3. Chapter III
During the two days of sailing on the sea, except for Ye Zimeng, who slept in the room in the dark, and Wei Jin, who was tinkering with photographic equipment, everyone had a lot of fun.
The event was organized by the X-D Club, and the cruise ship is naturally an asset of the club.
Although there is no waiter on the ship except for the driver, there is no shortage of facilities such as food, wine, gambling tables and other facilities in the hall, and of course everyone will not be less playful, after all, they usually mingle in such occasions.
To participate in this kind of event, the membership fee to be paid is naturally expensive, so the people here are either rich second-generation officials or successful entrepreneurs.
Most of them didn't know each other before, but they had heard of each other, and they couldn't be more familiar with each other.
Time passed very quickly at sea, and in the blink of an eye, looking around from the railing, there was not a single merchant ship anywhere except the endless blue sea.
The sun on the sea is still hot, but the sea breeze is cool, He Huan and everyone stood on the viewing platform outside the hall, holding a cocktail in their hands, and the wine surface shook slightly.
Ten minutes ago, after Wei Jin came out of the cockpit, he told everyone that he had detected an island not far away, and according to the latitude and longitude of this island, no relevant markers were found on the map, so it was certain that this island was an isolated island and would be the destination of their trip.
After hearing the news, everyone who was watching the movie in the hall ran out in a hurry, but more than ten minutes passed, and nothing was found.
She stomped her foot a little impatiently, and pulled the corner of Li Shengming's clothes on the side: "Didn't you say it's almost there?" Why haven't you seen the shadow of the island yet? ”
"It's just that the equipment has surveyed the island's storage, and it will take an hour to really see it with the naked eye." Li Shengming corrected his girlfriend's misunderstanding.
"Oh." He Huan took a sip of his cocktail, suddenly remembered something, and looked around.
Li Shengming followed her eyes and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”
"Ye Zi is not here, I guess he is still asleep on the bed in the room! I almost forgot she was on the boat. She stuffed the wine glass in her hand into her boyfriend's hand without saying anything, and hurriedly ran like a cabin, "I'll call her!" ”
He Huan panted and stopped at the door of the room around the corner, pushed the door, and found that it was locked, so he banged on the door hard, shouting while patting.
After shouting for a few minutes, her hands were red, and there was still no movement inside, so she simply stopped her movements and began to kick the door with her feet, muttering as she kicked: "This aunt and grandmother have slept to death again!" Tell her not to lock the door, and still won't listen! Through the door, except for her eldest brother, who can wake her up! ”
The door on this cruise ship was unusually firm, and there was still no movement after kicking for a long time, He Huan wanted to cry without tears, and when he was about to ask for help, Wei Jin, who heard the movement, happened to come over.
Her eyes lit up, and she immediately shouted loudly: "Brother Wei! ”
Wei Jin, who followed the voice, nodded, his eyes fell on the door, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"My friend is still jet lagged inside, but isn't his destination almost there? I tried to call her up, but it didn't seem to work. He Huan explained the matter a little, and immediately moved a few steps to the side, "In this way, Brother Wei, you have more strength than me, kick the door hard and wake her up." ”
"......" Wei Jin paused in place expressionlessly for a moment.
Jet lag, poured for more than two days and hasn't finished pouring?
Because of the perennial life in the wild without people, he has always been expressionless, but over time it has become a habit, and every muscle on his face has become accustomed to this state, so even if he wants to smoke the corners of his mouth at this time, he has not succeeded.
Facing He Huan's urging eyes, he took a few steps forward, walked to the door of the room, and did not kick the door according to the other party's request, but knocked politely with his fingers.
He Huan rolled his eyes: "Brother Wei, your way of waking up like this is useless to my friend." She slept to death, the kind that couldn't be shaken by thunder. ”
Wei Jin's eyes swept over the room number, pursed his mouth, took out a large bunch of keys from his pocket, lowered his head and began to rummage.
He Huan took a few steps forward: "Wow, Brother Wei, you have the key." ”
He took a step back, distanced the two of them, and began to take out the key to open the door, explaining slightly as he opened it, "Well, it's the spare key on the ship." ”
"That's great!" He Huan jumped up excitedly, and the moment the door was opened, he rushed in, and rushed straight to the figure wrapped in the quilt on the bed, "Ye Zimeng!! You can't get out of bed yet, your big brother is coming!! ”
The figure on the boat moved, rolled over, and wrapped itself tighter.
After almost ten seconds, the figure bounced up from the bed in an instant, and the quilt slipped due to gravity, revealing Ye Zimeng in white and blue loungewear.
"Big brother? Where? Where? Her eyes were still closed, but her face was highly nervous, her long hair was fluffy like a bird's nest, and her lounge clothes were crumpled.
Wei Jin, who was half sideways and was about to leave, twitched his eyelids rarely.
He Huan rolled around on the bed laughing, and he couldn't support it.
Ye Zimeng, who was recovering and thinking about where he was, opened his eyes and happened to see Wei Jin standing in the backlight at the door.
She was stunned, and suddenly curved the corners of her mouth: "Brother Wei? ”
"Well, get off the boat in two hours, hurry up and get ready." He nodded politely to her as she stood on the bed, and the gentleman closed the door and left.
Ye Zimeng retracted his gaze and kicked He Huan on the bed: "What do you mean?" Arrived at your destination? ”
"Well, didn't you hear Brother Wei say, get off the boat in two hours."
"How long have I been asleep?" She rubbed her somewhat dazed head and muttered to herself.
He Huan propped up his upper body and began to snap his fingers: "I'll calculate, it's been since you last came out to forage for food...... 11 hours! After sleeping for a full 24 hours before, eating a big meal and watching a movie, you can actually sleep for 11 hours again, Yezi, you are so awesome! ”
"It's a blessing to be able to sleep." She jumped out of bed and began to bend down to look for clothes in the suitcase, and said to He Huan behind her while looking: "Okay, I'm going to take a shower, wash my hair and change clothes, you can get out." ”
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An hour later, Ye Zimeng, who had quickly packed up a qiē, just walked out of the room with a bag on his back, and as soon as he arrived on the deck where everyone was, he saw an island a few hundred meters away.
While staring at the island, she walked to the location of He Huan and Li Shengming, took out the glasses in her bag, and began to observe carefully.
According to preliminary estimates, the island is about oval in shape, with a diameter of about 100 meters at the longest point, and it looks like the area is about the same as that of a regular football field.
Their cruise ship was located right in front of the rocky cliffs of the island, which were shaky and bare, devoid of any vegetation.
Behind the cliffs, the vegetation suddenly became dense, uneven in height, from unusually tall towering trees to very low bushes, all of which were unusually irregular, unlike inhabited islands.
Limited by sight, even if you look at it carefully, you can only see such a general idea.
So Ye Zimeng simply put down his glasses.
"What do you think will be on the island?" He Huan excitedly guessed, "Will there be a wild man or a big python!" ”
Ye Zimeng glanced at her, Yan Zòng suspected that the IQ of the woman in front of her had grown to her chest, "Pythons and wild people are basically in the rainforest, if you want to see it, just find a team to go to the rainforest next time." ”
"There's nothing on the island, so what's the point?" He Huan said with some disdain.
Ye Zimeng lowered her head silently, and then suddenly turned her head to reveal a smile at a strange angle, and said gloomily: "Lonely Island Horror." ”
Wei Jin a few steps away: "......"
As the ship approached the island, the cracks in the cliffs became clearer.
It was not until it was more than 20 meters away from the island that the cruise ship stopped moving forward, but slowed down and began to drive clockwise around the island.
As the cruise ship moves, the outer edge of the island gradually reveals itself to the public.
After the cliff came over, the terrain gradually flattened, and slowly you saw the beach of the island, which is not large, almost 10 meters long and 8 meters wide rectangular.
The beach used to rise again until it was back to where it was.
After such a circle, the topography of the island has almost been approximated.
Wei Jin put down his glasses, pondered for a moment, and discussed in a low voice with the two deputy teams for a few minutes, and after almost having an idea in his heart, he beckoned everyone to sit in a circle and sit on the ground.
Ye Zimeng took off the heavy bag behind his back, put it at his feet, and sat down on the deck.
"We will be on the island for two days and two nights, that is, we will leave the island at 9 a.m. sharp. It's 9:30 a.m., and in order to make the trip more exciting, after the boat drops us down, we will sail to the nearest island of Pali Arawa and arrive at 9 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow. So in these two days, 13 of us were really on the island. At Wei Jin's signal, Qi Wei, the deputy team leader, straightened his waist and began to say, "In this expedition, we will take the form of groups and divide them into three groups, namely 5 people, 4 people, and 4 people, and each group will be equipped with a team leader. Now I will announce the list of groups. ”
"......, Wei Jin, Jiang Hairui, Li Shengming, He Huan, Ye Zimeng. This is the case with the grouping, do you have any objections? ”
Everyone shook their heads in unison, in fact, everyone preferred to be on a team with Wei Jin, after all, he was experienced, calm and calm when encountering danger, and under his leadership in the past, he could turn danger into a disaster.
But the detachments are basically distributed according to the balance of strength, so no one will raise objections. What's more, there are two girls in Wei Jin's team this time, which is reasonable, it should be like this.
"Since there is no problem, let me tell you about our first event." Another deputy team leader, Yuan San, took over the right to speak, "We landed at three locations, one point for each group, and the task was to find the most suitable tent setting up point on the road and take photos." It's 9:40 and we have to assemble at 1:30 p.m. at the very center of the island and start setting up the tent based on the photos weighing the best spots. It's getting dark at sea, so you have to hurry, you know? ”
Ye Zimeng nodded when she heard this.
Close to the sea, it is impossible to camp on the beach, and as soon as the tide rises, the people are completely flooded. Although the cliff is high, the wind is a little more violent, and even people bring tents and blow directly into the sea to feed the fish. Therefore, the best place is somewhere in the middle of the island, where flat land is the safest.
Basically, everyone understands this truth.
After seeing that the two deputy team leaders had finished explaining, Wei Jin swept around the crowd before he began to speak: "The area of the island is not large, and it is unlikely that there will be life-threatening beings such as large creatures. The more troublesome thing is that the island is pristine, and there is no road at all, so we have to open the road as we go, including when we set up a tent, we must also take care of the plants before we can set it up. Poisonous flora and fauna will definitely be encountered along the way, but with safety clothing, you don't have to worry about that. ”
He paused and rested for a while, "But I haven't been up to this island either, so it's all speculation, and danger is likely to be everywhere, so you must act in small groups, and follow the leader's arrangement." If there is any critical situation, we can launch signal flares, but in this kind of place, even if we see signal flares, we can't get there immediately, so we act as soon as we see the opportunity. ”
Speaking of this, his gaze just fell on Ye Zimeng, so she nodded very supportively, and bent her eyes at him by the way.
At this time, he usually cherishes words like gold, so he will talk at length, right?
She said so in her heart.
The smile matched with the sparkling sea was a little dazzling, Wei Jin's gaze was slightly sluggish, and after three seconds, he retracted his gaze as if nothing happened, "Everyone start to prepare, we will land immediately." ”
As soon as the team leader said this, everyone unzipped their backpacks and took out the safety clothes inside.
The safety suit is made of special materials, a bit like the golden silk clothing in martial arts stories, the knife cannot be cut, and the spikes of plants and the minions of animals cannot cause damage to them, including venom.
Moreover, the safety suit is a full set of equipment, and after putting it on, it is tightly covered from the soles of the feet to the top of the head. However, there is a ventilation device on the face, so that people will not suffocate.
However, there is a fatal heel, this is a disposable, after using it this time, it cannot be used again next time. This is because the material will decompose after 10 days due to some chemical action.
But it's just such a safety suit, but the price is so expensive that you can buy a luxury car with all the money you spend.
Therefore, if you can afford to play this kind of outdoor sports, your family background is good.
After the clothes were neatly dressed, Ye Zimeng finally closed the zipper, locked the zipper pull, stuffed the key into the bag, put the backpack on his back, and wrapped the strap firmly.
Two days and two nights, completely isolated.
She felt her blood boiling all over her body.