As soon as he finished explaining this, Hong Liugong shouted to the other crew members on the power deck who were standing by and watching the excitement: "Don't stay here and pretend to be dead. Go over and see if there are any safety hazards after the overload. Everyone's lives depend on us!"

Upon hearing the old man's words, the crew members in charge of the power deck hurried to their positions like industrious little bees.

Some people sit in front of a data water mirror, observing the data of each functional module in real time; others directly check along the power pipeline for leaks or overheating.

Everything seems to be in good order, which shows that the old man has put a lot of effort here.

After hanging up the call with Ci Pengpeng, Old Man Hong turned around and saw Shen Yiyi standing beside him with a puzzled look on her face. He immediately felt something strange and asked, "What's wrong?"

To be honest, Shen Yiyi did feel something was wrong, because the data she saw from the power system terminal in front of her did not match the data in her memory at all.

The current top speed is only about half of the design speed of this power system. Even if the old man just mentioned the so-called energy overload, it is only about 70% of the design speed.

You know, this is the power system used on military ships! Driving a civilian ship with a much smaller tonnage than a warship is like a big horse pulling a small cart. There is no reason for it to move so slowly.

But just now, that old man Hong Liugong told Ci Pengpeng that it had reached the maximum speed and even used energy overload. This was very strange.

Could it be that the military system was transplanted and used on different types of civilian ships, causing them to not adapt to the local environment?

Hong Liugong saw Shen Yiyi groaning and unable to say anything for a long time, so he shouted at her angrily: "You are talking nonsense for a long time and I don't know what you are going to say. Why don't you go over and help check it out! Do you think I asked you to come here to be a mascot?"

Shen Yiyi was frightened when she saw the old man's sudden change of expression, so she quickly slipped into the engine compartment in shame.

"Damn it, this old man is really rude! When has anyone ever ordered me around like this before? If it weren't for completing that damn mission, I would have thrown all of you into the sea to feed the fish, humph!"

Miss Shen, who had been angry since she got on board, had already "cut" Hong Liugong into countless pieces in her heart.

On the other hand, she swiftly followed the crew members who were responsible for pipeline inspection to check the delivery of highly concentrated energy liquid.

When checking the connection between the engine and the energy fluid supply, Shen Yiyi found something very strange: the restraint port of the electronic pipeline that transports the energy fluid was only half open, but the data display terminal that controls the opening and closing of this restraint port showed that it was fully open.

After discovering this problem, Shen Yiyi found an excuse to send away the crew members who had been nearby and began to study it carefully.

After pondering for a while, Shen Yiyi finally understood why this obviously advanced engine propulsion system could only operate at half its speed on this ship.

Without the guidance of professional naval engineers, serious problems did arise during the power system transplantation process.

The system transplanted on the "Black Pearl" uses a dedicated constraint port for the energy transmission node. This constraint port has a basic underlying logic, which is that it must be connected to a safety valve in order to be fully opened.

If a dedicated safety valve is not installed, it can only be opened halfway by default to avoid energy overload and burning of the propulsion system.

It seems that the engineers involved in the system transplantation process were all "inexperienced" and had no idea what a safety valve was, so they just screwed on the restraint port according to the drawing as if it were an ordinary valve.

This works, but it only works half as well.

Shen Yiyi, who understood the reason, rolled her eyes in disdain, thinking with gloating in her heart:

"I don't know how long these old-timers have been using this propulsion system. I guess they spent a lot of money to install this so-called treasure. But who would have thought that half of it would be wasted? It's really funny."

When Shen Yiyi returned to the main power console with contempt, she found that the female captain Ci Pengpeng on the communication mirror was no longer in the command cabin. Instead, she had gone to a very private place to talk to Lao Gui. The strange thing was that the calm expression on her face was gone.

At this moment, she was saying in a trembling voice, "Sixth Uncle, the pirates are also speeding up, and their speed is much faster than ours. It seems that they are forcing us to show our cards. They sent a message, asking us to stop the ship immediately, and said that if we continue to escape, everyone will die. At our current speed, we will be caught up in ten hours at most. I concealed this communication because I was afraid of causing unrest among the people, but what can we do now?"

The old man was also shocked at this time and replied: "The energy is overloaded and needs to be cooled for six hours before it can be used. Who are they...who are they?"

Ci Pengpeng in the water mirror finally returned to her early twenties look. She no longer pretended to be calm. She said in a terrified voice, trembling, "It's Alibaba!"

"What? Alibaba?! Then...then we are dead!" Upon hearing this name, the old man Hong Liugong's face turned pale all of a sudden, and even his hands suddenly trembled, and he looked like he had a stroke.

Seeing this, Shen Yiyi was startled and asked loudly, "Who is Alibaba?"

But at this time, Hong Liugong could no longer hear what Shen Yiyi was saying. He just kept shivering there.

When Shen Yiyi saw his frightened look, she immediately realized: He must be in huge trouble now!

She was so anxious that she pulled Hong Liugong up from his seat and gave him a big slap. "Old man, I want to ask you a question! What exactly does Alibaba do?"

This slap woke the old man up. But at this moment, he didn't realize who had hit him just now. He just replied in a crying voice:

"Alibaba is the most brutal pirate in the nearby waters! They never leave anyone alive. They take away all the goods and money, and sink all the people and ships into the sea. If we are caught up by them, we will die! It's over. We are done for here!"

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