124 The tide is rough
Although it is extremely comfortable and natural to lie on the beach facing the sunset after a full meal, and fall asleep in the midst of thinking about what is wrong, Jiang Jinghai understands that on this unknown desert island, doing so is tantamount to suicide.
Jiang Jinghai knew that she had to take advantage of the sunset, and on this island where there might not even be moonlight at night, even if she didn't have time to collect dry fuel to make a fire, she needed to get out of the beach as soon as possible, because the low sea at the moment would soon be high tide. Rather than trying to figure out why she came to this island and then find that she couldn't think of anything, it was her priority to gather and stock up on some life-saving food before the high tide and find a safe place to spend the night.
As Jiang Jinghai expected, before she could collect many fish and shrimp, the tide had already overflowed her ankles again, allowing the stranded fish and shrimp to return to its embrace. But to Jiang Jinghai's surprise, the tide was too fierce, although she began to move towards the jungle when the tide rose above her instep, but the sea water quickly overflowed her calves, and there was a great tendency to sweep her into the sea with those fish and shrimp before she entered the jungle.
Fortunately, the food from the previous full meal had been partially digested, allowing Jiang Jinghai's physical strength to recover. Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiang Jinghai immediately pulled his legs and ran. But before she could run two steps, the sea water had already overflowed her thighs, so she had to pounce forward, give up the fish and shrimp she had collected, and simply swim by herself.
Driven by the seawater, Jiang Jinghai soon came to the border of the jungle. However, instead of subsiding here, the tide became even more turbulent. Jiang Jinghai tried to grab a branch from the sea water to stabilize herself, but the surging waves did not give her such a chance. The waves that seemed unreceding kept propelling her forward with seemingly endless force, causing a branch to slip from her fingertips and snap, dashing her hopes again and again.
The collision with the branches in the dense forest exacerbated Jiang Jinghai's pain all over her body, but it also made her more sober. Before the sun's rays completely disappeared under the ocean, Jiang Jinghai took the opportunity to look back at the direction where the wave was coming. Through the last rays of blood-colored twilight, Jiang Jinghai saw the monstrous waves and terrifying wind and rain that were enough to engulf the jungle in the entire Xiaodao Plains area. In the face of this incredible and terrifying scene of disaster, Jiang Jinghai had to be stunned, but at the same time, he also realized rationally that trying to escape by himself in such a tide and waves is tantamount to using his mantis arm as a car. So, Jiang Jinghai took a deep breath and decided not to consume any more physical strength except for the necessary movements to keep his head above the water. Just wait for the tide to change direction, and then wait for the opportunity to catch the dew out of the tree.
However, this kind of waiting is not easy, pushed by the tide, Jiang Jinghai, who shuttles on the canopy of the forest, sometimes collides with the branches, sometimes is hit into the water by the waves, falls into the forest, and is trapped by the branches, and it takes great strength to float, even the wind and rain that come with the waves, are so crazy that it seems to be suffocating as if they want to drown their lives.
I don't know how long it took in the difficult waiting, and it wasn't until Jiang Jinghai almost fainted that the moment she was looking forward to finally came. Although it was a dark night with wind and rain, and the stars and moon were hard to find, when that moment came, although Jiang Jinghai could hardly see anything clearly, he could clearly hear the sound of the waves in front of him similar to the sound of huge waves crashing on the shore, and on that submerged island in the sea, only the sound of the tide hitting the mountain could be made.
Sure enough, after the appearance of a special tidal sound, the speed of the current slowed down. After a while, Jiang Jinghai felt the impact of dense tree branches as when he was just swept by the waves, but contrary to the beginning, as Jiang Jinghai was pushed forward by the waves, the branches did not decrease, but became thicker and thicker. After a while, Jiang Jinghai hugged a thick enough tree trunk before being slapped against the gable by the waves, bidding farewell to the turbulence of going with the flow.
However, it was not easy to cling to the trunk of the tree at the edge of the wave, because it was in the area affected by the intersection of the forward waves and the rebounding waves, Jiang Jinghai had to face the invasion of the all-round tide, and as soon as he came out of the water, he was overwhelmed by the huge waves.
Fortunately, the low tide comes just as quickly as the high tide. But just when the water retreated to Jiang Jinghai's feet, perhaps because he was extremely tired, he relaxed his vigilance for a while, and after there was no buoyancy of seawater, the trunk was too slippery, and Jiang Jinghai fell into the water again without paying attention. And the rapidly retreating water seemed to grow countless pairs of invisible hands, firmly grasping Jiang Jinghai and dragging her towards the sea.
Jiang Jinghai tried his best to fight against the wave that dragged him, but the retreating tide was no weaker than when he attacked, not only firmly dragging Jiang Jinghai, but also breaking countless branches and branches, and even uprooting some big trees.
What's worse is that due to the long-term immersion of the seawater and the struggle with all his might, one of Jiang Jinghai's calves unfortunately spasmed and cramped in the confrontation with the low tide current, and the sudden severe pain made Jiang Jinghai lose the strength to struggle for a while, choked several mouthfuls of water, and fainted.