At the captain's command, the cargo ship turned around and headed for full speed to the southeast, but the hearts of the people did not settle down, because the storm was chasing after at a high speed, and it was unknown whether they would be able to safely land on Ghost Island. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, he was already in the middle of the sea, and Ye Tianjohn was not afraid to reveal his identity, and dealt with this sudden storm with the captain and first mate in the cockpit.

This typhoon-sized storm moves so fast on the seas that even the fastest human ship can't compare to it, not to mention that it's just a freighter, not a speedboat.

Seeing the storm behind the sky and the sun getting closer and closer, everyone's hearts in the cockpit were hanging, the black and oppressive dark clouds covered the entire sky, not only that, the huge haze has been permeating the sea, as if the heavens and the earth are going to be swallowed, only those who have seen this kind of scene can experience the hideous and terrifying side of nature.

"Start all the engines for me and throw all the useless stuff into the sea!" The captain ordered profusely sweating.

When the first mate heard this, he couldn't help but look shocked, and said, "Captain, if you do this, wouldn't it be very dangerous to be caught up by the storm?" ”

You must know that the ship sails in the wind and waves, if there is no ballast weight in the hull, the ship will be light and fluttering, and it is easy to be overturned by the wind and waves, so when sailing, it will use heavy objects to increase its own mass, and it will be more stable when sailing, and it is not easy to capsize.

But this approach has a disadvantage, that is, after its own mass increases, the speed will be greatly affected, if you want to speed faster, only throw away unnecessary things, reduce your own mass, can be faster.

At this time, the cargo ship faced the storm sweeping behind, because it was full of a shipload of goods, the speed could not reach the fastest, and there was still some distance from the ghost island, but it was about to be caught up by the storm, and the captain ordered to abandon the heavy load, reduce the weight of the hull, and speed up the speed, which was a risky move.

Once caught up by the storm, the weight of the cargo ship itself is reduced, and it is easy to be overturned by the wind and waves!

So this is a dilemma, when facing danger on the sea, often a wrong choice, the price is death!

The captain glanced at the storm behind him, then at the dashboard, and said: "We are still eight nautical miles away from Ghost Island, if we don't reduce the weight of the hull, it is estimated that we will be caught up if we don't see the shadow of the island at all, if we throw away half of the cargo, we can speed up a lot, and at full speed, there is still hope to land on the island before the storm catches up." Don't hesitate to do it and throw all those cheap boxes into the sea! Fast! ”

Although the discarding of hundreds of cargo boxes will cause great economic losses, compared with these goods, the lives of this 10,000-ton freighter and dozens of crew members are more precious, so at this special time, the shipping company will never object to making this kind of decision, once the cargo ship capsizes, the shipping company will suffer greater losses.

So the first mate nodded, led some sailors to the cargo hold, opened the floor on the deck, and used the ship's mechanical boom to lift some relatively cheap cargo boxes and throw them into the sea.

I have to say that the sailors of this cargo ship are skilled, and they are very quick to do their work, in just twenty minutes, half of the cargo boxes have been thrown into the sea, the total weight of these cargo boxes has reached more than 10,000 tons, after reducing half of the weight, the speed of the cargo ship has been greatly improved, and finally able to sail to the ghost island at full speed.

The captain wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at the approaching storm, and said: "According to our current speed, there is still half an hour to see Ghost Island, as long as you get close to the shallow sea of Ghost Island, you will not be afraid." Our life and death were decided in this hour and a half. ”

Everything people can do has already been done, and now all that's left is to wait.

This short half hour was an extremely long time for everyone on board, and every minute and every second was terrifying.

But half an hour later, they were greeted not by the island of hope, but by the dark clouds that covered the entire sea!

Seeing the haze ahead and the dark clouds in the sky, people's hopes were shattered, and not only did they not escape the pursuit of the storm, but even the sea in front of them was shrouded in this terrible storm.

"My God, now that we are in the center of the storm, all we can do now is get down on our knees and pray." The captain suddenly collapsed in his chair, and the old captain, who had sailed on the sea all his life, also encountered the biggest crisis in his life at this time, which was probably fatal.

Ye Tian saw that the cargo ship was quickly engulfed by the haze in all directions, the thunderstorm and wind swept over in an instant, the thunder in the sky roared, and the huge waves on the sea were monstrous, this 10,000-ton cargo ship was like a roller coaster, rising and falling in the huge waves, the sea water rushed to the deck, and the sailors were so frightened that they hid in the cabin.

Could it be that I, Ye Tian, have been all my life, and I am going to die on the sea today?

Ye Tian smiled bitterly, he took out the satellite phone, and wanted to call Tang Xuanxuan to say goodbye, maybe this would be the last call between them, but the phone couldn't get through, maybe it was because the thunderstorm in the sky affected the phone signal.

John held the cross in his hand and silently recited the prayer, the king of the world's mercenaries, at this time, under the power of nature, was just like an ordinary person, and had no power to resist at all.

In the face of nature's wrath, how small and helpless human beings are, and the only one who can help them at this time is God.

But at this time, suddenly there was a sound on the dashboard, and the first mate was stunned when he heard it, and he rushed over to take a look, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted: "We are close to Ghost Island!" The island is less than a nautical mile ahead! ”

When the captain and the others heard this, they were all overjoyed, and they all rushed over to look at the radar scan, and saw that there was a small island in a nautical mile ahead, and it was impossible to see how big the island was from the radar, but they were very close to this island anyway!

The captain was in good spirits, took the helm himself, and ordered: "Now everyone cheers up, we are going to land on the island!" ”

Sailing in such a typhoon-sized storm is a technical task, and the captain, as the most experienced crew member on board, has decades of seafaring experience playing a key role.

In the next ten minutes, under the captain's skillful driving skills, although the cargo ship kept jolting in the wind and waves, and the speed was greatly affected, it still did not change its direction and sailed firmly ahead.

At last a sailor ran in and shouted happily: "We have seen land!" Just 500 meters ahead, ask to slow down and land! ”

The captain slowed down and gradually approached the legendary island.

A few minutes later, when the cargo ship had slowed down to its slowest level, the Divine Devices revealed that they were already in the shallow offshore sea, and that they were in danger of running aground if they continued to move forward.

So the captain gave the order to drop anchor, and when several huge iron anchors were thrown into the sea, people suddenly felt that the bumpy hull became much more stable, as long as they were docked in such a place, the wind and waves could no longer affect them, and they finally escaped from the clutches of the storm!

"Long live the Captain!" Several sailors rushed into the cockpit and cheered and threw the captain high in the air to celebrate the rest of their lives.

After some rejoicing, the captain was not so happy, he looked ahead and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, although we have avoided the danger of the storm, it is not yet time to be happy, and now we are facing a terrible island. ”

People looked ahead, and under the light of the searchlights on the bow of the boat, people could only see the haze on the beach, and they could not see the situation on the beach and the island at all, and the mysterious island was still shrouded in fog.

The captain ordered: "No one is allowed to disembark on the island without my orders, and we will dock at the shallow beach, wait for this storm to pass, and then leave here." I don't want to get into unnecessary trouble. ”

In fact, without the captain's order, I believe that no one would want to go to this island to find out, after all, the horror of Ghost Island has been passed down among the crew for hundreds of years, and every sailor is full of fear of this place.

Ye Tian walked over and asked, "Mr. Captain, according to your estimate, how long will it take for this storm to pass?" ”

The captain frowned and shook his head, and said, "I can't say for sure, maybe it will pass tomorrow, or it may be two or three days, but it won't be too long, no more than three days at most." We have enough supplies, so you don't have to worry if you delay these three days. ”

In fact, Ye Tian was not worried about the supplies on the ship, but worried that if he docked on this island for too long, he would have a lot of dreams at night, after all, their task was to capture Liu Deguo.

In case Liu Debao found them and sneaked to this island to hide, it would be a bit of trouble to catch him at that time.

However, at present, the thunderstorm and wind are raging outside, and in this extremely bad weather, Liu Deba, even if he is strong in martial arts, does not dare to run around casually.

John asked again, "Captain, have humans ever been to this island before?" ”

The captain shook his head and replied, "For more than a hundred years, no ship has ever approached this place except for the first voyager who discovered it, and everyone is very afraid of this island, and they have sailed around it. ”

John nodded and asked, "So, this island is an uninhabited desert island?" ”

The captain replied, "Yes, according to the navigator who found it, the island is very deserted, with nothing but those terrible ghosts, and it is a deserted island. ”

Only then did John pull Ye Tian aside with confidence, and said: "Then there is no need to worry, if Liu Deguo dares to escape to this island, it will be a self-defeating island, this is a deserted island, as long as we leave this island, he will have no way to escape from this island, which is equivalent to asking for his own death." ”

Ye Tian thought about it, and John was right, "Then as long as we control the lifeboat, he has no way to escape, and when this storm passes, once we leave this island, we will do it." ”

After discussing for a while, the two went to the VIP room to rest together.

All the crew were very tired from the night, so soon the ship became quiet, and although the raging weather was still raging outside, it was very quiet inside the cargo ship.

But just when Ye Tian slept in a daze, he suddenly heard a burst of singing coming into his ears, who was singing when he didn't sleep in the middle of the night?

But suddenly there was a stirring in his mind, and he immediately woke up, because he knew that the doors and windows of this VIP room were soundproof, and the sound from outside could not come in!