Embrace the light

Ian said to Heng: "Have these five penguins not eaten for a whole day? Will their companions bring food back for them?"

The nine people had already shared the two big fish that were presented as gifts yesterday.Ian looked at the amount of fish he and Heng shared. It should not be enough for a few big penguins to fit between their teeth.

Heng replied, "Probably. They are very fat and seem to be more resistant to hunger and cold."

Xiao Ting said: "I remember reading it on the Internet before, saying that penguins can go without food for several months. The penguins here should be like this."

After lunch, everyone began to look for a suitable campsite for tonight's rest.

Captain Zhou said: "We can also try to build a snow cave. Sleeping in it at night should protect us from wind and snow."

Just do what you say, and they are still divided into four groups. Everyone chose a place 500 meters away from the penguin base camp to start construction.

However, the snow here is thick and frozen hard, and it is difficult to dig it out with hands. Fortunately, they have seat armrests in their hands.The outer cushion of the armrest has been removed, and now there is only a bare steel rod, which is more than enough to deal with the snow.

Everyone was busy building their own nests, and the little penguins also came to join in the fun, but they had to go home to warm their bodies in their long pouches after playing for a while, running back and forth, they didn't know how to get bored and seemed to be enjoying it.

Yang Na sighed and said: "The cubs are really the most adorable creatures, especially the cubs are still fluffy. Although life as a savage on this planet is very difficult, but now with these cubs, Suddenly, I feel that living here is not a big deal. Of course, except for homesickness and male votes."

Zhang Minglin laughed and teased, "Then when the rescue team arrives, don't rush to follow them."

Yang Na gave him a sharp look, "Straight man Xiao Zhang, can you stop spoiling the atmosphere like this!"

The fat man also interjected, "These little penguins will eventually grow up to be as big and fat as their parents. If you stay here for a year, you can only see the cubs for two or three months."

Ian was cooperating with Heng Qili, and the little guy hatched in Ian's backpack staggered and trotted over from the parent again.

The hole dug by the two is two meters long, 1.2 meters high, and the depth is planned to be about 1.6 meters. Now, only one-third of it will be completed.The little guy ran to the cave dug by the two and sat down. Ian was afraid that falling snow and ice would hit it, so he reached out and hugged the little guy out.Just as soon as the little guy was put aside, it jolted and sat in the cave again, as if it wanted to occupy the fruits of their labor.And this time it didn't just sit still, but moved wherever the constant iron rod hit it, and it wasn't afraid of getting accidentally hurt at all.

"Heng, does it want you to play with him?"

Heng squatted and stared at the little guy. After watching Heng for a few seconds, the little guy stretched out his head and pecked the iron rod in Heng's hand with his beak. After a few seconds, he pecked again.

Heng stood up and took a few steps back. Seeing this, the little guy swayed and followed. However, when Heng stood up, the height of the iron rod in his hand rose accordingly, and the little guy couldn't reach it even on tiptoe. .Without reluctance, the little guy no longer pecked at the iron rod to play, but squeezed himself into Heng's cock, and put his two little feet on Heng's snow boots one by one.

Ian laughed happily when he saw this, "It probably regards us as its own kind, thinking that we also have pouches."

Few animals are so close to Heng, even Hehuan doesn't often cuddle with him.Ian looked at Bei and felt warm, and he said to Heng: "You can hold it for a while, it may be a little cold."

Ian's backpack was empty, he took the backpack over, opened it, and motioned for Heng to put the little guy in.Heng held the little penguin, which was trembling and trying to maintain balance on his feet, and put it into Ian's open backpack.

Ian zipped up the zipper a little, exposing a breathing slit of about ten centimeters, and handed the backpack to Heng.

"Heng, you can stay with it for a while, it's still early, I can dig the cave by myself."

Heng said, "I carry it on my back, it doesn't affect me."

Ian probed into the backpack behind Heng. The little guy was lying on the scarf, with black bean round eyes open and not sleeping.

The two continue to be busy, building a nest where they will live together tonight or in the future.

After being warmed for more than ten minutes, the little guy yelled "吃~吃~" inside again, and Heng stopped his busy movements to take the little guy out of the backpack.

This time it didn't make any more trouble, it flapped its little wings twice, and went to play with other little penguins.

Looking at its cheerful appearance, Ian thought of Hehuan, in front of him Hehuan was a well-behaved kitten, always looking lazy and docile, rarely doing naughty things.

"Heng, do you think Xiao Hehuan can play with this little guy?"

Heng nodded, "Yes. Hehuan doesn't like the captain very much, but he should have a good impression of birds."

After finishing the finishing work, Ian went to try to lie down in the small den, and still spread out the suitcase to make a simple sofa. Although it is not spacious enough to sleep in, it can indeed serve as a shelter from wind and rain.

After the two finished their work, they went to see the completion progress of the other three groups.Captain Zhou and Zhang Minglin have also finished the work and are helping Alva and the others.

Yi An came to Yang Na and Xiao Ting, wanted to help them but was stopped.

Yang Na said: "Thank you, Ian, you and Brother Heng can rest for a while, we dig the nest by ourselves, it feels quite interesting."

Xiao Ting also said: "Yes, thank you for your help. The two of us are almost busy, and we will finish the work after finishing it."

After the four groups finished their busy work, everyone took a rest for a while and began to observe the surrounding environment.I used the camera of my mobile phone to zoom in and looked around. This side is backed by the vast snow river and facing the ocean obliquely. There are no green plants, no seabirds, and no other creatures on land.

I wanted to take a walk around to explore the nearby situation, but the big penguins saw that everyone was leaving with their backpacks on their backs, so they came to stop them.The little guys also stood in a row with the big penguin, pretending to be a blocker, but they were not afraid of deterrence at all.

The lead penguin called "qua~qua~" twice, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to comprehend what it wanted to express.

Heng said: "We go out half of the time, and leave half of our staff here to look after the backpacks and luggage."

The others had no objection. Ian didn't put eggs in his backpack, so he didn't encounter any obstacles when he left with Heng on his backpack.

This time, Ian, Heng, Yang Na and Xiao Ting set off, and the backpacks of the last three were handed over to Captain Zhou and the others.This time the focus was on investigating the surrounding environment, so the four of them didn't go far.

When Ian and Heng left, the little guy wanted to come with him, but his parents grabbed the back of his neck and said "tweet~tweet~" to Ian and Heng sadly.

Ian couldn't hold back this poor and cute little guy, and kissed its gray plush head.The little guy threw himself into Ian's arms, "chirp~chirp~" as if he was accusing his parents of brutal suppression.Ian rubbed the back of its neck for it, and said comfortingly, "Stay here obediently, we will be back soon."

"啾~啾~"

Ian picked up the little guy and asked Heng Ye to touch him to comfort him. Heng took a look at Ian before reaching out to touch the little guy's chubby belly twice, his hands were warm and soft.

"Hey, I'll play with you when I come back later."

Handing the little guy to its parents, Ian and Heng set off together. The little guy "chirp~chirp" behind them, and Ian turned around and waved at it.

Seeing this, Yang Na said, "It turns out that even boys can't resist plush fluff."

Ian smiled, "I grew up with a dog, so I like small animals very much. Of course, the premise is that it doesn't bite people."

Yang Na laughed aloud, "That is, it is aggressive, and you dare not approach it even if you want to like it. For ferocious creatures, it is better to stay away from them."

Xiao Ting said: "Do you think these big penguins are the top of the biological chain on this planet or this glacier and snowfield? I remember it was introduced in the zoo that the natural enemies of penguins are skuas and seals. What are their natural enemies on the planet?"

Ian said: "Since there are fish in the ocean and penguins on the shore, there must be many other species in the sea. Maybe the natural enemies of these penguins are in the ocean and not on the shore."

Yang Na sighed and said, "Maybe I'm a bitch when I say this, but I really don't want these penguins, especially the cubs, to be harmed. They are so human, except for threatening us when they first appeared, they have always been polite to us. I feel like I already consider them friends."

The four checked around until nearly five o'clock, and found no traces of other animals along the way.At least within a radius of ten kilometers, there should be no other animals living here except for the penguins.

When I returned to the penguin habitat, I didn't see the other five people, not even the big penguin and its cubs.

"Huh? What's going on? Where are the five of them? Where are the cubs?"

Heng looked around carefully, pointed to a black spot and said, "It should be them."

Judging from the direction they were heading, they should be going to the sea.The four of them didn't know what happened, so they trotted after them.

When the four of them arrived at the beach, they saw Captain Zhou and the other five standing not far from the five big penguins, and the five big penguins were standing one meter away from the shore, looking fixedly at the deep blue sea. As if waiting for something to arrive.

After a while, familiar figures appeared in the field of vision, those penguins who had gone out for food came back.

But looking at it, everyone began to feel that something was wrong, because these penguins seemed to be followed by a few huge monsters.The giant fell far behind the penguins, spraying water jets into the sky from time to time.

"Is this a whale?" Ian asked uncertainly.

"Look at the figure, they look very similar." Yang Na was anxious, "They are following the penguins, so they are going to eat the penguins, right?"

But the ocean has its own laws of survival, and the biological chain is closely intertwined, which will not change because of the existence of human's private feelings.

The thin friend cheered on the penguins, "Swim faster! Swim faster!"

While everyone was worried, the group of penguins staggered the direction of the group of whales behind them. The group of penguins swam to the right bank more than 1000 meters away from the group of people, while the group of whales headed straight towards the direction of nine people.

As the big guys gradually approached, everyone took a few steps back in unison, but the five big penguins remained calm and unmoved.

The nine people looked at each other suspiciously, and were about to go forward to pull the big penguins back, but saw the five big penguins cheerfully "quack~quack~", as if they were warmly welcoming the arrival of the whales.

This is, you know?

There were five whales, each more than 30 meters long, with a blue-black back and off-white belly, and they continuously uttered "woo-um~".

The whales came to shore, and the water was deep enough that they wouldn't run aground.

The five whales poked their heads out one after another, and the five penguins stopped singing and leaned down to touch the snouts of the whales with their cheeks. They looked very familiar and intimate.

What surprised everyone the most was that the four big penguins also revealed the first little penguin, as if letting them greet the big whale.

The four little ones got out of the pouch, without showing any fear in front of the big man, chirping together and shaking their heads up and down, getting the four whales to touch and cuddle gently.

"It seems that this is really an old acquaintance." Zhang Minglin nodded and concluded.

Being able to expose the cub to him must be because he is not worried that the other party will hurt his child at all.

After greeting each other to express their friendship, the whale suddenly raised its head slightly and opened its mouth wide.

"What does it mean?"

The big penguins quickly gave the answer. They bent down and began to take the fish out of the whale's mouth to eat.

This scene surprised everyone again, so this is when the big penguin took care of the baby, and enthusiastic friends came to deliver food?

Ian suddenly had a bold guess, maybe the love between seabirds and fish is not just an accident, but a tradition?And these penguin cubs, will they be the crystallization of love between the big penguin and the whale?

Although the size of the big penguin is too small compared with that of the whale, if you observe carefully, the whale is very similar to the big penguin after inflating. Fish tail, maybe penguins and whales are two forms of this creature, one male and one female?

Ian told Heng Ting about his ideas and conjectures, but Heng nodded approvingly. The world is full of wonders, and sometimes unimaginable ideas may be facts.

After the big penguins had a delicious meal, they did not forget the "nursers" behind them, and gave each of them a sea fish from the mouth of the whale.

Holding their "salary", everyone looked at each other again.

Yang Na said, "Why do I feel like I'm next to a rich woman?"

The thin friend responded weakly, "Me too."

The crowd warmly thanked the penguin who shared the food with them. After a few "quack~quack~", the penguin pushed the cub towards them, apparently to let them take the cub back to the base camp.

Captain Zhou, Zhang Minglin, Alva, and Shouyou each hugged a little penguin and carried two bags, and walked to the habitat.The other five people carried the newly acquired big fish to kill and clean them. After saying goodbye to the whales, the big penguins returned to the base camp with Captain Zhou and the other four.

When the five of Ian came back and divided the fish and meat equally, it was already dark.

The little ones were brought back to their respective caves by their parents. Ian quietly went over to take a look. The big penguins had already rested in the nest. They were lying in the cave with their heads facing outwards. The little ones should be in the innermost part and did not hear them. The cry of "chirp~chr~" may have fallen asleep.

During dinner, everyone sat around together, talking about what they saw today, they all felt miraculous.

Yang Na said: "I really didn't expect the creatures here to be friendly and helpful, but I agree with Ian's guess today, maybe they are a couple."

Xiao Ting nodded, "A magical species, a magical way of living."

Captain Zhou said: "Then what is our plan now? For the time being, we will act as a 'baby nurse' and wait for the penguins to be fed, and then we will make another plan after they are all born and grown up?"

Zhang Minglin said: "Why not. Now we help take care of the eggs and cubs, and they give us fish as rewards. It is the luckiest thing I have ever met on this planet. Rescue has not waited for so long, I don't know It will take us a year of the monkey to return to the Imperial Capital, we first establish a good relationship with these sea and land bosses, even if we stay here in the future, with their care, we will not starve to death."

With a source of food, survival is no longer the most urgent thing. Now the biggest worry hanging in everyone's mind is when the search and rescue team will be able to find this planet and find them. If they are finally left on this desolate star live the rest of my life...

Ian said: "If it comes, it will be safe. At present, the basic survival is maintained. While we are looking after eggs and cubs in exchange for food, we are working hard to repair our bodies and restore them to the best condition. When the time comes If the rescue team hasn’t arrived yet, let’s set off again to see if we can find the aborigines, or find a tool that can take us back to Imperial Capital.”

Captain Zhou nodded and said: "Well, our bodies are indeed damaged by hunger, so let's stabilize our mentality and focus on recovering our bodies, live every day well, and the days to come will be long. I believe that the empire will not Those who will give up on us, first of all, we must establish our beliefs, and living with hope is always more meaningful than living with hope.”

On the first night, they slept in the cave dug by themselves, and everyone felt very novel.But not to mention, it is quite effective in sheltering from the wind and rain. When I woke up the next morning, I found that there was snow outside again.

Opening his eyes in the morning, Zhang Minglin heard a low "chirp~chirp~" sound from the backpack, opened it and saw that the fifth egg had successfully hatched.

I don’t know how these big penguins can recognize the cry of the cubs they have never met. Just as Zhang Minglin took the little guy out, a tall figure blocked the entrance of the hole, and then a big head passed Captain Zhou and gave Zhang Minglin his hands. Stretched out everywhere.

"Ga~ga~"

"啾~啾~"

The freshmen brought a day of joy, and even the cold snow could not stop the joy of the penguins.

Zhang Minglin and Yi An were assigned a new task today, and they were responsible for taking care of the new two eggs.

While the big penguins were out looking for food, Ian carefully inspected their caves. There are 56 caves in total, but not every cave has an egg. Including the ones carried by everyone, there are [-] eggs in total. .