The hull of the ship was shaking violently, and round coconuts were rolling around in the cabin. All the bugs on the ship were extremely frightened. Many people's stomachs were churning, they vomited, and their faces were a little paler than paper.
Every one of the bugs on the ship, no matter who is singled out, has experienced the severe test of blood and fire. Needless to say, the experience of being captured by aliens and then transformed into bugs is an experience.
A nightmare that ordinary people can never understand.
It can be said that all the more than sixty bugmen on the ship can be considered elites, but having said that, there is not a single bugman in the team who has had similar experiences. Faced with the shocking power of nature, many people are horrified.
I was speechless and the only thing I could do was to pray, non-stop, loudly and devoutly!
Perhaps the only difference is that everyone prays to different gods.
Another gust of wind blew, and the sailboat tilted sharply to the left. The bug-men in the ship were crowded together, almost squeezing out their intestines.
There was a bug man on the deck who didn't tie himself up properly and slid directly from the right side of the deck to the far left side. If the bug man hadn't hooked his legs on the railing, he would have had to throw himself out of the boat.
The sailboat didn't recover until it almost capsized.
After nearly dying, even the insect-men who originally did not believe in gods could not help but pray to the unknown existence in the dark, praying for a smooth passage through this natural disaster.
Suddenly a cry came from the crowd: "Sail, the sail hasn't been lowered yet, lower the sail quickly!"
Many people woke up from a dream and shouted to lower the sails quickly, otherwise another strong wind would capsize the ship and everyone would lose their lives here.
Just when John was about to rush out of the cabin, another voice roared at the top of his lungs: "If we can't lower the sail, we'll be doomed if we lower the sail!"
John's steps that he had already taken suddenly froze in mid-air: "What do you mean?"
"This is an old ship!" the voice roared, "it will be dead if it gets caught in the storm!"
This was said without any beginning or end, but everyone understood what it meant.
At the moment, the ship is still on the edge of the storm. Although the wind is stronger, the waves are not so violent.
On the other hand, the closer to the center of the storm, the stronger the wind, and the intensity of the waves follows the wind. If the sail is lowered, the speed of the ship will also decrease. At that time, the ship can only drift with the current. If the center of the storm is heading towards
If we go in this direction, the ship will definitely not be able to escape the storm. For such a small ship, we don't know how it will die if it gets caught in the center of the storm.
This sentence immediately won a burst of approval.
Another voice immediately retorted: "If you don't lower the sails, you will die now. How can you not lower the sails when the storm is coming?"
This statement aroused the agreement of another group of people, and John didn't even know what to do.
At this time, someone finally proposed a compromise: "Half sail, lower half sail!"
"Yes, half sail, but lower half sail!" The insects finally found the correct answer and shouted one after another.
At this time, another strong wind blew, and the poor sailboat tilted sharply to the left. Everyone had the illusion that they were about to fall into the abyss.
A frightened and long-lasting scream came from the huddled insect-men. The fullness of his voice was comparable to that of the most professional bel canto singer.
After a while, the ship was righted, and the roar of lowering the sails was immediately heard from the frightened crowd. Even the most stubborn insect man had to give up in the face of a life-and-death crisis.
John was the first to rush out of the cabin, followed by several soldiers. They took advantage of the bugs and used their strong insect legs to tightly hold the side of the ship, taking advantage of every available opportunity to get close to the sail.
The mainsail on this sailing yacht could have been raised and lowered with an electric motor, but the battery on the boat had long since expired. All the equipment that required electricity were lying around, and John led people to change them to manual equipment. So at this time, the insect man could only
Can lower the sail manually.
Fortunately, the bug-men have six legs, and the spider-men have eight legs, not counting the two arms on their upper bodies.
The multi-legged insect body took advantage of the swinging deck, which could stabilize the insect man's body to the maximum extent and had little effect on the insect man's speed. John and others braved the strong wind and the waves that kept hitting the deck to get the best possible result.
He quickly grabbed under the mast, quickly untied the cable, and planned to lower the bulging sail.
But John underestimated the power of the wind. As soon as the cable was untied, the sail turned into a flag fluttering in the strong wind. If John hadn't seen the opportunity quickly and quickly released his hand, he would have let the cable pull into the sky.
But this is okay. The loose sails can't catch the wind at all, and the swaying amplitude of the ship instantly drops by 90%, making it much more stable than before.
"Go back!" John roared, and everyone ran back and successfully returned to the cabin.
Several soaked bugs got into the cabin. You looked at me and I looked at you. I don’t know who laughed first. The others looked at the embarrassed look of their companions and couldn’t help laughing.
The bugs who hadn't left the cabin looked puzzled and didn't understand what they were laughing at.
Carter said in time: "Quickly change out of the wet clothes, and if the cabin is crowded again, no one can be left outside!"
Due to the limited space in the cabin, more than a dozen bugs who could not enter the cabin stayed on the deck. Even if John and others rushed out of the cabin, no one rushed in to escape the wind and rain.
"What should I do if there is no place?" a voice said weakly.
"There's no place to think of a solution!"
"I can lie on the ceiling!" Spider-Man said.
"Why didn't you go up just now?" a voice questioned.
"It was shaking so hard just now." Spade explained, "I can also use spider silk to hang other people from the ceiling."
"That's it!" John said decisively, "Call everyone on the deck... No, leave one person to watch, and change people every hour!"
John didn't know the purpose of arranging people to guard the deck, but he instinctively felt that at least one person should be left on the deck.
As time went by, the wind became rainier and faster, but after the sail failed, the ship's hull became much more stable. Even if the wind became stronger and stronger, the shaking was within the tolerable range, and there was no danger of almost capsizing again.
state.
The storm lasted far longer than everyone imagined, and it took six days and six nights to end. Fortunately, the center of the storm never moved in this direction. The insects who had been struggling on the sea for more than 140 hours finally waited.
The long-lost sunshine has arrived.
After the sun jumped out of the clouds, everyone rushed to the deck and bathed in the warm sunshine. Everyone's heart was filled with the joy of surviving the disaster.
John was no exception. He was closing his eyes and enjoying the warmth of the sun, when suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Rand who was separating from the crowd and approaching him.
Seeing Rand's expression, an ominous premonition suddenly came to John's mind.
