Two hours passed.

The ship's fault was found, but it could not be solved for the time being, but the radio call for help was answered, but it was not good news.

It would take ten hours for the nearest rescue ship to arrive.

Pei Yang looked at the time on his watch, it was half past three in the afternoon, and ten hours later it was evening.

The danger of this area comes from the unpredictable weather and the high chance of extreme weather, and the presence of dangerous species such as jellyfish and sharks.

After confirming that there was enough water and food on board, Pei Yang decided to wait for rescue for the time being.

As the minutes ticked by, the light blue search and rescue ship stood still like a sculpture on the endless sea.

With the arrival of dusk, the sea surface became more and more peaceful and peaceful, without even a trace of wind, revealing a strange feeling.

Looking at the calm sea, Pei Yang's heart gradually became uneasy, and he picked up the binoculars to look at the sea.

When he saw the west, his figure froze, and his face instantly became solemn.

"Inform everyone that 30 nautical miles due west, a Level 2 sea storm warning!"

Hearing this, the faces of all the people in the boatload changed.

There are four levels of maritime storm warnings, with Level 1 being the highest level and Level 2 being secondary, and small search and rescue vessels like them can only fight against Level 3 and Level 4 sea storms at most.

Although we knew that there was a sea storm, everyone did not panic.

The weather at sea changes rapidly, and perhaps the storm will disappear in the next second, or it may go in a different direction.

At a distance of 30 nautical miles, there are too many possibilities.

After preparing for the storm, all the crew stood on deck, looking due west.

From the naked eye of the crew, the sea due west is calm and tranquil.

But in Pei Yang's telescope, a black storm slowly came towards this side like a twisted dragon, and as the sea storm moved, its wind and intensity did not decrease, but gradually expanded.

You can't wait like this!

A strong intuition made Pei Yang realize that this sea storm must pass by where they were.

Pei Yang stuffed the binoculars to an old crew member to keep an eye on the movements of the sea storm, and he ran to the cockpit to try to start the main engine.

However, after trying several times, the main engine did not respond, and it can be seen from the alarm indicator on the panel of the main engine that there should be a problem with the thruster, that is, the propeller.

To overhaul the propellers you have to go to sea, but the danger in the sea is no less than that of a sea storm like the roar of a dragon.

After thinking for a while, Pei Yang decisively decided to go to the sea to overhaul the propeller.

Knowing that he was going to sea, a boatload of people tried to dissuade him.

"Captain Pei, why don't we wait and see, the sea storm won't necessarily come towards us."

Pei Yang neatly put on the diving equipment, and loudly asked the veteran crew who observed the sea storm to report the location of the sea storm.

"It's less than 20 nautical miles from our ship."

Hearing this, the entire crew fell silent.

Pei Yang quickly put on his diving equipment, and while explaining the work of the deputy captain, he walked quickly towards the sea passage with his toolbox.

"Captain Pei, you take this with self-defense."

It is a short, double-edged knife with a barb, about 20 cm long.

Pei Yang took it, pinned it to his waist casually, and finally glanced at the entire crew, turned around and plunged into the sea.

When he arrived at the sea, Pei Yang swam towards the propeller position at the stern of the boat while observing the surrounding water.

Arriving at the stern, it is discovered that the propeller has been entangled in an old fishing net.

Pei Yang immediately took out scissors from the toolbox to clean the fishing nets.

Seeing that the fishing nets were about to be cleaned up, Pei Yang suddenly felt a sound of wind coming from behind him, accompanied by the surging of water.

Sensing the danger approaching, he took refuge behind the propeller and saw the creature coming at him.

A great white shark of about one meter is followed by two juvenile sharks of about half a meter.

The great white shark bit him with its bloody mouth open, Pei Yang stretched out his foot and kicked the bottom of the boat hard, and successfully dodged the attack of the great white shark with the help of rebound.

However, he dodged the big one but not the small one.

A little white shark opened its mouth and bit him hard.

The pain in his heart made Pei Yang almost choke, but years of experience on the battlefield made him fight back faster than his brain.

"Poof!"

The dagger was completely submerged in the eye of the little white shark.

The little white shark fled into the distance with a stream of blood.

The other two sharks, one large and one small, were attracted by the blood of the little white shark and followed.

Pei Yang took the opportunity to clean up the remaining fishing nets on the propeller and dived out to the surface as fast as he could.

With the help of the team members, Pei Yang successfully returned to the search and rescue ship.

At this time, the sea storm was crushing towards their sea area with a devastating force, less than 5 nautical miles away.

If you don't go, the whole ship will capsize and be torn apart by the storm.

Pei Yang didn't care about his bleeding arm, and loudly ordered the boat to start.

As the engine started, the hull of the ship jerked away in the opposite direction in a tremor.

The power of the search and rescue ship was at its maximum, but the sea storm behind it was getting closer and closer, and the entire rescue ship was blown from side to side by the strong wind.

I don't know how long it took, the search and rescue ship was about to run out of fuel, everyone fell into despair, and some even closed their eyes and waited for death to come.

"The storm seems to have stopped!"

Looking at the sea that was gradually calming down behind him, Pei Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and then his eyes went dark and he fell headlong on the deck.

By the time he woke up, it was already dark.

Since there was little fuel left, in order to save money, the ship did not turn on the electricity, but lit kerosene lamps for lighting.

I don't know if it was uncomfortable to be smoked by the kerosene lamp, Pei Yang coughed violently a few times.

"Captain Pei." The crew guarding him woke up and looked at him with joy on their faces, "You're finally awake." ”

"What time is it?"

With a mouth, the hoarse voice surprised Pei Yang himself, and he touched his forehead, which was so hot that he was frightened.

Fever at sea is not a good sign.

He subconsciously glanced at his injured left arm, the wound had been tightly wrapped in gauze, but the burning itch made him realize that his wound was inflamed.

"Did you radio contact the rescue team?"

The crew shook their heads, "After the storm, we have not been able to contact the rescue team, and no other ships have been found in the nearby waters. ”

Pei Yang also inquired about the situation of food, drinking water and medicine, but the reserves of each item were not optimistic.

And compared to the rest of the crew, his own situation is the worst.

Excessive blood loss, inflammation of the wound, although he has been given first aid measures, but the effect is obviously not good.

The crew brought him some biscuits and drinking water.

Every time he swallowed a biscuit, it was as difficult for Pei Yang as sand scraping his throat, and after barely eating two pieces, he couldn't eat it anymore, only drank some drinking water, and then fell into a deep sleep.

When he regained consciousness, Pei Yang was surprised to find that he was on top of a mourning hall, and in the photo frame placed in front of the mourning hall, there was a black and white portrait of himself.

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