Chapter 1017 Yacht 57

Looking at the ground below that was gradually submerged by sea water, oil seeping from the bulkhead was floating on the sea water. After the huge flames rushed through just now, the oil on the water surface had already burned, and it was like a sea of ​​​​fire below.

Zhong Chufei closed her eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and said: "We are now in a part of the engine room. The bulkhead below may have cracked and sea water is coming up. The even worse news is that the oil depot is under There was an oil leak and there was an open flame down there.”

"Is the oil depot leaking a lot of oil?" Ling Qingyu asked softly.

"Big, it's a fire now, but according to this trend, in ten minutes," Zhong Chufei looked at the amount of liquid oil leaking from the oil depot, and sighed softly: "No, I'm afraid it will happen in five minutes." Produce the next explosion.”

"Let's go back. There's a door over there. Let's crawl through it." Ling Qingyu said as he crawled backwards. The steel pipes above have fallen down, so maybe there is still life.

It was already difficult for them to climb forward, and it was even more difficult to climb back now. After counting the time, they were afraid that if they couldn't climb out in time, the heat wave exploding below would rush in. Zhong Chufei smiled and said: "Okay! Let's go go back."

Several knocks were heard on the wall of the pipe. The rhythmic knocks made the three of them suddenly stop all their movements and listen carefully to the sound with Morse code.

"Someone!" When he understood that the voice was asking if it was Ling Qingyu, Zhong Chufei shouted: "Yes, Ling Qingyu and us are here, we are stuck!" After calling, he quickly raised his head again He pulled out the hairpin and tapped out Morse code on the wall of the pipe.

Hearing the small but clear echo on the tube wall, a smile of relief appeared on Lu Yao's lips. He patted the headset and saw no response. He thought it was damaged by the shock wave of the explosion just now. Lu Yao still He said: "I have found Qingyu. I will take her to the third engine in the engine room. You guys can meet her there." After saying that, he turned on his flashlight and crawled towards the pipe where the sound came from.

Seeing them launching grenades, he rolled under the pipe and climbed directly into a ventilation duct. The huge waves caused by the explosion outside chased his butt and rolled in the pipe. Fortunately, there was a fork in the pipe halfway, allowing him to hide in. , only to avoid the violent explosion.

It turned out that not only the bottom of the ship was blown open, but also the oil depot next to it was blown apart. There would be a sea of ​​​​fire there soon. Looking at the direction of the ventilation duct, Lu Yao chose to crawl through the ventilation duct to the other side.

Subconsciously, he felt that if Ling Qingyu fell, he would be in that direction.

The complicated bends of the pipe made his head feel dizzy, and he heard the sound of his head hitting the wall of the pipe. Although it seemed to be some distance away, the sound could be transmitted, so naturally the pipe was figured out.

He crawled in the direction of the sound, only to find that there was no road ahead and the ventilation duct was blocked.

It stands to reason that since it is a ventilation duct, it should be connected, and the sound did come from the duct. After searching around, it was found that the duct was indeed blocked, but it was not completely blocked, leaving a few gaps.

He stopped, drew the location of the pipe in his mind, and then realized that the pipe that made the sound should lead to the first engine room that was already a sea of ​​fire. If it was really her, if she continued to crawl over...

He shouted loudly, but the sound seemed not to be transmitted. Remembering that the sound he heard was also hitting the wall of the pipe, he tapped the wall of the pipe with a flashlight, hoping that she could hear it.

He continued to tap on the wall of the pipe to ask about their location and whether there were any markers around them. Lu Yao frowned again when he heard the code returned from the other party.

From this point of view, they should be in an abandoned and blocked ventilation duct. His place was originally connected to that duct, but now it is blocked. To get past, either go out and go around from the outside, or go directly Break open the blocked area.

It's too late to go around, so there's no choice but to break through.

"I'm going to break through the passage, don't move yet." After tapping the code on the wall of the tube, and hearing the other party's reply, Lu Yao put his gun back into the holster, pulled out his saber, and looked carefully with a flashlight. Those gaps were slightly moved back, and the saber was thrust into those gaps, with a loud roar, the internal force of the whole body was activated, and just about to hit the wall of the tube, it was suddenly withdrawn. Under the counterattack of the internal force, the blood surged, and a mouthful of blood It spurted out directly.

From the gap where the saber was inserted, you could faintly hear the sudden urgent message from the other party. They said that the pipe they were in was very narrow and could only accommodate one person crawling.

If this place is not far from them, then he can smash the wall of the tube with a full blow, but they will also be affected by the wall of the tube.

Don't worry, Lu Yao, don't be anxious, there must be another way... After calming down the blood surge in his chest, the things that crawled all the way through Lu Yao's mind were imprinted with the ship map that was already deep in his mind. A three-dimensional pattern formed in my mind.

Yes, the exit opposite them is the No. 1 engine room. According to the direction of the ventilation duct, there should be an exit to the No. 1 engine room, and the exit should be on a bulkhead.

He stepped back and searched carefully with his flashlight. Sure enough, there was an iron mesh fence at an inconspicuous corner.

The saber was pressed against the edge of the fence. With a strong force, he pried off the entire iron fence. After climbing a few steps inside, the pipe suddenly became wider and tall enough for him to squat down.

I started running in the pipe. After running for more than 20 meters, I felt the heat wave rolling in front of me and the light was burning.

There was another iron mesh fence at the mouth of the pipeline. Lu Yao pushed it open with his kick. After the iron mesh fell underneath, there was a burst of sparks and a popping sound.

The probe looked at it and found that the hole was only four or five meters away from the sea of ​​​​fire below that had spread to the entire engine room, and the cracks in the oil depot were even bigger. The oil leaked and splashed fire dragons on the water.

"Where are you?" No longer hesitating, Lu Yao raised his head and called.

The heat was getting higher and higher. Zhong Chufei could no longer stay at the entrance of the cave. Just as he was about to retreat, he heard someone's voice below. He excitedly put his head out and shouted: "We are here!"

Seeing that the person who came out was not Ling Qingyu, Lu Yao's heart skipped a beat, and he could only let the person in front of him come out as soon as possible. After seeing that the two holes were exactly on a straight line, with a distance of only more than two meters, he said: "You jump down, I'll take over." Stay with you!"

Uh...jump...Zhong Chufei lowered her head and looked at herself like a caterpillar (Ling Qingyu gave her a set of green sportswear). She gritted her teeth, put her hands on the wall of the pipe, and moved her body. Get out and...

Then it fell.

Lu Yao reached out and grabbed her arm and pulled her behind him, half-throwing her into the pipe. Zhong Chufei didn't waste any time and ran directly inside to make room for the people behind her.

Seeing that Zhong Chufei just disappeared, Lin Ziyu was blank for three seconds, and was pushed by Ling Qingyu. Thinking about it, let alone whether the door back was blocked, it was impossible to crawl back just like that, with her eyes closed. He climbed forward fiercely, and then fell down with a squeak.

After throwing Lin Ziyu into the pipe, Lu Yao shouted anxiously: "Qingyu, hurry up!"

The fire has already burned along the flow of oil leaking from the oil depot. If it explodes...

There were injuries everywhere on his body, and the broken leg was even numb. Ling Qingyu's body was already in a state of extreme exhaustion, but if he didn't work hard, he would die here.

There are many people waiting for her outside!

Gritting his teeth, dragging his legs and crawling out with all his strength, without even looking at the condition of the exit, Ling Qingyu closed his eyes, pushed hard, and his body slipped down from the entrance of the hole.

Then he fell into a strong arm, and then was pulled into a warm embrace.

The embrace was so tight that it seemed to be trembling slightly, and the meaning conveyed in it made her slightly startled.

After just a tight hug, Lu Yao pushed her into the pipe and shouted: "Quickly!"

The pipe here is much wider. Both Zhong Chufei and Lin Zhiyu can run forward quickly with their bodies short, but Ling Qingyu cannot. Her legs can no longer hold up at all, and she can only lie half on the ground. Trying to move forward, he said at the same time: "You go first, leave me alone!"

Lu Yao was slightly startled. He saw her clearly deformed legs in the firelight. His eyes suddenly shrank. He took a step forward, hugged her and turned her over, letting her put her hands around his neck and clamp her legs around his waist. He went up and said: "Hold it tight."

Ling Qingyu was startled for a moment when she saw him kneeling on the ground, one arm around her waist and hugging her, the other hand on the ground, and he quickly crawled out in a kneeling and crawling posture without letting her back rest on the ground. His eyes felt a little hot.

This embrace, that low, honest and magnetic voice, the arms that hugged him tightly, and that heartbeat that felt more familiar when he closed his eyes.

That distant memory came to mind. Back then, in that snowy mountain, that man held her in his arms and rolled down the snow slope. At such a dangerous moment, his heartbeat was just like it is now. The steady rhythm made her heart calm. Come down.

As if telling her, don't be afraid, I'm here, don't be afraid...

There was a sound of hot air expanding behind him, and he screamed something bad in his heart. Lu Yao sped up, and when the wall of the tube shook violently, he took off her legs from around his waist, then hugged her and pushed forward. With one pounce, she stuffed her body into the suddenly shrinking hole that Zhong Chufei and Lin Ziyu had climbed into, then stood up and blocked the hole with her body.

"Lu Yao!" Ling Qingyu exclaimed sadly.

Do you remember me? Qingyu...

There was a violent explosion behind him, and flames rolled in along the pipe. In the dazzling light of the hot flames, Lu Yao smiled at Ling Qingyu.

That smile was reflected so clearly in her eyes. She had been deliberately ignoring the flawless, pure but joyful smile that was imprinted in her long-term memory.

Just like that day, when they came down from Baoshan, he smiled with the shyness of a young man after he said to her, "I will marry you."

In just a flash, Lu Yao raised his head and blocked the hole with his body.

The muffled sound of the explosion seemed to fade away...

Only the temperature of the heat wave still passed through the tube wall and the body.