You've become the warden, and you're telling me I'm an undercover agent?

Chapter 397 Healthy Corpse

The huge cargo ship finally landed on the shore like a dead leaf swaying in the waves.

Ike Ping looked up and saw that all the lights on the ship were out. The night breeze passed through the rooms of the cargo ship, transmitting information to Ike Ping through the power of [Insight].

There was only a faint breathing sound on the boat, even weaker than that of an ordinary person sleeping. It was like an animal in hibernation, reducing its metabolism to an extremely low level.

"Walk."

Chi Ping put his arm around Mang's waist, and with a space jump, he appeared on the pitch-black ship.

Mang felt a flash of light before his eyes, and his surroundings changed in an instant. He felt Chi Ping's hand on his waist, which was strong and warm.

The two of them walked around the boat. The captain's cabin and all the other cabins were empty. The night wind ruffled the moonlight below, and the only sound from the boat was the gurgling of the river.

In just over ten minutes, everyone on the cargo ship disappeared.

Chi Ping took Meng and turned to check the containers on the deck, and went straight to the three problematic boxes.

He grabbed the door handle of the container and with a little force, the entire door of the container was pulled off, and the sound drowned out the sound of the waves.

The space in the container was dark and long, but Ikehira's [Insight] had already told him what was inside.

"Do you have any abilities related to light?" Mang asked, looking at the dark space inside the box.

"Yes." Chi Ping took out his cell phone and turned on the flashlight function.

Mang was about to roll his eyes, but then he saw the densely packed people inside the container!

It is "stacked", not standing or lying, but stacked layer by layer like goods.

According to [Insight]'s perception, they are "living people" with breathing, but judging from what we have seen so far, they can't be considered living people at all, right?

Their exposed skin was a shrunken purple, the difference between them and normal people was like the difference between a freshly unearthed radish and a freshly dried radish.

A 6-square-meter room can only accommodate three or four living people. But anyone who has transported corpses knows that the dead can be stacked freely. And the back half of this 2.5x2.5x container was packed with nearly a hundred people!

Ikehira placed his hand in front of a corpse's nose and could indeed feel the flowing energy.

Chi Ping pulled Mang along and looked at the other two containers. The situation inside was the same as this one. It was worth mentioning that the captain he had run into earlier that day was also among them.

Chi Ping judged his identity by the clothes he was wearing. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to identify him.

"What should we do?" Mang asked Chi Ping with his head tilted up.

She used to be a very smart person, but after Chi Ping was around, she became a little lazy. She didn't like to think about things, and would ask Chi Ping first when she had something to ask.

"Send them all to the Super Power Bureau, is that okay with you?" Chi Ping said with a smile.

"Okay!" Mang nodded.

"Good for you." Chi Ping said, "Liu Qingshan obviously doesn't want to take care of it anymore, or rather, he can't. Even if he sends it to the Super Power Bureau, it will just be handed back to the person behind the scenes."

"What should I do?"

"Call Le Bai over." Chi Ping said, "See if he can be saved. If he can, then ask the person involved directly."

While Mang was calling Le Bai, Chi Ping went to the captain's room again.

Inside were some cargo manifests and ship's documents.

It can be seen inside that the ship is affiliated with Langligelang Shipping Co., Ltd., and this order of cargo is from Zizhou Port through Xingcheng to the federal capital of Woking.

Woking.

It goes without saying what the federal capital represents. Combined with the previous information, many things are self-evident.

There are bad guys in the federal hierarchy.

But if we were to make a bold assumption and directly assume that the mastermind behind this was one of the three S-class, that wouldn't be right, because they didn't need to use the mafia to do this.

If human experiments are needed, the more respectable approach would be to select death row prisoners;

If it's indecent, it's even more direct.

Not long after, Le Bai came over and was stunned as soon as he arrived.

"Didn't you say you were here to eat kebabs?"

"We came to save people." Mang pointed at the withered corpse. "Save them first and then eat?"

"I won't eat even after saving people!" Mang said.

"Ow—"

Le Bai was unhappy, but he still squatted beside the corpse. He fiddled with it for a while, clapped his hands, and stood up.

"It's too late to save him."

"Aren't you still breathing?" Chi Ping asked.

"They are still breathing." Le Bai said, "But their souls are very weak. I can only save their bodies, not their souls."

Le Bai spread his hands, and Chi Ping's eyes fixed.

The concept of soul may sound quite metaphysical, but it is actually a manifestation of one's mental strength and willpower. The more emotional and sentimental a person is, and the stronger their willpower, the stronger their soul.

Isn’t the white pig the side of the Ten-Faced God that controls the soul?

There may be some connection, but it's just speculation.

"What would happen if you tried to revive their bodies?" Chi Ping asked.

Le Bai scratched his head, as if struggling to find an adjective. After a while, he tentatively asked, "Will I get a healthy corpse?"

Chi Ping and his companions searched the ship for a while, but when they found no useful information, they disembarked. At the same time, they notified Wu Qian to send someone to take the container away.

Now that the problem has been discovered, there is no need to keep it for the other party.

It would take some time for Wu Qian's people to come over, so Chi Ping, Mang and Le Bai got off the boat.

Chi Ping used space jump to find the nearest late-night snack shop and brought back some barbecue. But when Chi Ping came back with the barbecue skewers, he saw Le Bai and Mang shouting.

Behind the two of them, the boat carrying the mummies actually lit up its lights and was moving slowly.

It seems like it is about to weigh anchor and set sail to continue its previous route.

It's a ghost, isn't it?
Chi Ping threw the skewers to Le Bai, and with a flash, he appeared on the boat again.

The cargo ship operated as normal, with crew members busy and doing their jobs. Most importantly, they looked normal. The cold wind blew, and their cheeks even turned red with cold.

For a moment, Chi Ping thought he had seen it wrong.

It's really weird.

The moment Chi Ping appeared on the boat, everyone stopped moving.

Everyone looked at each other, and Ikehira even heard two crew members whispering:
"Why haven't they left yet?"

The next second, with a snap, all the lights on the ship went out. Like puppets without control, the people fell stiffly to the ground, their bodies colliding against the planks with resounding, crisp sounds.

The water in their bodies was rapidly lost, and they soon turned into mummies like before.

In the darkness, only the sound of waves continued, and the boat fell into an eerie silence.

Chi Ping walked up to a dried corpse and kicked it: "Get up."

The mummy didn't move.

"If you can't get up, I'll tear you apart."

Chi Ping did it right away. He picked up the mummy at his feet and used his other hand to remove the mummy's arm.

At this moment, Chi Ping heard a sigh from the boat:
"Leader, why do you have to make things difficult for us low-level people?"

In the captain's cabin, at the highest point, stood a withered figure, slowly gaining weight. Only when he had regained his health did Chi Ping recognize him from his face.

He is the captain of the ship.

"Leader, let's go, we can pretend we didn't see anything.

"Don't make it hard on us, and don't make it hard on yourself."

As they spoke, Mang and Le Bai also jumped onto the boat. Their faces were grave. Le Bai's mouth opened wide, muttering to himself, "Really? A healthy corpse."

(End of this chapter)