"How long will it take for the left thruster to start?" Yaha asked again.
The chief engineer's answer came quickly: "Half a minute."
It would take another half minute, and the two whales were moving faster and faster away from the Moby-Dick. Although their wing bones were smashed a lot, and the open golden wing membrane was full of defects, under the vigorous paddling of the four wings, their speed gradually reached 150 knots, which meant that on the left It was impossible for the whaler to overtake them before the engines were restarted.
Yaha rarely hesitated. She watched the two whales leave without issuing any orders.
Xia Ye looked at her and suddenly smiled: "If you don't want to let those two whales go, I can help."
"What can you do?" Yaha turned his head.
"Yeah. I have a contract. I can fly over and catch up with them. Not to mention intercepting both, at least one will be fine."
Even though Xia Ye said this, Yaha did not show any excitement, but asked: "What are your conditions?"
"Oh, you really understand me."
Xia Ye smiled slightly, poked her chin with her finger, tilted her head and thought for a few seconds, then suddenly waved to Yaha, "Bend down, I'll tell you quietly."
Even though he knew she had no good intentions, Yaha still obediently approached her. After all, the 40,000 moles he was about to get were now flying farther and farther away.
"I've always wanted to ask, do you actually hate me?" Xia Ye whispered in Yaha's ear.
"I didn't..."
Before Yaha could finish speaking, Xia Ye stopped him with a gesture: "You don't have to deny it in a hurry, because actually I don't care. The reason why I want to confirm this is because after knowing this, what will I ask you to do next? , will make me feel happier..."
"What exactly do you want to do...?" Yaha frowned.
"That chart table..." Xia Ye pointed to the table covered with charts. It was about one meter high, wide, and very stable.
"?"
"I want to sit on the edge of it..."
"??"
"Cross your legs..."
"???"
"Then you kneel down half in front of me, take off my little leather shoes, exposing my cute little feet. Finally... help me change a pair of socks, because I am tired of wearing these pantyhose and want to change to a pair of long socks. Socks. This is what I want, how about it, it's very simple, right? Promise me, and I will help you stop the flying 20,000 mols."
"..." Yaha couldn't have imagined that Xia Ye would make such a bizarre request.
And Xia Ye added with a smile: "You just need to promise me first. I can do things first, and then you can fulfill your promise, because I believe in your character, captain, captain, and person~"
"I refuse." Yaha said decisively.
"Eh? So you have such a strong self-esteem? I originally thought this proposal was quite cost-effective for you." Xia Ye blinked innocently: "If you find it too difficult to accept, otherwise... I can become Momo What does it look like? Then you can help me change my socks. That will make it easier to accept it, right?"
"I still refuse."
Xia Ye narrowed her eyes and looked at Yaha with a very angry expression.
But what Yaha said next was beyond her expectation:
"It's not that I think your request is difficult to fulfill. I just simply think that we should abandon the two escaped whales, harvest the oil from the whale in front of us, and run away quickly."
"Huh?" Xia Ye looked stunned.
But Yaha didn't have time to explain to her first. She immediately issued a series of orders to the first mate and helmsman, and the deck became active again. Soon Moby Dick inflated the air bag, and the speed dropped to less than 30 knots, slowly moving toward the dead whale in an almost floating manner. Get closer.
After the arrangements were made, Yaha said to Xia Ye: "The departure of those two whales is too unusual. Whales are very vindictive creatures, not to mention that after our two penetrating bullets were blocked, they have already It had the absolute upper hand, but when the whales' call came, it left in such a hurry. Although I can't understand the language of the whales, I can guess that they are being chased by something dangerous."
As he spoke, the Moby-Dick had reduced its speed to zero, and was alongside the dead whale, docked on its side. The barrier against the etheric winds expanded outward, enveloping the whale within it. The first mate led the crew onto the deck, all holding a huge, foldable saw blade.
"Our time is very tight, something very dangerous may be approaching here." The first mate said softly to all the crew members holding saws.
"So, we need to harvest all the whale oil within fifteen minutes. If anyone is slow, I will chop off her head with this knife."
As she spoke, she raised the saw blade in her hand with a smile and made two false blows at the whale a few meters away.
Two seconds later, several long cracks appeared on the whale's body. Immediately afterwards, a piece of flesh larger than a human slowly slid down and fell right next to the first mate's feet, making a muffled "thud" sound, and the golden Whale blood splattered all over her.
"Do you understand everything?" the first mate asked pleasantly.
"Understood!!" the crew members replied energetically.
…
On a summer night, through the glass of the cab, I looked at the crew members harvesting whale oil. For them, this was obviously a familiar job. The girls wielded huge saws to cut through the tough skin of the whale and cut off the whale meat that was not of much value, leaving only the golden translucent jelly. solid.
That's whale oil before it's refined.
An adult whale weighs about 1,200 tons, and whale oil is equivalent to about one-sixth of its weight, which is 200 tons. On average, each ton of whale oil contains a full 100 moles of magic power. Therefore, a whale is worth at least 20,000 moles.
And this does not include "by-products" such as whale skin and wing bones.
"Are they using a 'cutting' contract?" Xia Ye asked.
"That's right," Yaha replied.
No wonder they still have so much power even after leaving the whaling ship, Xia Ye thought to herself.
The blade of the saw blade in the hands of the witches is nearly one meter, and the handle folded behind the back of the blade is also the same length. When the saw blade is unfolded from the folded state, the total length of the weapon will be taller than the height of most witches. , as for the weight of the weapon, it also exceeds the weight of most people.
According to the knowledge gained from Luca, the witches who signed the "cutting" contract are one of the main combat forces when hunting whales. However, this time Yaha solved the problem with the charging angle, so they did not appear. Chance.
After a while, the rectangular boxes filled with whale oil were loaded onto the whaling ship one by one and sent into the warehouse. The words spoken by the first mate at the beginning were obviously very motivating. The crew all moved very quickly, no one dared to be lazy, and most of the huge whale was eaten away in the blink of an eye.
The whale pods located in the northwest are also getting farther and farther away from the whaling ships. Soon, they will completely leave the visual range. The sea of clouds was calm, and it seemed that the previous worries were all unfounded.
"Look, you should really agree to put on my socks. Just by moving your hands, you can earn at least 20,000 more mols." Xia Ye said to Yaha half-jokingly.
Before Yaha had time to answer, the second officer's voice suddenly came from the microphone:
"An unusual object was found at 7 o'clock... no, 8 o'clock! It's very fast! It's rapidly approaching the whale group!"
