dognovel Chapter 1017
Chapter 1017
Qi Mingyu immediately held Mu Mu's shoulders and said, "That's not right. In that situation, if it were me or my parents, we would have tried our best to find you. You are our family. Nothing is more important than you."
He gently patted Mu Mu's stiff back with his fingertips and spoke in a slower tone, "Wan Wan just needs to rest now. It's not your fault. Don't take all the responsibility on yourself."
Mu Mu pursed her lips, her Adam's apple rolled several times before she spoke in a hoarse voice: "But I..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a sudden bump.
The cruise ship shook violently, and the dashboard in the cockpit made a sharp buzzing sound. The waves that were already surging outside the window suddenly rose higher, pressing towards the hull like a gray-blue wall.
Qi Mingyu's face changed, and he immediately rushed to the control console, his fingers quickly checking the data, but his eyes were fixed on the sea: "Oh no, it's a tsunami!"
This was the fourth tsunami they had experienced.
Qi Mingyu grabbed Mu Mu's arm and shouted, "Go tell Mom and Wanwan to stay in their room and don't come out!"
Mu Mu's face turned pale. He nodded heavily, turned around and ran towards the cabin.
Qi Mingyu stared at the huge waves outside the window that were getting closer and closer, his heart beating violently.
He tried to start the engine and steer the cruise ship to avoid the tsunami, but found that the pointer on the fuel gauge did not move at all and had already pointed to zero.
"Damn it!" Qi Mingyu pounded the operating table hard.
A cruise ship that has run out of fuel is like a drifting boat, at the mercy of the waves.
The huge waves roared towards us with the force of a tidal wave.
The cruise ship was thrown onto the crest of the wave, stayed in the air for a brief moment, and then fell heavily down again, the hull groaning under the heavy weight.
Qi Mingyu held on to the joystick tightly, trying to maintain his balance amidst the violent turbulence.
He clenched his teeth, and a vein popped out on his forehead.
He turned his head to look in the direction of the lounge, where all the family members he cherished in his life were, waiting for him to take them home.
"Hold on!" Qi Mingyu said to himself silently in his heart: "I must hold on!"
He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
Mu Mu rushed to the rest area as fast as he could. The emergency lights in the corridor flickered due to the bumps, and unsecured life jackets and cans rolled on the ground.
He tripped over the stairs and hit his forehead on the metal door frame, and blood instantly seeped out.
He didn't bother to wipe his face. He grabbed a broken steel pipe when he got up from the ground and stumbled towards his family's room.
At this time, Zhou Jianghai, Zhong Tiyun and Zhou Shuwan had already seen a several-meter-high wall of water through the porthole.
They have dealt with similar situations several times.
It had been a week since they arrived in this sea area and no other disasters had occurred.
They thought this sea area was safe, but they didn't expect the tsunami to hit so soon!
"Really, no place is safe..."
She muttered something, and immediately pulled Zhou Shuwan to the corner of the room, propped the thick mattress against the wall, and pressed her back against the mattress to protect her.
Zhou Jianghai stuffed the emergency kit and flashlight into his back, and then he and the mother pulled the emergency handrail above their heads tight.
At this time, the cruise ship was shaking violently.
Zhou Shuwan's headache intensified, and he pressed his right hand tightly against his temple, but he still managed to ask, "Dad, Mom, where are Xiaoyu and Mumu?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Mu threw open the door. The blood on his forehead blurred his vision. He shouted urgently: "The tsunami is coming! Hurry and hold on to the handrail!"
"Mu Mu!" The three of them cried out when they saw the blood and flesh on his forehead.
Mu Mu waved her hands: "I'm fine, just a little skin broken! Dad, Mom, sister, you three have to be careful! I'll go help my brother-in-law stabilize the boat!"
"It's too dangerous, Mu Mu!" Zhong Tiyun shouted.
But Mu Mu had already turned around and rushed out of the lounge.
Zhong Tiyun looked at his back worriedly.
Zhou Jianghai comforted her, "Tiyun, Mumu is grown up now. This is his responsibility. Taking care of ourselves is the greatest help to them!"
Zhong Tiyun nodded with trembling lips.
As soon as Mu Mu rushed into the cockpit, he was hit in the face by a cold, salty wind. The glass on the port side was blurred by the waves, but there was no crack at all.
This is due to the mother ship's modification and reinforcement of the glass with boiling point alloys before departure. Otherwise, ordinary glass windows would definitely not be able to withstand such a strong impact of the water wall.
Qi Mingyu had his back to him, his left hand tightly gripping the joystick, while his right hand groped quickly under the console, finally pulling out a thick hemp rope and wrapping it around the base of the joystick.
"Brother-in-law! Let me help you!" Mu Mu roared and rushed over.
Before Qi Mingyu could speak, he had already squatted down and helped wrap the hemp rope twice between the operating rod and the fixing bolt, tightening it and tying a knot. "This will stabilize the angle!"
Qi Mingyu glanced sideways at him, the blood on his forehead trickling down his cheek, but his eyes were surprisingly bright. He nodded immediately, "Okay! Keep an eye on the starboard side. If the waves come this way, call me!"
As he was speaking, the first huge wave had already hit the hull, and the entire cruise ship suddenly tilted to the left. The water cups and tool boxes in the cockpit all slid to the left. Mu Mu was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and grabbed the emergency flashlight that was about to fall, and held it tightly against the console.
"There are no waves on the starboard side! The port side is still surging!" Mu Mu shouted while staring at the porthole. The waves rolled with white foam, like countless hands slapping the hull, but there was no sign of excessive shaking of the hull.
This is a very lucky thing.
Qi Mingyu took advantage of the gap in the balance buffer to quickly adjust the angle of the control lever. Even if there was no fuel, he wanted the boat to follow the wave and reduce the impact: "Hold on for another three minutes! This wave will pass!"
Mu Mu gritted his teeth and nodded. Blood from his forehead dripped onto his gloves, but he didn't bother to wipe it off. His eyes were fixed on the sea.
Suddenly, he saw a black object floating on the crest of the waves in the distance. It was not a piece of gravel or a piece of broken wood, but more like a small container. Just as he was about to point it out to Qi Mingyu, another wave came.