Chapter 219 Man-Made Accident

Although the camera is waterproof, it is not a professional underwater camera after all. The pictures taken are ultimately unsatisfactory and it is impossible to make them as clear as documentaries about the underwater world.

This sea area is not particularly deep, but it is definitely not shallow either. If you have to say the depth, if there is a drone aerial view, it would probably look a bit like Fuxian Lake.

The water near the island is crystal clear, and the corals and small fish underneath can be seen even from the boat. If it is developed in the future, snorkeling will probably be included in the supporting facilities – if there is a way to ensure that this area of ​​water is completely free of poisonous creatures such as sea snakes, box jellyfish and blue-ringed octopuses.

However, if you walk further away from the shore, the crystal clear blue water in the bird’s-eye view changes. The color changes from transparent blue to darker, and the transition is very abrupt, like a small groove in a color palette, with sky blue on the left and navy blue on the right suddenly.

If you dive deeper, you will find that the abrupt transition point is actually an underwater cliff.

Can’t see how deep it is.

This island was bought for development, of course, because the underwater cliff is not close to the shore. Tourists are unlikely to get close to the cliff whether they are swimming, surfing or snorkeling near the coast, unless they take transportation to go fishing or watch the sea.

However, today, the program team gave each group a paddle board with a propeller, allowing everyone to go fishing in places where there are many fish.

Han Fei and Lu Xiaoli were in the front and had already entered the sea above the cliff, while Shu Yi and Ren Tuo had not yet – they just happened to be at the junction of the cliff.

The yacht the program crew was riding on was neither too far nor too close to the guests, because if the distance was too close it might disturb the surrounding water flow, and the guests only had a lonely board. If the person wearing the bracelet didn’t operate it properly and hit the yacht, or was even rolled to the bottom of the yacht, it would be a big problem. It would be okay if it was a little further away, because the professional camera was equipped with a telephoto lens, and you could shoot whatever you wanted.

At this moment, Li Wensheng was on the balcony of the room on one side of the yacht, enjoying the sea breeze, drinking beer, eating steak, and occasionally looking at the tablet he brought and staring at the live broadcast view on the yacht. It was so comfortable.

But not long after, I heard the sound of footsteps behind me, which sounded very urgent.

Li Wensheng asked lazily without even turning his head:
“What’s wrong? Why are you so anxious? If a guest accidentally falls into the water, there are life jackets and safety officers. We are fully prepared. We can just use the lifeboat to check the situation. What are you afraid of…”

He predicted the intention of the person who came. Although he didn’t see anyone fall into the water in the live broadcast room, it was impossible for one camera to capture all five groups of people. It was also possible that the guests who were not in the camera fell into the water.

Li Wensheng was not worried at all.

In the wild, whether in the mountains or in the water, accidents are normal. Even if someone falls into the water or even gets cramps in the water, they have checked before departure that all the guests are wearing life jackets, and the yacht and safety officers are nearby. Even if the yacht is too large to be convenient to get over, there is a small lifeboat with its own engine tied to the stern, and it will only take five to six minutes for the safety officer to get over.

It only takes a few minutes. Even if the guest can’t swim, the life jacket is enough to support him. At most he will be a little frightened. It’s no big deal.

But then, Li Wensheng was pulled up from the chair by someone and almost flew into the air. When he turned around, he saw that it was Xia Liu.

Xia Liu felt a little seasick, so he stayed on the bow deck to enjoy the breeze after getting on board. Li Wensheng, with Kou Hongying’s permission, found a comfortable guest room with a balcony and sat on the balcony to travel at his own expense. What a pleasure!
As a result, Xia Liu actually rushed into his room…

“Why are you here? What happened?”

Li Wensheng looked bewildered.

Xia Liu’s face was pale, with big beads of sweat oozing out of his forehead, and his lips were even paler than his face:

“Shu Yi fell into the water, and the audience in their live broadcast room ran over to the main live broadcast room and posted comments crazily. Aren’t you in the live broadcast room? Didn’t you see it?”

He pointed to the tablet on the small table, surrounded by beer and plates, which was still playing the yacht’s view.

Li Wensheng was stunned, then frowned:

“I didn’t pay attention to the comments. If he fell into the water, just pull him out. That person, Ren Tuo, isn’t he very capable? He seems to have a lot of outdoor experience. It’s impossible that he can’t swim. If he really can’t, use the horn to ask him to wait, and the safety officer will go over to get him out. Why are you in such a hurry?”

Xia Liu shook his head and spoke at double the speed, his lips moving very fluently:

“I didn’t watch Shu Yi’s live broadcast before, but the audience said that there was something crashing underwater, and Ren Tuo fell into the water first, flipping the board and dragging Shu Yi into the water with him. The biggest problem now is that the camera can’t capture the two of them, so we don’t know what happened underwater. Moreover, before Shu Yi fell into the water, she said that she had untied the straps of her life jacket, and the last scene captured by the camera was her doggy paddling with her life jacket off. She can’t swim!”

“There was no time to watch the replay. I asked the PD who was watching their live studio, and the audience said there was basically no problem. The situation was very urgent.”

Li Wensheng’s head started aching after hearing this.

He seemed to understand everything, but he felt like he was suffocating just by listening to it, as if the person who fell into the water was not Shu Yi but him.

He panted, and after recovering from his shock, he said loudly:

“Then why are you looking for me? Tell the safety officer to get on the lifeboat and save people. I can’t save anyone!”

Xia Liu’s tone became more serious:

“The safety officers have already set out, but they said it would take about eight minutes to get there. It doesn’t matter if she’s wearing a life jacket, but Shuyi’s life jacket can basically be treated as if she doesn’t have one. They suggested that we inform the closest guests of the situation and ask them to get closer to the drowning people first and put down rocks and ropes. Even if the guests don’t have to go into the water for safety reasons, there’s still a chance they can rescue Shuyi and Ren Tuo.”

“I can’t make the decision on my own, so I came to you.”

Li Wensheng’s eyes were as big as copper bells:

“Who is closest to them?”

Xia Liu paused for a moment before saying:

“Han Fei, and Lu Xiaoli.”

Li Wensheng gritted his teeth, turned the tables, and ran out with Xia Liu, saying as he ran:
“I’m worried about others, but Han Fei can definitely do it. Call him, hurry up and run!”

…………

On the sea, Han Fei and Lu Xiaoli did not take the oars, but just let the propeller control the paddle board to move forward leisurely, and the atmosphere between the two was quite harmonious.

Regardless of her purpose for participating in the show, it is an indisputable fact that Lu Xiaoli was once a die-hard fan of Han Fei, and now she has regained her favor as a fan. How can there be any unpleasantness when fans and idols are alone in the same boat? Lu Xiaoli pretended to be pretty good, but the corners of her mouth that were harder to suppress than AK already said it all.

The content of their chat was very jumpy. One moment they talked about how good Han Fei was when he first debuted, the next moment they talked about how the company and Lu Siyuan were so unkind and how they ruined Han Fei’s future, and the next moment they talked about how much traffic this show could bring to Han Fei…

In short, most of the topics were started by Lu Xiaoli, but Han Fei did not spoil the fun. As long as it was true, he would respond with “hmm” and “hmm” to show his respect, without any awareness that he was a star who needed to pay attention to his words and actions.

The audience was listening happily before, but now the comments in the live broadcast room are all screaming, saying that someone is about to die behind, so stop chatting and look back!

No matter how annoying Shu Yi is, no matter how many people scold her online and say things like “such a person has no shame to live for what he doesn’t know”, in reality most people just say a few words.

It’s like when you’re playing games and you curse your teammates, you’re just cursing your mother on the Internet. You don’t really want you to curse or anything like that. But if something really happens, quite a number of people will be afraid that the other party will find trouble with them through the Internet at night.

Especially now that it is live broadcast, except for some crazy people, normal people cannot watch a life disappear in front of their eyes. Of course, those who watch others commit suicide by jumping off a building and shout “hurry up and jump” are probably not worthy of being called human beings.

If even Shu Yi is like this, then the amateur elite male guest Ren Tuo, who has basically no negative news about him, will make the audience even more worried.

There were two people who fell into the water. To put it bluntly, among those who dislike Shu Yi, there are indeed people who hope that she will get out of the biosphere as soon as possible and stop appearing in the public eye to disgust people. But how could anyone have obvious ill will towards a man like Ren Tuo who has no obvious shortcomings except for chasing Nie Wenjin madly?

Because of all these reasons, many people were posting comments in various live broadcast rooms, hoping that some staff member would see it and rush to rescue the person.

Just two minutes after the fall into the water, there was movement from Han Fei’s side.

The loudspeaker attached to the camera made a crackling sound, and then Li Wensheng’s anxious voice was heard.

“Han Fei, Han Fei! Can you hear me?”

Han Fei, who was originally chatting happily with Lu Xiaoli and cursing everything under the sun:?
He was stunned for a moment, and said to the camera:

“I can hear you. What’s wrong, Director Li?”

Li Wensheng’s speaking speed was no less than Xia Liu’s just now, and he spoke like a machine gun:

“Shu Yi and Ren Tuo’s board flipped over. The safety officer has already set off, but the lifeboat won’t get there that fast. Can you turn around and go over there now, put down the ropes and rocks for temporary mooring, and try to rescue them? You don’t have to go into the water, just use the tools to see if you can get them to grab and pull them up!”

“Shuyi’s life jacket accidentally fell off. She may not be able to hold on until the safety officer gets to her. I’m afraid I’ll miss the golden rescue time!”

Han Fei did not hesitate. He immediately picked up a paddle and placed it in the water on the right. He began to turn the boat around. When the direction of the paddle board had completely changed, he looked at the control bracelet on his wrist and turned the propeller to the maximum gear.

It was the first time for several guests to use paddle boards, let alone thrusters. For safety reasons, all boards were set at medium speed when they set off. This would prevent guests who were unfamiliar with the technology from feeling scared, and also prevent the board from accidentally flipping over due to operational errors.

The propeller was electric, and the maximum speed wasn’t very strong, but it was still much faster than the medium speed. The paddle board burst out at a completely different speed than before, rushing towards a lonely floating board not far away.

Lu Xiaoli did not lag behind. Even though she was a little nervous at the speed, she just silently grasped the handrail pull ring on the board and said through gritted teeth:

“Han Fei, I know you are a good swimmer and you have jumped into a river to save someone before, but this is the sea after all. You must stay calm and don’t jump into the water directly. The conditions here are not comparable to those in the river!”

Han Fei also held the handrail tightly, staring at the board on the sea and said:
“It depends. If there’s no danger and the situation is really urgent, then there’s no choice. But we still have oars and something for them to grab. I won’t take risks if I have the conditions.”

“But I don’t quite understand. We just came from there, and everything was calm. How could it suddenly capsize, and when it capsized, two people went down together? Shu Yi won’t explain. The problem is Ren Tuo. He doesn’t seem like someone who can’t handle a similar situation.”

Their conversation could not only be heard by the audience, but also by Li Wensheng who was staring closely at Han Fei’s live broadcast room.

Seeing that they immediately turned around to rescue people, Li Wensheng’s tone relaxed a little, and he repeated what Xia Liu had just said to Han Fei.

After listening to Li Wensheng’s explanation, Han Fei frowned slightly.

Is there something underwater that flipped the board over?
Not to mention that he had just passed that sea area, and he didn’t even see any fish on the surrounding sea surface, so he decided to go to deeper waters. He didn’t stop to fish directly, and Han Fei didn’t see any marine life around him at all.

Seriously, there were not only two adults, a man and a woman, on that paddle board, but also a big rock. This kind of counterweight is entirely due to the material and design of the paddle board to maximize the buoyancy and prevent it from sinking. If there was something that could directly push the board up like this, it would be no exaggeration to say that it would have to be a fish that is bigger than the paddle board, right?
Even if a fish this big doesn’t jump out of the water, you can still see it just passing by underwater.

However, neither Han Fei and Lu Xiaoli who just passed by, nor the two victims who had fallen into the water saw the fish.

Is this fish really smart enough to deliberately target a group of people who can’t swim?

Or……

What about the fish that flipped the board over? Didn’t it exist at all?

It is hard to say whether these two people were caused by natural disasters or man-made disasters, whether a big fish was deliberately causing trouble, or whether someone was deliberately causing trouble.

Han Fei felt even gloomier when he recalled the ominous feeling he had before everyone divided into groups and set out.

Although the distance seemed very close on the sea, in reality, he might not be able to hear even if he shouted a few times. He had no idea what Shu Yi said to Ren Tuo. If it was true as he guessed, the other party said something that shouldn’t have been said, angered Ren Tuo, and it was such an easy situation to attack…

He found it hard to believe that Ren Tuo would let this opportunity go.

Ren Tuo is a player who dares to stab people dozens of times in front of Uncle Hat.

It is absolutely no problem for Ren Tuo to pretend in front of the camera and create some accidents artificially!

(End of this chapter)