Chapter 252 The 252nd Day of the Beginning 18:18 (New Ending)
Day 252 of the game
Yin Yu could only watch as Demiral was swallowed up and covered by the fish before his eyes.
There are probably a dozen or so giant tigerfish frantically feeding on them from beneath their raft.
The raft rocked violently as the large fish thrashed about, and several ropes tied to the logs even broke, as if it would fall apart at any moment.
These ropes, made from twisted wood cores, have limited toughness and can easily break apart when subjected to violent shaking.
Despite repeatedly binding several ropes to each piece of wood, their catamaran would soon fall apart if they remained stationary and passively attacked.
Yin Yu had no choice but to give up on Demiral.
He gritted his teeth, shouting for Huang Hai to gather his arms and legs and get away from the water, while paddling to get them away from the bloody water as quickly as possible.
Huang Hai was trembling violently all over, his eyes wide with terror as he stared intently at the black water receding into the distance behind him.
The tigerfish leaped, its white, silvery belly shimmering on the water. He could only see the water; the blood spurting from Demiral was imprinted on his retina.
Even if they are far apart.
"That was...that was my hallucination? Was it?" After an unknown amount of time, Huang Hai regained his voice. He stiffly turned his aching neck, his eyes bloodshot, looking at Yin Yu with a mixture of despair and hope.
He was just experiencing another terrible hallucination. He couldn't distinguish between what was real and what was fake. He could no longer trust his eyes; what he saw was not necessarily the truth.
Yin Yu looked at Huang Hai, knowing exactly what Huang Hai was thinking. He remained silent for a while before finally saying, "Put your hands and feet on the raft, away from the water, and maintain your balance."
"We haven't reached the fork in the river yet."
Huang Hai didn't get the answer he wanted, but he was clear-headed enough to understand the other meaning behind Yin Yu's words: the water was dangerous, so what he had just seen was real.
Huang Hai's gaze shifted downwards. Their raft was even splattered with Demiral's blood, which hadn't been completely washed away by the water. His clothes and hands were also covered in Demiral's blood, which couldn't be washed off.
Huang Hai felt his stomach convulsing violently, and a wave of nausea blocked his throat, making him want to turn over and lie in the water to vomit.
But as soon as he turned his head, the dark, calm water seemed to unleash a spell of stillness upon the Yellow Sea, freezing him in place, unable to move.
In water like this, they couldn't see anything at all. How did those huge tigerfish lie dormant without causing a ripple?
What if there's something waiting for him underwater? Waiting for him to pop his head out, get close, and then burst through the water and bite him?!
Huang Hai stood frozen in place, not daring to move an inch.
[Holy crap, is the raft going to fall apart? It was crashing so hard on the water just now!]
Holy crap, that person just fell into the water and died?!
Is this the same fish we encountered at the waterfall? The same kind?
[It looks like it, such a big mouth, it could bite right off my head!]
This is even more of a nightmare than piranhas.
[But think about it, piranhas take small bites, and even if their bellies are torn apart, a person might still be conscious and alive. This thing, on the other hand, will kill them in just a few bites. How satisfying!]
[These fish must have been following the streamer and his group from the waterfall the whole time, right? That's terrifying!]
[Probably not? This area is probably already part of their ecological range.]
So these fish have been hiding underwater all along?
[Fishing, huh? Wasn't that guy using his own blood to lure the fish? Luckily the streamer was quick, otherwise they'd all become bait too.]
I initially thought hallucinations were nothing special... not very harmful... but I never imagined they could cause such a huge mess!
It all comes down to those unassuming little mushrooms; they're the culprits!!
Six people set off at dawn, now only three remain.
[We haven't even left this black water maze yet.]
When the tigerfish aren't attacking, this body of water looks like a mirror, with a slow current that's almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
They need to determine their direction to ensure they don't keep circling around in the same body of water.
Yin Yu tied the shells of Gangda chestnuts, which were used to hold water, to a rope and floated them on what appeared to be still water. A wooden oar was placed across the raft, allowing the current to slowly carry the floating shells away.
The rope holding the fruit shell unfurled, and as the shell swung out, it stretched out in a slanted straight line.
Thus, Yinyu can obtain the approximate direction of the water flow in this area.
"Let's head in this direction," Yin Yu said, gesturing with his hand.
After determining the direction, He Lianzhou took over the wooden paddle and continued paddling, so that Yin Yu could rest for a while.
Yin Yu sat down next to Huang Hai. He looked at the cook, whose eyes were vacant, his eyes were surrounded by tired bluish-purple skin, his face was pale and sallow, and he looked like he was about to collapse.
Losing two people in two consecutive days is a terrible blow to any ordinary person, especially since they were their companions. Their experience is like a mirror, psychologically reflecting their future fate.
Yin Yu knew that Huang Hai's heart was crumbling, and their determination to leave this place alive was wavering.
He pressed down on Huang Hai's shoulder, feeling the slight trembling of the other man beneath his palm. Yin Yu pursed his lips and whispered, "They'll be leaving soon."
Huang Hai stiffly shifted his gaze to Yin Yu: "Soon? Then I can survive?"
“Yes.” Yin Yu nodded. “You didn’t want to die. You didn’t die on that ship. You held on to that cable and survived the infection and high fever here. You’ve lived until now.”
Huang Hai couldn't help but nod along with every word Yin Yu said.
“You have the willpower and determination to live.” Yin Yu squeezed Huang Hai’s shoulder. “So no matter what, you will struggle to live. You will not die, not today, not this time, and certainly not in front of me.”
"You'll arrive at the hospital, receive treatment, return home, snuggle into your soft bed, and watch a movie," Yin Yu smiled slightly.
Huang Hai let out a wet laugh, a glimmer of light seeming to appear in his eyes, and he breathed heavily with excitement at the imagined scene described by Yin Yu.
He added in a low voice, "Order another takeout, hot fried skewers."
“Very good,” Yin Yu replied.
Huang Hai slowly calmed down and stopped trembling with fear.
Yin Yu closed his eyes and quickly took a nap.
[Waaaaah, quickly order them some fried skewers! Helicopter delivery! Crowdfunding for delivery!!]
[+111 I want them to eat it right away!]
Hearing Yu Ge say that makes me want to cry qmq
[Finally]
[A newcomer commented: This streamer is so emotionally stable, it gives me a great sense of security.]
【great】
【great】
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From morning until afternoon, Yin Yu measured the water flow direction three more times along the way. Their route did not deviate, which meant that they should be close to the fork in the road.
"Yin Yu, the current is getting faster." He Lianzhou called out to Yin Yu abruptly while paddling, "Come and take a look, we're going against the current now."
"Against the current?" Yin Yu frowned upon hearing this and got up to go to He Lianzhou's side.
He had just measured the flow direction half an hour ago. Logically, it was impossible for the direction to be completely opposite, but it was impossible for them to have such a huge deviation in their judgment of direction in just half an hour.
But when Yin Yu noticed the surrounding water flow, his brows furrowed even more. There was no need to measure anymore; he could see the direction of the water flow with the naked eye.
The water flow had clearly accelerated, but as the area covered by this black water was shrinking and merging along the sides, the increased speed was not unexpected for Yin Yu.
"Why is this happening?" Huang Hai asked nervously, his eyes wide. "Did we go the wrong way?"
"You think I'd go the wrong way? Ha!" He Lianzhou sneered.
He tilted his head, exclaimed "Oh!" in realization, and then his gaze met Yin Yu's.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Yin Yu asked, narrowing his eyes slightly.
He Lianzhou blinked: "Good news?"
Yin Yu rarely smiled, but he nodded and said, "It seems we're almost there. Keep going."
【Wait, isn't the direction wrong?】
I thought I was in for trouble again, but it turns out it's a good thing??
I don't understand...
[+1, I thought the whole journey was just going downstream to leave, right?]
Huang Hai also asked the same question that viewers in the live stream had.
“Demiral mentioned casually before that during the rainy season, as sailors, they often encounter situations where the flow of a certain river is suddenly increased and then flooded by another river, causing the original river to change direction,” Yin Yu said, looking at Huang Hai.
Huang Hai nodded, he remembered: "But it's not the rainy season now?"
“Yes, we are not in the rainy season, but similar situations can occur at the confluence of larger bodies of water and narrow channels. If the two bodies of water happen to flow in opposite directions, the larger body of water may backflow into the other body of water at the confluence, causing the flow direction to change and become chaotic in a small area.” Yin Yu gestured with his hands to show the confluence of the two bodies of water to make it easier to understand.
Huang Hai quickly realized what was happening and took a deep breath: "So, we're about to enter the much larger Gangda River?! We're almost there!?"
Yin Yu nodded and smiled slightly: "We're going out now."
He took the oar and told He Lianzhou and Huang Hai to keep an eye on the distance so they wouldn't miss the meeting point.
However, this is clearly an overreaction.
As the raft rocked and swayed in the confluence of the waters, no one could miss the distinct confluence of the streams.
Huang Hai had to hold on tightly to the gaps in the raft to avoid being thrown into the water.
The water turned murky and yellow. Huang Hai even caught a glimpse of a dark, mottled figure, thicker than an old tree, flashing past them and disappearing into the black water!
Huang Hai swallowed hard in shock. Was that a python? A anaconda? It was less than an arm's length away from him!
His heart was pounding so hard that all he could hear was the sound of the water and his own heartbeat. He clung tightly to the raft, not daring to lift his eyes, and stared intently at the logs and the ropes wrapped around them.
One of them snapped off with a snap.
Another one.
Despite their efforts to tie the ropes tightly before setting off, Huang Hai was still terrified as the ropes kept taut.
The small raft rocked and swayed in the water, as exciting as riding a rapids, but without a safety belt.
Huang Hai had no idea what was ahead, or whether they had missed the gap. All he knew was that the raft beneath him slowly stabilized again.
He lay exhausted on the raft, his eyelids feeling incredibly heavy, his vision blurring with each passing moment, but he could hear a series of strange "tap-tap-tap" sounds.
"What is that?" Huang Hai subconsciously looked up at the sky.
"They've found us."
As Yin Yu spoke, a piercing alarm sounded in his mind.
[Warning! Host task assessment failed! Please check task details!]
[Special Mission at the Amusement Park: Repair the Damaged Buildings!]
[Current Progress: Searching for Different Natural Adhesives (1/3)]
[Mission Failure Penalty: Park Charm reduced by 10%, Visitor Acceptance reduced by 10%, two additional damaged facilities randomly added to the park!]
"Please note that the task penalty execution has entered a 24-hour countdown. Please accept the time-limited compensation task as soon as possible!"
"Once the host accepts the timed compensation task, the countdown to the punishment will be paused, and the host will be given the opportunity to postpone the execution."
Yin Yu received the mission failure message in his mind. Not only were his stats deducted, but two additional random entertainment devices were also damaged?!
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