Chapter 640 - 664: Boarding the Pirate Ship
The women were all sent onto the small boats, and on each boat, there was a sailor responsible for rowing, quickly allowing the small boats to leave the cruise ship. After all, when the cruise ship sinks, the force of the water will drag everything around into the sea, and that force is completely irresistible.
At this moment, the ship suddenly jolted violently, and there was a chorus of exclamations from the people on board. The crew loudly urged everyone to quickly get on the small boats. But these boats needed to be transported out mechanically from the storage area, and it required time to get everyone on the boats and then launched into the sea, so even if they wanted to hurry, it wouldn’t be possible in such a short time.
Another two groups of people boarded the boats, and the cruise ship started to tilt. Most importantly, the mechanical system that transported the small boats malfunctioned, and the small boats could no longer be sent up. There were still over a thousand people on board at this time.
"Crunch!" A strange sound echoed; it was the sound of something breaking.
"Jump into the sea!" John Brown shouted loudly, and the other crew members also began to shout.
They were experienced enough to know that the ship was about to break, and the consequence of breaking was that the ship would soon sink. If people went down with the ship, they’d be certain to die. So, in the limited time available, everyone needed to jump into the sea and quickly move away from the cruise ship, at least giving themselves a chance of survival.
"I can’t swim!" someone immediately shouted.
"I can’t swim either!" Even a burly man was on the verge of tears; in the vast sea, no matter how strong you were, not being able to swim was a tragedy.
"You all have life jackets on. Even if you jump into the sea, you won’t drown immediately. Rescue will arrive soon."
Life jackets on the ship were still enough for everyone, and each person was now wearing one. Those who could swim had already started jumping into the sea at the urging of the crew. John Brown and Martin Miller couldn’t afford to worry about others, for they weren’t saviors. It’s already hard to have reached this point, and once most of the people nearby had jumped in, the two helped toss the last few hesitant ones into the sea and then jumped themselves.
Everyone swam vigorously, those who could swim moved faster, while those who couldn’t swim were at least able to paddle away thanks to the life jackets. Additionally, some people had companions to look after each other, so it wasn’t too big a problem. In a short time, those who had jumped were already some distance away from the cruise ship.
At this moment, a loud noise erupted from behind. John Brown turned to see the cruise ship splitting into two, with the middle part starting to sink while the bow and stern lifted high up. This scene was so much like in the movies; if there were still people on the ship, they truly would have slid down into the water one by one like in the movie.