Chapter 890: Sea Monster
Old Tian cautiously walked over and asked, "What happened? Has anyone checked how the person died?"
The corpse was still on the bed; no one dared to touch it.
Zhang Weiwei, who knew some medical skills and was braver, asked Li Zongyu to help examine the body.
Hearing Old Tian's question, Zhang Weiwei suppressed her nausea, came to him, and lowered her voice, saying, "He died in a strange way. His internal organs were completely hollowed out, almost only skin and bone remained."
Old Tian’s face instantly turned extremely grim upon hearing this.
Since they arrived at sea, they had already encountered many mutated monsters.
This manner of death was obviously not caused by an ordinary person.
He stepped forward and carefully poked the corpse with his gun.
It was as if something had burrowed inside him and eaten all his internal organs.
"Everyone step back, keep your distance! Everyone else get out of this room immediately!"
Old Tian ordered the others in the cabin.
Immediately, the crew began to clear the room.
Only Li Zongyu and two others remained.
Old Tian said to them, "Don't tell anyone about this yet. Before the truth is uncovered, if others find out, it will cause panic."
Zhang Weiwei nodded, "We think the same. This is a special time; it’s best to handle it properly."
Old Tian had the door closed, then ordered the crew to raise their guns, aiming at the corpse.
He then pulled a sharp short knife from his boot and approached the body. He reached out and touched the already sunken chest cavity, then suddenly plunged the knife down with force!
No bodily fluids splattered out; Old Tian’s hand felt like he was stabbing a shriveled cured duck.
He kept applying force and effortlessly opened the entire chest cavity.
Inside was completely empty—nothing at all.
He continued cutting open other parts but found no abnormalities.
There were not even any wounds on the body, as if some invisible entity had devoured his internal organs and flesh.
Old Tian’s expression grew even heavier.
In all his decades at sea, he had never encountered such a situation.
Meanwhile, outside the cabin, the entire Rockflow Group had already gathered.
They were all talking among themselves.
Some even said, "I saw that corpse; it looked like a dried mummy. It definitely wasn’t caused by a person!"
"Could it be a sea monster?"
"Haven’t we encountered enough monsters recently?"
"But it actually sneaked into our cabin to kill someone! And no one noticed."
"This, this, what are we supposed to do now!"
Old Tian also felt it was an extremely thorny problem.
If they couldn’t solve the current issue, more people might die on the ship.
The Rockflow Group members were quite knowledgeable, so it would be hard to lie to them.
If the crew's morale broke down, it would be difficult to lead them.
At that moment, Zhang Yi’s calm voice suddenly sounded outside.
"Old Tian! How have you been patrolling?"
Zhang Yi walked in from outside with two crew members.
He casually tossed a strange-looking sea fish onto the floor.
"If I hadn’t caught it, this kind of monster would have escaped."
Everyone’s gaze turned to the grotesque, ugly fish on the floor.
Zhang Yi took a white handkerchief from a crew member, wiped his palm, and said:
"This is the killer. It almost ambushed me on the deck just now."
"The ocean is full of dangers nowadays. Everyone must stay alert. You can’t rely on me and my crew for everything!"
Hearing Zhang Yi’s voice, Old Tian hurried out.
Zhang Yi gave Old Tian a fierce glare, "You’ve been slacking off!"
Old Tian swallowed hard and quickly apologized, "Sorry, Mr. Zhang, it was my fault."
He looked at the strange fish on the floor but kept his doubts to himself. Latest content published on novel※fire.net
Zhang Yi said, "Take the corpse out and strengthen patrols from now on."
"Also, Li Zongyu, you must take main responsibility for this problem."
"You have dozens of people in the Rockflow Group, more than my crew. You can’t just sit idle all day. Organize yourselves and patrol."
Hearing this, Li Zongyu felt guilty and said, "You’re right. We were indeed too careless."
Zhang Yi nodded, "Good. Arrange your own patrols from now on!"
After saying this, Zhang Yi left the cabin as if nothing had happened.
Old Tian ordered the corpse and the monster fish on the floor to be carried away.
The Rockflow Group members in the cabin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After reaching the upper deck, Old Tian quietly asked Zhang Yi, following behind him, "Mr. Zhang, what should we do next?"
With his years of sea experience, he clearly understood that the wounds on the corpse were definitely not caused by the fish Zhang Yi killed.
Zhang Yi’s actions were simply to stabilize morale.
Zhang Yi glanced at the corpse and said, "Take him to the medical room! We need a detailed autopsy to find out what did this."
Old Tian immediately ordered the corpse to be taken to the medical room.
Then Zhang Yi called Zhou Ke’er over and explained the whole situation to her.
This was the first time Zhou Ke’er had encountered such a strange case.
She quickly changed clothes and went to the medical room to examine the body.
Upon seeing the corpse, a very strange expression appeared on her face.
"The exterior of the corpse has no wounds, and inside it’s especially smooth. It’s like... the internal organs vanished into thin air."
Zhou Ke’er’s words sent a chill through Old Tian.
"Could it be... another sea demon?"
Even Zhang Yi frowned deeply.
They had encountered sea demons in the ice fog region more than once, and each time it was a headache.
Although he possessed powerful strength, the sea demons’ abilities were unpredictable, making him defenseless at times.
For example, this time a monster appeared on the ship without him noticing at all.
Zhou Ke’er picked up a sharp surgical knife and calmly said while cutting open the corpse, "I need to conduct a thorough examination before drawing any conclusions. But before that, I think the entire ship must strengthen security."
"Because nowadays, no matter what strange things happen, it’s normal."
Zhang Yi agreed deeply and immediately told Old Tian, "From now on, order all crew members to maintain 24-hour heightened vigilance. No slacking off! For safety, change patrol groups from three people each to five people each."
"Also, the middle and lower decks’ cabins will have personnel centralized, arranged in shifts for patrol."
"And absolutely no one should act alone. Even going to the bathroom or bathing must be done in groups of two or more."