Chapter 192: Resisting the Wind and Waves
Thoughts that Edmonton is still in the dinghy below.
Ren Hongyi hurriedly ran to the railing of the boat in the rain and leaned over to look down. I want to call him to a safer ship.
But he searched the sides of the boat several times, but found no sign of Edmonton or the lifeboat.
"Mr. Lu, it's not good. Edmonton seems to have run away!" A bad thought suddenly rose in his heart, and he pushed open the door to the communication room with a bang.
Rain and wind poured into the communication room at once.
Lu Ming and Xiao Zhao were concentrating on modifying the communication device, and they didn't know anything about the situation outside.
When Ren Hongyi came in, Lu Ming raised his head and looked at him in surprise.
"Where can he go?"
"I don't know, he didn't wait for us by the boat!" Ren Hongyi said anxiously.
Edmonton is missing, which means they will be left on this boat.
With such a strong wind and rain, without a boat, it is impossible for a person with good water to swim back to the island.
But will this boat be able to withstand the storm?
"Mr. Lu, what should we do?" Technician Xiao Zhao looked at Lu Ming with an anxious expression.
"Don't panic yet, we're almost the last point, wait for us to send out the signal, and then find a way to get out of here!" Lu Ming immediately made a decision.
"However, in such weather, I am afraid that the power of the antenna is not enough, and the thunder and lightning will also affect the signal!" Xiao Zhao was a little desperate.
"Then wait until this storm has passed. Lu Ming continued with a calm face.
Regarding Edmonton's escape, Lu Ming didn't think too much.
All his thoughts now are on modifying the communication equipment.
Ren Hongyi was helpless, so he had to stare at the wind and rain again.
He should try his best to collect life jackets and lifebuoys and other items, and be ready to save himself when the cruise ship capsizes.
On a small island.
Bai Xiaoyi was more anxious than Ren Hongyi.
"Bai Xiaoyi, come back quickly to avoid the rain!" Mo Bing wanted to pull her back to the secret camp.
"Sister Mo Bing, Lu Ming, they haven't come back yet!" Bai Xiaoyi was also quite anxious.
Mo Bing didn't speak.
It is not known how long this storm will last.
She knew that in such weather, Lu Ming and they would not be able to come back.
The only thing she could hope for was a miracle.
"Bai Xiaoyi, Lu Ming, they'll be fine! Let's go back and wait." ”
"No, they'll be back. Look, their boat is there!" Bai Xiaoyi broke free of Mo Bing's hand and pointed towards the shore.
Mo Bing tried to look in the direction Bai Xiaoyi was pointing.
Sure enough, on the surface of the sea not far from the shore, there was a faint shadow of a ship.
Then, her heart sank. Bai Xiaoyi mistakenly thought it was a stranded cruise ship, but Mo Bing saw it clearly, it was a big ship from the outside world - it was probably the pirate ship that had been tracking them!
Cruises.
"Okay, just wait for this rain to pass, and we can send the signal out!" Lu Ming said with relief when he welded a thin wire firmly.
At this moment, the pleasure boat seemed to be pushed violently by a giant, and suddenly tilted and shook.
Tools placed on the workbench fell to the floor with a whirl.
A white porcelain cup shattered, and then, a flash of lightning flashed, illuminating the gloomy cabin, and also reflecting Xiao Zhao's frightened pale face clearly.
The boat swayed more and more, and the body writhed as if it was alive, and there was no intention of stopping.
Lu Ming and Xiao Zhao could only hold on to the table legs and bed frame in the communication room to keep themselves from being thrown out.
At this time, Ren Hongyi pushed open the somewhat deformed hatch. Shoved a pile of life jackets into the hands of the two of them.
"This boat has been lifted up by the waves, I'm afraid this boat is about to capsize!" Ren Hongyi, who walked in, said in person.
At this moment, Lu Ming felt the bow of the boat thump.
The three of them were thrown to the other end of the cabin at once.
"Antenna!" Xiao Zhao struggled to get up and hurriedly rushed to the end of the communication station.
There, he and Lu Ming's newly modified radio station was fixed on the table.
If the ship capsizes, their efforts will be in vain.
"Xiao Zhao, let's send out the signal first!" Lu Ming also got up.
Although he knew that the signal penetrated the thick clouds and had a small chance of being picked up by the satellite, he still wanted to make a final effort.
A string of electrical signals carried the islanders' strong hope of survival through the ship's antenna and launched into the void.
Just then, the boat began to float.
Presumably because the cabins below deck were all filled with water, the boat's movements were minimal.
However, the boat was slowly drifting out of the reef like a bucket full of water.
The bottom of the boat on the reef rubbed against the rocks with a toothache-inducing rattle. Although the three people on the boat could not see it, they could guess that the uneven rocks had been crushed by the thousand-ton pleasure boat and had been crushed into powder and scattered into the deep seabed.
"We have to get out, or when the ship sinks, we'll be sucked into the bottom by the whirlpool. Ren Hongyi said.
Lu Ming and Xiao Zhao also knew that they had now reached a critical moment of life and death.
They put on life jackets, and each carried three lifebuoys tied into a floating raft. The three rafts were also tied together by ropes.
Once they fall overboard, the three of them will not be separated.
The deck had been tilted so hard that it was difficult to stand firm.
The rain poured down on their heads, making it difficult for them to breathe.
In the line of sight, it was white, and they couldn't see the place ten meters away at all.
I can't see exactly which direction the island is.
Suddenly, a big wave hit the bow of the boat, causing a splash in the sky.
The sea struck them, making them unsteady on their feet, and they fell to the deck at once.
"No, let's go back!" Lu Ming said with a gasp.
The apocalyptic situation outside made him feel that even if he jumped into the sea, he might not survive for long.
In this way, it is better to stay in the communication room and sink with the ship.
"No, we have to jump, this ship is going to sink!" Ren Hongyi clung to the staircase railing of the upper cabin and shouted at Lu Ming.
But his cries were soon swallowed up by the torrential downpour of the stormy seas.
"Quack-click-" The heavy boat was finally lifted up by the waves.
As soon as Lu Ming opened the door of the communication room, he felt that his feet were empty, and the bow of the ship was pressed by the water in the cabin, and it suddenly warped. The bow deck was raised like a seesaw. And the stern was been
Pressed into the seawater.
Xiao Zhao didn't catch it, and together with the pile of lifebuoys, he slid to the stern of the boat. was grabbed by Lu Ming with one hand.
"Climb up!" he roared, doing everything in his power to support him.
Xiao Zhao also stimulated the instinct of survival at this time. He dragged the lifebuoy a few times and crawled to the door of the communication room, and climbed in with his hands on the door frame.
Because he was too flustered, he kicked Lu Ming's wrist.
As soon as Lu Ming's hand was released, the floating raft made of lifebuoys suddenly rowed towards the stern of the boat, and crashed into Ren Hongyi, who was clutching the railing to maintain balance.
Ren Hongyi's injured arm was not healed, but now he was hit by the pile of lifebuoys. As soon as he let go, he slid to the stern of the boat and fell into the rough sea.