chapter 4 desperate moment

After a while of tossing, Tarala and Chimere were woken up. They raised their heads and looked towards us.

I put the fishing rod aside, dug into my backpack, found my sailor's knife, and pulled it out of its sheath.

The sturgeon was still flopping its body up and down desperately. I saw the opportunity, held down the sturgeon's head, and directly inserted the sailor's knife into it.

Fish blood flowed out, the sturgeon's tail flapped a few times, and then there was no movement.

I licked my chapped lips, reached out and took off the fishhook.

Tarala and the others came closer. Everyone stared at the dead sturgeon, swallowing saliva, and making gurgling sounds in their stomachs.

I packed up the fishing rod and put it aside, then sat in front of the sturgeon, looked at them and asked: "How to distribute this fish?"

Tarala looked at me and said, "Einstein, we agreed from the beginning that the distribution rights are in your hands. You can divide it how you want."

I opened the belly of the sturgeon with a sailor's knife, first took out the internal organs, and then cut off the fish piece by piece.

This sturgeon is not very big, and there are not many pieces of fish cut into pieces. There are only thirty-two pieces in total.

I gave each of them seven pieces, among which Chimere got the larger piece of fish, and the others shared it equally.

They could all tell that I was deliberately biased towards Chimere, but they didn't say anything because I only had four small pieces of fish in my hand.

Chimere looked at the fish in her hand and cast a very grateful look at me.

I looked at her and smiled, then picked up a piece of fish and stuffed it into my mouth.

The sturgeon meat is tender and delicious, but the fishy smell of raw fish meat is a bit unbearable for me.

The rest of the people also began to eat the fish in their hands. I observed their expressions and found that no one seemed to like the fishy smell of raw fish.

After eating, I cut the sturgeon's internal organs into small pieces and packed them in thermal bags.

After cleaning up, I took out a small piece of sturgeon offal, hung it on the hook, and then threw the hook out, thinking about catching another one.

Unfortunately, things went counter to expectations, and not a single fish took the bait until late at night.

For the next seven days, I didn’t catch any more fish, whether using sturgeon guts or bait.

In the past few days, neither search and rescue aircraft nor ships have appeared.

Everyone's mood began to become more and more depressed.

After half a month, the communication between us became very rare.

Occasionally, only when I catch a fish, Deborah will complain because I prefer Chimere.

A month later, I put away the empty hook and my head was buzzing.

The hunger and thirst were driving me crazy.

I stared at the endless deep blue sea with mixed feelings and no idea what to do next.

Just then, a drop of rain fell on my face, and then another drop of rain fell.

I stretched out my hand to wipe it and looked up at the sky.

Raindrops as big as peas fell down one by one, making me unable to open my eyes.

"It's raining! It's raining!"Saahira shouted excitedly.

Deborah looked up and immediately climbed to the backpack. With trembling hands, she took out the rain collector.

I took back the fishing line, put the fishing rod in place first, and then helped Deborah take out all the buckets, measuring cups, and water ladles that could hold water.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and both Tarala and Chimere were woken up by the rain.

They stretched out their hands, their dull eyes gradually glowing with hope.

Just when everyone was overjoyed, Saahira's voice came, "Brother Einstein, look, what is that?"

I looked subconsciously, and the smile solidified on my face.

Not far ahead, black thunderclouds had covered the sky, and white lightning was dazzling. Vaguely, thunder came, and everyone followed the sound and looked.

The faces of Tarala and others turned pale instantly, dense raindrops fell, making a snapping sound, and then the wind started blowing.

I glanced at the direction the waves were moving, and my brain went numb. "Check your life jacket, get the paddle, and paddle out quickly!"

The others also realized that the waves were pushing us towards the black thunderstorm.

Tarala and the others picked up the oars and rowed desperately.

I climbed up to Tarala, took the oar from her hand, and shouted loudly: "Go and watch from the front. If you are about to drift in, tell us immediately!"

Tarala nodded. She turned around and walked to the bow of the ship, staring at the distance between the lifeboat and the black thunderstorm.

I came to Chimere's side and rowed the oar in my hand desperately, "No, no, absolutely not allowed to drift into the thunderstorm area!"

The wind suddenly rose, the waves rolled up and down, and the lifeboat began to drift rapidly and uncontrollably toward the thunderstorm area. My heart immediately rose to my throat.

Tarala shouted loudly: "Stop paddling, everyone get down and find a handle to grab it!"

I heard this and lay down on the lifeboat, then grabbed the handle tightly.

Immediately afterwards, I felt as if the entire lifeboat was flying directly.

boom!

The lifeboat hit the sea.

Deafening thunder came, and soon after, heavy rain fell from the sky.

I felt as if a raging wave was coming and pushing the lifeboat up again. After a feeling of weightlessness, the side of the lifeboat fell down empty.

The salty sea water rushed into my mouth, and I was completely devastated. Is this going to happen?

With a crash, air rushed into my nose again, and the lifeboat stabilized again.

Before I could breathe a sigh of relief, the waves pushed the lifeboat up again. I gritted my teeth and continued to hold on to the handle.

boom!

There was a loud noise, and the lifeboat hit the sea again. My body flew directly up, and my arm holding the handle was almost torn off.

In this way, the lifeboat kept going up and down, and the sea was like a child playing with its toys.

I gritted my teeth and persisted, trying not to lose consciousness...

After an unknown amount of time, the thunder slowly became smaller and the rain slowly stopped.

The sea surface gradually became calmer, and I opened my eyes very weakly and looked up.

Tarala and Chimere had fainted, Deborah coughed violently, and Saahira choked and cried.

I took a look around my backpack and saw that the fishing rod was missing, as well as the rain collector used to collect water, as well as the buckets, measuring cups, and ladles filled with water. They were all gone.

Sadness and anger, these two emotions are intertwined in my heart.

I used my numb arms to support my body and slowly stood up.

I gasped and stared at the deep blue sea ahead with my eyes widened.

Then, a green island slowly came into focus in my pupils.

"Are you hallucinating already?" I laughed at myself.

"Einstein, look, it's an island, an island!"

Deborah stood up, pointed forward, turned to look at me excitedly and shouted.