Chapter 101 Chapter 101 Small setbacks, the temperature of the sea water finally...
After figuring it out, several people finally let go of their anxious hearts and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It has to be Sister Chang. Not everyone has the courage to make decisions when necessary." Zhang Rui raised his thumb and expressed his admiration.
Anyway, with all the things on her own floating objects, let alone throwing them all into the sea, even if one or two small things accidentally fell into the sea while she was in a hurry, it would be enough to make her feel distressed for a long time.
"That's why you can't become someone like Sister Chang." Shifang said quietly from the side.
"Hey, you're just going to go against me, aren't you?" Zhang Rui couldn't contain his anger. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "Come on, only one of us can make it out of here alive today. I'll kill you!"
Seeing the two of them fighting again, the other people on the bed had long been accustomed to it. These days, they relied on the two of them fighting several times a day from morning to night to add to the laughter. It was even funnier than a skit.
Chang Ruijia looked at these people lying on the bed and laughing happily, and said to herself, this will never happen again. From today on, they are the closest people in this vast ocean, and they will live together, relying on each other.
Feeling the warmth rubbing cautiously against her, she raised her eyes and looked tenderly at the shy little girl. "What's wrong?"
"Um... Sister Chang," Zhong Yuan scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "You mean you can still be like before, with endless supplies, right?"
Looking at the girl whispering beside her, wanting to stand up and open her arms to express the huge weight she couldn't express in words, Chang Ruijia's eyebrows curved, "That's right, your sister Chang will have something else sooner or later, don't worry."
"Hehe," Zhong Yuan smiled relievedly after receiving a positive answer, and then tentatively moved her hand to the flower pot she had just pushed out, "Do you have any free space for this flower pot?"
"What?"
Seeing that Chang Ruijia didn't seem reluctant to let go, Zhong Yuan took advantage of the situation and hugged the flowerpot that she once treasured. "Sister, you're still trying to make a comeback, and you're busy running around. You don't have time to take care of these plants, do you? Why don't you let me do it?"
Zhong Yuan took a break from her busy schedule and patted her chest. "Don't worry, sister. These plants will still be yours after they are grown. I'm just helping you take care of them."
It can be said that Zhong Yuan carefully nurtured these plants from seeds to their current tender seedlings. When she heard that Chang Ruijia had nothing, she got carried away and only wanted to give away the best and most valuable things. Now that she was told that it was no big deal, she felt sad.
"What if I say there is a place and time to take care of her?" Chang Ruijia immediately understood what she meant and joked with a smile.
The people around had already noticed what had happened between the two and echoed, "That's right, it's not right to give something away and then ask for it back."
"Ah..." Zhong Yuan timidly retracted her hand. Even though she was reluctant to part with the cubs she had raised, she had to admit that what her brothers and sisters said made a lot of sense.
Before, she only thought about helping Sister Chang who had no time and no place to go, and completely forgot that this was no different from asking for it back.
The expression on Zhong Yuan's face kept changing, which made the people watching the show find it a little funny.
In the end, it was Chang Ruijia herself who took the initiative to end this entertaining entertainment for the children. "Alright, alright, your sister Chang has already told me that I will develop those things again sooner or later. Why do I need these things from you?"
Seeing Zhong Yuan's hesitant expression, Chang Ruijia frowned and said, "I even found those things I had before cumbersome, let alone a flowerpot as big as yours. What? Do you want me to abandon you again in times of crisis?"
"No, no, no," Zhong Yuan said repeatedly, using both hands and feet to pick up the flower pot that had just changed hands and put it back in her arms like a child. "Then put it here with me, put it here with me, I'll let Sister Chang take care of it."
"You should just look after it yourself," Chang Ruijia rubbed Zhong Yuan's head, "I, your sister Chang, really want these plants and crops, so just keep them safe~"
Seeing Zhong Yuan blushing as she held onto the flowerpot while being teased by several people, Chang Ruijia smiled and shook her head. This was probably one of the few entertainment activities on the vast ocean. How fun!
Before Chang Ruijia could open her mouth again, a noisy sound suddenly came from the crowd in the team next to her. Some people were shouting hysterically, and others were calling for help.
At first, the few people didn't take it seriously. During the escape, there were always some people who didn't believe in it and wanted to try what the sea water was like. As a result, they were boiled like frogs in the warm sea water, which was harmless to humans and animals at the time. When they couldn't hold it anymore and took back their hands, their entire palms looked like braised pig's trotters.
Their stock of burn medicine has been almost exhausted these days.
Unexpectedly, during the few minutes of hesitation, the noise in the team increased instead of decreasing, and even looked like an uproar was about to break out. Several people hurriedly stopped what they were doing and moved over on the beds.
As expected, someone was indeed burned. But what surprised them was that this time it wasn't just a simple burn on the palm of their hand. While testing the sea temperature, someone suddenly had an idea and wanted to stick their head in the water to see what was happening under the sea.
They had heard of the GOPROs in the hands of Lu Baian, the leader, but they were few in number and not everyone could afford them. Driven by curiosity, he came up with this idea.
Anyway, as long as he keeps his eyes open and dips into the seawater and comes out immediately, it shouldn't be a big deal, right? The person who first came up with this idea thought a little uncertainly.
As a result, before he could do anything he hesitated, his friend volunteered to do it first. He didn't even have time to ask the people around him to hold him steady, and he fell headfirst into the sea.
Although the place where he fell into the water was not far away, his hair was the first to get wet and stuck to his face. Before he could react and climb onto the floating object, the temperature of the sea water had already risen sharply.
By the time the people around him pulled him up, his skin had already turned red and he was howling like a pig being slaughtered.
After learning about the incident, Zhang Rui and Shi Fang were stunned, fully understanding the meaning of "if you don't ask for trouble, you'll get yourself killed." But after all, they were on the same team, and as someone who always handled these matters, they could only sigh and willingly stepped forward to help, while also giving them a warning and re-education.
Chang Ruijia saw that someone had already taken care of it, so she was no longer interested in this story of courting death. Just as she was about to think about what to do next, she suddenly heard a long sigh from beside her. Chang Ruijia looked back and saw Lu Baian standing by the bed, looking at the sea, wondering what he was thinking.
"What's wrong?" Chang Ruijia asked softly, standing up and walking to the edge of the bed.
As soon as he heard the sound, Lu Baian knew who was coming, and without looking back, "We've been sailing on this sea for almost two days. If we were at the same speed as before, it would be fine, but this time we used the engine, and now the sea water is still warm. I can even feel that the temperature is still rising rapidly."
"This kind of thing keeps happening one after another. If we can't get out of the sea area affected by this volcano soon, it will be unstoppable. We can't expect them to control it completely. They're not children anymore."
Chang Ruijia listened and nodded. "Yeah, curiosity is unstoppable. Once you have one, you will have another. This time I just wanted to stick my head in to take a look. Who knows what will happen next time? I don't know how big the underwater volcano is. We have already traveled more than the total distance of the previous month. The result is still not safe."
"It would have been better if we had gotten out earlier. Besides, we were probably just wandering around this area before, and we didn't get far at all." Lu Baian shook his head. Only by walking out there in person could one feel how vast this ocean really is.
"It's good to get out of this." Chang Ruijia could actually sense Lu Baian's restlessness. Anyone who had finally managed to stabilize themselves in a crisis, and smoothly expanded their circle and conducted transactions, would also be upset if they found out they were just a frog in a well. "This is a crisis, but also an opportunity."
"Yes," Lu Baian nodded. It depends on whether they can seize this opportunity.
Looking at the distant sea and sky merging into one color, blending indistinguishably, Chang Ruijia was silent for a moment, then said, "Now that you've made it out, do you have a goal now?"
"Yes," Lu Baian nodded. "Didn't I say before that I would go to the East that Wu Jin mentioned and try my luck to see if I could find the official headquarters?"
"What if we can't meet?" Shi Fang's voice suddenly interrupted. Feeling the doubtful looks from the two men, Shi Fang quickly raised his hand. "I didn't mean to eavesdrop. That's all I heard."
"Then let's just do business and survive as before," Lu Baian also knew that it was unrealistic to find it in this vast ocean with just one sentence, but so what?
There must always be a thought in your heart that can become the goal of living.
"That's right," Shifang nodded quickly. "It doesn't make sense that we were living a good life before, but now we can't survive. We can also achieve a wonderful life on our own...ah"
Before he could finish his words, Shi Fang felt the flesh on his legs do a 360-degree spin. Turning his head, he saw Zhang Rui making faces behind him, and then he remembered his ultimate purpose.
"Oh, oh, right," Shi Fang, who lost the rock-paper-scissors game and was forced to squeeze over and take another hit, said under the puzzled eyes of Chang Ruijia and Lu Baian, "The temperature is starting to rise again. Some members of the team are starting to feel the heat. We have to leave."
Lu Baian and Chang Ruijia's thoughts were suddenly interrupted. They looked at each other and stood up, making up their minds. No matter how long they had to run like this, they had to at least find a place suitable for survival first, right?
In the current situation, the water temperature is about to reach boiling point. It is strange to be able to live a stable life, let alone find a place to do business.
"Walk!"
Seeing Chang Ruijia and Lu Baian stand up, the others also came over, discussed the current situation of the car and the next direction and speed, and then began to return to their positions, each doing their own job, to keep the team moving forward.
The group drifted on the sea in this intermittent manner, resting for a while when they couldn't walk any longer, and then running out again when the heat came back. They walked for almost a week, and by the end, even Yu Jianyi, who usually didn't talk much, started cursing.
The heat from all directions seemed to be teasing them, taking a break and then rushing forward, which made it impossible for them to stop but not to die suddenly on the road. However, it was really exhausting.
"Alright," Lu Baian interrupted the team's buzzing complaints. "The gray fog that was once visible is now almost gone, and the sea temperature hasn't been off the charts in the past few days. Everyone, hold on a little longer. The situation is improving, and we'll be able to relax soon."
The team was silent for a moment, then erupted in exclamations of surprise. Some skeptics dipped their hands into the water to feel it, and sure enough, they didn't collapse in less than a minute, as they had before. They joined the cheering crowd.
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