Chapter 606
Most of the people on the cruise ship gathered in the command center.
There were many control panels, monitors, radars, and data analysis devices. Everyone was very nervous. The whole ship was shaking violently, and it was helpless against the power of the storm.
The clock showed that it was 1:03 pm at noon, but the weather changed suddenly and it was gloomy on the sea. The clouds had spread and covered the entire sky. It looked as if the world was coming to an end.
Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, and the deep dark sea roared like a giant beast. Even a cruise was huge, it seemed to be trivial on such a tough sea as well.
“Will the signal and power system be affected if the cruise ship was struck by lightning?”
Charles was all wet and disheveled, and they were not in the mood to change their clothes at that moment. Suddenly a bolt of lightning crackled through the sky. Looking at the lightning outside the window, they were trembling in fear.
“Don’t worry. There’s a lightning arrester.” Gary said. However, his face looked sullen when he looked out of the window. The weather was extremely terrible and changeable.
“Mr. Hopkins.”
Alan hesitated. He suppressed the feeling of uneasiness and said.
“Our ship can dive one kilometer deeper. Shall we…” Alan wanted to make a suggestion.
An urgent voice suddenly sounded from the other end, “Whirlpool, it’s whirlpool!”
When everyone heard someone giving a warning of the Whirlpool, the ship seemed to be caught by a strong force and it suddenly turned left.
The waves rolled and foamed in the dark ocean. The wave height was approximately 3 meters, 5 meters, or even 10 meters. The raging storm continued to wash the glass and the shell. They could only try to figure out what happened on the surrounding waters through radar and the calculations of data since they could barely see the situation outside the ship.
The cruise ship was out of control and rushed in one direction. Gary tried his best to stop it, but it didn’t work.
A huge whirlpool appeared on the sea according to the radar, and the whirlpool was expanding. Their ship was at the edge of the whirlpool, and it was attracted by the strong force of the whirlpool.
Although they had abundant experience, they all screamed out in terror and panic.
“Fix your body on the ship!” Patrick shouted.
They were unable to stand still due to the violent shaking. Gary and the others entangled themselves with the chairs tightly using the belts. The others were sitting on the board or trying to stabilize their bodies to reduce harm by all means.
“Mr. Hopkins, what should we do now?” Gary was trembling while he was speaking.
The steering wheel of the cruise ship was completely out of control and it rotated in one direction abruptly. The power of their cruise ship was not comparable to the attractive force of the whirlpool at all.
Patrick’s face took on a ghastly expression. He subconsciously looked at Raphael.
Raphael found a place and tied himself up with several ropes. He moved slowly as if he was completely an outsider who was not worried about it.
“Mr. Hopkins, there are many reefs of different sizes beneath the ocean. The energy tank 2 at the bottom of the ship is leaking!”
A man rushed in hurriedly and he was panting for breath. He was drenched and his face was as white as a sheet.
His words made the people present even more anxious. “What should we do now?”
“Energy room 2 is our largest generator room. If we don’t repair it in time…”
“The water is leaking so fast now, and the ship is shaking constantly. We are unable to do rush repairs.”
Every single word would send them into the depths of despair.
Crystal curled up and trembled instinctively. Chandler hugged her tightly and they remained silent. At that moment, all the people were in a state of panic as if they were falling into a terrible nightmare together.
“Mr. Hopkins, what are we going to do now?” Everyone was waiting for his commands.
They are faced with two choices now.
The first choice was to enter the small escape capsules separately. The escape capsule was oval-shaped, waterproof and bulletproof. The impact of crashed could be minimized because of their small size. They could try to contact the outside world and ask for help after surviving the storm.
However, there was a fatal flaw in the plan. The emergency supplies of food and energy in the escape capsule could only support them for a week. If the communication system of the escape capsule was damaged, or the ship drifted to a special sea area that could not contact the outside world the through the satellite signal, they could only wait for death in the vast sea.
The second choice was that everyone continued to stay in this huge cruise ship and fight with this stormy sea.
They might win a narrow victory against the storm. If they lost the battle, they would all die.
However, Rafael looked like a bystander at this particular moment, watching all people struggling and suffering in the face of a disaster and being destroyed like bugs.
Because he occupled Derek’s body, and his soul could be separated from his body at any time. Therefore, he watched this disaster as if it was a game.
When Patrick saw the malicious pleasure on Rafael’s face, he glared at Rafael and walked to the center of the command room seriously. Gary immediately gave the captain’s seat to him.
Everyone held their breath at that moment.
Patrick turned on the loudspeaker with his long fingers. He said word by word in a deep voice, “Everyone, come to the command center at the fastest speed within 10 minutes.”
“Everyone must be fixed to the cabin using the ropes and belts.”
Patrick’s deep and dignified voice was echoing through the whole ship when the broadcast was on. Everyone took action immediately without any hesitation or objection when they heard his order.
The crew kept running around.
Then, Patrick continued, “Give up energy tank 2.”
“Turn off all power except the power of the command center!”
“Stop all operations in the command center. No retrogradation. Don’t be afraid!”
“The cruise ship was sailing following the attractive force of the whirlpool. When it reached the critical point, we must turn on all our power to get out of the whirlpool. This cruise ship can defeat this big storm. You must focus on the critical point of the data. Get everyone in position!”
Patrick said there was no need to panic.
He also said that the ship could survive the big storm.
Patrick’s orders were all their hopes for survival. They were extremely determined and they would try their best to make it.
The crew members perked up and they were so concentrated that they nearly forgot the fear. Everyone stared at the screen nervously with their hands trembling,
They believed that they would not die here if they slogged their guts and stuck to the faith in their hearts.
Gary and the others gritted their teeth and the rims of their eyes were red. They even punched their thighs hard
with their fists to make themselves more focused.
The huge whirlpool on the sea engulfed the cruise ship like a black hole in an instant, then a huge water column was formed like a tornado, lifting the ship up to the sky.
Everything was spinning around.
The command center was filled with instinctive screams of horror, and the equipment fell and crashed. The room was in a frightful mess at that moment.
“Hold on!”
Patrick held the steering wheel of the cruise ship. His lips compressed into a thin line and his heart seemed to stop beating at that moment. Suddenly, he shouted, “Do it now!”
Gary and the others immediately operated the control panel with their trembling hands. All the power on the cruise ship was instantly turned on, and Patrick turned the steering wheel swiftly.
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The dark ship was thrown out from the deep sea with the power that the cruise ship’s engine provided and the huge centrifugal force on the edge of the tornado.
The body of the ship shook violently as if it was going to explode. Everyone was dizzy at that moment.
Half an hour later, the people in the ship gradually recovered consciousness.
Their ship had completely left that terrifying sea area. The sea in front of them now was quite calm, and the thick clouds gradually dispersed.
A green and magnificent island appeared in front of them.
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