Chapter 391: Mirage (Continued 22)

Each of the horizontal water columns that make up the wave wall is three or four meters wide, and if you look closely, you will find that the water column is made up of three to four smaller water columns, and it is precisely because of this unique structure that there is a gap between the two water columns that is about half a meter high and dozens of centimeters deep. These voids also rise as the water column rises. Perhaps because of the gradual reduction of the area of the whirlpool, you can slowly see that the water column forms a spiral structure, starting from the bottom of the whirlpool, and reaching the top after circling dozens of times, which looks very similar to the electromagnetic emission device on the scientific research ship, I don't know if this is a coincidence or there is really some internal connection.

At this time, I also understood that what the Cao team wanted to gamble on was to let the speedboat squeeze into the gap between the water columns, and climb to the top of the whirlpool in circles like an iron cage motorcycle in acrobatics with the lifting of the water column. Of course, because the annular structure of the whirlpool is too large, the speedboat does not have enough centrifugal force, and the Cao team must hit the rudder of the speedboat to the inside to avoid the speedboat stalling and falling from mid-air.

At the same time, if the rudder hits hard, the speedboat will deviate from the direction and sink into the wall of waves. Of course, if the engine stops during this period, we still can't escape the fate of the huge waves. In short, this balance must be just right, there has not been a single attempt, once you miss, I am afraid there is no chance of restarting, this success is very small. But that's it, I still have a little bit of expectation in my heart, Team Cao is not only a tough person, but also a person who can often create miracles, and the most important thing is his luck.

The huge curtain of water covered everything around me, I could barely make out the scenery outside, the waves were constantly rolling and pouring into my nose and mouth, and the salty smell was so salty that I could barely breathe, and I had to bow my head and lie at the bottom of the dinghy, clutching to the railing with only my hands.

Although I knew in my heart that the dinghy was climbing between the water columns, I completely lost the concept of height. To my delight, I could feel the speed of the water spinning and the engine not stopping, and the boat was getting faster and faster. I think that the whirlpool is closing rapidly, the diameter is getting smaller and smaller, and the speed of the water is also accelerating, which can't help but give me more confidence in Team Cao.

It's just that the more it rises, the smaller the gap between the water columns seems to be, the angle at which the Cao team controls the dinghy to cut inside becomes smaller and smaller, the tip of the boat and the wave wall repeatedly collide and rub, and the hull trembles more and more, and I can't help but worry about whether the dinghy can withstand this huge impact and break into several pieces in mid-air.

A peek at the stern of the boat was Cao Team, who was almost reclining at this moment, holding on to the sides of the boat with his legs spread out, so that he could only grasp the railing with his right hand and free his left hand to control the rudder. And the upper body is completely upright, unable to move, let the huge waves continue to lap. The acceleration of the water flow made the waves as powerful as a high-pressure water gun, and the repeated washing made the face of the Cao team extremely pale. Rao was like this, his expression was still calm, because the impact of the water showed that his facial muscles were sharpened like an axe, and there was even a slight smile of contempt. It's as if you're just on a thrilling roller coaster, but it's actually extremely safe.

Xiao Lei in front of the Cao team, the posture of his body is completely different from me and Huansheng, he sat at the bottom of the boat, and tightly pressed the left leg of the Cao team with his back, probably because he was afraid that the Cao team would lose his center of gravity and fall outside the boat. This position dictates that he can only lift his legs, hook the railing with his feet, and hang upside down on the railing on the other side with his arms outstretched.

Like Team Cao, this posture could not avoid the slapping of the big waves, so Xiao Lei could only tilt his head and stiffen up like suffering. What's even more dangerous is that because the position of the upper body is lower, there is already a lot of seawater in the boat, almost overflowing his chest, and every time the boat shakes, every tilt of the hull to the inside, a large amount of seawater will pour into his mouth and nose, choking him to cough.

But what can I do in front of me except grit my teeth and insist? But this time I looked back, through the wave wall, I still vaguely saw that the dinghy seemed to be dozens of meters away from the bottom of the whirlpool, and the wave wall was not straight up and down as I thought before, it was probably a huge sense of oppression when approaching the wave wall, which made me feel that it would fall down at any time and miscalculated the angle. In fact, the wave wall is a very steep slope, and the current position of the whirlpool is an inverted cone without a cone, which is probably the reason why our speedboat can climb in a circle. Cao's desperate victory was in sight.

The actual time of this exciting roller coaster ride is estimated to be only ten minutes, but the washing of the huge waves, the maintenance of the balance of the body in extreme pain, and the constant struggle with the smaller and smaller friction in the hands make this time invisibly magnified. Later, the more violently the dinghy shook, driving all the internal organs as if they were out of place, and the countless spasms of the stomach and intestines made my consciousness slowly blur. Fortunately, choking on two mouthfuls of water from time to time effectively stimulates my nerves, and allows me to do my best to make my body and the dinghy become a whole, and continue to bump and shake.

But soon the muscles around the body began to feel severe pain like thousands of steel needles piercing, and after several nervous contractions, it was a subconscious convulsion. This is not the feeling of cramps caused by excessive fatigue of a certain muscle, but the fact that all muscles, ligaments, and tendons are slowly twisted together as if they are misaligned, and the tension is getting tighter and tighter, and they are about to break. I knew that my body had reached its limits, and the next step was to become numb and lose control of my limbs.

The only thing I could do was try to put my left leg between the two steel posts under the front seat, and if my body slipped, I could only hope to get stuck in it and not be able to move. But by this time, the water in the dinghy had exceeded half a meter, and I knew in my heart that even if I got stuck, I would suffocate to death for a minute at most.

For some reason, I suddenly felt that the situation in front of me might be much better than mine, except that when he first started climbing, his extraordinary seasickness reaction caused him to suffer for a while, and now he should have completely fainted, he had not raised his head for a long time, and was completely kneeling at the bottom of the boat, just holding the railing with both hands. I had to keep my right leg stretched out to his side, but I was completely numb and couldn't feel the weight of his body.

As my mind became more and more blurred, I heard two pops behind me, what seemed to be the sound of an engine bursting, and it was a miracle that it had held out until now, but unfortunately we were still a few laps away from climbing to the top of the whirlpool.

We slowly began to lose speed, unable to fight the tremendous centripetal force of the whirlpool, and the fall of the dinghy from mid-air seemed inevitable. Strangely, the feeling of loss and regret was fleeting, and I suddenly felt a sense of relief, a relief that I could finally let go of everything after decades of ups and downs.

But soon, I heard a burst of cheers from Team Cao behind me. To this day, I can't quite understand how the roar of Team Cao reached my eardrums amid the sound of the huge waves, the moaning of the engines, the grinding of the metal of the speedboat's steel frame about to be torn, but I really heard it. It's impossible for one illusion to break another, it's just that Team Cao didn't shout anything, but the long "ah" word made me understand the anger, unwillingness and stubbornness.

The Cao team must have tried their best to slap the rudder to the left, and when the engine returned to the last bit of power, our bow crashed into the depths of the wave wall, and the huge wave collapsed, the hull capsized, and the water rushed in just a second or two. In an instant, I was wrapped in the seawater, and the momentary feeling of weightlessness had not disappeared, and the underwater torrent pushed me to the bottom of the boat again, and the speedboat completely crossed in the wall of waves.

There was a quick muffled sound in my ears, it was water pressure, huge water pressure, this was by no means what I really heard, but a precursor to the imminent rupture of my eardrum, and then my chest cavity seemed to be smashed by a giant hammer, and the blood seemed to burst out of the blood vessels, quickly seeping out of the surface of the body, and along with my sanity, away from me. And then there is endless darkness, endless darkness......

Everything in the world seems to have no end, destruction and rebirth, growth and destruction, the end you have always thought is the beginning of another life. In this way, time is not a unit of measurement, it can only record the trajectory of your movements, and it cannot stop you from moving forward.

But I didn't come back to life because of this thought, I was dragged out of the water. The light re-stimulated my eyes, and soon I saw the blue sky, the swaying sea, and everything was calm like a sweet dream. Until I saw the dinghy buckled upside down in the sea.

The bottom of the dinghy was barely half a metre out of the sea, and I was lying on the ridgeline of the dinghy. Before I could fully enjoy the beauty of the sun and the freshness of the breeze, my back was hammered twice, and suddenly a few mouthfuls of seawater poured out of my mouth and nose. I snorted twice to protest, and then someone turned it over.

The sun swept down from the ceiling, shaking a little unable to open his eyes, the figure in front of him looked familiar but a little unfamiliar, the figure was thin, the skin was slightly dark, the eyes were clear, the face was a little indistinguishable because of the backlight, and only noticed that the long hair hung down messily along the shoulders. I struggled to sit up, rubbed my eyes vigorously, and couldn't help but ask, "Why you?"

("When thou shalt close thy eyes and see darkness, this dark realm shall be in harmony with the eyes, shall it be in the wrong eye, and if it is in the eyes and it shall be dark in sight, how can the clouds become inside? if it is in the dark, there shall be no sun and moon lamps, and the darkness in this chamber shall be scorched.") If it is not right, what is the prejudice of the clouds? If it is seen from the outside, it is made from the inside, and the darkness is seen with the eyes closed, which is called the middle of the body; if you open your eyes to see the light, why not meet? If you do not meet, you will not be able to meet inside; if you meet and meet, then you know that the heart and the root of your eyes are in the void, and what is the inside? If you are in the void, you are not your body; that is, you should see your face as you came to see today, and it is also your body. Your eyes are known, and your body is not conscious, you must speak, and your body and eyes should have two senses, that is, you should become two Buddhas. --"Lengyan Sutra")