Several days passed, and the two children circled the small island where they lived, but could not meet any survivors.
At first, they were able to salvage materials and various marine fish from the sea that fell from the building ship. However, the good times did not last long. The dry food was soon soaked in the sea and rotten, and the bodies of the deceased were washed to the shore by the waves and gradually began to rot. , poisoning many fish that come to eat.
In desperation, the two had no choice but to survive on various algae and moss growing on the surface of the reef. Fortunately, there are caves on the island for shelter, and there are several heavy rains in the channel every day, so they will not die due to lack of water. Death. But even so, they still became weak due to the extreme shortage of food, and there was no blood on their curled white lips.
"Little stutter...what are you still fussing about? It's going to rain later, so save your energy and catch more rain water to drink. At least you have water in your stomach, so you won't feel so hungry."
Ning Yue sat on a rock beside the cave, holding her right hand under her cheek and saying weakly.
Not far from her, Jiang Yan, who was out of breath from exhaustion, responded without looking back:
"This reef is too small. If you stay any longer, you will be dead. There is a large island called Hailing Island on the west side of the Tianwu Strait. It is said that it is surrounded by this kind of black reef. This may mean that We are not too far away from it now. I have been thinking these days that if I find a chance to cross to that island, I might still have a chance of survival!"
Currently, the cave where the two of them live is piled with various ship boards, fabrics, and ropes that the black-eyed boy salvaged from the sea. In the past few days, he has used Xiao Tianmo to split the uneven wooden boards into equal lengths. The strips were tied together with ropes, and a small raft that was not too big had taken shape.
"Little Stammer, don't be stupid. The situation in the sea is changing rapidly, and you will be swept to the rocks by the waves before you can paddle far out. Don't be stupid and do anything impulsive!"
Ning Yue was well aware of the power of Chan Yinghai, and as soon as her expression changed, she stood up to stop him. However, before she could finish her words, the young man stubbornly dragged the small raft towards the seaside.
The girl immediately chased after her, and continued to loudly dissuade her. However, Jiang Yan rushed to a shoal in the northeast corner of the island, and slid the raft on his back into the water. As soon as he entered the water, the raft floated on the waves. He was jolted violently. But even so, he still raised his feet and stepped up regardless.
The red-haired girl who followed closely behind screamed, and quickly stretched out her hand to grab her companion's clothes. Soon after, an undercurrent was seen coming from under the seemingly calm water, and it hit the raft. It started to spin. Then another wave with a height of more than ten feet rose, and the raft was thrown into the air like a thin leaf, and then hit the rocks and was smashed to pieces.
Ning Yue's worries are indeed correct. If the black-eyed boy was standing on the raft just now, his bones and tendons would be broken and he would be buried in the belly of the fish. But even so, the desire to leave is like being locked up by an iron chain. The giant dragon rushed left and right in Jiangyan's chest and was unable to break free, making his eyes seem to spit out fire!
He suddenly looked up at the sky with drooping lead clouds and shouted loudly:
"Life or death is mine, it does not belong to heaven and earth! My parents' blood feud has not been avenged, and I will never die here easily today! You can't kill me, and you can't scare me away!"
"Little Stammer, you, your appearance... really scares me..."
When Ning Yue saw this, she couldn't help but take a step back. Ever since the two met, she had never seen the young man behave so fiercely, as if he had changed into a different person. She didn't know how to persuade her companion, and she didn't dare to say anything more. I asked half a question. At this moment, the girl suddenly saw the shadows of several large ships faintly appearing under the gray line where the sea and the sky meet in the distance. It turned out to be a large fleet!
"Little stutter, little stutter, look! Is there a ship coming over there?"
The red-haired girl immediately jumped up excitedly, waved her arms and shouted loudly toward the sea, hoping to attract the other person's attention. However, the sea wind was so strong, how could her voice spread so far?
"We have to make a fire! Use the fire and smoke as signals, and the people on the boat will be able to spot us!"
Jiang Yan also didn't know whether those ships in the sea were the Ye Kingdom fleet that came to search for survivors. He only knew that this might be the only chance for him to leave this desert island alive, so he immediately turned around, as if to catch The man who fell into the water grabbed a life-saving straw and ran straight back into the cave where he was hiding.
The young man did not hesitate to use his physical strength, stacking several large pieces of heavy canvas that he had salvaged a few days ago, and then pulled out a red log from the burning bonfire and threw it up, not caring at all that the palm of his hand was being touched. A few broad bean-sized blisters appeared from the boil.
The sails used on Yeguo's ships were mostly made of tough linen, which was soaked in whale oil to prevent seawater corrosion and was easily ignited. As soon as it encountered an open flame, the canvas piled on the ground started to scream, and there were more than one person. High flames immediately shot up in the open space outside the cave entrance, illuminating the young man's face and igniting the two of them's hope of survival.
Thick smoke soon emerged from the flames and spread into the air with the wind. Jiang Yan was choked and coughed, but he was afraid that the fire would go out, so he stood aside and refused to move even half a step, so he narrowed his eyes. He looked towards the sea where the fleet had appeared before——
"Don't bother, little kid. Those boats tipped over a little and turned to the north..." Ning Yue turned her head, but her face was full of disappointment.
"Wait a little longer! They will definitely see it!" The black-eyed boy just stared at the sea in the distance.
Unknowingly, dense drizzle began to fall in the sky again, and a layer of gray mist appeared on the dark sea. The smoke column that finally gathered was stirred up by the wind, and quietly became lighter.
A few whimpers of the north wind floated faintly in the fog, which made the red-haired girl shiver. The gray-white layer in front of her eyes was like melted butter, being carried by the wind to form one vortex after another. Only then did she I realized that the fog had become so thick.
However, in this mist, in addition to the sound of wind, there was also some kind of strange sound mixed in. The sound was creaking and irregular, like the sound of white water foam breaking in the sea, and like the whisper of some kind of marine life. .
"Don't be stupid, little stutter, those ships have gone far and will not come back again..."
The red-haired girl pulled hard on her companion's sleeve, trying to persuade him to give up. But suddenly, a huge shadow poked its head out of the mist a few feet away, unreservedly exposed in front of her eyes!
It was not the body of a sea monster, but an unparalleled warship. Two huge round eyes were painted on both sides of its bow, as if gods descended from the sky, staring at the two survivors trapped on the island. who.
The despair in Ning Yue's heart suddenly turned into ecstasy, and she quickly raised her hands and took a deep breath. However, just when she was about to shout out, she was tightly covered by a hand stretched out from behind her:
"Don't make a sound! The person who comes here is evil!"
The black-eyed boy who had been longing for someone to come to rescue him for some reason actually pulled the girl and retreated into the cave. After being reminded by him, the red-haired girl finally saw the full picture of the big ship in front of her. She actually took advantage of the sea fog a few days ago to The black ships that attacked them were all the same!
However, the two of them were still a step too late. A clear "bang" sound was heard from the black ship, and a strong rope net fell from the sky, covering the two of them accurately.
Jiang Yan immediately took out the moon that Qi Ziyin gave him from his arms and wanted to escape. But the man who controlled the black ship knew much more about this dangerous sea area than he imagined, and he could actually get into this dangerous sea area without paying attention. He swung the ship sideways beside the reef where the ship was destroyed and people were killed, and in a blink of an eye he brought the prey in the net to the ground, and then stopped the ship steadily!
Then a group of well-equipped black-armored soldiers wearing sea snake masks also quickly rushed out of the boat and struck the black-eyed boy in the back of the head who was still trying to struggle. Under the strong dizziness, Jiang Yan could only watch the opponent snatch the weapon. He took away the weapons in his hands, tied himself up, and put a black cloth bag over his head, completely blocking his sight.
There was no way for the boy to resist, and he was already pushed forward by the soldiers. The ground under his feet gradually changed from hard rocks to a creaking deck. Only the panting of the girl who appeared and disappeared next to him could This allowed him to judge that Ning Yue was also brought to the other party's ship just like him.
"Boss, we caught two more. I didn't expect these boat masters to be tough enough to survive on such a deserted island for so long!"
A sailor on the black ship laughed, but it sounded like he had an obvious Wanzhou accent.
"The muscles and bones that have been trained day and night by Xiang Baili are just right to be sent to the fortress to be slaves! Don't hurt anyone, take him to the cabin and be locked up with other prisoners as soon as possible!"
The man called the leader responded, and it was he who led the team to disembark from the boat to capture the people.
"But boss, there is only one male among these two people! The order we received is to only arrest the males. Can we keep the females as well?"
"What nonsense! Of course the man has to be sent to the island. As for this girl, she looks quite pretty. Why not take her back and present it to the Major General to make him happy. If the Major General doesn't like it, , just give it to the brothers on the ship, and it can also help relieve everyone's anger, why not? Give them all good care, and don't starve to death!"
The words of the leader caused a group of people on the boat to gather around Ning Yue unscrupulously. Some people took the opportunity to wipe a few handfuls of oil, while some soldiers pulled her red hair in front of her mouth and nose and sniffed greedily. Like a pack of wolves that saw a lamb.
However, no matter how reckless the sailors were, they were obviously quite wary of the major general and did not dare to do anything too extreme.
The struggling girl and Jiang Yan were quickly taken to the compartment under the ship and put into a cell full of sweat and fishy smell. However, they did not expect that the other prisoners in the cell would untie the two of them. After taking off the cloth cover on their heads, they actually saw a familiar face - the other party was wearing a sea falcon pattern boatman's robe that obviously did not meet the size. Although his hair was messy, he had a pair of amber eyes. But full of joy to reunite with his companions:
"Ning Yue, Jiang Yan? I knew you two must still be alive! That's great!"
"Zi Yin? Zi Yin!"
Seeing that her companion, who was thought to have been buried in the belly of a fish on the day of the shipwreck, miraculously reappeared in front of her, the red-haired girl felt endless joy and sadness in her heart, and she couldn't help crying on the spot.
But the young master Ye Guo opposite him immediately made a gesture, telling her not to say anything:
"Ning Yue, please stop crying. The enemy doesn't know my true identity at this time. If it is exposed, it may cause us more trouble!"
"Then do you know what the backgrounds of the people on this black ship are? Their movements seem to have some shadow of our Ye Guo Zhoushi!" The two talked passionately before meeting, and Jiang Yan suddenly felt embarrassed and quickly interrupted. Opened the topic.
"I only found out that this group of people is very familiar with the nearby sea area, and even built a fortress named Zhenlan on Hailing Island. It can also be seen from the orders that they are well-trained, and they are obviously not ordinary pirates. It is not the army of any vassal state. However, such a terrifying fleet is hidden under the nose of Ye State, why has the navy never discovered its existence?"
The two evidences reflected each other, and the black-eyed boy became more and more certain that the attack on the fleet was not an accident. He also vaguely felt that in the Zhenlan Fortress where they were about to be taken, there must be a hidden person with thousands of people from Tongye Kingdom. A huge conspiracy that is inextricably linked!
As the black ship gradually sailed towards the depths of the storm-filled strait, the three young people gradually felt an indescribable uneasiness in their hearts. But even if what was waiting for them ahead was mountains of swords and seas of fire, they could only act with caution and try their best to find ways. Fight a way out for yourself. There is no other way.
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