984 Perplexed and Smitten 44 (2/2)

An Xiaoning and Fan Shixin picked up their important belongings and left the unnecessary ones behind. They then placed their belongings into a plastic bag.

As soon as they did, the ship began to rock violently and the rest of the passengers started shrieking in terror.

At this moment, the captain was still maneuvering in the direction of the coast. However, it was too late.

In order to prevent Fan Shixin and herself to be separated by the waves later, they tied each end of a one-meter rope to their arms tightly to keep close to each other.

They were down on their luck during this trip.

However, all they could do now was try and come up with a solution to mitigate the problem and escape the ordeal.

”Seems like my premonition was accurate and we made the right decision by getting our boat to return first. However, I didn't expect that this would be the ordeal…”

Fan Shixin was clearly shell-shocked. Before he could even speak, a massive wave came crashing against the ship from behind, causing it to overturn immediately. Loud shrieks and bawling filled the air. Once An Xiaoning and Fan Shixin were in the water, they began swimming toward the shore, keeping their speeds in sync.

When juxtaposed against such a huge silhouette, humans tend to look as tiny as ants. The waves were rolling continuously and lifted all the victims up to a few meters before making them plunge into the water again.

An Xiaoning and Fan Shixin were both wearing a lifebuoy each and were still roped to each other.

As soon as they caught a breath of fresh air, a sudden bolt of lightning darted across the sky, accompanied by the deafening rumble of thunder.

A pitch-dark pigment gathered on the surface of the sea.

The thunder did not rumble again.

The rain had also ceased.

They were pushed along the sea rapidly by the strong waves.

The sky began to turn bright gradually.

They had no idea where they were and had no choice but to try and get onto the shore first.

Their clothes were completely soaked. By the time they got out of the water, An Xiaoning felt extremely weak and powerless, as if all her energy had been drained away by the sea.

They sat on a wooden bench and removed their lifebuoys.

”Fortunately, we were in the ocean. Otherwise, things would have been dire.”

”What exactly is a flood dragon? What was that humongous black silhouette?” Fan Shixin questioned eagerly.

An Xiaoning explained, ”A flood dragon is a mythical creature that flows from the river into the sea. The humongous silhouette that we saw just now was a flood dragon. I reckon there must have been floods in all the places that the dragon had passed by.”

Fan Shixin got yet another eye-opener.

”I never thought I would get to see it with my own eyes one day. It's really terrifying. I felt so small and vulnerable,” he remarked.

”These creatures don't show themselves to humans easily. Perhaps we were just out of luck to have met with such an ordeal. It's going to take us even longer to get to V Nation now.” She then turned around and took out the plastic bag that contained her mobile phone from her chest.

There were water droplets all over the outer layer of the plastic bag. They intentionally wrapped their belongings in several layers of plastic bags so as to waterproof them well.

An Xiaoning opened the innermost layer of plastic bag and was satisfied to see that her mobile phone was still intact.

As soon as she switched on her mobile phone, she received several reminders and notifications.

She was notified about how many missed calls and messages she had received while her mobile phone was switched off.

Apart from a single missed call from Shi Qingzhou, the rest were all from Jin Qingyan.

She read the messages to discover that he sounded extremely worried and eager. She reckoned that he must have heard about the violent waves that occurred that night.

An Xiaoning hurriedly gave Jin Qingyan a call that soon disconnected due to the poor reception. She proceeded to try and send several text messages to Jin Qingyan and her mother, which were finally delivered after multiple attempts.