"I will send you off one last time" [Global Examination]

[58] You Seem Delicious: Change of Menu Tonight

The captain said that this merchant fleet had been operating for almost a century. It is an ancient, disaster-prone fleet that is also blessed by God.

"For a long time, we have always withheld a strong belief - The goods return to the land, the humans return to the bottom of the sea." The first officer said.

"That..." Wen Yuan muttered, "Does not sound blessed by god..."

"Yeah..." 078 replied in agreement, "I thought being blessed by god would be like... not drowning out at sea?"

"I understand that the goods return to land but what does it mean by humans returning to the bottom of the sea...?" The good student Di Li asked sincerely. He truly felt the last half sounded very morbid.

A lot of people nodded in agreement. That definitely did not sound good in the slightest.

"Crew members spend their entire life out at sea. If anything were to happen while delivering goods, wouldn't you be returning to the bottom of the sea?" The first officer said.

"Which... isn't good?" Some people winced.

It wasn't even like these crewmates somehow had a different definition of the phrase. They were still talking about dying out at sea...

The captain and the first officer had worked together for a very long time so he had also learnt some broken Chinese - He could understand but his ability to speak was poor.

Hearing the first officer's words, the captain next to him interjected with a single word: "Roman."

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Everyone just stared at the future viewing experience, not understanding what was going on.

"Roman? But this isn't Rome?"

"It's still the same continent? Europe, right?"

"Yeah, but they're like on opposing sides of the continent!"

First officer: "..."

Di Li: "Huh?"

The captain waved his wounded arm around and added a few more gibberish.

Zhao Jiatong resisted the urge to pinch her nose and sigh.

She knew that it was simply the design of the exams, trying to emulate real world scenarios in which one would have to talk to other people who may not understand one's native language. But at this point, she was far more interested in trying to figure out what was going on instead of playing this silly game of charades for a few more minutes.

The first officer rolled his eyes to express his contempt towards his level of Chinese.

He then translated: "What the captain meant earlier was that sleeping eternally at sea was something sailors would regard as romantic; their dream. Though you may think that it's strange..."

"Well..."

"I suppose that makes sense..."

"They pretty much live on the sea at this point..."

Some examinees couldn't help but look at the batch of invigilators. Even if they didn't say it, their question was pretty much written all over their faces, and Invigilator F waved his hand.

"We might be invigilators but it's not romantic in the slightest to die, especially not in a place like this."

154 couldn't help but lower his gaze, and Wen Yuan leaned over, concerned for his friend, "Are you... alright?"