Chapter 84 Qin Lie's Shock! She is a goddess who came riding the waves!
The cable, severed clean to the root, lay coldly and mockingly inside the pried-open waterproof box, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.
The cut was fresh and clean, clearly indicating that it was made with a sharp weapon.
Qin Lie clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles cracking from the force.
An uncontrollable, violent rage exploded from his chest!
He finally understood!
Why did the communication suddenly stop?
Why didn't they receive any warning before the storm arrived?
Why is even the last survival beacon, which should have activated automatically, now mute?
None of this is a coincidence!
From the bursting of the engine oil line to the failure of communication equipment, and then to the cutting off of this last survival signal...
This is a meticulously planned and interconnected scheme to wipe out the family's entire lineage!
The other party's goal was not to make him fail his mission or be punished in any way.
They want him dead!
He was to take the more than twenty soldiers and scientists on "Exploration One" and disappear silently and forever into this sea!
No trace of the body remains!
What a ruthless method!
Who exactly is it?
Who could possibly have such a deep grudge against him that they would use such an inhumane method to kill him?!
Names flashed rapidly through his mind.
Jiang Qiang? That little bastard doesn't have the brains or the ability.
Li Weiguo?
Qin Lie's eyes narrowed sharply.
That arch-rival who had always been his rival, and who was dismissed from his position as deputy regimental commander due to the failure of the exercise!
He had the motive and the potential to get in touch with the people responsible for ship maintenance!
And...Wen Xue?
Qin Lie recalled the look of jealousy and resentment in that woman's eyes when she looked at Jiang Wu before they set sail.
Could it be them?
Did they collude together?
"Qin Lie! What's wrong?"
Jiang Wu's voice pulled him back from his furious thoughts.
She climbed onto the wreckage and walked over to him.
When she saw the cut cable, her eyes turned cold.
Although she had long suspected that someone was behind it, seeing the evidence with her own eyes still stirred up a murderous intent within her.
"nothing."
Qin Lie forcibly suppressed his overwhelming rage.
He turned to look at Jiang Wu, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace.
"I'm just... a little angry."
He couldn't show his murderous intent in front of his wife.
He was afraid of scaring her.
"It's alright." Jiang Wu reached out and gently smoothed his furrowed brows. "We'll settle the score when we get back. You can run away, but you can't hide."
Her voice was calm, yet it carried a reassuring power.
As long as she's there, nothing is too big of a problem.
Qin Lie looked at her, into her clear eyes that seemed to see through everything, and the violence in his heart miraculously subsided.
yes.
What's the point of thinking about these things now?
The most urgent task is to survive.
He was taking his wife and surviving brothers back from this hellish place!
As long as he can get back alive, he has plenty of time and ways. He'll drag that rat hiding in the gutter out and tear him to pieces!
"You're right." Qin Lie nodded, taking Jiang Wu's hand. "Let's figure out a way to get out of here first."
He jumped off the wreckage and returned to the reef.
He looked around, his mind racing.
The survival beacon is broken. Relying on outside rescue is no longer possible.
Their only hope was the wrecked life raft that had washed ashore on the reef.
He went over and examined it carefully.
The raft had several holes in it from the previous impact, but the main structure was still relatively intact.
If the hole is patched up, it should still be usable.
But what can be used to make up for it?
Moreover, they had no oars, no food, and no fresh water...
Even if the raft is repaired, how far can it drift on this vast ocean?
Qin Lie's heart sank again.
Hope remains slim.
"We can fix it."
Jiang Wu's voice rang out again.
Qin Lie turned around and saw Jiang Wu squatting next to the dilapidated life raft, fiddling with something.
"What should we use to fix it?" Qin Lie gave a wry smile.
"Use this."
Jiang Wu looked up and saw a roll of black, sticky-looking tape in her hand, along with a small object that looked like an air pump.
Qin Lie was stunned.
"Where...where did this come from?"
He was certain that none of these things had been there before!
"I found it." Jiang Wu's answer was simple and direct.
She pointed to a pile of messy debris that had been washed ashore by the waves not far away.
"I just saw it in that pile of trash. I guess it fell off some cargo ship."
Did you find it?
Qin Lie looked at the brand-new roll of waterproof tape, still wrapped in its original packaging, and then at the small, exquisite air pump, which wasn't even a speck of rust. His confusion deepened.
This thing... doesn't look like it was picked up from a garbage dump at all!
But he didn't ask any more questions.
He chose to believe her.
"I'll do it!"
He took the tape and air pump from Jiang Wu.
He tore open the tape and found that it was surprisingly sticky.
He glued those holes shut, layer upon layer, until they were firmly sealed.
Then, he used the small but surprisingly effective air pump to refill the life raft with air.
Soon, a life raft, though it looked a bit disheveled, was sturdy and reliable, and reappeared in front of them.
Qin Lie was once again deeply shocked.
He looked at his wife.
She just squatted there quietly, watching him work.
Sunlight streamed through the clouds, bathing her in a golden glow.
The sea breeze ruffled her long hair, giving her an ethereal, otherworldly beauty.
The last scene he saw before he lost consciousness uncontrollably surfaced in Qin Lie's mind.
The small fishing boat that appeared miraculously.
That resolute figure standing at the bow of the ship, sailing towards him against the storm.
He always believed that it was a hallucination he had before he died.
But now he knows.
That's not an illusion!
She really came!
She really did single-handedly pilot a small boat into a super typhoon of category 17, a force capable of tearing apart even a ten-thousand-ton ship!
She crossed a thousand miles of raging sea and braved hellish storms, all to find him!
What courage that is!
What profound affection this is!
He couldn't imagine how an ordinary, pregnant woman could do all that.
This was beyond his comprehension.
In his eyes, Jiang Wu was no longer the weak little wife who needed his protection.
She is a miracle.
A goddess came riding the waves and rescued him from the abyss of death...
His worldview was completely overturned and then reshaped at that moment.
"daughter in law……"
He walked up to her, squatted down, and looked her in the eye.
His eyes were burning with intense, focused gaze, filled with an unprecedented, almost devout adoration.
"Hmm?" Jiang Wu felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze.
"From now on, my life belongs to you."
Qin Lie didn't use any fancy words; he simply expressed his truest thoughts at that moment with the most honest and firm words.
He reached out and pulled her into a tight embrace.
This woman is his destiny.
It is the god he will dedicate his life to protecting and believing in for the rest of his life.
...
With Jiang Wu's "mysterious" help (she "found" a piece of wood that could be used as a paddle and a package of sealed, water-free compressed biscuits), they finally made all the preparations.
Qin Lie carefully lifted the two soldiers, who were still unconscious, onto the life raft.
Then, he helped Jiang Wu sit down as well.
"Hold on tight!"
He untied the ropes binding the rocks and used the planks to push himself up!
The life raft swayed and drifted away from the reef, returning to the azure sea that had both brought them despair and given them new life.
"Which way should we go?" Qin Lie looked at the sea that looked exactly the same from every angle and was once again lost.
"there."
Jiang Wu stretched out her hand without hesitation and pointed to the due east where the sun was rising.
“I remember, our island is in that direction.”
Her tone was firm and confident.
Qin Lie looked at her without the slightest suspicion.
He nodded, picked up the plank, and vigorously paddled eastward.
He didn't know that Jiang Wu's certainty wasn't because she remembered the direction.
Rather, it was because in that direction she could sense a familiar, human touch reminiscent of the residential compound.
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