The sea is exceptionally calm after the storm. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe whole ship had been ravaged by the storm, and the mast had broken and slanted into the deck. All sorts of things were scattered all over the ground and spread out on the deck in a mess. Zhuo Fan and Uncle Zheng cleaned up the cockpit a little, and Uncle Zheng went to rest. Zhuo Fan sat on the deck and drank wine. The sea breeze blew his injured cheek and hurt it exceedingly, he touched the gauze on his face, lay on his back on the deck, and looked up, and there were very bright stars in the sky. He took out the portable locator, which was unresponsive, probably broken.

Zhuo Fan suddenly took it for granted, after all, the equipment on the entire ship was inexplicably broken.

Zhuo Fan remembered that Uncle Zheng asked him just now, if he could live, if he still wanted to find that place. Zhuo Fan looked at himself wrapped in the starry sky at this moment, and felt extremely small. He was a little relieved in his heart, thinking to himself that it was better to forget it, that place, even if he found it, wasn't it also on the sea? What else could there be......

Zhuo Fan thought wildly and slowly fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, but the eastern sky gradually turned blue-white, and the junction between sea and sky was exceptionally clear. Zhuo Fan slowly woke up, and he could barely stand up because of the pain all over his body. He looked up at the blue sea and blue sky in front of him, and gradually came to his senses. At the junction of the sea and the sky, it gradually becomes brighter and brighter, and the sea and the sky seem to be dyed layer by layer, gradually spreading from white to yellow, orange and red. Red burst out of the sea and sky almost like flames, and he was stunned by what he saw.

"Zhuo...... Mr. Zhuo. Lao Zheng's voice sounded beside him.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Zhuo Fan's face was dyed red by the rising sun, and it was the first time he saw such a shocking sunrise, and he didn't want to look away at all.

But Uncle Zheng shouted at him vigorously, "Mr. Zhuo, look...... You see......"

Zhuo Fan turned around and saw the expression on Uncle Zheng's face, whether he was surprised or happy or scared, and he finally looked in the direction of Uncle Zheng's finger. He froze, too.

There, that island in the sea.

"This ...... This is...... What island? ”

"I don't know, I've never seen this island after so many years at sea."

The island is full of greenery, and you can feel the life of the island even if you are far away. However, this island stands in the middle of the sea as if held up by rocks. Looking from Zhuo Fan's direction, there was no place to go ashore.

"Where exactly are we now?" Zhuo Fan couldn't help but ask.

Uncle Zheng shook his head, "The positioning equipment on the ship is broken, the storm was so big last night, and I don't know where we were washed away." ”

Zhuo Fan asked again, "Can we take a closer look?" ”

Uncle Zheng hesitated, "The generator on the ship is broken. There is also backup power. ”

"Backup power? How long can it last? ”

"It won't last long." Uncle Zheng said disappointedly.

After last night's incident, Zhuo Fan knew that it was impossible to find the place he was going on this trip, and the current condition of the ship was difficult to define, and it was possible that they would not be able to sail at any time, in that case, they would probably have to float on the sea for a long time, and they didn't know how long it would take to meet passing ships to rescue them. The island that appeared in front of them at this moment gave the two of them hope.

"We need to go to the island." Zhuo Fan said firmly.

"Why? We have backup power, so if we can't make it to the return home, we can at least turn it back slowly. Floating on the sea always waited for a passing ship to rescue us. Uncle Zheng retorted.

"Old man, you also know that it is the day of the forbidden sea, and ships on the sea have their own waterways, and they are so far apart, it is too difficult to be discovered by others."

"When we got to the island, we were even more invisible to the passing ships." Uncle Zheng's words are conclusive.

"Not necessarily, first of all, there must be fresh water on this island, and when we get to the island, we take everything that can hold water to the island and fill it with water. Then we bring some timber from the island to the ship, and when the time comes, we light the firewood on the deck, and when the ship sees smoke, it will know that we are calling for help. Old man, we don't know how long we will stay on this sea, so we must be fully prepared. ”

I have to say that Uncle Zheng was still persuaded by Zhuo Fan, so many years of maritime experience is still not as useful as the education received in Zhuo Fan's books. Uncle Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll prepare." ”

After Uncle Zheng left, Zhuo Fan fell into deep thought. He didn't tell Uncle Zheng that this island looked so strange that he didn't know if he could go up. He took a chance and looked carefully at the island, which was full of life, but there was always something that didn't feel right for him.

"Ready, let's go?" Uncle Zheng came over and said.

Zhuo Fan nodded and said, "Let's go." ”

Uncle Zheng started the ship, and after a night of storm, the ship was still sailing, which surprised Zhuo Fan.

"I don't know how far this ship can go." Uncle Zheng came out of the cockpit and looked at the island facing the bow of the ship, "This island looks quite far away." ”

"yes. It could be tens of kilometers away. ”

Zhuo Fan's worries still came true, and when the ship was about a few kilometers closer to the island, the boat stopped moving.

"Probably the backup power supply has run out......," Uncle Zheng looked at Zhuo Fan apologetically and regretfully.

Zhuo Fan was very calm, he raised his binoculars and looked at the island. Under the lush greenery, a corner of a gray cement building is faintly exposed. "What's that?" Zhuo Fan muttered to himself. Uncle Zheng listened, "What did you say?" ”

"Look. So how can there be man-made buildings on the island? He asked.

Uncle Zheng unfolded the telescope and looked at the island, only to see that under the telescope, the gray-white building became more and more obvious, "Looking at it like this, it is indeed a house." ”

"Is there anyone living on the island?" Zhuo Fan guessed.

"It's a pity we can't go up." Uncle Zheng said regretfully.

The two spent a day on the ship, doing nothing. Zhuo Fan lay on the deck and seemed to bask in the sun leisurely, but from time to time he paid attention to whether there were ships passing by as far as his eyes could see. It's a pity that at the end of the day, there is nothing but the vast sea.

In the evening, the sun gradually sets, and the sea and sky are dyed a brilliant orange-red.

"I really don't know what to do...... Uncle Zheng nervously paced up and down the deck, completely forgetting that it was time to cook.

"How many days will there be enough food and water on board?" Zhuo Fan knew that they were about to have a long wait, and with a clear idea, he began to arrange food and water for the rest of the day.

"When I went out to sea, I prepared food and water for a week. If we save a little, it should be enough for us to last ten days and a half months. ”

"Ten days and a half months...... Zhuo Fan still couldn't help but worry. If we don't have a storm in the past half a month, it's okay to say. If there is another storm......"

"Don't think about it, boy. At this point, we can only live one day at a time. There are still a lot of ships coming and going in this sea, and maybe we will soon find out. ”

The sun slowly sinks, and little by little, the eastern sky is engulfed in night. Zhuo Fan blew the sea breeze and looked at the island a few kilometers away. Suddenly, he seemed to see a silver sand gradually appear from the bottom of the island, and slowly, a light white path appeared on the edge of the beach, glowing golden in the setting sun, leading to the island. Zhuo Fan saw that the end of the trail was a kilometer away from him. He couldn't contain his excitement. "Old man, old man!"

Uncle Zheng thought something had happened, and hurriedly rushed out of the cabin, "Is there a ship coming?" ”

"Look!" Zhuo Fan stuffed the telescope to Uncle Zheng. Pointing in the direction of the island, "there appeared a road leading to the island." ”

"So what, from our boat to there, at least a kilometer. In my opinion, the reason why that road appeared was because the tide was out. After a while, the water level will be restored, and the road will be gone again. Uncle Zheng said, "And our boat can't move again, maybe by the time we get off the island, the boat will have been washed away by the waves." What can we do even if we get to the island? ”

Ah Shen was very excited, "As long as we go ashore, we can smoke and attract others to save us." If we encounter a storm during this period, how long will the ship be able to hold on......"

Uncle Zheng looked at the mess on the boat, and couldn't help but be persuaded by Zhuo Fan. "Okay, but we're going to take the boat to shore."

Zhuo Fan nodded and agreed, "If there is any danger on the island, we can get on the boat immediately." ”

Zhuo Fan prepared everything, stood on the deck with rope and pulley on his back, and saw that the sky was getting darker, night was about to fall, and the time of low tide was about to pass. He threw himself into the water with a thud.

Uncle Zheng watched Zhuo Fan's body rise and fall on the sea, and was very worried. Zhuo Fan swam farther and farther, and the rope wrapped around the bow of the boat was pulled tighter and tighter. After a while, Uncle Zheng, who was on the boat, suddenly couldn't see Zhuo Fan at all, the sea was rippled by microwaves, but Zhuo Fan's shadow could not be found there. The rope in the bow of the boat did not move at all, and hung silently into the water. The sky slowly turned dark, the sea level was gray-blue, the sea breeze was cool, Uncle Zheng shivered coldly, he stared wide-eyed on the sea surface to search, and in such a quiet and unusual time, he never found Zhuo Fan.

Uncle Zheng sat on the deck with his ass in tears.

"Hey! Feed! The old man ......" Zhuo Fan stood in the seawater and waved vigorously at Uncle Zheng on the boat, he was out of breath, and the wound on his face was soaked in seawater and the pain was unbearable. Uncle Zheng heard someone shouting at him for a while, and looked up carefully, it was not who Zhuo Fan was.

Uncle Zheng waved at Zhuo Fan emotionally. Zhuo Fan received Uncle Zheng's response, and he turned around and ran to the shore, while fixing the rope to the big tree, and slowly pulling the hull of the boat closer with a pulley.

"Good boy, I thought you were drowned."

Zhuo Fan wiped the sweat on his body, a thin layer of salt condensed on his skin, and he grinned, "I practiced specially in college to participate in swimming competitions, but I didn't expect to be able to swim so far now." Zhuo Fan collapsed on the beach after speaking. The sea came up and wet his clothes.

"Find a place to change your clothes, oh my God, it looks like it's going to change again." Uncle Zheng looked at the sky and handed the clothes he took down from the boat to Zhuo Fan.

Zhuo Fan looked at the sea that was almost overflowing his own, "I just took a look, it seems that you can go up over there, but you still have to climb a cliff, old man, can you?" ”

When they walked to the edge of the cliff, Zhuo Fan looked up, "About ten meters, old man, are you okay?" ”

Uncle Zheng raised his arm, "Old man, when I was young, I also went up the mountain and down the sea, just such a distance, don't underestimate me." After saying that, he began to climb up without hesitation.

Zhuo Fan followed behind him and climbed up cautiously.

"Young man, do you think this mountain wall is a little strange?"

"What's strange?" Zhuo Fan's ears were filled with the sound of the rushing sea, and he glanced down, at this moment, the white sand beach under their feet was completely submerged by the sea, and the waves crashed against the stone wall, as if trying to swallow him.

"Do you think this rock wall is very steep?" Uncle Zheng climbed in front, it was difficult to find a point to climb and step on, he stopped in place.

"I'm always climbing up at your pace, and if you don't say it, I really haven't found out." Zhuo Fan shouted loudly below.

"If you can't climb it, you feel that this stone wall has been treated, and at first glance it looks natural, but in fact, only the person who climbs can feel that all the places that can be used to step on and climb seem to have been polished away." Uncle Zheng nervously looked to the left and then to the right, but he couldn't find a place to put his feet.

"Uncle Zheng, you hold on for a while, I'll take a look to the side......" Zhuo Fan grabbed a rock hard, moved his body to the left, he climbed two steps on the net with all his strength, and was already level with Uncle Zheng. He looked up, there was still about three meters away, and when he looked up, the remaining three meters were completely different from the rocks under his feet, smooth and without edges and corners. "Old man, I can't do this either......"

"So what to do? I looked around and it seemed like it was all like this. Could it be that the people on the island don't want anyone to go up? Uncle Zheng guessed.

"People from the island?" Zhuo Fan frowned. "Perhaps."

"But what do we do now?" Uncle Zheng couldn't help but glance down. I just felt dizzy and trembling. His feet were empty, and suddenly the whole person fell down.

"Hold on, old man." Zhuo Fan quickly grabbed Uncle Zheng, gritted his teeth and said, "Old man, hurry, grab the stone." ”

Helplessly, Uncle Zheng's hands and feet were sore, and he no longer had the strength, he didn't grasp it steadily after grabbing it a few times, so he could only rely on Zhuo Fan to lie on the stone wall.

Zhuo Fan's grip on the rock gradually relaxed, and he realized that he no longer had strength. I had to let go of my fingers little by little......