Qiao Qingqing was almost completely trapped inside the shark. She came to her senses when she heard someone calling her name above her head. Her vision was blood red, and the water around her was red. The shark's body was sinking. The shark's back was first cut open by her sharp bush knife, and then she took out a rechargeable electric saw and almost sawed off the shark's head.
She regained her composure, followed the sound and found Shao Shengan, and they both broke out of the water together.
"Qingqing! Sheng'an! Are you two okay?"
Shao's father and Shao Shengfei carried Shao's mother and Qiao Songzhi onto the kayak and were about to go down to look for them, but they unexpectedly came up on their own. He hurried over and asked, "Are you hurt?"
"The wound is not serious, how about you?"
"We're fine too. You scared us to death. Feifei and I were just about to go look for you!"
"Let's get on the kayak first! Come on, Qingqing, I'll hold you up, you get on first." Shao Shengan said.
It was not until she got on the kayak that Qiao Qingqing realized that her hands had lost feeling. How could she have killed such a big shark? She could not recall the details, but she still remembered the terrifying murderous intent of killing anyone she met. She closed her eyes, and a cold hand touched her forehead. She opened her eyes and saw her mother looking at her worriedly.
"Mom, I'm fine, just a little tired. By the way, where's Zeng Guangyu?"
"I don't know. Many people are missing." Qiao Songzhi looked worried.
Fortunately, not long after, all the people who were missing in the melee swam back, and this time no one died.
The first time the wooden boat was overturned, Song Sanhe and his team lost a wooden boat and a teammate. The man was too panicked after entering the water and had one leg bitten off. He was not fished out until the shark was repelled, but he was already dying and died soon after.
The second time, which was this time, a big hole was broken in Qiao Qingqing's wooden boat and it could not be repaired.
The loss of two wooden boats made the team's atmosphere dull. Liu Zhaoyun took the initiative to accept the three people from Song Sanhe's side. When Qiao Qingqing's boat was broken, Qiao Qingqing's family moved to the kayak.
After each battle, they would change places. Qiao Qingqing wrapped herself in an emergency blanket and changed her clothes under the cover of the blanket. The clothes she took off had been half dried by the wind and were as hard as a shell.
"There are people over there too!" said Shao's mother.
There was a person swimming in the water holding a wooden board in the front left. He looked at them and waved and shouted for help in a hoarse voice.
They have no past.
Later those voices disappeared.
The days of drifting on the sea were not easy. Although Qiao Qingqing was grateful that they did not face the same various dangers at sea as the Tangzhou fleet, when there were no shark attacks, their life at sea was very dull. It was so peaceful that it did not seem like an ocean, but more like a large lake.
She thought that they would be drifting on the water for a very long time, but four days later they were attacked by sharks again. This time there was only one shark, which was shot into a sieve and sank to the bottom of the water. Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan exchanged glances, and the couple jumped into the water together.
Song Sanhe and the others were used to it and knew that they were going to go down and retrieve the crossbow arrows.
Not only does Qiao Qingqing recycle crossbow arrows, she also collects shark carcasses into the space every time. These are very rare feed!
Shao Shengan was cutting the shark's body vigorously, while Qiao Qingqing was pulling the crossbow arrows. The two cooperated well and put the shark into the space after retrieving the crossbow arrows. They were about to float up, but Qiao Qingqing seemed to see something in her peripheral vision, so she patted Shao Shengan's hand to signal him to look.
Shao Shengan looked over and seemed to see some shadow... a large shadow.
At this time, the air in the lungs was about to run out. Qiao Qingqing did not dare to delay, and the two continued to dive.
"What was that just now? It didn't seem to be moving and it wasn't a living thing." Shao Shengan said.
"What? Did you see anything?" Qiao Songzhi asked hurriedly.
Qiao Qingqing was pulled up by Shao's mother and Qiao Songzhi. She reached out to take Shao Sheng'an. After he came up, she said, "I don't know what it is, but there is a large shadow. Let's take a break and Sheng'an and I will go down to take a look."
This news made Song Sanhe and others curious.
"Liu Zhen and I will go and take a look!" The sharks didn't put in any effort just now. They wanted to retrieve the crossbow arrows, and their diving speed was not as fast as Qiao Qingqing and her husband. Song Sanhe thought that now was the time for them to put in some effort.
As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped into the water. Liu Zhen was in a panic: "Hey, third brother, wait for me!" He threw his clothes and pants aside and jumped in.
Qiao Qingqing wiped her face and her strength was almost recovered. Just as she was about to go into the water, Song Sanhe and the other man came out.
The two looked very strange, with a mixture of surprise, shock and disbelief. As soon as they emerged from the water, they shouted, "It looks like a piece of land!"
land?
Qiao Qingqing's eyes lit up, and she couldn't wait to go down and find out for herself.
When I dived down, I saw that it was indeed a piece of land!
It is not known whether the land did not sink too deep when it sank, or whether the land was only recently re-formed through crustal activity, but it is surprising enough.
Qiao Qingqing's heart was burning with heat, and she couldn't help but touch it and dug up a piece of soil with her hands.
"Look, it's really land. This is soil!"
Her hands were dirty. The soil that had been dug out was washed by water and half dissolved in her hands.
But Qiao Songzhi and the others stared at it with wide eyes, as if they had seen something extremely wonderful. Shao's father reached out and touched it, and his eyes turned red: "Oh, oh, it's really dirt."
Except for Shao's mother who was not feeling well, everyone went into the water.
They walked around the protruding piece of land and left reluctantly only when their chests were deprived of oxygen and were about to explode.
"The land is not very big! It's only about 40 to 50 square meters at most!"
"I swam down a bit and found that it wasn't just a thin piece, it seemed to be connected to the bottom!"
"Could it be that the land has risen again?"
"Look, there's a grass on the soil I dug!"
Shao Shengfei proudly stretched out his hand and announced loudly that he hoped everyone would praise his grass for being beautiful and cute.
The analysis was interrupted, and everyone looked at the little grass from the underwater land. The grass was less than two centimeters long, thin, green, and really cute. The generous praise made Shao Shengfei even more proud, and he stretched out his hand to Shao's mother: "Give it to Mom!"
Shao's mother reached out and took the sticky soil and the fragile yet beautiful grass on it with care.
Qiao Qingqing discussed with everyone to avoid this area first and come back after the smell of shark blood faded. She had taken away the shark carcass, so the smell would surely dissipate soon.
No one had any objections. After seeing the small piece of land five or six meters underwater, their wandering hearts seemed to have found a place to return to: that was home.
This time when they left, everyone was filled with joy. The land was like an anchor, so they were no longer confused.
The next day, they came back here as expected.
"The depth has not changed, it's still at that position." Zeng Guangyu actively went into the water to check and informed them of the news.
"Then let's stop here. If no sharks come, we can stay here forever," said Shao's father.
To celebrate their return to the land, Qiao Qingqing added instant noodle seasoning packets to the fish soup she stewed today, and also shared some with Song Sanhe, Zeng Guangyu and others.
"It smells so good. If I had known this would happen, I would have stockpiled a bunch of instant noodle seasoning packets!" Zeng Guangyu's mouth was watering.
Liu Zhen smiled and said, "I smelled the smell of instant noodles in your campsite before. I was so envious!"
Another person said: "Two years ago, I went to the market and saw someone selling instant noodle seasoning packets. Do you know how expensive they were? It was just a small packet, and it was past its expiration date. It was hard and hard, and they said they wanted five kilograms of food to exchange it for it. It was simply terrifying. What's even more terrifying is that some people actually bought it and some people just liked the taste."
"It's a nostalgic taste. If I were rich, I would also like to buy it. My daughter has never eaten instant noodles. When a movie was showing at the entrance of the village and the people inside were eating instant noodles, she asked me what it tasted like..." The man started to cry as he spoke.
"It's ready, bring a bowl." Shao Shengan said.
After deciding to settle down here, Qiao Qingqing and the others began to prepare.
They looked for discarded wood materials everywhere, carefully rebuilt them, and built a fence around the camp, so that if there were any sharks rushing over, they would be stopped by this fence first. Of course, if the sharks were too smart and attacked directly from the deep sea, there would be nothing they could do.
But if you decide to stay for a long time, you have to do the necessary "construction", which is also a kind of joy of settling down.
While making the fence, Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan accidentally found a complete wooden boat while looking for wood. Shao Shengan told Song Sanhe and others: "There is a motorcycle tied to the boat, and the boat is floating under the water."
Zeng Guangyu said enviously: "You are so lucky! You can find such an intact wooden boat after the rain of fire! I don't know which unlucky guy lost the motorcycle and the boat."
"Unlucky Guys" Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan: ...
Now that they have their wooden boat again, Qiao Qingqing's family's daily life becomes much more comfortable.
This boat was the second one in the family, and it was previously stored in Qiao Qingqing's space. It was made using another blueprint, and they had never let outsiders see its appearance. After the launch test, they pretended to dismantle it and burn it on the grounds that it had failed. Song Sanhe, who was closest to their family, could not recognize this boat at all.
After stopping, they occasionally met other survivors.
Some survivors had boats, some only had wooden barrels, or simply had only a piece of wood or a plank. It was certainly uncomfortable to be soaked in the water, but there was no other way but to endure it.
The survivors all looked miserable. They had been in the water for two days, and when they came out of the water and got on the boat, their faces were as scary as those of water ghosts. They had recovered a little on the boat in the past few days, but they slept in the open air, and only had hot water and cooked food once in a long time. They mainly ate raw meat and drank raw water, so their faces were still frighteningly haggard and their skin was still wrinkled, painful and itchy. But compared to those people, they at least had a boat and didn't have to stay in the water all the time.
Zeng Guangyu felt very sympathetic, and fortunately she met Qiao Qingqing's family, who happened to have a vacant place to take her in. Later, the rain of fire came and disappeared, but she still stayed with Qiao Qingqing's family, so at least she had a companion.
This partner is very reliable and she often feels that she is lucky.
"You are luckier, as you were able to build a boat ahead of time." Zeng Guangyu said, "Why didn't we encounter a ship from Tangzhou? If we knew the continent would collapse, we would have found a way to build a boat."
"It's all fate. Tangzhou's fleet just happened to arrive at our coast." Liu Zhen said as he scraped the fish scales. "Sister Qiao and the others said they were going on patrol. Why haven't they come back yet?"
"I don't know. Uncle Shao, how about I go out and look for it?" Zeng Guangyu really wanted to show off.
Father Shao shook his head: "Qingqing and Sheng An know their limits. They promised to come back before dark and they will definitely come back."
"oh oh!"
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