Chapter 11: The Storm I
Just after the sailor left for a while, Vito suddenly felt that the hull began to undulate, bumping up and down, swaying from side to side, and the amplitude of the undulating shaking was still increasing, so that he could not lie on the narrow wire bed smoothly, and after standing up, his body was also swaying back and forth with the shaking of the hull, and he couldn't stand at all, and he had to firmly hold a fixed and reliable component with both hands so as not to fall, such as bedposts, door bolts, etc.
Vito stumbled to the porthole and looked out, and the sea outside the window was dark and gloomy, and the wind was wrapped in huge waves, like a wild beast pounced on the hull of the Moon Worship, as if in an instant the sea had roared, furious, and wrecklessly raging, and the wild power of nature seemed to destroy everything. And at this moment, Vito's state of mind was completely subverted, the huge bump and shaking made the entire hull difficult to control, all the data was so chaotic that it could not be extracted, and the route that was memorized by hard calculation also ended here, because the data was out of order and could not be sorted out normally, Vito's careful thinking was frustrated, and now what we need to pay attention to is the earth-shattering storm in front of us.
The sky has been so dark that it is impossible to identify, accompanied by a violent storm, thunder and lightning, only the lightning that tears through the sky suddenly appears, can you see the sea surface of the waves dozens of meters high, the power is irresistible, the ship in the storm was on the top of the waves, and then fell to the bottom, this makes people's heart bear the huge weightlessness and overweight rapid alternation of the great discomfort, the heart really seems to jump out of the mouth, his stomach also fell down, he opened his mouth and vomited twice, and then suffocated. He followed the tilting and swaying of the ship, rushed back to the side of the iron bed, grabbed the iron bed, and fixed himself to this relatively stable member, even if his body was still shaking with the violent shock, he did not let go, and held on to it, like grasping a life-saving straw.
"Crash, crash, crash......" Vito heard the sound of a knock on the ship's wall in the cabin where there was a lot of clutter, and he didn't let go, but kicked a few times on the opposite wall with his foot, and in response, told the other party that he was still alive and could still move. Sure enough, there was no sound next door, according to the order, it was Felinan over there, he slapped the wall, passed the message, and stopped knocking after receiving the message, indicating that he got the news, he was relieved, this is a move to care about himself, Vito was moved when he was moved, thinking that this person could be delivered.
In a daze, the hatch suddenly opened, and the sailor before clasped the deadbolt with one hand and grabbed something with the other, and shouted at the door: "Come out, you come out to help, the ship is out of control..." Vito was surprised and delighted, at the moment he was worried that if the ship was overturned, he would die in this cabin, there was no room to struggle, someone came to open the door and let them out, and he didn't know if the words he reminded the sailors had worked, and he thought of them when he needed help. He hurriedly stumbled to the hatch, and at this time the sailor had already gone to open the next hatch, and after a while, the hatch Fellinan pounced out, fortunately grabbed the edge of the wall, so that he did not fall, but raised his head, and when he saw Vito, he grinned and showed a warm smile under the embarrassment, which was an optimistic state of mind in the dilemma. Vito felt that being able to stay with such an optimistic person in such an environment would avoid greater fear and pessimism, and would inexplicably increase the determination to overcome difficulties, even if it was a ridiculous self-consolation or fantasy.
Villa and Qiu Wuxian also left their respective cabins, looking embarrassed, Villa's face was blue and full of anger, but he did not have a seizure; Qiu Wuxi's face also showed a look of panic, but he was not so unprepared, he still looked a little determined, and he was the tallest and strongest of the four.
The five men were in the narrow aisle, each holding on to a certain piece of the hull, trying to balance their bodies, when the sailor shouted loudly, trying to make the sound of the hull squeezing and shaking under the lapping and squeezing of the waves more clearly so that everyone could hear it.
"We suddenly encountered a super storm, the Global Navigation Center did not issue an accurate weather forecast beforehand, now the wind outside is more than 17, the wind speed is more than 63 m/s, now the hull is being put to a huge test, the ship has fallen into a state of loss of control, the captain can't handle such a strong storm, the ship can encounter any possible situation at any time, he doesn't want someone to be stuffy into cans, so let me let you out, everyone stay in the living quarters, put on life jackets, strengthen the fastening of life-saving equipment, and close all watertight hatches, Then find a place for yourself to fix yourself, don't be blown into the sea by the wind, don't be swept away by the waves, and then settle your destiny! May God bless us! The sailor spoke of their present situation in frustration, and then blessed everyone, including himself, with a prayer of an old religion.
The news that the ship was out of control was so bad that everyone was shocked, and Villa's face instantly turned from iron to dead ash, and his mouth began to curse in a dialect that no one else understood, and he was very emotional.
Vito stretched out his hand and beckoned to Felinand, Felinan staggered and stumbled to Vito's side, Vito reached out and grabbed Felinan's left hand, and the two hands were firmly clasped together, because their other hand was grasping the rest of the hull, so when the hands of the two people were firmly clasped together, they felt that the power transmitted by the other party's hand made each other's bodies stand more stable, the two smiled at each other's acquaintance, and suddenly rose with a heroic aura, forgetting the predicament they were facing at the moment.
"You all come here, everyone gets together, helps each other, puts on life jackets first, and takes care of each other." Vito suddenly shouted loudly, after shouting, he himself was taken aback, he has always obeyed the command or order of others, and has never taken the initiative to give orders, because he is a synthetic person, and he is not qualified to command natural people at all, but today he actually commanded people, which shows that his self-confidence has risen significantly.
Because he and Felinan had already stood arm in arm, their mutual reliance made Qiu Wuxian and Villa feel that his words were right, so they also walked over, they found the box where the life jacket was placed, took out the life jacket, and helped each other put on the life jacket, in fact, this can only be a psychological comfort, really capsized or fell into the sea in this situation, there is basically no hope of survival, unless a miracle happens.