The sea breeze in the polar night was cold and lonely.
Fang Ning stared at the surface of the sea, puzzled. The tide was getting stronger, and the moon was approaching, but the observatory did not warn him in advance. This was obviously not normal.
He looked around subconsciously, waiting for the Dragon Carp to return from its investigation to kill time.
In the dark gray night, at the foot of a mountain in the distance to the west, he could vaguely see ice walls with obvious traces of human activity. They were stacked neatly, layer upon layer, like a great wall of ice.
Through the gaps of the ice walls, Fang Ning could occasionally see one or two fat black and white objects moving around with his current super vision.
Out of curiosity, he took a closer look. It turned out to be a group of fat penguins, but he could not tell what species they were.
Fang Ning thought for a while and asked Old George, "Do you often encounter penguins when you work here?"
Old George was stunned. Although he did not understand what the Pharos of the East meant, he answered happily, "That's right, I often encounter them when I work nearby. They're like my grandchildren. I like to play with them, and I've taught them many things.
"In fact, they were the ones who told me about the changes in the waves a few months ago. That's when I started to observe and record them."
Fang Ning nodded and continued, "So you're saying that you taught them to make the ice walls at the foot of the mountain in the west?"
Old George turned his head and looked, then exclaimed, "Sir, you have good eyesight. That's a colony of emperor penguins. They're seven kilometers away from us, and I can't see anything.
"That's right, I taught them to make those ice walls. They're a bunch of stupid fellows, and they don't have hands. I wanted to teach them how to make Inuit igloos.
"But after fiddling with it for a few months, they've only learned how to use their mutated beaks to cut ice bricks out of the ice, and then build them into ice walls. They can't build an exquisite igloo no matter what. I think it'll take them a few more years to master this complicated building technique.
"But this is a hundred times better than before when they only used their bodies to block the wind. It should save them a lot of fat consumption. I think that this winter, the male penguins that are hatching eggs will have a comfortable winter for the first time. "
Fang Ning was amazed. If animals developed sapience, many huge problems in survival could be easily solved by learning a little from humans.
He had seen some documentaries. One of the biggest difficulties for Antarctic penguins was the harsh cold climate, which greatly reduced the survival rate of penguins.
Fortunately, this kind of cold also prevented most of the ferocious predators from appearing. Only a few natural enemies existed, so it could be said that there were advantages and disadvantages.
Fang Ning nodded and said, "Looks like we have to ask the locals again to collect more clues."
In fact, he was just too bored from waiting and wanted to find something new to see.
After all, this was the Antarctic, and there was of the South.
He then ordered Black Dog to stay here and wait for the Dragon Carp to come.
Then, he brought Old George, Robert, and the other two on a flying sword and instantly arrived at the ice wall.
Of the view from above, Fang became even more. Fang was. at., Ning... from above.
It turned out that the ice walls were stacked on top of each other. There were a total of three layers, and each layer was taller than the one before it. Leaning against the foot of the mountain, it was like a city wall, and it tightly surrounded a large area.
There were only two openings. One was the entrance, and the other was the exit.
Inside the ice city wall, the plump penguins were packed densely together.
They did nothing but stand there, occasionally calling out to each other.
As Old George said, the cold wind was howling outside. Behind the ice wall, the wind was much quieter.
This large group of emperor penguins was about a meter tall. They were all plump, streamlined, and black and white.
When they saw the three of them, they did not panic. They just stayed where they were and chirped. No one knew what they were saying.
After a while, the tallest and fattest penguin squeezed out from the group.
It came to an open space and looked up at the three of them. Finally, it said to Old George, "Oh, it's our dear Old George. What do you want to teach us by coming here?"
To Fang Ning's surprise, this penguin could speak English, but with a strange accent.
Yes, perhaps Old George was too old and could not learn profound Mandarin. Unlike Robert, the three of them had been talking in English.
Old George briefly introduced Vigilante A to the plump penguin, as well as the questions they wanted to ask.
After hearing this, the plump penguin shook its body, then rolled its eyes and said, "Oh, you want to ask about the bigger waves? Actually, I can tell you, but this time, you have to teach us a cultivation method. I know you humans have a lot of it. "
After hearing this, Old George felt helpless. "Hey, Mike, you weren't this greedy before. I've already taught you how to build a house. After you learn it, you can hide from the skuas, the damn cold wind, and even your old enemy, the fur seals.
"You shouldn't push your luck. After all, what I want to ask is of no value to you. It's just something I mentioned in passing."
Old George was not stupid. He was a highly intelligent researcher. Naturally, he knew how long it would take to research a cultivation method suitable for penguins …
Now that the crisis was imminent, how could they have the time?
The penguin leader Mike shook its head. "It may not be of any value to us, but it should be very important to you. Recently, I've often seen you running to the seaside, braving the night and the cold wind. Is it because if the waves get bigger, they'll drown the houses you built by the seaside?"
Old George sighed helplessly and turned to look at Vigilante A.
Vigilante A said, "You bird, you want to learn the human's cultivation method. What are you going to do with it after you learn it?"
The penguin leader Mike turned to the east, a fierce look in its eyes. "I'm going to kill all the damn fur seals in the east …"
At this moment, another fat penguin interrupted, "Those fur seals ate the first wife of the leader Mike. After the leader gained sentience, he remembered this and always wanted to take revenge, but he couldn't beat them. "
The penguin leader Mike heard this and suddenly screeched loudly. Its tone was filled with hatred.
Fang Ning shuddered. Creatures without sentience also had the mentality of revenge, but it was impossible for them to have such a strong purpose and plan.
From the simple conversation of the penguin leader, he knew that it already had complete thinking ability and self-awareness. This made him feel a new pressure from the bottom of his heart.
Was the Earth big? Very big.
But in front of a species with strong reproductive ability, it was very small.
Now, two different species were obviously going to have a bloody conflict in a place that humans did not pay much attention to, to decide the winner …
One of the food of predators like fur seals and seals was penguins.
Before, penguins did not have self-awareness and almost never ran away. They would usually wait to be eaten, waiting for the predator to have its fill.
Now, it was different. Like humans, they wanted to take the initiative to eliminate their natural enemies.
Sir System suddenly said, "Those fur seals should be killed for doing such a heinous thing! I have a cultivation method suitable for penguins. You can teach it the Bird Play from the Five Animals Frolics. "
Fang Ning was speechless. "Sir, don't use our human morality on these animals. Their hunting behavior is the law of nature.
"On the other hand, if this penguin learned the human cultivation method, it would definitely kill those fur seals first, then the seals, then the walruses. Finally, it would dominate the Antarctic biosphere and reproduce crazily, causing ecological chaos."
Fang Ning knew very well that humans, who had a long history of ruling over the Earth, already knew the need to maintain ecological balance and protect the natural environment.
Although it was far from enough, this concept had become an unshakable consensus.
However, these new intelligent species were probably still dreaming of eliminating their dissidents and dominating the Earth.
Just like in modern times, humans did not have the consciousness to protect wild animals. They would eat one on sight and destroy one on sight.
Who knew how many species would go extinct until they learned a lesson in blood and changed their ways.
Now, even an emperor penguin that was considered cute by humans had such a murderous intent, not to mention other more invasive species.
When they grow stronger, they would definitely slaughter other hostile species and turn the Earth upside down.
How could Fang Ning not feel the new pressure?
Hearing this, the System said honestly, "I don't understand … Then what should we do?"
Fang Ning did not know what to do.
After a while, the leader of the penguins, Mike, seemed very impatient. It urged, "Are you going to teach me or not? These days, the waves are getting bigger and bigger.
"We don't know how the waves got bigger, but we know when they started to get bigger. We haven't told Old George about this. "
Old George touched his head and said helplessly, "Mike, you learned to speak less than half a year ago, and you've become even more cunning than humans. You even know how to hide the most important information. I'm teaching you how to build a house out of goodwill, and you're still lying to me. "
Mike said proudly, "I learned this from you humans. You used fake penguins to disguise as our kind, deceived us, and collected information about our changes. Did you think I wouldn't know?"
Before it finished speaking, it saw a tall figure blocking its line of sight.
Robert grabbed the proud emperor penguin by its neck and said coldly, "You're an ungrateful idiot who thinks you're smart! You only have two choices now. The first is to tell me immediately, and the second is for me to send you to meet your first wife. "
"Let go, let go, we need peace," the emperor penguin Mike shouted hurriedly, and then said in a panic, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you, the waves got bigger last year around this time. No, no, it should be delayed for another one or two months. Right, it was after that star fell from the sky, and then we realized that the waves were getting bigger every day at high tide. "
Hearing this, Fang Ning's heart shook, and a bolt of lightning flashed through his mind.
"Who has the ability to go against the laws of nature and move the moon?"
The famous detective Fang Ning suddenly remembered what Robert had just said, and he had a vague understanding.
He said immediately, "Let go of it, I already know who did it. Let's go."
Robert let go immediately. Old George glared at Mike, who was hiding among the penguins, and hurried to catch up.
"I'm really sorry, I didn't expect even a penguin to be so cunning," Old George explained.
"Hehe, these fellows have just learned how to speak. They haven't learned the moral concept of gratitude yet. Only the most primitive methods will be effective." Robert acted as if he had done something insignificant and had no intention of claiming credit for it at all.
Fang Ning secretly agreed. Sure enough, professional things should be done by professionals. Others might think that things that he was worried about were simple.
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