In this world, pure grit and hardened backbones were of tremendous value, so it stood to reason that the crew possessed nerves of steel. This made it easy to stabilize the situation and quickly elect a Captain. That being said, watching the large marionette come to life and slaughter a dozen comrades in the blink of an eye was quite traumatic for the crew. Only two people were left on the deck: the engineer and the new Captain.
"I — a being beyond your understanding — come from another world," said the marionette, which was being controlled by Baiyi at this point. The marionette pointed at the charred corpses that littered the deck and said, "I was just curious about your world, and you welcomed me with malice; thus, I was forced to display my power."
The engineer and the new captain nodded vigorously from their kneeling positions, but in their minds, they protested. 'You started the whole thing by killing our Captain without provocation!'