blue whales under the stars

After finishing the rice porridge, Bai Cang put away the cleaned pot.The wooden boat floated on the sea all night before, when Mu Ye stepped out of the cabin and came to the deck, he actually saw a small piece of land in front of the wooden boat on the right.

The wind was a little strong in the early morning. When talking to Mr. Lan Jing, Mu Ye couldn't help amplifying his voice a little: "Have we reached the shore yet?"

Bai Cang, who was a few steps behind, stepped forward and took out a slightly thick robe.He stretched out his hand to put the robe on the boy who was only wearing knee-length shorts, and Mu Ye obediently stretched out his hand and raised his head, cooperating with others to put the clothes on himself.

He belatedly said in amazement: "Hey, this dress looks familiar."

Bai Cang tapped the small silver ring hanging from the young man's neck, and Mu Ye remembered that it was his clothes in the storage ring.

Mr. Blue Whale can actually take things directly from his storage ring, Mu Ye couldn't help wrinkling the tip of his nose, thinking happily, it seems that the accompanying beasts in the ocean seem to be more powerful than those on land .

The wide sleeves and the coat were blown up in the sea breeze. Bai Cang stretched out his hands and wrapped the wide collar around Mu Ye's neck, and after wrapping him tightly, he said: "It's not the coast, where It's an island."

Mu Ye opened his eyes slightly, and he took a closer look at the place with verdant vegetation, with an unconcealable curiosity in his tone: "The island... can I go and see it?"

"If you live on an island...wouldn't it feel great?" The boy looked up at the not-so-hot sunshine, "I can see the sunrise and sunset on the sea every day, as well as the stars and the moon. With a few ropes, you can bask in the sun on a bed in the middle of the sea..."

After all, he grew up in the mountains and forests, and he has an inborn closeness to land and forests that cannot be cut off.Bai Cang listened to Mu Ye's description quietly, and waited until the person had finished speaking before saying, "This kind of island will disappear in about a month."

Mu Ye opened his mouth: "Huh...?"

The wooden boat gradually approached, and the detailed scenery of the island gradually came into the sight of the two of them.Mu Ye looked over carefully, only to find that the island was not as beautiful as it looked from a distance.Although there are shrubs on the grayish-yellow land surface, there are more messy weeds growing.Even the tallest green plants seem to only reach the chest of the person. Coupled with the mostly sandy soil, this island is actually enough to be described as desolate.

Covering the soft hair with slightly cool palms, Bai Cang gently rubbed the boy's hair.The smooth soft hair slipped between his fingers, he paused slightly, and then explained in a slow voice: "The waves will wash them away."

"so……"

Mu Ye has a little more understanding of the sea.

Because the soil of the island was not very solid, the two of them did not stop the boat to go ashore. After passing the island, Mu Ye kept looking back at it.

He kind of misses green things, but with Mr. Blue Whale, this kind of miss is only a little bit, not too much.

"If you want to bask in the sun on the bed in the middle of the sea, you can go on my back." A deep and cool voice sounded from Mu Ye's side, and when the boy looked back, he happened to fall into a pair of clear and gentle eyes inside.

"Other places will be washed away, but this blue island will never disappear."

——whale——whale——whale——

Although every morning and night are wrapped in the fresh and salty sea breeze, in fact, up to now, Mu Ye still has some unrealistic years in his heart.

The life changes happened too quickly, and the domestication that was overdue for many years was solved overnight.What you are stepping on is no longer soft or solid ground. Looking around, even the sky has a limit.

And he didn't seem to do anything, just domesticated a gentle and powerful creature.

Mu Ye was still thinking about this question until the wooden boat docked.It was only when repeated inquiries came from beside him that Mu Ye suddenly came back to his senses: "...What, what?"

Mr. Blue Whale was standing beside him, looking at him quietly with his gray-blue eyes.After the young man came back to his senses, Bai Cang didn't repeat his question again. He directly bent down, picked up the boy who was wrapped in a robe and was also weightless, and walked steadily down the wooden boat that was docked.

Mu Ye was a little embarrassed, he held Mr. Lanjing's shoulder and looked around: "Are we back?"

"En." Bai Cang put the young man in his arms on a flat and rough boulder aside, and waited for him to stand still before turning around to collect the wooden boat floating on the shore.He put his right hand on the wall of the boat, and in the blink of an eye, Mu Ye, the wooden boat disappeared in place.

Bai Cang turned around and said, "Go to the town to change something."

Mu Ye looked around, but as far as he could see, he didn't see the familiar cabin.Mr. Blue Whale had already walked over, stepped on the boulder and bent down beside him.As soon as Mu Ye saw Bai Cang's movements, he knew the other party's plan, he hurriedly waved his hands and said: "No, no, I can go by myself."

Bai Cang looked up at him, but didn't insist on going on.He straightened his back, spread out his pale palms with well-defined joints, and stretched them out in front of Mu Ye.

This time Mu Ye didn't refuse, he reached out and took the other's slightly cool palm.

Frequent physical contact is an extremely effective way to maintain intimacy and train tacit understanding with one's companion animals, and the teenager is also used to the furry pads and sharp thin claws stretched out by the animals.However, compared with the previous handshake, Mr. Blue Whale's method is slightly different.Mu Ye looked down at the palms of the two people's interlocking fingers. Before he could say anything, he heard the person beside him say: "Follow up, be careful of slippery feet."

Mu Ye blinked, nodded obediently and said, "Okay."

Unlike the beach where they had lived for two nights before, the places where the two of them went ashore were mostly large reefs. After walking more than ten meters away, they saw slightly flat sand and stones not far away from a high place.

Walking on the stones by the sea is indeed a bit strenuous, but Mu Ye has been running and playing in the forest since he was a child. Coupled with Mr. Lanjing's constant reminders, the two found the smoothest stone path and walked slowly to the shore. The process is not too difficult.

However, compared to Bai Cang's walking on flat ground, Mu Ye still took a little effort to walk.The seaside reefs are washed by waves all the year round. Except for the sharp edges, most of the reef surfaces are too smooth, and there is no dry place for a stable foothold.Coupled with the moss formed in a humid environment, it will be slippery if you are not careful.After the soles of the shoes are wet, it will be more strenuous to walk again.

Before Mu Ye noticed it, Bai Cang had already adjusted his speed to match his pace.So although the two of them were not walking slowly, Mu Ye didn't feel too rushed along the way.

When there was less than ten meters away from the soft sandy beach, Bai Cang held the man's hand and connected the boy behind him to the stone he stepped on.He looked at the other person's cheeks that were slightly flushed from walking around, and after confirming that there was nothing serious about him, he let go of his fingers and rubbed the boy's chin: "Would you like to wait on the beach, or watch me catch shrimp here?"

Subconsciously, Mu Ye has already regarded these small intimate actions as ordinary getting along with each other.He tilted his head and asked curiously, "Catch shrimp?"

Bai Cang looked aside, but didn't speak.He walked to the edge of the reef and looked down, then jumped down lightly.There was a drop of nearly one meter from the reef where the two were on to the much smaller gravel below, but from Bai Cang's movements, he didn't even see the force of the recoil.

After going down, Bai Cang took a few steps forward, then bent down.Because his back was facing the reef, Mu Ye didn't see Mr. Lanjing's specific movements clearly, only a few pieces of gravel visibly moved. Afterwards, Bai Cang, who straightened up, pinched a body with two hands. Claw Lobster in the palm of a grown man.

When the man raised his hand to show the lobster to the boy, Mu Ye couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise: "It's so big..."

He originally thought that the prawns that Mr. Blue Whale was talking about were the krills he picked up in the sea with a net bag before, but he didn't expect that the lobsters the other party found from the cracks in the rocks would be so big.While Mu Ye was still surprised, Bai Cang had already walked back from not far away, stood under the boulder and raised his arms, and handed him the lobster in his hand.

The brown-red lobster has dark and shallow regular spots all over its body, and the few long and thin claws that are still waving look quite scary.But at the top of its body, the two huge shrimp claws have been subtly wrapped by a thin layer of water, and it is not even noticeable unless you look closely.

The water flow imprisoning the shrimp claws looks like a transparent coat, and the pointed claw feet are wrapped and cannot be opened. Although such a lobster looks fierce, it actually has no ability to hurt people.

Mu Ye squatted down and took the lobster from the man's hand. When he was curiously observing the prawn in his hand, the man had already held onto the edge of the boulder with one hand, and turned over neatly.

Mu Ye looked up at him, and asked hesitantly, "This one, do you want to eat it if you catch it?"

Bai Cang looked down at him: "Go to the town to sell and exchange things."

Mu Ye looked down at the shrimp in his hand again, looking a little hesitant.

Bai Cang also squatted down on one knee, and raised his hand to rub the soft hair on the back of Mu Ye's head: "They have no energy, they are different from me."

Perhaps considering his own particularity, Bai Cang added: "It's different from other animals that can be domesticated."

Mu Ye raised his head, as if he was listening to the lecture seriously.

Bai Cang was provoked by his expression, but he couldn't help but smile, but he didn't show it, and just continued to talk to him patiently: "In mammals, all individuals of most species can have independent consciousness, thus producing essence. .After they have energy, it is possible for them to establish a connection with humans."

"In the lower species, the vast majority of individuals are unable to develop independent consciousness." Bai Cang said, looking at the lobster in Mu Ye's hand, "In the sea, there are only a handful of species of wild animals with vitality. Most animals eat shrimp, crabs and shellfish, and we don't think about other things before eating them."

Mu Ye's mind was seen through by the man, and he breathed a sigh of relief after listening to the explanation. He looked at the lobster in his hand, and then looked up at his Mr. Blue Whale: "Then, can all whales have energy?" ?”

Bai Cang heard some clues, and he replied: "Whales have this kind of qualification, but not all whales can do it."

Mu Ye pursed his lips: "Is that...the probability is not too high?"

Bai Cang said slowly: "Very low."

He stretched out his hand to gather the soft hair scattered on the young man's cheeks behind his ears, and his low voice was mixed with the sea breeze blowing: "In this sea area, I am the only one so far."

Mu Ye said softly: "Mr. Blue Whale is amazing..."

Bai Cang's expression was a bit subtle, he looked like he wanted to smile, but more, there was a faint pride in his expression: "Ono is the one who is amazing."

What he didn't tell Mu Ye was that the knowledge about species and contracts did not come from himself.A long time ago, someone taught a still ignorant whale what the whole world looked like.