"What are you doing here?" Elaine asked curiously.
"Warm up. Prevent cramps." Leopard grinned.
It was almost like he was preparing for wild swimming. Is this an outing? This guy who lacked tension, Elaine complained a lot in her mind.
"Have all the slaves been released from their cages?" Elaine asked again.
"Let it go. Explained." Queeg replied: "When we get to the shore, hand it over to them. We will escape."
"I don't, I have no objection..." Elaine originally didn't want to deal with that group of people, including the crew on the ship, and the group of slaves. Just let them fend for themselves. Elaine has more important things to deal with.
.
Queeg took off his clothes and put all his luggage into his storage pocket, leaving only a pair of underpants.
"What are you doing?" Elaine glanced at Queeg and immediately looked away from the leopard's lower body.
"Swimming. Aren't you going to take off your clothes?"
"Let's talk about it after we get ashore..." the white lion boy said awkwardly.
"What are you afraid of? They are all boys." Queeg said nervously.
When he said "boy" instead of "man", Elaine was really angry. But he didn't want to quarrel with Queeg, so he swallowed the anger first.
At the same time, the ship shook and anchored about thirty yards away from the shore of the island. There were shoals near the island, so it had to stop at this distance in order not to run aground. All the survival boats on the ship were released, and
As we approached Sardinia, it was used by the group of tourists and refugees.
It turned out that Queeg was right. In the end, you still had to swim to reach the shore. Elaine regretted why she didn't keep the last survival boat for her own use.
"Can the slaves, can they swim?" he asked.
"The effect of the drug is still there," Queeg replied: "Just release them from the cage. Leave them alone?"
"No matter what, take care of it. When the time comes, they will naturally find a way to get to the shore." Elaine took off her shirt and stuffed the clothes into her storage pocket: "We are about to go into the water... Okay, how annoying..."
"Wait later, make a fire to keep warm." Queeg said. Wearing only his pants, he tied up his tactical belt with several storage pockets and jumped into the water. Because the interior of the storage pockets is a subspace, the interior is naturally waterproof.
Yes, no matter how much water is soaked outside, there will be no problem.
Elaine also took off his shorts, leaving only a pair of white underwear. Then he packed his luggage and jumped along the deck into the sea.
Plop! When he fell into the water, he felt an unpleasant chill. The water seemed to be quite cold in the evening. However, it was only thirty yards away from the shore. Once he reached the shore, he would feel relaxed, so he hurriedly swam toward the shore.
However, before swimming very far, he suddenly felt his right leg tightening, and an extremely uncomfortable swelling and pain spread down his leg.
Is this... a cramp?!
Elaine also had cramps while swimming for the first time in her history. She didn’t expect it to be such an uncomfortable feeling!
Maybe it's because he just finished fighting with the mercenaries, and his body muscles are still in a state of tension; or maybe it's the side effects of the previous muscle relaxant and antidote; or maybe it's just because Elaine hasn't gotten used to this lion-man yet.
Let's transform. In short, his body is really cramping and starting to lose control.
Surely he should have listened to Quigg's advice and warmed up before swimming?
It was too late to regret it now. Elaine gritted her teeth and endured the pain, trying to swim to the shore before the cramp worsened. However, it was no use. The harder she swam, the worse the condition worsened. The cramp seemed to be the same as
The virus will also spread. At first, it was just a little pain and disobedience in the calf, but gradually it spread to the thighs, then the lower back, then the shoulders and arms, and finally spread throughout the whole body! When Elaine realized how bad things were,
By that time, he was unable to swim properly due to the throbbing pain all over his body. He choked several mouthfuls of seawater, and his body became more and more uncomfortable due to the throbbing pain. The scenery in front of him began to turn black...
"Is everything okay?" Someone put Elaine's shoulders and lifted Elaine's face, which was almost drowned, above the sea.
"Uh ah ah... ok, it hurts..." the white lion boy whispered.
"Relax, don't exert force." Quigg whispered, "Leave it all to me."
In fact, Elaine couldn't use any force even if he tried. His body seemed to be no longer his own and was being gripped by a stiff, heavy and cold feeling. He closed his eyes and allowed his body to be dragged by Queeg.
Then, swim to the shore.
I don't know how long it took.
Heat spread on one side of his body. Elaine slowly opened his eyes and found a fire next to him. He himself was lying on a "mattress" made of dried leaves of large subtropical plants.
It is surrounded by the rocky walls of the cave, but it does not have the damp and cold feeling that a cave should have. It is obvious that someone has used torches to bake the surrounding area, driving away snakes, insects, rats and ants while also drying out the cave.
Night had fallen, and Elaine could see the starry night sky outside from the cave entrance not far away. Queeg was also sitting by the campfire, adding firewood inside.
Elaine suddenly thought of something and asked urgently: "Is it the same island?"
"No, they moved again, two islands." The Leopard Man young man replied: "It's far away from the ship. No one knows this place."
The white lion boy breathed a sigh of relief.
Moreover, Queeg had indeed been in the army and knew the importance of a hidden camp. In order to prevent the fire in the cave from being easily discovered by the outside world, he even used chopped small trees with branches and leaves to hide the sides of the cave entrance.
A stone bunker of about 1.5 feet was built near the entrance of the cave, which was enough to cover up the flames of the bonfire. The ostentatious smoke produced by the bonfire... didn't seem to be there. The bonfire burned fully and almost didn't come out.
Through the smoke. I don’t know how Queeg did it.
Elaine found that her whole body was in pain and her muscles were sore. This kind of pain is often accompanied by cramps, as if the muscles have been undergoing strenuous exercise with high load for a long time. Moreover, Elaine's cramps were quite serious, and the sequelae were muscle fiber tears and lactic acid.
Myolysis due to buildup. Tonight may be a painful and long night.
How annoying. He was actually saved by Queeg again. Even though he could be self-reliant, he still had to rely on this annoying leopard. Isn’t he exactly the same as before, with no progress at all?
And wait, doesn’t this mean that Queeg carried the drowned Elaine ashore, then swam across two islands and finally arrived here?
Elaine looked at the clothes on his body. The hair on his body should have been sticky after soaking in sea water, but now it is still dry. His clothes have also been changed, probably even his underwear... that is to say
When he was unconscious, Queeg wiped his body with fresh water and changed his clothes. Elaine's face turned red at the thought of Queeg being rude to him when he was unconscious.
"Huh?" Seeing that Elaine's face was still red as she remained silent, Queeg thought that Elaine had caught a cold, so he reached out and touched Elaine's forehead.
"You, you, you, you, what are you doing?!" Elaine jumped back as if she was electrocuted.
"Fever?" Queeg asked, "Sick?"
"You, you are the one who is sick!" the white lion man complained. But as soon as he finished speaking, he fell down weakly, and then he realized that he was hungry.
Queeg passed over the grilled fish, which had been skewered on twigs.
"Again, another fish." Elaine complained.
"Fish is delicious. Cats love to eat it." Queeg said seriously but jokingly.
(You are the cat, and your whole family is a cat.)
Elaine covered her face, not wanting to talk to Queeg. He was so hungry that he no longer had the energy to get angry, so he quickly took a bite of the grilled fish.
Although he can't taste it now, he can see that the grilled fish is sprinkled with sea salt crystals, as well as various seaweed and pepper for seasoning. Just from this attractive aroma, he can feel the grilled fish.
How delicious it is. It's a pity that Elaine can't taste it. But the aroma of seaweed and fish itself lingers in the mouth. This aroma makes people feel relaxed and happy.
"How?" Queeg asked expectantly.
"It's slightly better than pig food. A little bit better." Elaine was still fussy while eating: "A lot of salt?"
Although you can't taste it, you can tell from the thick layer of salt frost on the surface of the grilled fish that this thing must be very salty...
"Yeah." Leopard nodded: "It's cramping. It's best to supplement with salt and calcium."
"Listen, who said that?" Although Elaine had seen similar statements in various medical books, he was a little suspicious that Queeg was just talking nonsense without any basis. After all, how could the ancients four thousand years ago be as understanding as modern people?
science.
"The cooking team knows." Queeg replied: "Soldiers sweat and bleed on the battlefield, and then cramp. Just add salt. In the long run, you also need to supplement calcium and iron."
What he said is actually true. Is this the wisdom of the ancients? Or is it just a matter of experience that just hits the mark?
"Crush the fish bones and eat them." Queeg handed over another glass of dark red liquid: "Drink this."
"Could this, could it be... fish blood?" Elaine looked at the cup, her face pale.
Leopard smiled and nodded: "Iron supplement."
"No." Elaine refused. Needless to say, the cup of fish blood was very fishy - even though Queeg had cooked it and added ginger, fennel and other things to try to get rid of the fishy smell. Elaine had just put it
When I put my nose close to it, I couldn't bear the fishy smell.
"It stinks, it stinks like hell." He stuck out his tongue and said.
"Why?" Queeg actually dared to look puzzled: "Cats are still afraid of fishy fish?"
"Take a sip yourself!" Elaine said word by word, putting the glass of fish blood to Queeg's mouth.
"That——" The leopard took a sip and showed a confused expression: "Please let me go?——"
Before Queeg could finish speaking, Elaine tilted the cup while Queeg opened his mouth and poured the fish blood into the leopard's mouth.
"Uh-huh -" Queeg fell down with a pale face, as if he had been poisoned: "It tastes bad..."
"No, if you don't want to drink it, don't force it. Just spit it out." Elaine complained.
However, the leopard got up and said, "I drank. It's your turn. It's fair."
Is this guy actually planning this?!
"No." The white lion boy pouted: "No, just don't."
"It's good for your health." Queeg muttered, "Pinch your nose and drink? Then rinse your mouth? Please? Just one sip?"
At this point, Elaine knew that if he didn't drink, he would definitely be talked about by Queeg all night. In order to clear his ears, he reluctantly said: "Just, just one sip."
He actually picked up the cup, pinched his nose, endured the unpleasant smell, and took a sip. But pinching his nose was useless. He could still smell after pinching his nose, and Elaine, who had lost her sense of taste, had a better sense of smell than ordinary people.
He became more sensitive, and the fishy smell spread in his mouth and ran directly into his nasal cavity, making him burst into tears and snot.
Then Queeg showed a mischievous smile as expected: "It tastes bad?"
"It tastes terrible, it tastes terrible! Dark food!" Elaine stuck out her tongue and complained: "Hey, how on earth can you make something so terrible?!"
"Ah haha. It's messed up." Queeg touched his head and laughed, with a silly look on his face.
"Pfft--" The white lion boy couldn't help being amused by Zhang Lian, and let out a burst of laughter.
"Ah, I laughed."
"No, not smiling!" Elaine denied with a blushing face.
"You look so cute when you smile," Queeg said again.
Elaine's face turned even redder: "Bastard, bastard! Just amuse me!"
"Really." Leopard added.
"No, I'll ignore you." Elaine lay down with her back to Queeg: "It's going to be early tomorrow. Get up early and go to bed."
"Yeah." Quigg took out a blanket and covered Elaine: "Good night."
Elaine didn't want to answer Queeg, so she closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
(Can't care. Can't care. Can't care.)
He reminded himself again and again.
(The more you care, the more painful it will be when you lose it.)
(If no one cares, you won’t get hurt again.)
(so……)
Tears welled up quietly from the corners of Elaine's eyes, in the corner that Queeg didn't see.
And Elaine also decided that when the time was right, she would sneak away quietly when Queeg was not paying attention and leave the guy behind.