Chapter 5 part two encounter

Since the High Frequency Sonic Event, the Institute's timetable has changed considerably.In order to analyze high-frequency sound waves, Jack got into the studio and stayed behind closed doors.Ryan and the others returned to the place where the sound waves were recorded, set up underwater microphones, and tracked down the group of dolphins at that time.They saw the spotted dolphins again, but were unable to re-record high-frequency sound waves from them. The current research on the "dialect" of dolphins has been interrupted.For a week, Billy also pretty much forgot about the interview.He was also fascinated by this enigmatic high-frequency sound wave.Hajiri and Gordon are also included, and all the staff are keen to solve the mystery of high-frequency sound waves.

Jessie watched the adults' frenzy with cold eyes.Sometimes she came to the studio to watch the problematic videotape alone, but she didn't have any special reaction, so she went back to the room. That day, Ryan and the others decided to let the dolphins in the swimming pool listen to high-frequency sound waves.If, as Billy said, the high-frequency sound waves are the shooting sounds that they check the human frequency modulation, it will be an epoch-making discovery. At the same time, the structure of the shooting sounds usually used by dolphins will also become more definite.We have seen dolphins use shooting sounds to paralyze fish several times, and experiments have been done by playing audio tapes to fish in aquariums.The fish writhed and convulsed just as violently as when it heard the shooting sound directly.However, that's all that's been clarified.Why Do Fish Cramp?This itself is not clear.

The audio equipment was transported into the yard, and two loudspeakers, four microphones, and four CCD cameras specialized in playing high-frequency sound waves were submerged in the water.Dolphins in the pool excitedly gather around the loudspeaker.Four CCD cameras are connected to four video recorders, which are set to record the whole process.Gordon pressed the video button on a platform to send a signal to Ryan. "The volume of the walkie-talkie has been reduced to zero. The microphone will be troublesome if it picks up high-frequency sound waves." Seeing that Gordon and Billy had adjusted the volume, Ryan switched on the VCR.

The dolphins in the water responded.They looked around and gathered around the loudspeaker in the water after a while.Or tap it, or squeak it. "No harm to them," Billy said admiringly, "but their reaction is too common. I almost drowned because of that..." Indeed, the dolphins responded surprisingly indifferently, and soon they got tired of the loudspeakers and started swimming as usual again. "Swimming like normal in such high-frequency sound waves, these guys." Gordon was dumbfounded. On Santa Maria Island, there are only five schools in total including kindergarten, elementary school, and middle school.Even so, that's a lot for this small island.There are only two high schools and no colleges.There are two high schools, one is "Boucher High School" for children of local fishermen; the other is "Santa Maria High School" for Europeans, Americans and Orientals who come to the island.The foreigners on the island are almost all the resident personnel dispatched by the trading company, and the number is not too many.Among them, there are only a handful of families with children in high school.To take care of these teenagers, this luxurious school was set up on the island.The pitifully small number of students enjoy the spaciousness of the British-style spacious school building to the fullest and send off campus life.

Jessie hated going to this school at first.She hoped to go to another "Bouchet High," or none at all. "I don't even want to go to a school that tastes like a nouveau riche!" That's Jessie's opinion. As a father, Ryan has never been so distressed as he was then.Santa Maria High School exudes whiteness, and Ryan doesn't like it either. Letting Jessie play freely with local children is his consistent educational policy.However, when it comes to higher education, it is different.It is the instinct of parents to let their children go to good schools.As a result, after months of confrontation, Ryan forcibly placed Jessie at Santa Maria High.

Jessie is worthy of being the daughter of a scholar, and her grades are outstanding.For her, the level of Santa Maria High School is only equivalent to the level of middle school.But that had nothing to do with Jessie.She buried herself in her studies, ignored her surroundings, and kept her grades far ahead.Ryan felt very lucky, but Jessie was also isolated in school because of this. "I don't get along with upstart kids." Jessie said.She never attends the parties of her classmates.In class, she was busy learning her own lessons, and didn't listen to the teacher at all, and went home as soon as the day's lessons were finished.Once, Ryan was called to criticize by the head teacher.

"How did your family educate your children?" When pressed by Miss Lily, the teacher in charge, Ryan replied in a cold sweat: "That... I can't control her at home." When Miss Lily was discouraged, she couldn't help laughing.After finishing the business, she said 'this is off topic', and then asked Ryan about the dolphins.Ryan answered her kindly.Next, Ryan often gets calls from Miss Lily, asking about dolphins and such.Dolphin Dolphin said, the two gradually developed to date once a week.Every weekend, Miss Lily is doing diving tutoring at the beach.She confusedly invited Ryan: "You also come to the diving class and learn."

No, because I have been diving for twenty years. " With such an answer, the female class teacher smiled and said: "Look at how I said such stupid words." This smile moved Ryan, and he took a diving class as an instructor.There were also students' parents in the class, and the next day, this incident became a topic of discussion in the classroom. "Miss Lily has a close relationship with Jessie's father." After that, the relationship between Jessie and Ryan completely collapsed.Ryan, who didn't know the truth, only felt a little lonely, and Jessie became very cold.He still continued to answer Miss Lily's dolphin question.He lost his love six months ago, and Miss Lily made a young boyfriend.Now that Ryan has recovered from the blow of the broken relationship, Jessie's attitude has become increasingly cold, so much so that Ryan now even feels threatened.

That day Jessie still finished her schedule quickly and left school early in the morning.Usually she would go directly to Boucher's library by bicycle and bury her head in reading until evening every day, but today she went straight home.Wednesday is dolphin day, and she has to take the four sisters of "Little Women" to the sea. Dolphins raised in swimming pools are afraid of the sea.Especially young Beth and Amy are particularly notable.Dolphins must be taken to the ocean once a week to acclimate them to the sea.This work was done by Gordon and Jessie.When there were no Beth and Amy... when there were only Jo and Meg, Jessie was a schoolboy and used to go to sea with her mother.At that time it was up to the mother to train them.It was Jo and Meg who were now guiding Beth and Amy.Keeping in mind what their mother taught them, the two dolphins also taught their younger ones to go to deeper, darker areas, where they would know that it wasn't scary.Ironically, Jessie can only watch them from the boat.She hasn't touched the edge of the sea since her mother died.

When they got home, Ryan and the others had just finished the experiment and were pulling the loudspeaker out of the swimming pool. "What are you doing?" "Ah, let's do an experiment." Ryan replied.Jessie frowned. "Don't do weird things to these kids!" Being scolded by his daughter, the father was at a loss.Squinting at him, Jessie started today's work.She opened the door to the sea, and immediately the dolphins flew out one after another. "Haruku, come together." Haruku showed a troubled expression. "What happened to you?"

"No, I have to help the teacher with something today." "...Forget it then." Jessie quickly left the backyard. Ryan looked at Gordon and the others in a little panic, and suddenly patted Billy on the shoulder and begged, "Can you go with her?" "You don't need to do anything, just sit on the boat with Jessie." Billy accepted, bewildered. When he went after Jessie, she was untiing the small motor boat tied to the pier. "Hey, I'm going too!" Billy ran over.Jessie almost ignored him and started the engine.Had she hoisted the sails earlier, Billy would have been left on the pier. The motorboat jumped violently between the waves and rushed to the open sea at full speed. "Hey, are you driving too fast?" "It's very common." In an instant, Billy's body was drenched by the intense spray. When they reached the surface of the sea, the dolphins gathered around the boat and showed their faces.Jessie threw strips of sardines up their noses, and the dolphins deftly caught and swallowed them, then urged for more. "No more. Go, go play." The dolphin gave up, turned around and disappeared into the sea. "Look down!" "Uh?" Suddenly the dolphins jumped out of the sea and jumped over the boat one by one.Billy was dumbfounded. "That's their signal, 'I'm going'." "Did you teach it?" "yes." "That's right." Billy looked out to sea in admiration.There were no dolphins to be seen anywhere. "What do I... need to do?" "Huh? Just stay for two hours and then go back. Let them swim as they please." After speaking, Jessie lay down on the deck of the boat and began to read. Billy took his cigarettes out of his pocket and saw that even the pack was soaked.He took them out one by one carefully, trying not to crush them, and placed them by the side of the boat.The sun is very strong, and it is estimated that it will dry in about ten minutes. "that--" Following the direction Billy pointed out, Jessie looked at her chest, where she was wearing the dolphin necklace Billy had given her. "It's called the white dolphin?" "yes." "It fits you well." Jessie yanked the necklace from her neck and stuffed it into her pocket.Billy has nothing to do again.Jessie still concentrates on reading.Billy smoked his dried cigarette, racked his brains to find a topic, and finally came up with this: "What book are you reading?" Jessie didn't answer, but just showed the cover of the book slightly.Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra.Billy couldn't think of anything else to say about Nietzsche. "Hey……" "..." "Do you understand the language of dolphins?" "Is this an interview?" "no." "If you want to understand, you can't do it." "why?" "Because you won't be able to hear other languages." "What is 'other language'?" Jessie didn't answer. "What does 'other languages' mean?" "Don't disturb my reading." Billy had nothing to do but smoke and look at the sea. Suddenly Jessie started talking: "Humans don't rely on language to communicate with animals, right? Sometimes they speak unconsciously, but they always want to point fingers and express themselves through body movements. It's the same when trying to convey something to foreigners who don't understand the language. Want to What to express. This pure motive causes the body to respond naturally, and all gestures and movements become words. The other party also wants to communicate with us. So I have to accept it honestly. No matter how much you concentrate on listening to the Japanese spoken by Hajiri Don't understand, right?" "Yes." Seizing the opportunity, Billy posed the following question: "Is the language of dolphins different from that of humans?" Jessie didn't answer. Plop.Jessie looked up from the book, Billy was no longer there, only the shirt had been taken off and left there.Looking out to sea, Billy just surfaced and waved to her.Jessie ignored him, covered her face with a book, and lay down again.Listening to the sound of Billy swimming and splashing water, Jessie's eyes chased the words for a while, but she couldn't concentrate.She touched the necklace in her pocket. The dolphin necklace was snapped because of Jessie's rude action just now.Jessie twisted a link of the small chain, bit it on with her teeth, and finally connected it again.The dolphin's eyes are inlaid with emerald green stones, and the emerald green light beams reflect on Jessie's face, reminding her of the scene in the sea.In the past, I often saw this scene when diving with my mother.Jessie loves seeing the sun from the sea. As a child, Jessie had hardly ever used an oxygen cylinder, nor felt it necessary.For her, the ocean is a place to play without any discomfort. Little Jessie's favorite is diving. She would sometimes spend a whole day playing just this game of diving as deep as she could and then surfacing.The secret is to dive without thinking about whether there is enough air for the return trip.Dive to the limit of air, then slowly ascend.During the first dive, she had carelessly forgotten to return the air and was almost in danger.No matter how anxious she was at that time, she couldn't get close to the surface of the sea. She still remembered that she was about to shed tears and kicked the water desperately with her feet.As she dived more and more, she adapted.Gradually, in a state where the breath cannot continue, floating becomes a pleasure.If you feel that you can't do it, you can't do anything, you can only give your body to the sea.That is pleasure.The heavy sea water pressed against his body was strangely comfortable.If you hold such an ocean firmly, before you know it, the ocean will bring itself to a place with air.All Jessie had to do was stand still and look at the swaying sun in the sea.Soon, Jessie could dive for fifteen to twenty minutes as if nothing had happened.Ryan and the others were amazed by it, but Jessie didn't think it was a big deal.Ryan and the others warned that "it would be dangerous to extend this time longer", so she refrained from extending the time, but it seemed that she could dive longer if she wanted to.Because she has a secret.Jessie is a firm believer that anyone can stay underwater as long as they want if they grasp that secret. The feeling at that time was revived in Jessie on the boat.But that's just for a split second.This memory immediately brings up another nasty memory.Jessie cuts off the memory before her mother's face emerges.She also knew that the hairs on her neck had stood up. Hearing the sound of water, Jessie hurriedly put the necklace into her pocket.Billy peeked out from the side of the boat.Then, the four sisters of "Little Women" also showed their faces, "squeaking" for food. Billy was out of breath, clutching the side of the boat and gasping for air. "Oh, I can't do it anymore. I usually don't exercise enough, and now the retribution is coming." The dolphin got the fish from Jessie and had no intention of leaving the boat at all. "They're saying: 'I want to swim with you next time'." Billy said. "They didn't say it." "Do you understand dolphin language?" The dolphin chirped persistently. "I can't swim in the sea." "……why." "I can't swim anyway." After speaking, Jessie covered her face with the book again. "You... are not like Ryan..." "You mean skin color? I'm a child brought by my mother." Jessie cut Billy off by answering before he could finish.Billy was frustrated again and again, but he continued undaunted: "I heard you were attacked by a shark?" "..." "I heard what your father said." "...he really loves to talk." "I didn't hear the details. Because Ryan didn't seem to want to talk about it." Jessie still covered her face with the book and said: "It's a shark." Billy frowned. "My mother said 'Go up', so I jumped on the boat. When I turned around, the sea had turned blood red. At that time, it was like yesterday when I thought about it. I can deliberately not let myself remember ,real." White sharks are the most powerful and vicious of all living sharks.It often eats seals and dolphins at the top of the pyramid-shaped food chain, and it can be said to be the "king of kings".Once attacked by it, it is impossible to just scratch such a small thing.They never attack people for intimidation. There is only one time when they attack people, and that is when they cannibalize people.If attacked by a mature large white shark, the victim will lose most of his body in just one attack. "I'm not a shark, but..." Billy said, "was attacked by a grizzly in the mountains of Canada." "..." "The photographer who went with me is dead. I'm lucky I wasn't hurt. Maybe the grizzly guy was just trying to scare us. He slapped my partner down two or three times and went back. Maybe he didn't intend to kill him. But, It is a big gray bear with a height of nearly three meters, we are weak human beings, and humans are no match for it at all.” "..." "My partner, that guy, was still pressing the shutter on the camera until he died. When I saw the developed picture, the blood on my face faded. It was a close-up of a grizzly bear with its mouth wide open." "...You don't climb mountains anymore, do you?" "No way. Three months later, I'm already on the same mountain again, to finish a report on the grizzly bear. The new photographer who came in was shaking with fear, but I didn't." "why?" "I don't know. Why? Is it because of dullness?" "..." "I felt as if I had died once. With that photographer, I died too." "You can really resolve yourself." Jessie's tone was sharp. "My mother died for me." "But you're saved. Mother must be very happy." "Dad said so too." "Ha ha…………" "But mother won't be happy. So what if she wants to? She has no will. Because she's been eaten by sharks. Don't you think the cow has will when you're chewing a tender steak?" "..." "Mom is not in heaven, she's turned into the blood and flesh of a shark." "...Don't think that way." "I don't want to think that either, but that's the truth." "The second time I went into the mountain happened to be autumn, and the red leaves in the mountains in Canada are very beautiful. We set up the camera from the top of the mountain. After a few days, I saw a grizzly bear and its cub wading across the creek. The female bear carefully , protecting toddler cubs from being washed away. Grizzlies, so scary up close, look so cute back then." "..." "Oh, I don't even know what I want to say, what do I want to say?" "..." "It's just that there was such a thing." "... You are lucky to meet a bear. Sharks are creatures that only know how to kill and eat meat from birth. Do you know? Before sharks were born, they killed each other with their brothers in their mother's womb. From Born into this world, they are covered with other people's blood." Billy began to feel cold on the soles of his feet.His feet are now exposed to the sea, defenseless. The dolphin chirped frequently, as if calling for the stubborn Jessie. "Joe, they are talking." "..." "Say: 'The sea is not scary'." "I didn't say that." After finishing speaking, Jessie suddenly raised her face from the book and went to see the dolphins. "What happen to you guys?" Jessie tries to decipher the dolphin's words. "……shark?" Billy could hear, too, that the dolphin's voice was getting more urgent. "Is there something coming?" "What's there?!" Next to the helm sits a small sonar locator.Jessie flipped the switch.The shadow of the boat and the shadow of the dolphin are reflected on the screen. "There's one more," Jessie said. Indeed, one other dolphin was captured on screen besides four. "what is this?" "what is this?" Jessie heard her words being repeated.Billy heard that voice too. "It's the magic sound phenomenon!" "It's a magic sound phenomenon! It's a magic sound phenomenon! It's a magic sound phenomenon! It's a magic sound phenomenon! It's a magic sound phenomenon! It's a magic sound phenomenon! It's a magic sound phenomenon! It's a magic sound phenomenon! It's a magic sound phenomenon! It's a magic sound phenomenon !" The two hurriedly plugged their ears, but the sound did not stop.Billy looked around, and there was a black spot in the broad sea undulating slowly.He frowned and stared past. Attracted by Billy's gaze, Jessie also caught the black dot. "What's that? . . . a turtle?" It does look like that.Sea turtles often float with their faces out of the sea, which is by no means a rare thing for Jessie. As if aware of the gaze of the two people, the black dot suddenly disappeared into the sea.Unbelievably, at this time, the magic sound that troubled the two of them could not be heard. Billy was convinced that the invisible thing was the owner of the magic sound.He felt the hairs all over his body stand on end. Billy's face changed, and Jessie looked at him in surprise. "What's the matter with you, Billy." Billy didn't answer, and jumped into the ocean. "Billy—!" Jessie yelled. But Billy, who jumped into the water, never came up again. Jessie signals the dolphins. "Get him up! Quick!" The dolphins dived into the sea one after another.However, it came back immediately.Jessie found out what they were afraid of.Not the fear of encountering a shark, but the look of being wary of something unfamiliar.If so, there is no danger in jumping down. …Thinking of this, Jessie's heart almost stopped beating.She realized that she wanted to jump into the sea just now.After finding out, Jessie couldn't move anymore.Fear gripped her body, and the image of her mother being bitten by a shark filled her mind.She could no longer control herself, and she could no longer cut off the memory of the past.Just take one step, Jessie chanted desperately, one step... just that's enough.When you're out in the water, your body does what it does naturally, and then there's always a way.Jessie looked up to the sky, the sun's rays piercing her eyes.Jessie tried to think of the shaking sun.The sun seen from the bottom of the sea. ...the shaking of the sun...the feel of the sea...the weight of the water pressure.... The sun disappeared from Jessie's view.The horizontal line is slanted across.The surface of the water is hard and then becomes soft.There is already in the sea. Jessie went straight downstream.What can be seen in the distance. — Billy! That's not Billy.But what is that?Jessie didn't recognize the time.As soon as the thing spotted Jessie, it swam away with great speed. Jessie's heart pounded.The thing turned her head before it disappeared, and although it was only for a moment, she still saw that it was a human face. --impossible. Jessie concentrated.So scary...not focused enough..., Jessie said to herself. Where the mysterious thing had been, Billy floated.Jessie swam there in one breath, hugged him from behind and turned back. She saw the sun, the memorable sun.The sea water is so gentle.However, there is no time to slowly float up.Jessie picked up Billy and hurried to the sea. The water was deeper than expected.Air was also used up. --But that's okay.The sea will guide me. Jessie said to herself.Gradually, she was surrounded by wonderful feelings.Nostalgic comfort...but that's also a red flag for lack of oxygen.Because people will suddenly lose consciousness when they lack oxygen, and Jessie is very aware of this.Now he couldn't lose consciousness due to lack of oxygen. If he couldn't find a way to stay awake, even Billy couldn't save him. The sun is still far away.Jessie became restless.She lost all strength, so she gave her body to buoyancy and turned back the way she had come.She swam too hard with all her strength just now, and she was holding Billy on the return trip, plus this depth...the oxygen in her blood must have been used up.In the current state, it is not surprising to lose consciousness at any time. Suddenly, something blocked the sun in front of my eyes. - it's people! Jessie couldn't help doubting her eyes, she thought she was hallucinating.Obviously, that's a person.But she couldn't see the man's face because it was hidden by the seaweed-like hair. Jessie reached out to the man reflexively.As soon as he felt his hand being held, the strong water pressure pressed on Jessie.Because his body was rising at an extremely fast speed, Jessie couldn't help gulping down the sea water.When she felt that it was too much, she looked up and saw the blinding sunlight pouring on them. She and Billy were saved.