【16】

After the three of them transported the oil barrels to the ship, Lin Wu signaled Yuan Ning to start the speedboat and prepare to leave, and she planned to turn back with Ximan to save You Xixi. Although she threatened her with an open flame, she once turned around and left, the advantage of that little threat was gone.

However, as soon as they jumped off the speedboat, they saw You Xi rushing towards here, dragging a barrel of oil with both hands.

"I threatened them to lose their spear guns. They are now coming around from the side, let's go!"

"Okay!" Lin Wu took the portable bucket from her hand and pushed her onto the speedboat. Although there were three barrels of oil left on the roof, the most important thing is to keep most of the fuel safely away under this situation.

Several people got on the boat one after another, Yuan Ning turned around and rushed out of the gas station area as fast as possible.

Behind them, another spear gun was projected, rubbing the tail of the speedboat and falling into the water. It turned out that there was a spear gun on the wooden boat behind. Because it retreated early, it was now that it was chasing quickly after going around.

Lin Wu was glad that he did not hesitate or worry about the remaining diesel.

Two wooden boats came out one after another, but after all, they were hand rowing boats. The speed was too slow, but in a moment, the speedboat threw them behind them.

On the way back, You Xi's heart was still pounding. Ximan also sat in the upper cockpit for a long time without saying anything. On the one hand, it was because of nervousness, on the other hand, it was because the water had just gotten too cold and it had not recovered.

"Drink some hot water." You Xi handed him the thermos prepared by Yuan Qi. She was not short of these supplies, so it would be better to give the person who needed it the most.

Siman took a few sips of hot water and warmed up a little: "Are those who just now the survivors of Wanghaishan?"

"It shouldn't be that they came by a wooden boat. They wouldn't take the risk of rowing so far when they look too far."

Yuan Ning looked at the waters ahead and was careful to walk through the buildings. "L Island is so big, there will definitely be survivors in other places. Now everyone knows that there will be no rescue in the short term, and will be more and more unscrupulous in the work for materials."

You Xi nodded: "It is not safe to find so much fuel this time, it is not safe to store it on a speedboat."

When Lin Wu heard this, he spoke, "Then we won't wait, let's leave today."

Lin Wu and Ximan each brought their backpacks when they came out. Because they left together, the room was not safe, so they brought all the important water and medicines. Therefore, they could not go back to the hotel area and go directly to the mountain near the B&B area and pick up Uenaki to leave.

You Xi said that nothing was left in her room, and that the important things were carried with her in her backpack. So she finally decided that You Xi and Yuan Ning would stay on the speedboat, and Lin Wu and Ximan were responsible for taking Yuan Qi and his son.

"There are many branches in the room, and you can carry them all. Only by raising a fire can you drive away the cold at this temperature. You also need to take the plastic film you exchanged before," Yuan Ning reminded them.

The return journey was smooth. Under the instructions of Ximan, the speedboat stopped on the mountain side closer to the B&B area. There was a slope here and the water was very shallow.

Lin Wu lowered the already airy rubber boat, took two oars, and went to the shore with Siman.

No one has walked the road here, nor has anyone cleaned up the snow. They used a simple anti-slip sole to fix it on the shoes, used a paddle to shovel the snow on the slope, and walked slowly upwards.

Yuan Ning contacted Yuan Qi on the walkie-talki, signaling her to pack up her things and keep Yuanyuan warm, and wait for Lin Wu and Ximan to pick her up.

Afterwards, she and You Xi went to the cabin to count the fuel. There were 11 barrels of 30 liters of diesel, and 22 barrels of 50 liters of diesel, but a barrel of 50 liters of diesel had just been added to the speedboat fuel tank, and there were 21 barrels left.

The two of them carried another 30 liters and a 50-barrel to the fuel tank, filled the entire fuel tank, and tied all the empty buckets with ropes and hung them on both sides of the speedboat.

The fuel is barely enough at present. Even if it is not enough at that time, it should not be too far from the mainland. You can row a rubber boat and you will not be trapped in the sea.

The only thing I worry about is the weather, I just hope that I won’t encounter the violent blizzards a few days ago in the sea.

Two hours later, Lin Wu and Ximan successfully brought Yuan Qi and his son back, Yuan Ning adjusted his direction and set out north.

The upper semi-open air bridge has been used to make a simple windshield film with transparent plastic film and ropes. The bridge originally had a roof and there were metal rods around it. You only need to use a rope to fix the plastic film on the left, front and right, so you don’t have to drive against the cold wind and low temperatures anymore.

A simple door curtain is also made with thick film at the rear gangway. Although it needs to be unbuttoned and fixed in and out, it will be much warmer.

In addition, Lin Wu and Ximan packed all the branches that Yuan Ning picked up, and they were tied tightly at this moment, and were neatly stacked on the left side of the bridge.

They also brought the fire-burning pot with them. When they left, they exchanged two more big pots with the homestay owner's wife.

One of these three pots is spare, the other two are placed on the bridge, and the other is placed in the cabin below. When it is particularly cold, you can burn branches to keep warm.

Because the cabin needs to be lit to keep warm, most of the thirty barrels of diesel were moved to the open air at the rear of the speedboat, and a small part was moved to the fence at the front end of the speedboat. They were first fixed with ropes, then covered with thick film to cover it, and finally tied the thick film together.

The cabin is not big, with two rows of seats on the left and right. In front of it is a row of cabinets and portholes. The middle aisle is quite spacious, so when Lin Wu went to pick up Yuan Qi, he packed and took away several quilts and blankets in the room. He put on a floor at night and could barely sleep.

Yuan Ning's wound has not healed yet, so it is definitely not possible to drive for a long time every day, so he taught You Xi and Ximan how to drive a speedboat and how to view the dashboard one by one.

Of course, she is still the one who checks and identifies the direction.

Yuan Qi took Yuanyuan to stay in the cabin below. She laid plastic film and quilts on the side of the aisle, letting him lie on it and draw. She used a solid alcohol stove on the cabinet to cook some noodles or hot porridge for everyone.

The noodles are naturally instant noodles. Add some carrots and ham sausages to the porridge, and cookies and vacuum-packed bread to it. It can fill the stomach and warm the belly. After all, you can temporarily endure the food when you are at sea.

You Xi was worried about water use at first, but later Lin Wu opened the cabinet door in the cabin, and there were neatly placed seven or eight barrels of 5l of mineral water, a box of instant noodles, a bag of 50 kilograms of rice, a box of canned lunch meat, a box of canned fruit, a box of chocolate, and a small box of solid fuel.

Not to mention using water, the food here is enough for everyone to eat it for more than a week.

It was only then that You Xi understood why Lin Wu did not come back with Yuan Qi and Ximan when he went to the supermarket that day. From the beginning, he planned to save a batch of water in private on the speedboat.

There is no way that there is only one staircase in such a large shopping mall. He should have learned another faster route from Siman, so the whole box of unopened food was probably obtained from the warehouse.

That's why he asked everyone on the ship to get a limited quantity, at most a duffel bag, because the load-bearing of these materials must be reserved.

"Sorry, I didn't tell you that time." Lin Wu told her that storing water on the speedboat was the way to stay after discussing with Yuan Ning and Ximan, and he didn't expect that he would use it in the end.

Going out on the sea by yourself is too risky. If the situation hadn't changed rapidly, he wouldn't have done such a risky move.

You Xi didn't care about this. She met them by chance, so it was normal for her to have a secret, compared to her more secrets.

Under such natural disasters, as long as the other party has no harm to others and does not feel good about the Virgin attitude that can save everyone, he can be regarded as a companion.

If it goes well, 400 nautical miles per day will be calculated by driving 10 hours and 400 nautical miles a day, and they will see the land in three days.

They set off at noon. After five hours of driving north in the afternoon, some floating ships and building debris slowly appeared on the endless sea. After stopping the boat and resting and having supper, Youxi took over the boat.

It was already past six o'clock in the evening, the sky was gray and dim, and the visibility became lower. Siman and Yuan Ning were by their side and helped to check together.

After driving again for more than an hour, the building fragments floating in the sea gradually increased. Yuan Ning asked her to adjust her direction slightly and drive towards one o'clock to bypass the sea.

Soon after, some dark shadows appeared in the direction of the speedboat at 10 o'clock. The shadows were high and low, and they were staggered and uneven. Some shadows were also beating firelights in the middle.

“What’s ahead?”

"The Capital Island, or there are no capital island buildings that have not yet fallen into the water."

Siman stood by the fence, looking at the once prosperous island with a sad face through the plastic film. "The capital island is much smaller than that of L Island. There are no mountains as high as Wanghaishan on the island, and the buildings are mainly tall buildings."

Therefore, when the tsunami comes, the impact on the capital island will be even greater.

Siman was in a sad mood, and almost all the Hai Kingdom was destroyed.

Not long after the speedboat sailed through the waters near the Capital Island, the star house system, which had not been moved for a long time, was broadcast in Youxi's mind.

[World Mission 1: Escape from l island has been completed, and the host has obtained 10 star coins. Number of star coins: 10]

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the speedboat stopped in a relatively calm sea for the night.

This was the first time You Xi spent the night at sea. She was nervous and worried, so she was not sleepy at the moment, so she was on the first shift, mainly staying at the bridge above to pay attention to the weather changes.

The duty time was boring, so she took out the album and pen, and drew the remaining capital island she had just seen, as well as their tiny speedboat on the vast sea.

It was even colder at night. She lit the brazier, lifted a little plastic film curtain to make it breathable, put two warm-up stickers in her clothes, and then wrapped a blanket outside the clothes to feel better.

There was a thermometer next to the bridge. She leaned over and looked at it. It was strictly just an ordinary low temperature, but it was in tropical waters. It was hard to imagine how low the temperature would be after the speedboat headed north and entered the subtropical and northern temperate zone.

After Youxi, Ximan and Lin Wu were at night respectively.

At five o'clock in the morning, when You Xi was still sleeping in the cabin, Yuan Ning, who had been resting all night, continued to drive north under the light of dawn.

The weather has been very stable since she set out, but she doesn't know how long this calm weather can last, so naturally the sooner she arrives on land, the better.

In the next two days, the speedboat started and stopped. In addition to ensuring 10 hours of navigation every day, the engine was also guaranteed to rest moderately. Lin Wu knew about machinery and checked the speedboat's condition every day and did not dare to relax at all.

Other sporadic islands appeared in the seas they passed along, but without exception they were all ravaged by tsunamis. Occasionally, when speedboats approached the island, they would see other boats or boats.

But they were always very cautious and immediately avoided when they saw it from afar. They had few people and many supplies, so it was hard to guarantee that they would not meet people like the Squin Man again.

However, on the third night, they still had to face an important problem - the fuel was almost running out.

"The remaining oil is less than a box, and it will be opened for more than two hours at most, but it is still far from the land, and it will take at least four to five hours, or even more."

During dinner, Yuan Ning informed everyone about the current situation one by one, "In addition, this speedboat is not equipped with a satellite phone, and the mobile phone currently has no signal."

"I understand." Lin Wu nodded: "Try to drive as much as possible. There is really no way to get the remaining distance, so we rowed the rubber boat. The closer we got to the coastline, the greater the chance of encountering other ships. As long as there is no problem with the direction, we will definitely get there."

"Yes, we must be optimistic. Two and a half days have passed smoothly. There is still the last half day left, and we will definitely arrive smoothly!" Siman cheered everyone up at the right time.

Yuan Qi took some canned fruits and chocolates and asked everyone to help open the can: "It's already dark, so let's have a good rest today. Check the oil barrels early tomorrow morning to see if there is any barrel that has not been completely poured."

You Xi didn't make any noise, and it was very risky to abandon the boat and use the rubber boat.

The radar of the speedboat is small, with a maximum range of 20 nautical miles. If the location of the mainland coastline is not displayed on the radar before the fuel is used up, even if they have the physical strength to row a rubber boat for more than 20 nautical miles, it is very easy to lose the correct direction in the vast ocean.

That night, when it was her turn to stay at night, she quietly went to the front of the speedboat for a while.

The portable oil barrels that were previously placed at the front and rear ends were not discarded after adding oil, and were still neatly arranged. One reason was that the hull was too light when the wind and waves occurred at sea. The oil barrels themselves also had a certain weight and could be pressed down on the boat, and the other was that the few people on the speedboat did not have the habit of still rubbishing in the sea.

She untied the fixed rope, stayed for two seconds before tied the rope back.

The next day, Shiman, who was on the night in the first shift, got up early and planned to check all the oil barrels, hoping to piece them together and get some more fuel.

However, when he checked the tail of the speedboat and came to the front to check, he soon had an unexpected harvest and screamed happily: "There is oil! The bucket in the corner is full, Oh my God! A whole bucket! Wait - this bucket is also full... three buckets! We still have three buckets of diesel! It must have been because we didn't check it carefully before!"

On the last night, You Xi, who was legitimately sleeping in the cabin, closed her eyes and listened to the joyful exclaim outside, gently curled the corner of her lower lip.

How could she be left behind even though she knew how important fuel was.

The group of men of the man who was arguing naturally saw it, but it doesn’t matter whether they saw it or not. Anyway, they won’t meet again in the future. She just needs to ensure that Lin Wu and the others didn’t see it.

As for these three barrels of diesel, Ximan and Yuan Qi are easy to cheat, and Lin Wu and Yuan Ning cannot be suspicious at all.
To be continued...