Chapter 48: Obstacles
But after listening to Bao'er's words, Ah Zi's heart sank.
Ah Brown, are he and himself really just brothers and sisters in distress?
Except for brother and sister love, there is nothing else?
Seeing that Ah Zi's face suddenly turned pale, Bao'er asked with concern.
"It's okay, maybe I'm tired." Ah Zi prevaricated.
Bao'er didn't doubt him, and hurriedly urged her to go to sleep opposite. I finally got rid of a heart disease, lay down on the bed with peace of mind, and fell asleep.
Ah Zi hid her thoughts, tossed and turned on the bed for a while before gradually falling asleep, but she slept very unsteadily, and woke up before dawn the next day.
She changed her clothes, simply put on a bun and went out.
Except for the two crew members who got up early to prepare meals, there was no one on the ship.
Ah Zi unconsciously paced to the deck again, and it had been dark outside for a long time, and there was no trace of light.
Squinting his eyes and looking ahead, Ah Zi found that the surroundings were shrouded in a thick layer of fog, and the vision in front of the ship was very poor.
Even a person like Ah Zi, who had no sailing experience, could vaguely sense that the weather was not a good sign, so he looked towards the lookout with concern.
After looking closely, Ah Zi found that there were two familiar figures standing on the lookout, one was the thin and capable Captain Song, who was frowning and talking quickly with the people around him at this moment, and standing beside him was Ah Brown.
Ah Brown, who was frowning like the captain and pursing his lips to listen to the captain's words, moved his eyes slightly at this moment, and just saw Ah Zi standing on the deck looking over, he quickly raised his eyebrows, said something to the captain, and retreated.
After a while, he appeared on the deck and trotted all the way to Ah Zi's side.
"Why are you up at this time?" Ah Brown asked.
Ah Zi ignored this question, and just said worriedly: "With such a big fog, will there be a problem?" ”
Ah Brown also sank his face and said truthfully: "Captain Song has been discussing this issue with me. At this time of year, it is said that it is difficult to encounter such fog in this direction. Luckily, we had chosen the safest route before, and it should be difficult to encounter any obstacles on the way. And our boat is now slowing down, trying to reduce the speed to the safest range. ”
Hearing Ah Brown say this, knowing that they were already preparing, Ah Zi nodded reassuringly.
But in the next second, she looked up and looked forward, but the scene in front of her startled her.
She was full of excitement, hugged Ah Brown's arm tightly, stared straight ahead and shouted, "Ah Brown! Front! ”
Ah Brown looked in the direction she pointed, only faintly felt that the light in front of her was a little dim, but it was difficult to tell if there was an obstacle, but Ah Zi had an eyesight that was different from ordinary people, even a few points better than his half-orc eyesight, but he knew this.
At this moment, he didn't doubt Ah Zi's words at all, and while shouting, "You leave the deck quickly and go back to the room", he quickly turned around and rushed towards the lookout.
Ah Zi turned his head and stared in the direction of the ship, watching the black mountain like a giant shrouded in mist press down step by step.
After unconsciously taking two steps back, Ah Zi turned around and ran towards the entrance of the cabin in a trance, but before he could reach it, he felt a sudden shock under his feet, and then the boat turned violently to the side.
Ah Zi was on a flat deck, with no place to hide, so he naturally fell heavily to the ground with the sudden change in the speed and course of the ship.
She didn't have time to care about the pain in her body, and tried to hold on to her body to stand up again, but when she turned her head, she found that the black reef peak, which was originally some distance from the bow of the boat, had suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, only a stone's throw away from her.
Because of the sudden deceleration and steering, the bow of the ship was no longer slamming straight towards the reef, but gently brushing the uneven surface of the reef.
Although he had tried his best to avoid it, with the specifications of this seafaring ship, it was difficult to flexibly change the course in a short period of time, and the mountain peak that appeared in front of Ah Zi's eyes at this time finally hit the fence on the right side of the hull.
The fence was sunken in like a clay sculpture in an instant, and the hard reef shattered into several pieces of rubble of various sizes under the impact.
The rubble scattered in all directions like a splash. The largest of them, a boulder about half a man high, smashed straight in the direction where Ah Zi was standing.
Ah Zi stood there, subconsciously wanting to retreat, but he only felt that his whole body was stiff, his feet seemed to be stuck in the mud, and he couldn't take a step at all.
Seeing that the boulder was about to touch her forehead, Ah Zi suddenly felt that her right shoulder was hit hard, and then a pair of powerful arms tightly wrapped around her body, protecting her in her arms, who was already completely immobile, and fell vertically in the direction where the boulder flew over.
Ah Zi only felt that it was dark in front of him, and a warm breath came to his face, and then his body began to roll on the ground a few times.
When everything was calm, she slowly opened her eyes and found herself lying quietly on the ground, lying in Ah Brown's arms.
"Are you hurt?"
Ah Brown now supported her neck with one hand, the other hand on her waist, her face almost touching her nose, and as she spoke, the hot and wet snort gently slapped on her cheek.
Ah Zi was a little trance-like, her eyelashes trembled, and she lowered her eyes, only to feel that her cheeks were hot and her heart was pounding.
At the same time, everyone who was originally in the cabin felt a violent shock under their feet, and they rushed to the deck one after another.
Tang Yinzhong, who was at the head, first shouted loudly, "Big brother, what's wrong", but he was stunned when his eyes just fell on the two people lying there on the deck.
"You...... You ......"
He stretched out a finger to it, but couldn't spit out a complete sentence for a long time.
Tang Yinbrown also reacted at this time, quickly propped himself up, came to the crowd that gathered one after another, and briefly explained the process of not being able to find the reef just now because of the fog, but fortunately, Ah Zi pointed out in time that it was difficult to escape the catastrophe.
Seeing that Tang Yinbrown spoke frankly, Tang Yinzhong retracted his thoughts just now, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a false alarm, but thanks to Ah Zi's 'clairvoyance', it saved all of our lives." ”
Ah Zi hadn't recovered from the scene just now, and at this moment, when he heard Ah Zhong mention himself, he paused, and then hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I should thank Captain Song and the crew for their resourcefulness and adaptability, as well as Ah Brown for their timely help." ”
Ah Zhong also followed Ah Zi's words and began to thank his eldest brother.
But no one paid attention to Bao'er, who came out behind Ah Zhong, looking at everything just now with cold eyes, and Bao'er with gloomy eyes who didn't say a word at the moment.