Chapter 100: The beginning of the crisis

When we reached the entrance, Singh finally slowed down. I looked up and saw him in the wheelhouse. He was biting his lower lip and looked a little nervous, but his eyes were firm.

Singh suddenly looked up and said, “Hey, I’m not scared. It’s just that the river is narrow after this inlet, so I have to slow down and drive carefully.”

“You’re great. No one would think you’re timid.” Chengzhen responded to Singh in fluent English. Singh’s face showed a happy smile, and I noticed that his slightly trembling hands had also become much more stable.

But when Seung-jin turned to face me, his tone became heavy: “Seung-il, this is a gathering place for evil spirits. Why would that being stay in a place like this?”

As the successor of the Xiangzi School, Chengzhen naturally saw something wrong here at first glance. I was silent for a moment and said, “I don’t know either, but isn’t the remnant soul of the Lake of a Thousand Ghosts different from the place where the ghosts gather? Or, is there any reason?”

Jonny overheard our conversation and couldn’t help but say, “There’s no reason for any connection. It’s just a coincidence, a real coincidence!”

Coincidence? Why is Uncle Johnny so sure?

At this point, our ship had officially entered the water inlet and was sailing down this narrow and winding river. I didn’t pay attention to this, but I heard what Uncle Johnny said and wanted to ask him, but before I could open my mouth, the Penglai was violently shaken.

Volmar, who was standing on the edge of the deck, almost fell off. He looked at Singh with fear in his eyes and shouted, “Singh, can you please be more careful when you drive? You can’t drink anymore. That’s drunk driving. Drunk driving…”

“Could it be a reef? But in my experience, there shouldn’t be any reefs under the water surface, right?” The boat’s vibration obviously put Singh under a lot of psychological pressure, and his expression was a little frightened.

“Experience is not everything. You can only be careful, careful, and then small…” Walmar doesn’t mind being a mentor to anyone at any time, but unfortunately, before he could finish his sentence, the Penglai had another violent tremor!

This time, Walma was not so lucky. He slid directly onto the deck, his feet flying out, and his upper body still on the deck… it looked like he was about to fall into the water.

“Grab the railing, I’ll pull you up,” I shouted, then quickly approached Walma, who was not slow to react, immediately grabbing the railing next to him to stop himself from sliding further.

I had a bad feeling all along, but I knew in my heart that even without this feeling, the big catfish at the water inlet told me that this stretch of water was very dangerous and I must not fall into the water.

“Singh!” As I ran towards Walma, Johnny couldn’t help but call out to Singh once. In fact, there was no blame in his words, but more of an inquiry.

“I…” Singh stuck his head out, obviously feeling uneasy, but he hadn’t said anything yet when the boat suddenly began to shake violently. This time, it wasn’t a series of tremors, but a continuous violent shaking.

“Oh my god, Chengyi, I’m going to fall overboard.” The result of this continuous vibration was that the Wal-Mart, which was already about to fall overboard, could no longer hold itself steady and began to slide uncontrollably towards the water. His hands were clenched tightly around the railing, his veins bulging, and it looked like he wouldn’t be able to hold on for long.

“Damn, it’s like a chef’s wok, but unfortunately, we are the food!” I cursed, and it was clear that such violent shaking made it impossible for me to walk normally on the deck, let alone keep my balance!

Seeing that Wal-Mart was about to give up, he said, “Chengyi, it looks like I’ll have to go down and take a shower.”

“No, don’t let go! It’s dangerous down there!” I shouted at the top of my lungs, trying to keep my balance. There was no one around to help me, because everyone had to hold onto the railing to keep their balance.

“But, you fucking hurry up and come over here. How long do you think I can hold on?” Hearing that it was dangerous underwater, Wal-Mart’s face turned pale with fear and he couldn’t help but yell.

I gritted my teeth. The normal way was definitely not going to work. Seeing that Wal-Mart was about to give up, I simply chose a very dangerous way. I suddenly leapt over, and in the process of sliding down, I spotted a position and used my foot to tightly hook onto a huge iron chain on the deck…

A huge pull came, and I finally grabbed Walma’s hand. At the same time, the impact of the pull caused the huge iron chain to move half a centimeter, and my foot also slipped slightly, almost losing my grip on the iron chain.

“Chengyi, pull me up.” At this moment, Walma’s hand, which was holding onto the railing, could no longer support it, and it suddenly let go of the railing. Another huge pull came, and I gritted my teeth to try to stabilize my body. My neck veins were bulging, my eyes were hot, and I think my whole face was red.

I tried to stabilize myself, grabbed the railing with the other hand, and then said to Walma with a breath held: “You have to reach up and grab the railing again. Hurry!”

Volma waved his hand frantically, and finally managed to grab the railing in the struggle!

The ship was still violently rocking, but I was secretly relieved. I finally had a place to use as leverage. I began to work with Walma to try to pull him onto the deck.

“Master, this is definitely not normal. It can’t be a reef. Something is hitting the Penglai.” Singh’s voice came from the wheelhouse. He was a little frightened, but he tried to stay calm. The force of the impact was so great that even he in the wheelhouse had to hold the steering wheel tightly to stabilize his body.

“You shouldn’t have reported this to me. As an experienced sailor, you should have handled it yourself,” shouted Johnny, but he was obviously right.

“Then we’ll just have to rush through this place at high speed, but it’s dangerous because the river here is very narrow and there are too many turns, I…” Singh’s voice was not very confident.

“You know what, kid? You’ve always been great in my eyes, otherwise I wouldn’t have chosen you, you know?” Johnny shouted.

And at this moment, Seung-jin was holding on to the thick pillar of the awning on the deck, and couldn’t help but add, “Yes, I think so too, Singh. You’re great!”

Perhaps it was the words of Johnny and Seung-jin that gave Singh the confidence he needed. The engine of the Penglai suddenly roared with a loud noise, and the speed that had been slowed down by the bumps suddenly picked up…

The bumps were no longer so severe, but because the ship was not accelerating in a stable situation, the inertia made the ship speed extremely fast, and the direction began to deviate, and it looked like it was rushing towards the rocky cliffs on the side.

“No, Seung-il, if you’re going to die, drag me up onto the deck and die with me.” Walma, who was working hard with me, also saw this scene and couldn’t help but exclaim.

I looked at Singh on the ground. At this moment, he was concentrating on the spinning wheel in his hands, using the power of the machine to resist the inertia. At this moment, Singh looked like a real captain.

With a loud splash, the boat finally managed to turn around at a distance of 5 or 6 meters from the cliff. Chengxin, who was on the front line of the impact, couldn’t help but give Singh a thumbs up. If the boat had hit the cliff, according to the position where Chengxin was standing, the first unlucky person would have been him.

We all breathed a sigh of relief. The impact from underwater had also stopped. It was obvious that the high-speed pulling away of the boat, combined with the sharp turn, had stirred up the water, throwing off these inexplicable things under the boat. At least that was my judgment.

I was also relieved. Under the stable conditions, I was able to exert my strength. I held on to the railing with one hand and began to use my other hand to lift the Volmar.

The Penglai was rolling in the water, and everyone was able to stand upright. No one noticed anything special… Everything seemed to be getting better, but at that moment, I saw Walma suddenly look at me, his eyes full of a kind of despair.

“Volma!” I subconsciously shouted, and suddenly a huge force came from my hand, dragging me down with it.

My foot was originally hooked on a huge iron chain, but it began to slowly open up. I didn’t know what was happening.

But I heard Walma say to me in a sad tone, “Chengyi, in fact, something just jumped up and bit my foot. It was a whole leg, including the thigh, that it bit off.”

“Fuck it, whatever it is, don’t let go!” I yelled.

But the force from under the water was strong again, and this time I was pulled along with it, and my foot couldn’t hold on to the chain anymore!

“Hui Gen, Tao Bai!” I shouted at the top of my lungs, and at the same time, I saw the two strongest guys rushing over, everyone rushing over.

But the last one, Chengzhen, let out a scream that shook the ground!

What happened next? I gritted my teeth and held on. At that moment, Huigen had already jumped over and grabbed me. I turned around and saw a huge snake head resting on the railing. It looked like it was trying to climb onto our boat!

This is India, not the Amazon. Is this supposed to be an episode of Anaconda? I cursed in my heart.

At this moment, I felt Wal-Mart slowly loosening my hand. “Wal-Mart, what the fuck are you doing?”

“I can’t fucking hold on any longer. I feel like it’s going to bite my leg off. Besides, I don’t want to get dragged down with everyone. It’s a fucking big one.” Wal-Ma suddenly burst into tears and shouted at me with all his strength.