Qianyuan: My crew comes from the world of anime.

"..."

At this ambiguous distance, she might just kiss Luo Tianming's cheek if she exerted even a little force.

However, this clueless guy covered his neck with his hand and said, "You're not... trying to bite someone, are you?"

"If you feel anything unusual in your throat, remember to tell me. I gave you the only bottle of anti-parasitic medication. If you infect me before you recover, we're both doomed."

Levi: "..."

It might not have wanted to bite just now, but who knows now.

"..."

Luo Tianming's concerns were not unfounded. It was still uncertain whether she was out of danger. If tentacles really did grow from her mouth, he would probably have to isolate her.

He then examined the wound on Levi's leg again; it showed no signs of infection, but there was a high risk of it becoming inflamed.

There are no suitable anti-inflammatory drugs on hand...

At that moment, he remembered that he had taken a bottle of whiskey from the stationmaster's office earlier.

He immediately turned around, tore that page from the captain's log, and a black-labeled bottle of liquor appeared in his hand. He unscrewed the cork and poured it onto Levi's wound.

The alcohol made Levi gasp: "Hiss..."

Although whiskey has a low alcohol content, it still has some antibacterial properties.

The smell of evaporating alcohol spread quickly, and Levi, still quite shaken from the earlier shock, suddenly perked up.

Leaning against Luo Tianming's chest, she immediately snatched the bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky and took a big gulp from the bottle.

"..."

The first taste is full of rich smoky flavor, the cold alcohol instantly turns into a fiery burn on the tongue, bitterness and the unique aroma of the oak barrel spread, and finally there is a hint of malty sweetness.

"Whew...that feels great!"

Levi wiped her lips with the back of her still-weak hand, making a sound that was completely unlike a woman's.

"Whiskey really does taste better with ice! Where did you get your hands on this good stuff?"

Luo Tianming's lips twitched slightly, and he casually took the bottle: "This is for you to apply to the outside for disinfection, not for you to take internally."

Levi, however, said with her eyes closed, "There's no difference... At a time like this, don't waste it. If you can still have a good bottle of wine at the very end, it's not a loss even if you die."

Luo Tianming: "You!"

Levi: "It's okay. I've long since become indifferent to life and death. If I turn into one of those monsters, just remember to shoot me right away."

As she spoke, she tossed her sidearm to Luo Tianming.

Mercenaries like Levi, who live on the edge of death, have long been accustomed to taking their own deaths lightly, a fact that Luo Tianming already knew.

After all, Revy's original profession was running an illegal smuggling business on the high seas. Her era was the "golden age" of the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a time when arms dealers and proxy wars were raging everywhere, and it was not uncommon for people to lose their lives at any moment.

"..."

In response, Captain Luo Tianming simply said, "You should keep the gun for yourself."

Levi: "?"

Seeing her puzzled look, he had no choice but to honestly say:

"If you die, I reckon it'll be pretty boring for you to be alone. The submarine can't move, and there's plenty of food and water... But I'd rather you bite me and we both die than have to stay in the submarine alone for more than ten years."

"..."

Hearing this utterly unromantic reply, Revy couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Haha...that would indeed be incredibly boring. The only entertainment one person could have would probably be flying around..."

At this point, she completely disregarded the fact that women shouldn't say such things.

Instead, another question came to mind, and he said very seriously, "Hey, Alo."

Luo Tianming: "?"

Levi took a deep breath as if she had made a decision: "If I really die... I mean... could you throw my body out to feed the fish?"

Luo Tianming: "??"

"Because... the thought that if you survived, spending over a decade doing manual labor, you might develop a psychopath and couldn't resist doing that to my corpse... well, even though I'm dead, it still feels a bit disgusting."

Luo Tianming: "..."

He had learned how to deal with Levi; most of the time, she had just said something nonsensical, and all he had to do was raise his right hand and give her the middle finger.

Levi was equally blunt:

“凸(艹皿艹)”

The two smiled knowingly and then put those unpleasant things behind them.

Levi took the bottle back from him, took a big gulp, and then handed it to Luo Tianming.

He then said, "Come on, you're a man too... Since you have balls, stop babbling and drink up!"

Although Luo Tianming hadn't drunk much before, he got a little tipsy after being provoked by Levi. He took the bottle while muttering his favorite saying: "Don't drink and then go on a boat; don't drink and then go on a boat."

"..."

There was some shiny liquid on the neck of the Johnnie Walker bottle, which didn't look like alcohol at all. Then I remembered that Levi had just blew on it... and it was still a little warm.

He originally intended to pour it through the bottle opening, but then he thought that Levi would definitely laugh at him for doing so, so he simply closed his eyes and took a big gulp.

Levi: "That's right~ This is how men should drink! You haven't been to Roanapur, otherwise you would have been forced to drink under the table by their strong cocktails."

"..."

The two of them continued to drink, taking turns sipping their drinks.

Exhaustion and mental stress came over me all at once, and I drank without restraint.

As the two drank more and more, they became increasingly incoherent, and the situation began to spiral out of control...

Before he blacked out from drinking, Luo Tianming still remembered:

Towards the end, the two even used the ritual of drinking from the same cup, and touched each other's bodies in ways that were appropriate and inappropriate.

After finishing a bottle of Johnnie Walker, the two exhausted men lay down together and fell asleep. In their drowsy state, Revy seemed to hug him tightly and say, "I'm so cold."

Luo Tianming then closed his arms around her and held her tightly in his embrace...

Meanwhile, the submarine's power generation system is slowly accumulating electrical energy bit by bit.

Chapter 7 The Boss

噔——!

When the submarine is fully charged, the electromagnetic relay will immediately activate and attract the switch, performing a self-check on all the ship's lights and systems.

Even Luo Tianming, who was fast asleep, was awakened by the sudden, glaring light. At the same time, the various alarms from the submarine system sounded just like warnings of the impending apocalypse.

At the same time, he also heard Levi's movements beside him:

"Uh... I think I had a nightmare..."

She was rubbing her head, as if she had just woken up from a hangover.

Luo Tianming: "..."

He first noticed the feel of fabric on his left hand: a black triangular piece of cloth was lying in his palm, with a suspender-like rope wrapped around his fingers.

! !

He pulled his right hand back into his pocket almost at the speed of light.

Thoughts raced through Luo Tianming's mind... He had absolutely no recollection of how this thing came to be.

Anyway, this thing couldn't possibly be on him.

And there couldn't possibly be any other living creature on that submarine besides Levy.

He looked at Levi with some guilt. This woman was really crazy when she was drunk. Several times, Luo Tianming couldn't hold her down and ended up getting several mouthfuls of alcohol poured into her.

As for the ribbon-like design on the palm... it's very likely the one on Revy's body.

This guy, who doesn't seem feminine at all, is wearing sexy, easy-to-wear lace-up tops under his hot pants. And it's only a thin layer, probably not even covering his butt.

Okay, she should realize by now that she's not wearing underwear.

Luo Tianming straightened his face, trying his best not to let Laiwei see through his act.

It took her five seconds to notice the chill down there... She looked left and right, finally fixing her suspicious gaze on Captain Luo Tianming's face.

"Hey~ Did you see that...?"

Levi initially wanted to ask directly, but after thinking it over, she felt that it wouldn't be appropriate to ask that way.

However, upon seeing Luo Tianming's right hand tucked into his pocket, he frowned and asked, "What are you hiding?"

Luo Tianming pulled out his free right hand and showed it to her, saying, "There's nothing there."

Levi stepped forward and lifted the inside of his clothes, but apart from a notebook, there was nothing else, not even anything in his sleeves.

Revy: "Strange...where did they go..."

Without her undergarments, she not only felt chilly but also a little awkward. There couldn't possibly be another woman's garment on the submarine, so she'd probably be "naked" for quite some time, which explained her concern.

However—what she didn't know was that the piece of cloth that carried her scent had already been tucked into the 'Captain's Log'.

Luo Tianming had no intention of ever taking it out.

…………

After a thorough examination, he determined that the wound on Levi's leg was no longer a problem. Four hours had passed since she was bitten, so it was almost certain that she would not have been infected by the 'painted skin'.

Luo Tianming cut the bandages and instructed her, "Just avoid getting it wet and wait for the wound to heal."

Klevy stood up and jumped twice, as if to test his bandaging skills, and tugged at it: "Well, as long as it doesn't affect my fighting."

Luo Tianming: "..."

Is it because of different physical constitutions? At least he believed that if he were injured, he would never be able to move like Levi.

After giving her some painkillers, he quickly went to the bridge to deal with the constantly ringing alarms.

The lubricant temperature is too high... just add new lubricant and it will be fine.

The ammunition magazine is empty... There are leftover machine gun bullets in the cargo hold, take them out and load them.

The navigation system has deviated from calibration... The captain's log only has one solution for this: turn off the alarm and pretend you didn't hear it.

"..."

Watching him handle all the affairs of the submarine step by step, Levi came over to him with her arms crossed, looking somewhat at a loss, and said:

What should I do?

Luo Tianming didn't even look up as he said, "Do you know how to wire? The wiring on the diving suit's pressure tank doesn't match the wiring on our submarine. It's actually very simple. Just cut the wires and connect the plugs red to red and blue to blue."

Revy: "What red and blue? I don't understand!"

Luo Tianming: "..."

Faced with this adorably silly guy, he couldn't bring himself to get angry. He could only take his toolbox and go connect the wires himself.

Actually, this wasn't Levi's fault.

He oversimplified things... Not everyone can take a wrench and pliers and dismantle a deep-sea submarine from 1000 meters underwater.

He subconsciously overlooked the hands-on skills of science students—give them an instruction manual, and they'll even dare to go inside a plane and tinker with it.

"..."

After a flurry of activity, the diving suit was also ready.

Levi, sitting in the 'ship's weapons gunner's seat arranged by Luo Tianming, chewed gum and said, "So boring~~"

Luo Tianming naturally heard her complaints, so he comforted her, "You should be glad you can rest for a while now. You'll be busy once we start sailing. There are plenty of monsters in this sea. If we encounter them, we'll have to rely on you. I'll be in charge of controlling the submarine to avoid the monsters."

Revy: "...This is getting interesting. Whatever comes, I'll smash it to pieces!"

Luo Tianming shook her head; she clearly didn't know what treasures were hidden in Europa's ocean.

In the ocean, there is a 'hammerhead shark' that can smash holes in the tungsten steel hull of a ship, and a 'bristle crawler' that can dive into the interior of a submarine.

If they ventured deeper into the sea than into the 'Cold Cave,' they would encounter monsters far larger than their submarine, and the danger would only increase the deeper they went.

This is the only time I can laugh.