don't open your eyes [unlimited]

After trying every means to coax the captain to draw another card, Zhuang Die heaved a sigh of relief, and pressed the last king card in his hand to win the round.

captain:"……"

He sat back on the chair in disbelief, looked at Zhuang Die who was picking up the cards, and threw the thick stack of cards on the table: "Impossible... this must be a dream, I'm trapped in a dream! "

Zhuang Die put the cards together and knocked them twice on the edge of the table.

He cleared his cards, opened the sugar bowl, and added two sugar cubes to the captain's coffee.

……

Taking advantage of the captain's troubled time, Zhuang Die had already read the information sent by Ling Su from the background.

Ling Su successfully got along with the crew, and talked with people everywhere, and quickly sorted out the general situation of the entire submarine.

Although the time in the dream is static, the crew members have their own timing method-according to the current speed that the submarine can bear, the coordinates given by Zhuang Die can only be reached after the lights on the ship are turned on and off five times.

The light in the captain's cabin is always on. Zhuang Die kept using various opportunities to stand up and look outside through the crack of the door. He has already found that the light in the corridor has cycled once.

The lights in the hallway before he entered the door were off, and after winning a game of poker, Zhuang Die noticed that the lights outside the door just happened to go out again.

Looking at the poker cards in his hand, Zhuang Die readjusted his cognition: "According to this speed, we still have to let the captain win two rounds..."

The rule of five games and three wins is set only because it is better to adjust the time by increasing the number of games - under the premise of being able to control the winning and losing of each game, Zhuang Die only needs to adjust whether he wins directly with three games or delays to four games , Five games and then win on the line.

The time he needs to delay here is determined by the time required for the submarine to sail.

The speed of the submarine has reached its limit, and the deep sea is too vast to reach there in an instant.

Next, Zhuang Die must strictly control the duration of each round so that the captain can stay in the captain's room until reaching the finish line.

He barely made a sound. The captain was immersed in the regret of losing two games in a row, and couldn't hear clearly: "Gus? What did you say?"

"Nothing, just thinking about something."

Zhuang Die clicked on another message and read the information about "Gus" compiled by Ling Su: "Captain, is it not good to be trapped in a dream?"

"You don't need to ask!" The captain stared at him dissatisfied, "Gus, don't you like daydreaming the least?"

Zhuang Die cut the two decks of poker together and poured them back and forth several times.

He didn't answer the captain's question, and sat back across the desk again: "Is this fair enough?"

"That's about the same!" The captain stared intently at Zhuang Die's shuffling of the cards, strictly preventing him from making any small moves, "Gus, you never told a lie before!"

Zhuang Die put the poker between the two: "I don't remember."

Hearing his answer, the captain was stunned for a moment, but he didn't get angry because of it.

The captain downed half a cup of coffee in one breath, raised his hand, and rubbed his face vigorously.

He looked at his hands with a somewhat strange gaze, he didn't remember his hands being so skinny and pale, as if the bones were directly wrapped under the skin as dry as paper.

"I don't remember many things either, which is strange," the captain murmured. "Gus, I haven't had coffee for a long time."

The captain saw the poker cards on the table, and because his attention was diverted, he quickly forgot what happened in the previous two rounds, grabbed a card and squeezed it in his hand.

Zhuang Die stretched out his hand to draw a card: "We will all be like this. The book says to eat more pineapples and eggs, which is good for memory."

The captain let out an exaggerated "ha" and shrugged vigorously: "Where do you get these things on the submarine? Let's wait until we get back."

He seems to be very sober again now, his speech and behavior are completely normal, and Fei Kuai and Zhuang Die alternately draw cards.

Seeing the cards in his hand, the captain finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said triumphantly, "Gus, Gus, you're doomed this time."

"Since it's five rounds and three wins, it's no big deal to lose one or two rounds, right?"

Zhuang Die originally wanted to release the water, but he had to hold out for enough time, so he couldn't let the captain win too quickly: "If I win three rounds in one go, you will have no chance at all."

The captain's eyes widened. He seemed to have just realized this problem, and his expression suddenly became serious.

Zhuang Die first played a three of spades and placed it between the two.

The captain already felt that he was sure of everything, and was ready to win this round in one go.After being reminded by Zhuang Die, he was inevitably more cautious, thinking hard about the cards in his hand.

...If you lose this round, Gus will go again.

Gus has been working on the sub since he got it.He is the best lookout, always the first to spot danger and always spot their targets at a glance.

Gus is a strictly boring guy.He works hard, never jokes, never tells a lie, never smokes, never plays cards and chats with the crew, and always keeps his cabin clean and tidy.

Everyone thought he was a weirdo.

Because the air-to-air periscope is in the captain's cabin, Gus has to come here to work frequently, so the captain's cabin is also doomed. Every day, he packs it neatly, and no matter what the captain looks for, he can't find it.

When there is no work, Gus will stay in the captain's cabin, occasionally grind coffee for him, and more often immerse himself in reading the few books the captain brought.

Gus also built his own traps out of wood and blocked the lookout with a mirror, insisting it was more like being at home on land.

But in fact, he rarely has the opportunity to set foot on land, let alone a home on land—he mostly reads the concepts of "land" and "home" from books.

Gus was born on a submarine, grew up with the submarine, and has been living on the submarine since his parents passed away.Only when the few submarines docked in the port, did they stop in that strange place a few times in a hurry.

The captain has always found it very strange, and he once joked about Gus's habit, saying that when they all retired from the sea, Gus must be the one who stays at home forever reading a book and refuses to go out.

It was rare for Gus to open up the chatter box that time, put down the book for a few more words, and mentioned his plan.

He works on the submarine just to save money.He actually prefers land, and he can close his eyes with peace of mind only when he feels that his feet are actually stepping on the ground.

Once he has saved enough money to retire, he intends to leave the submarine and find a "sun-drenched country farm" with flowers in front of the cabin.

……

But even such a rigorous and reliable person has not come to work for a long time.

Captain Gus concealed his dereliction of duty and did not record it in the logbook. He did not want to hinder Gus's retirement plan because of this.

The captain found a suitable reason to convince himself.

The submarine has already docked at Paradise Island. Now that it is docked, of course there is no need for the work of the lookout. It is normal for Gus not to come to the captain's room.

Gus might have built a log cabin somewhere on Paradise Island and started planting the garden he had planned.

The captain played another card.

He became more and more cautious every time he played a card, but missed many suitable opportunities, and watched Gus play a lot of cards again.

However, what made him a little strange was that although Gus had been playing cards all the time, the amount of cards in his hand hadn't changed at all...

"You won." Zhuang Die said suddenly.

The captain suddenly woke up, and he realized that the cards in his hand had been played out at some point.

The lights in the corridor were turned off again, and the night-like peace and tranquility was restored outside. The lights in the captain's cabin became the only light source for the entire submarine.

Zhuang Die put the cards into a pile: "Are you still playing?"

"Of course." The captain frowned, and his tone seemed to be a particularly clumsy aggressive method, "You won't dare to continue after losing once, will you?"

Zhuang Die smiled. He shook his head, cut and shuffled the cards again, and got up to refill a cup of coffee.

Fresh coffee was steaming hot.

While drawing cards, the captain looked at the small lamp that illuminated the steam.

This is also done by Gus, who thinks that the light in the captain's cabin is not bright enough, and it will hurt his eyes when reading.

Gus's hand work is also very good. He should actually be a carpenter instead of floating around in the sea with them all day.

The light from the table lamp is bright and warm, always cozy and cheery, unlike the main tank…

The captain's brain seemed to be pricked by a long sharp and cold needle.

He shook his head in disbelief, and looked at the figure sitting across the desk—countless illogical images suddenly appeared chaotically, grabbing his veins and biting violently, as if trying to swallow him in.

The captain held his head tightly, and he gasped heavily without warning.

The entire captain's cabin seemed to be affected by his state, those warm illusions were constantly crumbling and reshaping, and occasionally there was a flash of a cold picture covered with rust.

"Captain." Zhuang Die said suddenly.

The captain shuddered, and suddenly broke free from the tearing that was on the verge of collapse, looking up with a pale face.

"It wasn't your fault, nor mine—we were already exposed to all sorts of risks, and this was just an accident."

Zhuang Die handed him the divided cards: "Besides, haven't we already settled everything and everything is fine?"

The captain's brows were still furrowed, and he repeated in a low voice: "Everything is fine..."

He looked at the person in front of him: "Gus, have you gone to Paradise Island to plant flowers?"

"Yes." Zhuang Die replied casually, "I worked so hard to plant a large field of sunflowers, and found that there is no sun on this broken island, and I lost all my pants."

The captain was stunned for a while, and suddenly he couldn't stop laughing: "You have also learned how to tell jokes!"

"If you lose, you will lose, and return to the submarine. This trip will make us a lot of money."

The captain finished drawing the cards, and this time he seemed quite confident: "Play the cards, Gus, I will never let you this time."

As he spoke, he looked at the pitiful five threes of spades on the table, and confidently threw six nines of hearts onto it.

Zhuang Die sighed, and played three more fours of diamonds.

"Don't sigh, Gus, I'm doing it for your own good."

The captain happened to be able to win every card, with a smile on his face: "You can't stay here."

"You must not stay here, Gus, this is not the place for you - I have to take you, I can't let them sneak you out."

"Don't believe what outsiders say, those people want to trick you into staying, you can't stay, the periscope sees the light."

"You have to go back with us, return with us."

While playing cards, the captain chattered endlessly: "There is a port, your favorite land, where you can grow flowers, and sunshine..."

Zhuang Die turned off the screen shared in the background.

From the perspective of D2’s reconnaissance, one can almost see the true original appearance of the entire submarine—the wreckage of the scrapped submarine eroded by seawater, surrounded by deep-sea jungles, and the original magnificence of this mechanical creation has long been lost.

Gus didn't leave and remained in the main tank.

The out-of-control crew forced him to admit that he saw land in the periscope, forced the lookout to confirm the existence of the island to everyone, and forced the lookout to hand them the key to the captain's cabin.

A tragic mutiny that was on the verge of breaking out ended without a problem with the disappearance of the watchman.

Unable to open the door of the captain's cabin, the crew members quickly moved to vent their anger.They don't care about the target, they just want to vent their suppressed rage and anger... and all of this will be swallowed by a huge hallucination that hypnotizes everyone.

Gus swallowed the key before he could see the Captain's Paradise Island - or if he had, he wouldn't have chosen to stay there.

However, all this will never be known.

The main water tank, which was completely broken under the impact, was filled with seawater. In the icy seawater, there was always a skeleton yearning for land floating forever.