It is easy to cut down the mast, but where the cut mast falls, it is very fatal, otherwise, such a high and heavy mast will fall down and hit people will be fatal. So, even Nicole gave up the lookout to help Higg and Daniel.

After the mast is cut off, Nicole sends Higg and Daniel to the captain's room, where she must explain the seriousness of the problem to them.

"The mast doesn't matter anymore, because abandonment of ship is a certainty!" Nicole said helplessly, "I must let the two of you know about this question, and as for the two of them, you can do it yourself, and say it when the time is right!" ”

"Is there no other way?" Higg asked.

"I can only delay abandoning the ship as long as possible now, and cutting off the bulky mast is to lower the center of gravity of the ship, which is conducive to the stability of the ship." Nicole explained.

"And what are we going to do after we abandon ship?" Daniel, tired and sweaty, asked in horror.

"God sees, if there is no rescue, or if you can't meet ......land," Nicole said heavily.

"If you are separated, I will be responsible for Butterfly Caiyun and Thomas, you take care!" Higg said.

"How can you do that, how do you take care of two by yourself?" Nicole said hurriedly.

"Don't worry, I have comprehended the origin of water, and I can control the water spirit bead, you can take care of yourself!" Higg said.

"Okay!" Nicole said, "Go get ready, take care!" ”

In the face of such a natural disaster, when there is no hope in sight, what else can be done but to take care?

Daniel didn't go, he had nothing to prepare. From the wine cabinet in the captain's room, he took out a bottle of spirits, and said while opening the cap: "Anyway, life and death are up to you, so it's better to drink it refreshingly!" ”

Nicole was furious, stepped forward and snatched Daniel's wine bottle, shouting loudly, "You don't want to die, drink at this time?" ”

Daniel said angrily: "This little wine is nothing, right, I just want to take a few sips, do you need to be so nervous, this can also kill me?" Even if that's the case, you're going to die anyway! ”

Nicole was furious: "Alcohol will dehydrate your body, and you will feel very thirsty. Having lost a ship, what is the most important? It's water, and you're still drinking! ”

"This ......!" Daniel put down the bottle and said embarrassedly, "I listen to you!" ”

"Daniel, I ask you to live!" Nicole sighed and said, "I don't allow any of you to talk about life and death!" ”

Daniel looked at Nicole's strange expression completely, didn't know what he was thinking, and just responded dryly: "Okay, I'll listen to you!" ”

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"Thomas, don't be afraid!" Higg asked, looking at Thomas and Butterfly Cloud, who were tied to the bottom of the mast.

"I'm not afraid!" When Thomas saw Higg by his side, he seemed to have confidence.

Poof, Die Caiyun smiled on the side and said, "I don't know who almost peed my pants in fear just now!" ”

Thomas blushed and said: "Butterfly Caiyun, you are talking nonsense, I am not afraid, the men of the grassland are not afraid of death, and they will be afraid of this storm?" ”

"Good!" Higg exclaimed, "But if we are going to die, are you afraid?" ”

"Don't be afraid, with you with me, I'm not afraid of anything!" Thomas patted his chest and said.

"Good!" Higg continued to laugh and said, "Wait a minute, we will abandon the ship, and you and Butterfly Caiyun will tie ourselves with ropes and attach them to me!" ”

"Abandon ship?" Thomas and Butterfly shouted in surprise at the same time.

"Why, didn't you just say that you weren't even afraid of death?" Higg laughed.

"I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid of water!" Thomas said in horror.

"I'm afraid of water, too!" Butterfly Caiyun also said in horror.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you!" Higg smiled, "You must be relaxed, you can't be nervous!" ”

Thomas and Butterfly Caiyun hurriedly nodded hard.

"Ahem, I'm still nervous!" Thomas said hurriedly.

"You two silently say in your minds: 'Relax, don't be nervous!' Recite these two sentences 20 times silently! ”

The wind is getting stronger and stronger, the waves are getting bigger and bigger, the anchor of the river boat is not as deep as the sea boat, it is shaking very much, the rain has not yet arrived, the hull of the ship has been clicked by the waves, and it seems that it is about to break and disintegrate, which makes everyone on the boat feel dull and nervous, even Nicole, who has sailing experience.

"Abandon ship?" Higg asked Nicole nervously.

"Wait, I'll go up to the lookout and take a look!" Nicole said.

Daniel hurriedly said, "No, it's dangerous on the lookout right now!" ”

Nicole looked at Daniel with a smile and said, "Where else is it not dangerous now?" ”

"Land!" Die Caiyun suddenly shouted excitedly, and then changed his words and said, "Ahead, there is a small island!" ”

"In what direction, at what distance, how can I not see it?" Nicole stood on the lookout and looked around, but couldn't see anything.

"Straight ahead, about thirty kilometers!" Butterfly Caiyun shouted.

"Goal setting?" Nicole asked hurriedly?

"The target is absolutely reliable! Your Excellency, Captain! Butterfly Caiyun replied confidently.

"What if we have an island, can we still sail?" Daniel smiled wryly, "Even if we can sail, do we still have masts and sails?" ”

"You don't pour cold water on me!" Nicole said angrily, "Hope is better than no hope!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

"Prepare to abandon ship!" Nicole shouted, "Thomas, Butterfly and I got into the lifeboat, Daniel and Higg got into the water, and we weren't allowed to carry anything extra except for the personal equipment on the first aid kit!" ”

Nicole said to Daniel and Higg, "The three of us take turns getting into the lifeboat, we have to get on the steer!" ”

Turning to Butterfly Caiyun, he said, "Butterfly Caiyun, I have no limit to your food and water, but you must stay awake and guide the direction. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

"Abandon ship—" Nicole finally gave the order to abandon ship.

Higg and Daniel put the sack containing the wine bottle into the lifeboat that could seat five or six people, and after letting Butterfly Caiyun, Thomas, and Nicole also come up to the boat, the two slowly lowered the rope together, and when the lifeboat touched the water, they cut the rope, and then jumped into the sea.

Tied to the body with a first-aid kit, its own buoyancy will lift people up, people who can swim as long as they control the balance of the body and the direction of travel, so the first aid kit on their backs Higg and Daniel save a lot of effort, they mainly control the direction of the lifeboat, must make the lifeboat body consistent with the direction of the waves, the lifeboat is not easy to roll over.

Nicole threw the two sacks of wine bottles from the lifeboat into the sea together, and connected them with the lifeboat with a rope, on both sides of the lifeboat, one sack on one side, and the wine bottle was filled with wine, the density of the wine was smaller than that of the sea, and it naturally floated on the surface of the sea, but more importantly, it increased the stability of the lifeboat.

Shortly after abandoning the ship and boarding the boat, a storm came as promised. The wind carried heavy raindrops and smashed people's faces with pain. The waves are four or five meters high, and the lifeboat is like a small leaf in a big river, rising and falling with the waves. A few lightning bolts swept across the dark sky, and the subsequent bursts of thunder also shook people's hearts and added a shadow of terror. How can man not be in awe and fear in the face of such a natural wonder?

Thomas and Butterfly Caiyun were pale, frightened, and almost collapsed.

"Higg, Daniel, don't waste your efforts pointing to that island now, save the lifeboat and save your stamina!" Nicole said.

The four- or five-meter wave gradually turned into a seven- or eight-meter wave, and when the lifeboat was at the bottom of the wave, it saw the wild waves surging in the distance, like a small mountain range collapsing down, almost suffocating.

More than ten minutes after abandoning ship, the boat was overturned and then smashed by the huge waves.

It was early afternoon, but Higg and the others drifted with the tide for three or four hours as if it were dark night, and even the sturdy lifeboat began to disintegrate, Nicole cut the rope of the wine bottle sack, let Butterfly Caiyun and Thomas hold one by one, and tied them with ropes around their waists and shoulders, and the other end of the rope was tied around Higg's waist. Higg, Daniel, and Nicole, with no one holding a piece of a lifeboat shard, continue to drift with the current.

Thomas and Butterfly Caiyun, after a few hours of wind and rain, gradually lost that sense of fear, and they were numb or used to it.

The storm continued for a few more hours, and by the time the storm had cleared, the sky was full of stars and the waves had gradually subsided. Thankfully, it wasn't swept away by the storm and waves.

Several people took turns to open the first aid kit and replenish some food, so that the fresh water did not need to be replenished, and the rainwater was full.

"I really want to sleep!" Daniel, who was so tired that he was almost paralyzed, said with extravagance.

"You deserve it, so you don't have to rotate with me!" Nicole Gege laughed.

"Wronged, I just politely said to you, I didn't expect you to really not rotate with me!" Daniel laughed.

"Talk less, save your energy!" "I don't know how long it will take to get to the island, and I guess you'll have to stay awake for at least a day and a night." ”

"The location of the island is directly ahead, about fifteen kilometers!" Die Caiyun said.

"What!" Nicole was surprised, "You mean that we have been blown by a storm for fifteen kilometers, and we haven't deviated from our direction!" ”

"So far, Your Excellency!" Die Caiyun said.

"There's no captain here, have you ever seen a captain who doesn't even have a dinghy?" Nicole laughed.

"Fifteen kilometers left, how are we going to get there, do we paddle slowly? How long will that take! Daniel began to complain again.

"Higg, what can you do!" Nicole asked seriously.

"Daniel, your father was an animal trainer, and you didn't learn anything about him?" Higg asked.

"What do you mean?" Daniel asked curiously.

"I mean, you can just catch a few sharks or whales and domesticate them, and then let them pull us over, hahaha" Hig laughed, "No matter how bad it is, you domesticate a turtle, although it is a little slower, but that guy is not as grumpy as sharks and whales, so domesticated!" ”

"Damn, I won't tell you!" Daniel laughed, "Every time you make fun of me, how can it be so easy to domesticate?" Don't look back, I'll bring you a school of sharks, open your mouth wide, bite you, hehe! ”

"you Daniel, don't give me a crow's mouth!" Nicole yelled.