The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 355 - 348: Heartfelt Thoughts

Chapter 355: Chapter 348: Heartfelt Thoughts

Blue skies, white clouds, the ocean.

The sky was so blue, yet always so monotonous; the clouds were so white, yet filled with such boredom.

The ocean, this damned ocean.

Gao Yuan leaned against the pilot house’s wall, staring blankly at the unchanging sea.

If possible, he would have rather lain in bed, but the sun over the Mediterranean Sea was fierce, making the cabin stiflingly hot, unbearably hot, too hot to stay in.

So Gao Yuan preferred to lean against the wall of the pilot house, hiding in the shadows, rather than return to the sauna-like cabin, even if the bed was comfortable.

Air conditioning?

This was a yacht, of course it had air conditioning, but air conditioning needed power, and for safety reasons, generating electricity was not allowed.

So there was no air conditioning.

His eyes were lifeless, lips so dry they were cracked, his complexion waxy yellow, as if he’d just been dug up from the ground.

Eating made him vomit, and now, even though others had stopped vomiting, Gao Yuan still did.

Drinking water made him vomit.

Gao Yuan felt he was about to die from dehydration.

Of course, this was just an illusion, since if it really came down to it, Wang Ning could still give him an IV.

Yu Shunzhou, Nie Erlong, Lizhizi, Cao Zhenjiang, and Song Qian also leaned with lifeless eyes nearby.

Their daily routine as a group of five unlikely brothers was to find any place they could lie down when it got dark and cool, and when daytime came and the sun was out, they’d hide in any shady spot away from the sun.

Why was it that everyone else was fine, but not these five?

Because the others had undergone training, special forces soldiers who could do anything anywhere, how could they possibly get seasick; even if they did, they’d adapt in a couple of days.

But these five country bumpkins simply couldn’t handle it because the boat was too small, too slow, and even without stormy waves, they couldn’t withstand even a surge.

No one wanted to talk; they didn’t have the energy for it.

Xinghe suddenly yanked her fishing rod with force and then shouted, "I’ve got a fish, a big one!"

Panxin and Li Jingang quickly ran over, and then Avi also shouted loudly, "Reel it in, adjust the drag tighter."

Those who weren’t sick were fishing excitedly, while those who were seasick lay like corpses.

What was most infuriating was that the four Russians didn’t die; it was one thing for the old Russians to be okay, but even the goofy-looking Harry Kane seemed fine. Both of them were okay, and now Renato, who had already taken off his Italian military uniform, was also fine.

Human activities in the Mediterranean Sea had completely halted for almost a year.

Nature’s recovery speed was astounding; the Mediterranean Sea, which had been on the brink of exhaustion due to overfishing, was now teeming with fish.

Although the Mediterranean’s fishery resources weren’t abundant and the boat was always moving, they could only fish for surface fish; yet, they actually managed to catch some fish regularly.

It was infuriating.

Yu Shunzhou glanced at Gao Yuan and said, "Don’t you love fishing? Go fish."

Xinghe was enjoying the struggle with the big fish, while others either helped or watched.

Nobody cared for the five country bumpkins; no one paid attention to them unless they got in the way.

"Make some room, make some room, you’re blocking the way."

Li Jingang looked at Yu Shunzhou with a face full of disgust, telling him to move his legs. Yu Shunzhou lazily complied and then let out a very frustrated sigh.

Actually, their seasickness wasn’t that severe anymore. They felt uncomfortable but not like Gao Yuan, who really didn’t even have the strength to walk.

Gao Yuan simply closed his eyes, nothing interesting to see, how many days had it been already? The same scenes were played several times every day, he was fed up with them long ago.

"What kind of fish is it this time? Ah, I can’t wait."

Xinghe shouted excitedly, turning her head towards Gao Yuan, "I’ll make sashimi for you!"

Just then, Avi shouted with excitement, "Bluefin spearfish, it’s actually a bluefin spearfish!"

Gao Yuan finally opened his eyes a bit, out of curiosity, wondering if there were really bluefin spearfish in the Mediterranean Sea?

Panxin said anxiously and loudly, "Did you see it? I didn’t see it, how do you know it’s a bluefin spearfish?"

"Because the spawning grounds of the bluefin spearfish are right here in the Mediterranean! And right now, it’s the spawning season for bluefin spearfish, this spearfish must weigh at least a hundred kilos, we have to be careful not to let it get away!"

So, there really were bluefin spearfish in the Mediterranean Sea, but what of it, it was boring.

Yu Shunzhou and the others struggled to get up to watch this legendary fish species that existed only in rumors, and besides, these country bumpkins had never seen a fish weighing more than a hundred kilos.

Gao Yuan sighed and finally said with a lack of strength, "Can you guys... give me a hand?"

Li Jingang helped Gao Yuan up. Standing, Gao Yuan looked and realized he couldn’t see the fish at all. Xinghe was reeling in the line, but the big fish swam further away, pulling back out hundreds of meters of line that had just been reeled in, and then Xinghe struggled to reel it in again.

Catching a big fish took longer than Gao Yuan had imagined, and watching the surging sea water, he couldn’t help but retch violently after a short while.

There was really nothing to throw up anymore, but dry heaving felt even worse.

"Hurry up and put me back, quick, let me lie down..."

As Li Jingang was laying Gao Yuan down on the deck, he said with quite a bit of sympathy, "Everyone else is fine now, how come you just can’t handle it, sigh."

Gao Yuan was too lazy to talk. He said weakly, "There must be shit in my head for agreeing to travel by sea, really, only shit for brains would take the sea route. Next time, if anyone dares to suggest I get on a boat, I will strangle him with one hand!"

Tears of regret had already been shed countless times, but Gao Yuan would still go on and on about it like Xianglin’s wife.

Just then, the captain suddenly let out a loud shout, and the people who were watching the fishing reacted as if they had been electrocuted.

Gao Yuan didn’t understand. He murmured quietly to himself, "Even if aliens showed up, I wouldn’t care anymore, fuck it, I don’t care..."

Panxin turned his head towards Gao Yuan, his voice full of excitement, "We’ve arrived! We’ve arrived! We’re near the waters of Sirte, we’re going to start heading towards the shore now! We’re going to land today!"

Somehow finding the strength from somewhere, Gao Yuan propped himself up with his hands on the deck and asked with a trembling voice, "We’re going ashore? Really going ashore?"

Panxin nodded and said, "Yes, today we’re disembarking. We are about thirty nautical miles from the shore, uh, according to our speed, it will take five hours to reach shore."

"Five hours?"

Gao Yuan’s mouth twitched twice, and then he slumped back down onto the deck.

"Five hours, why does it have to take so long..."

He had waited ten days already, waiting another five hours seemed like no big deal. But Gao Yuan didn’t want to wait another five minutes; he wanted to get ashore immediately, right now, at this very moment.

Panxin squatted down, looking at Gao Yuan with sympathy. Gao Yuan felt something wasn’t right and said in panic, "What do you want to say? Why are you looking at me like that, what are you trying to do?"

Panxin sighed and said in a low voice, "Well, you feel bad on the ship, but once on shore... it’s going to be even worse. I just wanted you to be mentally prepared. But soon, very soon, you’re going to make it through."