ebookland Chapter 1109
Chapter 1109
Let's go back ten days.
In the open-air corridor, Zhou Shuwan, who had just gone through a life-or-death struggle, was completely exhausted. Warm blood kept gushing from the wound on her chest, staining her clothes and splashing onto the cold metal floor.
Although one of the five well-trained soldiers had fallen, the remaining four still held her firmly in their grip, their rough hands clamping down on her limbs like iron clamps, almost crushing her bones.
She could clearly feel the tension in the muscles of their arms and the undisguised killing intent in their eyes—a ruthless determination born of meticulous planning.
After being subdued, she activated the spatial storage function, but it only managed to force the person back for a few seconds.
Then they heard hurried footsteps coming from the cockpit.
"Hurry, there's no time!" The leading soldier's expression changed, and he shouted urgently in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the end of the corridor: "Throw her down!"
"Throw her into the sea! She's badly injured and won't survive long in the sea!" another soldier immediately agreed.
They clearly had a plan in mind, and their actions were swift and decisive. Two of them quickly released their grip on Zhou Shuwan's arms and bent down to drag a large iron ball that had been prepared beforehand from the corner of the corridor.
The iron ball was about the size of a basketball, its surface covered in rust. Its heavy weight caused the ground to tremble slightly, clearly indicating that it was specially prepared to ensure that she could sink to the bottom of the sea.
Alarm bells rang in Zhou Shuwan's mind. She struggled with all her might, but the excruciating pain from her wounds made her vision blur and her limbs feel weak and powerless.
Two soldiers, one holding her shoulder and the other grabbing her ankle, roughly bound her body tightly to the large iron ball.
"You... are Wang Qian's people..." Zhou Shuwan asked with her last bit of strength, her voice hoarse, her eyes burning with anger.
No one answered her question; the soldiers' faces were expressionless, as if they were simply carrying out an ordinary task.
The four of them worked together to grab the ropes binding Zhou Shuwan and Tieqiu, and then threw them toward the railing.
Zhou Shuwan felt a sudden lightness in her body, followed by a tremendous downward force, and she plummeted towards the sea like a kite with a broken string.
All I could hear was the whistling wind and the roar of the mothership's engines as it moved.
"Puff-"
With a dull thud, Zhou Shuwan and the iron ball plunged into the sea, the icy water instantly enveloping her.
The iron ball was extremely heavy, causing her to plummet straight into the deep sea.
The surrounding seawater rippled with turbidity as she entered, and the crimson color spread rapidly in the seawater, like a strangely blooming dark red flower.
But it was immediately covered by the white waves created by the mothership's voyage.
The speed of the fall increased rapidly, and the water pressure also increased sharply, squeezing Zhou Shuwan's chest cavity.
The intense chest pain and suffocating sensation made her dizzy for a moment, as if her consciousness was about to leave her body.
But just as she was on the verge of losing consciousness, her survival instinct caused her adrenaline to surge instantly.
She slowly regained consciousness.
She forced herself to open the space, and the next second, a small oxygen cylinder appeared out of thin air in her hand.
With trembling fingers, she fumbled for the oxygen cylinder's connector. Due to the water pressure and excruciating pain, her fingers were almost unresponsive, and she nearly slipped the oxygen cylinder off several times.
After countless attempts, she finally managed to secure the oxygen mask to her face and forcefully pull open the oxygen supply valve.
The hissing sound of airflow filled her ears as fresh oxygen rushed into her lungs, easing her tense nerves and finally allowing her to breathe deeply.
The wound on his chest was still bleeding, and the warm blood slowly spread in the seawater, bringing waves of unsettling warmth.
But she dared not easily pull out the dagger stuck in her chest.
In the high-pressure environment of the deep sea, rashly pulling out a knife will only cause severe bleeding from the wound and hasten death.
She could only endure the excruciating pain, leaving the dagger inside her body as a temporary hemostatic plug.
Next, she must get rid of that heavy iron ball as soon as possible.
This is where the space collection function cannot be used.
Because the iron ball was tied to her waist, she couldn't use the power of spatial manipulation to retrieve it.
With trembling hands, he could only untangle the ropes binding him, one loop at a time, but this was extremely difficult.
Every movement aggravated the wound on her chest, causing her to convulse in pain.
Sweat and seawater mingled and slid down her cheeks, blurring her vision.
After an unknown amount of time, when she had almost exhausted all her strength, the rope was finally untied from her.
She immediately felt her body lighten, no longer being dragged down by the iron ball, but she didn't rush to surface.
She knew that the soldiers were likely still watching the sea from the railing, and if they found her still alive, they would surely kill her again.
She waited quietly in the deep, warm seawater, letting her body float slowly.
At first, her senses were hazy, but as she gradually recovered, she was able to feel that the temperature in the sea was slightly higher than the water temperature at the sea surface.
Fortunately, it was only 40 degrees Celsius at that time, so it wasn't too uncomfortable to stay inside.
This made Zhou Shuwan breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Even so, the pain from the wound, the weakness from blood loss, and the fear of unknown dangers still weighed heavily on her heart like a boulder.
In fact, by this point she had already exhausted a great deal of energy and was no longer able to use the space to do anything.
However, she used a cot on the mothership to remind Qi Mingyu that, given his keen senses, he would immediately notice something was wrong and come looking for her.
However, the enemy outnumbered her and she worried that Qi Mingyu would also be harmed, so she kept a close watch on the mothership's movements using her spatial perception.
She could clearly "see" several soldiers carrying the unconscious Qi Mingyu and jumping into the sea.
At this moment, the mothership was not traveling very fast, and Zhou Shuwan was not too far away from the mothership. If she was not careful, she would be discovered by the soldiers.
She was extremely nervous and could only try to blend into the surrounding seawater environment, remaining completely still and even breathing very softly.
The soldiers carried Qi Mingyu and quickly swam towards the bottom of the mothership.
In a hidden compartment at the bottom of the ship, they used thick iron chains to firmly bind Qi Mingyu to the hull, ensuring that he could not break free.
After doing all this, they quickly swam to the surface, took deep breaths of fresh air, and then quickly climbed onto the mothership and disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Zhou Shuwan felt a little relieved; at least Qi Mingyu was still alive and there was still a chance to rescue him.
Intense anger and a will to survive sustained her, miraculously restoring some mobility despite having almost exhausted all her strength.
She was even able to retrieve an oxygen cylinder from Qi Mingyu, just as she had done with the two women and children.
Then I tried putting the mask on his face.