Chapter 135 Escape from Waterspout
"Waterspout?" You Zhenzhen had only heard of tornadoes before, "What is a waterspout?" "A waterspout
is a tornado formed on the water surface! It usually occurs in places with high temperature and high humidity. The upper end is connected to thunderstorm clouds and the lower end is connected to the water surface. It will suck in water and rotate at high speed along with the water vapor. It is no less dangerous than a tornado!"
As she spoke, she quickly started the yacht and switched to manual driving, "Go downstairs and call your mother and tell her what's going on here."
"Oh!" You Zhenzhen rarely saw the other party look so serious and solemn. She knew that the matter was serious and immediately ran down the stairs.
When she arrived at the lower deck suite, You Xi had just changed into clean clothes and was about to go to bed. When she saw her running in anxiously, she knew something was wrong: "Is a typhoon coming? Or a thunderstorm?"
"Neither! It's a waterspout!"
You Xi was stunned for a second, then quickly ran upstairs, and You Zhenzhen hurriedly followed her.
In the upper driving area, Tang Yatong had already turned the yacht around and was heading in the opposite direction of the waterspout.
They could only run inland, because if they were too far away from the peninsula, they might fall into a time loop area.
This place is close to the open sea, and the high-rise buildings along the coast were collapsed by the tsunami, so there are not many buildings above the water around.
Only occasionally some half-collapsed buildings emerge from the water. Because of this, it is more dangerous to sail in this area, because you don't know whether there are building wreckage under the water, and you may run aground at any time.
Before, when the yacht was in automatic navigation mode, it would automatically monitor and avoid, but now it has been switched to manual mode. Tang Yatong needs to pay attention to the radar monitoring instrument on the dashboard while driving, and avoid and detour in advance.
Youxi stood beside her and looked at the radar surveillance: "A little further ahead, there are low buildings on the left side, we can deviate from there. Although the forward direction of the waterspout is sometimes affected by the wind and tilted, with today's wind, the waterspout is more likely to stay in a straight line. If we deviate, maybe we can avoid it!"
Tang Yatong frowned and handed her the telescope beside her: "Look around the yacht."
Youxi's heart skipped a beat. She picked up the telescope and checked the left and right sides of the yacht respectively. Sure enough, there was not only a waterspout behind the yacht on the water within her sight.
Waterspouts appeared on their left side, left rear, right rear, right side... She roughly counted them and found that there were seven or eight! And in some places, new waterspouts were taking shape. All in all, there were nearly fifteen waterspouts!
"We can't avoid it." Youxi has confirmed it.
The maximum speed of this yacht is 20 knots, which is 37 kilometers per hour.
As for the waterspout, not to mention the wind speed inside it that can exceed 200 kilometers per hour, even its average speed on the water surface must reach 50 kilometers per hour.
Their yacht cannot outrun the waterspouts. If there are only three to five, they can still avoid them by changing their course, but now, they are almost surrounded by waterspouts.
The only thing to be thankful for was that she and Tang Yatong were used to taking turns on duty, so there was always one person who would stay on the upper deck, and that’s why they discovered the waterspout in the first place.
Although there were many waterspouts around, most of them were currently far away.
You Xi took out three automatic neck life jackets, put them on You Zhenzhen and Tang Yatong respectively, and then quickly put them on himself.
Such life jackets will automatically inflate when they come into contact with water, and are more comfortable than vest life jackets.
You Zhenzhen was a little nervous: "Will we fall into the water?"
"Just in case." You Xi pulled her to the sofa behind the driving area and let her sit down, "Don't worry, you...your mother and I have a life-saving backup plan, you just need to stay with us."
"Yeah." You Zhenzhen nodded with a pale face.
As soon as Tang Yatong heard Youxi talking about the life-saving backup plan, she understood what she was talking about. She was referring to the two of them discussing how to avoid a typhoon, rainstorm or thunderstorm when they were outside.
At that time, Tang Yatong said that she had a life-saving method, but the crisis situation she considered at that time was different from the current one...
She paid attention to the data on the radar monitoring equipment, turned around, avoided the half-built ruins of the building hidden under the water in front of her, and continued to accelerate inland.
But the surrounding waterspouts were still approaching at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The wind on the water surface was getting stronger, and the feeling of racing against disaster was too exciting.
You Xi came to her again, lowered her head and marked an address on the electronic map. This was the building where Chen Lei and his son were, close to the inland. She was afraid that the yacht would keep changing direction and eventually deviate too much and miss their location.
"They may not still be waiting there." Tang Yatong reminded her.
Although there was a distance between where Chen Lei and his son were and where they were now, it was impossible for them not to notice such a waterspout that went straight from the water surface into the clouds - after all, the supplies they left for them before included a telescope. It was impossible
for a normal person to stay there after observing so many waterspouts, waiting for someone who didn't know whether he would come back on time.
"That's possible, but it's also possible that they are still waiting for us there. Whether they have left or not, since we said we would go back to pick them up in two days, we have to fulfill our promise."
Tang Yatong turned around and smiled at her: "Very good."
They are not saviors, but they have not lost their original intentions as human beings because they have seen too many life and death. Fulfill your promise, no matter what the result is, just make sure you have a clear conscience.
The subsequent voyage became more and more thrilling. After ten minutes, Youxi took over the job of driving the yacht from Tang Yatong: "What's your backup plan?"
She could actually guess what the other party was talking about. After all, she had seen the defensive function of the system tower tasker's weapon. Lin Wu's ordinary iron rod could support the barrier that blocked the rocket launcher.
Tang Yatong paid attention to the water tornadoes around her, her brows furrowed with tension. "In this situation, the backup plan won't last long! The duration of the defensive barrier depends on the impact and damage it sustains.
If it's just to block ordinary wind and rain, the barrier can be maintained. If it's a typhoon or thunderstorm, it can hold out for a few hours. But There are so many water tornadoes like this, and the impact and damage value are increasing geometrically. They can't last long at all! "
Youxi roughly understood what the other party said. Just like the perverted tasker they met in Tang Yatong's native world, the other party was able to block all of Youxi's attacks at the beginning, until the defensive power of the weapon was exhausted by her, and Tang Yatong could kill him.
The typhoon can only make the yacht bump up and down, with the risk of capsizing. Thunderstorms will not hit the same place every moment.
Only the impact of a waterspout can directly cause a yacht to capsize and split, and even roll part of the hull into the waterspout. This kind of impact is far beyond the first two.
"The waterspout is still some distance away. Try to escape first and hide. When you can't hide anymore, open the defense barrier!"
"Can the size protect this yacht?"
"Yes!"
At this point, You Xi stopped asking questions and focused on driving the yacht to escape.
**
The yacht is very fast, but the waterspout is even faster. In addition, the yacht needs to detour to avoid underwater structures from time to time, so the entire escape route is tortuous.
Outside the fully enclosed glass of the cockpit, the rain and wind were getting stronger. This was because a waterspout moving from the left was gradually approaching. They could even hear the splashing sound of water inside the water column due to the high-speed rotation. The waves on
the water surface were getting bigger and bigger. The yacht, which was already moving crookedly, was thrown up and down by the waves several times.
You Zhenzhen's originally pale face turned a little livid. She had just eaten breakfast and was almost vomiting now. Tang Yatong, who had been paying attention to her situation, took a few steps forward and handed her a thick bag.
"Thank you..."
"Call me if you need anything." Tang Yatong stretched out her hand and pressed on her head.
The little girl did not dodge for the first time, or maybe because she did not have the strength to dodge.
Finally, after Youxi turned around, they saw the high-rise buildings where the father and son of the Chen family were in the distance.
Youxi took out a walkie-talkie from the space and threw it to Tang Yatong. The signal range of the walkie-talkie was limited and it could only be used here. The other party might have been guarding the walkie-talkie all the time. Tang Yatong just called here and there was a response there.
The situation was urgent and there was no time to say more. After confirming that the other party was still in the high-rise area, Tang Yatong immediately told them to hurry to the previous glass break and wait for them.
As for supplies, if there is no time to pack them up, don't take them away. It's important to escape.
"The things have been packed up a long time ago, and we have been waiting at the place you said!" Chen Lei's voice came from the walkie-talkie, with a calmness and a hint of relief.
He naturally noticed the waterspout and knew that a disaster was coming, but he was also gambling on whether Youxi and his friends would keep their promise and come back to pick them up.
He was also afraid of losing the gamble, so he gave himself a bottom line. If Youxi and his friends didn't come in half an hour, they would have to drive the rubber boat to escape.
Fortunately, they won the gamble.
In the face of a disaster, they both kept their promises, which is a rare thing in itself.
"Be careful!" Tang Yatong had just put down the walkie-talkie when she saw a large piece of building debris flying out from the top of a building not far to the right.
The building was some distance away from them, but a horizontally moving water torrent swirled in, smashing the outer wall of the building and sending out several pieces of building debris, the largest of which was heading towards their yacht.
Tang Yatong's heart skipped a beat, and she was about to take out her weapon to open the barrier.
You Xi shouted, "Hold on!" and suddenly turned the steering wheel sharply, almost sticking to the glass wall of the building in front from right to left, forcibly changing course and driving around it, and driving to the left side of the building.
The huge piece of building debris came crashing in, concentrated on the right side of the building, smashing a big hole, and countless glass fragments fell into the water.
"Handsome!" Tang Yatong let out a long breath.
You Zhenzhen couldn't help but spit out a "wow".
Ten minutes later, the yacht stopped next to the building where the Chen family father and son were. The rear deck of the yacht was very large. Tang Yatong had been waiting there in advance. Looking at the distance, she directed Youxi to drive backwards, and finally stopped steadily against the outer wall of the building.
"Quick!" Tang Yatong stepped one foot into the building, and at the same time reached out to hold the window frame, relying on her own strength to fix the yacht.
The Chen family father and son were obviously shocked by such a luxurious yacht, but they only froze for a second, and then quickly threw all the seven or eight luggage bags around them onto the deck, and then jumped on themselves.
"Go in first. There is a restroom at the bottom of the stairs. You can clean yourself up, change your clothes and shoes, and then come to the upper deck to meet us."
Tang Yatong knew that Youxi and You Zhenzhen were both a bit of a clean freak. In addition, this speedboat was so new and beautiful that they naturally didn't want anyone to dirty it.
She helped the two of them carry the pile of luggage bags into the cabin, and then lowered the electric glass door.
Youxi had already quickly driven the speedboat after they got on the yacht, bypassing this area of high-rise waters and continuing to move inland.
The water level had obviously risen again, and the original hillside looked a little lower. The yacht was like a blade flying on the crest of the wave under the approach of more than a dozen waterspouts.
While driving, You Xi said to Tang Yatong who rushed to her side: "Don't worry, we can still hold on for a while!" She almost maximized her senses and attention, checking the radar, paying attention to the direction of the surrounding waterspouts, and paying attention to the water in front of her with her remaining eyes...
The yacht was flying forward on the crest of the waves, but was eventually caught up by the dozen or so waterspouts. The surrounding water seemed to boil, and the splashing white water blocked everything around like mist.
"Now!" You Xi spoke.
Tang Yatong quickly took out an MP5, she turned the handle down, pressed it against the floor in front of her body, and turned on the weapon's defense function.
A translucent arc-shaped barrier appeared from the front of the yacht and quickly wrapped the entire hull backwards.
The barrier she opened was calculated just right, and all parts of the yacht were protected, but no space was wasted. After
all, the damage to the defensive barrier is related to the size of its opening. In an instant, You Zhenzhen suddenly felt that the yacht, which was originally tossing up and down to the point of almost flying, calmed down, as if the wind and rain outside had stopped in an instant, and she couldn't even hear the sound of rain hitting the glass.
She slowly got up and walked to the glass window to check, and found that the water surface outside was even more terrifying than before, with huge waves flying up and down, and the surrounding buildings were smashed from time to time by the passing water tornado. Some building fragments were swept into the water column, and some were scattered and fell into the water.
There were also some fragments that were thrown out again by the water tornado, falling from high altitude, hitting buildings, or falling on the water, exploding larger waves.
She put her hand on the glass in front of her and found that it was not her illusion. The huge waves, rainstorms and waterspouts on the water had reached a terrible level, but they did not affect the yacht at all.
The arc of light just now was like a cover that completely blocked the outside world, protecting the yacht and them on the yacht.
This is really amazing!
On the other side, Youxi started the yacht carefully again at Tang Yatong's signal, and under the protection of her weapon defense barrier, she continued to slowly move inland.
Fifteen minutes later, the yacht arrived at the waters in front of the hill.
This place is a little far from the center of the waterspout. Outside the barrier, although there are still strong winds and heavy rains and surging waves, Tang Yatong's face is obviously much more relaxed because she is not facing the impact of the waterspout directly.
"Switch to the rubber boat to go to the land?" Youxi was afraid that her barrier defense would consume too much energy, after all, the yacht was large.
If they go to the land, they can squeeze into a car, so that they can continue to move inland away from the waterspout. The car is smaller, so the barrier doesn't need to be so large.
"It's okay. The wind and rain won't have much impact now. We can stay here temporarily. If the waterspout moves over, we can change places." Tang Yatong's tone was very serious, but her frown relaxed.
Just kidding, no one can let her get off the yacht now.
Compared with five people squeezing into a car, she would rather spend some defense points to stay on the yacht!
You Xi could guess her thoughts from her expression, but she resisted the urge to expose her. She let the yacht stay where it was, turned her head to look at Chen Lei and his son at the bar next to the stairs, and slowly said, "Ask me if you have any questions."
Chen Shengxin opened his mouth, still in shock. He moved but couldn't close his mouth: "...Mustard seed space? Cultivating immortals? Overcoming tribulations?"
You Xi: ...
Tang Yatong: ...
"Puff——" This was You Zhenzhen's laughter that she couldn't hold back.
Chen Lei held his forehead and pulled his stupid son behind him, warning him with his eyes not to speak again, and turned to Youxi and the others and said, "Sorry, my son prefers to read online novels...
Thank you for keeping your promise and coming back to us when danger comes, and thank you for trusting us so much. Don't worry, we are not the kind of curious people, nor are we the ungrateful wolves who accept help from others but are greedy. We have no questions to ask, and we will not tell anyone about you."
Tang Yatong smiled and put the MP5 supporting the barrier on her shoulder, with a warning in her smiling eyes.
She did not trust other people's promises, but believed in her own strength. The other party was inside her barrier, and Youxi was here, who could do anything?
"Go down first, it's safe for now." You Xi stepped forward and touched You Zhenzhen's head, "Go down and rinse your mouth and wash your face. If you still feel uncomfortable, I have a seasickness patch."
The five people went down to the sofa rest area on the main deck. Tang Yatong found that the Chen father and son simply washed their hands and feet, and still couldn't stand it, so she directly ordered the two to go to the public bathroom on the lower deck to take a shower and then change into clean clothes.
The father and son were afraid of wasting other people's water, so they only washed their hands and feet.
But they hadn't taken a shower for several days before leaving the high ground. After that, they were always on the road and stayed in the building on the water for two days. There was no clean water source for washing.
Now hearing Tang Yatong's order, they went back to the bathroom to take a shower.
After they washed themselves thoroughly and changed into clean clothes, they felt like they were reborn.
This made them more determined to follow Youxi and the other two.
In the past two days, when they sat in the empty building and looked at the water outside that had flooded to the sixth and seventh floors, they became more and more clear in their hearts that the era of peace had ended, disaster had come, and chaos had also come.
The guys who thought they were strong began to ignore the law and human rights, and did all kinds of unscrupulous things for a little selfish desire.
But the real strong would not bother to plunder the things of the weak.
The help they received from Youxi and his three men was far more than the help they gave. Just based on this point, he firmly believed that his decision to risk leaving the high ground and follow them was the right one.
The father and son returned to the main deck and opened the seven or eight large travel bags that were temporarily stored in the yacht restaurant. Inside were all kinds of drinking water supplies and various useful items.
They were not idle during the two days they waited in the building. Instead, they drove the rubber boat to the several buildings that could be reached nearby and collected all the supplies they could find.
They never thought of keeping all these things for themselves. They were originally a team. After eating and using so many things from each other, they naturally had to give back.
Youxi and Tang Yatong both had these things, but not lacking them and not taking them were two different things. Accepting the supplies given by others sincerely was a sign of respect for the other party.
**
The waterspout disappeared completely after an hour, but the rainstorm and strong winds never stopped. Tang Yatong did not put away the defensive barrier. She found that this little consumption could be exchanged for calm waters on the yacht, which was actually a very cost-effective thing.
Moreover, the barrier was always open, which could prevent sudden major changes, so that they would not always be vigilant and take turns on duty.
At noon and in the evening of this day, Chen Lei and his son had the most abundant meal since the disaster. In fact, it was just some very simple soup noodles with halogens, but when the fresh and fragrant beef soup mixed with chili oil was drunk, they felt like they were reborn.
At night, the father and son slept in the rest area on the upper deck, watching the heavy rain and waves outside and sighing, while falling into a deep sleep.
The next day, when they woke up again, they found that the outside world had changed again. The hillside that was not far from the yacht had completely disappeared.
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