Chapter 214: The Darkest Hour Hope looms
Lee Kwang Han said happily: "We are striving to paddle faster to the east, and strive to see the land before the night comes." Baidu search literature network, more good free reading. ”
Hearing that victory was in sight, George also came to the spirit, no matter how selfish and cunning he was, he knew the truth of being in the same boat. What's more, his blood is boiling now, and he feels that he is the only person who has mastered the secrets of the core of the earth.
Lee and George rowed one oar at a time, and the lifeboats made their way through the rough waves.
Chen Aili's body has not fully recovered, she leaned on the side of the boat to rest. Lee's tall back shimmered in the afterglow of the setting sun. His broad and solid shoulders made her feel safe in the midst of danger. He looked back at her resting with concern, just in time to meet her fiery, sneaking gaze at him. Two red clouds flew up her cheeks, and he quickly turned his head.
Chen Aili also turned her head to look at the sea in the distance, letting the cold sea breeze blow her hot face and dizzy mind.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. I thought I could see the land before dark, but seeing the sun set, the sky became pitch black again, and the sea breeze mixed with the smell of fish blew on my body, and a sense of fear naturally hit her, and Chen Aili began to shiver non-stop again.
George also lay down tired, where he had usually suffered such a sin, and he began to howl in despair. The sound of the wild seems insignificant in the sea, or it makes humanity even smaller.
Suddenly, all three of them felt something powerful at the bottom of the lifeboat "thump", there was no strict rule, and after a while there would be one or several sounds. Baidu search literature network, more good free reading. It must have been George's howl that provoked the ferocious sea creatures such as sharks or killer whales.
Chen Aili reprimanded George in a low voice, and the three of them didn't dare to speak out. In fact, there is also a possibility that the sound of regular paddling will also attract sharks and killer whales.
Li Guanghan turned on the waterproof flashlight to check the sea around the lifeboat, and sure enough, the fin of a shark happened to be exposed on the sea not far away, and it was cruising around the lifeboat, as if to tell humans, you are my prey.
The lifeboat was so quiet that you could hear someone's heartbeat. At this time, humans who do not have heavy weapons in their hands are indeed a meal on a plate in the eyes of sharks, with meat in their mouths. It is not in a hurry, it walks slowly and slowly, scaring people half to death before opening its mouth.
Li Guanghan thought about it, he had neither guns nor harpoons at hand, and besides, even if he pierced the shark's skin with a knife, it was useless, and the blood would only attract more sharks. The only way to do this is to take out the flares from the storage box and see if you can scare them away, and if you're lucky, they'll be able to see the light when they encounter a passing ship.
They didn't dare use flares during the hardest part of last night, for fear of being seen by Dr. Emmons' ship. Now that I've drifted so far to the east, there shouldn't be any **.
At this time, Li Guanghan had a kind of pathos at the end of a hero in his heart, and he was able to overcome so many difficulties and obstacles one by one, but now he seems to be standing in front of the ghost gate again, and he is going to be buried in the mouth of a shark, is my mission over?
He couldn't help but look up at the starry sky, how bright it was tonight, after the storm of last night, the deep blue night was dotted with diamond-like shining stars. He subconsciously looked in the direction of Sirius, and the dazzling little star behind Sirius seemed to stand out from the starry sky, still twinkling for him, still in its original rhythm, everything was the same.
At this time, there was another "knock knock" sound from the bottom of the lifeboat, and the shark was obviously a little impatient, and the frequency of the demonstration was obviously accelerated. The lifeboat was hit by it one after another, George was already so frightened that he didn't dare to come out, Chen Aili gritted her teeth and clutched the knife tightly in her hand, although it was useless. She cracked with her shivering teeth, and did not forget to encourage Li Guanghan and said: "You are Li Guanghan, who are you afraid of?"
Li Guanghan laughed "hehe" and fired a signal flare into the air, and with the loud sound of "popping" resounded outside the night sky, the dazzling light also illuminated the surrounding sea surface for a while. Looking at this long-lost warm light, at this moment, the ** of survival is strongly written on everyone's face.
After the brilliant light, there was darkness and dead silence all around, no big ship, no response. The human will often collapses when hope is seen and then shattered, and despair hangs over the lifeboat.
The shark seemed to be frightened by the loud noise and light of the flares, and stopped for a while. Chen Aili took advantage of this time to quickly take the medicine and ate a few more bites of food. Fresh water and food are running out on the lifeboats, and now it's really an existential stake.
The good times did not last long, and the shark was quiet for a while, and when it saw that there was no direct threat, it began to surface again, cruising around the lifeboat. Sometimes it slammed into the bottom of the boat, sometimes it passed by the side of the boat, stirring up the waves and bouncing the lifeboat up and down. It seems to be eager to hear the frightened cries of humans in order to satisfy the pleasure of its own king. In its territory, what is a human being, just like an angler waiting for a fish to take the bait, he is not in a hurry to take the bait, but to walk the fish in the water until it is exhausted.
Lee Kwang Han fired another flare, and they were too eager to see the dazzling light, even if it was the last moment of their lives.
This time, the deterrent effect of the flare lasted only half an hour, and the shark appeared like a ghost again. George muttered with tears: "It's over, it's over, it's really over this time." ”
The shark began to ram the lifeboat frantically, from all directions, with all parts of its body, once at a time and twice countless times.
Lee Kwang-han and Chen Aili have already made up their minds to fight the shark to the death even if they fall into the water. Chen Aili even remembered the picture of Laura played by Angela Jolie riding on the back of a shark in Tomb Raider 2.
Suddenly, with a "bang", the lifeboat unknowingly crashed into a behemoth in front of it, black, motionless, and even some Q-bomb behemoths. This black shadow is one or two stories tall and more than ten meters long. The three of them were just paying attention to the side and bottom of the boat, and in the dark, they didn't notice a behemoth sneaking in.
In fact, it was not the behemoth that had crept in, but the lifeboat had quietly drifted to the shore, and they came across the carcass of a giant humpback whale. Looking back, the shark was gone.
Lee turned on the waterproof flashlight to examine the humpback whale's carcass and made sure it was stranded on the beach. He laughed: "It's really the road to the heavens" In life, many desperate times may come quietly.