The cargo ship sailed on the high sea.
The cabin was on the level below the main deck, bobbing up and down with the waves.
Lin Qi was confined in a small cage, unable to properly lie down or sit up, and feeling seasick.
Because the cabin was sealed tightly, she couldn't distinguish the time of day and could only roughly estimate how much time had passed.
Those in the other cages occasionally whispered among themselves.
Lin Qi heard them discussing anxiously, "This thing around our necks..."
"It has a number on it..."
"It's so uncomfortable to wear..."
"Don't touch it... I heard it's a bomb... and it will explode..."
Lin Qi was terrified.
She gently touched her neck collar and looked at the little girl, asking, "Do you know what this neck collar is?"
The little girl, bewildered, shook her head.
She was clutching her stomach and had been curling up in the corner the whole time, looking frightened and desperate, and she was also hungry.