Return to the scorching equatorial sun, underwater sneaking reef reappearance.

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It was only when the familiar reef reappeared in front of her and swam staggered in front of her that Xinglan truly realized...... It's back.

Yes, after a long journey of several months, I have returned to this rich sea. With her feet splashing in the water, Xinglan looked at the little whale swimming happily in the sea next to her, and smiled happily.

The growth rate of the calf whale, which has grown to more than 10 meters in just a few months, is quite impressive, and although it is still a child of the whale compared to the mother whale that is more than 100 meters long, it is enough to leave most creatures in the dust...... The most obvious thing is that it can no longer rub against the back of the mother whale.

The little whale flicked its tail happily and motioned for Xinglan to climb on its back, this guy is now very happy that he has the strength to swim with Xinglan...... Although there are slightly more slots for the action of wagging the tail like a puppy.

"Ah, it's a reef." Looking at the multicolored reef in front of her, which was slightly above the sea, Xinglan smiled cutely, "It's close to the equatorial region." ”

In addition to being able to float and move autonomously, the reefs and coral reefs of Lanxing are actually quite similar. It also requires high water temperatures to synthesize calcium, so reefs are almost invisible in temperate regions, and only near the equator can you see a spectacular number of reefs.

Ah, I almost forgot to mention that the Panpalean continent of Lanxing is located in the Northern Hemisphere as a whole, and the unique annular ocean current formed in the depression below it encompasses the equatorial region, which is one of the reasons for the abundance of life here.

The sea where Xinglan had landed at night was near the midpoint of the east coast of the Panarchaeocontinent, and she and her mother and son swam south along the coastline for several months before finally reaching the area that had been bombarded by gamma rays 500 million years ago.

On the way, except for the five completely wiped out bone squid squads, there were no more creatures that could pose a threat to the whales, after all, such giant creatures were still quite rare outside the annular current area.

"Before I knew it, I returned to this sea, and I don't know when I crossed the nutrient scarcity zone...... But then again, it seems that there was a time when the whales didn't eat much, and the little guy was so hungry that he was a little out of strength, so he should have been crossing the nutrient scarcity belt at that time. While muttering, Xinglan unceremoniously sat cross-legged on the back of the little whale, although the little one had not yet grown the white whiskers of the mother whale, but it would not let Xinglan roll into the sea...... Thump!

…… Huh?

"Hey, you guy......" Xinglan popped her head out of the seawater, looked at the little whale with an apology in her eyes, and sighed helplessly, "Alas, forget it, be careful next time." ”

"Resting ......"

There was a sound of water beside him, and the mother whale that had just dived to feed resurfaced, bringing a large number of splashes to fly in the air, and even seemed to faintly appear a miniature version of the rainbow.

"Well, it's actually a day without a moon, and this kind of day is quite rare on Lanxing." Climbing onto the slippery back of the small whale, Xinglan looked up at the sky, only to see a bright sun in the sky radiating thousands of rays, "After all, there are three moons, and the possibility of a moon in the day is much more likely...... Although sometimes it is obscured by the sun's rays. ”

Well, what should I say at this time...... How nice is the weather today?

In fact, anyone who really understands the ocean knows that the fury in the ocean is hidden under calm, such as the life-and-death battle between sea creatures, which happens almost every instant, but the voyager often sees a peaceful scene, and even looks at it without seeing a single creature.

The same is true for the weather, where storms at sea often come on the fly without warning. Even the most skilled navigator could not say that he could be sure that there was no storm ahead...... Unless he has real-time satellite remote sensing imagery.

The sound of the water was almost always ringing, and large swarms of small fish of different colors swam around the two whales, jumping out of the water and making a splash. Xinglan has no interest in naming these small fish, which are not distinctive and have countless species, and at most let the underwater robot directly number and collect samples. Similarly, the whales, who are not hungry for a while, also say that they have little interest in these small fish, but the large size of the whales scares away many predators, and as a result, the small fish prefer to swim with the whales.

This is not the first time the mother whale has been here, and she calmly ignores the small fish around her, flapping her dark blue tail and making her way.

It's obviously the first time the whale has been here...... In fact, after seeing its growth rate, recalling that the little whale was smaller than Xinglan when they first met, Xinglan knew that it had definitely not been born for long.

Well, it seems that the whales give birth to their calves in the waters outside the nutrient scarcity zone, probably for safety reasons, after all, there are more large predators in the annular current.

At this time, the little whale was full of curiosity like Xinglan to look at everything around him, although he was in the vast ocean where he could not see the land, the breath of life here was extremely prosperous.

……

The sun was rising to the center of the sky, and it was almost noon.

It's the same regardless of the planet, noon is the hottest time of the day, after all, they are all in the same universe and obey the same laws of physics.

A certain girl, who was still full of vitality in the morning, was lying on the back of a small whale like a street at this time, and even the tight black wetsuit was opened wide slit, revealing snow-white artificial skin......

"Sure enough, noon at the equator is really ...... It's super hot! Xinglan, who seemed to have countless grievances floating on her head, was lying lazily on her stomach, not wanting to move, who said that robots would not be afraid of heat? What if the temperature is too high and the nuclear reactor overheats? Even if it's not that exaggerated, the CPU won't be able to support it!

In other words, what should you do when the heat is unbearable?

It's easy!

So, ten minutes later, Xinglan and the whales left the sun-scorched sea and dived into the blue.

Haiyo ~ The sea is warm in winter and cool in summer, I'm coming to you!

Grunt......

The noise next to my ears suddenly became smaller, and the sound seemed very dull in the water. Xinglan grabbed the white whiskers on the back of the mother whale to make sure she didn't fall behind...... Of course, the speed of the humanoid body swimming in the water is not comparable to that of the native sea creatures, while continuing to visit the underwater world of Arashi with wide black eyes.

The water here is not deep, and the sunlight above can shine down and light up the underwater world. Countless small fish swam around quickly, and there were some arthropods mixed in.

As the depth gradually decreased, the whales continued to swim forward, and suddenly, a huge shadow slowly fluttered in front of them......

"Reef swimming? Why so many? When Xinglan changed her pupils again to make them more accustomed to the underwater environment, she realized that there were many reefs floating in front of her at the same time, "There are so many reefs here, it's not right......

Some of the passing reefs have swam out of large schools of sucker fish that live in them, and these little ones have spotted the presence of the whales and can't wait to swim towards them.

The mother whale narrowed her huge eyes in comfort and let these colorful little creatures move on the skin of her body, removing the bad parasites from her skin.

The little whale looked curiously at these small fish that it had seen for the first time, and couldn't help but flick its tail, and only obediently stopped moving under the scolding of the mother whale. The sucker fish didn't mind the fact that the whales had washed them away with the water before, and they enthusiastically helped the whales with a care...... For them it's a meal.

But there are also some bad things......

"Hey, don't you ...... Stop...... Yes...... It's so itchy......" Xinglan puffed out her face and angrily pulled down the sucker fish that tried to clean her too, the robot's body doesn't have parasites, but the key is ......

"Shame on you...... Actually lick......ed all over the skin of the whole body by the sucker-shaped mouth, "In the end, I still couldn't beat the other party's fish, and it seemed that the girl who had been played bad let out a wail, lying on the back of the small whale and completely gave up resistance, "I feel that the whole person has become bad, woo......"

The sucker fish watched the strange creature's screams in bewilderment, and their unintelligent brains finally decided to ignore it, lowered their heads and continued to lick Xinglan's skin with their sucker-shaped mouths...... I wear a wetsuit, but the touch of this tight-fitting garment is completely indistinguishable! What's more, Xinglan specially opened a few zippers in order to dissipate heat before, and there were suction cup fish as a result...... Got in, bastard! Come out for me!

Tearful Xinglan feels that she will suffer from sucker fish phobia in the future! Definitely!

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Finally, the cleaning service ended, and a satisfied mother whale continued to move towards her remembered destination with a calf for the first time and a girl who had been played bad.

"Is this your destination?" After recovering a little bit, Xinglan still looked a little sluggish, she looked helplessly at the sticky liquid on her body, these sucker fish specially evolved, and the saliva that can not be easily washed away by the sea seems to have a germicidal function on the body surface, so it is a body lotion or sunscreen that sea creatures like, but ......

"Woo...... It's really ...... feeling that my body can't be washed off by being coated with sticky saliva," stretched out his finger and wiped a little liquid, Xinglan took his finger in his mouth and tested the composition of this liquid...... It was only after a while that she realized what she had done, and she quickly returned to her original form in embarrassment.

In other words, don't you think Xinglan knows too much as a young star? Well, it's really all Xiao Cheng's fault.

(Xiao Cheng in hibernation: "Hey, it's almost enough!") I'm obviously called Xiao Cheng instead of Shi Chen, right? ”）

But the focus is not on that, but on ...... Xinglan looked at the behemoth in front of her in surprise, which occupied almost the entire field of vision: "Coral Reef Island? Visiting the reef? Great barrier reef? ”

It can't be the kind of coral reef on Earth, and the similar creatures on Lanxing are just reefs. But the reef is so big!

It doesn't move around like a small reef, but is stationary on the seabed. The massive size extends from the bottom of the sea to the surface and spreads to the sides...... This is already a small island, and you can even clearly see some reefs detached from it, and some spliced into it, and in the process, the bare inner reefs are no longer their colorful colors, but desolate white.

A large number of unnamed and exotic creatures roam freely here, and it is an extremely species-rich ecosystem.

It is a patchwork of dead reef corpses...... Equatorial reef islands.

(Anyway, I always feel like we've been spoiled by a bunch of undisciplined guys on the Internet...... Only, there is none! He is a good boy with a pure mind! Cover your face with shame~ There is still ...... So, can you please recommend it to each other? Although we're embarrassed to advertise or anything, the number of collections hasn't increased for a whole week, which is too ...... ）