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Retaliation came so quickly? They just left!

Bai Miao was both amused and exasperated.

This is why you should never offend your boss's secretary.

"I'll think about it carefully. I'm going to sleep now. Sing me a lullaby."

“You’re not a child anymore. If you really have trouble falling asleep, I can borrow a sleep aid from Minister Gong Ni.”

"Is there such a thing?"

"Yes, we have stun guns with a maximum voltage of 100,000 volts. We hope you will like them."

"……Good night."

Bai Miao pulled the blanket up and wrapped himself up.

The next morning, Bai Miao was awakened by a commotion.

It's obvious without asking that these ministers are vying for resources outside their own rooms.

Ultimately, Bai Miao had no idea what these people were fighting over.

Isn't it just a matter of freeing up one's left hand to distribute the money to the right?

It's not like this department can't borrow resources from other departments and be refused, right?

"Stop arguing!"

Bai Miao pushed open the door and stopped the group of ministers.

"What kind of behavior is this? I've never seen you all so proactive before, but now you're grabbing at resources like the plague. Come with me to the meeting room. Until we sort out the resources today, nobody gets a thing! Everything is confiscated!"

Bai Miao decided to take this opportunity to give them a good talking-to, and of course, he also needed to find out what they were doing with all these things.

Bai Miao could understand it from the R&D department, but he really couldn't understand it from the other departments.

After being yelled at by Bai Miao, the ministers all deflated. The current captain's prestige was high enough to intimidate these ministers.

The new ministerial meeting was convened unexpectedly.

"What are you going to do with the resources? If I remember correctly, the resources include metal parts, life support pods, and the people inside."

"Captain...you didn't know?"

Irina was somewhat surprised: "It seems you really don't remember anything."

"You guys think I'm some kind of green algae..."

"Equipment in each department will randomly malfunction, and these resources allow us to repair the broken equipment as quickly as possible. The Operations Management Department needs to repair diving suits and salvage equipment. Other departments also have specialized equipment that needs repair."

"These are the functions of metal parts. The function of humans is simpler: spare parchment, and the brain is also a very useful material."

Bai Miao tapped the table lightly with his fingers and looked at Viner: "Then why do you want most of the materials? The HR department's needs shouldn't be that high."

"I've recently been trying to optimize the efficiency of psychological counseling, so I need to put new equipment into the experiment and therefore want more resources to support its development..."

So, does that mean other departments on the Endless Energy ship also do research and development work on a part-time basis...?

It's just that the research and development focus is different?

Wiener was somewhat troubled: "However, in the past month... it seems that no crew members have experienced any psychological problems. Of course, this doesn't include the kind of group counseling that crew members receive after each dive. Speaking of which, the last dive was too short, and the crew members just did a simple check and went back to their posts. This time, the dive lasted for more than a day... so we should do some proper counseling."

Psychological problems...negative emotions...relaxation...

Three words flashed through Bai Miao's mind, and he suddenly had a guess.

"Vina, when was your last consultation? Was it around the time the captain changed?"

"Let me think... it seems quite close. The last time was probably three days after the previous captain took office, no, it seems to be the day before you took office."

Will crew members experience psychological problems after a change of captain...?

Bai Miao felt as if he had found the source of the anomaly in the monitoring room.

If employees accumulate too much negative emotion during the day, it will be reflected in the captain's surveillance footage that evening.

Bai Miao couldn't understand why not asking the minister to handle the situation would lead to the captain's death.

This is probably not something that falls under the category of science and technology.

Although the Endless Energy has tried its best to avoid being tainted by the mysterious cause and effect, it has inevitably been contaminated over the years.

"On a side note, what have you encountered every night when I call you out to deal with unusual phenomena?"

Bai Miao didn't know if, with his current prestige, he could get these ministers to obediently tell him the answer.

But as soon as she asked the question, Emma placed her hand on Bai Miao's shoulder.

She looked down at Bai Miao with a half-smile and said, "Captain, it's a good thing that you're so curious about everything. It means your way of thinking hasn't changed much. Humans should be curious about the unknown."

"However, there are many things that you cannot afford to know the consequences of right now. Because you haven't fully taken control of this ship yet, don't forget you're still missing two parts."

"Okay, then I won't ask."

We should heed Emma's advice, especially when she doesn't use offensive language.

"After each department goes back, make a list of resource usage based on the actual situation and submit it to Emma for compilation. Then I will allocate resources according to the compiled data. That's all, meeting adjourned!"

Bai Miao wasn't worried that the ministers would exaggerate their abilities. This kind of thing needed to be recorded on parchment, and the ministers were quite serious about the written content, unlike those who just made things up.

Apart from Wiener, all the other ministers returned to their respective departments.

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Didn't you say on the first day that you wanted to see how I was doing? Now, the Operations Management Department has just finished a group of crew members' dive. This dive was quite long, so as usual, we need to give them a coaching session."

"Go, have a look."

The HR department was completely different from the clerical work environment that Bai Miao remembered.

Holographic projections were everywhere, displaying the health stats of all the employees on the Endless Energy ship, and they appeared to be updating in real time.

Human resources staff were recording and analyzing the data, while others were debugging equipment.

"Clap!"

Wiener stood in the middle, clapped her hands twice, and everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at her.

"Ahem, the captain is here to inspect the personnel department's work today. This is a great opportunity for us to secure resources, so let's all get our spirits up!"

"Good day, Captain!!!"

One group of people shouted so loudly that Bai Miao's eardrums hurt.

"Just do as usual, don't worry about me."

Bai Miao looked at Wiener: "Let's go to the psychological counseling session."

"No problem, come this way with me."

Wiener led Bai Miao into a dark room where the walls were covered with spiked blue sponges, and even breathing could be clearly heard.

"This should be the quietest room on the entire Endless Energy. It is precisely because there is no external interference that everyone can better hear their own inner voice."

Two chairs were placed facing each other in the room, with a recess in the middle of the chairs and what appeared to be a drain outlet underneath.

"After diving, the crew members will undergo testing and showers, and then come here naked. This pit will collect the water from their showers, which will reflect their inner selves."

Even Bai Miao couldn't say exactly how much of it was technological.

It sounds like some kind of strange religious ritual.

It's like a cult.

During the conversation, clear water began to gush out of the puddle, and it soon filled up.

"People are coming."

Following Viña's gaze, Bai Miao saw a female crew member enter the room. When she saw Bai Miao, she was initially a little embarrassed, but she still presented herself generously and sat down properly in the chair.

"The captain wants to observe my work. Don't be nervous, just do it as usual."

Bai Miao is now in a dilemma, unsure whether to leave or stay, whether to look or not. He has put himself in a very awkward situation.

"Relax...imagine yourself in the sea..."

Wiener's voice became very soft, completely unlike her boisterous demeanor in the duty room.

What did you see in the sea?

“I…I saw schools of fish.”

"Wow!"

A small wave suddenly appeared in the puddle, and after the wave subsided, a group of small fish appeared, forming a whirlpool.

Is this like extracting one's inner thoughts into a puddle?

Bai Miao didn't dare to breathe loudly, afraid of disturbing Wiener who was working diligently.

"You are a fish."

"I am a fish..."

"You feel safe among the fish."

As Wiener guided them, the crew members receiving the counseling had dreamy eyes and happy smiles on their faces.

"Gurgle...gurgle!"

Just as the fish were swimming leisurely in the puddle, bubbles suddenly began to rise from it.

Viner clicked his tongue: "The shark is coming."

"Gulu gulu..."

The bubbles expanded more and more violently, the fish in the puddle became panicked, and the crew member's face showed great pain.

A shark covered in sharp barbs appeared out of nowhere in the center of the school of fish, its gaping maw tearing at them.

The fish scattered and fled, while the sharks relentlessly pursued them.

Wiener rolled up his sleeves.

"What are you going to do?"

"Beat up a shark."