The ocean breeze picked up. The two of them were psychologically traumatized by the thought of getting into the cramped escape pod again so they stretched out on the deck and tried not to waste the time they could move freely. 

“Bats.” Doudou screamed when she saw a huge creature suddenly flying out of the sea. 

Huo Yishen looked around and saw a white-bellied and black-backed marine creature swimming close to the sea surface in the distance, so he told his sister about it, “It’s called a manta ray. The big ones weigh several thousand pounds. They are living fossils of the ocean. They appeared more than 100 million years ago…” Doudou quickly took out her mobile phone to take pictures. 

Jiang Ning used her binoculars to patrol the sea and spotted a sailing fleet 3 miles away. 

Although they were called sailing ships, they were actually handcrafted. It was made of more than a dozen huge pieces of wood tied into a raft. Not only were there wooden poles, but there were also sails that could catch the wind. 

The rafts had houses built on them and various supplies. 

It was too far to see clearly, but the people on the rafts had dark skin, so it was unclear if they were indigenous or something else. 

There were probably dozens of people in the group, and they probably lived on the sea for a long time since their faces, hands, and feet were sunburned. 

Jiang Ning observed repeatedly but found no children or women. They were all young and strong men with weapons hanging on their bodies. Swords, guns, axes, tridents—all of them were there, and they didn’t look like they were easy to mess with. 

In the apocalypse, testing human nature can lead to terrible consequences. 

Jiang Ning handed over the binoculars. “They might collide with us.” 

Huo Yishen observed and asked, “Should we avoid them?” 

With the land submerged, there were no more borders; it truly became one global world. 

Jiang Ning didn’t have an addiction to killing so it’s much better to just avoid them. “Yes, let’s avoid them.” 

So, under the guidance of Teacher Huo and the novice student Jiang Ning, they drove the yacht, turned 90 degrees, and went 10 miles away to avoid them. They only stopped once they were sure the binoculars could no longer detect any danger. 

By evening, the wind and waves grew stronger, and the yacht rocked like a cradle, causing the four people inside to sway. 

Because of the swaying, it really made people unable to sleep. 

What if a big wave suddenly came in the middle of the night? 

Jiang Ning decisively changed to a cruise ship. 

With the difference in size, it was now stable and no longer rocked. 

Doudou had only just slept but when she woke up, she found herself on the cruise ship. 

It was huge, even bigger than what she had seen on TV. 

She was startled, but she just didn’t ask, not even if she was beaten to death! 

On the contrary, the dog was very calm. Jiang Ning already brought him to the space to play a long time ago. 

There was even a swimming pool on the deck. Why not swim a few laps to pass the time? 

But Jiang would rather not spoil her. How much fresh water would be needed to fill such a large swimming pool? 

She put planting pots on the deck instead, which could be used by the two to pass the time. 

Over the years, Doudou had not only become skilled at cooking but also had achievements in planting. 

She and the dog dug soil, sowed seeds, and watered the plants and busily enjoyed themselves. 

People really can’t be too idle. They are more energetic when they have work to do. 

Even the dog was running around on the cruise ship, demanding the trainer to set up the ropes properly. 

It jumped three meters high, bit the rope, and hung in the air, swaying in the sea breeze. 

In addition to planting, Doudou also wanted to raise poultry, but her brother disagreed, “The ocean is too dangerous; what if the eggs are eaten by fish after hatching?” 

In fact, he is not afraid of fish eating them, but Jiang Ning disagrees. It is true that there are many fertilized eggs stored in the space, but being in the ocean is an adventure every day. How can you take care of poultry in dangerous moments? The escape tools can be switched at any time. But you can’t take the chickens, ducks, and geese with you to the escape pod, right? 

Just thinking about that smell made her cringe. 

One day, while sunbathing, Jiang Ning was about to return to her room to rest when the sky suddenly filled with the rumble of an airplane. 

She looked up and saw a fighter plane flying from the sky, leaving a thick trail of black smoke. 

The light gray fighter plane performed aerial maneuvers, and it was displaying a red five-pointed star. 

Jiang Ning might not have felt it strongly before, but now she was drifting aimlessly around the world, and the flying five-pointed star made her heart ache. 

The fighter plane flew too low and emitted such thick black smoke, which obviously indicated a fatal malfunction. 

There was no place to make an emergency landing in the vast ocean. 

Jiang Ning shifted her gaze, and a figure suddenly jumped out of the fighter plane, falling rapidly from a high altitude, and then the parachute opened. 

The fighter plane continued to flip in the air, falling rapidly with circles of black smoke, and hit the sea in the distance. 

She hurriedly used her binoculars to observe that the plane had fallen headfirst and at a very high speed. It was submerged at an astonishing rate, and it only took two minutes from the fall to the complete disappearance of the tail wing. 

Jiang Ning retracted her gaze and looked for the parachuted in the air. 

To her surprise, the parachute was drifting towards her cruise ship! 

Although the other party was wearing an air force uniform, Jiang Ning still pulled out her gun out of caution. 

50 meters, 30 meters, 20 meters, 10 meters… 

The huge parachute landed, and the man ran on the deck, trying to control his body, but he fell down after a few steps. 

His body was covered by layers of parachutes. Jiang Ning thought he was not standing firmly, but there was no movement for a long time. 

Huo Yishen heard the sound and rushed over with Doudou and Coke. He was very surprised to see the situation in front of him, “What happened?” 

Jiang Ning told him what happened just now. 

Huo Yishen was wearing a bulletproof vest and holding a weapon. 

Jiang Ning helped to open the complicated parachute and saw that the man was about 30 years old and had fallen unconscious. 

His face was pale, beads of sweat kept coming out, his hands were tightly grasping his chest, and his breathing was heavy and irregular. 

This was bad, he was having a heart attack. 

Jiang Ning asked Huo Yishen to hold the gun beside him, and she turned the man over and laid him flat, and immediately performed first aid. 

First, cardiac compression, then artificial respiration. 

However, his condition was severe, and he was experiencing ventricular fibrillation.

 

Ventricular fibrillation can lead to sudden death, and resuscitation was very challenging. 

She remembered that there seemed to be a defibrillator among the medical equipment in several containers, and she had read the operating instructions not long ago. 

Due to the conditions, she hadn’t used Huo Yishen as a test subject before. But now she had to try anything. 

She had Huo Yishen carry him into the room, and Jiang Ning closed the door and blocked the two outside. 

She took out the defibrillator and power box and stripped the man’s clothes…

 

The first time she applied the defibrillator pads, she was undeniably nervous. When the defibrillator was pressed, the man’s body jolted, and Jiang Ning was so scared that she almost jumped up. 

Fortunately, she quickly steadied herself and continued with the second and third attempts… 

Jiang Ning tried her best, but the monitoring data was not very good. 

A sudden heart attack, combined with controlling the plane and parachuting, had missed the optimal time for resuscitation. 

She stopped the defibrillation but noticed the man seemed to be holding on, with his vital signs neither improving nor deteriorating. 

Jiang Ning did not cut off his oxygen supply. 

A few minutes later, the man struggled to open his eyes.  

Huo Yishen asked, “How are you feeling?” 

Hearing the familiar language, the man’s eyes lit up. He felt that he didn’t have much time, so he spoke briefly, “I am a pilot from the Eastern Military Base, number 92298…”