902 Pacify (1/2)

If it was not for the current situation that seemed as if the whales were all set for a showdown––if it was not for the fact that Zhang Zian was currently sitting on a flying inflatable boat and not in an aircraft carrier––then being surrounded by three minke whales of different sizes was something that would make Zhang Zian happy. However, at the moment, he could not bring himself to feel happy.

Adult male minke whales wanted to protect the females. They wanted to purposely make themselves seem bold and powerful in front of females in order to win the affection of the female they liked. Zhang Zian's small boat was now in the way of that, and so it became the object the male minke whale was going to use to show how bold and powerful it was.

Even with young minke whales, there would be some damaging effects if one tried to get in their way. While the females were slightly less aggressive, one still couldn't let their guard down around them. As soon as something alarmed or angered it, it was highly possible that the female whale would attack––and the next time it attacked Zhang Zian's boat it might not be a warning, but instead a direct attack.

The situation once again reached a deadlock.

Zhang Zian did not want the situation to continue in a deadlock. Winning their cold war meant nothing to him, but if he lost, the consequences would be dire. He used his hand to tightly hold the motor handle so he was ready to immediately escape if there was any change to the situation.

He did not want to immediately escape for he was worried that the sound of the motor moving and the rotation of the propeller would break the deadlock and anger the female whale.

The instruction booklet had said that the electric motor's speed could reach up to 12 kilometers per hour. It was not much faster than a toy, and its speed was nothing in front of a whale; they could catch up in a blink of an eye.

Zhang Zian was now in a situation where it was difficult to move forwards or backwards… Actually, it was probably a dilemma between backing away and backing away, because proceeding was impossible.

So he could only hope that the minke whale could convince its non-blood related male whale…

No one liked leaving their fate in other people's hands, much less a whale's.

Zhang Zian racked his brains to think of a way to get out of the awkward situation. When his empty hand made a sweeping motion, it touched the underwater speaker that had been thrown to the bottom of the boat.

Oh, right! How could he have forgotten about it?

He hit his forehead and remembered the recording Sihwa had made. It was originally to pacify the big whale––to tell it that the person in front of it was a good person and would not harm it.

Then this recording should be effective on the female whale, right?

He immediately took out the memory card in the underwater speaker and changed it for a new memory card. He then placed the speaker underwater and switched it on.

With the speaker as the center, the low-frequency sound waves that the human ear could mostly not detect would disperse in the water; the speed was much faster than the speed of a sound wave in the air.

Zhang Zian stared intently at the female whale, praying in his heart that Shihwa had been reliable just this once.

Right after the sound started playing, the three minke whales had different degrees of reactions. By the time the sound had been playing for two to three minutes, the male whale who had been very fierce totally lowered its guard and its body began to relax as it lazily stroked the water. Its body language showed that its wrath had fully vanished.

The female whale was even more relaxed. It was slowly drifting in the water like the young minke whale, its greyish-black back rising and falling just next to the assault boat.

The song actually had such instantaneous results…