Learn one small skill every day

The news that he didn't need to come to the monitoring room tonight was like a divine salvation for that employee. The thought that it was the captain who decided to do it personally made his sense of reverence even stronger.

"Captain, I really can't trust your memory. Do you still remember the things we needed to pay attention to during the surveillance while we were away?"

"I remember, you don't need to repeat it."

It's just a matter of finding anomalies in the surveillance footage and notifying the relevant department head.

Spotting differences is a breeze for them.

That evening, just as Bai Miao was about to enter the monitoring room, Emma unusually called out to him.

"captain……"

"what happened?"

Emma hesitated for a long time before finally managing to say, "...It's nothing. Even if you unfortunately perish tonight, we can still gather the crew members who are also heading to Stram to report on the details of the mission."

"You're just hoping I'll die, aren't you?"

Emma opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end she returned to her room without saying a word and closed the door tightly.

Three anomalies were detected on the surveillance footage tonight. They were not particularly difficult to detect, but they could be fatal for an average crew member.

Bai Miao opened the door at almost the same time as Emma.

The two women exchanged a glance across the hall, and Emma's lips unconsciously curved into a smile: "Captain, would you like to go straight to sleep now or would you like something to drink?"

"I thought there would be a third option."

Bai Miao waved his hand: "I don't want anything to drink. I haven't slept in a bed in ages."

Emma didn't understand what Bai Miao meant, but she walked to Bai Miao's bedside and said, "Captain, I think you need to be mentally prepared for the ministerial meeting tomorrow."

"What preparation?"

"The parts had been missing for many, many years, but you were the first to find them successfully. This made even the minister, who initially didn't think highly of you, look at you with new respect."

Bai Miao chuckled: "Only the minister? What about you?"

Emma replied with an expression that seemed indifferent to her own situation: "My job is to assist the captain; I don't care about anything else."

Bai Miao thought to himself, "I'm too lazy to expose you. Who else would be the first person to come up and touch Holke after we found him?"

"So, can I simply understand that as the captain, I have some say on the ship?"

"At least for now, the ministers won't have any complaints about your decisions. At the same time, the Ministry of Security will also consider formulating some protection regulations for you."

The fact that the security department finally thought of protecting the captain, combined with Emma's unusual behavior today, led Bai Miao to believe that these department heads now considered themselves indispensable.

Each time a new captain is appointed, he is asked to determine the direction based on his intuition.

Perhaps this is because Noah had some kind of connection with the three components he created.

And if they believe that they have successfully guided the right path, does that mean they are getting closer to the original captain, who is also their creator, Noah?

You're not planning to use me as a meal replacement, are you?

Chapter 123 The Pursuers Are Approaching

The day after returning to the Endless Energy, Bai Miao convened all the ministers for a brief report on Operation Stemman.

Bai Miao omitted the information that he could see other people's commands, only saying that he accepted the help of Tina, a priest who could see other people's commands.

Since Tina is dead anyway, it's best to pin all the blame on her.

Throughout the meeting, all the ministers listened with great interest, and even Nebeibivo, who usually dozed off, didn't lose focus even once.

These ministers get excited when they talk about fighting fishermen, but they become quite indignant when they hear that their own crew members are being parasitized by gears.

This gave Bai Miao the feeling that he was telling a story.

The audience was very cooperative, and Bai Miao enjoyed his speech immensely.

The next question is where the Endless Energy will go next.

The two directions given by Holke coincide with two of the five routes that Bai Miao found using his pathfinding ability.

In other words, the remaining two components are located in these two directions.

But Bai Miao was also very curious about what he would find on the two paths that were different from Holke's.

Unfortunately, these two paths are completely different from the two directions Holke pointed out, which means that exploring these two paths with unknown outcomes will greatly affect the progress of finding the parts normally.

After much consideration, Bai Miao decided to follow the two directions given by Holke.

Everything seemed to have returned to its original state, except that the ministers' attitudes had become more sincere and amiable, and Bai Miao still dutifully served as the captain.

Of course, Bai Miao also tried to decipher the Heavenly Stone Tablet he obtained on Stemmont.

The ancient characters on the stone slab did indeed leave some records on the Endless Energy.

This is a language called Hilay.

Because it is a pictographic script, and the characters are quite complex, Bai Miao found it extremely difficult to learn.

Even the Linguistics Level 2 expert felt a bit of pressure dealing with such a complex language.

Emma had been watching the captain diligently learn new languages ​​from the knowledge base for the past few days. Although she didn't understand, Emma didn't say anything.

Since the minister and he were handling everything, the captain was able to save a lot of time spent chatting by entertaining himself during his shift.

After drifting at sea for about a week, Bai Miao successfully deciphered the inscription on the Heavenly Stone Tablet.

But no matter how Bai Miao looked at it, something felt off.

On Channel Island, the Hilai people held a shark-beating competition, which reflected their positive attitude towards life and left an indelible mark on their history of shark fighting.

So this broken stone slab is a news record?

Why is this thing classified as Zain level?

Bai Miao was somewhat taken aback. The stone slab was made of nothing special, and the inscription on it was meaningless.

What did the sharks do to you that you need a special competition to beat them up?

The Hilaire people left Bai Miao with the impression of a madman.

Emma noticed that Bai Miao hadn't studied Hilaire today and asked curiously, "I thought you could keep it up for a few more days. It seems your enthusiasm will only last about a week?"

"If I already know it, why would I need to keep learning?"

Emma didn't believe Bai Miao could learn Hilaire in such a short time: "As far as I know, your language talent is probably only slightly better than that of sea algae. Moreover, the Hilaire language database on the Endless Energy is incomplete. This ancient language gradually lost its lineage more than 100,000 years ago. Furthermore, the information you consulted may have been modified."

"You mean... I'm learning a fake Hera language right now?"

"It's not entirely false, and the grammar should be fine, but the meaning of the characters and their correspondence with the characters themselves are most likely messed up. I don't know what your motivation is for wanting to learn a new language. Perhaps you're resentful because you couldn't understand the natives' language on Stramen?"

Do you speak Hebrew?

Emma shook her head: "Captain, you're joking. I simply cannot convert Hilairen symbols into digital signals for processing. There's a reason why Hilairen is considered the most complex language in history; the Hilairen language itself contains mystical power. Have you really learned it?"

Emma seemed to realize that Bai Miao wasn't joking, but had actually learned some of the Hilaire language.

Bai Miao also noticed the change in Emma's attitude and became wary: "I know the grammar, but I don't really understand the meaning of each word."

"That certainly suits your language talent."

Emma didn't press further, but instead pointed to the mechanical typewriter on Bai Miao's desk: "There's something I haven't reminded you of these past few days because you've been so busy. This typewriter is now usable since Holke returned to the ship."

When Bai Miao first arrived, he was told that neither the typewriter nor the other telephone was working. Now the typewriter is working?

"What does this mean? How is this related to Holk?"

"Holker himself cannot function, but those things that require the Holker core to work can operate normally. The R&D director did not simply stuff Holker into a metal box. Even if he becomes a box, it will not affect our use of him."

"So what can this typewriter do?"

"type."

Bai Miao was speechless: "I know you can type, is that all?"

The personnel manager, Wiener, couldn't stand it anymore. It was her turn to be on duty today, and when she arrived, she saw the captain and the captain's secretary arguing.

"Captain, this typewriter will automatically generate a message after you enter a crew member's name, which will record the crew member's fate for the next week."

Can this trajectory be changed?

"Of course! Wasn't this typewriter created to change the future?"

Bai Miao thought to himself that finally there was something fun on the ship.

"And what about this telephone? Who do I need to contact to use it?"

Wiener honestly replied, "It's that machine that can turn back time, so that you can call the future captain every day and ask about things that might happen in the future."

"It sounds similar to Holker."

Bai Miao looked at the two antiques on his desk and was surprised to find that they were surprisingly functional despite their unassuming appearance.

"The two things operate on different principles. Holke consumes a lot of resources each time he simulates the future, while the phone, although it can only be used to ask the captain and has a time limit, is sufficient."

At that moment, Operations Management Director Irina sent a message.

"Captain... I'm sorry to interrupt your tea party, but we've now reached a salvage point. Please decide who to send into the sea to salvage the vessel."

salvage?

This was the first time the captain had encountered a salvage point after nearly a month on the ship.

Each salvage operation yields abundant resources, and with no rain in sight, Bai Miao immediately organized a ten-person team to go into the sea for the salvage operation, while also having the security department send ten people to provide protection.

The typewriter also came in handy at this moment.

Bai Miao, the security department's choice, would naturally prioritize letting the knockers leave, so they could obtain more intelligence as soon as possible.

The message generated by the typewriter indicated that Penn and the others would be in good health for the next few days.

"captain……"

After the salvage team began their mission, Viña approached and grabbed Bai Miao's shoulders with both hands.

"What are you doing? Emma is still here."

Emma sighed, "Vina, I hope you can keep a certain distance from the captain. This captain seems to think about everything instinctively."

"I want the resources we salvaged this time! Just give 20% to our HR department!"