Chapter 83 Two Choices
Seeing that the restrictions on first-class cabins were lifted, the live broadcast room suddenly became restless.
Although they had expected that a plot trigger would be needed, they did not expect it to be in such a tricky way.
But no matter what, this is undoubtedly a major breakthrough for game exploration.
Lao E was sure that among all the anchors who had taken on the game promotion, he was definitely the first one to have solved this secret, and he immediately felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
"Finally I can go to first class, and there are still three days left!"
Time was running out, so Old E didn't say any more nonsense and immediately went back to the cabin to rest.
After one night.
He hurried out and followed the instructions through the dedicated passage into the first-class area.
Before entering, there is a scene where you pick up props and change clothes in the cloakroom.
However, for an old player like him who has been picking up trash in the game for years, this operation is not difficult at all.
He quickly changed into a suit and came to the central dining room of the first-class cabin.
"Wow, is this where the upper class eats?"
“Even the restaurant is so detailed.”
"There's even a skylight above my head. What a luxury."
“This modeling, this music, the atmosphere is just perfect.”
"You told me this was on a boat?"
The audience couldn't help but exclaim in amazement at the short transition.
This is not a restaurant at all. It is even more luxurious than any villa they have ever seen. It is completely different from the crowded second-class cabin.
However, Old E didn't come here to eat.
After looking around and not seeing Jack and Rose, he walked straight into the restaurant and wandered around.
At this time, a large number of nobles were gathered around the table chatting, drinking red wine, and saying all kinds of compliments and courtesies that even they found meaningless.
It was like a fake party.
But here.
He still saw a lot of familiar faces.
Several important characters are gathered in this restaurant at this time, which is a good time to collect information.
As expected, when he passed by someone who looked like the captain, a conversation suddenly rang in his ears.
[So, you haven't lit the last four boilers yet? ]
[I don’t think it’s necessary. We are already moving very fast now.]
[No, no, no, now that the press knows the Titanic's specifications , I want everyone to be impressed by its speed. We must give them something new to report.]
[Mr. Ismay, I don't want to push the engines to their limits until they are in working order.]
[Of course, I'm just a passenger, the decision is yours, but if we can arrive on Tuesday night, they will all be shocked, and it will even be reported in the morning newspapers... It would be nice to have a glorious retirement before you retire, right? Captain.]
The conversation paused here.
The character called the captain was silent for a while, and finally nodded silently, as if agreeing to the other party's proposal.
"Wait a minute! You mean to increase the speed to the maximum before the engine is ready?"
Old E, who was just listening out of curiosity, was startled and seemed to have guessed the truth of the matter.
The audience in the live broadcast room also reacted after hearing what was said.
"Damn it, it turns out that this old guy is the one causing trouble!"
"I thought someone had blown up the engine room."
"So the ship sank because the engine was overloaded?"
"Sure enough, the important clues are hidden in the first class cabin."
Old E was even more excited to have collected such important information right away. He continued to eavesdrop on conversations in various places in the restaurant, completely forgetting about the dinner with Jack and Rose.
When he came to his senses, the two men were gone and he had no idea where they had gone.
But Old E doesn't care.
I spent three days in the first class cabin, exploring various places.
And I was lucky enough to overhear the conversation of the crew members when I passed by the captain's room one time.
Because other ships kept sending messages to remind them to pay attention to the ice floes, the communicator got into an argument with the other side, and then angrily turned off the communication equipment.
There were also cases where the staff were negligent during their shifts and locked the telescopes in the cabinets and couldn't take them out, and there were not enough lifeboats to carry everyone.
In short, there was a lot of scattered information, which made Old E vaguely sense that something was wrong.
As the day of the shipwreck approached, he became more and more anxious and desperate to find a solution.
"Oh, right, the three room numbers mentioned at the dock!"
Suddenly, Old E thought of something and quickly changed direction to find the three rooms in Area B of the first class cabin.
I tried, but found that all the rooms were locked and I couldn't get in.
"Did I remember it wrong? Or did I come at the wrong time?"
Old E looked puzzled as he passed by each window.
But when they walked outside the third room, they found that Jack, who had disappeared for many days, was inside.
At this moment, he was leaning on the sofa with a drawing board, drawing something, but it was not very clear.
"Forget it. Finding clues is more important. There's nothing to see."
Since he couldn’t get in anyway, Old E didn’t stay for long.
He just took a quick glance and turned away, then walked around the boiler room and engine room on the ground floor.
But no matter how he looked at it, the engine didn't look like it was about to explode, and it had been running normally at high speed for several days.
On the contrary, he heard that there were guards arresting people at the cargo warehouse, but he did not go there because it was too far away.
When he returned to the upper floor again, it was completely dark.
And tonight is the day of the shipwreck!
"We can't stay in the cabin any longer."
Old E knew very well the consequences of staying in the cabin tonight.
Seeing that time was running out, they evacuated hastily and arrived outside on the deck before the gates were closed at night.
But unexpectedly.
Not long after we came out, an alarm bell suddenly sounded from the bow, along with an anxious shout.
[Iceberg! There is an iceberg ahead! ]
iceberg?
Old E was shocked and immediately controlled the character to run towards the bow of the ship.
But the scene before him made his hair stand on end.
Just in front of the ship, an iceberg several times larger than the ship was floating on the sea, approaching them at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It was like a terrifying monster crawling on the sea.
"I'm super, ice!"
"No, it's going too fast and is going to crash into us!"
"So the previous shipwreck was not caused by engine load, but by hitting an iceberg!?"
"I see. Speed is just one of the main reasons!"
As if in response to the audience's speculation, just as the crew members were urgently changing direction, the right side of the bow "boomed" and hit the iceberg hard, and the entire hull began to shake violently.
The familiar scene finally reminded Old E of the explosion he heard when he died for the first time, which was exactly the same as this collision.
That is to say.
The ship sank after it hit the iceberg.
It's not the engine overload!
But even if I knew the truth, it's too late now.
Game time goes much faster than real time.
After a period of silence, the bow of the Titanic, which was hit, began to sink gradually, and the water level continued to overflow the hatch on the bottom floor.
Not long after, the first-class passengers, led by the crew, ran out frantically. They were no longer as elegant and dignified as before, and all ran towards the lifeboat like crazy.
The whole scene was in chaos and screams were everywhere.
Old E could even hear the cries of the second-class passengers trapped below, and his heart trembled.
Because he knew that most of the people here would be buried in this cold sea.
"Let's go check out the lifeboat first!"
Finding that there was no way to break open the iron door of the second-class cabin, he made a prompt decision and turned to rush to the deck where the nobles gathered.
In the distance, one could hear the captain's first officer shouting.
[Quick, women and children get on board first, and lower the lifeboat! ]
The voice fell.
Old E also came to a full lifeboat.
As soon as I got closer, two options suddenly popped up in front of me.
[Choice 1: Forcefully board the ship and seize the chance of survival for others.]
[Choice 2: Give up boarding the ship and give others the chance to survive. ]
