allonlinenovel Chapter 1095
Chapter 1095
Captain Chen nodded, took a deep breath, and straightened his back again: "Good! Repair team, do everything you can to repair the engine! Lifeboats, set sail immediately, prioritizing the search and rescue of the seriously injured! The rest of the ships, return to the fleet as soon as possible, and continue sailing to our destination!"
Once the order was given, the deck immediately sprang into action.
Medics carried stretchers among the wounded, maintenance workers rushed to the damaged stern with tools, and lifeboats sped off like arrows toward the sea where wreckage floated.
Zhou Shuwan stood by the porthole, her gaze sweeping over the ravaged sea.
She could clearly "see" the lives being swept into the sea, but could only watch helplessly as they were swept away by the waves or sank to the bottom of the sea.
Her fists were clenched tightly, and her eyes were filled with pain.
Qi Mingyu walked to her side and gently patted her shoulder: "Don't blame yourself too much, you've done a great job. If it weren't for your accurate judgment, we might have been swallowed up by the water wall long ago."
Zhou Shuwan's voice was a little hoarse: "We should bypass this area..."
“But the water temperature keeps rising, and it would take about half a month or even a month to go around it, so we can’t go around it…” Qi Mingyu’s tone was very gentle, but he spoke each word very slowly.
“This is not your fault.” His eyes were firm: “In the apocalypse, all we can do is fight to survive.”
Protecting others is not their obligation.
There's no need to blame yourself for things that are beyond your capabilities.
But then, a piercing alarm suddenly ripped through the busy activity on deck.
Zhou Shuwan suddenly looked up into the distance, her voice trembling: "The fifth water wall is approaching—"
Before the words were even finished, a dark, colossal shadow rose from the horizon, like a sea dike overturned by a god, and rolled in with overwhelming force that blotted out the sky.
Its height of over 40 meters makes it look like a skyscraper rising from the ground, with white foam rolling on the crests of the waves, casting a heavy shadow under the gloomy sky.
"Lifeboats! Come back! Return to port immediately!" Captain Chen shouted hoarsely, gripping the bridge railing, his voice torn apart by the fierce wind.
The few lifeboats that were just launched are still struggling to search the wreckage area, with the furthest one being more than two nautical miles away from the main ship.
The soldiers on the boat turned deathly pale as they watched the rapidly approaching black wall of waves. They frantically turned the engine, trying to escape to safety before the giant wave swallowed them up.
The water wall advanced much faster than expected. In just over ten seconds, the lifeboats, which were clearly visible before, were shrouded in the spray of water from the crest of the wave. Only the desperate cries from the lifeboats could be faintly heard: "Faster! Faster!"
Zhou Shuwan and the others stared intently at the ever-growing wall of water, their hearts feeling as if gripped by an invisible hand, a sense of suffocation instantly engulfing their entire bodies.
This was the largest wave wall they had ever seen, even more terrifying than the previous four combined. On the wave wall, they could even see debris and ship wreckage being swept up and tumbling wildly, like a giant maw ready to devour people, slowly closing.
"Hurry up!" Qi Mingyu's voice rang in my ears.
Chaos erupted on deck as medics, who were transferring the wounded, screamed and rushed toward the cabin entrance.
Before the giant wave arrived, the strong winds it generated had already begun to wreak havoc, blowing life rings and toolboxes around on the deck, and shards of canvas swirling in the air like kites with broken strings.
"Boom——"
A dull, loud noise came from the seabed, like the earth's crust trembling violently. Immediately afterwards, the main ship began to shake violently and uncontrollably, its port side suddenly rising and then crashing down.
Zhou Shuwan's body was violently rocked by the swaying of the ship. If Qi Mingyu hadn't held her shoulders firmly, she would have been thrown out.
She saw more clearly than anyone else present the terrifying energy contained within the water wall—a power capable of easily tearing through steel, like a giant hammer about to smash them down.
"Everyone evacuate the deck! Enter the sealed cabins immediately!" Captain Chen's roar echoed throughout the ship via the loudspeaker, carrying a resolute determination to fight to the death.
He stared intently at the radar data flashing on the control panel, veins bulging on his forehead: "Power room! How much thrust is left? Can we increase the speed again?"
"Captain, the engine is only 70% repaired, and the maximum thrust can only maintain the original speed!"
Qi Mingyu frowned, his gaze quickly sweeping over the surroundings. When he saw the three lifeboats still struggling, a hint of pity flashed in his eyes.
The furthest lifeboat was already caught in the surging current at the edge of the wave wall, and its hull began to spin uncontrollably. The shouts of the soldiers on board grew fainter and fainter.
"Wanwan, don't look!" Qi Mingyu pressed down on her shoulders, forcing her to turn her head: "We can't stop them, we can only protect ourselves!"
Zhou Shuwan abruptly closed her eyes, hot tears sliding down her cheeks and landing on the cold handrail.
She could "see" the despair in the soldiers' eyes on the lifeboat, but there was nothing she could do.
Her accurate judgment of direction seems so insignificant and laughable in the face of the power of nature.
The ship was rocking more and more violently, as if it would capsize at any moment.
Zhou Shuwan could hear the sound of ship planks breaking in the distance, and she could hear cries and screams coming from the cabins.
Qi Mingyu held her tightly beneath him, his back pressed against the cold porthole, creating a small safe zone for her with his body.
"boom--"
Another loud bang, and the starboard side of the main ship was slammed into by a huge piece of debris thrown up by the wave wall. The ship tilted sharply, and the deck was at almost a 45-degree angle to the sea level.
Zhou Shuwan felt as if her internal organs were about to shift. All she could hear were the sounds of wind, waves, metal twisting, and people screaming, all intertwined to form a tragic elegy of the end times.
She opened her eyes and, through the crack in the porthole, took one last look at the wall of water that was about to engulf everything.
It was already within reach, its enormous shadow completely enveloping the entire flagship.
The icy seawater instantly flooded the porthole, and Zhou Shuwan felt a sudden darkness before her eyes. The noise around her seemed to be muted, leaving only the gurgling sound of the seawater rushing in and the thunderous pounding of her heart.
The ship's tilt slowed abruptly after the impact, as if it had been forcibly stabilized by an invisible hand.
When they opened their eyes again, the all-consuming wall of water had already swept past the main ship and was roaring towards the distant sea, leaving behind a chaotic and violently churning sea.
Countless ships bobbed and swayed on the sea, unable to control themselves.
Some even collided with each other.
The mothership was undoubtedly the largest and most robust one; when other ships crashed into it, they only left scratches on its surface.
boom!
After several collisions, the ship was able to regain control as the waves gradually calmed down.
The people who had been knocked over by the violent impact were finally able to stand up and assess the damage.