【13】

Although the speedboat Yuan Ning used before was old, its performance was acceptable in all aspects. It also had a cabin that could protect it from wind and rain, and it could be used with a little repair.

In addition, she was able to escape from the approaching tsunami and accurately identify the direction to return to Island L safely. It can be seen that she can also achieve the third point.

The most difficult thing is the second point. You Xi has asked local sailors with sailing experience before. It is conservatively estimated to be 1,200 nautical miles from Island L to the nearest mainland. For ordinary small and medium-sized speedboats, it takes about 40 kilometers per hour at full speed.

sea ​​miles, and the fuel tank of a speedboat ranges from 50 liters to 150 liters.

Based on the 150-liter fuel tank, it can run for more than 3 hours after filling up.

1,200 nautical miles requires at least 30 hours of sailing. It is impossible for a speedboat to operate at full speed 24 hours a day. There will be problems with the main engine. According to insurance, it takes about 8 to 10 hours to sail a day. Calculated by 10 hours of sailing a day, a day's sailing is about 400 nautical miles. 1,200

It takes at least three days at sea.

Converted into fuel, it is estimated to be around 1,500 liters.

Where to get such a large amount of fuel is a problem, but it is not completely unsolvable.

It is just that ordinary speedboats cannot have such a large fuel tank, but if you use diesel barrels to carry it with the boat, this amount of fuel will be nearly 1,300 kilograms. Some small speedboats have limited load capacity and cannot be loaded at all.

Even within the load-bearing range, it is very dangerous to place a large amount of fuel on a bumpy boat. The sea is not as good as land. If something happens, there is no place to escape. The only result is to be buried in the vast sea.

However, Youxi has room.

The fuel barrels can be placed on top of each other, and the safety factor is 100%.

But for her, the biggest difficulty lies here. Can she convince the other party to leave together without exposing her space?

How to secretly transfer fuel to space after persuasion?

After she proposed this plan, Yuan Ning also focused on the second issue: the source and storage of fuel.

L Island is too far away from other continents, and other islands within the sea route back home were also hit by the tsunami and cannot be used as transfer stations. As for the large ships on L Island, almost all of them were destroyed in the tsunami. Most of the speedboats that can still be used today are

It was a small to medium-sized boat. Like the speedboat Yuan Ning was on when the tsunami hit, it was in the deep sea and had an experienced helmsman, so it managed to survive.

If it weren't for the fact that these ships couldn't carry everyone for long-distance voyages, the people on the island would probably have found a way to leave early.

Between taking the risk of leaving and staying safely, most people easily choose the latter.

The same goes for Yuan Ning. The current situation is not so bad that she has to leave, but leaving is destined to be an adventure.

She frowned and pondered for a while, then slowly said: "Actually, it's not completely impossible. We can find a way to source the fuel... But it takes time to prepare. Besides, my injury is not completely healed yet.

It’s definitely not possible to go overseas in this condition. Just wait for me for a few more days, and I’ll give you an accurate answer in five days.”

Before five days, Wanghaishan was in chaos.

In the past few days, the temperature has not only not recovered, but has also dropped from seven or eight degrees to zero. The rapid cooling and the unprecedented cold air not only frightened the people of Hainan, but also panicked the surviving passengers from all over the world.

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l The air conditioners in all the hotels on the island only have cooling effect. Even if they can provide heating, it will not be of much help when the power is limited. The cold-proof supplies suddenly become more important than food and water.

The rescue team cleared out the inventory of all clothes, pants and blankets. Almost everyone put on several layers of clothes and wrapped them in various blankets. It was still cold like this, so most people began to think of various ways, such as hiding in the room and taking it apart.

He took out the wooden chairs and started to light the fire to keep warm.

After extinguishing the eighth small-scale fire caused by improper use of fire, the rescue team sent people to light several fires in the lobbies of several hotels to allow survivors to gather for warmth, temporarily alleviating the cold problem.

The situation in the B&B area is actually better, because almost all B&Bs here have public kitchens with stoves on the first floor. The survivors in the B&Bs gathered in the kitchen to burn firewood to keep warm when their rooms were too cold to stay.

As a result, the B&B area has attracted many survivors who originally lived in the hotel area.

The B&B where You Xi is staying also has two groups of people staying. One group is from the H country, both male and female. They exchanged some food for the right to live in the room and occupy the room on the left side of the stairs on the first floor.

The other wave was from Yingguo, almost all males, occupying the room on the right side of the stairs on the first floor. They always stared at other people coming in and out of the B&B, and their eyes made You Xi and Yuan Ning heightened their vigilance.

Heart.

Yuan Qi no longer cooks in the kitchen on the first floor. She also exchanged food for the alcohol stove with the landlady, and took pots and bowls from the kitchen to make some simple food in the room.

In this way, every time I cook porridge or noodles, I never forget to give You Xi a piece.

You Xi felt embarrassed and helpless, so she pretended to go out for a walk. When she came back, she said that she also got an alcohol stove and could cook by herself in the future.

She also made a pot of sausage and carrot claypot rice that night and sent it downstairs. It also used simple ingredients. You Xi's cooking skills were no worse than Yuan Qi's, and even better than hers.

Yuanyuan didn't need to be fed, she obediently finished a large bowl of claypot rice, even licking the rice grains on the spoon clean.

However, the harmonious atmosphere only lasted that night. It was not yet dawn, and You Xi heard strange noises outside the door. The sound was not loud, but she was very alert and woke up immediately.

She took out the electric shock baton and held it in her hand. She first looked outside with a peep's eye, then opened the door. Not far from the door, there was a strange man wearing a mask lying on the corridor.

When she knelt down to check, Yuan Ning came up from the stairs holding a rope: "Are you awake? Just in time, tie this person up and hand it over to the rescue team later."

"This person..."

"I should be looking for supplies." Yuan Ning used the word "looking", but she knew that You Xi could understand the real meaning, "I guess she knew that a girl like you lived on the fifth floor, so she took advantage of it before dawn.

Come up. I hit it a little too hard, I might faint for a while."

Yuan Ning has a habit of doing morning exercises. She stopped for a few days because of her injury. Today, she felt that the wound had healed well, so she wanted to walk slowly up the stairs to stretch her hands and feet, but she happened to be bumped into.

"Thank you, are you okay?"

"It's okay. I was very careful this time and didn't cause any wounds."

You Xi quickly cut the man's hands behind his back and tied them, then went back to the room to get a towel prepared by the B&B and planned to stuff it into his mouth. However, when he turned the man over and pulled off the mask, he found that the man looked familiar, "This is...

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"Well, it should be one of the two groups of people on the first floor." The other person has a complicated face and doesn't go out often. Yuan Ning only had a rough idea of ​​who he was and couldn't tell whether he was from Ying or H.

This man is different from the man who was knocked down by You Xi before. He is not a villain, because the two groups of people downstairs are all tourists. The current order is not completely chaotic, and they dare not come blatantly, so they use such thieves.

In terms of touch, I chose Youxi, who lives alone.

You Xi sighed. She had been very cautious when traveling these days. If it was too sudden, she would wrap a somewhat worn thin blanket outside her down jacket every time, and always wear a hat to try to minimize the number of times she went downstairs.

Being targeted like this shows that the situation here is quickly getting worse.

Yuan Ning frowned and was silent for a moment, as if she had made up her mind: "Let's leave as soon as possible. I'll go find Lin Wu to discuss it today."

After breakfast, You Xi took advantage of Yuan Ning's break to find Lin Wu and negotiated with the B&B proprietress to move from the fifth floor to the fourth floor and move in next door to Yuan Qi and the others.

This room is still on the westernmost side, but unlike the rooms upstairs, the terrace faces west. Standing on the balcony, you can not only see the movement to the south of the B&B, but also the situation under the cliff to the north of the B&B.

After the tsunami, the vacant room had not been cleaned, but the doors and windows were closed. It was still clean inside, but the air was a little bad. You Xi opened the balcony door to ventilate, and as usual, used the high-power telescope he had received to check the distant scenery on the balcony.

Condition.

The water level seems to have dropped a little compared to before, but it is only a difference from the fifth floor to the fourth and a half floors. The once bustling resort island now has no living people anywhere on the island except Wanghai Mountain.

The buildings above the water reveal a gray and dead silence in the blue-white light of the early morning. The empty windows are like the openings of monsters. Looking at them for a long time will make people feel a sense of despair.

When Yuan Ning came back, she not only brought the rescue team members with her, but also brought back Lin Wu.

As a result, as soon as I reached the second floor, I found a lot of people gathered around the corner of the stairs. There were a few young women on the second floor, a few men and women on the first floor, and even the owner and proprietress of the B&B were watching and joining in the fun.

"What's going on?" Yuan Ning asked the woman on the second floor.

The other party pointed to the upper floor: "Those Yingguo people on the first floor went up to make trouble."
Chapter completed!