356 Chapter 356 - Waves (2/2)

When it came to controlling the ship's wheel, this responsibility naturally landed on that lady Xi Xiaotian, who was still helpless bumping around the cabin like a bumper car.

Gu Fei continued to roll around the deck as he strove to look at the cabin's direction, wondering if the lady had knocked herself out and considered what measures should he take if that actually happened!

He was about to call out to Xi Xiaotian when one of his tumbles brought him near the cabin door. Coincidentally, this was when Xi Xiaotian's figure was hurtled out of the cabin and ended up colliding into him. Before either of them could say a word regarding this situation, the dhow once more violently lurched and they were tossed to two opposite directions.

Gu Fei could tell with a glance that it was useless to hope for Xi Xiaotian's recovery, and he had to depend on himself in this current situation. Therefore, as he slid all around the deck, he seized the opportunity the next time he was rolling near the cabin entrance again. He then took that moment to cast Blink and materialized inside the cabin.

Nonetheless, even inside the cabin, he would still be tossed around. Gu Fei proved to be more dexterous than Xi Xiaotian, so he managed to reach out and grab a hold of the ship's steering wheel. Extending his leg out as he stuck out his back, his legs were able to find purchase on the side wall and his body ran parallel to the ground.

”Bravo!” Gu Fei heard this cry at this very moment. He glanced outside the cabin entrance and saw Xi Xiaotian holding a thumbs­-up at him; she coincidentally drifted past the cabin entrance.

With all the vigorous rocking the entire ship was currently undergoing, Gu Fei momentarily did not dare to do anything since he did not know which direction was the correct one. Still, he did manage to steady the ship's wheel itself, so aside from bobbing with the motion of the waves, it finally stabilized in a certain heading direction. As long as he maintained this position, the situation should improve tremendously.

He leaped off the wall and back on to the floorboards as he kept his hands tightly on the ship's steering wheel. After determining that the bow of the ship was constantly listing to the left, he began to turn the ship in the opposite direction bit by bit.

The dhow was finally drifting in a straight line, and it soon steered out of this area with all the churning waves. Slowly, the ensuing bumps and waves became smaller and smaller. Xi Xiaotian finally stopped sliding around the deck and gingerly climbed to her feet.

She had been slipping and sliding and banging and knocking all over the ship's hard surface for such a long time. Though she was not dead from this, the entire experience had nevertheless left her lightheaded. Gu Fei did not dare to loosen his grip on the ship's steering wheel. He spotted Xi Xiaotian getting up from the deck and swaying unsteadily toward the ship's main mast. When she reached that part of the dhow, she climbed up, got herself on the crow's nest, and pulled up the still dangling Vast Lushness.

The two ladies sat down on the crow's nest as they sighed in relief. Neither had the strength say a word, so they just sent Gu Fei a message: ”How are things?”

”Everything is fine. It's all under control,” he answered. The ship was becoming steadier by the second.

”Where are the others?” he asked the two on the crow's nest.

He saw Vast Lushness shakily get up, raise the spyglass to her eyes, and look around.

”I can't see them anymore. Who knows where the waves have thrown them?!” Vast Lushness answered. She kept surveying the area around them with the spyglass until she spotted two rows of boats drifting about.

”Let's seize this opportunity to get on shore. Where's the land?” he asked.

”Forty degrees to the left!” she answered.

”I'll steer!” Xi Xiaotian seemed to have developed a passion for steering the ship.

”Don't. It's best you rest up for a while.” He still had a bit of lingering fear when he recalled the situation that they were in mere moments ago.

After Gu Fei successfully turned the ship around, they steadily made their way toward the harbor. Vast Lushness continued to carefully observe their surroundings before confidently saying, ”I really can't find anyone out there.”

”Forget about those guys. Those guards are sure to know our position; I reckon it won't be long before they catch up to us,” Xi Xiaotian said.

”What do you mean catch up to us? They can't possibly swim faster than a sailboat. We'll only get further and further away from them,” Gu Fei refuted. He was rather amenable to the situation they were in, since it would give him more time to erase his troublesome PK points.

The dhow continued to sail toward land uneventfully.

Linshui City's waterfront was filled with fine white sand like the one found in pristine beaches. The sun shone brightly as the unique aquatic monsters roamed about. This place looked to be an ideal spot for either level grinding or leisure gaming and it was considered as one of the places in Linshui City where players would often gather.

Although it was nearly the wee hours in the morning, everyone was staring wide-eyed as they saw the dhow sail closer and closer. Just like those water bandits, they believed that this watercraft was the same as those immobile ships moored in the pier.

”Is it some kind of a special quest?” People by the shore were excitedly crowding round the shore, watching that dhow sail into the harbor.

Back in the ship's cabin, Gu Fei was scratching his head as he asked the two ladies, ”Do any of you know how to stop this ship?” Author used a homonym pun here about how the sailboat (fanchuan) will become a capsized boat (fanchuan), so I went with 'sail' and 'fail', instead.