The crowd in the restaurant was in disarray after the murder, with everyone terrified that they might be next. People pushed and shoved each other as they ran for safety, resulting in many falling to the ground amidst the chaos.
Fortunately, Lin Ya and his group were closer to the door. The others quickly rushed back to their rooms to gather their belongings, afraid of falling behind the main group. Lin Ya lagged behind, keeping an eye on the screen while also glancing at the rapidly refreshing bullet comments.
[Ahhhh! Did someone really get killed?! Oh my god!]
[Wait? Is that real?!]
[You upstairs! Do you still want to participate?!]
[Oh my god! This is really a survival game! Call the police!]
[Is this real or fake?]
[Ahhhh! I just saw that Shen Zhiyi’s agent said he’s really gone missing!]
[Others are missing too!]
[Call the police, everyone! This is not a game! I’m a medical student and I can assure you! This is definitely not acting!]
[What kind of acting results in real blood spraying out from someone’s neck! Call the police!]
[Call the police +1]
[I’m Shen Zhiyi’s agent, Sister He! He’s truly missing! Since going abroad, I haven’t been able to reach him at all! The director and the other artists are all unreachable! We’ve already called the police!]
[So, does this mean the streamer in this live broadcast is actually the mastermind behind this ruthless survival game? How bold to still stream! They even got their homepage blacked out!]
[The staff says there’s a bug in this live stream, it can’t be shut down!]
[Oh my god! Is this witnessing history? There are so many of us on the ship; our mothers surely will act!]
[Help! My goodness! That voice said there are 1000 people on the ship and only one can survive?!]
[So terrifying! It suddenly reminds me of a maritime case from before!]
[Me too! Mainly because it was also a ship and the number of people is very close!]
[Are you talking about that case from ten years ago? The entire ship sank? Most of the dead were students! After the ship sank, those students didn’t even struggle, they drowned with peaceful expressions, and no drugs were found in their systems. The exact cause is still unknown and remains a mystery.]
[But there’s a difference! This is direct murder! And it’s live-streamed!]
After Lin Ya returned to the room, he indeed found his suitcase rummaged through, his clothes scattered everywhere. Calmly, he pulled out a backpack he had prepared for the ship from the room’s cabinet and stuffed in the compressed biscuits he had hidden.
“My things were rummaged through too! A few packs of snacks were taken!” He Yu said, looking down, but his hands moved quickly. Like Lin Ya, he casually packed a couple of clothes into his backpack and took the blanket from the bed into his arms.
It was alright during the day, but at night it got terribly cold, so they needed to take the blanket. Lin Ya held onto one too.
“Let’s go.”
Although the others were also angry that their belongings had been rifled through and their phones and food stolen, thinking of the current situation, they hurriedly packed a few items as Lin Ya instructed, clutching their blankets as they gathered at the entrance of room 439.
Once everyone had arrived, they followed Lin Ya to the media room on the seventh floor, under the watchful and scrutinizing gazes of others.
Fortunately, there was no one in the media room, and they successfully took over the area.
“I have some compressed biscuits here; let’s share them. Later, I’ll organize everyone to get food, but it’s very dangerous outside, so unless necessary, don’t wander off.”
The day the live stream aired, its popularity soared, instantly trending on social media. The news spread like wildfire, and viewers poured into the live stream.
[Oh my god, someone really got killed! There’s blood everywhere in the restaurant…]
[I’ve already called the police; I hope the country acts quickly. There are still compatriots on the ship waiting, hoping for their safety.]
[They deserve to die; foreign countries are already chaotic, who told them to go there!]
[Upstairs, curb your bad karma! If it weren’t your family, you’d say that too!]
[…]
“Thankfully, Shen’s biscuits weren’t stolen, otherwise we’d be starving today, but I still don’t understand why those people stole food and also everyone’s phones. There’s no signal on this ship, so we can’t make any calls.” Surrounded, they closed the media room door and shared the compressed biscuits Lin Ya brought on board. He Yu carefully ate half a piece, still a bit shaken like everyone else.
“Is there a chance that the signal jamming is only temporary? Maybe later we can still make phone calls and contact the consulate for help!”
“But now, everyone’s phones have been stolen, and our phones were confiscated by the director beforehand. We still need to find a phone.” They had all put their phones and luggage together because there was no internet on the ship, now they couldn’t find a single phone.
Their speculation wasn’t wrong; most of the people who stole phones did it with the intention of throwing them into the sea. That way, regardless of whether they recorded anything or sought help, it would be useless. After all, the ship’s signal jammer could only last for fifteen days, and who knew if they had buried secrets in their phones.
Though cleanup would happen afterward…
“I’ve always kept my phone on me, but I didn’t bring the charger. If I don’t use it, the phone’s battery will last about two days.” Shi Hua pulled out a thin, sleek phone from his pocket, calmly facing the shocked gazes of others.
“Where did you get that phone?! You brought two phones! How sneaky!” He Yu exclaimed, wide-eyed.
Bai Yuxi’s mouth also dropped open, “Yeah, I lived with you and didn’t even notice!”
“Ahem… this phone was given to me by my girlfriend, and I’ve always kept it on me. Since I had it turned off and didn’t use it, the battery is still full.” Mentioning his girlfriend, the usually aloof young man’s expression softened instantly.
“Holding onto a phone is a good thing, but we have no idea where they’ve hidden the signal jammer, and no one knows what it looks like…”