Chapter 430: Farewell, Whale's Gift
"Are you really leaving?"
"Um."
"There are still many mysterious areas, why don't you explore them?"
"Let's talk about it later..."
After leaving the underwater ruins, the man and the whale continued to go deeper into the Far North Sea and communicate in the vast and cold seabed.
Life under the sea is mostly lonely.
This is true They are both aliens in the sea.
After more than a day, they began to slowly rise, being very cautious. They moved forward while rising, paying attention to the surrounding situation and guarding against possible mechanical creatures.
At this moment, there was no sea surface above them, and there was no floating ice. Instead, there was a thick layer of ice, like a huge and cold white lid, covering the Far North Sea.
Above the ice layer, there are howling cold winds and coarse ice crystals. The whole world is white, life is almost extinct, and few people come here.
"I have a lot of things to do on land. I'll come to see you when I'm free." Su Xia said to the big whale.
"What you humans like to say most is 'I'll be free later', just like 'I'll treat you to dinner next time', they are all false promises." said the big whale.
"Don't worry, I'm different."
Su Xia had been away from Coral City for too long and didn't want to spend too much time under the sea.
Before setting off, he had planned to get some venom glands and then go back. It would be best if he could find traces of his father and his team, but if not, forget it.
But he didn't expect that this trip to the south would cause so many troubles.
The current situation in Coral City is very delicate.
An invisible storm was slowly forming, and the center of the storm was the small pharmacy.
Su Xia knew about the "death threat letter" received by the pharmacy.
"Every pharmacist has a large number of connections, and countless people have been treated by them. My father is even a top figure among pharmacists. I don't know how many people have received his kindness over the years. Now the outside world is saying that I'm selling out my teacher for fame and that I've sold out information about my father to the mechanical race..."
Su Xia knew very early on that this matter would not end so easily.
When the news first came out, many people were confused, but as time passed, those people probably gradually confirmed the authenticity of the news.
For the time being, Su Xia cannot take off the hat of betraying her teacher.
Many people even compare him with the Masked Stranger. Although they are both famous figures recently, what they do are completely different. One never compromises, while the other sells out his master for fame and fortune. They are like heaven and earth.
At this point, I don’t know how many people are cursing him behind his back.
Many people are ready to take action for their father and get rid of Su Xia who betrayed their master, in order to repay the favor they owed to their father.
"At that time, Fan Lu came to the pharmacy to cause trouble, and happened to run into Moser who was in a bad mood. Moser and Yu Tuo attacked at the same time, causing outsiders to think that the two of them attacked for the pharmacy. This incident shocked many people..."
But now, as time goes by, the deterrent effect of that incident has weakened a lot, and those people are beginning to stir again.
Those death threat letters were their means of testing us.
They seemed to be testing the bottom line of the mechanical race.
"Are they worried that Moser or Yu Tuo is guarding nearby?" Su Xia thought seriously, "These two guys are in high positions, it's impossible for them to guard the pharmacy all the time, but those people don't dare to gamble."
Today's pharmacy is like a sweet bait. Everyone wants to take a bite, but everyone can see the danger behind it.
“Could there really be arrangements made by Mercer or Yu Tuo around the pharmacy?”
Su Xia is not worried about anything else. He is most worried about the impulsive guys in Beifeng Story Club.
What if they get carried away and come to the pharmacy with knives to cause trouble for him, and happen to run into the trap set by the mechanical tribe?
"In the future, if you can't survive on land, you can bring your friends to find me. I know several secret hiding places." The big whale knew Su Xia's concerns, so he said this.
"Okay, I'll come to see you when the time comes." Su Xia said with a smile.
"Don't worry. Although my fighting ability is not strong, my hiding ability can be said to be first-class. Otherwise, I would not have been hiding under the noses of those robots for so long. By then... eh..."
As he was speaking, the big whale suddenly emitted a wave of joy and let out a light exclamation, as if he had seen something that made him very happy.
At the same time, Sarah also detected something strange outside. She smiled and said, "Captain, there are a lot of biological signals ahead. They are very dense. They should be the shrimps in the Far North Sea."
"Yes, it's a school of shrimps!" said the big whale excitedly.
Just in front of them, in the dark blue sea, a large group of light red creatures suddenly appeared. They were densely packed and countless, like a light red cloud floating in the ocean.
The big whale cried happily, then swung its tail, and its huge body rushed forward at full speed like a piece of heavy machinery, causing a storm in the sea.
Eating when hungry is the instinct of almost any living thing.
Even mechanical creatures will try their best to replenish their energy when their energy is about to run out.
"Come into my mouth!"
The big whale swung its tail and opened its big mouth, which was dozens of meters wide, as if opening a crack leading to the dark abyss. Then it sucked in the small shrimps along with the sea water into its mouth. It was unknown how many tons of sea water it swallowed. It looked quite amazing.
The shrimps were frightened and began to flee in all directions like a swarm of bees.
But the big whale obviously didn't eat enough. After expelling the seawater from its mouth, it suddenly opened its mouth and sucked in countless shrimps into its mouth.
The big whale said that he had four stomachs in his stomach, and the first stomach was particularly huge. He would feel hungry if there was less food.
During the long evolution of hundreds of years, he often used sleep to reduce physical consumption.
"Oh, I'm barely half full." After swallowing several times, he sighed, seeming dissatisfied.
"You haven't eaten enough?" Su Xia was surprised.
"You don't understand. Once I start moving, my body consumes energy very quickly, unless I can find some higher-energy creatures." The big whale talked about his food list. Most of them were plankton, and small fish and shrimps. He relied entirely on quantity to win.
"By the way, speaking of energy..."
The big whale suddenly changed the subject and mentioned something else: "I see that you are not yet the top human being. It must be very difficult for you to unify the land. Do you want to become a top psychic creature like me?"
Su Xia smiled and said, "Top-level psychic creatures are indeed powerful, but individual strength is only one aspect. To unify the land, a huge team is needed."
"You humans are such a nuisance." The whale muttered, "Can't you just pick the strongest people from each camp, let them fight, and then decide the winner?"
"This should be a method used by the Zerg. Humans and Mechanoids don't like to use it..."
Bugs really like leader battles, and Su Xia has a deep understanding of this.
Once the leader is defeated, the entire hive will be defeated.
However, the war between humans and machines depends not only on leaders, but also on millions of ordinary soldiers.
There is one thing Su Xia did not say. From the perspective of this planet, the great whale is indeed a top-level psychic creature, but from a higher perspective, the great whale has not even reached the strength of the Zerg "Titan-level" troops.
Su Xia didn't want to hit the big whale, so let him indulge in his self-satisfaction.
"My current strength is barely enough on this planet," he said.
"Reluctantly? That won't do." The big whale said, "How about this, since you helped me solve the mystery of the pyramid this time, I will give you a gift."
"What gift?"
"Great gift, just take it!"
The big whale smiled mysteriously, but didn't say anything directly. It swung its tail, shook its two fins, and increased its swimming speed, leading the way for Su Xia, as if it was going somewhere.
Su Xia was confused and followed the big whale closely.
"What gift will it be?"
Judging from the big whale's intention, it seems that it wants to help Su Xia improve his strength and let him become the top creature on this planet as soon as possible.
Right now, only psychic potions can quickly improve Su Xia's strength.
Could it be that there is a shipwreck on the bottom of the sea, carrying psychic potions?
With doubts, Su Xia followed the big whale for more than two hours.
At this moment, they have floated to an area more than 2,000 meters below the seabed, getting closer and closer to the sponge.
"arrive!"
The big whale suddenly stopped, and its huge body suddenly stagnated.
In front of him was a long and narrow crack in the seabed. It was dark and deep, and his deepest part could not be seen. It seemed that some terrifying creature lived there.
Su Xia was stunned, somewhat confused.
Could there be a sea monster living in this abyss?
Could it be that the big whale wanted to catch a sea monster for Su Xia so that Su Xia could go back and extract its spiritual energy?
At this moment, the big whale suddenly released a huge mental wave, which enveloped the entire rift with unparalleled terror and pressure.
He seemed like an emperor, pressing down on the seabed fissure with tyranny, and shouted: "Come out, your Grandpa Whale is here!"
After saying that, he swung his tail violently, stirring up a strong current of water, creating an unstoppable and powerful feeling for himself.
The seabed was instantly in chaos, and the creatures around the fissure were terrified and began to flee in all directions.
More than a dozen sea crabs living next to the crevice were trembling with fear and running away with their bodies sideways.
Not far away, a few squids were frightened and started spraying black ink, waving their tentacles, and fleeing away in fear.
There was a group of colorful little fish in front of us. They were originally gathered together, but when they were frightened by the big whale, they scattered and fled on the spot, each running faster than the other.
Others had no time to escape and could only hide in the cracks of rocks or in the sand on the seabed, daring not to move.
"As expected of the Sea Overlord."
Seeing the momentum of the big whale, Su Xia sighed sincerely.
In the underwater world, the giant whale is indeed an almost invincible overlord. As long as it does not encounter humans or machines, it can do whatever it wants. Even giant sea monsters of the same kind dare not provoke it too much.
"Those who just fled don't seem to be the target of the big whale. He is waiting for the creature in the abyss to come out. What could it be?"
Su Xia was curious, so she took out her life-sensing glasses, put them on herself in front of the mirror, and planned to take a look.
However, just as he put on his glasses and before he had time to take a closer look, a wave of fear came from the crack on the seabed.
Immediately afterwards, there were more than ten consecutive mental fluctuations, all expressing fear and submission.
"Huh? There is more than one creature down there?" Su Xia was surprised.
"Of course it's more than that!" said the big whale proudly, "I've already told you, it's a big gift, how can one be enough?"
At this moment, with the help of life perception glasses, Su Xia had already seen the life form in the crack.
They were tiny creatures living in the cracks of the cliffs on both sides of the fissure, and they were not the sea monsters he had previously guessed.
Su Xia was quite familiar with these creatures. They were the Zerg shame that he had been catching when he first entered the seabed - the Phantom Blue Sea Clam!
"Here... there is actually a group of them?"
Su Xia was stunned. He had always caught them one by one before and had never seen large clams in groups.
As far as he could see, there were at least hundreds of large clams in the deep crevice.
How many pearls can so many clams produce?
Just thinking about it, Su Xia took a deep breath. Even with his strong composure, he felt a little uneasy now, and his heartbeat quickened.
There is most likely a family of sea clams here, hiding and multiplying in the cracks of the seabed under the Arctic ice sheet, in order to avoid being hunted by humans or other marine insect creatures.
But today, when the big whale came, it wiped out all the giant clams in one fell swoop!
"Come out! Everyone, come out!"
The big whale was lying across the crack, like a huge underwater mountain, and said arrogantly: "Grandpa Whale doesn't want your lives either. Just come out and spit out the psychic pearls. As long as you cooperate, everything will be fine!"
After saying that, he paused and sneered, "If you don't cooperate, I, Grandpa Whale, will break this rift of yours!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a strong spiritual fluctuation came from the crack below.
" Grandpa Whale, spare me!"
It takes at least twenty years for the sea clam to release this kind of mental fluctuation. Among the blue sea clam clan on this planet, it is considered an absolute powerhouse.
But he had no intention of resisting and asked for mercy as soon as he opened his mouth.
When facing a sea overlord like a giant whale, the only way out is death if you don’t cooperate.
Su Xia blinked with a strange look on her face, watching everything that happened outside. She always felt something was weird, as if she was watching Journey to the West. It would be more like "Journey to the West" if the phrase "Grandpa Whale, please spare my life" was replaced with "Sun Wukong, please spare my life."
"Why don't you come out?" The big whale said coldly outside, "Do you want Grandpa Whale to invite you out?"
"Here I come, Grandpa Whale, don't be angry..."
There was soon movement in the crack below.
Amid the waves of the sea, the shell of a large sea clam opened and closed up and down, and with a bit of fear, it jumped out from the abyss at the fastest speed.
Behind him followed a long line of sea clams of varying sizes. The smallest was no bigger than a baby’s fist and most were probably only a few months old.
The whole family came out, with all their family members, young and old, and everyone was trembling as they lined up in front of the big whale.
