We covered the stored fresh water and kept it in the corner of the cabin as the most precious resource, and wrapped it with protective measures. In fact, the so-called protective measure is our diving suit. We use the diving suit as the outer skin of the water storage barrel. Only with the support of waterproof material can we lock the water source, otherwise it would have evaporated and lost not a drop left.
These wetsuits are the key guarantee for us to be able to emerge safely from the deep sea, otherwise it will be more than just a nosebleed and tinnitus. I have heard before that if a person encounters pressure loss in the deep sea, he will turn into a piece of meat.
Staring at this fresh water wrapped in a diving suit, which is more precious than gold, and then thinking back to life on the shore, there are usually many mineral water bottles that are thrown away after one sip, as well as open water dispensers in the streets and alleys. It flows wantonly and is a waste of water. Thinking of these, I can't help but feel extremely melancholy.
So much so that later on I hated this kind of waste and could not stand it. The reason was probably due to this experience of surviving on an isolated island!
Those who have been hungry cherish every grain of food; those who have been thirsty cherish every drop of spring water! After that, I regarded every drop of water as very important.
Water resources are so precious. If you have never experienced the situation of looking up to the sky and sticking your tongue out, with your lips and teeth stuck together, you will never know that this water can save someone's life at the most critical moment.
If a person doesn't eat and only drinks water, usually he or she will not survive for more than a month. If there is no water to drink, the soul and body will usually be separated within a week!
The process of people waiting for rescue on the island is very boring.
After getting used to it, those crabs have kept their distance from us and seem to be hiding on the other side of the island.
At first, we were quite rare and often caught them to eat. Later, because the resources for making fire were very limited, no one could bear to light the boat planks that had finally dried out, so a group of people and a group of crabs just went to their own side. .
Later we finally found out why this island was bare.
During the long wait, the area of the island was gradually reduced, and it turned out that it would periodically sink into the sea, and then periodically emerge.
No one knows how long this complete cycle lasts.
Hearing that he might be soaked in the water again, the fat man calmly played with his pearls. Someone asked him why he started studying this again in this vast sea, not knowing whether he could return to land.
The fat man said: In the past, I was obsessed with the word "wealth and arrogance". I thought that only with great wealth can one be arrogant. Otherwise, in life, I can only talk and be a lowly person. Now that I have been basking in the sun on a lonely island for so long, and looking at the sky and the sea for so many times, I suddenly realized that the ancients did not deceive me. It is true that people die for wealth and birds die for food. In the end, I am just for these piles of pearls. I'm not willing to leave my body here. I really can't. I really miss those ordinary days now. It's really better to earn a thousand on land than to earn ten thousand at sea! This endless sea is so... despairing!
Avril said that this kind of phenomenon has a professional scientific name, but she couldn't think of it exactly at the moment. Maybe the sea water would only cover the island for a few dozen centimeters at most, turning it into a larger reef. As long as we race against time, We use boat planks to build a higher safety area so that everyone will not be submerged in the water.
Looking at the shrinking island, I don’t know if Avril’s words are meant to comfort us.
I just vaguely remember that it should be on the ninth day, something suddenly floated up in the sea area where the Yinmu boat had been dismembered. It was dark. It was discovered by Fatty when he was fishing, and he brought it back to me for the first time. Look at this dark, like the kind of snowball in winter that has not melted for several days, dyed black. If you look closely, it seems to be the texture of a meteorite.
Could it really be meteorite fragments?
It was like finding a treasure at that time.
The most lacking thing in the radio equipment Avril and I studied was magnetic accessories. These meteorite fragments are natural "magnets" and are simply a gift from God!
It's a pity that we didn't do anything with the meteorite later. On the 11th day, we finally waited for rescue.
It was a merchant ship carrying soybeans. Following a 10,000-ton merchant ship, we returned to the land we longed for, as if we had been given a second life!
Our confidentiality measures before disembarking were airtight. From the beginning to the end, neither the crew nor the captain noticed the pearl we were carrying. The magic whip was always carried by Avril Lavigne and was not inspected.
In fact, I intended to let Long Wu hold the magic whip at first, but I was afraid of causing another trouble. If Long Wu was provoked by a curious crew member, I was afraid that the sword would be unsheathed and the merchant ship would be bloodbathed.
Fortunately, Long Wu was more cooperative. The Wujin Mountain Blade also listened to the captain's "instructions" and was specially kept. Perhaps Long Wu was too tired. He had been resting on the boat and almost never said a word.
On the way back, I had a good chat with the second-in-command of the merchant ship. The main reason was that he was a guest of mine a few years ago. I didn't recognize him, but he recognized me.
In our line of work, the important thing is to recognize the treasure without knowing the person. Maybe he said when he met me a few years ago, and I can't remember it, but if he said something about the treasure, I could immediately organize the memory and put those memories together. The fragments are spliced together.
It seems that running a boat will indeed accelerate the aging of people. I remember that when I received the good-quality porcelain from him, he still had thick hair, and now he has become the Austrian Mediterranean. His face is also much older, with all the traces carved by the sea breeze.
He and I both had a tacit understanding and never revealed our previous interactions to anyone else. On the surface, we pretended to regret meeting each other so late. But in fact, during the entire journey back, this second-in-command really took good care of our expedition team and gave the green light in all aspects. The magic whip was not exposed to public view, and the pearl was not searched. This second-in-command It really took a lot of effort, and this was an unspoken secret that I made eye contact with him many times.
Before disembarking, Avril took out a sum of money to express the gratitude of the entire expedition team. She originally wanted to hand it over directly to the captain, but I stopped her and let the second-in-command take over the favor. Elvi didn't understand it at first because she didn't know the details of the process, but she still chose to believe me unconditionally and didn't ask any questions, thus facilitating the matter.
The fat man on the side didn't even pay attention to so many details. Although a lot of beads fell into the sea, fortunately, I caught a few and finally didn't return empty-handed. Moreover, these pearls were as big as pigeon eggs and each one was precious. In the words of the fat man: One person cannot have a Range Rover and have low self-esteem at the same time.
Fatty now just waits to go ashore to pick up the car.
The expedition team first returned to my antique shop as a group. The next day, Fatty hurriedly left and went to contact the buyer of the beads. At the same time, he also contacted the sales girl from the 4S store. When I heard the fat man chatting angrily with the little girl, I told him to get out of here quickly so as not to ruin the feng shui of my shop.
Avril still has some more critical matters to resolve with Morgan Company, and she feels that her staying here will bring more potential dangers to everyone. I am more worried about her and hope that Long Wu can follow her, but Al Wei said that Long Wu should wait here and she would come back safely in two days.
I watched Avril go away worriedly. Before leaving, Avril specifically told me to keep the whip in a safe place. Two days later, she and I found a professional organization to do the most professional research.
When we were leaving, Avril Lavigne hugged me and Long Wu goodbye respectively. Long Wu did not accept the hug, but just nodded to indicate that he would wait for her to come back safely.
The "radio" made on the isolated island became a souvenir. After I hid the magic whip, I returned to the bookstore and placed the "radio" together with the meteorite.
I stared at them blankly, recalling every moment I had with Avril on the island. It was an unforgettable and warm memory that cannot be reproduced.
Unknowingly, the old clock in the study suddenly recalled the sound of ringing bells. The twelve strokes represented the arrival of the midnight hour. This is the darkest hour of the day at 0:00 in the morning. Suddenly at this time, the radio started to sound. There was a squeaky signal sound!
It seems to have been transmitted from the direction of the meteorite!
I immediately brought the black meteorite closer. The closer I got, the stronger the signal.
What came out from the "radio" turned out to be the voice of King Qin!
The voice was intermittent, sometimes clear, sometimes chaotic. It seemed vaguely that it was some kind of summons from King Qin again. The key words seemed to be: Qin defeated, Yu, Later Han, Han Gao, Tomb...
Just when I was trying to listen to these key words, I suddenly felt a figure staring at me from behind. I turned around suddenly and saw that at some point, Long Wu quietly opened the wooden door of the study room and was looking at me. There, only one eye was exposed, looking at me faintly, and suddenly I felt like I had seen that eye before somewhere!
When I remembered it completely, I felt like I was sweating like rain. Wasn't that eye the same look that King Qin stared at me from the meteorite at the bottom of the sea...!
The play ends.
Goodbye in the world!
