Soon, the storm came without warning.
It was as if the sky was clear one moment and then dark clouds gathered in the next. Thunder exploded overhead, and then knife-like raindrops fell.
In the vast ocean, an ant is struggling, but when you look closer you find that it is actually a canoe.
Three players squeezed into a narrow wooden boat. The people in the front and back rowed hard, while the person in the middle was busy pouring water out of the boat with tools such as coconut shells.
The canoe had no canopy, and they were soon soaked by the rain, their oars almost leaving shadows in the air.
"Faster! Row faster!"
"There seems to be an island over there that hasn't been flooded. Let's go there!"
"Hurry up! We're almost there!"
The person scooping water in the middle kept urging them, which made the two people in front and behind feel inexplicably angry.
One of them shouted directly: "Shut up! If you keep going, I'll throw you out!"
They wanted to go faster, but rowing wasn't as simple as turning a steering wheel. The veins in their arms, gripping the oars, were throbbing with fatigue, practically breaking.
However, the person in the middle immediately became unhappy after hearing this. At the critical moment, the two of them actually started arguing with each other!
"What do you mean I should shut up?! Aren't you anxious?"
"Hurry up! If you have the guts, come and draw the lines! Those who just sit back and reap the fruits of others' labor have no right to tell others what to do!"
"I'm just sitting back and reaping the benefits?! If I hadn't been draining the water, the boat would have sunk long ago. What the hell are you doing rowing!"
"I said from the beginning that I wanted to make a big one, but you guys were reluctant to let me go—"
Seeing the argument intensify, even showing signs of dragging him down, the last person left suddenly felt overwhelmed: "Everyone, please cut the slack."
"First, understand the situation. It's windy and raining heavily, brothers and sisters! No matter how angry you are, hold it in! We'll get there a little longer. If anything comes up, we can talk about it once we get to the island—"
However, just as he finished speaking, a huge wave suddenly came up and directly turned the entire ship several times!
They no longer cared about arguing or not, and quickly put the oars down sideways, leaned over and hugged each other tightly.
"Hold on tight!"
The player sitting in the front row roared out these three words. The next second, huge waves surged, the cold seawater surged, and their canoe flew directly through the water curtain—
“Ahhhhhh—”
The three players felt as if they were riding a roller coaster. The strong feeling of weightlessness enveloped all their senses. A few seconds later, a loud "bang" suddenly rang in their ears, and then their canoe plunged into the water!
Boom!
Gurgle...
The canoe lost balance and sank, countless bubbles passed through the sides of their cheeks, and the sudden change in pressure made their eardrums seem to burst. The three people didn't even dare to open their eyes - even if they opened them, they could only see a turbid scene.
Gurgle… Gurgle…
Just when they thought they were about to sink to the bottom of the sea and were about to abandon the boat and escape, another fierce wave hit them. With a "splash", the canoe was directly washed out of the water. The three of them immediately gasped for breath.
"Cough cough cough!"
It's all water!
"Fix your breathing! Don't choke!"
The man opened his eyes as he warned, then shouted in surprise, "The waves are pushing us closer to the island! Everyone, seize the opportunity and move!"
The remaining two players were all cheered up after hearing this. They didn't dare to relax at all. They wiped their faces and grabbed the oars and rowed towards the island desperately!
“Hurry! Hurry!”
However, the characteristics of the canoe itself mean that it is at a disadvantage in wind and waves.
The boat was light, narrow and long, and once they encountered big waves, they could hardly control the direction. The bumps like the one just now were a blessing in disguise.
If we encounter any reefs or something like that, the ship will easily be broken in half!
Seeing the refuge island was just around the corner, the three people on the canoe almost used up all their strength. The person in the middle even started paddling desperately with his hands after scooping up most of the water!
One hundred meters!
Fifty meters!
"Come on! We're almost there!"
In fact, the so-called island was not a good refuge at all. It was just a slightly larger rock.
But in the eyes of the three people at this moment, land is hope. As long as they can reach land, it will be safer than being in the sea!
——However, fate sometimes likes to play tricks on people. The more you fear something, the more likely it will happen.
Just as the three of them were about to reach the island, a gust of wind came from nowhere, and suddenly a huge wave several meters high came at them from behind!
“Wow—”
The wind was raging, and the huge waves lifted the canoe and slammed it hard against the cliffs of the island!
The last player reacted the fastest and subconsciously let go of his hand. Then almost in the next moment, the wooden boat hit the cliff with a "bang" and broke into two pieces!
As for the two players who were still there, they turned into scattered points of light at the same moment, without even leaving any blood.
But not everyone is so unlucky.
Storm winds usually have their own path of movement. However, some players are unlucky or don't know how to read the weather, so they accidentally enter the storm area.
Dozens of nautical miles away from the eye of the storm, there were actually islands that still maintained a peaceful scene. When Qianyue first arrived here, she almost thought she was hallucinating.
Not only was there no sign of an approaching storm, but most of the islands were still standing above the sea. However, this was probably not related to whether the sea level was rising, but rather that the islands in this area were somewhat special.
Qianyue: "This is too high..."
The islands here are different from the low-lying islands in the archipelago that Qianyue and the others had visited before. There are cliffs everywhere, and the shortest one is probably only two or three meters high.
However, their usable space is extremely fragmented. Although the islands are all ten square meters in size, the arrangement of the available space is very different.
It was like a rectangular box. If the ones Qianyue had seen before were laid out flat, then the ten square meters here were all stood up.
The higher the island, the narrower it becomes, and the more limited the usable flat space becomes.
Some people lived in places similar to caves, and no one knew whether they were there from the beginning or carved out by themselves; some people used materials to make a foothold on tree branches - if Qianyue was not mistaken, the tree branches should be the crops of this round.
Likewise, the arrangement of the islands is very different from what they were before, now very close to each other. Rather than "archipelago", it might be better to refer to it as "valley".
“…” Well, it’s quite magical.
Qianyue continued to sit cross-legged at the bow of the boat and look around as she moved along the current.
Because of the special living environment, I can hear the following conversation from time to time:
—"Is your stuff ready? How much do you want to sell it for?"
—"The same old price. Too lazy to leave the island? I'll give it to you?"
"You've been out for over two hours. Aren't you afraid someone will come up and steal your things?"
—"Steal? Are you kidding? I can't always get it myself. If you have the ability to pick it, then just steal it."
Qianyue subconsciously looked up when she heard that. The man's crops grew on the cliffs. If she wanted to get close to collect them, she could only climb up by clinging to the rocks, which was indeed not an easy task.
Qianyue: “…” I’ve learned a lot.
She thought to herself, "This place looks pretty safe. If there aren't any other disasters like sea monster riots, maybe I can stay here until the end of the dungeon."
Unexpectedly, just as this idea came to her mind, someone next to her suddenly called her.
"Did you escape from outside too?"
Qianyue turned around and saw that the other person also had a bamboo raft under his feet, but the binding materials were not very good and the manufacturing technology was also a bit poor. It looked much simpler than her bamboo raft and seemed like it was about to fall apart.
Qianyue frowned: "Also?"
The player nodded. "I heard that an island in the sea sank, and many players have passed by us recently. That's why I noticed you as soon as you entered the valley."
He glanced at the bamboo raft at Qianyue's feet, a trace of envy flashing in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "If you go any further, you will reach the uninhabited island here. I advise you to turn around and take a detour."
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