Chapter Seventy-One: A Storm at Sea
"These guys are so hateful, they don't fight us head-to-head with such insidious tricks." Louis thumped his chest.
"I've finally killed one, but this is a problem, our freighter will inevitably sink to the bottom of the sea, captain, how many more lifeboats do we have?" Hugh asked eagerly about the old captain Jack next to him.
"We have enough lifeboats to help everyone get out of danger and get out of the freighter safely, but now we need to hurry up and rescue the food and communication equipment on board before the sea completely fills the cabin, and we need to be prepared to fight the wind and waves before we can be rescued at sea." The old captain began to give orders for action, instructing some of his men to use backpacks to transfer these precious supplies, while arranging for another part of his men to distribute life jackets and lifebuoys to everyone, and preparing to lower the lifeboats tied around the ship.
Due to the huge size of the freighter, it takes a certain amount of time for the seawater to completely pour into the hold, which creates favorable conditions for everyone's escape, and after ten minutes, all the necessary life-saving materials have been transferred, enough for the living needs of more than 60 crew members for a week, everyone has put on life jackets, stood on the deck that has been tilted, and prepared to board the lifeboat.
Not far away, the pirate destroyer, due to its small hull, is now half of the hull inserted into the water, and the other half is pointing to the sky, gradually sinking into the water in a slow and irreversible rhythm, and splashing around the hull.
Those pirates didn't seem to have expected that one day, a ship would be wrecked and people died, and they didn't prepare enough life-saving supplies, the only thing that could help them get out of danger was dozens of lifebuoys, but it was not enough for the more than 20 pirates who were struggling in the sea to escape, almost two or three people hugged a lifebuoy, trying to grab this last life-saving straw to avoid sinking to the bottom of the sea.
The special agent team and the old captain's sailors, together with dozens of lifeboats, sailed towards the distant sea, and when they passed by the pirates who were struggling in the sea, they threatened to come close to the lifeboats and rescue them, but forgot that they didn't even have the capital of the threat - an AK automatic rifle, and all they got was the white eyes and taunts of the sailors.
The special agent team took the same lifeboat, and after leaving the sea area where the incident occurred, Hugh reported to the organization intelligence center that the company's cargo ship returning home today was attacked and sunk by the U.S. military. Because of the bee eye sensor built into their body, they don't need to tell the intelligence center their coordinates, and they can track the current location of everyone. The organization asked everyone to hold on and quickly arrange air rescue to rush to the scene of the incident to carry out search and rescue.
As the sky grew darker, everyone opened their backpacks, opened the tabs of cans, and made do with dinner for the day, Katyusha and Louis took the oars from two of their teammates, and took turns to perform their duties as sailors, sliding the boat through the waves.
As time passed, the wind on the sea gradually increased, and the sky in the distance was thunderous and choppy. It was a night of rain and the waves slowly pushed them towards the center of the storm, and this improvised escape fleet would face the first deadly threat since they set sail - the storm at sea at night.
The rain and fog wrapped in the waves, drenching everyone's clothes, and shivering under the harsh sea breeze.
"Hey, if you don't bring such a pit, the big boat won't let you sit, and the small boat will have to sit too." Before Louis could finish complaining, a wave hit, and he choked on a mouthful of salty water and coughed uncomfortably. Without further ado, he and Katyusha slid the oars as hard as they could, trying to get out of the center of the storm.
"Let's take the best hopes, prepare for the worst, and fight the storm to the end." The old captain stared at the stormy waves ahead. "You are all wearing life-saving vests, and you cannot sink it. There are hooks on the clothes and nylon ropes on the boat, through which you can tie yourself and your teammates together, and if you are unfortunate enough to fall overboard, you can rescue each other. ”
"In addition, remove the backpack and throw away all the food in the backpack except for canned food, reduce their weight, reduce the physical consumption after falling into the water, and finally tie the backpack and the lifebuoy together, and tie the lifebuoy to the rope." The captain added, and everyone began to get busy in response to the captain's suggestion.
The members of the fleet, who were gradually pushed into the center of the storm by the wind and waves, felt deeply at this time how small the power of man was in front of nature: they almost used their suckling strength to slide the oars and fight against the wind and waves, but with little success, which did not slow down the speed of being pulled into the center of the storm.
A wave that is more than three meters high, head-on to a not far away escape boat full of 8 sailors, they just showed a frightened expression, they were drowned in the monstrous waves, after the waves rushed, there were only 3 people left on the boat, and 5 were thrown out more than 20 meters away, fortunately, their ropes are connected together, each other can have a support, fluttering uneasily in the water, panting, wiping their eyes with their hands, trying to avoid the next wave of wind and waves, but unfortunately, All efforts were in vain, and soon they were pushed alive by the same high level of waves, and they were lost without a trace.
Hugh swallowed a mouthful of water, and a chill hit his spine.
Louis pointed to the center of the storm in the distance as if he had discovered a new continent, only to see a deep depression in the sea, forming a large whirlpool with a diameter of more than 100 meters, under the action of the storm, spinning at high speed, swallowing everything around it without reservation, he screamed excitedly and fearfully: "Look, there is a whirlpool over there, it is it that pulls us into the center of the storm!" ”
"Don't shout, save it, save a little effort, and prepare to call Amen." Olivia's face was numb, as if she had given up her resistance and was ready to accept this fateful test, and with a cross on her chest, a bright lightning bolt lit up behind her, illuminating the dim sea and the escape fleet that was washed away by the waves, and met the eyes of Katyusha opposite her, making her feel particularly miserable and helpless.
The ships of the special agent team are getting closer and closer to the whirlpool, and the escape boat is moving faster and faster, as the maelstrom rotates together, everyone quickly feels dizzy and nauseous, and while spinning at high speed in the whirlpool, they see the ships on the opposite side that are swept in, and even the people and the boat are swallowed up by the center of the whirlpool.
Faced with this scene in front of them, everyone could only reluctantly accept the arrangement of fate, holding their heads tightly with their hands, waiting for the fate of protecting against the imminent collision with each other and sinking into the sea.