Learn one small skill every day

Bai Miao selectively absorbed Emma's ramblings and began by looking at the humanities and social sciences of this world.

Since most of the land in this world has been submerged by seawater, and the existing landmasses are independent of each other, with varying levels of development in each place, the Endless Energy has divided the regions into six levels based on their development.

From lowest to highest, they are: island, settlement, territory, kingdom, city, and metropolitan area.

Each development level has corresponding pictures and video data.

This made Bai Miao think that the Endless Energy was like that exploration ship, drifting around the sea and recording whatever it encountered.

Before the territory level, the development level is relatively low, but in the territory-level development area, Bai Miao saw many automated devices, and the kingdom level has even developed a complete internal affairs operation logic.

The city is more advanced, not only in terms of size but also in its more developed political system.

Based on Bai Miao's current knowledge, a kingdom is the pinnacle of urban development under the feudal system, while a city has entered a capitalist society and its internal operations are more advanced than those of a kingdom.

There are no records for the metropolitan area level. The explanation given is that the metropolitan area is a higher level of development established on the basis of the city level.

After learning about these aspects, Bai Miao focused on biological structure.

There are no other animals on land besides humans, while the ocean is teeming with all sorts of strange and wonderful species.

The Endless Energy also classified and compared currently known marine life.

The ocean's dominant predator, Leviathan, was highlighted in red.

It is 3,000 meters long and weighs over 30000 tons.

However, Leviathans typically live at depths of 15000 to 20000 meters below sea level and pose virtually no threat to the Endless Energy, which floats on the surface of the ocean.

The most noteworthy are the marine mammals that are around 100 to 200 meters long.

These sea creatures attack human land animals and also attack ships at sea.

Of course, how to defend against the sea monsters' attack is the job of the security department.

As the head of security himself said, the security department is responsible for external security; they don't handle the interior of the ship.

With the help of his oceanography skills, Bai Miao quickly grasped the world's ocean currents and marine life ecology. Basically, by the time Wiener finished his work for the day, Bai Miao had mastered the basic ocean knowledge that an oceanographer should have.

"Captain, I've finished my task for today! The head of the R&D department is coming tomorrow, right? She doesn't like being assigned to duty because it interferes with her research, so you'd better prepare her favorite strawberry pudding as an apology."

Before leaving, Wiener thoughtfully left Bai Miao a hint.

Emma clicked her tongue quite clearly, seemingly dissatisfied that she wouldn't get to see Bai Miao get a dressing-down from the R&D director, Gong Ni, tomorrow.

Why did you smack me just now?

"How pitiful, you've already started having auditory hallucinations? You should go to the HR department for psychological counseling, but you'd better cheer up and prepare for tonight's work. No one will help you tonight."

"In case you don't know what to do, I'll emphasize it one last time."

"There are 36 screens in the monitoring room. Before 22:00, all the content on the screens should be fixed. No employees should move in the corridor, and no items should change position due to bumps. If you find any changes, notify the head of the corresponding department, and they will handle it."

"Of course, if you don't discover the problem within an hour, all you can do is kneel down and pray to a non-existent god, just like people in some areas."

"I hope to see you again tomorrow, Captain White."

Chapter Ninety-Three Abnormal Phenomena

After explaining to Bai Miao once again what he should do during the night's monitoring period, Emma returned to her bedroom.

As the captain's personal secretary, Emma's room was right next to Bai Miao's bedroom, so she could respond to any requests at any time.

However, this does not include the period from 22:00 to 2:00.

During this period, it seems that only the captain is awake on the entire Endless Energy ship.

Although the heads of various departments would go to investigate the anomalies upon Bai Miao's notification, the crew members would stay obediently in their rooms and not go out.

The Endless Energy will also temporarily cease its voyage and enter a state of alert.

Bai Miao sat in front of a large number of monitoring screens, first giving a cursory glance at all thirty-six screens, and then using his skill.

Spot the difference

From Emma's words, it's clear that the nightly surveillance mission was not much different from finding fault.

Bai Miao, however, had to find the differences in thirty-six images at once.

However, with the help of skills, there is not much pressure.

Bai Miao could even treat these thirty-six screens as a whole and then distinguish from a distance which of the thirty-six screens was malfunctioning.

Instead of looking at each one and identifying each problem individually.

Bai Miao's current mindset is entirely focused on what unusual things might happen in the cabin that night.

It's not about whether you can discover it in time.

After brewing a pot of hot tea, Bai Miao comfortably took on the role of an old man in the monitoring room.

After midnight, Bai Miao drew a new skill.

Congratulations on acquiring the skill: Underwater Breathing

[Underwater Breathing LV1: You can breathe underwater]

Upon seeing this skill, Bai Miao pondered just how many limitations it actually had.

If there is no oxygen in the water, can you still breathe?

Will the lungs be completely filled with water?

Thinking this, Bai Miao brought the hot tea to his nose and buried it in it.

"Cough cough!!"

The skill was not activated.

It seems that you have to be completely underwater to trigger it.

Bai Miao doesn't have an experimental environment right now, so he'll see if he can build a portable swimming pool on the terrace tomorrow.

Around 12:30, Bai Miao noticed an anomaly in monitor number 13.

The specific anomaly was that the color of one of the pipes changed from red to blue.

If you don't have a knack for spotting differences, it would take a very long time to discover this change.

Is the captain's position really that difficult?

Each monitor has a different colored strip of paper attached to it, a total of six colors. Each color represents a department, and Bai Miao can determine which department head to contact by looking at the color of the strip on the monitor.

Area 13 is the area under the jurisdiction of the security minister, so Bai Miao pressed the button on the control panel below the monitor.

"Nebe-ibivo, there's an anomaly in area 13. One of the pipes is the wrong color; it was originally red but has turned blue. Do you need the specific location of the pipe?"

Bai Miao wanted to see exactly how much he needed to report.

Nebeibivel's lazy voice came over.

"Understood, Captain. Next time, just tell me where it is, and I'll take care of it."

Are categories of abnormal situations not needed?

In other words, the ministers only need information to confirm which area has an anomaly.

What the anomaly was was not important to them...

Does "abnormality" refer to a unique existence, where the phenomenon observed on the monitor is simply different?

Just as Bai Miao was thinking, monitor number 13 suddenly went black. About ten seconds later, the monitor lit up again, and the abnormal pipe returned to normal.

"Captain, it's all taken care of. I didn't expect you to be so observant."

Damn it, is it possible that the anomaly was caused by these ministers themselves, and all I have to do is expose their pranks, and then they'll recover on their own?

This also explains why I only need to tell the ministers the area where the anomaly is located, rather than the specific phenomenon.

Nebebivo's tone didn't sound like he was praising himself; it sounded more like he was mocking him.

"How did you handle it? Next time, if I don't tell you anything, how will you know what the anomaly is?"

Bai Miao seized the opportunity to press for more information.

"Captain, your perspective is different from ours, which is why only you can guide the Endless Energy in the right direction."

Nebeibivo responded.

"Alright, you can go back and continue to stand by."

"Captain, why didn't you schedule me? I was hoping to come to your office and get some vodka."

Nebebivo seemed to want to take this opportunity to chat with Bai Miao more, but his first thought was to ask Bai Miao for a drink.

“If you dare to drink alcohol during work hours, especially vodka, believe me, I’ll throw you off the ship.”

"Is there such a good thing?"

"?"

Bai Miao thought to himself, "What kind of rubbish is this?"

Wiener begged him not to fire her, but you're eager to get off the ship?

After hanging up the call, Bai Miao continued drinking his tea.

There was only one unusual occurrence tonight. After 2:00 AM, Emma came out of the bedroom right on time, looked Bai Miao up and down, and said with a frown, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Your expression doesn't say that."

"You can go to sleep now. I hope you can be at your post on time tomorrow before the duty manager comes up."

What time do you start work?

Emma looked at Bai Miao: "You can come to work at any time you want, but if you are not in the office after nine o'clock, it may cause dissatisfaction from the minister on duty that day."

Communicating with Emma was exhausting for Bai Miao.

This guy doesn't speak properly; he always beats around the bush.

"Nine o'clock, right? I understand."

Bai Miao was just about to go back to his room when he saw Emma following behind him and asked, "Why are you following me?"

"To ensure the captain's safety while he sleeps."