Free Web NovelChapter 97: Chapter 95: The Unfathomable Human Heart
As long as they behaved, Jiang Si couldn’t be bothered to argue with them.
She looked at the quiet crowd, then suddenly ripped open her jacket. In an instant, everyone on the ship was stunned.
Luckily, Jessie hadn’t hit Jiang Si earlier.
Jiang Si smiled, like a mysterious specter from the East. "This is a top-of-the-line bomb. If I die, don’t think any of you will be leaving this place alive."
To make them truly compliant, she had to shock them to their core.
This vest full of bombs, though fake, was certainly intimidating enough.
Everyone finally took Jiang Si seriously—this ruthless young woman from the East.
She was betting her own life that they wouldn’t dare make a move.
Even if they managed to survive by some fluke, the ship was doomed to be destroyed.
Shire, as the highest-ranking person there, finally compromised. "We understand."
When faced with such a ruthless character, compromise was the only way to have a chance at survival.
The icebreaker finally drew slowly alongside the cruise ship.
Jiang Linhai had been instructed by Jiang Si not to panic even if he heard gunshots, and that they would be back safely soon.
But with only the two of them, how could they truly be at ease?
It wasn’t until the icebreaker docked with their yacht and Jiang Si and Qin Shen appeared on the icebreaker’s deck that Jiang Linhai’s anxious heart could finally relax.
They had a lot of things on their yacht. Jiang Si said to Shire, "You all move over to the yacht and help us bring our things over here. Then, go to the cruise ship on your own and move whatever supplies you want."
The group was extremely reluctant, but fearing Jiang Si’s tyrannical power, they had no choice but to obey.
Once Jiang Linhai and the others moved from the yacht to the icebreaker, they understood why Jiang Si had been so determined to get this ship.
On a regular yacht, they had to lay down layers of insulation panels just to feel a little warmer.
If the electric heaters weren’t on, you’d never want to get out of bed.
But the icebreaker was a vessel designed specifically for Antarctic research and transport. Not only was its insulation excellent, but to ensure researchers could eat fresh vegetables, it even had a dedicated greenhouse onboard. As long as the icebreaker was running properly, its climate control could make the fifty square meters of soil productive enough to supply vegetables for the essential crew.
Of course, due to the food shortages these past days, even the weeds in the greenhouse had been eaten clean.
When Zhang Qingfang heard there was a greenhouse on the icebreaker, she was absolutely thrilled.
She could once again put her skills to good use on this small patch of land.
Besides having a greenhouse and not needing new insulation panels, the icebreaker was also much larger and could hold a lot more things.
Jack and the others were herded onto the yacht, quite displeased.
Seeing that the yacht’s facilities were quite good and that they would be able to return to the mainland with Jiang Si’s group, they cheered up a bit.
But when they saw the supplies on the yacht, their expressions darkened again.
Jiang Si’s group had so many supplies, yet they were making them move everything to the icebreaker. They clearly had no intention of leaving them a single thing. Using them as manual labor like this was just too much.
Everyone wanted to secretly stash some food and medicine, but after learning that Jiang Si would inspect the yacht, they could only give up the idea and obediently move the items.
If they angered this madwoman, even getting a bite to eat would probably become a problem.
They could only pray that the supplies on the cruise ship were plentiful enough to last them until they reached the mainland.
Once everything was moved from the yacht, Jiang Si inspected it inside and out. After confirming nothing was missing, she nodded and gave Jack and the others permission to go aboard the cruise ship and move supplies.
Jack had been on the cruise ship once before, and the thought of the bodies made him shudder. But for the sake of supplies, he had to endure the psychological stress and board it once more.
Upon entering the second-floor restaurant of the cruise ship and discovering the massive amount of food in the storeroom, he finally grew excited.
This food was enough to feed all of them for a very, very long time.
Besides food, the bolder ones began searching all over the cruise ship again.
They discovered that besides food, the cruise ship also had all sorts of other supplies: medicine, fuel, daily necessities... Just the luggage of the deceased passengers would be enough to keep them busy for a good while.
If the cruise ship hadn’t been frozen into an immovable iceberg and wasn’t filled with so many corpses, some of the people who were all alone in the world would have wanted to just stay.
After seeing the tens of thousands of bodies on the ship, Shire finally realized the apocalypse was real, and it was a thousand, ten thousand times crueler than any blizzard in Antarctica.
Even if they returned to the mainland, they would need to be fully prepared.
He still needed to find his daughters and sons-in-law. After seeing a yacht filled to the brim with supplies, he went to Jiang Si again and said, "Could the icebreaker possibly tow another ship? I’m begging you. It would be such a waste to leave all these supplies here."
He could also tell that although Jiang Si was vicious, she still had her principles.
’Jiang Si has already gotten the icebreaker, and with just a few people, she possesses so many supplies. She probably won’t mind if we take a little more.’ freewebnøvel.coɱ
The icebreaker could tow two more ships at most. This was because in the extremely low temperatures, the broken ice would refreeze rapidly.
Jiang Si thought for a moment, then said to them, "You can, but I also need you to help us move some more supplies from the ship."
’I could just use my dimensional space to move things,’ she thought, ’but then people would find out.’
’Why not use the free labor right in front of me?’
Shire was overjoyed that Jiang Si agreed. "Of course, beautiful Miss Jiang. We can definitely do that."
Jiang Si didn’t need much more food, since she could grow it on both the icebreaker and in her dimensional space. Instead, she needed a lot of fuel—something that was in high demand and irreplaceable once consumed.
Jiang Si had them fill all the remaining space on the icebreaker with fuel taken from the cruise ship.
When Jack saw the supplies on the icebreaker and then looked at the ninety-plus people on the yacht, his eyes filled with deep envy.
’It’s the apocalypse. People’s hearts are unpredictable. When we really get to shore, how many supplies will he and his wife be able to grab?’
If it weren’t for wanting to go back and find his parents and children, he would have wanted to join Jiang Si’s group.
’They have extensive experience surviving in Antarctica. Maybe Jiang Si’s group would let them stay.’
Many hands make light work. The icebreaker and the two yachts were packed to the brim, and they were finally ready to depart.
Meanwhile, Tom’s good buddies found several cases of guns and ammunition under a gambling table in the casino.
’With these guns and ammunition,’ they thought, ’if we catch them off guard, what’s to stop us from taking back the icebreaker! Once we’re on shore, we’ll just blow them all up.’
Jiang Si was in the cockpit, trying to figure out some of the icebreaker’s hidden functions, when Qin Shen suddenly walked up to her. He startled her, and she took two steps back to put some distance between them before asking with a flushed face, "What are you doing?"
Qin Shen’s expression was grave. "They found guns and ammunition."
Jiang Si’s eyelid twitched. This was not good.
She quickly asked, "What are they planning to do?"
"They plan to kill us after we get to shore and then take all the supplies."
Jiang Si’s gaze turned cold in an instant. She had originally planned to give these people a chance to live. It seemed that was no longer necessary.
’They want to kill us, don’t they? Fine, I’ll give them their chance ahead of schedule.’
