Learn one small skill every day

“The R&D Department, Security Department, and Power Department, you three managed departments and did not find any knockers, but this does not mean that there were no knockers in your departments. It only means that your investigation work was not as serious as that of the other departments.”

Nebebivo also abandoned his usual nonchalant attitude and nodded seriously: "Yes, Captain, I will continue to monitor the situation."

Damn, you're really serious now?

Bai Miao felt that he could judge the seriousness of a matter from Nebe Ibivo's case.

The least important thing is that something happens to the captain himself, but the most urgent thing is that another group of people appear on the ship.

Gong Ni, on the other hand, was trying to prove that her investigation was very scientific and reasonable, and to ensure that there were no other knockers in the R&D department.

Ichiro from the power department also stated that the investigation was thorough and that there were no other knockers.

So, the remaining four survivors are all from the security department?

Isn't this ratio a bit off?

Before Bai Miao could speak to Zhang Yilina of the Operations Management Department, she preemptively questioned Bai Miao: "Captain, I think you should first give our minister's secretary an explanation. Emma may agree with your statement, but I don't believe it."

How did you know something like this would happen on the ship? Did you really just have a gut feeling?

"How dare you speak like that!"

Bai Miao slammed his hand on the table, causing Vina's shoulders to tremble, and Irina was also stunned.

She didn't expect Bai Miao to be so direct with her.

“I told you to be careful on my first day in office. Ask yourselves if you were just paying lip service to it. Now how dare you ask me how I felt?”

"I can sense the location of the parts and the changes in the images from the 36 surveillance cameras at night, but I can't sense that there is a hidden external force on the ship."

“I know you don’t want me to spend thirty days as captain, but now you’re impeaching me by bringing up an outsider. Doesn’t your conscience hurt?”

Bai Miao clenched his fist and said earnestly, "I was inexplicably burdened with the responsibility of captain, and all I want is to find the missing parts from the Endless Energy. I think you all have the same goal. Maybe you think deep down that I, as captain, am just expendable material... At worst, we can just replace me. But how long will it take to find the parts at this rate? You have unlimited lifespans and can keep searching, but what's the difference between that and the Endless Energy being just a piece of garbage drifting aimlessly at sea?"

Inside the meeting room, all the ministers lowered their heads.

Emma stood beside Bai Miao, her eyes lowered, her hands placed quietly in front of her, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

"Anyway, it's fine if you don't treat me like the captain. I don't know how long I can stay in this position. Let me give you two directions so that if I'm not here one day, you can use them to find the missing parts."

Bai Miao decided to use his ultimate move to completely conquer these machines.

Sure enough, the location was extremely useful information. Not only did the ministers raise their heads and look at Bai Miao with longing, but Emma also turned her head, took out a parchment from her coat pocket, and spread it on the table in front of Bai Miao.

"Please record your location on this parchment. If you encounter any misfortune, it will be an important reference for the next captain."

Chapter 103 The New World

Bai Miao sensed a total of five directions and is now heading towards one of them. He also wrote down two more on the parchment.

Bai Miao hadn't finished writing the remaining four, so he planned to save them for a crucial moment to shock the ministers.

At least one thing is clear now: the direction wasn't just randomly given, but rather something the captain could genuinely sense as guidance.

Both Emma and the training minister constantly emphasized following one's heart.

The information provided by the pathfinding skill is also a kind of premonition.

The fact that three parts appeared in five different locations left Bai Miao somewhat baffled.

Could there be something hidden?

Zhao Ling has been eliminated, and Bai Miao doesn't want to delve into how he was tricked and killed in the previous world. In any case, he has temporarily resolved the crisis of the information leak from the door knocker.

At least there were four survivors.

Over the next few days, Bai Miao continued to perform his duties as captain as usual, and gradually became acquainted with the heads of the other departments.

The skills I've drawn in the past few days are mostly related to navigation, such as steering and weather forecasting.

Unfortunately, these skills were not very useful on the Endless Energy, but the automatic navigation and the 15-day weather forecast demonstrated the formidable capabilities of the machine team.

Seven days later, Emma asked Bai Miao to provide a new round of ministerial duty schedules, and Bai Miao sent over the previous week's schedule verbatim.

Three days later, on the tenth day, Bai Miao received a message from Nebe Ibivo.

"Captain...land has appeared 15 nautical miles ahead. Since the land is in our direction of travel, we need to send people ashore to explore and look for any missing parts."

Nebebivo's tone carried a hint of excitement; the lazy dog ​​seemed to have perked up once again.

Bai Miao looked at Emma and Irina, who was on duty today: "Is there any particular rule about sending people to explore the island?"

Irina yawned: "This isn't something the operations management department should be doing."

Emma added, "But you can still choose any crew member from the Endless Energy to form a team to explore ashore. All you have to do is lead that team to the island to explore."

I need to get ashore?

"Stop the ship and take cover. Then check the development level of that landmass. Can you analyze it?"

Having learned from the previous experience, Bai Miao decided not to let the Endless Energy ship get close.

The ship has small lifeboats that the exploration team can use to get ashore.

A voice seemed to be reminding Bai Miao that there was a very high possibility that the land ahead contained the missing parts.

Emma connected with R&D Director Gong Ni: "The captain requests an analysis of the level of civilization development on the land ahead."

"Received. Dispatch unmanned reconnaissance aircraft immediately to collect information."

About an hour later, Gong Ni replied.

"The preliminary assessment indicates that the region is a level 4 kingdom. It is skilled in mechanical and steam technology, has a king and a religion, a land area of ​​1827 square kilometers, and a population of approximately 120 million. The map outline has been scanned and sent to your email."

So big?

Bai Miao then asked, "If we have drones for reconnaissance, why do we need crew members to go ashore to explore? Wouldn't it be better to just send more drones?"

Emma sighed and shook her head: "Your memory is indeed not much different from that of green algae. The images transmitted by the drone can only be used as a reference. We have no way to judge their authenticity, which is why you need to go ashore in person."

Gong Ni scratched his head: "Captain, we don't know what unknown technologies the other side possesses in the area with a development level of 4. After landing, try to avoid conflict and resolve things peacefully."

"Of course, if we're certain that their technology is inferior to ours, then we should just rob them!"

What kind of American spirit is this...

Bai Miao thought to himself, but he also agreed with the viewpoint.

The item originally belonged to the Endless Energy ship. Now that the owner has come looking for it, let's talk politely if we can, and if we can't reach an agreement, then we'll each have to rely on our own abilities.

But as the head of research and development, are you really that unconfident about the technology on your ship?

Bai Miao thought the Endless Energy could roam freely at sea.

"Didn't you just say that the other side is skilled in steam engine technology? This level of technology shouldn't pose a threat to our Endless Energy, right?"

Gong Ni explained seriously, "Captain, you can't think like that. The Endless Energy is actually better at leveling an entire island or sinking it into the sea, but now the other side may have our lost parts, so we certainly can't risk damaging those parts to do such a thing."

"That's why we need to send a small team to negotiate. This involves the issue of the number of weapons a single soldier can carry. We only have a little over 5,000 people on the entire ship. Even if we kill them one by one, it would take a long time to kill 1.2 million people. There may also be personnel losses in the process. What's that saying again? Know yourself and know your enemy and you will win every battle. We won't break off relations with them before we understand their situation."

Irina chimed in from the sidelines, "Captain, let's go up and capture their king directly, forcing them to hand over the parts. That's the fastest way."

Emma nodded: "That's why we might have to change captains after this."

"Don't think of things as so bad. This kind of thing has happened before. Although we didn't find any spare parts, we gained a lot of new crew members."

Bai Miao once again questioned what the Endless Energy Ship was actually for.

Why does it look like a colonial ship, where they either slaughter or capture slaves whenever they pass by a landmass?

Doing this will easily incite hatred in others, you know.

A peaceful resolution is naturally the best outcome.

What kind of equipment will the landing team be issued?

This really appealed to Bai Miao. He thought that if he put it in his backpack and took it back to the country to be mass-produced, how many levels would his technology tree advance?

"It will be equipped with an exoskeleton armor and life support system, as well as matching close and long-range weapons."

"The exoskeleton armor has optical stealth and night vision capabilities, and it also retains communication devices, but it is not recommended to maintain communication. It is best not to contact the Endless Energy unless it is absolutely necessary."

As he spoke, a series of 3D images of exoskeleton armor appeared on the projection screen in front of Bai Miao.

It's somewhat like stuffing a person into a black, humanoid metal shell, with the external life support device on their back, looking like a black bulge, with several flexible tubes extending from it, inserted into the face, back, legs, hands, chest, and other locations.

Melee weapons are also divided into several types, such as daggers, scythes, and curved swords. The entire blade emits a strange red aura, which is explained by relevant information as the presence of high-energy particle vibrations on the blade, making it as sharp as mud when cutting iron.

The long-range weapon has a caliber exceeding 20mm, is named Holheim, has a magazine capacity of 15 rounds, and carries 5 spare magazines.

In short, the ammunition for long-range weapons is not high. On the one hand, this encourages close combat, and on the other hand, it aims to actively recover spare parts through peaceful means.

In Emma's words, a kingdom with a development level of 4, which may possess parts, is, to some extent, capable of engaging in dialogue with the Endless Energy.

"Captain, now please choose your crew based on your intuition. You can choose nine crew members to accompany you ashore. Just pick the ones you like the most."

Chapter 104 All Selected

The selection process for crew members was quite casual. The personnel of each department were listed separately. The projection in front of Bai Miao scrolled quickly, displaying the appearance, name, and age of all the crew members in that department. All Bai Miao had to do was, like playing a slot machine, slam the table when he felt it was appropriate.

That's how you select one person.

The number of people selected for each department is entirely determined by Bai Miao. Except for the R&D department, which must have at least one person for mid-process equipment maintenance, the number of people in the other departments can be as many as needed.

It could even be configured with just one person in the R&D department and eight people in the security department.

However, Bai Miao eventually balanced things out, assigning one person to each of the R&D, Operations Management, and Power departments, and two people to each of the other three departments.

"Pass the word down and tell them to get ready and assemble in the hangar."

The weather is nice today; standing on the deck, you can feel the gentle, damp sea breeze caressing your face.

The hangar was located below the deck. Once everyone had arrived, the deck slowly opened upwards, revealing the vast space below.

It contains a series of equipment such as drones, unmanned boats, and deep-sea submersibles, each of which could cause a technological revolution if brought into the modern world.

Bai Miao tried to see if he could put these things into his backpack as props. The Endless Energy Ship should be considered an Aleph-level prop, right?

No matter how he touched it, Bai Miao couldn't find out any information about the items on the Endless Energy Ship.

With the ministers and Emma watching, Bai Miao led the group into the equipment room in the hangar, where they could collect the equipment needed for this trip.

The process of putting on the equipment is very simple. Just stand on the platform, open your hands, and a robotic arm will equip you with the exoskeleton armor.