Chapter 229
There were six or seven white bird carcasses lying on the ice, one after another. Perhaps because of the low temperature, none of them had decayed. Instead, they lay there quietly, as if they were sleeping peacefully.
"Brother, this is a bird! How could it die here?" Lin Zhinan asked curiously.
"The Ivory Gull is known as the Snow White of the Ocean," Chu Huaiqin said, "We need to go to the other side to fish."
"Why?" Liman asked curiously. What's wrong with a few dead birds?
"Are you worried about mercury poisoning?" Alexander was from Russia, whose country borders the Arctic. He had a vivid memory of the international report. "It's certainly not right."
When the live broadcast room heard it, they were dumbfounded.
"No way, there's another problem. What's going on? Didn't Anthony check the location?"
"What does mercury poisoning mean? What does that have to do with birds?"
Riman was just as confused as the audience in the live broadcast room.
"As the ice melts, mercury will flow out and marine life will eat it. Ivory gulls mainly eat the corpses of marine life, which is their food for survival." Alexander said in a deep voice, frowning and looking particularly fierce.
When Liman heard this, he was furious. "Is Anthony kidding us about our lives?"
"That's not the case. There are residential areas here, and they also catch fish here for food. And I also noticed that there are no factories nearby." Chu Huaiqin was still relieved about Anthony's situation, but he felt uncomfortable looking at the corpse of the ivory gull.
"Or, go and take a look?" Liman really felt that if he didn't find out, he wouldn't dare to eat the fish here.
"I want to see it too." Alexander agreed, turning his gaze to Chu Huaiqin with a provocative look, "Chu, do you dare?"
Chu Huaiqin laughed. Why did this guy always speak in a provocative manner? He really wanted to fight with him.
"Of course I dare." Lin Zhinan said indignantly.
Alexander: "You little girl..."
Chu Huaiqin: "Go!"
Chu Huaiqin was also very curious about this matter. He felt it was weird if he didn't find out the truth. Since they were all brave people, they decided to go and rowed the boat towards the ice mound.
The ice hill was quite high, about two meters above sea level, and it felt quite oppressive to paddle close to it. Fearing the ice might be unstable, and wondering what might have happened to the fish, no one wanted to get too close, let alone go up. So the three of them took out their fishing rods and started fishing for ivory gulls.
Alexander, Liman, and Chu Huaiqin each stood at the bow of their own boat, holding a pole and swinging it at the ice, trying to hook an ivory gull over. If they moved too much, the boat would shake. Chu Huaiqin was afraid of scaring Lin Zhinan, so he leaned out as far as possible, and his posture was particularly interesting, like an athlete about to start a race.
His action stabilized the boat, but he himself was not standing very steadily, so Xia En had to hold his waist steady from behind.
Live broadcast room
"Sing me a song."
"every night in my dreams..."
"Shut up, stop singing, and sing 'Good Luck' to me."
"Why not 'good day'?"
"That's fine too. A song about prosperity and wealth wouldn't be bad either."
"Hahaha!"
The audience in the live broadcast room laughed and soon saw Chu Huaiqin hooking a bird's wing.
"My dear brother, your 'seduction' method is indeed the best. I've been hooked like this."
"Come on, Liman! Go ahead, we can't lose."
"Alexander is so mad his veins are popping out. I think he might want to jump in the water and swim over to get it."
"Brother, come on, we're almost there." Lin Zhinan was also cheering for Chu Huaiqin from behind. He became nervous when he saw him slowly raising the fishing rod while fishing for the bird.
"Chu, I caught one too." Liman curled his lips, not sure if it was a sneer or a joke.
"Oh, after contestant number one, Chu, caught the ivory gull, contestant number two, Liman, also caught up. Both of them are about to start the race. Let's see who will have the last laugh. Contestant number three, Alexander, is still in a rage."
"Pfft, God is so grumpy, hahahaha."
"Ahhh, contestant number one, go ahead and win the championship."
"Player No. 2, go ahead and defeat Player No. 1."
"Wait, is that place moving?"
Suddenly, a single message appeared in the livestream, but everyone was so busy cheering the three on that it was drowned out by the barrage of comments. Those who noticed something was amiss thought they'd misread it, staring intently at the ice mound about three meters from the boat. Holy crap, it was actually moving.
"Ahhh, the ice hill is about to collapse, hurry up and leave, God, please stop arguing."
"Ahhhh, get me up there quickly, the ice hill is about to collapse."
But no matter how many barrages he posted, no one noticed. Instead, Lin Zhinan, who was sitting next to him, felt something was wrong. He turned his eyes to the ice hill next to him and blinked in confusion.
"What's that sound?" Chu Huaiqin held the fishing rod, listened attentively, and his eyes slowly turned to the ice mound not far from him on the right.
"Brother, okay, it seems like the ice is calling." Lin Zhinan swallowed nervously, holding the edge of the boat tightly with both hands.
"What are you talking about? Chu, why don't you collect your line?" Alexander said coldly, "Don't wait for me, I can catch it myself."
"Who's waiting for you? The ice hill is about to collapse. Hurry, get out of here." Chu Huaiqin yelled.
Upon hearing this, Xia En immediately turned and rushed towards the oars.
Chu Huaiqin pulled the fishing rod, threw it into the boat, turned around and wanted to row to help, but he didn't expect to use too much force. The boat was already moving, so he couldn't stand steadily and sat down on the boat, grimacing in pain.
"Qingqing!" Xia En had just started rowing when he didn't expect Chu Huaiqin to fall. His first reaction was to rush over, but Chu Huaiqin stopped him, "Paddle faster! If the ice hill falls, it's all over."
Liman and Alexander also heard it, threw their fishing rods into the boat, picked up the oars and paddled desperately, but they didn't expect the more anxious they were, the more chaotic it became. Liman and Alexander went in the opposite direction and collided with Chu Huaiqin and his boat, causing a violent vibration that made them feel like they were capsizing.
"Liman, Alexander." Chu Huaiqin's words were squeezed out from his teeth, and he wanted to catch the two of them and beat them up.
"Sorry, sorry, row to the left." Alexander yelled at Liman.
"You made a mistake." Liman was not one to suffer any loss.
"If you make any more noise or block my way, I will throw both of you into the sea." Chu Huaiqin said angrily. The Class B boat just blocked their way. The ice hills were getting louder and louder. If they didn't hurry up, they would be buried in the sea.
The audience in the live broadcast room were also frightened by this sudden situation.
"Fuck, hurry, retreat!"
"Ahhh, you bastards Team B, get out of the way, row quickly, you're blocking my brother's way."
"Oh my god, I see the ice mound moving, ahhhh, run!"
"Oh my God, I reminded you just now, but it was blocked by your barrage."
"Ahhh, I told you guys to go bird fishing and have fun, now what?"
"Why? You're rowing too fast. You're going to fall over, you're going to fall over."
"Ah, brother, it's going to fall." Lin Zhinan had been staring at the sand dune. When he saw it start to lose ice, he screamed in fear, "Ah, it's about to fall.
Lin Zhinan was so frightened and panicked that he actually took the fishing rod in the water and paddled. If it wasn't an emergency, the audience in the live broadcast room would have laughed to death.
But now is not the time to laugh. The audience in the live broadcast room watched helplessly as the ice mound collapsed as if it was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The livestream audience could only scream as the collapsing iceberg slammed into the sea, sending up a massive wave. Although the two boats were well clear of the iceberg, the surging waters were so powerful that waves from far away pushed them upwards.
"ah!"
Lin Zhinan's screams were heard, and the audience in the live broadcast room saw Chu Huaiqin suddenly grabbing Lin Zhinan, and the two jumped from the boat into the sea, followed by Xia Entanglement. Then the boat was instantly overturned, about to flip nearly 90 degrees, and then slammed back into the water. If they were in the boat, they would definitely fall into the sea and would inevitably be injured.
Soon two more big waves came, and the empty boat swayed in the water and finally stopped.
"Ahhh, the boat fell over, but then it didn't fall over, it turned over again."
"Where are the people? Where are the people?"
The audience in the live broadcast room had their eyes on the iceberg before, but when they turned around, they immediately saw Chu Huaiqin pushing Lin Zhinan onto the boat, but discovered that one person was missing.
Everyone was shocked. Xia Entropy?
Chu Huaiqin felt himself suddenly go cold all over and was about to jump into the water when he heard the sound of water. Xia Entang emerged from the sea, holding the fishing net in one hand and the fishing rod in the other.
Chu Huaiqin glanced at the fishing rod and net in Xia En's hands and said nothing, "Go up!"
After he finished speaking, Chu Huaiqin climbed up first and quickly pulled Xia En up with him.
"Chu, let me wrap you up with clothes." Two coats were handed over, and Chu Huaiqin took them without hesitation. He wrapped Lin Zhinan with one and gave the other to Xia En, but Xia En pushed it back and wrapped Chu Huaiqin with it.
Seeing the three people with two pieces of clothing, they all wanted to conjure up a third piece. Liman and Alexander felt quite guilty. They were the ones who blocked Chu Huaiqin and his group's way in the front, and Chu Huaiqin and his group helped to block the waves in the back. Otherwise, the boat would have capsized as well.
But it’s so cold without my coat.
The few of them were no longer in the mood to fish, so they quickly rowed back. Along the way, Lin Zhinan and Xia Entang sneezed constantly. Halfway through, Chu Huaiqin wrapped his clothes around Xia Entang again, and seeing that he was about to refuse, he said, "If you don't wear it, I'll throw you into the sea."
Liman/Alexander: It turns out that Xia Entang can also be thrown into the sea due to threats.
Even if they rowed hard, it would still take a long time to get back to the shore. The boat was tied casually to the shore and they hurried back to the camp, soaking wet all the way, which attracted the attention of other groups.
The audience in the live broadcast room finally came back to their senses at this time.
"The Curse of the Ivory Gull?"
"Ah, don't play any jokes, they must have a fever."
"Oh my god, do you think the boat would have capsized if I hadn't jumped into the water?"
"It's hard to say, but if it capsizes, people will fall into the boat, which is very dangerous. There's a chance that the boat will hit your head."
"Ahhh, I shouldn't have touched that bird. It's so unlucky."
"What's the point of saying this now?"
Now they just hope that everyone is okay.
The author has something to say: "Every night in my dreams..." comes from "My Heart Will Go On", the theme song from Titanic. I haven't seen this movie, but I saw some synopsis and clips when it was at its peak. The line that impressed me the most was "It's a sinking ship." I didn't watch it for fear of being misunderstood.
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