What was supposed to come eventually came.
It's like that boot that never hits the ground. When it finally makes a "boom" sound, it will make those who are worried about it feel relieved.
At least, Yaha's tense expression relaxed a lot.
As for Xia Ye, she was originally worried about the world being in chaos, and this situation only made her more excited.
"Is it a moth beast? Report the number and size." Yaha asked immediately.
The second officer quickly sent a reply: "I can't be sure if it's a moth beast, at least it's a type I've never seen before. There's only one. As for the size, well, it can be said to be very big, or it can be said to be very small..."
What does "it can be said to be very big, or it can be said to be very small"? Yaha and Xia Ye looked at each other, both of them looking confused. However, this does not prevent Yahab from issuing the order first:
"Go and tell the first mate that we have found traces of the moth beast and are currently pursuing it in the direction of the whale group. Tell them to go faster."
The crew members who received the order rushed out of the cab.
At this moment, the second officer's voice came again: "The target is passing from the starboard side of the whaler, about 10 nautical miles away. You should be able to see it now."
Xia Ye and Yaha rushed to the window together.
But the sea of clouds outside the window was calm, and nothing passed by.
"I didn't see anything, there was nothing in the sea of clouds." Yaha shouted into the microphone.
"It's not in the sea of clouds, look up! It's high in the sky!"
The two of them looked up into the sky together. After several seconds, Xia Ye finally found the target.
It is an almost transparent "ribbon" with a narrow and long body attached to the dome. Only when it twists does its outline appear due to the refraction of light.
If Tang Li hadn't pointed out the direction, Xia Ye felt that she would never have discovered it. She finally understood why Tang Li said "it can be said to be very big, or it can be said to be very small", because from this distance, the only way to estimate The only thing that could be seen was its length, and the width was hard to tell. As for the thickness... she couldn't see any thickness at all.
"How high do you think it is?" Xia Ye asked, pointing to the twisted "ribbon".
"If it is flying close to the sky now, it will be at least 20 kilometers higher than our current altitude."
Something that is twenty kilometers away is still as long as a palm when viewed from here. The actual length of this thing is probably very exaggerated, Xia Ye thought to himself.
The frequency of the ribbon's twisting was not high, and it was even a bit slow, but its actual moving speed was astonishingly fast. In less than half a minute, it had arrived directly above the whale group.
The whales apparently also discovered its presence.
At the top of those white tracks, dazzling golden light lit up one after another, the whales breathed out, and thousands of beams of light rose together, rushing towards the "ribbon" high in the sky.
But when these beams were still half the distance from the target, their rising speed had slowed down significantly. Soon after, some of the beams reached their limits, gradually stagnated, and fell downwards. The remaining ones were still extending upwards tenaciously, but more and more falling beams of light were coming. In the end, no beam of light exceeded three-quarters of the height, and all returned in vain.
The whale's breath cannot reach the moth beast at all, so the whale cannot pose any threat to it at all.
The "ribbon" stopped swimming, and it began to straighten its body. Gradually, it changed from the length of a palm to the length of a forearm. Viewed from below, it looked like a ribbon attached to the sky. Scotch tape.
The group of whales below changed again. The neat wedge-shaped formation began to break up. The tracks that were originally heading in the same direction began to turn chaotically in various directions. After an attack attempt failed, these whales actually began to flee separately. . And that "ribbon" in the sky has yet to show even a hint of danger.
"What are those whales afraid of?" Xia Ye couldn't help but ask.
Yaha didn't know either, she frowned: "I don't know either. The moth beast I saw last time was completely different from the one in front of me, but I have a very bad feeling. There are dozens of whales here." The large group of whales, even if faced with ten Moby Dicks, would not panic and flee, but now, they seem to..."
Yaha didn't say any more. She took two steps back and forth a little anxiously and shouted again: "Go and ask the first mate how long it will take to finish harvesting the whale oil?"
"It will take about 5 minutes. If you also want the whale skin and wing bones, you will need to add 10 minutes." The first mate's voice came from the door.
Xia Ye and Yaha looked back together and found the first mate covered in whale blood walking into the cab.
"I also saw the moth beast, but I still recommend at least harvesting the whale oil before escaping." She said, "At least, we should see what makes the whale so scared."
Yaha hesitated for a few seconds, and finally accepted the first mate's suggestion: "Okay, let's wait. But if we find that the situation is not good, we must get everyone back to the whaler immediately, and we will leave immediately."
"good."
"Look!" Xia Ye suddenly shouted.
High in the sky something changed again. The moth beast, which was stuck to the sky like a piece of tape, was slowly cracking open along the center of its slender body.
At this time, it was more like a "zipper" than a piece of tape. As the zipper opened little by little, a huge hole opened in the pale yellow flawless sky.
Through the gaping gap, only darkness without any light could be seen.
Immediately afterwards, an incomprehensible and indescribable roar came from the depths of the crack——
"■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■!!!!!!"
Just hearing this sound, Xia Ye felt like his head was going to explode...even though he had no head...yes, he had no head...so it was his body that was going to explode...the body exploded...it seemed It's also very good...blood, bones, skin, flesh, fat, and internal organs are flying everywhere...dye this cab in a beautiful color...to welcome her arrival...ah, why has my mind become so chaotic...
The familiar feeling of coldness and tingling comes from the chest and abdomen again...
Why did I just...
What happened to me just now...
What happened to me just now...
The cup... yes, it seemed like it was the cup again, which restored my thinking to normal, just like when I heard the whale call for the first time...
Xia Ye turned her head and looked at Yaha and the first mate, and found that the faces of these two people were not very good-looking, and they were obviously affected by the strange sound just now.
"You just heard it..."
Before Xia Ye finished asking, Yaha nodded: "Well, this ghost sound is much worse than the cry of a whale."
"Yes." The first mate agreed, "It's the difference between a music idiot and a singer."
After saying that, the two continued to focus on the cracks and whales in the distance.
Xia Ye: "..."
Don’t you have any other ideas about this kind of sound that makes you lose your mind? ! This is no longer just an unpleasant question, right?
Just when she couldn't help but complain secretly, the voices of Yaha and the first mate came at the same time:
"Look!"
The tone of the two of them was much more nervous than when they just discussed the screams, even with a hint of fear.
Xia Ye couldn't think too much and hurriedly looked out the window, and then she saw——
All those whales that were escaping were "floating"? !
No.
Not just whales, but also the entire sea of clouds in the sky.
They seem to be framed in an invisible glass jar...
At the same time, it seemed as if there was an invisible hand, pulling the glass tank filled with clouds and whales up slowly...
Keep approaching the crack in the sky...
