Phi-Fic Chapter 1008
Chapter 1008
In the lounge, Zhong Tiyun grabbed the head of the bed tightly, and the infusion bottle was shaking violently above her head.
Just now, she seemed to hear a short scream, as if coming from the direction of the deck.
But the sound was drowned out by the roaring water and the vibration of the hull, so fast that it seemed like an illusion.
"Maybe I heard it wrong..." She muttered to herself, but her heart was beating wildly in her chest.
Anxiety surged up like a tide, making her feel uneasy.
She glanced at Zhou Shuwan lying on the bed, hesitated for a moment, and then used all her strength to secure the infusion bottle. She held onto the wall and moved towards the door step by step.
In the corridor, the emergency lights flickered, and the humid air with a salty smell hit my face.
The water had receded to my ankles, but the deck beneath my feet was as slippery as if it had been greased.
"Mu Mu!" she called out, her voice sounding particularly weak in the empty corridor.
no respond.
She gritted her teeth and continued to move forward.
The hatch leading to the deck was slightly deformed by the impact of the sea water, and she had to use a lot of effort to push it open a crack.
A cold wind mixed with waves suddenly rushed in and hit her face, making her feel icy cold.
"Mu Mu!" She shouted at the door, but the only answer she got was the roar of the waves and the groaning of the ship.
The deck was in a mess, with ropes, debris and accumulated water mixed together and washed away by huge waves again and again.
She looked around but couldn't see anyone.
She should have been thankful for this, because she didn't know Mu Mu had come to the deck to repair the gap.
But inexplicably, my heart sank to the bottom.
In the cockpit, after a series of adjustments, Qi Mingyu finally managed to get the cruise ship out of the center area of the second water wall.
The sea was still rough, but the most dangerous moment seemed to have passed.
He let out a long breath and glanced at the data on the dashboard.
It was found that the red light on the fuel tank displayed on the dashboard had turned green, indicating that the gap had been repaired.
But Mu Mu, why haven’t you come back yet?
Qi Mingyu's eyes suddenly darkened, and his heart felt like someone was clutching it tightly.
He turned to look at the door, but there was no one there.
I looked at the time. Ten minutes had passed since the second wall of water rushed over.
ten minutes……
Mumu has been gone for too long! ~
Qi Mingyu made the decision almost instantly.
"Dad, please watch out for the next wall of water coming! I'm going to go look for Mu Mu!"
"it is good!"
Qi Mingyu no longer hesitated, pushed open the cockpit door and rushed to the deck.
The sea water was still surging on the deck, freezing cold, and the steel plates underfoot were extremely slippery.
"Mu Mu!" he roared, his voice torn apart by the howling sea breeze.
The deck was deserted, with only broken ropes dancing wildly in the wind.
Qi Mingyu turned around and quickly went to the fuel tank.
There, the waterproof sheeting was firmly fixed on the crack, but there was no one around.
"Mu Mu——!" He shouted again, his voice hoarse.
Zhong Tiyun also walked out of the corridor at this time, holding the wall, her face pale: "Xiao Yu, I... I just thought I heard a scream, but I'm not sure..."
Qi Mingyu's eyes suddenly became sharp. He rushed to the railing of the deck and looked at the surging sea.
On the sea, there were only surging waves and floating debris, but no human figure.
"He might have been washed up nearby!" Qi Mingyu gritted his teeth, turned around and said to Zhong Tiyun, "Mom, you go in first. Dad and I will turn the boat around and go find Mu Mu!"
But Zhong Tiyun didn't hear what he said at all, and looked into the distance with a pale face!
There, the third huge wave is forming!
Qi Mingyu slammed his fist on the railing, and blood instantly seeped out of the back of his hand.
They needed to avoid the third wall of water immediately.
This also means that they cannot turn the boat around to look for Mu Mu, otherwise everyone will be beaten into sand on the seabed by this wall of water!
Qi Mingyu even needed to run to the cockpit immediately to steer the boat!
He yelled to Zhong Tiyun, "Mom, hurry into the lounge! Get ready for the third water wall! After we get through this, we'll come back to find Mu Mu!"
Zhong Tiyun nodded with tears in her eyes.
Qi Mingyu almost ran back to the cockpit from the deck.
Every step he took was on the slippery steel plate, and the splashing water hit his trouser legs, making him feel icy cold.
But he didn't care about that at all.
The horizon ahead was occupied by the forming wall of water, like a huge curtain collapsing from the sky, pressing the entire sea surface so hard that it could not breathe.
"Dad! Get ready to fight!" Qi Mingyu's voice was hoarse but powerful.
Zhou Jianghai's face turned pale. "The current angle of the bow...maybe it's too late to align perfectly with the waves!"
This time the direction of the water wall deviated slightly from the previous one, and it was aimed right at the side of the ship.
"Try your best!" Qi Mingyu growled, "Even if it's just a little worse, it's better than facing the wave sideways!"
He quickly glanced at the dashboard. The green light indicating that the fuel tank repair was complete was still on, but the pointer of the hull attitude was swinging violently, indicating that the hull had begun to be pushed to a dangerous angle by the undercurrent.
"Keep the engines at full speed!" Qi Mingyu ordered. "When the water wall approaches, reduce the throttle to half and follow the wave's momentum!"
"understand!"
Zhou Jianghai's hands were shaking, but his movements were extremely fast.
Soon, the third wall of water, like a liquid mountain wall, slammed into the cruise ship with a roar that tore through the air.
The hull was not originally perfectly aligned with the wave, and now it was hit obliquely by this huge force, and the whole ship was instantly tilted to one side.
"Hurry up and grab it!" Qi Mingyu roared in the cockpit, holding the joystick tightly with both hands, trying to pull the ship back from the edge of capsizing.
The sea water poured in from the deck like a waterfall, and the portholes of the cockpit were instantly covered by white waves, making it impossible to see anything.
Zhou Jianghai was thrown to the side of the console by the violent shaking, and his shoulder hit the metal frame hard, making him grimaced in pain.
But he gritted his teeth to steady his body, and tried his best to cooperate with Qi Mingyu to adjust the course.
The angle of the ship's tilt became larger and larger, and the sea water on the deck was like a roaring river, sweeping away all unsecured objects.
The broken rope danced wildly in the air, making a sharp whistling sound.
In the lounge, Zhong Tiyun almost crawled back to the bed.
Her knee scraped a bloody mark on the slippery deck, but she didn't care about the pain.
"Wanwan!" She rushed over and held her daughter tightly under her body.
The hull tilted more and more, and the tables, chairs and cabinets in the lounge began to slide, making a harsh friction sound.
Zhong Tiyun used her back to prop up the bedside table and held Zhou Shuwan in her arms, like a mother animal protecting her cub.
"Wanwan, don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!" She gritted her teeth, her voice almost drowned out by the violent vibration.
The sea water on the deck poured down like a waterfall, the hull was lifted several meters above the sea surface, and then fell down heavily.
Qi Mingyu felt as if his internal organs were about to be shattered, with the roar of water and the groaning of metal in his ears.