Awakening: 179-rafting

"You mean, this boat can't sail?" a student yelled aloud.

Lei Yin said faintly: "Yes, the engine of this ship was fired by means of electronic pulses, but because the instrument panel in the captain's room was wet by rain, not only the engine could not be started, Even the radio is short-circuited. In other words, not only can we not move now, we can't ask the outside world for help. "

His words sink the hearts of everyone in the cabin.

"Is there no other way?" another student asked quickly.

"Yes, I heard that this engine can be started manually by switching the circuit, but I do n’t know how to do it. If none of you understand it, you have to wait until the captain wakes up and try something. . "Lei Yin's electronic knowledge was decades ago and is not suitable for this era. And the ex-homeowner of his body is an electronic idiot who only knows how to play a machine.

Everyone glanced at the middle-aged man lying unconscious on a bench.

"It doesn't matter if the boat can't sail, as long as someone should come to save us after a while," a boy said pretentiously.

After hearing what he said, other people also felt that things were not as terrible as they thought, and they couldn't help but relax a lot.

"You are right, but only if we have enough food and water so that we do n’t starve to death or thirst before we are rescued. We also need to ensure that we will not encounter the same storms as before Invasion. "Lei Yin's words raised everyone's heart again. They are still impressed by the previous storm.

The boy was unwilling to be persuaded by him, and immediately refuted: "You're just guessing, maybe a helicopter will come to save us after a while."

Lei Yin glanced at him and said, "What if not? I just looked at the cabin and didn't find anything to eat. Now we don't know exactly where the ship was covered by the storm and how it was enclosed. How far, if no one comes to save us in two or three days, all of us will starve to death here. Can you guarantee that someone will come to save us within two days? "

The boy was speechless.

"Do you have any other way?" asked another male student.

"Not long ago, I saw several seabirds flying through the sky, which means that there should be land not far away. My idea is to divide everyone into two groups and then separate them Boat on both sides until you find land. "

"What did you say, you told us to go boating to find land? Do you think it's the Columbus era?" A student laughed.

Lei Yin looked at him indifferently and said after a while: "Is it funny? Honestly, waiting for death is not my habit. It doesn't matter if you don't agree with this plan, even if it's me I will also do a lifeboat to do this. If there will be a plane to rescue you then, please tell me by the way the plane's position. "

The boy who first asked Lei Yin said at this time: "I think this solution is feasible. Rather than stay here and wait for rescue, it is better to wait for rescue while trying to save yourself."

Others thought for a while and thought that this was indeed better than just waiting for the rescue. In the end, most people agreed to this plan.

Because this plan was proposed by Lei Yin, the students agreed to let him operate it when grouping people.

Lei Yin has no excuses. He divided the mixed arrangement of men and women into two groups to ensure that the physical strength of the two groups remains even. Because the oars were not enough, he asked the students to disassemble the cabinets or benches and use them as oars.

Although some people are unwilling to make plans, they are forced to follow suit in the eyes of everyone. Fortunately, this is a small and medium-sized passenger passenger ship. There are no heavy objects in it, so it is not too hard to plan. However, because most people have no experience in rowing large boats, not only did they not contribute evenly, but also the rhythm of rowing was not correct, so that the hull would occasionally circle in place.

Seeing this, Lei Yin had to teach them the correct posture and the same rhythm. It wasn't until he talked dry that the students finally rowed the boat slowly forward instead of turning in circles.

The boat has a total of more than forty people. After nearly four hours of rowing, under the condition of tiredness and heat, those students who have never worked so hard start to complain more and more.

"I won't do it. Isn't it nice to wait for help honestly, why do we have to work so hard?" The male student who first opposed the plan yelled out his paddle.

Some students also stopped following his lead.

"I don't want to plan anymore, we still have to wait for the rescue."

"Yeah, I'm really tired."

"I think there should be a helicopter to save us soon. We'll wait here."

"I'm thirsty, I want to drink water."

"Did you just drink it just now? There is only one bucket of water left, so bear with me."

Because there is drinking water for guests in the shipyard, the fresh water is not so tense. Just because the weather is too hot and there are so many people, drinking water is consumed quickly.

As more and more people stopped and complained, the student of this program asked Lei Yin: "Classmates in Yuanyuan, what do you do now?"

Lei Yin took a look at the students who were complaining, and then sneered and said, "There is a saying that we can't see the coffin without crying. Wait, when they start to be afraid, they will continue to paddle." >

"Is this really okay?"

"Maybe. I hope they will have the strength to continue rowing when that happens." Lei Yin said lightly.

He thought about going to the land with Amis in a lifeboat, but he didn't want to do it until the last moment. Because it is the sea rather than the lake, the lifeboat is too small. In the event of a larger storm on the way, the lifeboat can be easily overturned by a large wave.

But he has no hope for these people. If the situation remains the same tomorrow afternoon, he will take a chance.

He walked into the cabin and saw Amys sitting in the middle of the old American couple talking.

Apart from the unconscious captain, the only Emmys and the elderly couple who can skip the boat in the whole boat.

After hearing the familiar footsteps, the little girl immediately turned her head and looked at the cabin door. Sure enough, she saw that the person walking in was Lei Yin.

Mess jumped from her chair in excitement and ran towards him.

Strangely, seeing her happy smile, Lei Yin's mood has also improved a lot.

Bend over and hug her, "Did that Captain Uncle ever wake up?"

The little girl shook her head.

Don't want to worry her, he looked at her little face and said, "Relax, we will go back safely, I promise."

Amis nodded seriously, then hugged his neck and said, "As long as Thunder is by my side, I'm not afraid of anything."

Because everyone just goes out for breakfast, at night, the young stomach starts to torment the same young students.

"Hey, who has something to eat? Bread crusts are fine too."

"Yes, everyone is a classmate. Don't hide if you have something."

For these meaningless voices, most people choose to be silent, they have no mood to speak.

These people asked for a pass, and then closed their mouths a little bit arrogantly.

Because there are too many people, the deck can't lie so much, so many people go to the bottom of the cabin to sleep, in order to survive the unbearable hunger.

At about nine o'clock, there was silence in the cabin.

In the early morning of the next day, the students in sleep heard the sound of a quarrel.

"Asshole, what have you done?"

"What are you doing so loudly? We just clean it with water."

"Aren't you using sea water, why use water here? Don't you know that this water is used for drinking?"

"You neuropathy, how do you let us use the sea water so dirty? Besides, we just use a little bit, what are you so nervous about? You ca n’t think you are such a mean person."

"What's the matter, you've spent a full third."

The awakened student opened his eyes and saw that two girls were arguing loudly with a boy.

The reason for the quarrel is simple, because a few girls use the drinking water to clean their mouth and face. If it were normal, no one would have an opinion, but in the ferry that the ship stopped, the bucket of drinking water was the only bucket left. Seeing that the bucket of water was less than half a bucket, not only that boy, but also other boys couldn't help yelling at the two girls.

The two girls were scolded and burst into tears, "It's not just us, others are also useful, but they walk away after they use them."

In the afternoon, a boy couldn't bear the strong hunger anymore and kicked to the chair next to him.

"When will those guys come? Anyway, we will all die here."

The other students stared at him meaninglessly. For the first time, they found that hunger was so terrible.

At this moment, the student of the self-rescue plan stood up and shouted, "Are you still stubborn and here to wait for rescue at this time? What if no one comes tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? ? "

When he heard him, everyone's heart was sinking. It's just such a difficult day, they can't imagine what it will be like in two or three days.

"Shut up for me, and you still say such unlucky words at this time." The student who first opposed stood up and stared at him.

Lei Yin, who had been standing outside the deck, came in after hearing the quarrel in the cabin, "I ask you again, do you still insist on staying here to die?"

"Bastard, what are you talking about?" the student cried angrily.

"The person who should shut up is you. If you dare to say one more thing, I will throw you into the sea immediately." Lei Yin's eyes showed a dangerous look.

Seeing his eyes, the student immediately remembered the horror of the man, and he was afraid to speak again.

Lei Yin shouted to the students who were looking at themselves: "You have no choice. If you don't want to die, just do as I say. Now take your oars to the deck."

Students who had been completely tortured by hunger stood up involuntarily.

Looking at the students who were rowing weakly, Lei Yin really wanted to find a whip and pump them hard like the former slave owner.

Looking at the rising waves, he suddenly flashed, and he could not help cursing himself, even forgetting such a simple thing.

He immediately returned to the cabin, tearing all the curtains off the window. Then went to the bottom of the cabin to find a roll of rope, and then held the curtains and rope and climbed to the top of the cabin.

Lei Yin's move caught the attention of others, all of them looked at him in confusion.

"What does he want to do?"

"I don't know."

After a while, when Lei Yin tied one side of the large thick cloth that had several curtains tied together with thin wires to the flagpole, they finally understood that he was doing a sail.

A few minutes later, when Lei Yin erected this slightly rough sail and tied it with a rope, he pointed at the following boys and said, "Come up."

The boys looked at each other and climbed up the ladder inside the cabin.

"Let me teach you how to adjust the angle of this sail according to different wind directions. From now on, several of us must take turns here to guard." After speaking, regardless of whether they agree or not, he began to teach them hand in hand. .

The boys have only known this simple canvas until now. As long as the angle is adjusted well, the speed of the ship can be accelerated so much. Compared to mechanical rowing movements, this kind of work is easier and more fun, so soon they learned it very seriously.

It's night again, and a stronger sense of hunger than yesterday has hit everyone's stomachs again. Many people have no energy to stand up, all softly lying on their chairs.

"Lei, would you like to eat a bit too?" At this moment on the top of the cabin, the little girl sitting on Lei Yin's thigh was stretching a slice of bread to his mouth.

These slices of bread are the only food he finds in the captain's room. It may be that the captain ate the rest of the breakfast yesterday. He didn't tell anyone at the time, but just quietly put it away and left it to Amis.

"No, you eat." Lei Yin patted her face with a smile.

The little girl's eyes are red, "But you haven't eaten at all in the past two days. Would you please eat a bit?"

"I'm really not hungry."

"If you do n’t eat, I won't."

"If you are not obedient, I will spank your back, hurry up and eat it."

Seeing that he was a little unhappy, the little girl had to obediently eat the piece of bread, but just kept tearing while eating.

Seeing her cry like this, Lei Yin felt a little guilty, so she stroked her hair gently with her hand, "Sorry, kid."

The little girl raised his tearful eyes and looked at him, then pierced his chest and wept.

After a while, she cried and twitched, "I'm so afraid of Thunder."

"Relax, I'll be fine. I will surely send you back in peace." Lei Yin smiled and wiped her tears with her sleeve.

The little girl stared blankly at his smile.

□ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ At noon on the third day, looking at the endless sea, many people's eyes were exposed Desperate look.

Most people are so hungry that they can't even stand up, let alone rowing.

Anyway, it ’s driven by sails now. It ’s no different whether they can row or not, so Lei Yin does n’t bother to care about them. Since yesterday afternoon, he has been watching the floating objects on the sea.

His guess is correct, there must be an island in front of the direction they are traveling. Because from the more and more plant debris floating on the sea, the boat is not far from that island.

Around ten o'clock in the evening, the sleeping crowd was awakened by a strong impact, and some even fell off their chairs.

Then those students who were sleeping on the deck heard the continuous screams from below the bilge, and then they saw many students running up from the bilge.

"Wake up, the cabin is flooded."

"What, the cabin is flooding? Why is this happening?"

"Yeah, it's really getting into the water, what should we do now?"

"Come up and close the gap."

"The gap is too big to be blocked at all."

At this time, Lei Yin ran down from the top of the cabin and said loudly, "The ship may have hit the reef. Now everyone immediately put on their life jackets and we want to abandon the ship to escape. There is an island in front where we can land there. "

"What, is there an island in front? Are you really telling me?" a boy exclaimed with excitement.

"Shao Luo, hurry up and wear a life jacket." After that, he picked up a life jacket and put it on Amis, and then he put on one himself.

Because there were only two lifeboats on the ship, Lei Yin only let the unconscious captain, the old foreign couple and the female students get on board. Some boys tried to squeeze into the ship, but Lei Yin hit back.

Due to the fact that the two lifeboats were too small, three female students failed to get on board, so they had to wear life jackets like other boys to hold the edge of the lifeboat and float on the sea.

Lei Yin was the last one to enter the water, but after swimming for two or three meters, he suddenly swam back to the ferry that was about to sink.

After a while, he swam back from the boat with a round object.

When he swimed to the two lifeboats, he shouted, "Where are you, kid?"

Soon, he heard Amis's cry, and he immediately swam to the other lifeboat where she was.

After seeing Amis sitting on the lifeboat, he breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, no matter who is on the lifeboat or floating on the sea, you can see that there is indeed a huge black shadow in front of it under the faint starlight.

"Yeah, it's really an island. Now we have been saved." Many people couldn't help cheering.

Compared with the students' elation, Lei Yin was not particularly happy. Because he saw the island dark, there was no light at all. In other words, this island is likely to be an uninhabited desert island.

But in any case, it is better than drifting at sea aimlessly, Lei Yin thought in his heart.

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