Mermaid Reef

The sunlight melted a pit on the surface of the iceberg, like a blue lake.

The lake flows to the edge of the iceberg, cutting out several gullies, and streams of clear snow water fall down, forming a small waterfall water curtain.

A weary white whale spun around and bumped into the edge of the iceberg half-consciously.

It let out a cry of pain, raised its head, and was "watered" all over its head and face by the cascading waterfall.

"……puff!"

Jets of water spurted from the blowholes, forming a thin rainbow in the warm sunlight.

The beluga plunged headlong into a small depression eroded by the sea below the iceberg, and only cautiously raised its head to the surface to take a breath. It looked like a great white ape squatting in a water curtain cave when it was peering out. .

Now is the summer when food is plentiful, and schools of fish often gather near icebergs.

The fish was brought to his mouth, even though he was flustered, Beluga still instinctively added another meal to himself.

It is a very smart white whale, it will not relax and play after the danger has passed like other beluga whales, it is thinking about what happened to the abnormality just now.

As a solitary (alone) whale, it is very important to observe the environment and accumulate experience.

"Buzz?"

The white whale tried to imitate the weird sound wave.

It was only after hearing this sound that it fell into a coma.

At that time, the flow of sea water was very abnormal, and a huge vortex appeared below the sea surface. The white whale saw an unlucky polar bear being sucked into the vortex together with the ice floe, and never emerged again.

Terrible.

The white whale couldn't help opening its mouth and swallowing the school of fish that swam into the water curtain.

After eating a full stomach, the spirit recovered a lot, and the white whale swam out quietly.

Although this iceberg is a good hiding place and provides a worry-free self-service food, the current is in the wrong direction and the iceberg is floating too slowly.

Now that it is August, more and more killer whales will come to the Arctic Circle to look for food after the ice cap melts, and they will deliver food if they run slowly.

The young belugas regained their spirits and embarked on their solo whale migration.

After swimming for about two hours, it suddenly heard a strange sound from above its head.

***

An F3 fighter named Devil came to the sky over the ice sea.

It began to dive, and the booming sound alarmed the most sensitive creatures in the sea.

The pilot of the fighter plane carefully observed the sea area below. The reflection of the ice surface made him feel that it was shining everywhere. This was a very unfavorable flying environment. Based on his experience, he raised the fuselage and returned to midair.

"...Falcon [-] reported that no suspicious traces were found."

The Nautilus nuclear submarine has been out of contact for more than three hours. Considering the complex ice situation in the Arctic, the land command believes that they may have encountered some troubles, being hit by an iceberg or trapped in the cracks of several icebergs.

A fighter plane cannot stay for too long, it is not as concealed as a submarine, and every move will be seen by the "enemy country".

Although this is the North Pole, if you continue to fly, it is the territory of a certain country. If there is a misunderstanding, you may be chased by a group of fighters. This is not a joke.

So the plane could only pretend to be on patrol and circle around, then flew back.

"No submarine signal detected."

"Confirmed, returning."

"Om-"

A strange voice suddenly appeared on the communication channel.

The pilot of the fighter plane felt his head buzzing, and suddenly his head spun.

His physical fitness is very good, even if he spins dozens of laps at high speed in the sky, he only loses consciousness temporarily, and he will recover soon.

But now he felt a strong fear, the voice was like a hacksaw, churning desperately in his mind.

The pilot's body, which was firmly bound to the seat, struggled like a fish out of water, with white eyes and white foam at the mouth.

He carried it with his last will.

The fighter plane rubbed against the sea and pulled up again before it was about to fall into the sea.

"Hoo, hoo, Falcon Three is calling the nest."

The pilot panted violently, but he didn't see a huge black shadow floating below the sea surface.

The fighter plane rushed to the sky and disappeared into the sky.

The black shadow stayed for a second, then sank again.

***

The sea of ​​ice was dead silent.

After about 10 minutes, a beluga whale floated upright.

It sprayed the water column violently and made a short breathing sound.

The chubby whale rolled painfully in the water, and its movements seemed to be exactly the same as the fighter jets that tumbled and fell at high altitudes.

Fortunately, sea water has buoyancy, it will wake up from choking when it sinks to a certain extent, and then float to the surface with difficulty to spray water.

After repeating this several times, the white whale finally managed to regain its balance.

Its dark eyes were full of terror, and its tail slapped the water anxiously.

But after only taking two shots, it stopped its movements vigilantly.

After the white whale heard a strange sound in the air just now, it immediately thought of what happened before.

Although it didn't know that the killer whale was chasing a submarine, this "rule" of strange sounds first followed by horrible and strange things frightened it desperately looking for an iceberg to hide in, and finally successfully hid itself in a place before the fighter plane dived. Behind the big ice floe.

Although not as useful as an iceberg, it is better than nothing.

The white whale didn't remember what happened afterwards at all. It only felt a vortex "rising" on the bottom of the sea, and the current swirled crazily, as if there was something in it.

The location of the vortex is so deep that it cannot be seen from the sea surface at all.

The unlucky beluga whale was dragged several hundred meters along with the ice floes. Fortunately, the distance was far enough, and the vortex disappeared quickly, otherwise it would die.

"Ugh-"

The white whale whined cautiously.

It is calling for help, and it is also warning its surroundings.

There is danger here.

Invisible danger.

Fear will return to fear, but we cannot stay where we are and cry. We must re-plan the migration route.

Frightened, the white whale chose another direction and swam against the current so as to encounter more icebergs.

There is no night in the polar arctic, but the sun will move in the sky. Smart marine creatures can judge when to rest during migration. As for the direction, they have another set of senses for positioning.

Fearing the nameless monster, the white whale swam for a whole "night" and stopped wearily when the sun returned to the eastern sky.

The last time I was so tired, I was still chased by a group of killer whales.

The beluga whale didn't look for its favorite cod, but ate some fish and shrimp indiscriminately, and then began to look around, trying to find a safe enough resting place.

A flower-colored floating object was sent in front of it by the current.

"Guji?"

The beluga approached cautiously; it had never seen a parachute.

But it knows humans.

The place where humans live is very dangerous. The sea water there is red, and whales will die if they approach.

Looking at the creature tied to the parachute, the white whale guessed that it was a "human being", but there was no sign of life, otherwise the white whale would not approach it. It circled around and sank slowly, and suddenly saw the corpse in the Water opened his eyes.

Blood red eyes.

The corpse was like a melting iceberg, with blood spurting out continuously, forming a small water curtain.

The white whale is scared away.

It turned back while running, and found that the "thing" was first flattened into a piece of skin, and then expanded rapidly, just like the giant jellyfish seen in the depths of the ice sea.

The white whale screamed in horror, because the "jellyfish" caught up.

The parachute buckled on the corpse seriously affected the speed of this "jellyfish monster", so that the beluga whale could maintain its advantage ahead. It ran in a panic, wailing for help while running.

When people are going crazy, they don't realize what they are talking about.

This young beluga whale, as a mammal, also has this problem.

"...beep...rumble...crack...bum..."

The beluga whale is the best creature in the ocean. It has heard many sounds in its life. As long as it is deeply impressed, it can imitate it very realistically.

So the jellyfish monster chased after it, and the beluga whale fled in front. The beluga whale continued to make the sound of hunting whales, the sound of submarine propellers, the sound of aircraft engines, the sound of icebergs breaking, the sound of monsters, and the infrasound waves of vortex rapids. ...perfectly reproduced what happened to it in the past two days.

After playing it repeatedly, the white whale called for help with its own voice.

Because of being too tired, the speed of the white whale slowed down uncontrollably, and it became more and more frightened.

At this time, a huge vortex appeared again under the water.

This time the white whale had no more resistance, and it was swept in by the vortex together with the monster carrying the parachute.

***

Land Command of North America.

"What, only two of the three fighters came back?"

"Yes, sir... that one was lost after contact was lost, and it may have crashed into the sea."

"What about the remaining two?"

"They fell into a coma after getting off the plane, and now they have a high fever and are still talking nonsense. The communication equipment in the cabin is damaged, and we are checking the black box—"

At this time, there was a sudden electrical interference from the opposite side of the communication.

"Hello! Hello?"

After about 3 minutes, the communication was reconnected. Someone gasped and said, "Sir, we heard the pilot's screams and strange ravings in the black box. The people in the analysis room connected the sound to My side. After hearing these voices, I felt dizzy and nauseous, but the symptoms were relatively mild, and the soldiers in the analysis room were already vomiting."

***

The white whale has been stunned by the vortex.

When the power of the vortex gradually weakened, the white whale struggled to wake up, and then it found that it was dark here, which should be the deep sea area.

Beluga whales can dive hundreds of meters, which is not as good as killer whales.

The luminous creatures that flashed outside were all species that Beluga had never seen before, and it panicked.

Now the water pressure inside and outside the vortex is different, and it can barely protect its body. If the vortex disappears completely, the beluga whale will be crushed and die in an instant—it doesn’t understand the principle, but it knows the answer.

The vortex dragged it deeper into the sea, where there was no air, and if it didn't come to the surface quickly, it would drown.

The white whale suddenly saw the "jellyfish monster" in the vortex.

The threat of death made the young playful whale so fierce that it lashed out at the monster with its tail.

After the human corpse became a monster, it swelled several times, and it was still not as huge as the white whale.

The teeth of the beluga whale are not used to chew food, but to fix the prey. The slender teeth hidden in the gums are like nails, and they are ruthlessly pierced into the monster's body.

"boom."

The monster exploded.

Countless gases gushed out and turned into blisters, and the white whale hurried over to breathe.

It felt that its body was changing, and it was itchy and painful.

The white whale opened its mouth drowsily, and repeated the recording cycle of "monsters attacking human submarines + airplanes".

Just when it was about to lose consciousness in pain, a huge bubble rose up, wrapping it inside.

100 meters below the bubble is a fighter jet, which has been crushed and deformed by the deep sea water.

500 meters further down is another big bubble, inside which is a submarine. The "white dust cover" that originally covered the submarine has become broken flesh and blood, covering the inner wall of the bubble, and hanging a thick cloth on the outer shell of the submarine. It was a thick layer, and it looked extremely terrifying.

Suddenly, the sound of boiling water came from the bottom of the dark abyss.

More bubbles floated up, carrying the submarine, fighter plane, and white whale to the surface of the sea.

A huge vine slowly stretched out in the darkness, and countless slender tentacles groped around.

Followed by the second root.

Wrapped in the middle by vines is a strange reef with flowing black and red stripes, covered with twigs at the ends of vines. When they separate, they seem to be sticky, dragging out a long unidentified black liquid.

After the strange reef left, the jelly-like flower discs at the bottom of the vines still maintained a concave shape.

The flower disk tried to restore it several times, but failed to squeeze it back. The golden particles inlaid on the flower disk were dull, as if they had been ruthlessly polished.

Some granules turned right out, and some granules were deeply sunken in the jelly-like flesh, turning into a small crater that couldn't even be bounced back.

The strange reef landed on the seabed, and instantly spread out into a pile of messy stones. Part of it was separated, and first turned into a huge black shadow like a cloak, and then pinched out slender tentacles to wrap around the vines, kneading Make stiff jelly.

The movements of the vines were still slow, without any sharp contraction speed at all.

The black shadow changed again, and a mermaid with golden-red scales slowly swung its tail fin and sat directly on the flower disc.

His posture is lazy, but his eyes are looking straight up.

"what?"

The mermaid finds a beluga bubble that keeps simulating sounds.

At this time, the flower disc shrank slowly, and an indescribable murmur sounded.

This is the language of evil gods.

The mermaid bowed her head, using her nails to fiddle with the sickly golden particles on the jelly flower plate.

[Some of the same kind intentionally disturbed our dreams and threw a bunch of human things here. 】

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The author has something to say:

Beluga whales, canaries in the sea, larks (describe their beautiful and varied original sounds), parrots, starlings (ventriloquist imitation masters), they have been recorded to imitate human speech (simple phrases)