The temperature in the North Sea is as cold as in memory. It was early summer when Song Wen and his party set off from the Southland, and it should be the hottest season of the year when they entered the North Sea, but the temperature here is as cold as the early winter in the Southland. , You can also see floating ice in the sea everywhere.

"I'm finally back." Standing on a black reef, Yu Shiba felt the familiar temperature and saw the familiar sea surface. Tears filled his eyes, and he was very moved.

The mermaid sat beside him, and slapped its huge tail onto the water in distaste. The splashed water splashed on Yu Shiba's head and face. Hee hee smirked a few times.

"Idiot." The mermaid looked at Yu Shiba's already opened face, snorted softly, then turned her head and ignored him.

The appearance of the mermaid has not changed at all in the past few years, but Yu Shiba has grown taller and stronger. The thin arms are covered with a thin layer of beautiful muscles, and the facial features are also better than before. Zhou Zheng is a lot, and he has a simple and honest smile, which makes people feel good at first glance.

Yu Shiba simply used practical actions to interpret the words of the male big eighteen transformation. When he just came back from the Misty Forest, Song Wen almost didn't recognize him, but Yu Shiba's temperament didn't change much. Every day, he would secretly complain to Song Wen behind his back about how the mermaid bullied him, but every time the mermaid called him, even though he seemed unwilling on the surface, Yu Shiba would still lean towards the mermaid's side. .

After the two returned to Beihai, they were not in a hurry to leave. The mermaid had to go back to the tribe first. Although Yushiba was born in Beihai, the Genyu tribe had to survive alone in Beihai since the day they left their mothers. There is nothing to go back to.

Living among a group of orcs in the southern land for the past few years, Yu Shiba's desire to find a partner of the Gen Yu tribe has long since given up. Just a mermaid makes him serve enough, and Yu Shiba has no energy. Then go to support your partner and the future child.

Every time at this time, Yu Shiba is always very resentful, looking at the mermaid faintly always makes the mermaid's spine shudder, as if he has done something unforgivable to Yu Shiba.

Except for Song Wen and the others who originally came from Beihai, it was the first time for the other orcs to come to Beihai, the hometown that their ancestors had always missed.

Even if the surroundings are full of unchanging sea water, everyone will still look at it with curiosity.

"It's so salty." Song An took a handful of sea water and put it in his mouth to taste it, and then spat it out, "It's ice and salty."

Hearing that the cheetah boy who had changed back into a human form took out a few candied fruits from his pocket and stuffed them into Song An's mouth. Song An, who had gone out to sea for the first time when he was in Nanlu, had tasted the taste of sea water, and he didn't understand that he had arrived. Why should Beihai try it again?

As if seeing Cheetah's doubts, Song An put a hand on his shoulder, and smiled, "You don't understand, how do you know the taste of the sea water in the South Land and the sea water in the North Sea if you don't taste it? It's not the same."

The cheetah boy blinked suspiciously, and Song An urged: "Try it, the sea water in the North Sea is different from that in the South Land."

The cheetah boy paused, he pulled Song An's wet fingers, stretched out his tongue and licked the soft fingertips, Song An was stunned by the cheetah boy's actions, and the roots of his ears felt warm.

The cheetah boy didn't seem to think there was anything strange about his actions. The sea water on his fingers tasted icy cold and a bit bitter. When he tasted it carefully, he felt that it had a milky smell, which was the smell of Song An's body.Even though she is an adult, Song An still likes to eat all kinds of dairy products, and there is always a vague milky smell on her body, which is delicious when she smells it.

"Well, it's different." Cheetah Boy commented: "The sea water here is sweeter."

The journey back to the North Sea was the same way they left. They passed the place where the old snake turtle lived. Unfortunately, the dolphins changed their habitat two years ago. According to the old snake turtle, it was because they wanted to Go to another dolphin pod to find a mate.

The group of dolphins lived on the other side of the North Sea, and no one showed the way, even the old snake turtle couldn't find the exact direction.

Song Wen was a little disappointed not to see Xiao Yi and Xiao Jing, they hadn't seen each other for so many years, and they didn't know if the two little dolphins had their own children.

The old snake turtle was very happy to see Song Wen and the others again. The two snake turtles got together and shared each other's stories there day and night, as if they wanted to tell all the things that happened in the past few years. other side.

They stayed here for a week or so before continuing their journey.If he didn't leave Song Wenzhen, he was really worried that those brave young people would go directly to the nearby crater to explore.

It is impossible for ordinary people to find the entrance to the burial place without the leadership of the orcs who are about to die.After all, the North Sea is huge, and 90.00% of the area here is boundless sea water. There are only a few sporadic islands scattered all over the North Sea, and outsiders can't even identify the correct direction in the North Sea.

Of course this does not include emperor penguins.

The emperor penguin family has been guarding near the burial place. Perhaps as wild species, they have long forgotten the purpose of staying in the North Sea, but year after year, they always return to that continent to reproduce every year , no matter where they are, emperor penguins can always find the right direction to the breeding ground.

After entering the North Sea, even Song Wen who maintained the human form could vaguely know where he should go to return to the emperor penguin breeding ground. This is a long process. The distance is simply too far.

Although they knew that the breeding place of the emperor penguin was near the burial place, everyone still planned to enter the burial place first after arriving at the destination, and only the emperor penguin, Ahen, was a little anxious, standing on the shore of Snake Turtle Island , Looking in the direction of the breeding ground, I don't know if the new batch of emperor penguin eggs has reached the time to hatch.

The orcs who stepped into the burial place for the first time were very excited. They chose to enter at night. At this time, the flamingos in the burial place had already returned to their nests, so there was no need to worry about a fight. It's been a hard fight.

The number of them coming out this time was not large, and it would not be good for them to directly confront each other on the territory of the Dire Bird.

Fortunately, the bones of the orcs don't need to be dug for burial. The whole area is a cemetery. Since the appearance of the orcs, the bones of the orcs have been stacked here for a long time. It is estimated that a shovel Digging down can only dig up all kinds of bones.

All they had to do was place the bones they had brought in inside.

One after another, white bones sank into the icy sea water, only a small part was exposed on the water surface. Song Wen found a fairly remote corner, everyone looked solemn, and worked quietly.

These bones contain their relatives, friends, and clansmen. They will be buried here forever, and their souls will eventually rest in peace. Then, as they wish, one day in the future, they will be reborn as cub eggs and be born beside the people they care about. .

This belief is the reason why the orcs want to return to the place of burial no matter what.

Only when I come back here does it feel like I never left.

Infected by the atmosphere of the crowd, even the carefree Yu Shiba became sentimental.

There were a lot of bones from various ethnic groups, and they worked so hard until dawn that they finally placed all the bones they brought over.

Song Wen also led the crowd to worship, and left before the Direbirds came to their senses.

After leaving the burial place, the next stop was the emperor penguin breeding ground. Perhaps because of his closeness to his hometown, Song Wen seemed a little restless, and even sat on the bank with the emperor penguin Ahen and became dazed.

He still remembered the emperor penguin father who would rather endure hunger and stay for a few more days to make his fluff grow thicker when he just crossed over, and when the emperor penguin father disappeared, he found him carefully. A caring new mom.

Of course, there are also the leopard seals encountered on the road. Looking back now, those leopard seals hiding under the breathing holes are no longer a threat to them, but to them who were still little penguins, they were the most dangerous The presence.

I don't know if the small snow cave where he and Yi hid in the breeding ground is still there. There should be fluff they dropped, as well as the giant petrel meat that Yi didn't finish eating.

The little penguins who broke their shells at the same time as them should have started to reproduce their own penguin eggs. Those who found their mates early may have become parents more than once.

It's a pity that Song Wen was too small back then, and the appearance of the emperor penguins was the same. Except for Ahen, he really didn't know who the little emperor penguins were at the same time. Maybe Yi still remembered them, after all At the beginning, Yi often fought with those furries.

Of course, it was Yi Yi who bullied the emperor penguin cubs unilaterally.

Thinking of the past, Song Wen couldn't help but smile, and by the way, shared with Song An and the others some fun stories about their childhood.

Hearing how he bullied the emperor penguin cubs before, Yi rubbed his nose embarrassingly. Although the memory was a bit long ago, Yi still remembered the reason why he went around fighting with the emperor penguin cubs. He wanted to become stronger. , become stronger and able to protect the people you want to protect.

At that time, he was too small to beat adult emperor penguins, so he could only catch emperor penguin cubs for practice.

"Song Song, it's an emperor penguin."

Ah Hen led the way, and everyone walked on the ice field together, and whoever yelled first caught everyone's attention.

Not far in front of them, there is a group of female emperor penguins staggering towards the breeding ground, their stomachs are bulging, and they are full of food that will be brought to the cubs.

Song Wen was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that this was the day when the emperor penguin cubs broke their shells.

"Oh--."

Returning to the breeding grounds, the female emperor penguins raised their necks high and called for their mates and children.

Tens of thousands of emperor penguins crowded almost the entire breeding colony. It was the first time for Song An to see such a huge group, and he couldn't help being surprised.

"Song Song." Yi touched Song Wen's shoulder, then pointed in a certain direction.

Song Wen's heart skipped a beat, and he looked in that direction, only to see a female emperor penguin with a tuft of orange-red hair on its neck standing next to a male emperor penguin. The penguin puts away its fur and reveals the pouch inside. A dusty emperor penguin cub that has just opened its eyes is staying in the pouch obediently. It probably feels the mother's breath, and the sound of milk is calling With a sound.

The female emperor penguin gently touched the cub with her beak, her black bean-like eyes were full of tenderness.

Seeing this, Song Wen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Great, the former novice mother's cubs hatched safely.

Yi took Song Wen's hand and interlocked his fingers. Song Wen and him looked at each other, and they both smiled in unison.

"Let's go."

"Ah."

The female emperor penguin who was teasing the cubs seemed to sense something. She turned her head and glanced at the group of strange-looking orcs. When her eyes fell on a certain figure, she couldn't help but pause.

After a long time, the female emperor penguin raised her neck and let out a long cry.

"Oh--."

The author has something to say: Well, this time it is really over, thank you for your company all the way, see you in the next book.

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