Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Dolphin People Group

Recently, there have been two major events in the Sogia tribe. One is Suo Yunquan's labor, and the other is the "Jiji" of Geligo and Gaijik.A boy's Jiji is an emotional affair.The family members who live together all day will be separated from now on, and they will be treated as passers-by when they meet again.And what's most heartbreaking is that the intelligence-enhanced dolphins are wise enough to feel the pain.Suo Langyue knew that there was no such custom in human beings. Although human brothers and sisters would live in separate families, they did not need to separate their memories and kept in touch.Marriage is also not allowed between terrestrial human brothers and sisters, but it is prevented by moral force rather than isolation.Suo Langyue knows that there are many unflattering customs among terrestrial humans, like their martial arts and bloodthirsty, like their eccentricity of destroying their own bodies (the methods are really varied, such as cutting labia, binding feet, breast filling, nose ring lip ring earrings , high heels, eyelid cutting, tattoos, and drug and smoking, it’s just unbelievable), but at least this “brothers and sisters can spend their lives together” custom is commendable.

She really hoped that this custom would also be carried out in the dolphin society, but unfortunately, the wisdom of the dolphin cannot overcome the power of genes. As Jiji's day approached, Galligor and Gejik grew more and more restless.However, their parting sorrow was vented in mischievous ways.They rushed madly among the clansmen, biting others' tails, hitting others' stomachs, and together they lifted Suo Langyue to the surface of the water and pushed her in circles in the water.The clansmen knew how they felt, and laughed at their nonsense.But they still have a sense of proportion, never messing around with Suo Yunquan who is in labor, and often send her a jade tendon fish, a red sea bream or a blue-spotted horse mackerel very considerately.Suo Yunquan accepted their gifts and always kissed them affectionately.

Later, when they got tired of being noisy, they swam over and stayed face to face with Suo Langyue.Suo Langyue saw the bewilderment and melancholy in their eyes, and comforted them: "Don't be sad, every male dolphin has this experience. You will find a new group, where you will grow into a majestic man, and there will be a group of beautiful dolphins. wives, with lots of children. You're going to find your new life, aren't you?" Gadjik said sadly: "But we will forget you, and it makes us sad to think about it. You are our good sister." Suo Langyue smiled and said: "When you really forget me, you won't be sad anymore. Go, go and play with Ah Hu and the others."

After they left, Yan Tiandong from the Uncle tribe slowly swam over.These days are Suo Langyue's estrus period, and the hormones in her body are excreted into the water, which stimulates the male dolphin's lust.According to the custom left over by the dolphin tribe for tens of millions of years, Yan Tiandong gently rubbed her body, and sometimes rushed towards her at a right angle from underwater, which was to show and woo her.But Suo Langyue quickly dodged, smiled, and greeted Yan Tiandong kindly, but his expression was clearly repulsive.Yan Tiandong is very confused: she has released hormones, this is a love invitation from a female dolphin, but why does she refuse to have sex with a male dolphin?It is true that she has been chosen as Reziayo's wife, but according to the custom of spinner dolphin panmarriage, Reziayo is only her "one" husband, which does not prevent her from marrying other male dolphin people .But no matter what the reason, since Suo Langyue was not happy, he stopped entanglement, nodded generously to Suo Langyue, and swam away.

The patriarch Suojiya saw all this, she sighed, called Suo Langyue to her side, and softly reprimanded: "Suo Langyue, you have reached the age, you shouldn't reject Yan Tiandong." "Sorgia, I..." "I know what you think. But, have you forgotten what Mi Hai said last time? You and Lei Qi Ayo can only be spiritual wives, and you cannot have children with him. Listen to me, don't reject your offer in the clan Marriage. Don't you want to be a mother in this life?" Suo Langyue smiled and said: "Headman Sogia, you must think I am stupid. The imprint of land-born human culture is too deep on me. It can be said that the little Danish mermaid lives in my soul .Since I have decided to choose Rezi Ayo as my husband, I am also prepared to abide by the 'monogamous' terrestrial human social norms. I can no longer accept other husbands."

Sogia retorted gently: "But you accepted Susu as his other wife." "That can't be helped. Who made him the common Reziayo of sea people and dolphin people? This is an exception caused by history. I won't worry about it. Sogia, don't persuade me , love is often irrational. Isn't it?" Sogia sighed and stopped persuading her.She was a little tired and her eyes were somewhat hazy.Over the past year, the 64-year-old Sogia has aged rapidly, and has lost her former explosive power when hunting and evading killer whales.And this means that maybe the next time, or the next time, she will become the killer whale's food because of her one-second slow reaction.It was the inevitable end of all old dolphins, and she had no fear of it.Of course, when I thought of saying goodbye to my life and my clansmen, I couldn't help feeling reluctant to part with it.She smiled and said:

"Suo Langyue, I don't advise you anymore, just be your little mermaid, love is really unreasonable. By the way, how do you plan to arrange Lei Qi Ayo's life? I'm very worried. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to integrate into 270 In the society of the next year." "I want to pick him up tomorrow, into the deep sea, and let him see the real life of a dolphin. I think he will get used to it." "Okay, Suo Langyue, I wish you happiness." It was quite far from the Tuamotu Islands, and Solange spent a day's rapid travel to get there.The day before, she had already notified the Jackman family with a low-frequency whale song:

She also told Jackman that this time she was going to take Reziayo to live in the deep sea for a week to let him get acquainted with the life of the dolphin people, so Jackman was asked to make some necessary preparations.At sunrise the next day, she arrived at the reef where Jackman lived.Jackman was ready, a bunch of blue-yellow gourds were placed on a reef, and the waists of the gourds were tied with yellow-white brown ropes.Sea people generally do not go into the deep sea, but when they must go into the deep sea, they have to bring gourds for fresh water.This kind of gourd does not grow on every island, so gourds are very precious to the sea people.

Reziayo and the Jackmans were waiting for her in the bay.Although she had only been separated from Reziayo for less than three days, when she saw him for the first time, she felt a burst of joy. She stood up and touched Ramsviel's cheek with a long kiss.Ramsviel was a little embarrassed and a little guilty.The affection of this female dolphin (or female dolphin) is undoubtedly sincere and from the heart. She has fallen deeply in love with her husband who has no tail or flippers.But he was conspiring with John on how to showdown against Dolphin.This made him dare not look directly at Suo Langyue's clear and innocent eyes.

However, he is no longer a 20-year-old youth.When he boarded a nuclear submarine for the first time at the age of 20, he was also confused: If the superior ordered it, would they really launch the nuclear bomb to Beijing, Moscow, Pyongyang or Damascus?That is not the death of dozens or hundreds of people, but the death of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people.They will be the coldest killers in history.Even for the sake of democracy and freedom, it seems too much to let tens of millions of people be buried with them.But by the time he was captain 15 years later, his career had hardened his heart.As a soldier in a civilized society, he would not take killing people for fun, but if the president ordered it, he would of course press the launch button of the nuclear missile very calmly.

Now, for the survival of the sea people, he could do the same.It is consolation that he does not have any private dastardly purpose in doing so. He looked at John, and John returned him a knowing stare.That day, in the cave full of weapons, he had already talked thoroughly with John, and now, he has selected at least one firm follower among the sea people, and they will work together to win back the eldest son for the sea people right of inheritance. Solange said hello to everyone else, and when she asked about John, John also kindly answered her.When the Jackmans saw it, they were secretly happy. His son had always been very indifferent to all the dolphin people, even hostile, but today he obviously changed.They thought that Reziayo's conversation yesterday was very effective and had solved his son's knot. Susu came over and hugged Suo Langyue's neck, and said happily: "Sister Suo Langyue, I have been teaching Richard to speak the Dolphin Human language for the past three days. He is very smart and can almost understand it!" "Susu, you are really capable and a good teacher." She smiled at Lei Qi Ayo, "Lei Qi Ayo, can I call you by your name directly like Su Su?" Knowing the deep meaning of this sentence, Rumsfeld said with some embarrassment: "Of course." "Richard, come with me to the deep sea, where you can see the life of a real dolphin. Susu, would you like to go? I know that it is rare for you to leave the coast, so come with me to play in the deep sea once." "Of course I would! I've been looking forward to this day. Will you promise me to come, Richard?" Rumsfeld thought, I should go, for the hidden purpose in my heart, I must understand the dolphin society as deeply as possible.He said: "Of course I agree. However, how do we go, and you still take me to swim? The distance is too far. Unfortunately, the motor boat I used was unusable at that time, and the fuel had long been used up." Suo Langyue and Jackman exchanged a smile: "You don't have to worry, there is a way." She turned around and sent out a series of low-frequency sound waves towards the sea, and the sound waves were transmitted to the open sea through the sea water.Then, they all looked towards the junction of sea and sky, waiting patiently.After a while, a black spot emerged from the horizon, and it quickly expanded into a black body, with a pair of oval white spots at the eyes, and a white line extending obliquely towards the tail.It was a ferocious orca, and it swam close, and Rumsfeld recognized that it was Gogo, the orca that had paid homage to Reziayo that day.Ge Ge swam unhurriedly, and looked at them coldly with his two rigid small eyes.The upper part of its body surfaced, and the sea water flowed down from above, like a giant reef at low tide. Today, he can observe Gogo more calmly. The first thing that catches his eyes is the sharp teeth in its big mouth, which are very long and curved inwards and backwards. There are about 20 pairs.Those teeth gleamed coldly and forbiddingly.On its back is a huge dorsal fin, taller than a person, like an upside-down halberd, so the killer whale is also known as "orca".Even though Gogo had paid homage to him that day, and even though its eyes could clearly see its wisdom, Rumsfeld was still uneasy, for fear that this killer whale would bite off anyone present.But the killer whale looked at Suo Langyue very quietly, clearly waiting for her order. Suo Langyue smiled and said: "This is the ocean-going ship for you, please get on board." Ramsviel was very surprised, he did not expect that the dolphin people had already reached this level of domestication of killer whales.Susu was also very surprised and curious. This kind of ocean transportation is not commonly used, and she has never taken it. Jackman came over, tied the two strings of gourds around the waists of Ramsviel and Susu respectively, and explained: "When you go to the deep sea, you must take the gourds with you. In case of any accident, this water is enough for you7 With these 7 days of drinking, we will definitely find you. The water in the gourd can be used as a floating ball after drinking, and four empty gourds are enough to keep you floating on the water." "Thank you, you are really thoughtful." He looked down at himself and couldn't help but smile.A naked man with four huge gourds around his waist is ridiculous enough.Susu has also tied the gourd, which looks more wild against her messy long hair.Suo Langyue invited them to board the boat again, but the boat was naked and had no gangway or handrails, so it was difficult to climb.The four gourds in the waist further affected the flexibility of the movement. Despite the help of Jackman and John, he slipped down several times. Gogo has been staying quietly. Its big head cannot be turned to look, but it can feel what is happening behind it, and its small eyes have been squinting behind it in puzzlement: How can the much-admired Reziayo be so stupid? .Ramsviel's face burned, and this small difficulty was enough to expose to the Dolphin Man his incompetence in sea life.It was Suo Langyue who first thought of a solution. She swam to Gego and squeaked hastily. Swimmed over quickly, stood on its back, and grabbed its nearly two-meter-high dorsal fin with your hands. Gego's body floated up again, and now, the bodies of the two were basically above the water surface, only their ankles were submerged in the water.Suo Langyue said: "Okay, let's go. Jackman, Anne, John, goodbye." Annie said: "Goodbye. Susu, take care of Lei Qi Ayo, he... is born on land after all." Susu didn't take her mother's advice seriously, and said cheerfully: "Does that matter? He is my husband." Gego flicked its horizontal tail fin lightly, and immediately started like an arrow. Today is a fine day with light wind and evenly spaced swells stretching to the horizon.The reefs behind them quickly shrink and disappear.Its disappearance is a kind of slow sinking. First, the reef sank below the sea level, leaving only the trees on the island, and the trees sank again, leaving only a few trees.The navigating Polynesians knew this long before Magellan proved that the Earth was round.This is not surprising, because, looking as far as the eye can see on the vast sea, you can even see the curvature of the sea with the naked eye. The sun came out, casting a golden light on the front right.Now their direction is north-east.Killer whales are very fast in the water and can reach 30 knots per hour. If it swims at this speed, Solange will not be able to catch up, because the maximum speed of a general dolphin can only reach 20 knots.But today, Suo Langyue has already explained, so Gego has been pressing the speed.Ramsviel and Susu stood on the back of the killer whale, and the slightly salty sea breeze blew in, blowing Susu's long hair.Gogo's black body crossed the sea currents, and the cool water hit their calves and ankles.Susu is very novel - she rarely has the opportunity to go to the deep sea, let alone ride a whale, so she has been looking around happily, and let out a scream of surprise from time to time: "Look, Richard, look there!" In the clear sea water in front, groups of yellow and black objects suddenly appeared.When I got closer, I realized that it was thousands of sea snakes with black backs and yellow bellies.They tangled and tumbled in the sea, and there were so many of them that they almost filled the sea.Their heads are long and narrow, and their bodies are extremely flat. There is a black longitudinal band extending from the back of the body to the flat tail. The bright yellow color gives people an ominous feeling.Suo Langyue explained to them that this is a yellow-bellied sea snake, also known as a long-nosed sea snake, which lives in the food-rich currents of the Pacific Ocean and is highly poisonous.Its bright body color is a warning to other creatures. But the killer whales and Suo Langyue didn't pay attention to these highly poisonous sea snakes, they didn't slow down, they went straight through the sea snakes, and swam forward without looking aside.The group of sea snakes quickly disappeared behind them. "Look, Richard, look there!" Susu shouted again.Another very spectacular group of creatures appeared ahead.It is a group of fish, their bodies are more than one meter long, their heads are slightly thicker, and then gradually thinner towards the tail, they look colorful under the sunlight, their bodies are blue-green, and their fins are golden yellow.They swim at a very fast speed, and they all bravely break through the waves like the No. 48 torpedo (the torpedo used on nuclear submarines). From time to time, one of them jumps out of the water, splashes down on the water surface, jumps up, splashes down again, like a floating water Leaping on the waves.They are also so numerous that the area where the school of fish swims temporarily becomes a piece of land.Ramsviel looked at them in amazement, and occasionally surfaced when he was driving a nuclear submarine, but he had never discovered such a powerful population in the ocean. Suo Langyue swam over and said with a smile: "Do you know the name of this fish? This is our brother with the same name. In the language (English) of terrestrial humans, they are also called dolphins. Of course they are not dolphins like us. They It's a fish, not a mammal." The group of dolphin fish belonged to carnivorous fish, and at the moment more than a dozen of them were besieging a sea turtle.The turtle was also very beautiful, shining blue and gold in the water.It was already in a precarious situation at the moment, and was at a clear disadvantage in terms of numbers and speed. More than a dozen dolphin fish took turns to attack it calmly, biting its flippers and tail.The turtle was struggling to its death, thrashing its limbs and spinning around in the water, but it was clearly exhausted. The dozen or so attackers were about to feast on their prey, but that's when lifesavers came.Gogo saw this scene, maybe it saw the delicacy in its mouth, maybe it was dissatisfied with such a despicable bullying, it suddenly turned around and swam there.When it was about to arrive, it suddenly remembered its responsibilities, and suddenly turned back to the route just now.But its movements were enough to deter it, and a dozen dolphin fish fled in panic and disappeared in a blink of an eye.The sea turtle, which survived the desperate situation, also hurriedly moved its limbs, and quickly disappeared into the depths of the sea. The sun has risen to the top of the head, and the skin is hot and painful.Ramsviel looked at Susu who was separated from him by a dorsal fin. She was also not used to such exposure.During the 270 years of evolution of sea people, in order to reduce the exposure to ultraviolet rays, they tried to hide in water and caves, and their skin is more delicate than that of land people.Rumsfeld asked Susu to turn to the right side of the killer whale's dorsal fin, where the nearly two-meter-high dorsal fin can block part of the sunlight.Susu climbed her dorsal fin and came over carefully, walked around behind Rumsfeld, hugged him tightly, and squeezed her soft chest on his back. Suo Langyue caught two juvenile dolphin fish during the march, threw them up, and let them have lunch.Rumsfeld asked: "Where are you and Gogo? It's time for you to eat too." "We will eat when we arrive at the destination. The road is still far away. My people are hunting in the southern equatorial circulation close to the equator. There are still more than 300 nautical miles away from here. At this speed, we will arrive tomorrow morning." "Where are we now?" Suo Langyue visually measured the position of the sun and reported the latitude and longitude accurately.Ramsviel looked at her and grunted with exclamation.Solange: "What did you say?" "I said, you seem to have a sextant and a compass with you." Suo Langyue smiled and said: "It's nothing, this is our most basic life skill. Dolphins naturally have a sense of direction, and dolphin people just convert this sense of direction into accurate latitude and longitude." "Susu, how about you, can you judge the latitude and longitude of a place?" Susu shook her head: "No." Her tone contained inferiority.Suo Langyue quickly covered her up: "Sea people generally don't leave the sea, they don't need this skill." The sun was slowly setting towards the west, and they had swum nearly 200 nautical miles since they set off, but neither Gogo nor Suolanyue showed any signs of fatigue.Now their direction is due north, here is the center of the trade wind belt, a strong southeast wind is blowing from the right side, and the waves on the sea surface have obviously become higher.The west slanting sun was no longer scorching. Rumsfeld and Susu used to hide from the sun on the right side of the killer whale's dorsal fin. Now Rumsfeld wanted to go back to the left.Susu babbled, but she didn't let go of her hands. She wanted to snuggle with her husband.Rumsfeld knew what she wanted, but fortunately the big boat showed no sign of being sideloaded when the two were standing on the same side, so Rumsfeld didn't force it anymore. Night fell, the sky was full of stars, and the sea was phosphorescent like cold flames burning brightly.That is emitted by countless plankton.When Gogo swam quickly across the sea, he split the fire net, leaving a dark passage on the sea surface, but the passage was immediately covered by flames.Sometimes, one or two clusters of phosphorescent light splashed on Gogo's back, and when Rumsfeld picked it up, it turned out to be several transparent shrimps. The night was getting thicker and thicker, and even Suo Langyue, who was close at hand, could not be seen clearly, only the intermittent sound of her spraying water indicated that she had been keeping close to Ge Ge.Sometimes, around the surface of the sea, there would be some big black heads, unknown creatures, their eyes glowing in the darkness.Only once did I see it clearly, and it was a giant squid.Squid are usually in the deep sea during the day, but often come up at night.Its two eyes were emitting a faint green light, staring intently at the two people on the "ship", like a witch performing hypnotism.It seemed to be afraid of the killer whales, and chased them sideways, but kept a certain distance from the killer whales.However, its speed couldn't keep up with the killer whale after all, and it soon fell behind, and the two green lights slowly melted into the night. Susu was sleepy, and her body gradually became limp.Rumsfeld let her lie on her side at the base of the killer whale's dorsal fin, and he held the dorsal fin with one hand and grabbed her arm with the other to prevent her from falling into the water in her deep sleep.Ramsviel was not sleepy yet, but he knew that he would be in the deep sea for a few days, so he also took a light nap, half asleep, and kept pulling Gogo and Susu with both hands. Gogo walked through the waves, and the passengers were used to the cold water often pouring on their faces.However, at midnight they had a false alarm.In the haze, Rumsfeld suddenly felt that the "ship" under him was sinking, and tons of seawater quickly pressed towards him. Because he was caught off guard, he couldn't take a deep breath before diving, and he coughed because of choking. Choked even more by sea water.Susu was aroused, but she was not choked, probably she had instinctively closed the valves in her nasal cavity.Susu's reaction in the water was faster than Ramsfield's. She immediately hugged Ramsfield's body tightly, kicked hard, and floated away from the orca and floated towards the sea.In the midst of the panic, Suo Langyue was heard squeaking in a hurry, and Gogo immediately stopped diving and returned to this sea area, allowing Ramsviel and Susu to stand on its back again.After breathing for a while, Suo Langyue giggled: "It's Gego who is in a daze! Just now there was a very bright fireball about 50 meters below the sea surface, and I couldn't see what kind of deep-sea creature it was. Gego suddenly became interested and wanted to dive into the sea to chase it—but he forgot that there was still a fireball on his back. There are two passengers. I hurried to stop it, you see, it is also embarrassed." Susu probed to look, Ge Ge's eyes flickered, probably really embarrassed.Rumsfeld said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, this way, it drives us away from drowsiness." He patted the killer whale's back friendly, and Gogo was comforted, and swam forward in good spirits . Ramsviel took another nap, and when he woke up, the sky had brightened and the stars had disappeared, leaving only a few scattered stars.Gogo's speed obviously slowed down, and soon, the squeaking sounds of the dolphin man rang out from the front, back, left, and right.It was Suo Langyue's people, and Ramsviel recognized the aged Sogia, the mischievous A Hu and A Quan, and everyone from the Uncle and Aunt Clan.Sogia swam over to say hello to Ramsviel, but the other dolphin people didn't come over. They were roughly distributed in a circle and looked at a female dolphin person in the center of the circle intently.Sogia said briefly: "It was Suo Yunquan who gave birth." Ge Ge also swam closer, looking curiously at the circle.The dolphin people outside the circle were protecting the mothers who were giving birth from the enemy's attack, but Gogo's arrival did not cause any commotion among them.Although killer whales are famous dolphin killers, they know that Gogo is under the jurisdiction of the "Holy Ban". Suo Yunquan was in labor pain, and she swam quickly in the circle, bowing her body downwards forcefully, using this movement to help the baby dolphin to be born.Dolphin cubs are very large, reaching almost half the mother's length and weighing more than 10 kilograms.It is precisely because of this characteristic of dolphins that dolphins with enhanced intelligence do not have brain limitations like terrestrial humans - terrestrial humans have gradually increased their brains during evolution, but the size of a woman's pelvis limits the size of a baby's head.Therefore, evolution has made humans choose an expedient measure, allowing babies to be born when their brains are not fully grown, and the brains continue to develop after birth, which is unique among animals.But this is not a good idea, because it makes human babies very vulnerable and has to spend dangerous years under the wing of their parents.Dolphins do not have this limitation. It is precisely because of this innate advantage that when Tan Liangdi genetically modified them, he increased their brains by 300 grams. The mother didn't yell or moan, she was just trying to bend her body, but the onlookers could feel the tense atmosphere in the circle.The little dolphin is finally exposed, first the tail comes out, which is also a protection mechanism formed by dolphins in evolution, which can prevent the little dolphin from choking on water.The mother was still exerting her strength, and the little dolphin's body slowly struggled out, and finally all fell into the water.Yan Tiandong from the Uncle tribe rushed up quickly, pushing the little dolphin out of the water against its belly, allowing him to take the first breath of air.The numb state of the little dolphin lasted only a few seconds, and the vitality of life injected into his muscles instantly. He swung his tail easily, recognized his mother in the crowd, swam over immediately, and happily followed behind her. Looking at this little dolphin man, Ramsviel couldn't help but think of the situation before he fell asleep. At that time, the dolphin man had already appeared. Those little dolphin men who were only two years old were all strong and strong, and they rushed and taunted him without restraint. Sea people bred.These memories are very vivid-for Rumsfeld, this did not happen 270 years ago, but only a dozen days ago.Thinking of the decline of the Sea People, anger slowly filled his chest.But he tried his best to suppress it, not letting Suo Langyue see his impulse. The blood discharged by the mother was floating in the sea water, perhaps stimulated by the blood, Gogo seemed a little restless, twisting his body, his tail slapping the water frequently.Suo Langyue had been paying attention to Suo Yunquan's delivery just now, and now she noticed Ge Ge's expression, and she said oh: "Oh, Gogo is hungry, it's time to eat. Richard, Susu, come down." Ramsviel supported Susu and jumped off the back of the whale. He was not at all mentally prepared for the subsequent developments.Gogo, who was lifted from the restriction, immediately swam to the crowd of dolphins without a moment's delay. At this time, the dolphin people knew that Gogo had been released from the "Holy Ban" in an instant, and immediately scattered for their lives.Rumsfeld stared dumbfounded at the scene in front of him. This seemed to be a wrongly edited movie. The plots before and after were completely incoherent, which completely violated logic.Just now Gogo was still obediently being sent by the dolphin man, but now he rushed towards the dolphin man fiercely.All the dolphins are agile, but Gogo is faster.This is not surprising, it was decided by the god of evolution, if killer whales were born clumsier than dolphins, then the killer whale race would have been extinct long ago.Gogo quickly bites a dolphin man, Galligo of the Tong Clan.It easily snapped Galligor in two, and swallowed again. Although Gogo's hunt was very brutal, until now, Ramsviel had never believed that Gogo would really eat dolphin people.He thought it must be a game, a very realistic and terrifying game.It wasn't until the naughty and lively Tongzu was swallowed by Gogo that he believed that the scene in front of him was the reality of life.What is even more surprising is that even Suo Langyue is within its predation range—but how tame it is to Suo Langyue along the way!Last night when it made a small mistake, it was criticized by Solange, and it was embarrassed.Suo Langyue ran away swiftly, and it rushed straight towards Ramsviel and Susu, Suo Langyue immediately turned around and slammed into its side.It dodged and opened its mouth fiercely at Suo Langyue, and Suo Langyue quickly escaped at the last moment.It rushed towards Ramsviel again, and Solange turned around very quickly, and slammed into its side again.However, Gogo had woken up at the last moment and realized that the person in front of him was Reziayo, and the holy ban was always valid for him, so he turned around and rushed towards the crowd of dolphins again. It may be the stimulation of fetal blood, and it has been targeting the newborn baby dolphin ever since.But protecting the little dolphin is the bounden duty of the group. Suo Yunquan and several uncles and aunts rushed to Gogo without hesitation, hitting its side and abdomen hard.This was a duel of great disparity in strength, and those dolphin people almost exchanged their flesh and blood for the life of the little dolphin.Gogo was annoyed, turned around a few times, and swallowed two more dolphin people.It is a very greedy guy, it has already eaten three dolphins, but it is still staring at the little dolphin.After all, the little dolphin was just born, and fled in panic, almost exhausted. His mother Suo Yunquan had been trying her best to cover him with her body, but it seemed that he could not escape the sharp teeth of the killer whale.At this moment, the aged leader Sogia squeezed out the last bit of strength, and rushed straight to the giant mouth of the killer whale at lightning speed.Gogo swallowed her up, and seemed to be full, so he slowed down, flicked his tail fin slightly, and swam towards Rumsfeld. This brutal hunt left Ramsviel dumbfounded, his heart pounding.But what happened afterward shocked him even more.Gogo was full, and the sea area returned to calm in a moment.No condolences were offered for the dead—and there was nothing tangible for them to mourn, for several of the bodies were in Gogo's stomach.The little dolphin that escaped death has finished its first lesson in life and is now happily playing beside its mother.Ge Ge swam over, and Suo Langyue also swam over calmly, saying: "Gego has already eaten, you can go up." Gogo obediently stopped in front of them and dived a little further so that they could easily climb onto its back.Ramsviel looked at it, looked at Solange, and couldn't believe that they walked out of the scene just now.Gogo has just devoured four of Suo Langyue's relatives, including the kind and generous headman Sogia, who should be Suo Langyue's sworn enemy, but why are they so calm?Was it just a movie?Actors fight each other, corpses are everywhere, but as soon as the whistle sounds, the dead people will get up from the ground, wipe off the red dye on their faces, and chat peacefully... But this is not a movie, the four dolphin people have indeed been swallowed by killer whales I can't spit it out.Ramsviel really wanted to hold Solange to let her explain this scene to him in detail.It's a pity that his identity is Leizi Ayo who knows everything, so he can only keep these words in his heart.Susu beside her was also very excited about this bloody battle, but she was definitely not shocked. Needless to say, she must have seen similar scenes before, at least she had heard of them.Thinking in his heart, Ramsviel climbed onto Gogo's back, pretending to be unintentional, and said to Susu: "Just now Gogo wanted to swallow us up." Susu smiled sweetly: "It doesn't dare, all creatures in the sea dare not disobey Lei Qiayao's holy prohibition." This was the first time Ramsviel heard the term "Holy Injunction", and—this Holy Injunction was issued by Reziayo, that is, himself!He smiled wryly, not daring to ask any more questions. Ramsviel witnessed another dolphin hunt, and the scene was much more peaceful.It is the Sogia group (the successor head has not yet been selected) and another group of tropical spotted dolphin people jointly hunted.They circled a group of sardines, and about fourteen or fifteen dolphin people patrolled the outer circle to prevent the fish from escaping, while the rest rushed in to hunt.Wait until these people are full, and then exchange with the people outside.They hunt fairly easily and get full quickly.Rumsfeld thought that the Engel coefficient (the ratio of resources used for food to all resources) in the dolphin society must be lower than that of humans in the 21st century. He found that although the two groups hunted together, all the dolphins that rushed into the inner circle to prey were spotted dolphins.Spotted dolphins are used to hunting during the day and spinner dolphins are used to feeding at night, and they maintained their respective habits after their intelligence improved.The newborn dolphin (he already has his own name: A Mao) is feeding at the moment, his mother is trying to raise her abdomen, put the breast on the back of her body close to A Mao's mouth, and A Mao rolls her tongue Tube-shaped to catch the milk sprayed from the nipple. After the sun went down, the spotted dolphins left, and the dolphin people of the Sogia group had a small meeting. 18 heads emerged from the water, arranged in a circle.Solange presided over the meeting, and she announced her condolences for the dead Patriarch Sogia first.Their mourning was peaceful, with no human wails, but all clearly grieving, with Gogo watching from the sidelines with Ramsviel and Susu on his back.看着这样的场景，拉姆斯菲尔无法排解心中的滑稽感：海豚人在真诚地哀悼舍己救人的老族长，但吞掉老族长的凶手就在旁边，却没有一个人想起向它复仇！而戈戈呢，也许它的智力毕竟有限，在这个微妙的时刻，它应该躲远一点，这样至少可以不去刺激这个死去四个亲人的族群。但它不知道这一点，正饶有兴致地观看这个悼念仪式呢。拉姆斯菲尔忍不住向苏苏说了这一点，苏苏摇摇头： “他们不会仇恨虎鲸，因为，以海豚为食，这是它们的天性。” 拉姆斯菲尔飞快地打量一下苏苏，不再问了。 下面是选举新族长。按照飞旋海豚人的族规，族中年纪最大的雌性是当然的第一候选人，除非她正式表示放弃。现在，40岁的索其格进到圈内，没有表示放弃，17位海豚人开始对她进行投票。投票也是按年龄为顺序的，刚当上妈妈的索云泉严肃地说： “我，索云泉，认可索其格的正直。” 以下每人的发言完全相同。后来拉姆斯菲尔才知道，对于候选人来说，这种选举方式是多么严酷的考验。因为，只要一个人表示反对，或者保持沉默，这个候选人就失去当选的资格。拉姆斯菲尔想，这并不是一个公平的办法。族人相处中，谁能保证不发生一点龄龉？谁能保证每个人看问题的视角都是正确的？那么，只要族中有一个心态偏激或心怀鬼胎的人，再优秀的海豚人也难以当选族长。而且，“正直”是个太宽泛的、缺乏量化指标的概念，不同人有不同的理解，如果在陆生人类中如此这般地选举，恐怕只能有一个结果：任何人也不能当选。 但他担心的事在海豚人中并没有出现。17个族人都认真的、平静的投完了票，索其格当选。她很自然地进入角色，开始主持会议的下一个议程：为盖吉克举行及笄方式。 现在，16岁的盖吉克进入圈内，索其格吱吱不停地念诵一篇冗长的祝词。这些天，拉姆斯菲尔已经基本掌握了海豚人的二进制语言，但这篇祝词他一点也听不懂。他皱着眉头问苏苏： “索其格族长在说什么？” 苏苏摇摇头：“我也听不懂，这不是由英语转换的海豚人语言，而是从太古时代传下来的原始海豚语。这种语言仅在重大的传统节日上才使用，以表示庆典的隆重，像及笄仪式啦，结婚仪式啦。在海豚人族群中，只有年长的雌海豚才通晓这种语言。不过一般海豚人都知道几种祝词的大致意思，我也知道。” “这篇及笄祝词是什么意思？” “大致是对及笄者的祝福。”她清清嗓子背诵道： 拉姆斯菲尔的心中就像是突然撞响一口大钟，黄钟大吕，余音不绝。在这篇质朴无华的祝辞里，他触到一种像生命一样坚韧、像时间一样长久的东西。不过他不相信这是原始海豚留下来的。原始海豚的确有智力，有简单的语言，但智力和语言的水平都不足以留下这样震撼人心的东西。下面是盖吉克致答辞，拉姆斯菲尔仍是一句也听不懂，苏苏没等他问，就向他解释了答辞的意义： 盖吉克在致辞时非常激动，泪水满面。拉姆斯菲尔知道海豚会流泪，但这次是他第一次目睹。族群沉默着，水里弥漫着苍凉感伤的氛围。他们都想到了刚刚死亡的盖利戈，本来他们两个可以结伴远行，这样对族人多少是个安慰，可惜他没能活到及笄。后来，索其格游进圈内，用长吻触触盖吉克，示意他开始下边的程序。盖吉克游出去，很快衔着一条鱼回来，郑重地交给索其格，索其格也郑重地接过来，吞下去。然后索其格忽然停止游动，向海底沉下去。拉姆斯菲尔吃了一惊，不知道索其格得了什么急病。但他马上意识到这只是某种仪式化的表演。盖吉克迅速插到索其格的身体下面，把她顶出水面，索其格在水面上吸一口气，马上恢复正常，甩甩尾巴游过去，排在那个海豚人组成的圆圈上。 下面轮到索云泉，她游进圈内，盖吉克重复了刚才的行动，把第二条鱼献给她。苏苏低声说：第二条鱼本来应该献给他的亲生母亲的，但他妈妈已经不在了，被鲨鱼吃掉了。盖吉克依旧把索云泉顶出水面唿吸，然后第三个族人游进来。献鱼，顶出水面唿吸，这两个动作对所有族人做了一遍，包括刚出生不久的小阿猫。然后，他恋恋不舍地同族人吻别，同索朗月告别时尤其动情。索朗月是他的好姐姐，善良，会体贴人，又非常漂亮，他们相处得非常亲密。但当他离开族群后，有关族人的所有记忆都会自动删除。其实也不是删除，而是以完全相反的状态存入他的记忆。以后，如果他一旦误入原族群，或者是族内的雌性误入他的新族群，有关的记忆就会被触发，转换成强烈的敌意，从而坚决地把误入者赶走。这是一条冷酷无情的遗传指令，但它保证了同族的直系血亲不会互相婚配。 及笄仪式进行完了，盖吉克游过来，彬彬有礼地同雷齐阿约告别，同海人苏苏告别，甚至还同虎鲸告别。当盖吉克用长吻同戈戈吻别时，戈戈只要一张口，就能把他吞到肚里，而这会儿的戈戈完全是一个好男孩，只是亲热地同盖吉克触了触吻部。 盖吉克回过头，再次留恋地看看他生活了16年的族群，然后一甩尾巴，决然游走了。17个族人，还有拉姆斯菲尔、苏苏和戈戈，静静地注视着他的背影，直到背影溶入碧绿清寒的海水深处。 索朗月的眼睛里再次落下眼泪。 晚上天气很冷，拉姆斯菲尔把苏苏搂在怀里，躺在虎鲸背上睡觉。他想戈戈也真不容易呀，这是个精力过盛的家伙，让它安安稳稳浮在水面上，恐怕不啻是一种酷刑。所以，他和苏苏常常尽量下水呆一会儿，让戈戈有个休闲的时间。不过，自从犯过那一次小错误后，戈戈一直很听话，很耐心，是一个标准的好男孩，你根本想象不出它捕食时的凶残。在此后的几次捕食中，它再没有捕杀索朗月的族人，而是独自游到远处，吃饱了再回来。拉姆斯菲尔不知道是什么因素在阻止它继续捕杀索其格族人，是它对这个族群的友情，还是一种保证生态平衡的潜在的遗传指令。想到它第一次捕食时的凶残和无情，拉姆斯菲尔想，只能是后者吧，可能有一种天生的潜意识约束它不在一个海豚族群中捕食过多，这也算是杀生者的职业道德吧。 苏苏睡熟了，把脑袋钻到拉姆斯菲尔的怀里，睡得十分安心，两人身上的八个葫芦睡觉时也不敢取下，不免磕磕碰碰的。这些天，苏苏已经完全进入了妻子（或未婚妻）的角色，总想挨着他，触摸着他，目光中深清款款。不过拉姆斯菲尔却迟迟不愿进入丈夫的角色。这会儿虽然是赤身相拥，但他心中只有长辈的怜爱而没有情欲。 南十字星在天穹上冷静地注视着他，海浪哗哗地扑上他的“床铺”，他在海浪的扑打中梳理着自己的回忆。在长眠前他已经见过海豚人，那时在他心目中，这是一群调皮捣蛋无法无天的小杂种，但今天他看到了一个成熟的种族。他想到索云泉艰难的分娩，想到全族人对小海豚人的保护，想到老族长索吉娅果断地投身于虎鲸口中的壮举；也想到他们选举新头人时，“正直”在海豚人社会中的威慑力；而他想得更多的，是那两篇及笄仪式上的致答辞中所蕴含的宿命的悲壮。生物的本性是自私的，它源于基因的自私。因为，生物界所有的基因，不管其宿主是病毒、寄生虫、虎豹、植物、真菌还是人类，它们的唯一目的是对基因自身的延续。为了这种延续可以不择手段，更没有任何道德的约束。病毒和寄生虫以寄主的生命来繁衍自身，黑鹰的幼鸟锲而不舍地杀死自己的弟妹，鲨鱼的兄弟之间甚至在母腹内就开始互相残杀……可是奇怪的是，在更多的生物群体中，这种自私的本性经过群体进化这场炉火的冶炼，竟然不可思议地转化为大公无私、舍身为人的美德。 正像他今天在海豚人社会中看到的那样。 不过，这些见闻并不能改变他的决心，而是恰恰相反。海豚人社会的所有美德都是为了一个目的：族群基因的延续——而这也正是他的目的！他同样是为了人类基因的延续啊。他要使海人（人类的嫡系后代）发扬广大，多如恒河之沙，天穹之星，海中之虾。而现在呢，实现这个目的的最大障碍，恰恰就是这个成熟的、强大的、道德高尚的海豚人种族。 苏苏在他怀里动了一下，他又重把苏苏搂紧。想起海人的衰落，尤其是他们人格上的软弱和奴性，有一团柔韧的东西梗在喉头，让他唿吸不畅。又一个浪头从头顶浇下，浪头过后，他看到水面上一个海豚脑袋，一双明亮的眼睛。那是索朗月，她一直在这一带巡游，以免她的雷齐阿约出什么意外。由于刚才在大脑中流过的想法，这会儿拉姆斯菲尔简直不敢直视那双明亮的眸子。He whispered: “我们这儿一切都好，你放心吧。” 索朗月没有离去，沉静地看着他。停了一会儿，她轻声说：“理查德，你能下来陪陪我吗？” 拉姆斯菲尔赶快答应：“当然，当然。”他从苏苏脖颈处轻轻抽出胳臂，苏苏仍在熟睡。他把苏苏安顿好，从虎鲸背上滑下来。戈戈感觉到背上的人下来了，赶紧转过身来看看，它看见索朗月在旁边，便放下心，掉头不顾。拉姆斯菲尔划着水，靠近索朗月，借助海面萤光的反射注意地观察着她：“索朗月，你想说什么？” 索朗月轻声说：“理查德，你能抱抱我吗？” 拉姆斯菲尔一愣，忙伸臂搂住她，感觉到她的皮肤上有一阵强烈的颤栗。索朗月正在发情期，在这个时期情绪容易波动。今天，四个族人被虎鲸吞吃了，包括慈爱的老族长，一向交厚的盖吉克弟弟也与族群永别了。虽然这是海豚人社会中正常的现象，但这并不等于她会心如止水，不起涟漪。一团柔韧的东西堵在她的心头，解扯不开。拉姆斯菲尔看到她眼中的点点泪光，笨拙地安慰道： “索朗月，不要难过了……” 索朗月急急地说：“理查德，请接受我的爱，娶我为妻，好吗？你知道，海豚人中只有三分之一能终其天年，其它人都会被虎鲸、鲨鱼吃掉。谁知道什么时候轮上我？我并不惧怕死亡，只想在死亡前把感情献给我的雷齐阿约，我不愿青春之花还没有开放就先行凋谢。” 拉姆斯菲尔十分尴尬。他不忍心拒绝这位雌性海豚人的求爱，但……单单这会儿搂抱着她就够他难为情的了。当然，从理智上，他承认索朗月是有智慧生物，是“人”，但从形体上说她终究是个异类，她长着长长的吻，一个大尾巴，没有头发，没有四肢，没有女孩们甜美的嗓音而是发出难听的卡卡声。而且，即使从精神层面上也不可能把她认做妻子！在他复兴海人的计划中，海豚人肯定会成为敌对的一方。他怎么可能娶一个敌方的妻子呢。 不过，他是一个绅士，不会让一个姑娘难堪，他把葫芦拨到身后，用力搂紧索朗月，得体地说： “谢谢你的情意，索朗月，我想……” 但索朗月这会儿已经走出感伤，笑着说：“好了，我的坏心情已经过去了。理查德，按你的意愿做出选择吧，我不会逼你的。再见。飞旋海豚习惯于夜间捕食，我们马上要和斑点海豚再次联合捕猎，我要回族群里去了。” 她甩甩尾巴，潜入水中消失了。拉姆斯菲尔摇摇头，游到虎鲸身边，艰难地爬上去，蜷曲在苏苏身边，慢慢入睡。他做了一个梦，在梦中回到了奇顿号核动力战略导弹潜艇上。潜艇正在水面上浮航，他惊奇地发现，脚下不是潜艇外壳上贴的可以吸收声纳的橡胶瓦片，而是弹性很大的虎鲸的黑皮肤；他还奇怪潜艇的背部怎么会有一个巨大的背鳍，而原来这儿是一些栏干，可以让潜艇的士兵在舱外工作时把安全钩挂在上边。更令他惊奇的是，背鳍那儿还有一个姑娘，用长发掩住赤裸的身体，但她没有一点儿羞涩，用天真大胆的目光在打量着他。他想这怎么可能呢，潜艇上从来没有女性啊。也许她是丹麦来的美人鱼吧。没错，她的长发之下是一个美丽的鱼尾…… 他醒了，东方已绽出晨光。夜狩归来的索其格族人在他身边快活地游着，吱吱声响成一片，十几只背鳍在海水中划来划去。索朗月游过来了，口中叼着为他和苏苏准备的早饭，咿唔不清地吱吱着，唤苏苏来吃饭。苏苏难为情地滑下鲸背，接过她叼着的鱼，轻声说： “应该让我来的，应该让我照顾理查德。我今天醒来晚了，明天我一定不会偷懒。” 索朗月笑道：“没关系的，现在偷点懒不要紧，只要当新娘子后不偷懒就行了。” 苏苏多少有点羞意，但更多的是高兴，过来挽住理查德的胳臂。几个童族的小家伙立即凑过来：谁是新娘子？索朗月姐姐，谁是新娘子？索朗月笑着向苏苏那边示意，小家伙们吱吱乱叫着把她围起来，连刚刚出生不足两天的阿猫也口齿不清地喊着：“……娘……娘子”，苏苏笑着把阿猫抱到怀里。