Chapter 242: Sea of Despair
The rain gradually began in the afternoon, turning from a torrential rain to a drizzle.
Li Chaoyang opened the hatch and walked out of the room, and when he came to the door, he found that the visibility was particularly good, and the other people on the cargo ship were all in their rooms, and the empty cabin seemed extraordinarily empty.
After making sure that there was no one outside, Li Chaoyang went back and called Sydney and Mia, and the three of them walked out of the cargo ship smoothly, stuck to the edge of the cargo ship and passed through the open beach as quickly as possible, hid in the weeds, and went straight to Zhang Jianjun's hiding place.
Mia walked in the front, Li Chaoyang took Sydney's hand and followed, Sydney's heart was extremely excited, it felt like she had escaped from hell, and that feeling was simply indescribable.
After passing through a reef, several people successfully found Zhang Jianjun's lifeboat, which was hidden in a cave on the surface of the reef, which could only be found when going down to the sea, and the location was quite hidden, with food and water on the boat.
Li Chaoyang jumped into the water and took out the lifeboat, and Mia immediately jumped into the water.
"Where's Sydney?" Li Chaoyang asked.
"She's not leaving." Mia said.
Not leaving?
As soon as Li Chaoyang looked up, he saw Sydney fall to the ground, and when he turned around, Mia's muzzle had been clubbed in his face.
"What did you do to her?" Li Chaoyang roared loudly.
"Don't be nervous, she's just fainting temporarily, taking her with her will kill us all, let's go!"
"You've been lying to me from the beginning, you didn't even think to take her with you." Li Chaoyang grabbed the barrel of the gun, glared at him, and wanted to eat Mia.
"That's right, I'm lying to you, and this is also to avoid any further mistakes in the middle."
"Then I must take her with me."
"No, this ship can only seat two people, and if you leave me behind, then you'll never want to get a satellite phone."
"Where's the canoe?"
Mia smiled bitterly and shook her head: "It's long gone, how do you think I was injured?" The canoe has been crashed, leave her, she can still live, she will definitely die with her, she can't survive in such sea conditions, go quickly! ”
Looking at Sydney, Li Chaoyang felt unspeakably uncomfortable, he agreed to take Sydney with him, and he didn't know how sad she would be when she woke up, and what would Zhang Jianjun do to her?
Maybe she'll die.
He glanced at the sea and hesitated, the originally gentle sea had now completely turned into a violent beast, the waves were rough, the wind was howling, and the lifeboat could only seat two people, and he had to give up Sydney.
"Wait a minute."
Li Chaoyang jumped off the boat and came to Sydney's side, he picked up Sydney and moved her to a reef where she could shelter from the rain, picked up a stone and wrote four big words on the reef: satellite phone.
After writing, Li Chaoyang quickly returned to the ship.
"It seems that you really care about her, and I will kill her with one knife so that she will not suffer again." Mia sneered.
"So I'll never be you, and I can't be what you imagined."
The two men rowed the speedboat towards the boundless sea.
The wind and waves at sea were particularly strong, especially near the shore, and they were finally pushed back by the waves after rowing out a distance, and the two of them took great effort to break away from the coastline and sail into the strait.
The lifeboat is like a leaf floating on the ocean, Li Chaoyang rowed in front, Mia was behind and pushed the water with her hands, and when the lifeboat was flooded, she held it out with both hands, and the original blue sea turned black, like pouring countless bottles of ink.
Fish as thin as noodles leap freely on the surface of the sea, predators follow, storms stir the sea, food scraps and plankton swim to the upper layers to eat, fish pour out of their nests, and for a moment the sea becomes their carnival dance.
Happily, the rain was getting lighter and lighter, almost stopping, the wind was gone, and the sea was calm again, except for the small waves.
After paddling for a long time, Li Chaoyang's arm was extremely sore, he opened the bag and took out Zhang Jianjun's water, this guy put all the water in the aluminum kettle, there were seven or eight.
Li Chaoyang unscrewed it and took a sip, and immediately felt that something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" Mia also unscrewed a kettle.
"Red wine." Li Chaoyang smacked his mouth and took another sip.
Mia also took a sip and smiled with satisfaction.
"This is a good wine from Khuppa's treasure, and this guy Taylor stole it out, it's amazing." Mia picked up the kettle and grunted and poured it into her mouth.
After drinking, Li Chaoyang ate some more biscuits.
The compressed biscuits don't taste very good, but it's good to have them now.
He lay on the lifeboat and looked at the gray sky and burped.
This feeling of being full of food and drink is really refreshing.
"Hurry up!" Mia shouted.
Li Chaoyang hurriedly sat up, the sea surface that had been unobstructed disappeared, and a huge and incomparably large fog surrounded him from all directions, and in a blink of an eye, the sea around them was invisible, and the visibility was only two meters at most.
It is normal for fog to get after a rainstorm, but for Li Chaoyang and them, it is too fatal.
They don't have a compass, and once their vision is blocked, they get lost at sea and are far away from Elysium, and the consequences will be unimaginable. They will not be able to eat and drink for a few days, and they will most likely die of starvation and thirst in the sea.
There is an even more terrible consequence, that is, it runs aground, and once it hits the reef, the ship will inevitably be destroyed and people will die.
There is no wind, no rain, the sea fog will not dissipate for a short time, and even if they do nothing, the lifeboat will move slowly under the impetus of the currents and waves.
Li Chaoyang had never encountered such a situation, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
Mia drew a cross on her chest, leaned over and kowtowed, and whispered a Bible in her mouth.
It's ironic that a murderous demon is actually a devout believer.
"Don't panic, remember the direction and current we just had?" Mia asked.
"I don't know." They had been eating and drinking for several minutes just now, and the lifeboat had been in a state of laissez-faire, turning around several times.
Mia picked up the bag of water, ripped off a piece that quickly tore into pieces, and threw it into the water.
The plastic floated in the water, moving to the left front.
"This way!" Mia turned around and pointed behind her and said, "I noticed when I came, we have been going backwards all along, and if nothing else, it should be this side." ”
"Do you want to wait?" Li Chaoyang was a little hesitant, they are now messing up the direction, and once they make a mistake, the consequences are unimaginable.
"I can't wait, this sea fog sometimes doesn't dissipate for a day, and when the storm rises again, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to escape." Mia has her point, too, and knows the power of the storm.
Rather than sit back and wait, she was determined to give it a go.
The two of them walked slowly through the mist, the wind stopped, the rain stopped, the sea fog shrouded the whole world, even the fish disappeared, it was like coming to the legendary sea of oblivion, quiet and frightening.
"Don't talk, there's something in the fog." Mia whispered.
"What's that?"
"Ghost ships, if you see them, you will incur bad luck."
Li Chaoyang was noncommittal, he didn't believe in this kind of legend, but for now they had to be quiet and not distracted.
At this moment, Li Chaoyang really hoped that a sudden gust of wind would blow away these damn fogs.
"Shh
Mia made a quiet gesture and raised her weapon.
There was a sound of rushing water directly in front of him, and the sound was getting closer and closer to them, and Li Chaoyang clearly heard Mia's sound of opening the safe.
What is there to swim in the sea in such weather?
Suddenly, a huge black figure appeared in front of the two of them, it was a baleen whale with a body length of more than twenty meters, it floated slowly on the water, like a moving hill. Its jaws are covered with all sorts of attached creatures, and cleaner fish are cruising its face, looking for dead skin and parasites that have fallen from the whales.
Li Chaoyang and Mia seemed so small in front of it, they were simply not worth mentioning.
The baleen whale closed its eyes as if it were asleep, and two humans stared at it right in front of its eyes.
Suddenly, the baleen whale sank, and the waves quickly pushed the small lifeboat out, and then the baleen whale lifted its tail and hit the surface of the water hard.
"Whoa!"
The water splashed, and the two people in the lifeboat were once again drenched in soup, and the lifeboat spun uncontrollably in the water, turning several times in succession before stopping.
Suddenly, a huge black figure floated up from under the lifeboat, and the lifeboat was lifted up in an instant, quickly rising into the air and leaving the water, the lifeboat hovered on the back of the baleen whale, swaying from side to side, crumbling, and the two people in the boat knelt on the boat and did not dare to make any movement.
The baleen whale seemed to realize that there was something on its back, and its body only shook slightly, and the lifeboat immediately seemed to tilt to one side, and the angle became larger and larger, rushing down the smooth back of the baleen whale.
"Ahh
The two people in the boat screamed at the same time, and the lifeboat slid faster and faster under the effect of gravity, accelerating all the way down, rushing into the water at a great speed, and continuing to slide forward.
Before the two of them came to their senses, the lifeboat had already rushed out of the soft sea fog and stopped steadily on the calm sea.
This scene happened so quickly that the two people in shock ended it before they could figure out what was going on. They walked out of the fog in an extremely unexpected way, and the vast expanse of the sea reappeared before the eyes of the two men.
Elysium looms in the distance.
Saved, they once again saw the hope of life.
A drop of rain fell on Li Chaoyang's face without warning, and he raised his head and more rain fell.
This damn rain is coming again.
"Quick, row!" Mia shouted and picked up the oar, picked up her arms and paddled hard.
The rain came as soon as it was said, just now it was just raindrops, and in the blink of an eye it was a downpour, and the sound of rain was everywhere, and countless ripples were made on the sea.
Raindrops from a height of 10,000 meters fell from the sky, smashed heavily into the sea, and hit the faces of the two people, causing a burst of pain.
The rain that Li Chaoyang was still looking forward to just now suddenly came, and it caught people off guard.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, it has far exceeded the previous scale, Li Chaoyang knelt on the boat and scooped the water out with both hands, even so, his speed still couldn't keep up with the speed of the rain, the water in the boat was getting deeper and deeper, the lifeboat began to sink, and the speed was getting slower and slower, but fortunately, the wind was blowing from behind them, sliding forward with the lifeboat.
The sky seemed to have been torn open, and with the rolling thunder and torrential rain, there was no intention of attenuation.
But human strength is limited, especially Mia, who has an injured arm, will soon be unable to support it, and the speed of rowing will become slower and slower.
There is no shelter on the vast sea, and there is no place to resist the wind and waves, so if you want to survive, you can only continue to move forward.
"Let me come!"
Li Chaoyang pulled her over, Mia turned to look at Li Chaoyang, and the raindrops were falling down her hair.
"Don't stop, don't stop." Mia's tone changed.
The once proud female pirate was frightened at this moment, and she bowed her head in front of the raging nature, and began to pound the water out.
Li Chaoyang wiped his face, knelt on his feet in the life raft, inserted the oar into the water and flicked it back hard, his elbow immediately came with a sore pain, he gritted his teeth and continued to insist.
Once, again.
Li Chaoyang looked at the distance and paddled numbly.
Mia in the back of the physical strength is more and more unable to hold on, the life raft is very serious, and finally completely filled, fortunately, its airbag is big enough, buoyancy is strong enough, even if the side and water surface are almost flat still not sinking, this is also the biggest advantage of this rubber lifeboat, buoyancy, light weight, not easy to sink, but the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, it is extremely fragile, easy to break.
The two of them were completely soaked in the water, and the lifeboat couldn't move, Li Chaoyang only needed to stop the action in his hand and pound the water with Mia, and when it was almost done, he continued to row forward, and then stopped and continued to pound the water when it was full.
Just stop and go, stop and go, I don't know how long it took, the two of them stopped talking, they were numb to each other, and they repeated the same set of actions mechanically.
After a long period of work, the hands of the two people have long lost sensation, their fingers are white, and their arms are almost unable to lift.
In addition to the water and water all around, the rain screen blocked the view, the sky was getting darker and darker, and the sea seemed to be boundless, and it was impossible to reach the shore.
Mia couldn't hold it anymore, and fell into the lifeboat with her hands raised, gasping for breath, tears rolling down with the rain.
The sea conditions were also terrible and the rain was heavy when they came, but the more they were not as bad as they are now, and they obviously deviated from the direction, and they didn't know where they were running at the moment.
"It's over, we're going to die here, it's going to be dark, we can't go ashore, and when we lose our strength we'll be swept into the sea and drowned." Mia said in despair.
Human beings are so small in front of nature, human beings boast that they have conquered the sea, but in fact it is the sea that spares human beings, and when it is merciful, it is very gentle, and everyone can get the gift of the sea.
When it goes berserk, its wrath consumes everything, and no one is immune.