Chapter 79 Sailing Alone! The Enchantress Charges Towards the Eye of the Storm!
"boom--"
A giant wave, as high as a three-story building, slammed the small fishing boat into the air like an invisible giant hand, then crashed it down in weightlessness!
The ship crashed into the sea with a deafening roar. Inside the cockpit, Jiang Wu felt as if her internal organs had shifted from their original positions from the immense impact. Her forehead slammed heavily against the compass in front of her, instantly drawing bright red blood.
Blood flowed down her brow bone into her eyes, turning the whole world blood red.
"Ugh..." she groaned, a sharp pain shooting through her abdomen. The little one inside seemed startled by the jolt, expressing its protest and fear with all its might.
Jiang Wu gritted her teeth, gripping the loosened steering wheel tightly with one hand and protecting her stomach with the other.
“Baby, don’t be afraid… Mommy’s here…” Her voice was so weak it was almost inaudible amidst the howling wind and crashing waves, “We’re…we’re going to find Daddy…Daddy…he’s waiting for us…”
She looked up and gazed ahead through the glass window, which had long been blurred by the constant erosion of waves and rain.
Everywhere you look is purgatory.
Black, mountain-like waves surged in from all directions, seemingly endless. The sky was completely swallowed by thick, impenetrable clouds. Streaks of pale lightning, like the claws of demons, tore through the heavens from time to time, bringing moments of light followed by deafening thunder.
The small fishing boat was as fragile as a withered leaf that could be crushed at any moment in the face of this tyranny.
Any experienced captain would probably be terrified by now and have given up all resistance.
But Jiang Wu didn't.
There was no fear or hesitation in her eyes, only a burning, stubborn flame.
In her past life, she was a demoness who had fought her way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. She had faced heavenly tribulations far more terrifying than this, and besieged attacks far more desperate than this. She had never known the meaning of the word "give up"!
Moreover, in the deepest part of that storm, lay her only attachment in this life.
She closed her eyes, no longer relying on the malfunctioning compass, nor paying attention to the wildly swaying ship. She calmed her mind, trying to feel and capture that faint yet incredibly clear guidance from the depths of her blood amidst the storm.
"Over there..."
She suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze fixed on the fleeting, narrow passage formed by the intersection of two giant waves to her left!
That's it! Qin Lie's life force was coming from that direction!
Without further hesitation, she used all her strength to turn the steering wheel and simultaneously pushed the throttle to the floor!
"Buzz—"
The old diesel engine roared under the strain. Like a wounded bull, the fishing boat, bow raised high, charged headlong into the gap in the giant wave at an almost suicidal angle!
"Splash—"
Icy seawater poured in through the cracks, instantly submerging half of the cab. Jiang Wu was completely immersed in the frigid water.
But she succeeded!
She successfully crossed that wall of death!
The ship entered a relatively calm area of the sea. Although the waves were still huge, they were much better than the devastating waves they had just experienced.
Jiang Wu gasped for breath. The icy seawater made her shiver all over. She wiped the seawater and blood from her face, her gaze resolute as she continued to move forward at full speed in that direction.
She knew this was only temporary. She was caught between the troughs of two giant waves, and before long, the next, even more terrifying wave would crash down.
She has to act quickly!
She didn't know how long she had been driving. An hour? Two hours? Or longer?
In this chaotic world, abandoned by both time and space, she had lost her sense of time. All she knew was that the life force belonging to Qin Lie beneath her palm was becoming clearer and clearer, yet also increasingly... fainter.
Her heart felt like it was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, the pain almost suffocating her.
Faster! Faster!
She kept urging herself on.
The fuel is being consumed at a rapid pace.
My physical strength is rapidly depleting.
The pain in her abdomen came in waves, growing more and more intense. She knew this was a sign of miscarriage. The little one inside her was sending her the most desperate warning in this way.
But she couldn't stop.
If she can't find Qin Lie today, then she and the child will have no way to survive.
Rather than let all three of them die in this cold sea, it's better to use her and her child's last lives to gamble on a one in ten thousand chance that the whole family can survive!
"Baby... hang in there... please..."
She lowered her head, pressed her face against her cold stomach, and her voice was filled with pleading sobs.
"Dad's just ahead... We'll find him soon..."
As if understanding her mother's prayer, the intense cramping in her stomach miraculously and slowly subsided.
Jiang Wu felt a warmth in her heart, and tears welled up in her eyes again. She knew that it was her child supporting her with his tiny life.
She raised her head again, her eyes even more determined than before!
Just then!
Her gaze swept across the chaotic sea ahead, littered with the wreckage of various ships, and caught sight of something unusual... orange!
It was a small, orange thing that appeared and disappeared like duckweed in the towering waves!
It's a life raft!
It's a military-standard, self-inflating life raft!
Jiang Wu's heart started pounding wildly!
She steered the boat across regardless of the danger.
Closer, even closer!
She saw it clearly!
On that small life raft, several motionless figures wearing life jackets were huddled together!
And one of them, even in a coma, still appeared taller and more imposing than the others…
It's him!
It's Qin Lie!
"Qin Lie—"
Jiang Wu shouted his name with all her might, her voice torn apart by the raging wind.
She finally found him!
However, just as she was about to bring the boat closer to the life raft to prepare to rescue people.
A sudden change has occurred!
Suddenly, a violent explosion erupted from the fishing boat beneath her feet! Immediately afterward, a thick plume of black smoke billowed from the engine room at the stern!
"Buzz...buzz...cough cough..."
The engine emitted two weak, mournful groans before stalling completely!
The ship lost its last bit of power!
Meanwhile, behind them, a black tsunami, larger and more terrifying than any wave they had ever seen before, was rising silently and slowly, like a black tsunami that blotted out the sky!
It was like a moving, insurmountable wall, carrying a godlike power that could crush everything, slowly pressing down on them...
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