Chapter Nineteen: Naval Battle (I)

  This time I don't know how long I've been unconscious, sometimes feeling cold all over my body, sometimes feeling hot all over my body, sometimes it feels like I'm dreaming, and can hear some chaotic sounds, sometimes it feels like I'm submerged in the ocean, surrounded by complete silence...

  It's really a very uncomfortable feeling, the kind where you want to speak but can't make a sound, want to hear others talk but can never quite make out what they're saying, want to eat but can't open your mouth, want to move but have no sensation in your entire body... This feeling is truly unforgettable for a lifetime.

  I don't know how long I had been sleeping, but one day, I suddenly heard someone calling my name. The voice was very familiar, and it seemed to be a close friend of mine, so I opened my eyes.

  Right in front of me was someone I knew, but it was someone I had never thought of. It turned out to be Li Huanhuan.

  Li Huanhuan saw me wake up and looked very happy: "You finally woke up, I thought you wouldn't wake up!"

  I took a glance around and found that except for Li Huanhuan, there was no one else: "Where am I? You..."

  Li Huan smiled and said, "Don't worry, you're still in our base. You've been ill and have been unconscious for three days... Ah, are you hungry? I left some porridge for you, drink some."

  As soon as I heard the word "porridge", I felt extremely hungry and hastily said: "Good."

  For a month now, I've been eating instant noodles every day and feeling hungry all the time. I've gone without sleep for three days, not even drinking water, and my hunger has become so severe that my stomach is almost sticking to my back. After gulping down a bowl of some unknown porridge given to me by Li Huanhuan, I couldn't help but ask her: "Is there any more?"

  Li Huan was taken aback: "You just woke up, how can your appetite be so good? Are you pretending to be ill?"

  I had a feeling of wanting to cry, and barely held it in: "If you've been eating instant noodles for a month and still can't get full, let's see if you'd say that..." I raised my hand to pass the bowl to Li Huanhuan, only to realize that there was still an IV tube inserted into my arm.

  Li Huan was clearly stunned: "You ate instant noodles for a month? How could this be?"

  I couldn't help it and angrily said: "Stop pretending, don't you know?"

  Li Huanhuan furrowed her brow: "I really don't know, you tell me, what's going on?"

  She didn't look like she was lying, so I roughly told her what happened this month: "You really don't know? I think you guys are in cahoots to treat me like this?"

  I suddenly remembered that I hadn't taken a bath or washed my face for several months, so I hurriedly lifted up my hands to take a look. Strangely enough, there wasn't any dirt on my arms. I couldn't help but wonder: "But I clearly haven't taken a bath in over a month..."

  Li Huan looked at me with a glance, and suddenly a hint of sadness appeared in her eyes: "I know, you may have been mistaken for a prisoner by them. We have rules here, generally treating prisoners like this."

  I feel like crying and laughing at the same time, how could it be possible that I was mistaken for a prisoner of war, unless someone did it on purpose.

  Li Huanhuan must have also known that someone was intentionally treating me this way, she sighed: "It's all over now, it won't happen again in the future, you rest well, I'll go make some porridge for you."

  I couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, wanting to urge her to hurry up, but the words reached my lips and I remembered that she was also one of them, so I endured it silently.

  Li Huanhuan probably saw through my thoughts and hastily left.

  After a while, she came back to the room where I was, holding two cans of eight-treasure porridge and a bottle of water.

  When I see food, I want to grab it all and stuff it into my stomach, but unfortunately, I have an IV tube on my arm and can't get out of bed freely.

  Li Huanhuan handed me a can of eight-treasure porridge and whispered: "If it's not enough, there's more, eat slowly."

  I hastily opened the eight-treasure porridge and started eating it in big mouthfuls, finishing a can in just a few bites.

  Li Huanhuan was just about to give me another can when I heard an angry voice: "Can't let him eat anymore!"

  I was watching with Li Huanhuan as the man rushed in and snatched the Eight Treasures Porridge from her hand, throwing it aside.

  He furiously said: "He just woke up, how can he eat so much at once? Are you out of your mind? Do you want to kill him?"

  Li Huanhuan was startled: "Dr. Hua, I think he's very hungry, giving him something to eat, how could it harm him? I..."

  It turned out that this person was Dr. Hua, I took a look at him and felt that he was not tall, thin, wearing glasses, and had not shaved his beard, the whole person looked quite sloppy. It's really hard to believe that he is actually the doctor who can cure Song Jiabao as mentioned by Li Huanhuan.

  I'm starting to worry about Song Jiabao, can someone like this really cure Song Jiabao?

  But thinking back, am I also being treated by this person? If so, then maybe this person still has some skills.

  Dr. Hua didn't know what I was thinking, and loudly scolded Li Huanhuan: "You have no common sense! When someone has been unconscious for a long time, because they haven't eaten for so long, their intestines will automatically adapt. If they suddenly eat a lot at this time, it will bring great discomfort to the patient's intestines, and in severe cases, it can cause... Ah, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. Anyway, your method just now might have killed this person, do you know that?"

  Li Huanhuan seemed to understand and said carefully: "Sorry, Dr. Hua, I really didn't know..."

  "Stop talking and get out! From now on, don't you dare set foot in here again without my permission!"

  Li Huanhuan wanted to say something else, but as soon as she saw Dr. Hua's impatient expression, she didn't dare to continue and hastily left.

  Dr. Hua looked at me after Li Huanhuan left: "Are you okay? How much did you just eat?"

  I hesitated for a moment: "I had a bowl of porridge and a can of eight-treasure congee."

  Dr. Hua exclaimed, "So many? Then hurry up and call your attending physician..." His words were left unfinished as he disappeared from view, only to be heard loudly calling out to someone - Dr. Gu.

  I hadn't figured out what was going on when I saw a female doctor wearing a white coat and a mask rush into the ward where I was.

  This female doctor came in and without saying a word, directly lifted the quilt covering me, stretched out her hand and pressed my stomach with great force. Her strength was considerable, and with one press, I almost couldn't help but throw up what I had just eaten.

  I barely held back from throwing up, but the female doctor said: "Hurry up and get out of bed, try walking a few steps."

  I glanced at the intravenous tube on my arm, just about to speak, when she had already yanked it off, not caring whether the needle scratched my arm or not.

  I'm getting a bit scared, this doctor is so fierce. So I quickly got out of bed and walked back and forth a few steps, staring at her but not daring to speak.

  The female doctor frowned: "Have you felt uncomfortable?"

  I hesitated for a moment and said carefully: "My arm hurts a bit..."

  The female doctor was taken aback and then said in a bad tone: "I asked if your stomach is uncomfortable, who asked you about other places?"

  I saw her seemingly about to blow up, and hastily said: "No, no..."

  The female doctor looked at me and suddenly said, "If not, then lie down. You just woke up and gave me trouble..." She paused: "What is your relationship with Li Huanhuan?"

  I thought: "I'm her captive..."

  The female doctor was taken aback and actually laughed: "It turns out she's the one who took you hostage, I thought you were her boyfriend these past few days, seeing how she's been guarding you every day."

  I just think this female doctor is a bit neurotic, I'm afraid she'll go crazy and give me a random injection, turning me into an idiot. So I accompanied her with a smile: "Thank you for treating my illness. Can I ask? I have a friend named Song Jiabao, did you cure him?"

  The female doctor shook her head: "I'm a doctor, no matter who it is, as long as it's necessary, I'll give treatment, don't need to thank me. The Song Jiabao you mentioned, I don't know him, ask someone else." She said and left the ward where I was in.

  It was called a sickroom, but it was actually just a small room with an extra bed. I looked around and was about to lie down to rest when I heard someone shouting loudly: "Air raid, air raid!"

  I quickly walked out and wanted to see what was going on. At this moment, a person rushed in and almost knocked me down.

  I was barely able to steady myself and saw that the person who had bumped into me was none other than Li Huanhuan, who had just left a moment ago.

  Li Huanhuan hastily reached out and grabbed me, saying "Come with me quickly", then pulled me out of the room.

  As soon as I came out of the room, I saw many people rushing in the same direction. Li Huanhuan was also pulling me to run in that direction, but when she saw so many people running in that direction, she suddenly changed direction and pulled me to run in the other direction.

  "What's going on? Can't you go a bit slower?"

  I just recovered a bit, but I couldn't withstand high-intensity running.

  Li Huanhuan seemed to have just thought of this, so she slightly slowed down her pace and said while running: "I don't know what's going on, several warships are heading in our direction, we're worried that it's your government's troops attacking, so let's hurry up and hide at the bottom of the cabin."

  I finally understood, but unlike her, I wasn't tense, instead I laughed: "Looks like your base isn't safe anymore..."

  Li Huan's face showed anger: "Do you think your government's warships won't attack you just because you're not one of us? Humph, let me tell you, don't be too smug. Once it's really your government's people attacking, bullets don't have eyes."

  I was taken aback, we were all on the same boat, if a fight really broke out, it's possible that I would be eliminated along with them. At that time, when jade and stone are burned together, who would still care about me, a small student?

  Li Huanhuan didn't say anything else, and pulled me to run continuously. The route she chose had fewer people, but I also felt that the distance should be longer.

  No matter what, being able to reach a safe place is good.

  Li Huanhuan pulled me to a relatively secret small room, this room was probably used to escape the war, the location was secretive, and there was also a small mechanism controlling it, outsiders found it difficult to discover this small room.

  After Li Huanhuan and I entered the small room, we soon heard a shrill alarm sound outside. Li Huanhuan said: "It's an air raid, it seems that this time we will have to fight a hard battle."

  I was just about to speak when a loud crash suddenly came, the whole ship seemed to shake violently, and then I heard many people's cries of despair.

  Li Huanhuan reached out and pressed down on my head: "Bow your head, hold on tight. Be careful!"

  I immediately did as I was told, without daring to hesitate in the slightest.

  I feel like this huge cruise ship is shaking all over, making it almost impossible for me to stand still, I don't know if it's because of the loud noise just now.

  Li Huanhuan muttered to herself: "It's an iron lump..."

  I don't understand what she's saying, iron lump? What is it exactly?

  Li Huan looked at me with a deep concern in his eyes: "It's an aerial bomb, very powerful. It seems that this time your government wants to wipe us out. But they must not think that we are easy to bully... Who will ultimately win, it's still uncertain!"

  At this time, the continuous explosions came one after another, and the ship was also shaking constantly. I felt very scared, as if I were a mouse trapped in a cage, being attacked by someone with a large stick, with no place to escape.

  Li Huan suddenly cursed: "Damn it, they're too deceitful. What's the big deal if they have a few more armed helicopters than us? We also have planes, and you'll be in for a show soon."

  I saw that her eyes were red, and she looked anxious. I couldn't help but say: "Don't worry, this ship is so big, it shouldn't be easily damaged..."

  Li Huanhuan angrily said: "Do you know what?! This ship of ours is just a cruise liner, after some simple modifications, it became our base, how can it withstand their crazy bombing?!"

  I was taken aback: "So you're saying we're in great danger?"

  "Cut the crap! Is it safe for us to hide like this?"

  She spoke while pacing back and forth in the small room, like an ant on a hot skillet, restless and anxious.

  I'm also getting a bit worried, I was already a little scared, and now after hearing Li Huanhuan's words, I'm even more uneasy.

  "No, I have to think of a way out. Otherwise, I'll be treated as one of them and get killed or shot." I said to myself in my heart: "I don't know how to swim, being at sea, what can I do?"

  Li Huanhuan also started to get scared at this time, muttering something in a low voice, and the expression on his face began to change unpredictably, sometimes angry, sometimes tense...

  The explosion sounds continued, I struggled to keep myself standing, but many times I still fell down with the explosion sound. Now I can't take care of these, falling down and getting up immediately, continuing to struggle to keep myself standing. And in the air of the small room, there seemed to be a hint of an unusual smell, I just smelled it and confirmed that this smell was something burning and passing by.

  Li Huanhuan also detected the strange smell, she became more tense and uneasy, after being knocked down again, she shouted with red eyes: "It's not going to work, we have to get out of here!"

  She pulled me with one hand and opened the mechanism, then rushed out first.

  I followed closely behind and as soon as I came out of the small room, I saw a passageway outside filled with thick smoke and flames.

  Something is on fire here and it looks like the fire is still quite large.

  Li Huanhuan took a glance and gritted her teeth, saying: "That bastard spy is sabotaging again... This place wasn't hit by a bomb, this is an arson attack."

  I also figured it out, someone deliberately set the fire to cause chaos. It seems that the government had already sent people to infiltrate the Wàn Lóng Huì from the inside, and now they are working together with the government troops to wipe out the Wàn Lóng Huì.

  Li Huanhuan wanted to say something else, I pulled her and said loudly: "Let's go quickly, it's dangerous here."

  Li Huanhuan cursed as she ran, leading me to the other side of the fire. She was more familiar with this place than I was, so she chose the route.

  We encountered many suspected arson points along the way, all of which were ignited by people with things that produce thick smoke to create a false impression of fire in order to cause confusion.

  Li Huan's anger grew as he watched, and he ran while loudly cursing, wishing he could devour the arsonist alive.

  I quietly followed her, but deep down I was secretly delighted. After all, the government's actions were also a way of rescuing me. As the old saying goes, "A soldier is not afraid of tricks", using tactics in war is a very normal thing, and sending spies or special agents to infiltrate the enemy's interior is also a very normal thing.

  Li Huanhuan, however, didn't think that way. She was a bit frantic, running and scolding at the same time, looking as if she would have liked to kill the arsonist.

  We quickly ran to the top deck of the cruise ship, at this time many people had run here, everyone thought that the ship was no longer safe, so they spontaneously gathered here.

  There were originally some lifeboats on the cruise ship, but many of them have been damaged now. In addition, people who came first rushed to board the lifeboat to escape, and there are no remaining lifeboats left.

  Li Huanhuan originally intended to escape with a lifeboat. Now looking at this situation, he suddenly lost hope and said: "We can't get out..."

  As I looked around, all I saw were people holding guns everywhere, and they were all shooting into the sky, hoping to bring down the government planes. But this isn't a movie, and it's impossible for machine guns to shoot down planes. Everyone was just making futile efforts.

  There are four or five government military planes in the sky, all of which are armed helicopters, and they seem to be carrying a lot of iron stuff, constantly throwing them at this **** base.

  The power of the aerial bomb is very great, and each one that hits a liner will do immense damage to it. Sometimes it even tears open the hull of the ship, allowing large amounts of seawater to flood in. There are also some iron fragments that fall among people, and one can kill or injure many people, blowing up many things.

  This is war, **naked war**. In war, death is normal. It's just that the scenes I used to see only in TV dramas are now happening right before my eyes, and I still feel extremely terrified and uneasy.

  But I didn't think about how to do it either, anyway this is not something that I can change.