Wenmo and I nodded, and the three of us began to pack our things, carry our respective gear, and throw the tents, pots and other utensils onto the rubber boat.

After everything was packed, we suddenly discovered a problem, due to the fog, we could not see the situation on the sea around us, we forgot which direction the old thunderhead's boat was parked. When I went to the island yesterday, I didn't expect this to happen, and no one deliberately memorized these things, and now I have completely lost my direction.

I patted the second uncle, "Second uncle, take out the compass you used last night and help us show the way." ”

The second uncle glanced at me helplessly, "That's a feng shui compass, not a compass!" ”

"You don't come." I continued: "Second uncle, you think I forgot, I have studied physics, as long as it is a magnetic needle, you can distinguish the north and south geomagnetism. Is there a magnetic needle in the middle of your compass? ”

The second uncle sighed, "This truth is still used by you, I don't want to use it for you, do you know what kind of material this reef under our feet is?" ”

"Does it have anything to do with discerning direction?"

"Of course there is nonsense!" The second uncle said: "Magnetic fields affect each other, do you understand? Let me tell you, the island and reef under our feet should be composed of volcanic rock, volcanic rock, containing a large number of iron, magnesium, copper and other metal elements, the magnetic needle on the compass will be affected here, since yesterday with the help of the astrological positioning, I have found out. Otherwise, I would have used it a long time ago, and I would have used you to teach! ”

"This," I was speechless by the second uncle.

Wen Mo pulled up the rubber boat, "Anyway, let's go to the sea first and look for it, you can always find it." ”

In this way, Wenmo and I pulled the rubber boat and went to the beach, but in the vast fog, there was no shadow of the boat at all.

The three of us rowed the rubber boat and began to search for the shore, but after looking for a long time but found nothing, not only the boat of the old thunderhead, but even the stranded boat we did not find.

"Hey, weird!" I looked around at the white expanse and said, "Let's go around the island soon!" How could you not find it? ”

The second uncle said: "I remember that the ship should be parked at a relatively outer location, not so close to the shore, let's look for it on the periphery." ”

So we expanded the search area little by little, but we still couldn't find any trace of the ship. My heart gradually began to feel anxious, and I felt like I was blindfolded. The second uncle next to him kept looking around, and his brows were furrowed. Looks like he doesn't feel much better than I do. Only Wenmo seemed to have a calmer expression.

As I paddled and paddled, I noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted to stop.

The second uncle hurriedly asked me what's wrong? What was found?

I pointed to the sea as far as I could see and said, "Our direction should be off, I remember that there is a reef area around the windless island, just now in the vicinity of our ship, I can occasionally see a reef, but now I haven't seen a reef for a long time, which means that we are far away from the windless island!" ”

When the second uncle heard my words, his face changed, "What you say, it's true!" Indeed it is! I wonder if we're really going farther and farther! Let's quickly turn around and paddle back. ”

Wenmo and I hurriedly turned around and rowed in the direction of going back, but after paddling for a long time, we still didn't see a reef, and I never missed the reef so urgently as now.

I'm already a little panicked, "We've lost our way!" "In this vast sea, the three of us and this rubber boat with a big fart, the dragon lord can overturn us with a hiccup. I hurriedly asked the second uncle, "What should we do!" This boat is really insecure! ”

The second uncle waved his hand, "Don't panic, don't panic, there is fog, it means that there is no wind for the time being." We are safe for a short time, I think we should not move now, the visibility is so bad, we can't do anything, we can only wait for the fog to disperse, when the time comes, the sea will be clear at a glance, and we will find a way to find a boat. ”

I nodded, and that's all I had to do now. Wenmo and I both put away the oars in our hands.

The three of us sat on the boat, no one spoke, Wen Mo didn't talk much, sat there holding the oar, quietly looking at the fog. The second uncle lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. In this case, I was really in no mood to speak, and I was a little anxious to fiddle with the other oar in my hand.

I think it's been a long time, but the fog still hasn't abated. Suddenly a fear swelled up in my heart, which stemmed from helplessness about the present situation and a loss of control over the future situation. I started to feel restless, anxious, panicked, I tried my best to restrain my emotions, I didn't know how long the fog would last, but if it happened for a long time, I was afraid that I would collapse.

Suddenly, Wen Mo, who was sitting next to me, let out a soft question, and then put the paddle in his hand into the water, and after a while, he suddenly said, "Not good! The boat is moving on its own! ”

"What!" I was so startled that I almost got to my feet, and the hull of the boat shook and almost fell into the water.

The second uncle repeatedly signaled me not to panic, "Don't scare yourself, the water on the sea is always moving, and it is normal to move a little with the boat!" ”

Wen Mo shook his head, "No, this ship is moving much faster than you said. You can put the paddle in the water and feel it. ”

The second uncle stepped out of the oar from my hand, put it into the sea, and stayed quietly for a while, and suddenly his face changed. "It's really moving!" The second uncle scratched his head, "But why is that?" Is there an undercurrent or something? As he spoke, the second uncle looked at me.

"Don't look at me, how do I know!" As I was talking, I suddenly heard a soft crash from the bottom of the boat. Since the boat we were on was a hard-bottomed boat, the sound was quite noticeable.

I said to the second uncle a little nervously: "Second uncle! Do you hear the sound coming from the bottom of the boat? ”

The second uncle looked at me blankly, "No?" ”

I was very sure that I heard it, I knew that my hearing was special, I could hear that the second uncle might not be able to hear it, but Wenmo definitely could, so I turned my head and asked Wenmo, "What about you?" Wenmo? "This is the first time in my life that I don't want to be recognized by others, how I hope I heard it wrong, I really hope Wenmo shook his head. But things always backfire, Wen Mo nodded firmly, but did not speak.

The second uncle pressed his hand on the bottom of the boat in confusion, and then patted it hard, and at the same time, I immediately heard a more obvious sound from the bottom of the boat, and the second uncle also felt it, and retracted his hand like an electric shock, and said in a panic: "Damn, there is something under the boat!" ”

When I heard that, I almost jumped. I asked in a trembling voice, "Underneath the ship, yes, what will it be, what is it!" Could it be the monster that ate the giant octopus yesterday, just our little boat, and it won't be swallowed by it yet! ”

The second uncle waved his hand, "It shouldn't be, if the things below wanted to attack us, they would have done it a long time ago, and they wouldn't have waited until now!" Maybe the things below are just curious, maybe they'll be gone in a moment! ”

I scolded, "Damn! We're not going to be killed by it! ”

The second uncle waited for me to look, "You kid can't say something auspicious!" Think of something good! ”

"Second uncle, you said lightly, what's so good about this!"

"Forget it!" The second uncle sighed, "So far, we can't do anything on the ship!" Leave it to fate! As the saying goes: life should die in the river, but the sea can't accommodate it! ”

"Phew!" I took a few sips, "Second uncle, you let me think of something good, what you said yourself is not lucky!" ”

At this point, there was really nothing we could do, we just leaned on the boat, not knowing what was waiting for us. In this state of mind, and I also found that this thing under our ship really didn't seem to be planning to attack us. In this way, my mood was a little more relaxed than just now, and I even fell asleep unconsciously.

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of the water lapping, and I was awakened, and I followed the sound to see a huge three-masted galleon coming from behind us.

This boat is very huge, as high as four or five stories, I hurriedly turned around and called the second uncle, Wenmo and they hurriedly rowed to dodge, but after a look, they found that the two of them had long since disappeared, and I was the only one left on the entire rubber boat!