dognovel Chapter 1273
Chapter 1273
Zhou Shuwan's consciousness gradually blurred. Looking at the endless white boiling water and the rolling rocks outside the porthole, a sense of despair welled up in her heart.
They were swept away by the ocean currents, sinking deeper and deeper into the unknown darkness.
Until, her consciousness, like a kite with a broken string, gradually sank into boundless darkness.
……
I do not know how long it has been.
Zhou Shuwan woke up.
A dull pain shot through her forehead, and with each breath, her temples throbbed.
She struggled to open her eyes, her vision was blurry, and it took her a long time to focus.
The cabin was dimly lit, with only the emergency lights barely illuminating the small area in front of us.
The piercing alarm had stopped at some point, and the submarine's engines were silent, with only the air circulation system humming softly, emitting a monotonous and dull sound.
The surrounding area was littered with debris; first-aid kits, tool bags, alcohol, wrenches, and screwdrivers were scattered everywhere.
She moved her fingers, and her whole body felt like it was falling apart; the pain was excruciating.
She struggled to sit up, but as soon as she exerted herself, a wave of dizziness washed over her, making her groan involuntarily.
It took her a while for the dizziness to gradually subside.
That was quite a hard collision!
"Sister, are you awake?"
Just then, a weak voice rang out.
Zhou Shuwan turned her head and saw that Mu Mu had woken up at some point.
He had been thrown to the ground and was now half-leaning against the bed, his face as white as a sheet, coughing occasionally.
"How are you?" she asked, her voice hoarse.
Mu Mu shook her head and forced a pale smile: "It's okay, sis, I'm fine. My back just hurts a little, it's nothing serious."
He paused, then turned his gaze toward the driver's seat, his voice tinged with worry: "Quick, check on my brother-in-law. Why isn't he awake yet? I think I saw him hit his head earlier."
Zhou Shuwan turned to look at Qi Mingyu.
Qi Mingyu was lying there with his head tilted to the side, a hideous wound on his forehead, the dried blood congealed into a dark brown color, winding down his cheek.
Her heart tightened, and she carefully examined his wound.
Although the wound on his forehead looked gruesome, it had stopped bleeding and was probably just a superficial injury that had not damaged the skull.
It is likely that the shock from the impact caused him to fall into a coma.
In that case, he should wake up soon.
She looked up and around before noticing that the lights on the self-driving car in front of Qi Mingyu were on.
Her heart skipped a beat.
It seems that Qi Mingyu pressed this button in the last moment before losing consciousness.
The submarine's ability to maintain a stable attitude despite being swept away by ocean currents, without hitting reefs or trenches, is entirely thanks to its autopilot system.
This is probably the only good news they've heard so far.
Behind her, Mu Mu seemed to want to stand up, but then aggravated her wound and gasped.
Zhou Shuwan quickly turned around and went to him.
"Come, let me see your wound."
"Sister..." Mu Mu wanted to refuse.
But when faced with Zhou Shuwan's serious, almost frightening gaze, he had no choice but to give in and lie down to the side.
Zhou Shuwan unzipped her air-conditioned coat, her fingers trembling slightly.
The gauze that was originally wrapped properly was now soaked with blood, and dark red bloodstains seeped through the gauze, a shocking sight.
She gently removed the gauze, only to find that the wound had now completely reopened.
Many of those tiny blisters had burst, oozing a pale yellow liquid that mixed with blood, making one's heart clench.
"Hiss—" Mu Mu gasped in pain, her body trembling slightly.
"Bear with it." Zhou Shuwan's voice was a little hoarse. She quickly took out clean gauze and iodine and re-bandaged him.
Mu Mu gritted her teeth, and cold sweat instantly broke out on her forehead.
This burn is very different from the previous burns.
Mu Mu felt a lot of pain! It felt like a burning pain.
Zhou Shuwan first carefully disinfected the wound with iodine, then squeezed out a large tube of burn ointment and applied it evenly to the wound. Finally, she wrapped it with new gauze, layer by layer, and tied a tight knot.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief after doing all that.
She helped Mu Mu sit up and lay on the bed to rest, while she staggered over to check the submarine's hull seal. She found the hatches tightly closed and the pressure indicator lights on the bulkheads showed normal operation.
She then opened the life support system monitoring panel and saw that the oxygen reserve and water circulation system were still operating normally.
This can be considered a blessing in misfortune.
The submarine's hull was not significantly damaged, and its seal remained intact.
This is why they were able to remain unharmed even after being unconscious in the deep sea for so long.
As long as the seal remains intact, and oxygen and water can sustain them for a while longer, they still have hope.
Zhou Shuwan saw the only mechanical clock in the submarine.
The hands of the clock were pointing to 3 a.m.
They set off around 10 a.m., and even including the time spent in the hot spring area, it definitely wouldn't have taken more than five hours.
By this calculation, they had been unconscious for a full seven or eight hours.
Seven or eight hours.
It's a miracle that someone could survive being unconscious for so long in the perilous depths of the sea.
They missed their return time and didn't know how Captain Ma and the others were doing—were they looking for them, or had they already gone back?
There's one more thing Zhou Shuwan didn't tell Mumu.
She looked up, about to speak, when a slight noise came from the driver's seat.
The two of them looked up at the same time.
Qi Mingyu slowly woke up.
"Brother Yu!"
"Brother-in-law!"
Both of them were overjoyed.
Zhou Shuwan quickly stepped forward: "How are you feeling? Is anything bothering you? Does your head still hurt?"
Qi Mingyu shook his head, his voice a little hoarse: "It's nothing."
He propped himself up in his chair and slowly sat up, his gaze quickly sweeping across the cabin: "Where are we now? What time is it?"
In a single sentence, two key points were raised.
Zhou Shuwan gave a wry smile and explained that they had already moved far away from the mothership and the mid-air fortress.
Qi Mingyu and Mu Mu were both quite surprised, not expecting that they would be swept so far by the ocean current!
However, Qi Mingyu frowned: "Can a submarine withstand such high temperatures?"
His gaze fell on the dashboard, and seeing that the pointer on the temperature monitor had dropped to zero, he knew that there was a malfunction.
He reached out and pressed it; the screen flickered and finally lit up with a faint light.
When Qi Mingyu saw the numbers displayed on the screen, even though he was prepared, his pupils suddenly contracted, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
Thirty...thirty-two degrees? How is that possible?
Zhou Shuwan had noticed this long ago: "Yes, I didn't expect there to be an area in this boiling sea with a temperature of only thirty-something degrees Celsius!"