There is no doubt that the monster is intelligent.
It has suffered at the hands of Jian Jing, so if it has a choice, it will not fight her head-on, but would rather choose to hunt other players.
It has been burned by fire and oil several times, so it is impossible for it not to learn its lesson.
As soon as the flames appeared, the tentacles began to move. The burned tentacles were directly broken and discarded, while the other intact tentacles kept swinging back and forth, piling things in the room over to act as shields.
However, it has too little survival wisdom, or it has no experience in dealing with fire at all, and does not know that the more fuel, the more intense the flames.
Furniture such as beds, tables, chairs, and cabinets are mostly made of wood. Throwing them into the fire not only failed to put out the fire, but made the fire burn further.
A large number of tentacles were burned to charcoal by the fierce fire.
The monster woke up.
Its movements became faster and faster: it decisively discarded the useless tentacles, shrank its body, and the split tentacles merged one after another, fusing into a stronger limb.
The cruise ship swayed again with its movements.
On the life raft in the distance, Jian Jing used the telescope function to clearly see the monster's response.
It seemed to have discovered that water could put out the fire, so it retracted its entire body to one side. The center of gravity of the cruise ship shifted, and the bottom floor had already been flooded, so it sank faster than before.
In a blink of an eye, the sea water engulfed the area below the fourth floor and marched towards the upper floors.
The broken windows became the biggest culprit. The seawater rushed in, swept across the room, expanded the corridor, and swept all the unfixed things into the water. It took
a total of 3 hours for the Titanic to hit the iceberg and sink into the Atlantic Ocean. This cruise ship was much smaller than it and sank faster.
Soon, the seawater flooded the sixth floor and extinguished the flames on this floor.
"How is it?" Wu Lie asked Andre, "Is the fire out?"
"No." Jian Jing magnified the telescope and saw the room on the seventh floor flashing with orange flames. "It burned to the seventh floor."
There was also oil on the seventh floor. Although the humidity was extremely high now, it burned clearly. Moreover, the habit of the flame was to burn upwards and drill into any gap. Originally, the ceiling was made of reinforced concrete and was difficult to penetrate. However, the monster poked many holes in it in order to hunt. Now it suffered the consequences and lost ground repeatedly.
The crowd watching seemed to be watching a fierce competition.
The sea water poured in continuously, drowning the flames. The flames burned unyieldingly, desperately trying to seize the monster's territory.
The battle between water and fire was evenly matched, and no one could predict who would win or lose.
Jian Jing turned her head and said, "Move further."
Everyone tried their best to move again.
At this time, the cruise ship had completely capsized on the ship, and the hull gradually sank below the sea level. The burning flames could no longer be seen.
The monster was like a giant starfish, lying on the part of the cruise ship on the sea, with its tentacles hanging naturally, and its flexible tail searching for remaining food.
We couldn't wait any longer.
Jian Jing took a deep breath and detonated the bomb hidden in the fuel tank.
[Name: Item Card·Bomb (1/1)]
[Description: A bomb of amazing power, which can be controlled remotely and can only be used in copies]
[Note: This item is extremely dangerous, please be careful how to use it]
"Bang!"
A huge explosion sounded, a scorching and dazzling light lit up, and a burst of flames rolled out, blowing all the monster's tentacles into dust.
At the same time, the cruise ship broke into pieces and sank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The monster tried desperately to escape, clinging to the debris of the cruise ship to stop itself from sinking. Its body shrank greatly and it looked like it was only the size of a basketball court.
A whirlpool formed, and its huge suction force sucked in all the creatures around it and dragged them to the bottom of the sea.
The life raft of Jian Jing and others had already left a hundred meters, but they still underestimated the power of nature. The waves were like the hands of a giant, ruthlessly pushing the blades into the whirlpool in the sea.
The sky was spinning, and people were completely unable to exert any strength on the vast ocean.
Even Jian Jing, whose physical fitness had been strengthened and who was one of the best in the human category, was still helpless and could only cling to the life raft.
"Help!" She heard someone calling for help.
It was difficult to turn her head, and the life raft next door was broken, it took in water and turned over, and Xiaodao fell into it.
Otaku just can't do it.
Jian Jing saw the right moment, stretched out her hand to grab his collar, and pulled the struggling otaku over: "Don't move, relax."
"I, I can't swim." Kojima Wataru's face was paler than a ghost.
"You are wearing a life jacket." Jian Jing wiped the rain off his face, "Keep calm, don't spit water."
Terauchi Kumiko also reached out and grabbed his belt.
The weight of their side increased by one person, and when the next wave rolled in, Jin Lan'er on the other side could not resist the strong force and was thrown out.
"Save me!" She stretched out her hand.
Jiang Baiyan and Li Kangna went to reach her, but the waves overlapped, pulling the distance between the two sides away, but the other life raft was closer.
Jin Laner was wearing a life jacket and spit out a few spit, but she did not sink to the bottom. She asked for help from the familiar Liu Xiuzhi: "Xiuzhi, help me."
Liu Xiuzhi hesitated and stretched out her arm to her.
A faint bass voice came to his ears: "Our life raft is leaking, no more people can enter."
He turned his head, and the others wiped their faces or lowered their heads. In the strong wind and rain, it was unclear who said it, or maybe everyone meant it.
The life raft turned with the waves, and Liu Xiuzhi was turned to a farther place.
He took the opportunity to put down his hand.
Jin Laner looked at him in disbelief, opened her mouth to speak, but was filled with a mouthful of sea water, salty and bitter. Then, she found herself being pushed far away.
Waves came one after another. Without the weight of other people and the protection of the life raft, she had no power to fight back and was sent into the whirlpool in the blink of an eye.
Her body was torn apart and she struggled instinctively. The cold sea water numbed her limbs.
The life jacket tried to bring her up, but it sank again soon.
"Save me..." She cried for help, and a string of bubbles came out of her nose.
Someone come to save me!
Jin Lan'er struggled hard, and her waving hands grabbed something. She kicked her legs desperately and finally floated up with great difficulty. Fresh air rushed in and she took a deep breath.
"Jin Lan'er?" Someone called her.
She turned her head and saw Jian Jing swimming over.
"Save me." She said.
"Are you conscious?" Jian Jing asked.
Jin Lan'er nodded.
"Let go." She said.
Jin Lan'er looked down and found that she was not grabbing Jian Jing's hand, but Andre's bow and arrow. She loosened her frozen fingers and floated on the sea.
Jian Jing swam over, put her arm on her body, and slowly swam towards the life raft.
The people on the boat pulled her up.
"Jingjing?" Jiang Baiyan wanted to pull Jian Jing, but she refused.
"The life raft is overloaded with 8 people," Jian Jing said, "If I get on it, it will capsize."
Fifteen guests plus the screenwriter made up a total of 16 people, who could barely fit into two life rafts. But Xiaodao waded into the water and boarded Jian Jing's boat, which meant they had 9 people.
If one more person got on, everyone would fall into the water.
Jiang Baiyan said without hesitation, "I'll get off and take your place."
"Not for now." Jian Jing looked toward the center of the vortex with hesitation, "I'll go over and take a look."
The ripples caused by the explosion gradually increased. At this time, the cruise ship had sunk by more than half, with only the bow part still exposed above the water.
The monster had disappeared, and she wanted to get closer to see if she could catch the main body and kill it with one knife.
She let go of her hand and dived underwater to get closer.
The sun was late in coming out, and the sky and earth were dark in the gloomy morning, and the vision under the sea was terrible.
Jian Jing turned on the diopter and looked for traces of the shipwreck in the green world.
A conspicuous black shadow was sinking rapidly.
She held her breath and swam desperately towards the cruise ship.
The monster seemed to have a premonition, and a large number of remaining tentacles swam towards her. At first glance, they looked like a group of sea snakes.
Jian Jing's heart was frightened, and she quickly swung out the blade.
The knife cut through the waves with much less force than on land, but it still successfully cut off the tentacles that came over.
They were not like fish in water, and their movements were not agile, but they were not weakened much, and they still retained a certain degree of flexibility, and through cooperation, they trapped Jian Jing.
Although Jian Jing felt that the tentacles did not look like mutated mollusks, she did not dare to fight against the human physiological structure. She chopped them once and then quickly floated up to take a breath before trying again.
The tentacles struggled desperately and almost overturned the lifeboat. Everyone tried their best to stabilize it, but someone still fell down and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
But no one cared to save him, and they rowed the boat desperately, trying to get away from the struggling tentacles.
Jian Jing didn't know how many times she chopped, and countless black tentacles sank to the bottom of the sea, like a ball of hair.
After a while, it slowly sank to the bottom, and Jian Jing had no strength to chase it anymore.
Her physical strength was exhausted, and she dared not take any more risks.
At this moment, someone shouted. She surfaced, patted her ears, and heard more clearly: "Boat!"
"There's a boat coming!" Someone here also discovered the bright beam of light and shouted in surprise, "The people who left first called the rescue team!"
Jian Jing looked in the direction they pointed, and saw a bright light approaching in the distance, vaguely outlining the outline of the ship, with a red and blue national flag hanging on the mast.
It was indeed a ship.
She asked, "Who called for help?"
"The group of people who left first, I saw them take the satellite phone, they should have been able to get through."
"It was the program team." Li Kangna said, "and the captain was there too."
"No wonder."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the tense atmosphere just now disappeared. Everyone's morality and kindness returned at once, and they saw someone holding a wooden board in the distance, and even crossed over to pull someone up.
The unlucky guy was the screenwriter, who was holding a metal box and breathing heavily.
Raj asked, "Why did you keep this thing?"
"This box is worth more than three million dollars," the screenwriter said, "I borrowed it from the insurance company."
Raj immediately shut up.
The ship slowly approached, and several crew members pointed and talked on the side of the ship. After a while, one of them threw down a rope ladder and threw it to the nearest lifeboat.
The people on the lifeboat climbed up one by one.
After they went up, another crew member lowered the lifeboat, pulled the people who fell into the water up, and then sent them to the rope ladder. The crew members on top were responsible for pulling people up.
The life raft of Jian Jing and others was the farthest away. Although everyone knew that since the fishing boat had started to rescue people, it was impossible for them not to see them, they could not help but worry that they would be missed.
This worry was not dared to be said out loud, but it lingered in their minds and could not be shaken off. They
had to say something irrelevant to divert attention.
"We are lucky that there is a boat nearby."
"The fishing ban has passed, and there are many fishing boats on the sea now."
"I was scared to death, fortunately the police did not come at the last minute."
"Movies are movies, reality is reality, modern technology is so advanced, it is impossible not to contact rescue."
"It has been decades since the Titanic, there must be some progress."
"Thank goodness."
Everyone comforted each other while shaking the rescue sticks in their hands, fearing that they would be missed.
Half an hour later, all those who were far away had been rescued. The fishing boat headed in their direction and also dropped a rope ladder to let them get on board.
"Ladies first." Ishikawa Keito stepped aside.
Jin Lan'er said sarcastically, "Ladies first if nothing happens, men and women are equal if something happens."
Several men pretended not to hear.
Jin Lan'er was not polite either, she pushed them aside and climbed up. The moment her feet stepped on the deck, she felt weak in her limbs and almost fell to the ground.
"Drink some hot water." The crew distributed blankets and hot water one by one, "Are you injured?"
"My face was cut." Liu Xiuzhi said.
The crew gave him a Band-Aid.
The others were so cold that their hands and feet were numb. They had to rely on their last breath to climb onto the boat. They sat on the ground and couldn't get up.
Jian Jing was the last one to be rescued.
When she got on the boat, she looked back at the sea. The cruise ship had completely sunk, and the severed tentacles had disappeared without a trace. It was as if nothing had happened.
The sun slowly appeared on the horizon.
The view became brighter, and the choppy sea didn't seem so strange anymore.
"Take a rest, we'll be back soon." The crew sent the shivering survivors to the guest rooms and kept comforting them, "Sleep and we'll go ashore."
After surviving the disaster, everyone was extremely tired and didn't want to talk, so they just nodded hastily.
Seeing this, the crew said nothing more. They arranged for them to rest and left.
There are limited rooms on the fishing boat, with three or four people squeezed into one room. But at this moment, even the pickiest people would not complain about the environment, and people of the same gender squeezed together to sleep.
Jian Jing turned off the lights and lay down on the sofa.
The heavy breathing of Zhang Xueer and Jin Laner came from the bed. They were exhausted and scared. Who would have thought that participating in a reality show would encounter scenes from a disaster movie.
I almost died.
I almost acted in a horror movie myself.
Fortunately, it's all over. All horror movies have a surviving ending. The male and female protagonists are mostly safe and sound, and if the supporting characters are lucky, they can also save their lives.
Jian Jing was thinking, and heard a soft sound beside his ear.
The door was pushed open a crack, and the fishy, salty sea breeze came in, blowing on my face, refreshing.
"Click", it closed again in less than 3 seconds, and the room returned to its stuffy heat.
Jian Jing opened his eyes and slowly sat up.