Faced with 52 Hertz's pursuit, Zhang Zian knew that he had miscalculated. Thirty years of longing was not something that could be easily soothed by a few responses.
Years of loneliness had caused 52 Hertz to break away from whale society. Its personality had become eccentric, and its behavior was not exactly the same as a normal whale's.
It had finally heard a response, and it was as if it had caught a life-saving straw. How could it let it go so easily? Although 52 Hertz had no ill intentions, its huge size was a threat in itself.
If he tried to drive north, it would chase him to the north. If he tried to drive south, it would chase him to the south.
The assault boat did not have enough horsepower, and the fin whale, which had always been famous in the whale world for its swimming speed, had the good name of "Deep Sea Gray Hound." 52 Hertz, which had inherited the lineage of the fin whale, also had an amazing swimming speed. It could easily reach more than 20 miles per hour in short distances. As long as 52 Hertz wanted to chase him, he would not be able to escape.
As time passed, Zhang Zian was tightly entangled by 52 Hertz, and he could not escape no matter what.
Zhang Zian was in a dilemma. 52 Hertz's actions were very dangerous for both of them because the sea was already very shallow. There might be sunken ships or construction waste at the bottom of the sea, and masts or steel bars could cut through its stomach.
If he drove into the sea, 52 Hertz would be safe, but he would be in danger.
The boat was shaking more and more violently, and the breakfast in Zhang Zian's stomach was queuing up to come out and get some air.
This could not go on. Sooner or later, the boat of friendship would capsize.
He could not help but secretly regret it. It would have been better if he had borrowed a bigger fishing boat. Although it might not have been able to hold on, at least it would have been able to hold on for a while longer.
There was no medicine for regret in this world. In his mind, Sihwa's words of "good luck" to him before he set off appeared. He gritted his teeth and decided to take the risk.
He quickly put on the monitoring headphones and put the underwater pickup into the water.
Sure enough, 52 Hertz was singing again. Because it was too close, its singing drowned out all other sounds, and the entire headphones echoed with its singing. It sounded like it was cheering, crying, and telling …
It had been accumulating words for a lifetime, and it could not wait to say them all today.
Zhang Zian could not understand its words, but he knew who could.
Holding onto the side of the boat to stabilize his body, he struggled to pull out his phone to make a call, but the boat was violently rocked by the waves, and he was dizzy from the turbulence. He couldn't even see the screen clearly.
At this moment, his phone suddenly rang.
He didn't have time to think. His fingers instinctively swiped. He didn't even see who was calling. He just hoped that it wasn't a prank call to promote insurance …
"Hello?"
"… Hello?"
The voice on the phone was actually different from the voice in real life. Zhang Zian was stunned for half a second before he realized that the voice was actually from Sihwa.
"Is it Sihwa?" he asked loudly.
"En … en, are you okay? After you left, I kept listening to the sounds of whales coming from the east. It seemed like a whale said that it heard a restless whale and a trapped boat. I was a little worried … Of course, I wasn't worried about you! So I called to ask … "Shihua's uneasy voice came from the receiver.
Zhang Zian raised his eyes and looked around. On the surface of the sea not far away, he saw two grayish-black backs. Although he couldn't see them clearly, he felt that they should be the mother and son minke whales. He didn't know where the male whale had gone.
They might have also been attracted by Sihwa's song, but his attention had been focused on 52 Hertz, and he hadn't noticed when they had appeared.
After suffering the loss last time, they didn't dare to go near 52 Hertz at all. They could only sing whale songs from afar.
There were many whales in the surrounding thousands of kilometers of sea, and most of them were concentrated in the outer sea of Binhai City. It was like a noisy banquet hall. There were all kinds of discussions, and it would be very difficult to distinguish specific words from the crowd.
Sihwa didn't know the mother and son minke whales, but she heard their song. The song mentioned the giant whale and the small boat. Although she wasn't sure where it had happened, she remembered that Zhang Zian had taken a boat out to sea to appease 52 Hertz, and that he hadn't returned for a long time. Her heart inexplicably panicked.
She wanted to find someone to help, but she couldn't show her face, and the other elfins couldn't speak. The only one who could speak, Richard, probably wouldn't be taken seriously.
She also wasn't sure if the one trapped was Zhang Zian. The sound could have come from the sea hundreds of kilometers away.
The whale song mentioned that the current situation was getting more and more dangerous, but the whale's ability to express itself was limited, so it couldn't accurately describe what the situation was.
In a moment of desperation, she remembered that the phone could make calls, so she gathered her courage and dialed the only saved number in the phone book.
The radio waves bounced between the telecommunication base stations, constantly weakening in the air and then being amplified by the base stations. When they reached the last base station by the sea, they realized that there was no way forward, so they jumped into the sea. Before the energy they carried was exhausted, they finally reached the target phone.
Zhang Zian's phone signal was only left with one bar, so the quality of the call was not high. It was even more difficult to get online. The last time he sent a picture to Old Huang, it took him a long time to get through. He didn't even think that he would be able to get a call here. When he got back, he had to charge five dollars to express his gratitude to the telecommunication company.
52 Hertz's desire was turning into disappointment, and its movements were getting bigger and bigger. There was no time for pleasantries, so Zhang Zian immediately said, "Sihwa, 52 Hertz is very anxious. Listen to what 52 Hertz is saying!"
As he spoke, he turned on the hands-free mode and placed the phone between the earmuffs of the headphones so that Sihwa could hear its voice directly.
He was very nervous, not knowing if he could make it in time. Because the ability of low-frequency sound waves to carry information was limited, Sihwa might have to listen for a few minutes before she could understand what 52 Hertz was anxiously trying to express, but what he lacked the most right now was time.
Today's weather was pretty good, and there wasn't much wind, but at that moment, the sea was being stirred up by 52 Hertz's huge body like a pot of dumpling soup, and Zhang Zian's boat was the only dumpling in the pot.
It definitely didn't have any bad intentions, but even so, a sneeze could blow the boat more than ten meters away.
Zhang Zian was anxious, but he couldn't rush Sihwa. He could only pretend to be calm and ask, "How much longer?"
"Wait a while more …" Sihwa was also very anxious. Although she hadn't completely understood what 52 Hertz was trying to express, she could guess that the situation wasn't good from the anxiety in its whale voice and the sound of the waves on the sea.
"It's okay. Take your time and listen." Zhang Zian comforted her, but his eyes were looking around the boat, calculating the escape route if the boat capsized.
"Huh?" Sihwa suddenly exclaimed.
"What's wrong? Did you understand what it said? "Zhang Zian hurriedly asked.
"No … No, it's not it … It's the other whales … I heard a lot of other whales …" She said incoherently. "They … they're coming!"
An unexpected turn of events had appeared!
52 Hertz seemed to have felt some kind of threat. It suddenly stopped swimming around the boat and stared in the direction of the sea.
The sea on this side quickly calmed down, but on the other side, the sea was boiling.
What was going on?
Zhang Zian was puzzled. Was this a joke? Who could threaten this giant of the sea?
He also looked in that direction.
Whoosh!
One by one, the grayish-black backs emerged from the water, forming a long line that blocked the sea. There were at least a dozen adult minke whales, and from time to time, there was a low spray of water mist, indicating that more minke whales were coming one after another.
The leader was the male whale that Zhang Zian had met before. No wonder it did not appear next to the mother and son minke whales. It turned out that it had gone to summon its own kind nearby.
Minke whales were usually used to being alone, but sometimes they would form a large group in the feeding grounds. Especially when they were in trouble, they would use whale songs to communicate with each other and work together in a group. After all, whales were social animals, and they could also help one another when one was in trouble.
The male whale had been at a disadvantage in a one-on-one fight last time. This time, it had learned its lesson and called for help to fight in a group.
Now, a rare and large group of minke whales was gathering.
Minke whales did not have teeth, but they could use the top of their heads, their bodies to ram, and their tails to sweep. A lone minke whale could become food for other beasts in the sea, but a large group of minke whales was enough to defend themselves.
The mother and son minke whales had also joined the group, and they could no longer be found. There were grayish-black backs everywhere on the surface of the sea.
This time, it was no longer a battle between three heroes and Lu Bu, but an army of thousands and thousands of horses and horses to trample Lu Bu …
If he recorded the scene with his phone and posted it on a video website with the title "The Legendary 52 Hertz's Fierce Battle with the Minke Whales," it would definitely attract a lot of attention.
Unfortunately, Zhang Zian did not have the time to record it. His phone was letting Sihwa listen to the whale song. Even if he had the time to record it, he did not plan on doing so. It was better not to disturb the whales' peace in Binhai City.
No matter how much 52 Hertz wanted it, it had to deal with the situation in front of it first. The surface of the sea had been blocked by the group of minke whales, and it was not deep in the sea where it could dive. If it wanted to break through, it could only force its way through.
Zhang Zian and his small boat had obtained temporary stability. He could totally take this opportunity to slip away first, but he did not want to just walk away and leave 52 Hertz and the group of minke whales to fight to the death. Otherwise, there might be a few stranded whales on the beach the next day.
Between the earmuffs of the headset, various sounds captured by the underwater pickup echoed. The singing of the minke whales was chaotic and noisy, and they were intensively exchanging all kinds of information. 52 Hertz's voice seemed deeper. Even if he could not understand it at all, he could still feel the sadness in it. The other party could summon a large group with just a few words, and it could only fight alone. No one of its kind could respond to its call.
At that moment, another melodious song suddenly came from between the headsets. The sound climbed to a high peak, and then gently twisted and turned into a trough. It corresponded to two different frequencies.
52 Hertz and the group of minke whales immediately calmed down.
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