Li Zhiyuan wasn't just trying to comfort her; under such eerie circumstances, traditional notions of danger no longer applied. It was difficult for anyone to remain rational at such times.
"Were you part of the last few to exit?"
"Two of us, me and him."
"Did he also come out? I mean, return to the ship."
"No. At the entrance where we came in, I saw our diving equipment that we had left behind. His equipment was still there."
"What about everyone else's equipment?"
"All there. The last one to retrieve their equipment and come back was just me."
"So, it was you... who killed him."
The woman's gaze sharpened, her expression solemn, but soon, a smile crept over the left corner of her mouth.
It seemed, in a way, an acknowledgment.
"Why did you kill him?"
"Because I suspected that he wasn't one of us."
"So in the end, only you came back."
"Right."
"What was it like on the ship after you returned?"
"When we set sail for return, they all started to act very strange."
