

The dazzling red indicator light is not enough to capture a clear surveillance picture, and everything looks like a lake.

Meng Lei tripled the playback speed and leaned in front of the display to look carefully.

At the beginning, the whole picture was completely still, just like a photo, time and space were frozen at a certain moment.

Until two thirty-five in the morning, something different seemed to appear in the darkness.

It can be faintly seen that those immutable pixel spots have undergone some subtle changes.

Vaguely, it formed the outline of a humanoid.

Because the light was too dim, Meng Lei couldn't see how the figure appeared, nor did he know which crew room he came from.

After he appeared, he walked straight towards the reactor room.

but.

According to the general outline of the figure, at least Gina and Simon can be excluded.

Gina's hairstyle is very prominent, highly recognizable, and has a slender figure, which is very different from the shape of the silhouette.

Simon happens to be at the other extreme.

Tall and burly, very strong.

Even without clothes, it is more than a circle thicker than that figure.

These two people can basically be ruled out as suspects.

Then Meng Lei saw that after the man came to the vicinity of the reactor room, he stopped and stayed still, fiddling with something in the dark.

It was not until Jia Quan appeared that the mysterious figure was frightened and fled.

As the two chased each other, the other party climbed the ladder through the shaft and came to the first floor area of ​​the submarine.

Meng Lei quickly switched the screen, called up the monitoring on the first floor, and observed it carefully.

In the submarine's energy-saving mode, however, the ground floor corridors are equally dim.

And the mysterious man seems to be avoiding the surveillance on purpose, and has been running in the corridor where the blind spot was shot.

Even if Meng Lei pressed the pause button, he could not clearly capture his whole picture.

Meng Lei took a deep breath, lit a cigarette, and continued to look down patiently.

Most of the time, only Jia Quan appeared on the surveillance screen, chasing after him with all his strength.

In the end, when the opponent climbed the ladder through the shaft and returned to the second floor area again.

The figure seemed to have completely merged into the darkness and disappeared completely.

Until the end, Meng Lei didn't see which crew room he got into.

Leaning back on the leather seat, Meng Lei closed his eyes.

Carefully recalled the silhouette of the figure, and then compared it with the other crew members one by one in his mind.

It can be roughly determined that the clown who got on the ship is one of the four engineers.

Regardless of body size and height, they are all similar to those people to some extent.

In order to further narrow the scope, Meng Lei turned on the monitoring again.

Then call out the section with the clearest picture in the impression, and observe it repeatedly.

Looking at it, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

When the mysterious figure accidentally ran through the corridor next to the artillery control room, something seemed to fall out of him.

The color of that thing is slightly different from his figure,

But because the other party is too fast, if you don't look carefully, it's easy to ignore.

Meng Lei sat up straight and read it several times.

It was finally determined that there was indeed an item that fell out of the mysterious man.

Moreover, the other party was only concerned about getting rid of Jia Quan's pursuit, and did not notice this detail.

In other words, that thing should still be in place by now!

"What is that?"

Meng Lei was deeply curious, and at the same time his heart was beating.

He realized that things might break through because of this, and that thing might be the key clue.

Immediately, he stood up immediately and was ready to go over to check it out in person.

At this time, the voices of Huo Ye and several people came from the headphones.

"Commander, Hans and Simon's house has been searched, and all the corners have been searched, and nothing suspicious has been found."

"Hawk and Charlie's rooms were also found. There were only some changed clothes and maintenance tools, and nothing else."

"Me too..."

Several people said that no clues could be found in the crew room.

Meng Lei immediately said solemnly: "Forget about the crew room, everyone will gather near the artillery control room and look for it in the surrounding corridors! That clown dropped something there, be sure to find it!"

"it is good!"

Everyone answered in unison, and then immediately climbed up from the living area on the second floor.

Meng Lei also strode out of the bridge command room, and under the doubtful eyes of Hans and others outside the door, he quickly ran towards the artillery control room.

The staff of the Sear City Shipyard have cleaned up the interior environment after the submarine has been rebuilt.

In addition, the Shanghai Locust has just set off today, so there is no mess of garbage accumulated on the deck.

As long as there is something on the ground, it is easy to see.

It's fast, and it hardly takes too long.

Meng Lei found a strange thing in the corner near the outer bulkhead.

"found it!"

His eyes lit up, and he hurried forward to pick up the thing.

After holding it in my hand, I found out that it was actually a mini toy speaker.

Only the size of a palm, the tail is a dark brown rubber airbag, and there is nothing special about it.

"A horn? Why is there a horn?"

At this time, Huo Ye and several others also gathered around, looking at the toy horn in Meng Lei's hand, all showing doubts.

Meng Lei shook his head, also somewhat puzzled.

But at this time, a line of golden text prompts suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

(Clown horn: entertainment items that every clown will carry with him, originally to relieve the mental stress caused by people in the deep sea environment, and later become a symbol of the clown members.

Blowing the horn at a clown and saying something naughty to them will be seen as a gesture of friendliness, and they won't be strangely malicious towards you for a while.

But it also depends on the situation, if the clown thinks they are in a dangerous situation, any action will lead them to act aggressively. )

Seeing the hint of Goldfinger, Meng Lei was slightly startled.

Unexpectedly, this horn is also a key prop about the clown!

Immediately, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

With this thing in hand, according to Goldfinger's hint, the clown members among the crew must be invisible.

Meng Lei didn't take the so-called excesses to heart at all.

Now that everyone is gathered together, no matter what the clown tries to do, it will be taken down by everyone immediately.

It was impossible for him to resist.

At the moment, Meng Lei held the toy horn tightly and waved to Huo Ye and the others.

"Go, go and ask them a few!"

Saying that, he strode towards the deck area where the alien crew members are concentrated.

at this time,

Hans and Simon are hooking their heads curiously, watching Meng Lei and the others.

Seeing that Meng Lei and the others seemed to have discovered something, halfway across the corridor, Hans asked loudly:

"Captain, did you find anything?"

Meng Lei strode forward and spread out his palm facing the crowd, revealing the strange trumpet toy.

"Only found this, can anyone explain who this thing belongs to?"

After seeing the small horn in Meng Lei's hand,

In the crowd, the expressions of two people changed significantly.

One of them was Eugene, an electrical engineer, with a look of panic and bewilderment on his face.

Although he covered it up well,

But Meng Lei, who was attentive, caught the subtle change in expression immediately.

The other person is Hans, who has extensive sailing experience.

I saw him slap his big legs, and shouted excitedly:

"Clown! Now it is certain that there are clowns on board! This horn is their carry-on! It is a symbol of clowns!

There are really clowns in! "

Meng Lei ignored Hans' shouting and stared at Eugene, who was hiding in the corner of the crowd.

Through the other party's flash of emotions just now, Meng Lei realized that there was definitely something wrong with this guy.

Speaking of which, this electrical engineer named Eugene,

Since he got on the boat, he has been keeping a low profile, and Meng Lei is not too impressed with him.

This person's comprehensive ability is extremely ordinary, and his appearance and personality have no characteristics.

And he doesn't like to talk much, and he looks a little introverted.

Such a person has a very low sense of existence, and it is easy for people to ignore his existence.

Even now, Eugene is silently shrinking in the corner of the crowd, like a transparent person, it is difficult to attract attention.

Holding the toy horn in his hand, Meng Lei walked through the crowd to Eugene.

"You dropped this thing, right?"

But seeing Eugene immediately shook his head in a panic, waved his hands continuously, and said repeatedly:

"No! Not mine! It's not mine! I don't know whose it is~lightnovelpub.net~ Don't ask me! Don't ask me!"

This apparent overreaction,

Even a blind man could see that there was definitely something wrong with Eugene.

Immediately,

Huo Ye, Hawke and Simon stood up and surrounded Eugene with a bad look.

"It's not yours?"

Meng Lei asked back, with a sneer on his face, "Then why are you so excited? What are you afraid of?"

As he said that, Meng Lei suddenly grabbed the rubber airbag of the small speaker.

"Beep!"

Strange syllables came out of the bell mouth suddenly.

Eugene's face changed again in an instant.

This young man seemed to be stimulated suddenly, his facial features immediately twisted and became extremely ferocious, and the whole person fell into a hysterical state of madness.

"Damn it, you are a blasphemous demon!

The dignity of the clown cannot be trampled on, and you will pay for your actions! "

In the frantic roar of filial piety, Eugene stood up from the ground and rushed towards Meng Lei, trying to grab the toy horn in his hand.

However, Eugene did not wait for his action to be completed.

The tall Simon immediately grabbed it and pressed it to the ground.

Eugene struggled desperately, like madness.

"Let go of me! Let go of me!"

"You **** bastards, let me go!"

Even though he was pressed to the ground, Eugene was still roaring and filial piety, and the expression on his face was extremely hideous.

In the end, finding that he couldn't break free, he raised his head and stared at Meng Lei viciously, with a malicious roar from his mouth:

"Damn it, Our Lady of the Clown won't let you go!

You will pay for your actions!

I promise! "

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