Financial freedom begins with fishing

Chapter 246 Firefighting

Before Chen Bai could answer, Xiao Kai saw him rush out of the cabin.

After seeing the extra water-based fire extinguisher in his hand, Xiao Kai stopped talking.

Needless to say, this guy was in such a hurry to find a fire extinguisher because he wanted to put out the fire on the other ship.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai stopped talking and hurriedly stepped forward to help.

When he bought the boat, the manufacturer provided him with four fire extinguishers, two of which were carbon dioxide and two were water-based. Later, he bought two more water-based extinguishers, making a total of six on the boat.

Chen Bai took one, and Xiao Kai quickly took out the remaining five and placed them on the deck.

Before he could speak, Xu Fukun picked up a carbon dioxide can and followed.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai also picked up a water-based one and followed suit.

As soon as Xiao Kai arrived at the aft deck of Chen Bai's yacht, he noticed that there were five other people on board: three foreigners, two men and one woman, and two men in their thirties.

"Do you need any help?"

Before Xiao Kai could speak, the bearded foreigner who was leading them spoke a sentence in Chinese as he saw them approaching.

Despite his somewhat awkward pronunciation, Xiao Kai still understood.

"OK, thanks!"

Xiao Kai nodded, and then jumped over the others onto the other boat.

The fire has shrunk considerably; the only major fire is near the engine on the aft deck.

Needless to say, Xiao Kai knew that the fire had probably started from there.

"Here it comes, spray to the left, I'll come from the right!"

Seeing Xiao Kai approaching, Chen Bai, who was already putting out the fire, quickly called out to him.

"good!"

Xiao Kai nodded in agreement and quickly followed.

puff~

As Xiao Kai released the safety and pressed the switch, a large amount of water-based foam was sprayed out.

When the fire encountered the foam, it began to extinguish in large swathes, as if it had encountered a natural enemy.

Although it quickly reignited, it remained powerless against Xiao Kai's relentless spray.

In less than half a minute, the area in front of Xiao Kai had been completely wiped out.

Seeing this, the two foreign men who had brought the fire extinguisher from Xiao Kai's boat, and another person who was probably from the fishing boat, also joined in.

Most of the fire on the ship had already been extinguished, except for the last area.

With the addition of these fresh fire extinguishers, the fire was quickly brought under control.

As the fire extinguishers were used up one by one, all the visible fires were finally extinguished when the last two fire extinguishers were less than half full.

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

However, everyone was still worried, so they carefully checked the fishing boat again. After confirming that there was no fire and no leaks, they were finally relieved.

"Phew, thank goodness you arrived in time, otherwise this ship would have been beyond saving!"

Finally able to rest, Chen Bai plopped down on the deck next to Xiao Kai, muttering to himself.

Xiao Kai nodded after listening.

Although he hadn't experienced the earlier stages, he could tell from the fire situation just now how dangerous the fire on the ship had been before.

Those few fire extinguishers alone were completely insufficient to put out the fire.

If Xiao Kai hadn't arrived in time, the fires that had already been suppressed might have reignited, and in that case, we might have had to abandon ship.

Can abandoning ship solve the problem?

Thinking of this, Xiao Kai couldn't help but glance at the spot where Chen Bai's yacht had been hit.

Judging from the current situation, his yacht is probably in bad shape as well, and the engine may have been affected. Otherwise, even if he needed to put out a fire, Chen Bai should have moved his boat to a more distant location. How could he have allowed the two boats to remain so close together?

Seemingly sensing Xiao Kai's thoughts, Chen Bai gave a wry smile before slowly recounting the whole story.

They were originally supposed to arrive at the rendezvous point smoothly and on time, but then this ship, which was on fire for some unknown reason, suddenly appeared.

Of course, the kind-hearted Chen Bai wouldn't stand idly by and leave someone in distress, so he ignored the objections of others and had the driver bring the boat over.

But the burning fishing boat suddenly went out of control and accidentally crashed into the location of his yacht's engine.

Although the fishing boat wasn't going very fast at the time, so the yacht wasn't punctured, it somehow stopped moving, whether it hit some important wiring or the engine was affected by the vibration.

What's most infuriating is that Chen Bai's satellite phone fell into the sea during the process, immediately cutting off contact with Xiao Kai.

Unable to contact Xiao Kai, Chen Bai could only have the driver call for help on the ship's walkie-talkie via the rescue channel while organizing people to assist in the rescue.

Even though he had used all the fire extinguishers on his ship, he still couldn't completely control the fire.

Fortunately, Xiao Kai arrived in time. Otherwise, if the fire had reignited, their yacht, which was unable to move, could have been affected, and more than just the boat would have been in danger, and the people on board would likely have been in peril.

At this point, it's no longer possible to tell whether to save them or not; they're basically trying to save themselves.

After hearing Chen Bai's words, Xiao Kai looked at him speechlessly.

"How come I didn't realize you were so reckless? I know you meant well in trying to save people, but don't act rashly. If the ship were alright, that would be one thing, but seeing the fire was so big and could easily get out of control, you still tried to rescue it head-on. Who else would you hit if not you?"

"I thought the fire was bigger behind me, so I figured it would be safer up ahead. Who knew the boat would go completely out of control! Luckily, it wasn't going fast, otherwise my yacht might have sunk!"

Feeling a little embarrassed by what Xiao Kai said, Chen Bai scratched his head awkwardly.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai decided not to say anything more. He sighed and said, "Alright, at least we've saved them now. Let's not talk about anything else!"

At this point, Xiao Kai seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, why didn't you look for me in the public passageway? Even though there's no satellite phone anymore, my ship's overclocked intercom was on, so why wasn't there a sound?"

"Wait, this seems like we're too far away!"

Xiao Kai thought of the time it took to get here. This location was at least 20 nautical miles from where he had just arrived, which was right outside the range of his walkie-talkie. Moreover, the walkie-talkie's range was affected by the weather today, and the transmission distance did not reach the ideal limit of the walkie-talkie. No wonder he couldn't hear it.

"Yeah, it's way too far away, of course you can't hear it. Not just you, it seems like the other ships didn't hear it either! If you hadn't come, I would have been dead here today!" Chen Bai said, extremely frustrated.

"Alright!"

Seeing how unlucky he was, Xiao Kai patted him on the shoulder in a comforting manner.

"So what do we do now? Your boat probably can't sail anymore, right?"

"It can't be opened!" Chen Bai shrugged helplessly.