Chapter 97 Chapter 97 Crisis! Villain! Escape! ...
"Hey, Sister Chang, what's going on?"
Shi Fang was a little confused at first when he was called out by an inexplicable message, but after hearing the person's thoughts, he looked at the two of them with a serious face and agreed.
But when Chang Ruijia's floating object slowly moved away, Shifang caught the tug of war between their eyes when she turned back inadvertently.
Looking at Chang Ruijia, whose face was still blushing, Shifang couldn't help but tease her.
"Well, didn't you already know that?" Chang Ruijia blushed at Shi Fang's teasing, but remained calm. "If it weren't for you and Zhang Rui's teasing, I wouldn't have known what happened."
"You guys are making pretty fast progress," Shi Fang rubbed the back of his head as he heard him and Zhang Rui's urging. "When I first came back, I didn't see anything special between you two, but after just a short while, you've become inseparable. You're making incredible progress."
"Bah," Chang Ruijia spat at him. "If you could remove the mischief in your eyes, I might actually believe you."
"I've talked so much about us, what about you?" Chang Ruijia was also someone who could stand teasing. She felt embarrassed for a while and then returned to normal. She turned to ask Shifang.
"Me? What do I have? It's still enough for one person to eat and the whole family to be full," Shifang waved his hand, not getting the deeper meaning of Chang Ruijia's words at all.
"Really?" Chang Ruijia dragged out the words, looking up and down the stone archway, "But why do I feel that after coming back this time, seeing what's going on between you and Zhang Rui..."
"Ah? We didn't..." Shi Fang suddenly understood what Chang Ruijia was saying. He wanted to refute at first, but when he saw Chang Ruijia's meaningful eyes, he suddenly didn't know how to start, so he had to quickly change the subject.
"By the way, Sister Chang, do we have any preparations this time? Are we just going to head in the same direction we came from? Don't we need any equipment?"
"Just pretend," Chang Ruijia said with a chuckle, but also to give face as she talked about her plan this time, "After paddling to a calmer place for a while, put the GoPro in the sea first. This time we are exploring the specific situation of danger, so we need to observe not only the sky and the sea surface, but also the situation on the seabed as well."
"No problem!" Seeing Chang Ruijia cooperate and change the subject, Shifang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Some things only make you feel shy when they happen to you. Most people can't stand this kind of teasing, not to mention that he and Zhang Rui are in a hazy state now.
Even if something good really happens in the future, there is no need to feel shy in advance. It is better to change the topic to make people feel comfortable.
The thoughts in his mind flashed by, and Shifang came to his senses, tightened the oars in his hand, and no longer thought about anything else. He began to devote his whole body and soul to the work at hand.
This is definitely a big deal.
When the two of them gradually rowed to the team's camping location where they could no longer see it, Chang Ruijia slowly stopped what she was doing and put the GoPro tied with a rope into the sea.
In fact, under normal circumstances, in order not to disturb the monster fish on the seabed, the GoPro needs to be kept quiet for a certain period of time once it is put into the sea.
But the situation is different now. A huge disaster under the sea may occur to them at any time, so there is no need to be so cautious.
After watching Chang Ruijia put the GoPro into the sea, Shifang automatically and consciously took over the responsibility of moving forward. While Chang Ruijia was observing the situation under the sea without blinking, he paddled forward quickly with the floating object.
After Chang Ruijia carefully lowered the GoPro to a certain length, she compared the real-time images of the GoPro and the danger warning and carefully observed that there were no major problems at the moment.
When she raised her head to look at the stone archway again, she blinked at the back of him paddling with effort, and suddenly she slapped her forehead as if she remembered something and spoke.
"I remember now, there's the engine and propeller you assembled earlier in the tent. Now that no one's watching, why not just take them out and use them?"
"Can it be used now?" Shi Fang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Chang Ruijia expectantly and asked.
He thought that Chang Ruijia's engine and propeller were secret weapons, but he didn't expect that he could use them now.
"Of course!" Chang Ruijia nodded as a matter of course.
Engines and propellers are meant to be used. If they are not needed now, then when will they be used? Do we have to keep them hidden?
Not to mention that this thing is currently unique, and no one knows how well it will fit with floating objects. If you only use it in a crisis, if it fails, it will be more harm than good.
So now that there is no one around and there happens to be a veteran who knows how to use it, it is the perfect time to try it out.
After getting Chang Ruijia's affirmative answer, Shifang threw the paddle in his hand aside and ran towards the tent with a jump.
He had assembled this thing himself, and he was very familiar with it, so he could find it without any instructions.
By the time he dragged the two things out of the tent with great effort, Chang Ruijia was still observing the apps on the two mobile phones.
However, since no one was paddling for the time being, she didn't have to keep an eye on them all the time. The danger signs wouldn't reach them for a while.
So after confirming that nothing special had happened, Chang Ruijia temporarily put down what she was doing and went to help Shifang.
Now, time is the most important thing for them who are "facing challenges head-on".
Shi Fang did not refuse Chang Ruijia's help. The things were really heavy and complicated. If he really installed them alone, it would probably take even longer than the two days it took to assemble them.
This time, with the two of them working together, it still took several hours to finally install the thing at the head of the bed.
"Alright," Shifang patted his greasy hands and looked at the results of several hours of work with satisfaction, "We can get ready to go!"
"Wait... wait a minute," Shi Fang, who was about to start the operation, seemed to suddenly remember something and looked at Chang Ruijia with a frustrated expression, "Sister Chang, it seems we are out of fuel?"
"Of course there are none," Chang Ruijia said, looking at the objects that Shi Fang had assembled with great skill and chuckled, "There are several cans of fuel behind the tent. Go and fill them yourself."
"Okay!"
Shi Fang responded happily. After he got everything ready and returned to his original position, he saw Chang Ruijia firmly tied two ropes on both sides of the bed. "What is this?"
"The speed of the engine is different from that of hand rowing, so a seatbelt is still necessary. Are you going to just shoot out when you want to stop the boat?"
"Sister Chang is so smart!" Shifang gave Chang Ruijia a thumbs up in admiration. Only Sister Chang could think of all these details.
With a more convenient means of transportation, the two of them didn't waste any time and simply pulled the engine rope and drove in the originally planned direction.
As it turned out, Chang Ruijia's worries were well-founded.
It's not just the initial concerns about lack of familiarity with the usage, but also the concerns about safety.
Although Shifang was very confident, he had never used such a primitive engine propeller that was directly exposed. When he first started to use it, he almost threw the confident Shifang out.
Fortunately, he was wearing the safety belt made by Chang Ruijia, and Chang Ruijia subconsciously reached out and pulled him, thus avoiding the fate of flying out.
"Hehe, I'm a little unskilled, so please be patient, Sister Chang," looking at the look in Chang Ruijia's eyes, Shifang smiled guiltily and quickly assured her.
If there were other people on the sea at this time, they would see a floating object swinging back and forth on the sea like a bumper car, almost causing a bug in the smooth picture.
However, Chang Ruijia didn't say anything about Shifang's lack of experience. She felt that if it were her... there might not be two people on the sea now.
That should be an operation that even seat belts cannot stop.
When the ship got stuck, Chang Ruijia would look down to see if there were any special abnormalities on the seabed. When the ship was sailing smoothly, she would carefully observe his operations. She didn't have to memorize them by heart, but she had to understand certain principles.
Fortunately, Shifang did not disappoint Chang Ruijia's trust. Although he was not familiar with the things, he was able to get the hang of it very quickly. After experiencing a few setbacks, he became proficient in it.
What happened next was very uneventful. The engine was still running very fast, which allowed Chang Ruijia to arrange for Shifang to stop every once in a while to observe the situation.
Compared to the collective march of the other team, the experience of the two people could be considered boring.
While she was observing the situation and Shifang was doing nothing, Chang Ruijia learned from the experience of these two engine installations.
She simply and efficiently exchanged the monster fish points that she and Lu Baian had absorbed along the way for spare parts and handed them over to the idle Shifang for assembly, so as to avoid the hassle later.
After all, considering the number of installations, this is a huge workload.
However, this quiet, leisurely and boring time did not last long. When Chang Ruijia and Shi Fang, with the help of the engine, were getting closer and closer to the dangerous range marked in the danger warning, she suddenly saw something strange on the screen.
"Shifang, come and see what this is?" Chang Ruijia frowned and looked at it for a long time, but could not make out any clues from the dark picture.
"What's wrong?" Shi Fang, who was struggling with the machine nearby, looked up at Chang Ruijia when he heard her voice. After thinking for a moment, he leaned closer and asked in confusion, "Uh, this is..."
It’s no wonder that Chang Ruijia didn’t see anything. Even though Shi Fang boasted of having 5.0 vision, he couldn’t see anything.
In the deep and dark scene, apart from the occasional ripples of water, there was not even a trace of the monster fish that had appeared before, let alone any special circumstances.
"Here!" Chang Ruijia specifically pointed to the location where he discovered the thing to Shi Fang, which happened to be close to the direction of the dangerous range that was getting closer and closer in the danger warning.
Shifang moved closer to the direction of Chang Ruijia's finger, his eyes almost popping out, but he didn't see anything special. Just when his eyes were sore and he was about to give up, suddenly a strange red light flashed.
"I see it, I see it," Shifang shouted excitedly, feeling the excitement of having witnessed a secret together. However, after the excitement wore off, his mind was filled with confusion. "What is this?"
Chang Ruijia and Shi Fang met each other's confused gazes and shook their heads at the same time. "I don't know either. I just saw this red light and felt that this must be what we are looking for."
"How about getting closer?" They were already so close to the truth, and Shi Fang didn't want to give up the opportunity to find out the truth easily, so he made a tentative suggestion.
This suggestion was exactly what Chang Ruijia agreed with. It was not a pleasant feeling to give up when one was so close to something. It would be better to take a bolder step forward. After all, the danger was not too close.
Along the way, the reminders and warning messages that Lu Baian popped up from time to time were now completely forgotten by the two of them.
It's because both of them are very brave and will not give up until they achieve their goal.
Unexpectedly, Lu Baian's reminder to rest was forgotten, and the two people's movements were still hindered.
Before they could start the engine again, the roar of a monster fish suddenly came from the sea next to Chang Ruijia.
"Xiao Yi?" Hearing the familiar voice, Chang Ruijia turned her head to look at the sea in confusion, but she didn't expect to see Xiao Yi's nervous and anxious look.
After Shifang put his hands on the engine, Xiaoyi seemed to know they were going to move forward. She kept circling and jumping around her float, looking like she was trying her best to stop them.
Xiao Yi's sudden reaction scared the two people on the floating object and they looked at each other in surprise. This had never happened before.
"It is said that when faced with possible dangers in nature, animals always have the intuition to discover them first than humans." Shifang's voice suddenly became serious. It seemed that he was also shocked by Xiaoyi's reaction.
"Then we have to go and see it," Chang Ruijia's reaction was somewhat unexpected. At this moment, she was looking forward with a determined gaze. "It must be a terrifying thing to make these natural and natural darlings of the sea so anxious."
After making up their minds, the two of them temporarily put down the engine and returned to paddling. After all, they were not very experienced yet, and if they accidentally rushed into a disaster, they would be in trouble.
As for Xiao Yi, who had never been so anxious before, after being comforted by Chang Ruijia, they kept her where she was to prevent any unexpected situations.
As the two people got closer and closer to the direction of danger, the GoPro footage that had not been retrieved under the sea became clearer and clearer.
The red light that originally flashed occasionally became more and more obvious, and it did not appear in large patches. It seemed as if it was wrapped in something, and it was particularly conspicuous under the dark blue sea from time to time.
"Closer! Closer!" Shifang and Chang Ruijia stared at the screen on their phones, looking at the danger that was about to reveal Lushan's true face, and kept muttering neurotically.
The things under the two men did not listen at all and kept approaching according to their vision.
The two of them continued to advance according to the range indicated by the danger warning, but their current location was almost close to the market they had taken away before. From time to time, people they had seen before would pass by, looking at the conspicuous floating object on Chang Ruijia's bed and whispering to each other.
In the market where Chang Ruijia and his team had already evacuated for a day and a night, Guan Long, who had almost complete control over the market's management, was listening to his subordinates' reports.
"Are you saying that there are two people who look like Shi Fang and Chang Ruijia approaching? Why did they come back? Are they regretting their decision and ready to return to the market to wait for my leader?"
Guan Long stroked his chin, thinking thoughtfully. The images of the two begging for mercy and wanting to rejoin the market kept flashing through his mind, almost making his already complacent heart even more arrogant.
"Boss, can they come back to our base whenever they want or leave whenever they want?" Li An tapped Guan Long's shoulder and suggested, "Then we must make them admit their blindness in front of everyone and apologize to you sincerely!"
"That's a good idea of yours, kid," Guan Long nodded in approval.
It is not easy for those who defected from his base in a mess to come back. If he doesn't skin these two people alive today, he is not Guan!
But what Guan Long didn't expect was that just after he had put on airs and finally set out from the "manager" area that had been hastily prepared in the base, he received news that the two people were not planning to get close.
How could this be possible! Guan Long's heart tightened. How could it be consistent with his mood today if he couldn't see their jokes?
However, just as he and his men hurriedly quickened their pace and ran to the isolation line of the base and saw two familiar figures, a shrill scream came from them.
"Run! Run!"
"Run! There's a riot! Disaster is coming!"
Before Guan Long and his companions could get closer, they heard these two irrelevant sentences. Then, there seemed to be something strange on the floating object where the two people were. After a rumbling buzzing sound, a cloud of black smoke rose from the position of the two people and disappeared from their sight.
"What the hell?" Guan Long frowned and looked at his men who had been guarding here, wanting to know from them if they had found anything unusual.
But because Shi Fang and Chang Ruijia had not been there for long, and a conflict had just occurred, no one dared to approach directly, so no one noticed anything other than those two sentences.
"Boss, are these two people planning to shake our military morale?" Just as the gathered people were looking at each other, Li An popped up again.
"I think they just defected from us. They're not willing to let us enjoy such a large base, so they want to shake the morale of the troops and pry people out of our hands."
"After all, those few people were always arguing and talking about disasters, but so much time has passed and nothing has happened."
"That's right," Guan Long's expression grew more amiable the more Li An spoke. Someone nearby couldn't help but echo, "They come over here and say this for no apparent reason. Who knows what they're up to?"
"Alright, alright, don't be so critical of our former leader," Guan Long said, finally in a good mood after hearing such heart-wrenching words. "Maybe they have some unspeakable secrets. After all, we had this relationship in the past, so don't be too harsh on them."
"Okay, pass on my order. If you encounter this again..."
Guan Long hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly stopped talking as if he realized something, and listened attentively to the increasingly obvious sounds.
"What's going on..." Li An wanted to ask in confusion, but he closed his mouth when he saw Guan Longmeng's waiting look.
Boom... Boom... Boom...
One loud noise after another seemed to be slowly spreading from the depths of the sea to the surface of the sea.
The muffled noises sounded like long, rumbling thunder, but now it was a sunny and clear sky for miles around!
The lackey following Guan Long suddenly widened his eyes, pointed his finger at the sea not far away, and stammered, "Monster, monster... the monsters are rioting! They're all coming out!"
Looking in the direction of his finger, Guan Long and Li An, who claimed to be used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but shrink their pupils. The originally calm sea surface was now like dumplings being dropped into the sea. Countless monster fish jumped out from the bottom of the sea and fled in different directions in a panic.
Guan Long was stunned for a long time, and for some reason he suddenly remembered what Zhang Rui and Shi Fang had said before.
"It seems like there's another disaster under the sea..."
"...There's no peace anymore. We must be ready to evacuate at any moment..."
"Run! Run quickly..."
…
When Guan Long suddenly came back to his senses, before anyone else could react, he kicked Li An, who was originally rubbing against his floating object, into the sea.
Faced with the surprised looks from others, Guan Long didn't say a word and turned the floating object towards the direction where Chang Ruijia and Shifang disappeared.
As soon as he realized that the crisis had become a reality, he chose to abandon everyone in the entire market base on the sea and flee alone in a direction that seemed safe!
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