Chapter 83: Distress in the Blue Sea
Xiao Bai nodded, and suddenly took out an ancient copper button from his pocket and put it into Gu Xicheng's palm: "Carry it with you."
She lightly touched the button with her fingertips, and a blue light flashed slightly - the spatial anchor point was formed.
"No matter where you are imprisoned, I can find you." She grinned, her little fangs shining.
The sound of patrolmen's footsteps was heard in the distance. The two looked at each other and stepped into the space crack.
The night wind swept through the empty room, leaving only Gu Xicheng stroking the copper buttons, looking out the window with eyes as sharp as an eagle.
The children are so sensible, and we old guys can't let them down.
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August 3, 1976, on the deck of the transport ship Xiangyanghong in the East China Sea.
"vomit--"
Lin Guohua stuck his head out of the side of the boat for the third time and vomited violently.
His bronze face was now as gray as a lime-washed wall. His strong arms tightly grasped the railing, as if he would be swallowed by the sea if he let go. "Brother, drink some water." Lin Xiaobai handed over the military canteen.
"No...I can't do it anymore..." Lin Guohua took the kettle, his hands shaking like leaves in the wind, "This boat is bumpier than the old donkey cart in our village..."
On the other side of the cabin, Gu Mingyue was slumped in a rattan chair wrapped in a silk shawl, her originally exquisitely tied hair now disheveled.
She held up the small gilded mirror with a trembling voice and uttered a whine: "My skin... is all ruined... dry!"
"Miss Gu, are you still looking in the mirror in the storm?"
Song Wan appeared out of nowhere, holding an enamel pot in her hand, "Come, drink some ginger soup! I made it myself!"
Gu Mingyue glanced at the suspicious brown liquid in the jar and turned away in disgust: "Can I not drink it? I will have to vomit after drinking it..."
"Hey, if you don't want to drink it, forget it! This is my secret recipe for stopping nausea!"
Song Wan shook her two braids, turned around and saw Lin Shuhua leaning against the cabin door, "Sister Shuhua, you look so bad, drink something!"
Lin Shuhua waved his hands weakly and was about to speak when the boat suddenly tilted violently.
Song Wan staggered, and the ginger soup spilled all over Gu Mingyue's new clothes.
"Ah! My new pants!" Gu Mingyue howled and looked at Song Wan with tears in her eyes, like a poor puppy.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Song Wan hurriedly took out a handkerchief, "I'll help you wash it later..."
"No need to wash, just give me another bottle of whitening mask!"
Gu Mingyue is always thinking about becoming beautiful.
"Gu Mingyue, you are amazing. You are half dead after vomiting, but you are still thinking about your face. Hold back!"
Song Wan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and tapped her eyebrows with her orchid finger.
"Will you give it to me or not, Miss Song, Miss Song, sister-in-law..."
"Stop! Give it to me! But remember, there is no sister-in-law involved. If you keep yelling, I'll add pepper to your mask!"
"Hehe! Got it!" Gu Mingyue got her wish and was so excited that her mouth opened too wide. Just then a gust of wind and waves came, and there was another sound of "Ouch——".
"Oh my goodness, Gu Mingyue, where are you vomiting?"
Song Wan was attacked, "Gu Zhongzhang! Come and take care of your sister!"
"Coming, coming!" Gu Zhongzhang came over to help with a mop in one hand and a clean towel in the other.
He ran too hastily and the boat was unstable, so he almost fell out. Fortunately, Xiaobai was quick-witted and used a vine to pull him out.
"Everyone, be careful. Hold on a little longer. We're almost at the island!"
"Attention all!"
Everyone looked up and saw Tang Jingmo standing on the outer corridor of the control platform. He was wearing a straight military uniform and the sea breeze was blowing a few strands of black hair on his forehead.
He held a nautical chart in his hand and his eyes were as sharp as a knife.
"The weather ahead is abnormal, everyone enter the cabin."
As if to confirm his words, the originally clear sky suddenly became gloomy and white waves rose on the sea.
Lin Xiaobai helped his brother up, Song Wan supported Lin Shuhua, and Gu Mingyue was supported by Gu Zhongzhang, and the group stumbled into the cabin.
"Bang!"
A muffled sound came from the bottom of the ship, and the whole ship shook violently.
Lin Xiaobai felt his feet go empty and he slid forward. After sliding a few steps, he was about to stand firm when he was embraced by a familiar embrace.
"Don't be distracted!" Tang Jingmo's voice was close to her ears, and his warm breath brushed across her hair. "It must have hit a reef."
Lin Xiaobai nodded, and the SO1 ring flickered as he approached.
She cast her eyes toward the rolling sea in the distance.
"It's not an ordinary reef," she whispered. "The magnetic field is abnormal."
"You felt it too!"
Lin Xiaobai shook his wrist: "This thing is a bit excited. There is something wrong with this sea area."
There was chaos in the cockpit. The captain tried desperately to turn the rudder, but the ship was still tilting irreversibly.
"The engine is flooded!"
"Radio failure!"
"There's a hole on the starboard side!"
Tang Jingmo strode in and said sternly, "Everyone calm down! Captain, give me the ship's position map!"
Tang Jingmo quickly entered the command state, his slender fingers drew a few tracks on the sea chart, and his voice was steady and powerful:
"Change course 115 degrees and use the thrust of the side waves to get away from the reefs. Close the starboard watertight door and start the standby pump."
"But the power system..." Before the first mate could finish his words, the lights above his head suddenly flickered a few times and went out completely.
"I'll go fix it!"
In the darkness, Lin Xiaobai felt someone grabbing her wrist.
Tang Jingmo's voice rang in his ears: "I'll go with you."
The two people's eyes completely adapted to the darkness, and their extraordinary vision enabled them to see each other's worries clearly.
"It's a piece of cake! You stay here and help the captain. I don't want to go into the sea to pick up sharks halfway!"
He grabbed her wrist and said, "The flooded switchboard will kill you!"
"You forgot, I have this!"
She suddenly chuckled, and Tang Jingmo felt something like a thin vine brushing against his wrist - it was her supernatural vine!
The hull suddenly tilted, and Tang Jingmo had to press her against the bulkhead to stabilize her.
The girl's thin shoulders pressed against his chest, and both of them felt the burning question.
Tang Jingmo quickly kissed her forehead and then shouted:
"Li Zuwang! Get the waterproof flashlight! Take Comrade Lin to the computer room—"
"yes!"
The corridor leading to the machine room was like a tunnel filled with water.
The kerosene lamp held by Li Zuwang suddenly shone on a certain part of the bulkhead: "Oh my God! The rusting speed is abnormal!"
I saw that the rust on the riveted seams was spreading at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a living thing.
Lin Xiaobai suddenly grabbed the kerosene lamp and swept his wrist across the rust. The SO1 ring flashed and the strange phenomenon stopped immediately.
"It's electrolytic corrosion." Her voice was tense. "Chemicals were mixed into the seawater."
"What electricity? What chemical substance?" Li Zuwang seemed to be listening to a mystery.
Xiaobai didn't have time to explain. The moment she pushed open the door of the computer room, a strong iron smell hit her in the face.
In the knee-deep sea water, the switchboard occasionally emitted dangerous blue sparks.
Li Zuwang tried to open the tool cabinet, but found that the wrench had been corroded and only half of it was left.
"What should we do, Comrade Lin? We can't repair it without tools!" Li Zuwang said in despair.
"Go look outside, we still have time!"
Xiaobai sent him away so that he could do things more conveniently.
Tools? Sometimes redundant.
For her, the best tools are her hands.
While Li Zuwang was still groping outside for tools, Xiaobai had already connected the last copper wire.
The whole ship suddenly shook. The lights came on one after another, and the roar of the engine was like a giant beast awakening.
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