Literally I agree, in our 'broken English' translations of that ancient writ, that detail does appear to be unavoidable, not allowing for any exceptions.
But it's not as if I'm a Scripture denier. If I am, you could only sustain a claim that I'm a 'light' denier, but not a serious or grave denier. I take "six days" literally after all.
I'm just taking the global Flood as a given, and the discovered physical evidence that appears to be consistent with ancient people living in Africa and in the Americas for more than 6000 years, and wondering whether literally just a few, a very small amount, just by chance or luck or providence, survived somehow by accident, until the waters receded.
Into the one world ocean.
I'm asking.