fantishu
Chapter 337
Chapter 337
Chapter 337 Survival
The gloomy sky was like a dull curtain, covering the entire sea from the end of the sight.
The sea breeze was getting stronger and stronger, rolling up the waves like a monster, pounding hard on the lighthouse.
Lucia only felt that every inch of her body was cold as ice.
The seawater had already reached her chest, and the pressure made her feel that breathing had become a little difficult.
With a strong wind, bean-sized raindrops came down.
The wind and waves in the sea tumbled more strongly, even the speed of the tide was becoming faster.
Lucia raised her eyes to look in the direction of the coast, where it was dark, only a little light could be seen further down the road, but those stars of light, at such times, could not give her any comfort.
Along with the numbness of the body, there were also nerves, Lucia's head was getting dizzy.
A big wave hit her and she blacked out at the impact.
Not far away, about a nautical mile away, August was still struggling to swim forward, but slowly, with the onset of heavy rain at sea, his limbs felt like they were made of lead, and was becoming more and more heavy.
August felt that the heat in his body was slowly running out.
His limbs were completely mechanical paddling forward, the most horrible thing was that August felt that his body was beginning to control.NôvelDrama.Org owns all © content.
He was a very good swimmer.He used to swim for more than two hours during training, but now the situation was completely different.
More importantly, he had some sort of fear for the ocean.
Ten years ago, when August was a teenager, it was also such a rainy night, he almost died in the sea.
Since then, he had a sense of fear for the ocean, more fear of swimming in the deep sea.
Even after he went through all kinds of training, suffered knife wounds, was shot, he had never felt any fear.
The fear of the ocean, had been a scar that he refused to face for more than a decade.
The only people who knew about this matter were his deceased mother and Eliot, other than that, he hadn't told anyone.
And now, in the cold seawater, wrapped by the wind and waves, the rain kept smashing into him, the fear of dying more than a decade ago all came back.
He took a deep breath and raised his eyes to look at the lighthouse not far ahead.
He kept on telling himself to go faster and faster, but his throat felt like it was strangled by an invisible hand, and was becoming more and more uncomfortable.
Suddenly, his limbs became stiff.He could no longer move them and his body sank like a stone.
The moment the whole body was submerged in seawater, the world seemed to be quiet, that moment, images suddenly appeared in August's mind.
The woman, she was laughing, crying, cute, sad, all kinds of images appeared like a film.
The urge to survive became stronger than ever at that moment.
August gritted his teeth and tried his best to move his muscles to swim slowly forward.
There wasn't much left to go.
He would soon reach her! The light on the lighthouse flickered, slowly, closer and closer, closer and closer, finally, he got close to the lighthouse and saw that there was no one on the nearest ladder.
Lucia’s figure was nowhere to be seen.
His heart skipped a beat, something boomed between his ears, and he gritted his teeth and continued to swim around the lighthouse.
Only when he reached the other end of the lighthouse did he see Lucia tied to the ladder.
The seawater had reached her chin, and she was completely unconscious and delirious.
August frowned and immediately swam over with faster movements, reaching out to grab the ladder and called out, "Lucia! Wake up!"
He took out his Army knife at his waist and dived into the seawater, cutting the rope tied between Lucia's ankles.
All the ropes were cut off, August put her behind his back, struggled to climb up the ladder, and put Lucia on the only place of the lighthouse where they could stand.
The surrounding waves were like man-eating beasts that wanted to mess up the entire lighthouse into its belly.
August quickly checked Lucia’s breathing.
When he found out that Lucia was still breathing, August breathed a sigh of relief.
He reached out his hand and touched her extremely cold body.
The temperature made him frown again.
This was definitely not going to cut it, the lighthouse was definitely not a place to stay for the long run.
If they spent the night here, they would die of hypothermia even if they didn't drown.
August frowned, he was desperate.He stretched out his hand, mechanically rubbed Lucia’s arms, to help her restore some body temperature while he turned his head around to find anything useful.
This lighthouse wasn't large.
It was only to play a role in escorting the nearby fishing boats to find their way back.
Everything was kept as simple as possible.
There weren't even any first aid supplies.
August stood up, walked around and saw the life ring hanging above the lighthouse.
With that, he was filled with hope again.
He immediately went up and climbed up a small ladder and took down the life ring and a rope was hanging from it.
At this time, he could only rely on this to bring Lucia to shore, only then, the two of them would be saved.
He tied one end of the rope to Lucia's waist, the other end tied to his own waist, and wrapped the rope around the life ring once more.
After all this, he put the lifebuoy on Lucia, and then pushed her into the sea.
Because of the buoyancy assistance of the lifebuoy, Lucia's body didn’t sink.
This meant that as long as August fought to swim forward, while pulling the rope, you could drag Lucia closer to the shore.
However, whether he could successfully swim from where he was to the shore was another issue.
August raised his eyes and looked at the black churning sea in front of him, his heart unconsciously became nervous, a dull invisible pressure enveloped his heart, so he breathed a little harder.
No! He couldn't be afraid! Once the thought of fear grew in his heart, then he would definitely not be able to swim to the shore! August gritted his teeth, turned to look at the unconscious Lucia next to him, and suddenly reached out to hold her hand.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely take you to shore!"
The unconscious woman did not respond, but a force that he couldn't really explain was actually giving him strength.
He took a deep breath, jumped into the sea, and swam forward with great effort, pulling Lucia closer to the coast while swimming.
Due to the fact that August was pulling Lucia behind him, his speed was much slower than his way to the lighthouse.
He not only had to swim forward with great effort, but he also had to pull Lucia with him.
The fear of the unknown came over him, August's body was already cold and kept shivering, but with the last bit of perseverance deep in his mind, helped him fight till the end! When he struggled to climb back ashore, his last ounce of strength was exhausted, he dragged Lucia to shore, his limbs were completely numb and stiff.
He held on to his last breath, dragged Lucia to the beach away from the tide, and when he got up again, his legs went limp.
Then, as if covered by a black cloth, August blacked out, lost balance, fell on the ground and lost his consciousness.