"Wait," Xie Sen hurriedly spoke up after Lanny, asking Ximai, "Where is the Blue Whale now?"
Ximai didn't answer, but looked at Lanny.
Lanny nodded, and Ximai then replied, "The Blue Whale is currently 260 kilometers west of the Youhai Building. At its speed, it will encounter tourists in less than ten minutes."
Xie Sen frowned. It was that far; they couldn't possibly get there in a short time.
The Blue Whale and the others with it were all highly intelligent. Not long ago, the Blue Whale had promised to take good care of its contracted beasts, hiding there undiscovered and not coming out without reason.
Now that it was out, it must have something to do, and it was very likely looking for him.
Xie Sen quickly finished thinking and continued, "Do you have anyone nearby?"
Ximai nodded solemnly, "Yes, at level one alert. We can stop it from advancing at any time."
"The Blue Whale is our good friend! You can't hurt it!" Long Teng shouted.
Lenny narrowed his eyes. "A friend?"
Shesen said, "Yes, don't let anyone attack it. Blue whales are huge; if a conflict breaks out, injuries and fatalities are inevitable. Trust me, it won't attack people."
"Even if it doesn't attack people proactively, its presence in front of tourists will cause panic, and panic could lead to disaster," Lenny said in a deep voice.
Shesen thought for a moment. "I have a way that might stop it from advancing without resorting to force."
Lenny said, "Tell me."
Shesen: "I need the blue whale to hear me. Your people should be able to do that, right? It would be even better if you could film the blue whale in real time so I can observe its reaction."
Lenny's gaze swept towards Ximai.
Ximai's serious face was contorted with anger. He glared at Xie Sen and said, "Are you kidding me? Blue whales are so big. For it to hear you, you'd have to get really close. That's too dangerous."
Xie Sen knew the blue whale's size was intimidating, so he could only say earnestly, "Trust me, it won't attack humans unless provoked. Of course, if you're worried, you can think of a way—like tying a communicator to a rope and lowering it from the aircraft to the side of the blue whale's head?"
Lanny nodded slightly to Ximai, "Do as he says."
Ximai contacted the relevant personnel and instructed them to prepare according to Xie Sen's instructions.
The members of the Blue Star Security Department who received his message were all dumbfounded. Had Ximai lost his mind? Did he intend to tell the blue whale not to advance?
Of course, no one dared to voice this thought and silently obeyed orders.
Two minutes later, Ximai transferred the communication and live video to Lanny: "Ready."
Lanny enlarged the screen so everyone present could clearly see the blue whale's reaction, and simultaneously turned the audio to speakerphone, so anyone speaking would be heard through the communicator held near the blue whale's head.
Lanny raised an eyebrow, a half-smile playing
on his lips. Xie Sen coughed, feeling a bit embarrassed by the sight of Little Silver and the two contracted beasts on the blue whale's back.
He looked at the video; the blue whale was swimming rapidly forward, the aircraft hovering above its head, maintaining a near-synchronous speed so the communicator remained close to its head.
Xie Sen spoke directly: "Big Tail, this is Asen, can you hear me?"
The blue whale didn't move. The large crab on its head moved closer to the communicator, its eyes darting around, staring intently at the device, and tapped the blue whale's forehead with its claws. The
blue whale stopped swimming, the sea gradually calming down. It opened its mouth, tilting its head slightly.
"My God, it really stopped!"
"Is this a joke? It must be a coincidence." The security personnel on the aircraft were shocked.
Lanny and Simai also looked shocked. Lanny narrowed his eyes, carefully watching the blue whale's reaction in the video.
Xie Sen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the blue whale stop. If he couldn't make it stop, Lanny would definitely have taken other measures, possibly even violent ones.
He continued, "Did you come out suddenly because you need something?"
The blue whale swayed its tail from side to side, immediately stirring up a wave. The people in the aircraft were startled and became alert. The pilot's hand was on the control panel, ready to steer away from the aircraft immediately if the blue whale made any aggressive move.
After swaying its tail once, the blue whale stopped moving, floating quietly on the surface of the water, while the large crab kept waving its claws up and down.
Xie Sen asked again, "Did you come to see me? If so, wag your tail."
The blue whale swayed its tail again, and the large crab continued to wave its claws up and down.
Xie Sen immediately made a decision: "Swim back a little. There are tourists ahead, and it might be dangerous. I'll come find you."
The blue whale opened its mouth, turned around, and swam back.
Xie Sen stood up: "We'll talk about the deal later. I have to go over there."
Lanny looked him over: "You can communicate with them?"
Xie Sen said: "I should say, they can understand human speech. Like contracted beasts, they are very intelligent."
Lanny raised an eyebrow: "In all my years on Blue Planet, I've never seen a blue whale understand human speech."
Xie Sen thought to himself, that's because it wasn't affected by the energy. Thinking of this, he was startled. Energy!
They had stayed at the edge of the Dead Waters, where the energy was less. Further away, the energy was more concentrated, and further away was the Dead Sea.
A bad premonition rose in his heart. The danger of the Dead Sea stemmed from the many large sea monsters in that area. What would happen to these sea monsters after being affected by the energy?
He looked at Ximai: "You said before that the sea monsters in the Dead Sea have moved outwards?"
Ximai's face tightened: "Yes."
Lanni frowned: "This is very unusual. The water quality and magnetic field in the Dead Sea are different from the safe zone, suitable for sea monsters to live in. The sea monsters never cross the boundary."
Xie Sen thought for a moment and decided to go find the Blue Whale to ask about the situation. Since it came to him, it must have discovered something was wrong.
Xie Sen bid farewell to Lanni, who knew the seriousness of the matter and did not stop him.
The four of them rode on the backs of the Flying Dragon Beast and the Flying Lion Beast, quickly heading to the location of the Blue Whale. Lanni had the security personnel guard the area while he sat on the sofa observing the situation.
"Closely monitor the Dead Sea," he told Ximai, who immediately agreed.
When Xie Sen met the blue whale, more than an hour had passed. The flying lion flew to the blue whale's head, and Xie Sen reached out to touch the smooth side of its head: "What happened?"
The blue whale's voice immediately echoed in Xie Sen's mind: "How terrifying! The sea monsters have come out of the Dead Sea! We encountered them, and they're very unreasonable, constantly drooling over your friend! It's not safe there, so they came out to find you."
Xie Sen, thinking of his previous guesses, asked: "Can you communicate with the sea monsters?"
"Yes," the blue whale exclaimed in surprise, "It couldn't before, humph, they didn't believe I could communicate with you, they bullied me because I'm small, saying I was lying!"
Suddenly, the vision in front of him brightened considerably. Xie Sen turned his head and saw Little Silver opening its shell. He reached out to touch it: "What's wrong?"
Little Silver said: "They came out for energy. They said the energy is moving outwards."
Xie Sen was taken aback. Energy could move? He asked Adan in his mind.
Adan pondered for a moment: "I know! The reef is the edge of the sea, where the energy is lowest. You touched the water twice, causing energy flow. The energy surged towards you, and the energy in the furthest water area moved forward, leaving no energy in that area."
Xie Sen thought for a moment: "You mean, the overall distribution of energy has moved forward?"
Adan affirmed: "No, it's not that the overall distribution has moved forward, but rather that it has been compressed forward. Because the energy is too dispersed, unlike when you recovered energy before, the absorption speed is very slow this time. You touched the water for too short a time, only recovering a little water energy, which is equivalent to the energy shrinking in its range forward."
Xie Sen understood: "In other words, the energy is more concentrated?"
Adan said: "Yes, Asen is really smart! The denser the energy, the stronger its attraction to living things. That's probably why they're moving outwards."
Xie Sen said worriedly, "The sea monsters in the Dead Sea were already very powerful. Affected by the water energy, they will definitely become even stronger and may threaten the safety of the Blue Star people."
Adan said, "Yes, and now that the energy is denser, the influence will be stronger. While their abilities are enhanced, it will also affect their mental state. They may very well go berserk."
Those sea monsters can bully small blue whales. Just thinking about it makes Xie Sen's heart tremble. If these big things really go berserk, it will be an absolute catastrophe for Blue Star, which has more than 90% water area.
Xie Sen said, "It seems we need to recover the water energy as soon as possible, but," he said with a bitter face, "I create waves as soon as I touch the water. If I'm not careful, I'll be crushed to death by the water."
Adan said, "There must be a way. Let's think about it together!"
Xie Sen nodded and relayed the current situation to Maine, Long Teng, and Bai Jiao: "Let's think about it together. The energy is in the water, and touching it will affect the seawater where the energy is located. How can we recover it smoothly?"
The four of them lowered their heads and pondered.
After a moment, Maine said, "The reason the wave wall appears is because the energy is stronger in the distance and moves faster than the nearby energy, causing compression. If you stand in the position with the strongest energy, the energy in the distance is less and the speed is slower than the nearby energy, so there will be no compression."
Xie Sen thought about it carefully, his eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Maine: "You're so smart!"
Bai Jiao also smiled and said, "It seems feasible."
Adan said, "Asen, go and try it!"
Maine put his arm around Xie Sen: "This is just a theoretical explanation, we still need to be careful. I'll go with you."
Long Teng immediately said, "I want to go too! It feels so amazing."
Bai Jiao said, "I'm curious too."
Xie Sen thought about the waves he had stirred up earlier, looked at the contracted beast on the blue whale's back, and reached out to touch the blue whale: "You wait here, we're going to the Sea of Death."
"I'll go with you!" the blue whale immediately said.
"There might be danger, it's safer here." Xie Sen said, if they could successfully retrieve the energy, then there would be no problem. If not, and if another big wave was caused, the creature on the blue whale's back would be impacted.
Blue Whale: "Then I'll go to the edge, not go in."
Xie Sen thought for a moment: "Okay."
Lanny, sitting on the sofa, frowned slightly. The security personnel guarding the edge of the Dead Sea reported: "Prince, they've entered the Dead Sea and are about to lose their target."
Lanny said: "Keep an eye on the sea monsters at the edge. Deal with any aggressive behavior immediately."
Blue Whale stopped at the edge. Xie Sen, sitting on the back of the Flying Lion Beast, looked down into the water from above. There were many huge black shadows in the water, the smallest of which was more than twenty meters long, like many large ships sunk in the water.
"Wow! So cool!" Long Teng craned his neck to look down, completely unaware of fear, his face full of excitement.
Hearing his words, Xie Sen was no longer nervous. He relayed the location that Adan had given him to the Flying Lion Beast and headed towards the place with the most concentrated energy.
The further in they went, the darker the water became, and even a faint black mist floated on the surface. The surface of the water was calm, and at first glance it seemed very safe. But upon closer inspection, they discovered that there were many huge black shadows in the dark water.
Suddenly, a strange-looking sea monster surfaced. It had a huge body covered in a thick black shell, and a head much smaller than its body, with no visible neck.
Long Teng pointed at it and exclaimed, "Is that a giant sea turtle?"
Bai Jiao shook her head, "No."
As soon as Bai Jiao finished speaking, the small-headed sea monster suddenly stretched out its neck, which was half a meter in diameter. The neck sprang up from the surface like a spring, directly to Long Teng's feet, opened its huge mouth to bite Long Teng's foot, and at the same time let out a low growl.
Bai Jiao exclaimed in surprise, and Long Teng laughed and lifted his foot. The flying dragon beast instantly rose higher, increasing the distance between itself and the sea monster's head.
Long Teng craned his neck to look at the sea monster, waving his hand, "Wow, you look so strange! How can you have..." He gestured with his hand, "Such a long neck, when I first saw you, I thought you didn't have a neck!"
Failing to strike, the sea monster began to retract its neck. Hearing this, its eyes widened, its neck straightened again towards Long Teng, and its mouth opened and closed repeatedly, looking very angry.
Xie Sen heard the Flying Lion Beast say, "It's saying, 'You don't have a neck, your whole family doesn't have necks!'"
Xie Sen's lips twitched. The Flying Lion Beast continued, "It said before, 'You're the turtle, your whole family are turtles!'"
Xie Sen couldn't help but burst into laughter. He glanced at the silent Flying Dragon Beast and thought, "These days, contracted beasts are really dedicated; they don't translate any of the insults directed at their masters."
He froze halfway through his laughter. The sea monster chasing Long Teng twisted its neck and glared at him. Clearly, his laughter had angered the sea monster.
The Flying Lion Beast was very dedicated: "It said, 'What are you laughing at!'"
Maine stared coldly at the sea monster. The sea monster's eyes moved, it opened its mouth and growled, then began to shrink its neck. The Flying Lion Beast said, "It said, 'Just you wait, don't come near the surface if you dare.'"
The sea monster paused, opened its mouth and said something else, but the Flying Lion Beast didn't translate. It roared at the sea monster, its roar carrying a sense of oppression. The sea monster instantly shrank its head and sank to the bottom of the sea.
Xie Sen stared dumbfounded at this scene, curiously rubbing the Flying Lion Beast's neck: "What did it just say? Why didn't you translate?" And it was angry! He didn't say the rest of his words, lest the Flying Lion Beast get even angrier.
The Flying Lion Beast's tone was low and angry: "It said, 'Are you some kind of broken record?'"
Xie Sen gritted his teeth, suppressing a laugh. A cheerful dragon roar came from beside him. The Flying Dragon Beast flew around the Flying Lion Beast with its mouth open, its tail twisting into a large wave.
The Flying Lion glanced at it: "Get lost!"
Xie Sen quickly ruffled the Flying Lion's mane, which was ruffled by the wind: "It's talking nonsense, you're super smart!"
Long Teng patted the Flying Dragon on the back: "Don't laugh at your friends!"
The Flying Dragon let out a low growl, flew to the Flying Lion's side, and rubbed its tail against the Flying Lion's tail. The Flying Lion accelerated forward, and it immediately followed, continuing to rub against it. As it flew, it swung its tail, bending it, and relying on its long tail, it continued to rub against it.
After a while, the Flying Lion slowed down, and the two continued to fly side by side in the direction Xie Sen had indicated.
Xie Sen looked down: "That long-necked sea monster has been following us."
Maine said: "It's alright."
The Flying Lion Beast said, "Don't be afraid. If it dares to attack you, I'll bite its neck off."
Xie Sen subconsciously touched his neck.
Not long after, ferocious howls came from ahead, rising and falling, chilling to the bone. At the same time, Adan said, "It's just ahead."
Xie Sen looked ahead and saw three enormous sea monsters fighting fiercely in the water, their countless tentacles intertwined. The seawater was stained with red and blue blood, and the waves surged violently due to their movements.
He felt a chill run down his spine. The sea monsters were indeed huge and extremely violent in the area with the most energy.
Adan encouraged him, "Asen, don't be afraid. Your natural aura is strong, and after the wood energy was withdrawn, your affinity is even higher. They won't harm you."
Xie Sen smiled wryly. His affinity was indeed high, but the sea monsters could only sense it when they touched him. If they opened their mouths immediately, he would probably be swallowed whole before they even sensed his affinity, especially given the chaotic situation.
He pointed ahead and told the other three, "The place where the energy is most concentrated is right there."
Even without him saying it, the others guessed it from the scene.
Maine frowned, "We can't go now, it's too dangerous."
Xie Sen hummed in agreement, observing the fighting sea monsters.
The Flying Dragon Beast leaned closer, its whiskers curling around Xie Sen's wrist, "They're cursing at each other, their emotions are very abnormal, just like when I hold the energy. Go touch them, it might calm them down."
Xie Sen looked at the Flying Dragon Beast's clear eyes with a complicated expression. He realized that in the Flying Dragon Beast's eyes, he was so brave, and thinking about it, he even felt a little smug.
He stared ahead; one sea monster had revealed half its body, and two others had sprouted more than a dozen enormous tentacles, waving and intertwining, clearly belonging to two different creatures.
He recalled bathing his contracted beast when he won the gold medal, and rubbed the Flying Lion Beast: "Could you take me to a place where it's hard to spot, like their backs? Don't linger, just fly over quickly, and I'll touch them to see if it works."
The Flying Lion Beast said, "Sure."
Maine pulled Xie Sen closer, and Xie Sen turned back and smiled at him: "It's okay, the Flying Lion Beast is fast."
Maine nodded, and Xie Sen told Long Teng and Bai Jiao to wait in place. The Flying Dragon Beast retracted its whiskers, and Xie Sen said, "Let's go!"
The Flying Lion Beast flapped its wings sharply and flew forward at high speed. Xie Sen grabbed its mane with one hand, and just in case, summoned a watermelon vine to tie it to him and Maine.
The Flying Lion Beast first flew to the nearest gray tentacle, then flew to the back of the shark-like sea monster, and finally passed the light orange tentacles. Xie Sen touched each of the three, and the Flying Lion Beast immediately flew into the air.
The three continued fighting, with only two tentacles slapping towards the spot where the Flying Lion Beast had flown.
Seeing their lack of reaction, Xie Sen frowned. "It seems their bodies are too large, and the contact time was too short for them to react."
He thought for a moment, then shouted loudly at the three fighting creatures, "Hey, stop fighting! If you keep fighting, you'll all be seriously injured and then eaten by the other sea monsters!"
The three creatures paused simultaneously, and a hollow cry came from below. The Flying Lion Beast translated, "It said, 'Huh, is it talking to us?'"
The light orange tentacles twitched. "Huh, when did I become able to understand human speech?"
The gray tentacles bent. "I can understand what you're saying too." "I already told you not to fight, how annoying!"
The light orange tentacles froze: "I didn't fight, I just moved my hand casually and accidentally bumped into you. I said it was an accident, but you insisted on hitting me back!"
The shark-like but much larger sea monster shook its tail: "You two attacked first. I was just standing there and didn't move, and you hit me with your tentacles!"
The light orange and gray tentacles simultaneously slapped at the shark-like sea monster: "Pah, that's no reason for you to eat my tentacles!"
Xie Sen: "..." He looked at the three fighting again below and rolled his eyes helplessly. The topic had gone off track, you know?
He took a deep breath and shouted, "Stop fighting! If you bleed any more, it'll attract other sea monsters! Haven't you noticed you're all more temperamental than before?"
The gray tentacles stopped attacking, and a huge head slowly emerged, resembling a giant octopus. "Looks like it," the
Flying Lion Beast paused when translating the name given to it, then, with professional spirit, finished translating and roared at the octopus monster, "I am the Flying Lion Beast! Don't yell at me, you multi-handed monster!"
It then added, "Asen can understand me. If he were next to you, he could understand you too." "Speak!"
The octopus monster waved its tentacles toward the Flying Lion Beast. "Don't call me that! I'm a super-duper giant octopus! Not a multi-armed monster!"
Xie Sen suddenly had the illusion of witnessing kindergarten children arguing. He quickly spoke up, "Super-duper giant octopus! I've never seen an octopus as big as you. May I have the honor of shaking your hand?"
The octopus tilted its head back, its waving tentacles changing from gray to pink as it reached toward Xie Sen. The Flying Lion Beast said disdainfully, "It's saying, 'You have good taste, okay.'"
Xie Sen smiled, patted its neck, and the Flying Lion Beast descended. Xie Sen reached out and grabbed the octopus's tentacle, expressing his affection.
"Wow, so comfortable~ I don't want to fight at all anymore," the octopus's voice rang in Xie Sen's mind. "I feel calm immediately. Don't let go! The sea is so much fun. Sit on my head, and I'll take you to play!"
Xie Sen inexplicably felt like he was being kidnapped.
"Xie Sen won't go with you!" the Flying Lion Beast said in a deep voice.
Xie Sen said, "Thank you for the invitation, but I have other things to do." He explained the connection between energy and emotional turmoil, requesting their cooperation so he could retract the energy.
The octopus readily agreed: "Floating around is so much fun! I didn't want to come here at all, but I couldn't control myself. It would be great if you could help me."
After the octopus agreed, Xie Sen went to communicate with the other two, learning their identities: a megalodon and a giant squid, both modern, enlarged versions.
Both were easy to talk to and agreed to Xie Sen's request. Upon learning about the effects of the energy, they both said: "See? I told you I didn't do anything, it has nothing to do with me!"
With their cooperation, things became much simpler. Below was all seawater, with no place to stand. The megalodon offered its back, the pterosaur flew to the surface, and Maine, carrying Xie Sen, jumped onto the megalodon's back.
Standing on the megalodon's back, Xie Sen felt as comfortable as standing on flat ground. He was about to tell the megalodon to descend so he could touch the seawater when his bracelet rang, signaling a communication.
He had originally intended to hang up, but seeing it was Xu Da calling, he quickly answered.
Xu Da had a video call: "Ah Sen, turn on the video quickly, the contracted beasts miss you a lot. They've just moved to a new place and are very excited. Can you calm them down? I can't handle it." As
he spoke, he was swayed by the giant tiger beast and then steadied by the giant leopard beast. He continued with a troubled expression, "The viewers in the live stream also want to see you. I haven't seen any other streamer appear less often than you."
Xie Sen, seeing him being swayed by the giant tiger beast, quickly turned on the video and pretended to be angry, saying, "Giant tiger beast, giant leopard beast, what are you doing? Grandpa Xu is old, don't mess with him!"
As soon as he appeared, the contracted beasts all crowded around the screen, and Xu Da quickly enlarged the screen to life-size.
The contracted beasts cried out at the screen, and Little Spot stretched out its paws and waved.
Xie Sen smiled and waved back, "Listen to Grandpa Xu, I'll be back soon."
Hearing the sound, the octopus curiously propped its head up with its tentacles and peered at the screen. Seeing people and animals inside, it became even more curious and moved its head even closer.
The viewers in the live stream had been stunned since Xie Sen appeared, and now they were exploding with excitement.
"Holy crap, where is the streamer standing?"
"What's that round head on its tentacles?"
"Oh no, is the streamer going to be eaten live?"