The hurricane in the distance sent towering waves over to the cruise ship. Luckily, the hurricane was too far away to do any real damage to the ship; even so, the choppy waves were more than terrifying.
The large cruise ship bobbed up and down among the wind and the waves, tilting this way and that like a helpless toy. Its fate was now in Mother Nature's hands.
Gu Nianzhi watched the dark, menacing surface of the sea close in on them through the window. She hastily asked Zhao Liangze, "I think the ship is going to sink. What do we do?"
"Let's go to the fourth floor." Zhao Liangze looked at his watch. "They should be here any minute now."
Huo Shaoheng had told them to hold out for 15 minutes. That had been 14 minutes ago.
They could only hold out for so long.
