Chapter 118: The Storm (Part II)
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In the distance, above the eastern sky, the sky was gray, as if it were chaotic. The sky in the distance, the clouds and the sky in the sky, as if they had been completely mixed together, mixed into a pot of porridge, looked gray, and made people's hearts feel a sense of depression.
The salty smell in the air is getting stronger and stronger, and the moist air is inhaled into the lungs, which is very uncomfortable.
"The weather is a little bad?" Chen Daolin glanced at Hook.
Hook's face was gloomy: "Isn't there something bad...... It's very bad! Mr. Darling, I'm afraid we're in big trouble. ”
The captain's face was grim: "The wind is not right, and the smell in the air is not right! I have been at sea for half my life, and if my ears are not deaf, my eyes are not blind, and my nose is not broken, I am sure that we will soon have a great storm!"
"Storm?" Chen Daolin was taken aback: "Is it very strict?"
Hook glanced at Chen Daolin and didn't answer directly, but his eyes were already clear.
The noon passed quickly, and Hook was very experienced, and since he had a premonition of the coming storm, the crew and sailors on board were very convinced. According to Hook's orders, he began to make all kinds of preparations for the storm.
Sailors inspect every cable, every knot, mast, sail, shipside......
The weights in the cabin are piled up in designated positions to hold the bottom of the ship and strengthen the center of gravity.
Hook's command was well organized, and listening to the experienced captain's majestic orders made the sailors faintly reassured.
But only Chen Daolin, who was standing beside Hook, saw the growing anxiety in Hook's eyes!
"Or...... Is it too late for us to return now?" Chen Daolin smiled bitterly: "There's no need to rush hard, we'll come back to find that place when the next storm passes." ”
"Of course I think so. Hook smiled bitterly: "But, Mr. Darling, you have not been at sea, you do not understand. I judged the storm to be ferocious. Even if we return immediately, we won't be able to avoid it. At sea, no matter how fast the ship runs, it is not as fast as the storm. So you can't escape, you can only carry it hard. ”
As he spoke, he muttered in a low voice: "I hope God willing, I can carry it." ”
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Hook's judgment was indeed accurate, and the storm came extremely quickly!
In less than half an hour, the wind on the sea suddenly became violent!
The waves are rolling, the waves are getting more and more turbulent, and the shaking of the hull is gradually intensifying!
As far as the eye can see, the waves are getting higher and higher. More and more ferocious.
At such times, people stand on the boat and look around. There is such a vast sea between heaven and earth, and the sea seems to have lost its beautiful blue color in this storm, and has become as if it is gray!
The waves are getting bigger and bigger, and with the strong winds, the distance between the hull and the boat sway. At the same time, the waves are bumpy and undulating, and the journey is getting more and more intensified!
The sailors and crews have long been prepared and have stuck to their posts, and many experienced sailors have tied ropes to themselves.
The hull of the ship is shaking, and it is already extremely difficult for people to move around on the deck - even if they are standing still, they are already staggering.
Hook's face was ugly. Instead, he tore open the placket of his chest, revealing his strong chest, and looked at the thicker and thicker clouds in the distant sky. He shouted: "Damn, come on, come on! I don't believe it, I will go to sea for the last time in my life, will God let me die here!!"
Although the ship was bumpy, Hook's feet stood on the deck like nails!
Rumble!!!
In the distance, a huge lightning bolt suddenly appeared in the thick clouds. Immediately, the sound of thunder spread throughout the heavens and the earth! In an instant, the electric light illuminated the snow between the heavens and the earth!!
Under the power of heaven and earth. The sailors on board are all discolored!
With this thunder, it seemed to blow the prelude to this storm, and then the wind blew fiercely, and the howling wind came in an instant, and the whining wind roar in the ears almost covered all the movements!
The surging tide became more and more violent, and the clouds in the sky became thicker and thicker, and the pressure became lower and lower!
The wind blows almost all the people who can't open their eyes, and the howling wind blows away all the warmth between heaven and earth, standing on the deck, making people's cold bodies chill!
The roar of thunder continued, and finally, raindrops fell on the sky!
The rain was so fierce that it seemed to be just a moment's work, and it poured down! The rain was so heavy that people could hardly see the raindrops, but it was as if someone had poured countless water directly into the sky!
It was as if in the blink of an eye, everyone on the deck had been completely drenched!
The sea is roaring, the waves are surging, one by one, slapping on the hull of the ship, making the boat, which was already tossed up and down in the wind, be slapped even more crookedly, as if anytime, anywhere, the next moment, the ship will completely capsize!
The ship's hull leaned harder, and the sailors shouted and cursed in the wind and rain, cursing the damn ghost weather.
"Hold on!!Hold on to the cables!!" Hook clung to the rudder, still forcibly controlling the direction of the ship's sailing, staring at the waves at sea, using his skillful boat handling skills to keep the ship barely balanced between the ebb and flow of the waves!
In the wind and rain, everyone was colorless, and the sailors who were poured into soup chickens were also shrunk into a ball, but only Hook's majestic shouts could bring a trace of psychological comfort to everyone!
Rumble!
Another flash of lightning seemed to sound directly overhead!
The wind cut the people's faces fiercely, Chen Daolin couldn't bear it anymore, he was already squatting in the back corner of the rudder, clutching the rope around him, but Hook was still roaring and scolding, even if the wind was loud and the thunder was amazing, it couldn't suppress the captain's voice.
Hook stood firmly behind the rudder like a statue, his hands still holding the rudder steadily, his eyes like blades, staring closely ahead.
The waves are getting bigger and bigger, and one by one, the waves can overturn the boat at any time. This big sea ship, in such a violent wind and waves, seems to be not much different from a leaf.
The waves around him were high and low, rolling in, and the height of the waves in the distance was obviously higher than the side of the ship, but relying on Hook's high sailing skills, the boat was driving like a tightrope through the huge waves.
The waves crashed, and the water sprayed heavily on the deck of the ship, making people dizzy.
It was at this time. Suddenly, in the midst of the chaos, I don't know where to come from.
"Captain!!Sail !!"
Hook looked up at the heights, and on the auxiliary mast between them, the sails that had been rolled up were already folded. It turned out to be the rope that tied the sails, and I don't know what was going on, but it actually broke in the storm!
You know, in this kind of storm, the sails of the ship are all folded. Otherwise, under the strong wind, the sails will eat the wind, and the ship will be completely overturned in an instant!
Seeing that the sail of the ship had dropped in half, Hook's face suddenly changed wildly, and he shouted loudly: "Come on, go up and collect the sails!! quickly put the sails away!!"
Under Hook's shout. Two or three brave sailors rushed forward, and in the midst of the wind and turbulence, they barely ran towards the mast in the midst of the spray of the sea. Trying to pull the rope hard to pull the sail away.
But under such a strong wind, the sail that fell in a corner ate the wind, and several sailors roared and struggled, but the sail only rolled up little by little.
It seemed to have some effect, but suddenly I heard a loud boom. A huge wave crashed against the boat, and the rolled up waves swept in. Swallow the deck in an instant!
By the time the waves receded, only one of the three sailors standing under the mast remained, and the other two had already been swept into the sea!
"Shut the sails!!Shut the sails!!" Hook still roared fiercely, "Don't fucking be afraid of death! Go up quickly!! if you don't put away the sails, everyone will really die!!"
Two more sailors pounced, but the ship tilted sharply, and rose and fell like a roller coaster in the wind and waves, and one sailor stood unsteadily, with a series of screams, and was thrown directly into the air, and then fell into the sea, but disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Although the other struggled against the wind, he could not move an inch, and could only hold the mast, where could he still pull the rope?
As the sails fell, the hull of the ship became more and more wind-powered, and the ship began to tilt significantly, and the danger of destruction was just around the corner!
Hook roared fiercely, he grabbed Chen Daolin, and shouted loudly: "Help me hold on to the rudder! Keep the current direction of sailing unchanged! Don't let go!"
As he spoke, he suddenly pulled out his knife and bit it into his mouth, striding towards the mast.
In the midst of the strong wind, Hook walked very resolutely step by step, regardless of the wind and rain, as if there were nails under his feet!
When he got to the foot of the mast, he grabbed the rope with all his might, and saw that his waist was wrapped around and fastened, and he pulled the rope hard, but the sail did not move at all.
"Holy!!"
Hook cursed loudly, and he had already judged that the rope had been torn into a dead knot in the wind.
A hint of determination flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly pulled out his knife and slashed down at the mast!!
Take, take, capture!!
In the midst of the fierce wind, Hook slashed the mast with all his might, and although the thick mast was strong, Hook did not pause at all, holding the knife in his hand tightly, and slashed it one by one!
At this moment, the time has come to kill the people, and everyone knows it in their hearts...... Now the only way to survive is on the knife in Hook's hand!
Hook's roar again and again, he had already used all his strength to urge the power of his body with all his might!
I saw that he spit out blood from his mouth one by one, but the knife in his hand still fell heavily one after another!
Finally, although the mast was thick, it had been cut into nearly half by him more than ten times in a row!
Seeing that the wind was howling and getting more and more violent, Hook took a deep breath and roared with all his might!!
"Ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!h
At this moment, his whole body seemed to suddenly burst out with a dazzling light, this light seemed to be only for a moment, the blade was raised, in mid-air, under the lightning, as if dazzling like a torch!
As the blade slashed down, finally, a click was heard!
There was a cracking sound from the mast, and then there was a click......
Rumble!!!
The mast finally fell, and in the cheers of the sailors, it fell hard!
Without the sails to eat the wind, the shaking of the hull seems to have finally eased a little. But in the next moment, Chen Daolin looked at it and was suddenly shocked!
The Hook who was standing on the deck was gone!!
Chen Daolin's surprise is not trivial, if there is no master of navigation like Hook in this storm, then everyone will wait to die together!
"Hook!!Hook!!"
Chen Daolin didn't care about the rudder, he flew towards the deck, in the wind and rain, people couldn't open their eyes, the sea water kept slapping on his body, Chen Daolin couldn't move an inch.
At this time, suddenly a lightning bolt fell, illuminating the field of vision, and Chen Daolin saw a figure outside the side of the ship, hanging on the outside of the hull!
Hooker!!
This guy is in good luck. Just now he cut off the mast, but he ran out of strength, stood unsteadily and was overturned, and almost fell into the sea, but fortunately he was wrapped in a rope, and at this moment the man hung on the side of the boat, but finally did not fall.
Chen Daolin's heart was greatly inspired, and he reluctantly rushed over little by little, grabbed one end of the rope, and pulled it hard. At this time, he turned around and shouted, "What are you looking at! If the captain falls, everyone will die!! Come and help!!"
Finally, several sailors rushed over, grabbed the rope with Chen Daolin, and pulled Hu back with him.
Hook's face was pale, his breath was weak, he was hugged by Chen Daolin, he couldn't stand anymore, but he suddenly grabbed Chen Daolin's clothes hard, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Take the helm! Go to the helm! Keep sailing, we're about to rush out!! Take me to the rudder!"
Chen Dao dragged Hook back to the rudder, he turned the rudder hard, Hook no longer had the strength to take the helm himself, he could only tie himself up with a rope and fix it aside, and then quickly used words to command Chen Daolin to take the helm.
The first time Chen Daolin drove the boat, it was in this storm, although he was nervous, but Hook's firm voice sounded in his ears, and his heart gradually calmed down.
"Don't be afraid!!We're going out!We're going out!!We're going out!!To the left!!!! Left! You're doing a good job!!Don't worry, it's over!!It's almost over!!" (To be continued)