I got up from my seat with difficulty. Although my fatigue was alleviated, I was still in a sub-healthy state.

  Because the life jacket and raincoat were uncomfortable to wear, I took them off and placed them on the seat.

  At present, I was in the same situation as Catherine and Zhu Ya, naked.

  We were all human tools that were about to be pushed onto the operating table and lacked extra clothes.

  Especially Catherine and Zhu Ya, they may have been stripped of all their clothes before being escorted here, because the male kidnappers would tear off their clothes before the transfer.

  After all, Catherine and Zhu Ya are both stunning beauties in the metropolis, and they are undoubtedly lambs to be slaughtered for those vagrant mercenaries who do not go ashore.

  In the lawless place of the high seas, the dark side of human nature is infinitely magnified.

  In their eyes, we, the people trafficked here, are like livestock.

  Dignity is gone.

  Although I hate the politician who betrayed me, the more pressing issue at the moment is survival.

  The will to take revenge was like withered weeds, which could hardly take root and sprout in an environment lacking nourishment, just like a patient lying on a sickbed groaning in pain, only hoping that the condition would get better as soon as possible, and never daring to have any unrealistic thoughts.

  The fragility of human beings lies in the fact that even hatred needs strength and breathing space.

  My action woke up Catherine and Zhu Ya. They looked at me, and I could clearly feel their tired state at this time, and my state was not good either, and I could only barely support my body.

  I also looked back at Catherine and Zhu Ya.

  In such a harsh living environment, we had long lost our sense of shame, so we did not feel the slightest embarrassment.

  As for the luxurious demand of sexual desire, it was even more insignificant in the face of survival.

  We were like three primitive people in distress, supporting our tired bodies and trying to find a ray of hope in this vast ocean.

  "What should we do?"

  Catherine asked me, her blue eyes, as beautiful as the ocean, looking at me expectantly.

  Our lips were both severely chapped, and speaking would only accelerate the loss of moisture.

  I did not respond, but opened the storage box under the front deck.

  When I saw the red plastic shell of the ship's emergency rescue box inside, I was excited, and even a little grateful that the kidnappers had equipped this speedboat with a rescue box.

  I dragged it out with great effort and opened it to check, and found that most of the emergency items were there, such as survival tools, medicine boxes, etc., which had not been used.

  There was even a wireless walkie-talkie, but the battery was expired and could not be used.

  Most importantly, there was food and two bottles of drinking water inside, including two packs of energy bars and a pack of raisins.

  Raisins should be the owner's inventory rather than standard, because they are easy to deteriorate if not stored properly.

  Although raisins are not as helpful to us as energy bars, they have other uses for me, so I put them back in the box first.

  These energy bars can provide most of the nutrients needed by the human body, but the quantity is obviously not enough for the three of us to consume for a long time.

  Especially these two bottles of drinking water with only 500 ml.

  Judging from the weather, it is unlikely to rain in the near future, so this water will become our lifeline.

  The rainwater on the deck last night mixed with seawater and was undrinkable.

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  "Water!"

  Catherine and Zhu Ya said at the same time.

  I immediately cast a stern look at Catherine and Zhu Ya.

  "If you want to survive, food and water must be distributed by me!" I said mercilessly, my voice was hoarse but revealed an unquestionable momentum.

  Catherine and Zhu Ya nodded. They knew that if it weren't for me, they would still be on the high seas medical ship waiting to be sent to the operating table and deprived of their organs.

  I asked Catherine and Zhu Ya to come closer, let them kneel in front of me, and I poured water for them to drink. Of course, this is not to insult them, but to clearly tell them that I am the leader on this speedboat.

  Catherine and Zhu Ya had no power to resist at this time. They knelt in front of me obediently, raised their heads, opened their thirsty mouths, and looked at me expectantly.

  I twisted the bottle cap with great effort and took a big sip first.

  The fresh water like a spring moistened my dry mouth and throat, making me feel like I was reborn.

  I have never been so thirsty for water as I am now. Instinct drove me to drink the whole bottle of water.

  But reason told me that if I finished drinking it, I would just wait to die.

  Therefore, in the battle against instinct, reason finally prevailed.

  I slowly poured more than ten milliliters of water into the mouths of Catherine and Zhu Ya, and the water line was as thin as a silk thread, dripping into their mouths. They were afraid of wasting a drop of fresh water, and they carefully stretched out their tongues to catch it.

  This reminded me of those sexy women standing in the window in the Netherlands. As long as you give a certain amount of euros, they are willing to please you in any posture you like on the warm bed of the hotel.

  I tightened the bottle cap again.

  Seeing this, Catherine and Zhu Ya's eyes revealed endless pity, and they looked at me again with begging eyes, hoping that I would give them some more water to moisten their throats.

  Obviously, I can't do this.

  Even if Catherine and Zhu Ya are willing to use their bodies in exchange, I will directly refuse.

  I told Catherine and Zhu Ya that it was not that I didn't want to give them water, but that we must control the consumption of fresh water and prolong the hope of survival as much as possible.

  As for the energy bar, I only gave one to Catherine and Zhu Ya. I also warned them that they could only bite a small piece and put it in their mouth to dissolve, and not chew it and swallow it directly.

  Because digesting food consumes water, which will aggravate the dehydration crisis.

  I also made a very important request to Catherine and Zhu Ya. If they don't do things according to my arrangement, I will not give them anything and water.

  I know that when people are extremely hungry and thirsty, it is difficult to control the amount of food and water they drink. Therefore, I must speak to Catherine and Zhu Ya in a threatening tone.

  The reason why we were dehydrated quickly was entirely because we did not have enough fresh water to replenish when we were on the medical ship on the high seas.

  Catherine and Zhu Ya seemed to be more rational. Under my threat, they consciously retreated to the side and lay down to rest to ensure that their bodies would not consume excess energy.

  I took out the compass and sextant in the rescue box, dragged my tired body out of the awning, and came to the rear deck of the speedboat.

  Use the compass to determine the direction of travel.

  The speedboat is drifting to the west.

  As I expected, we are in the South Equatorial Current.

  I used the sextant to measure the solar altitude.

  Then I took out the astronomical calendar from the rescue box and found today's declination (the latitude of the point where the sun is directly above the sun). Using the formula for the solar altitude, I could calculate the current latitude.

  This method can be used repeatedly to record navigation and calculate the latitude deviation at sea.

  The calculation results showed that we were about fifty nautical miles above the Tropic of Capricorn.

  But the longitude cannot be measured, which puts me in a dilemma.

  Without longitude, I can't know exactly how far I have advanced.

  Because the northern part of the South Equatorial Current flows from east to west, and we must be very far away from the African continent. Drifting west here, the probability of death will be extremely high!

  However, I can't row eastward, because that is going against the ocean current!

  Not to mention that we don't have the physical strength, even if we did, we can't offset the speed of the ocean current with our hands alone.

  If I knew the longitude, I could know my coordinates accurately, and then control the direction of the ship's drifting with my understanding of the Indian Ocean, and there would still be a chance to reach the shore.

  Now we are like seagulls with broken wings, standing on a floating rotten wood, leaving our fate to the ocean current and the sea breeze.

  "How is it? Where are we?" The girl Zhu Ya asked when she saw me writing and drawing.

  I sighed heavily.

  "We can only leave our lives to miracles, and try to maintain our physical strength. If it rains before the fresh water runs out, we may be able to survive tenaciously, because we can get food from the vast ocean, so there is no need to worry about this." I said to Zhu Ya, but I didn't tell her the worst case scenario.

  Because if we keep wandering in the sea, we will never drift to the land!

  Even if we don't wander, it will take a year to drift to Madagascar in Africa!

  Even if our willpower is strong enough, our bodies may not be able to withstand it.

  Because if we only survive on food and rainwater from the sea, our bodies will gradually lose important nutrients as time goes by, and most importantly, it is difficult to replenish sufficient vitamins.

  Moreover, eating a lot of dried fish or sashimi may cause us to suffer from parasitic diseases.

  Now we must make plans and mental preparations for a long drift.

  I told Catherine and Zhu Ya to follow my arrangements, otherwise it would be difficult to survive for a long time in extreme environments.

  Catherine and Zhu Ya knew nothing about navigation. Therefore, after I showed my ability to survive, they knew that I was the only one on this speedboat who could give them hope of survival!

  Catherine and Zhu Ya will certainly obey my orders.

  Even if necessary, I believe that Catherine and Zhu Ya would think of using their bodies or other behaviors to please me!