flstandardbreds Chapter 1098
Chapter 1098
"That's strange, Juling, did you notice just now? The dormitory door suddenly disappeared, as if it was opened by some external force..."
The woman beside him, having recovered, murmured, "And these oxygen tanks of ours, they appeared just in time... it's like a divine intervention..."
The woman named Juling was taken aback. She picked up the oxygen tank that had just been removed and examined it carefully. Because of severe wear and tear, the markings on the tank had long been blurred by seawater.
But the materials and the design of the sealing valves are definitely not the kind of supplies that would be provided on an ordinary cruise ship they were on.
Her heart skipped a beat as she suddenly remembered the two figures she had vaguely seen on the deck earlier. Instinctively, she looked up at the main ship not far away.
But only busy soldiers and medical personnel were on the deck; those two familiar figures had long since disappeared.
"Don't overthink it, it's good that you're alive." Her companion patted her shoulder, her voice filled with the relief of surviving a disaster: "Maybe it was emergency supplies that the fleet had prepared beforehand, and the current washed them into the dormitories? We're so lucky!"
Juling didn't respond, but carefully put the oxygen tank away.
She had a feeling that things weren't so simple, but right now her whole body was sore and she barely had the strength to speak. She could only lean against the side of the lifeboat and stare blankly in the direction of the main ship.
Inside the main ship's command center, however, the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
"Reporting to the captain, according to the statistics, we have lost a total of three cargo ships and two cruise ships, a total of five ships." Lieutenant Yun lowered his head and said in a heavy voice, "Casualties: 43 dead, 35 missing, and 227 injured, including 56 seriously injured."
The entire command center was completely silent.
Forty-three vibrant lives, who were chatting and eating in the cabin just hours before, have become cold, lifeless numbers in the blink of an eye.
Thirty-five people are still missing in the vast ocean, with little hope of survival.
After a long while, Captain Chen slowly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and spoke in a hoarse voice: "Notify all ships to check for hull damage. Continue forward in half an hour."
It wasn't safe here, so even though he knew there might still be survivors of their kind in the sea, he didn't dare let the entire fleet stay.
They had to leave as quickly as possible!
Giving half an hour to pack and prepare was the fastest he could offer.
"Yes!" Lieutenant Yun nodded vigorously, turned around and strode out of the command center.
After the fleet set sail again, the wind and waves on the sea gradually subsided, leaving only the roar of the engines echoing across the sea.
First mate Wang held a hand-drawn nautical chart in his hand, repeatedly checking the route.
On such a vast ocean, one can easily get lost if one is not careful.
However, Wang Qian discovered that Zhou Shuwan didn't even need a sketch to know the direction very clearly.
He sometimes wondered if anyone could really have such a strong navigation ability, comparable to a compass and radar.
Whenever he made a mistake and gave the wrong directions, Zhou Shuwan would always accurately point out the correct direction based on his sketch.
And after on-site verification, she was right every time she pointed it out.
"Dr. Zhou, your sense of direction is amazing!" That afternoon, First Mate Wang, holding the nautical chart, talked with Zhou Shuwan for a long time again, his face full of amazement: "I said this route should be ten degrees north, but you said it should be five degrees. Now it seems you were right. Look!"
He pointed outside and saw a small patch of exposed rocks in the sea not far from them.
This is one of the few landmarks at sea.
However, this is generally inaccurate, because if the reef group is not large enough, it may be completely covered by seawater at high tide and cannot be seen with the naked eye.