Chapter 0287 Buoyancy
When the whale mutant beast dived into the sea, Qin An and Xiaoru still wanted to make a final struggle.
So they tried to swim back to Dongding Island, because it was the closest land they knew.
However, the wind and waves at sea did not want them to continue to live at all.
After just ten minutes of swimming, the sea breeze became strong and the waves became turbulent!
All the beauty of this sea turned into ferocity, and it wanted to slaughter a life that did not belong to it, from the outside world.
Qin An firmly hugged Xiaoru into his arms, and then the two were swept by the waves, sometimes sinking to the bottom of the sea, sometimes being thrown out of the sea.
If it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would have died a long time ago.
And Qin An and Xiaoru are not ordinary people, they both have strong muscular strength, which allows them to fight for a glimmer of life in the angry sea.
This time, it was different from the previous one that had just escaped from Blue Ocean City.
At that time they had a wooden boat that would keep them afloat most of the time.
And this time they didn't have anything, so most of the time they were pressed into the sea by the waves.
In this way, they were tormented by the sea, and when the sun turned from the east to the west, they soaked in the sea for almost nine hours!
The sea water in January is very cold, even if you have a physique like Qin An, after soaking for a long time, you will feel a little numb in your body.
Then Xiaoru's condition is even worse, she has begun to tremble, she is also dizzy, and she has drunk a lot of seawater.
When dusk came, the sea finally became calm, and at this moment, Qin An no longer knew where they were washed away, and there was no land in sight around them, all of them were sea.
The sunset on the western horizon is still beautiful, but Qin An is no longer in the mood to appreciate it.
His body floated in the seawater, and then he held Xiao Ru up so that her head was also above the sea, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Xiao Ru! Leprechauns! Are you dead or not? ”
Xiao Ru had always had her eyes closed, and when Qin An's roar sounded in her ears over and over again, she finally woke up a little from her dizzy state, and then coughed hard, spit out a few mouthfuls of salty seawater from her mouth.
Qin An saw Xiao Ru's reaction, and was surprised to push her body higher, and then knocked her on the back, making her spit out more seawater.
After a toss, Xiaoru took a long breath, and then said weakly: "The rain has stopped?" ”
Qin An really couldn't cry or laugh, it seemed that Xiaoru had been swept away by the waves!
She thought she was in the rain!
He was in no mood to make fun of Xiao Ru, because Qin An was also very tired at this time, so he hugged Xiao Ru a little tighter and said, "Yes! The rain has stopped, but we are already drenched! ”
Xiao Ru slowly opened her eyes and found that one of Qin An's faces was close at hand, and his face was full of water droplets.
Although the sea breeze is gone, although the waves are not turbulent, but the sea water is still rhythmic, they follow the rhythm of the sea, floating in the sea water, Qin An no longer has much strength to swim, can only use his feet to tread the water, so that the body maintains the best angle of inclination, so that the two of them will not be overwhelmed by the sea.
Xiao Ru smiled slightly, she wasn't dead yet? She looked at Qin An and said, "It's still the first year of junior high school!" Happy New Year! ”
Qin An finally laughed, he didn't expect Xiao Ru to say such a thing to him.
It turns out that when death cannot be escaped, people can face it very calmly!
Looking at Xiao Ru's smiling face, Qin An suddenly found that he liked her smile very much.
There is a taste of innocence in her smile, as well as a touch of charm.
Finding that Qin An was looking at herself, Xiaoru was not shy this time, she also looked at Qin An, and then said, "We're probably really going to die, right?" ”
Qin An nodded, and then said: "Yes, we don't have a wooden boat this time, so we can only float like this, and it is estimated that the body will be exhausted soon!" Uncle, I've experienced a lot of wind and waves! At that time, I didn't die when I met the Grim Reaper girl, but now I want to die at your hands! You're good enough, too! ”
Xiao Ru was stunned for a moment and repeated: "Who is the Death Girl?" ”
She didn't understand the meaning of Qin An's words at all, and what Qin An was referring to was, of course, Liu Xia.
Hearing Xiao Ru's question, Qin An didn't open his mouth to explain, because he didn't have the strength to talk about Liu Xia now, it was a somewhat long story.
The sea water is cold, but Xiao Ru feels that she is not cold, because of Qin An's storage.
From a psychological point of view, a woman will feel warm when she is held in the arms of a strong man.
From a physiological point of view, Qin An is a man, and Xiaoru is a woman, a man is masculine, and a woman is feminine, so a man's body temperature is a little higher than a woman's body temperature in the same environment. In this way, Xiao Ru can absorb the heat emitted from Qin An's body, although this heat is very meager, but in the cold seawater, it can be infinitely amplified.
Xiao Ru was hugged by Qin An, and her body length was only half of Qin An's, so in the sea water, Xiao Ru's little feet would occasionally sweep over Qin An's little brother.
Even so, Xiaoru didn't have any embarrassment, and last night, she had the most intimate contact with that somewhat fierce guy.
Qin An was a little uncomfortable at first, but slowly it didn't matter, I don't know if I can continue to live, why do I care about so many things?
The two continued to hug each other and continued to float in the sea, and as time passed, they no longer had the strength to speak, and floating in the sea was also a very exhausting thing.
Xiaoru has always been held by Qin An, and the strength she expended is actually much smaller than Qin An, but her physical strength is inferior to Qin An's after all.
Therefore, she was more tired than Qin An.
But her mental state is very good, and the experience at this time seems to be a dream.
She willfully gave herself to a man casually, and this man is trying to protect her!
He didn't even know that there was already a relationship between them! He doesn't even have the slightest love for her!
However, even so, in danger, he still protected her without hesitation, although her weight was not heavy, but if he let go of her, he could save more effort, right?
Thinking of this, Xiaoru felt that she was extremely lucky, it was really not easy to meet such a man in the last days.
If she dies like this, then Xiaoru will feel that her life is perfect, at least close to perfection.
Time continued to pass, and the wind blew again on the calm sea.
And when the wind comes, so do the waves.
The two men were swept by the waves again, sometimes up and sometimes sinking.
Xiao Ru closed her eyes, she let her heart become calm, waiting for death to come!
It took about four or five hours for the wind and waves to return to calm, and at this moment, Xiao Ru had already passed out, and Qin An had already lost his strength, and he could barely control his body to continue to float on the sea! Struggling in the wind and waves is too exhausting! Qin An believes that even the swimmers who can cross the strait played on TV in the past cannot be carried by huge winds and waves to stay in the sea for more than ten hours without a trace of strength.
That's it, it seems! There is no escape from death again.
Qin An wanted to give up because he was too tired.
At this moment, Qin An noticed that something was reflecting a few hundred meters away from him!
What could it be?
With a hint of curiosity, and the will to survive was rekindled, Qin An stimulated the last potential in his body, paddled with one hand, and swam towards the glowing place with breaststroke.
When he swam there, he found that it was a small plank! On the edge of the plank, wrapped in a metal frame, this must be a decorative item on a certain boat, right? Or is it a picture frame?
Qin An couldn't figure out what it was for, but Qin An knew that this plank was his lifeline!
Put Xiaoru on the plank first, and then Qin An climbed up himself, but the weight of the two people's plank could not support it, so they immediately flipped it over, making them fall into the sea again.
Qin An struggled hard to pull Xiaoru back into his arms in the sea, and then swam to the side of the plank, repeated several attempts, Qin An was completely disappointed!
This plank was not enough to bear the weight of the two of them.
There was no way, Qin An could only hold Xiaoru and continue to float in the sea with his hands on the plank.
After another four or five hours, Qin An's body became heavier and heavier, and he only felt that there seemed to be a big hand in the sea, pulling him down.
At this time, he was too weak and soaked in seawater for a long time, causing his body to be dehydrated profusely. And the symptoms of dehydration are a decrease in his extracellular fluid! Plasma volume, cardiac output, maximal oxygen uptake, muscle strength, and glycogen content all decreased substantially.
This makes it impossible for him to continue to float on the sea in his body, and this sense of powerlessness will make him unconsciously want to grasp the last straw, that is to say, his body will press on the plank with all his strength!
In this case, the plank still could not bear the weight from him and Xiaoru.
In the end, Qin An knew that he was already in a mortal situation! Maybe let go of Xiaoru at this time, he can still hold on to the plank for a while, but is this necessary? By the time he lost consciousness and couldn't hold on to the plank with his hands, he eventually died!
Qin An worked hard to push Xiao Ru onto the plank, then took off the white shirt she had been wearing, tore a few rags, and then wrapped one end of the strip of cloth around Xiao Ru's wrist, and the other end tied to the raised metal border on the edge of the board.
This is the last thing he can do for Xiaoru, and it is the only choice he can make at the moment.
He wasn't very noble, and if he had a choice, he would probably hesitate to let himself stay on the plank or let Xiaoru go.
Thankfully, he didn't have a choice! Then it is equivalent to choosing nobility!
Qin Anxin was very bitter, he suddenly remembered a foreign movie he had watched many years ago, it seemed to be called "Titanic", when he watched it at the time, he didn't feel touching, and even felt a little fake.
And now, he is facing a similar situation, what a bloody episode!
Qin An laughed at himself in his heart, and then looked at Xiao Ru, who was unconscious on the wooden board, this little goblin's little face was very pale at this time!
A slight wave passed by, Qin An's body sank down suddenly, he hurriedly reached out and grabbed the plank, but when his hand hit the plank, the plank tilted quickly and was about to turn over, Qin An hurriedly let go of his hand!
Damn buoyancy!
Without the support of the wooden plank, the weak Qin An's body began to descend in the rhythm and slight waves of the sea, and finally he was powerless to continue struggling, and slowly fell into the dark sea!