Reborn: I Stock Up and Bully the Trash to Dominate the Apocalypse

Huge splashes of water splashed onto the deck and instantly condensed into a thin layer of ice in the cold air.

"Put on a little more strength!" Zhou Jianghai shouted.

Qi Mingyu pushed the accelerator to the maximum and the engine roared.

At this critical moment, the cruise ship finally broke free from the gravitational pull of the main vortex and rushed into relatively calm waters.

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but their expressions remained solemn.

On the surrounding sea surface, whirlpools of various sizes are still spinning slowly, like lurking monsters that may attack at any time.

The sunlight shines on the center of the vortex, forming circles of strange light and shadow, as if drawing a dizzying pattern on the sea.

The sea water at the edge of the whirlpool was drawn into it, forming silver-white water belts that sparkled coldly in the sunlight.

Qi Mingyu glanced around. "This area is much larger than I imagined. Based on the drifting trajectory of the ice floes, I speculate that we are at its edge."

His voice was steady, but it couldn't hide the solemnity in it.

The air around seemed to freeze, and only the low roar of the engine echoed on the empty sea.

If you don't enter the central area, it is easy to get out of these vortex areas as long as you find the right direction.

But they couldn't determine the direction.

The sun in the sky has lost its guiding role.

The Earth's magnetic field has been in disarray since the major earthquake.

Without the guidance of the sun and magnetic field, they are like blind people groping in the endless darkness.

As far as the eye can see, there are whirlpools of all sizes surrounding the ship. It seems that if one is not careful, they will drag the cruise ship to the bottom of the sea.

What is even more terrifying is that a black vortex in the distance is moving slowly, swallowing everything in its path.

A huge piece of ice was sucked into it, torn into pieces in an instant, and disappeared in the center of the bottomless vortex.

"We must find a way to determine the direction." Mu Mu's voice broke the silence.

Zhou Jianghai looked at the whirlpools around him, frowning. "But in this kind of place, we can't even tell east from west, south from north, let alone find a way out."

Qi Mingyu took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

His eyes searched the sea carefully, trying to find anything that could serve as a reference.

Suddenly, he noticed a thin white strip of water on the sea in the distance, which flowed in a different direction from the water in other places.

"Look over there," he pointed to the stream. "That current seems to be flowing in a different direction than the others."

It is very likely that this is the confluence of the two ocean currents they were looking for.

If that's the case, that might be their way out.

As long as they can get there safely by cruise ship, they may be able to follow the turbulent current to rush out of this vortex area.

Zhou Jianghai was very happy: "That water belt doesn't look too far away from us. As long as we are careful to avoid the whirlpools along the way, we will definitely get there safely."

Qi Mingyu nodded firmly: "This is our only choice at the moment. Instead of sitting here and waiting to die, why not give it a try?"

He adjusted the direction and slowly drove towards the white water belt.

Every time he approached a whirlpool, he had to carefully adjust his course to avoid the strong gravitational force.

From time to time, there are whirlpools that are expanding.

Or a new vortex appears out of nowhere.

The cruise ship shuttled between whirlpools, and Qi Mingyu relied on his superb driving skills to escape danger time and time again.

Every time he turned, he was like dancing on the edge of a knife, trying to avoid the gravitational pull of the whirlpool while maintaining enough speed to avoid being caught by the undercurrent.

However, although the white water belt appears to be very close to the naked eye.

On this mirror-like sea surface, there is no reference, no wind, no waves, and the distance is infinitely compressed.

The scene in the distance seemed to be pasted on the sky. No matter how long the cruise ship sailed forward, the white water belt seemed to remain in the same place, as if it would never reach its destination.

But in fact, the endless sea can deceive people's eyes.

At sea, this optical illusion is known as "horizon compression."

When the sea is absolutely calm, people's vision loses the sense of hierarchy, with objects near and far appearing smaller, and distant objects appear much closer than their actual distance.

Experienced sailors know that in this situation, the distance judged by the naked eye is often only one-third of the actual distance, or even less.

Even though the distance is so close, it is very likely that you cannot reach it even after sailing for several days and nights.

As time went on, they gradually discovered that the white water belt was not static.

This is really sad news.

It was moving slowly, and its direction was always slightly off from their course.

If they fail to adjust their course in time, they will likely miss their target.

And they also need to dodge the vortex that is really close to them again and again.

This requires the full attention and concentration of everyone on board.

After a long time, you will feel very tired.

If you keep staring at those whirlpools, you will feel dizzy.

Zhou Jianghai couldn't help but curse, "This is bizarre! We've just been trapped in that mirror-like undercurrent, unable to get out. Now that we've finally gotten out, we're stuck in this seemingly endless vortex."

Qi Mingyu was concentrating on operating the cruise ship.

Mu Mu's expression was very solemn. "It's very likely that this is the ocean world after daylight. It's completely different from the ocean we've seen before."

They had driven cruise ships and submarines out for a few months before the polar night, but many of the phenomena they encountered now had never appeared before.

But in fact, these bizarre and dangerous phenomena do not occur only after experiencing polar night and day.

It is because the geological structure of the entire earth has been changed, resulting in fundamental changes in the magnetic field, climate, ocean currents, etc.

Humans, as tiny as ants, are powerless to change!

At this moment, a new whirlpool appeared on the sea ahead.

It formed faster than any other vortex seen before. In just a few seconds, it expanded from a small vortex to a diameter of tens of meters.

“Be careful!” Mu Mu shouted, “This vortex rotates in the opposite direction to the other vortices!”

Qi Mingyu reacted immediately and adjusted his course to avoid the countercurrent vortex.

However, just as they had avoided it, two new whirlpools appeared on the right, each rotating in a different direction.

"What's going on?" Zhou Jianghai exclaimed. "Why are these vortices spinning in different directions?"

No one can explain it!

However, since something was different, a glimmer of hope flashed in Qi Mingyu's eyes: "This may mean that we are getting closer to that white water belt!"

Sure enough, as they continued to move forward, there were more and more whirlpools on the sea surface, and the rotation direction became more and more complicated.

Some whirlpools even collide and merge with each other to form larger whirlpools.