Chapter 691: Lifeboat

But satisfaction is satisfaction, even if he knows the general direction, it is impossible for him to leave this island. Is it possible to swim for two days and two nights and swim to land? Normal people would not have this idea.

So still use the old method, lying on the barrel and drifting back? Lin Rui is not willing to do it again even if he is killed, and the luck component of his survival until now accounts for a large part. Of course, he also knew that luck wouldn't always be on his side.

"It seems that there is only a matter of waiting. Lin Rui looked at the desert island and sighed. He had never been so helpless. Now if someone sues him again, manpower will definitely be able to win the, and he will definitely slap this person. This sentence is only on the lips of those who stand and talk without backache. And the person who can say this is certainly not alone on an isolated island.

It is only when one truly faces the vast sea that one realizes the insignificance of manpower. In this almost desperate environment, it is not easy for people to face calmly.

Lin Rui is obviously this kind of person, and the first thing he does is to rest quietly and recover his body. After two days, when he was a little recovering a little, he liked to walk around the island. The island is not big, and he has trodden every corner of this island. Where there were trees, where there were a few banana trees, where the beach would often pick up some edible shellfish, he remembered almost all of them.

The waterhole on the island should be the rainwater accumulated from the last rainfall, which is the only fresh water, and Lin Rui's guarantee to survive. So he goes there every day. The water level has been gradually declining in the past few days, and Lin Rui doesn't know if he can leave this small waterhole before it dries up. If no boats pass by before the water dries up, his days are almost over.

So Lin Rui lit a bonfire by the beach every night. Thanks to the sharp knife beside him, there was flint and steel in the hilt, and he could also use the knife to chop down some tiny branches for fuel.

Lin Rui still runs rejuvenating every day, running around the island. Both for exercise and for some food by the sea. And for most of the rest of the day, he was adding damp leaves to that fire. It is difficult to see the fire during the day, but the smoke is very conspicuous. Wet leaves cover the fire and emit a thick smoke.

For a whole week, he repeated this thing, hoping for a ship to appear nearby. Unfortunately, it was never there. This is the sea near Libya. The war in Yan Zhòng has affected normal trade and transportation, and there were not many ships coming and going. And the location of this small island is not yet on the shipping line.

Whether there are ships coming over or not is really a matter of certainty. But Lin Rui is still persistent, he believes that only by trying hard will there be more opportunities. But he was disappointed again and again. Two weeks later, he had to face a problem – his water was about to run dry.

The waterhole on the island is not big, and Lin Rui doesn't drink as much fresh water, but the waterhole is still going down a little bit. Because in addition to the water he consumed, the pool was constantly seeping into the ground. Maybe it won't be until the next rain that the waterhole will fill up again. But can Lin Rui insist on waiting until the day when it rains? He doesn't know.

But just when he felt the most helpless, his luck came. One day at noon, he clearly saw the shadow of a ship in the distance on a reef on the beach. Lin Rui rushed to the beach in ecstasy, waving his arms frantically, taking off his clothes and shaking them in his hands, trying to attract the attention of the ship's crew.

For half a month, this was the first time he had seen someone passing by, and the ecstasy almost made him forget about it. Even if it was a group of vicious pirates who came at this time, he had an urge to go up and kiss them. It's not easy, the days on this island are too hard, and the feeling of loneliness to the bone marrow almost collapses.

It looks like a fishing boat, but it's clearly remodeled. The oversized cargo hold and the machine gun in the bow seem to indicate that this is a smuggling ship. At this time, only smuggling boats have the courage to operate in the nearby waters. And because it's smuggling, they avoid the main routes and take those routes that few people pass through.

The boat came over, and Lin Rui rushed into the sea and swam towards the boat with all his might. Several armed men came out of the boat and put him on board. But none of these smugglers are good at it. They all looked at Lin Rui viciously, holding weapons in their hands.

"Hey, man, you look like a wolf. One of them frowned and said, "What's the matter, did you meet a pirate?"

Lin Rui smiled and looked at these humanes, "It's much stricter than this, I have met an army." ”

"Ha, you don't mean the coastal anti-smuggling team, right? So, you're also a companion?" an armed man looked at Lin Rui and said, "What about your ship and crew?"

"I'm not a smuggler, but I can give you a lot of money. Lin Rui looked at them and said directly, "Let's make a deal, you take me back to Libya, I will give you 10,000 US dollars, and I said 10,000 per person." ”

A man who looked like a captain frowned, "There are six of us here, and I'm the captain of the ship, according to the rules, I take double portions." ”

"Seventy thousand, I can still afford it, as long as you can I go back to the port. Lin Rui looked at them and said.

"Seventy thousand dollars?" the smuggling captain looked at him and shook his head, whispering to his companion, "Is this guy a madman? ”

"I think so. In my opinion, we shouldn't be in this business at all. We're just a bunch of smugglers, not some goddamn humanitarian rescue team. Maybe it's the right thing for us to get him off the boat. One of the smugglers shook his head.

"What do you say? Rescuing wrecked crews has been the norm in the sailor industry for hundreds of years. Even some pirates followed such principles. Besides, what if what he says is true? Seventy thousand dollars, we'll be enough to buy two of these boats. Someone objected.

"We didn't know who he was, and it was a big risk to save him. Maybe he's from the Coastal Smuggling Unit?"

"Dude, you're stupid, aren't you? He's a yellow man. The anti-smuggling team is not a football team, when will it recruit foreign aid? Besides, it is 70,000 US dollars, a full 70,000 yuan. "One of the crew members was clearly tempted.

"That sounds good, but it's going to have to be the money. This guy is just talking, who knows if he's lying to us?" the captain frowned. "And it's a bit unorthodox to let strangers on board. Then search him, then tie him up and throw him into the back cabin. We'll wait until we're done with this sale. ”