Chapter 5 Chapter 5 The Legendary History

Ramsviel and Susu returned to Matrua Atoll five days later.Suo Langyue was not accompanied on the return journey, and she was stepping up preparations for "Kilik", which was one of the biggest festivals in the Dolphin society.Jackman's family had been waiting outside the island to greet them early, and they had received a message from the whale song.Ramsviel and Susu slipped down from the back of the whale and swam up to Gogo. Ramsviel said sincerely: "Thank you, Gogo. Carrying us these days and restricting your activities to death, you must have been anxious. Thank you very much, I hope to see you more often."

He spoke in Dolphin Man language, but Gogo didn't seem to respond.Susu giggled: "Richard, your spoken language is terrible, it doesn't understand at all! Let me translate for you." Susu whistled in a hurry, so fast that Ramsviel couldn't tell the words.But obviously Gogo understood, at least roughly.There is a smile in its eyes, and it beats the water happily with its horizontal tail fin.Rumsfeld already knew some gestures of cetaceans and dolphins. This gesture expresses happiness and also means "you're welcome".Susu and her family said a few farewell words to it, and Gego flicked his tail fin again, turned around and swam away.Looking at its back, Ramsviel couldn't help recalling the tragic scene of it slaughtering among the dolphins, and even Suo Langyue almost became its prey.He shook his head, he couldn't believe that the killer whale was the same whale as Gogo in front of him.

Susu threw herself into the arms of her father and mother happily, and said, "This trip is so interesting, so good, and an eye-opener!" Killing Commandment, Sogia's Sacrifice to Save People, Gejik's Jiji and those two desolate and deep prayer songs.At last she embraced her brother again, and presented him with the piece of ambergris which Galligor had given her before he died. When Susu hugged her parents, Rumsfeld didn't feel any unnaturalness—before she fell asleep, he and Tan Liangdi had already been used to the boys and girls of the sea people to make out with them.But when the nude Susu hugged his brother of the opposite sex, he always felt unnatural and awkward.But then he was relieved and teased himself in his heart: In fact, in Hairen society, Susu's behavior is normal and healthy, while his awkwardness is actually an unhealthy mentality.

They returned to Jackman's house, Jackman said with a smile: "It is supposed that you don't have to come back this time, no, we will rush to that sea area again soon, and the Kilik of the Dolphin Society will be held soon." "Yes, we know that Suo Langyue has already told me, and she also explained in detail about the 'Four Ricks'." Suo Langyue has already told him that the biggest social activity of the dolphin society is the four seasons games of spring, summer, autumn and winter, which are called Yalik, Jialik, Qilik and Halik respectively. This is their grandest festival. Dolphin people, Dolphins and cetaceans will participate.She said that the dolphin society strictly controls the ecological balance of the ocean and keeps the dolphin population from expanding, so their only living necessities - food - are very easy to obtain.Dolphin people with excess energy put their energy into literature, art, and philosophical thinking (the scientific research of dolphin people is mainly based on philosophical thinking, which is different from human science that focuses on empirical evidence), especially sports. .It can be said that every dolphin is an outstanding professional athlete, for example, Suo Langyue is a quite accomplished "Water Barre" athlete.

Ramsviel didn't understand what this "water ballet" was at first, but after listening to Suo Langyue's explanation and doing a few movements, he suddenly realized: this is the crosstalk of water ballet.This is not surprising. Nearly 300 years have passed. For the dolphin people, human ballet is just a kind of information in the information base, an academic concept, and it is reasonable to mispronounce the pronunciation of the characters.However, he couldn't help but feel very heavy in his heart when he thought that the light, elegant and heart-shatteringly beautiful dancing movements of human ballet would never exist again.

Suo Langyue said that the four Ricks take turns in the center of the oceans, and this autumn happens to be in the Pacific Ocean, and the competition location is not too far from here (that is, their hunting area).Suo Langyue smiled and said: "You can see the aftermath left by prehistoric humans. In the ocean, there are no obvious seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, but we still use the name of land-born people." Ramsviel said calmly: "Yes. Also, the water barre you mentioned just now should actually be pronounced as 'water ballet', which is derived from the ballet on the stage. You probably can't imagine that the ugly two People with legs can also create such a light and graceful dance, it is really beautiful."

Suo Langyue said apologetically: "There is information about Lu Shengren's ballet in the external brain information database, but... From the intuitive point of view, I can't get a clear impression of it." "Let the past go, I look forward to admiring your dance." At this moment, Jackman continued to introduce: "Four Ricks are the most important activity for dolphin people. During the competition, a large-scale holy prohibition will be issued. In other words, the holy ban is basically only used during the four Ricks. This time you are on the way to the deep sea. Short-term Holy Injunctions were also used, and that was the exception."

Ramsviel looked at Jackman, but didn't answer.This is the second time I have heard the term "Holy Prohibition", and—according to what they say, the Holy Prohibition was issued by him himself first!He couldn't ask in detail, so he changed the subject: "Sea people should also participate in the Dolphin's Si Rick." "Yes, we are also preparing. However, the underwater skills of sea people cannot be compared with dolphin people. We can only be regarded as amateur athletes. There is no way, their bodies have been in the ocean for 10 million years. evolution, and we're only 300 years old."

His tone was very calm, showing neither inferiority nor sentimentality.Anne and Susu didn't respond either, only John gave his father a dissatisfied glance - he knew that what his father said was true, but he was not satisfied with his father's spiritual submission.Seeing the silent confrontation between the father and son, Rumsfeld asked, "Yes, your bodies are different from theirs, so you don't need to compete with them in this aspect. But have you ever considered organizing a sports meeting for pure sea people?" ?” "No." Jackman was a little embarrassed this time. "The sea people are too few and scattered. What's more, the sea people don't have the ability to cross the sea for long distances, so they can't organize a pure sea people sports meeting. Even if they organize, they must rely on the dolphin people." help, this is... meaningless."

This time, Ramsviel heard Jackman's distress from Jackman's words. He thought, it turns out that a peaceful person like Jackman is not completely calm about the decline of the sea people.John seemed to have the same idea, and quickly exchanged glances with Rumsfeld, and walked away pretending nothing had happened.The scheming Susu asked with a smile: "Reziayo, when you created the sea people, why didn't you allow us to sleep in the water? This time I went to the deep sea, I really envy the dolphin people, look how free they are in the water!" Rumsfeld said somewhat sullenly: "That would involve the improvement of the brain, and it would not be a human being."

The 18-year-old Susu is obviously still ignorant of the world, and she doesn't see the change of Ramsfer's mood, and the key point is that she is very puzzled by what Ramsfer said, and thinks that Rezi Ayo is simply confused , she asked curiously: "Why aren't they human? Isn't that what dolphin people are like?" Rumsfeld suddenly realized his slip of the tongue.Moreover, from Susu's questioning, he also saw the huge difference between the two generations.His so-called "people" are only land-born people, at most they can barely be regarded as Shanghainese; while Susu has included all land-born people, sea people and dolphin people.After waking up from freezing, he maintained his intellectual acuity and was always quick to speak, but now he was really embarrassed and couldn't find a suitable explanation for the moment.John, who stayed far away in the outer circle, saw his embarrassment and said loudly: "Susu, don't be so rude to Lei Qi Ayo!" Of course Susu was not convinced, and immediately retorted: "Why am I being rude? Besides, he is not Lei Qi Ayo, he is my husband!" Her proud tone made her parents and Ramsfeier laugh, and Ramsfeier took the opportunity to escape from the embarrassment just now: "Susu, I am not your husband. That was just Elder Mi Hai's suggestion, I can't Never promised." Susu stared at him in surprise, tears began to well up in his eyes, Ramsviel hurriedly said: "Susu, don't be angry or sad, I can't bear to say this, but I think it's better to say it Good. I like you very much. You are indeed a lovely and beautiful girl. But our age gap is too big. I am a few years older than your father. Such a marriage is not fair to you." Su Su burst into laughter: "I don't care about age. Richard, I..." "Besides," Rumsfeld said sadly, interrupting her, "my two ex-wives—one of them is your patriarch Tan Liangdi—their shadows have not been erased from my heart." Seemingly out of female instinct, Susu, who was young and inexperienced, has become mature at this moment. She took Rumsfeld's arm affectionately, and said in a little mother's tone: "Why do you want to erase their shadows?" Go, I will always keep them in my heart like you. The three of us will accompany you, okay?" She thought for a while, and then added, "If sister Suo Langyue also becomes your wife, it is There are four of us now." She said with a smile, "Of course I don't want others to share my husband's love, but this is a special case-you are Reziayo of two races, I won't be with Sister Solange It's awkward." Ramsviel was very moved, he took Susu over and hugged her gently.The Jackmans felt relieved and smiled happily. After breakfast, Rumsfeld said that John would accompany him around the island again, and he missed the fact that he hadn't touched land for so many days.Susu naturally clamored to go together, and his parents knew that Rumsfeld wanted to have a private talk with John to untie his son's knot again, so they stopped Susu with winks.Susu was very unhappy, and stared at her brother angrily. The two arrived on the island together, just like last time, two strings of footprints stretched on the beach, one was smaller and deeper, the other was larger and shallower.They waded through the shallow lagoon, which was still so clear, and colorful tropical fish came and went in the water.Rumsfeld started by asking the question he most wanted to know: "John, what is the Holy Prohibition? Tell me about it." John looked at him in amazement, Reziayo didn't know about the holy ban?Then he realized that Ramsviel had said frankly that he was not the ancestor of the dolphin people, so the so-called "Holy Ban was issued by Reziayo" was naturally not true.Maybe that's just the saying of the female ancestor Qin Liangdi, or even the attachment or legend of the dolphin people since then.He actually already knew these things, but at this moment, he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, because when the holy ban and Reziayo lost their relationship, the halo on Ramsviel's head undoubtedly faded a bit.He explained: "The holy ban is promulgated for all creatures in the ocean. You know, the dolphin people have established absolute authority in the ocean, but they usually do not prohibit killer whales, sharks, etc. Right'. But as long as the holy ban is promulgated, then in the area and time period limited by the ban, no infringement on the dolphin people is allowed. This kind of holy ban is very authoritative, but it is used very cautiously. Use it during the period. I think the only exception is that it was used for a short time when Gogo sent you last time." "Can killer whales, sperm whales, and sharks understand and obey the holy prohibition?" "Cetaceans are fine, their intelligence is enough to understand. Sharks are stupid, and the ban is not easy to implement among them. However, after so many years of punishment, they basically know it, and dare not Make trouble. There are also big octopuses, poisonous sea snakes, and highly poisonous jellyfish that threaten dolphin people. Their intelligence can't remember these things at all, and they can't be punished. However, octopuses are mostly in the deep sea, and poisonous creatures do not take the initiative Attack the dolphins so they can ignore it." This explanation allowed Ramsviel to truly understand the supremacy of the dolphin people in the ocean, and it was no wonder that the sea people were in such a decline.He asked darkly: "Does the protection of the holy ban include you sea people?" "Of course, Reziayo is the common ancestor of the two races. Sea people also have the same right to issue holy bans. However, they are usually issued by dolphin people, and sea people have never used them alone." He thought for a while , adding, "Dolphins have not been used alone either, and their releases have covered both types of humans." "How to publish?" "The decree formulated by the husband of the 100-member Dolphin People's Council, Brezi Ayo, was then sent to the four oceans by humpback whales using low-frequency sound waves. The content of the decree is very simple. The translation into Sea People's language (that is, English) is as follows: "You devour dolphins, "It is a divine right; "When the ban was promulgated, "Just for a while; "And restrain your nature, "Share the joy with me; "If anyone breaks the order, "Severe punishment will never be lenient!" John smiled and said, "These translations were handed down 270 years ago. Sounds weird, doesn't it?" Ramsviel couldn't help laughing too.He has been with Tan Liangdi for 18 years, and he already has some understanding of her mother's culture.This proclamation was clearly written by her, and it followed the tone of the proclamation issued by the county magistrate of China, and it must be written in Chinese first and then translated into English.He laughed: "It's a bit weird. I don't believe that killer whales and sharks can understand these weird words." "Of course they don't understand, but they don't need to understand. They just need to memorize the tone and syllables of this message. They are very familiar with the old whale song. As long as they hear this weird whale song that is different from the past, They knew that the holy ban was issued. In other words, they don’t even know what the holy ban is. They only need to know that when this weird whale song sounds, they will not dare to eat dolphin people, otherwise there will be a large group of well-trained The dolphins attack it together, and let it learn a lesson that it will never forget." Thinking about it, Ramsviel couldn't help laughing because it really makes sense.But after laughing, it was unusually heavy.He said: "John, I have seen the operation of the dolphin society these days, and I have heard you explain the details of the holy ban. It seems that the dolphin has firmly established dominance in the ocean. They are full-fledged, no More than a few Uzis, a few depth charges." John said angrily: "Then the sea people can only admit defeat? Be the vassal of the dolphin forever?" Rumsfeld sighed and asked, "How many like-minded people can you find? Tell me the truth, don't be hypocritical." "In the past few days when you went to the deep sea, I tried my best to contact some people. Now, there are seventeen or eight people who can be relied on. I think, if I travel to a few more places and the time is longer, it will not be a big problem to contact 100 people." Rumsfeld smiled wryly: Use these few 100 people to deal with 65 million dolphin people?Not to mention that there are quite a few sea people who will support the dolphin people.And—to be honest, if he didn’t consider ethnic factors and looked for friends among sea people and dolphin people, he would only find the generous and elegant Suo Langyue, the lively and lovely Susu, and the heroic and dead Sogia... and Not looking for this gloomy-eyed, dark-hearted John.But—after all, John is the direct descendant of human beings, and his gloomyness is also forced by the current situation, so we should understand him.Ramsfield said: "John, I understand your feelings. I won't stop here, but it seems that we have to find another way." He hesitated for a moment whether to say the following words, but told John, "You know, I In the terrestrial society, he is the captain of a strategic missile nuclear submarine, which is the most terrifying weapon in the history of terrestrial human beings. A nuclear submarine can cause tens of millions of deaths. After the astronomical catastrophe, we sealed it well .Of course, after nearly 300 years, those weapons are probably no longer usable, but I want to go back and have a look. If they are still usable, we have enough leverage." He hurriedly explained, "Of course, we will not It’s too cruel to really use it, and you won’t use it unless it’s a last resort. But you can use it as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the dolphin people and let them give up enough living space for the sea people.” "Really?" John's eyes lit up, and after a moment of recollection, he said: "Yes, there is such information in the Dolphin Human Brain Information Database, I've heard of it, but I think it's just useless rubbish information, I forgot all about it .You are right, we will not kill all the dolphin people, we just ask them to give up enough living space." He said sincerely, "Reziayo, you really have a way, you are so great, thank you." Ramsviel sighed in his heart, he didn't know whether this idea could be realized, and—from the bottom of his heart, he was also unwilling to use nuclear weapons against the group that Solange and Sogia belonged to.But all this is only for the reproduction of human genes, which is the most powerful law in nature, which controls the behavior of all creatures in the world, even human beings, the spirits of all things, are no exception.Thinking about this, he felt a little calmer.He said to John: "Then it's settled like this. You continue to contact like-minded people, but don't leak the news, don't let the wind leak! I will contact Suo Langyue and try to find a way to go back to the original San Diego submarine base in the United States—unfortunately, if I want to go There, you can only rely on the strength of the dolphin people, you don't have the ability to migrate long distances." Asking the dolphin to help him do harm to the dolphin—it made him feel mean, so his mood was very dull.John was also very unhappy. What Rumsfeld said about the incompetence of the sea people was an objective fact, which cannot be denied.He looked at Rumsfeld, but didn't speak any more. The festive atmosphere can be felt on the island.The daily hunting of the sea people is based on the family unit, rather than being united by several groups like the dolphin people, so the sea people usually do not have too many social interactions.But these days, they often gather in a sea area to prepare for Kilik, and they are more excited about talking about memories of the previous Dolphins sports stars.The most excited ones are children, like Betty, Bob, George, etc. From time to time, the names of deep diving champion Yan Cangling, fighting champion Yan Fulin and others pop out of their mouths. Rumsfeld heard "combat sports" When I heard this term, I felt very curious. Dolphin people have no hands, so how do they fight? Do they bite with their mouths?But he didn't ask, since he was going to witness it soon anyway.I also heard someone mention the water barre star Solan Yuet, it seems that Solan Yuet is also a top athlete in this respect. The day of departure came, and all the men, women, and children of the island went into the water to swim to the deep sea, where their "sea steamer" was waiting.Rumsfeld counted, there are only more than 150 people on the whole island, which is indeed a bit bleak compared with the magnificent crowd of dolphins.Susu knew that people born on land were not suitable for long-distance swimming, so she wanted to take Ramsfield for a swim, but John took the lead, saying: "Susu, let me come, I am stronger than you." He held Ramsviel's armpit with one hand and swam easily.On the way, he whispered that the dozen or so young people swimming to their right were comrades he had connected with, including Francis, Kline, and Bush.When he pointed to these people and introduced them one by one, the pointed person nodded tacitly.Rumsfeld noted their faces and said: "I see." They had just arrived at the designated sea area, and the "ship" also arrived. This time it was not a killer whale, but a pair of blue whales.From a distance, I saw two jets of water soaring to the sky, nearly 10 meters high, and the sound of the jets surpassed the sound of the train whistle.Just as the water jet of one whale stopped, the water jet of the other whale sprang out again.Then there are two huge tails, raised high above the water, and then slapped down, splashing the waves soaring into the sky.They swam closer, and their huge stature was really eye-popping, about 25 meters to 30 meters long. macula.The head is relatively small and flat, with 2 fumaroles on the top of the head, a large mouth with no teeth, and a black balustrade on the upper jaw.Curiously, they both had a white callus on the upper jaw, where the hair used to grow, and then the hair fell back, leaving a warty growth, as if wearing a differently shaped "hat." ".The dorsal fin is very short, the flippers are not too long, there are four toes, the whole body is streamlined, and the tail is broad and flat. This is the largest animal that ever lived in the world, weighing up to 200 tons, bigger than the largest dinosaur.This is due to two points: first, they are aquatic, and the buoyancy of water counteracts gravity, so that they will not be crushed by their own weight; second, they breathe with lungs. The organs can still get enough oxygen, while aquatic organisms such as fish that use gills or surface breathing cannot achieve such volume.Therefore, in terms of volume alone, the blue whale is the pinnacle of evolution.However, in the era of terrestrial humans, due to the greedy hunting of humans, this pinnacle work was close to extinction, and only after the terrestrial humans were basically extinct did they recover. At this moment, they stopped in front of the sea crowd, their bodies floated out of the water, their backs were like an island, and the sea water rushed down from above.They looked at the crowd quietly with their small eyes, turned their heads and stayed quietly without waiting for orders, as if to say: The ship has docked, please board the passengers. The sea people climbed up, and 150 sea people sat on the backs of the two blue whales, and the "deck" still seemed empty.Jackman didn't come up, he was in front of the two whales now, squeaking in dolphin-human language.Because he was far away, he couldn't hear what he said clearly, Rumsfeld thought, he must be expressing his gratitude to them on behalf of the sea people.After a while, Jackman swam over and climbed onto the back of the whale, and the two blue whales started to move. The boat was moving very smoothly, slower than the killer whale, about eleven or twelve knots an hour, Rumsfeld estimated.Looking back, the waves where the whale boat passed flattened, leaving two wide waterways, which is quite spectacular.These two blue whales must be a couple. Just now when they were underwater, Rumsfeld saw that one of them had cleavage (the nipple was hidden in the cleavage), and the other did not.Now they are swimming side by side, rubbing their bodies lightly from time to time, probably to express the tenderness between husband and wife.He didn't know the age of the couple. The blue whale has a long lifespan, the longest being over a hundred years old. Apart from humans, it is almost the longevity champion among mammals. The sea and the sky are vast, and two big whales carry happy passengers, flattening the waves calmly.This is a quiet and peaceful picture, and the demeanor of the blue whale is more reminiscent of the air of a king and the dignity of a king.Ramsfeld couldn't help but think of the scene when humans hunted and killed all kinds of cetaceans.It was very cruel and greedy. There were whaling ships that took the brains of sperm whales and left the huge carcasses in the water to feed the sharks.He remembers that although the awareness of environmental protection of land-dwelling people has gradually increased, when the land-dwelling people became extinct, there were less than 2,000 blue whales left in the ocean. These days, during his interactions with the Suo Langyue tribe, he has already felt the dolphin people's contempt for the terrestrial people, at least a sense of alienation, even though they were created by the terrestrial people.They respect Reziayo very much, so they carefully hide these opinions——Reziayo is also a native of land.But it is impossible to hide all the thoughts deep in a person's heart. This deep alienation made Rumsfeld very uncomfortable, and to some extent strengthened his determination to help the sea people regain their hegemony.But, in all fairness, he couldn't blame the Dolphin Man for that.The subconsciousness of the dolphin people is probably related to the tragic history of dolphins and cetaceans. The extreme expansion of human beings has indeed made itself the enemy of all living things. Susu will not let her brother "occupy" Ramsviel anymore, she has been leaning on him, holding his arm.The Jackmans sat next to them, and John and a dozen of his colleagues sat a little further away.The rest of the island looked at Rumsfeld with great interest, but no one spoke first. It seemed that they were in awe of "Reziayo".Two-year-old Betty and six-year-old George squeezed over and looked up at "Grandpa Reziayo".Rumsfeld already knew that the little sea people could swim freely in the water when they were one year old, and their survival ability was much stronger than that of human infants.He had swam with little Betty the day before yesterday, and he could barely keep up with the little guy's speed.He thought it was not surprising, since Xiao Hai was born living in water, it was equivalent to adding the 10-month learning experience in his mother's amniotic fluid, and, due to the buoyancy of sea water, their tiny legs did not need to support the weight of their bodies , Of course, it is faster than Lu Sheng's toddler learning to walk.This is also the result of evolution over the past 270 years.Of course, they are not an order of magnitude compared to dolphin babies.Rumsfeld brought up a topic: "Little Betty, little George, are you also participating in the competition?" The two little guys said proudly: "Of course!" Rumsfeld turned to the group: "Do you all have events at the Games?" The grown-ups laughed and shook their heads, saying that they would all participate, but only as amateurs.There is a period of "big participation" in the four Lectra games. During this period, every seaman will participate in and perform a certain event, but it will not be recorded in the official results. Moreover, there are often far more athletes than spectators at this time. "The ability of sea people in the water is naturally far inferior to that of dolphin people, there is no comparison." Rumsfeld comforted them: "But you are much better than me! I have swam side by side with Jackman, John, and Susu, and I am really envious of their swimming skills, and Little Betty, I even chased after her." not on." Betty comforted him in turn: "Don't be sad, you are born on land." Her tone made both Jackman and Annie laugh.Ramsviel patted the soft back of the whale under him: "It's really difficult for it. After sitting on a human, it can only swim on the surface of the water and cannot dive. How do they hunt for food?" Susu smiled and said, there is no need to worry about them.The food of blue whales is rich plankton, mainly krill and so on. They swallow seawater along the way and then filter the food. Therefore, the march does not delay their eating.As if to testify to her words, the blue whale below sprayed water again, and the 10-meter-high hot water column covered them, and the loud snorting sound seemed to make the "deck" below tremble. The blue whales have been swimming for five hours and it's time for them to rest.The seamen on the back of the whale yelled and slid off the back of the whale into the water.The back of the female whale was empty, and she happily raised her tail fin and dived into the water, just like people stretch their limbs after being stuck in a car.Only Ramsfield and Susu's family remained on the back of the male whale. Ramsfield said: "Let's go down too." Susu said: "You don't have to get in. It knows that Reziayo is sitting on it, so it won't be impatient. Besides, you can't keep up with their speed after you get into the water." Rumsfeld persisted: "No, let's get into the water and let him stretch himself. I'll swim as hard as I can, and I can hold on." "okay then." The Jackman family and Ramsfield all came down, and Jackman swam up to the head of the blue whale to explain a few words, and the male whale also dived happily to a depth of about 30 meters, where it still maintained the same direction Swim forward, and the 150 sea people at sea follow them.Suddenly Ramsviel saw more than a dozen dorsal fins on the sea behind him. He thought it was a dolphin man, but after swimming closer, the dorsal fins were obviously bigger than the dorsal fins of the dolphin man.He suddenly realized: "Shark! It's a school of sharks!" The school of sharks approached without haste.After waking up from a long sleep, this was the first time he had such close contact with a shark.And before his death, he was very familiar with sharks during the 15 years of maintaining sea people.The fear of sharks often stays in the dream scene and cannot be shaken off.Like killer whales, they are symbols of supremacy at sea.The appearance of the shark is very odious, with a black back and a white belly, a streamlined body, a large sickle-shaped tail (the tail of a shark is vertical, which is different from that of a cetacean), a flat protruding head, a pair of green eyes, and a large bloody mouth. With several rows of sharp teeth like steel knives.Ramsviel knew the power of these sharp teeth best. He could bite through a bucket-thick tuna as easily as a sharp knife through butter.How many sea people have died in the mouth of sharks.Their appearance is hard leather, which was often used as scabbards in high society in the past.This kind of skin is very hard. Rumsfeld once fought with it. No matter how sharp a steel knife is pierced on it, it is like piercing into a rock. Only its gills and eyes can be stabbed. In biological evolution, sharks can be said to be a rare gift from God. It is very ancient and evolved in the late Jurassic period. It is a fish with no bony bones and no swim bladder. This is a relatively primitive fish form.Still, the shark's evolutionary advantage is clear, proving that primitive designs can occasionally produce great results.Sharks are very cruel and extremely tenacious.On one occasion, Rumsfeld and his men caught a great white shark, dragged it to the boat, slit its belly open, and gutted it, only to find it escaped back into the water.This visceral shark was still swimming swiftly in the water and swallowed a little sea man in one gulp. Fortunately, the little sea man slipped out of its severed stomach quickly and fled back to the land in panic, with no blood stains on his body. Rinse off and stare blankly at the sharks still showing their might in the water.At this time, the shark probably also noticed something was wrong, and bent its body vigorously, devouring the remnants of its internal organs hanging under its belly.Many years later, this tragic scene often remains in Rumsfeld's dreamscape. At this moment, his muscles tensed instinctively again, and he said to Jackman: "There are sharks!" Jackman said: "Well, I have already found out." They were already shrinking their formation, protecting the little sea people in the inner circle.Calling again with low-frequency sound waves, two blue whales surfaced and let the sea people climb back to the back of the whales.Although some protective measures were taken, generally speaking, they didn't pay much attention to the sharks. Several little sea people tried to swim out of the circle to see the sharks more clearly.And this group of sharks did not show the ferocity that Rumsfeld expected, they squinted this way with their small rigid eyes, and kept swimming at the same speed as them.Rumsfeld knew the sharks were pretty fast, reaching more than 20 nautical miles, but for now they seemed willing to go with the sea people.Susu smiled and said: "They are also going to join Kilik." "They also participate?" Rumsfeld asked in surprise. "Of course not to participate in the competition. Maybe it is born to be lively, many sea creatures will go there, and sharks will also go, half for the fun, and half for some delicious food-but the dolphins and sea people are under the protection of the holy ban , they dare not move." "Is the Holy Prohibition in effect now?" "Yes, those who participate in the Four Ricks have been protected during their travels." Susu looked at Ramsviel strangely, obviously not understanding how he was so unfamiliar with the use of the Holy Order—the original Holy Order could be issued by him yes.But she didn't take this matter to heart, perhaps, after nearly 300 years, the situation of the holy ban is different from when it was first promulgated. Rumsfeld was afraid of revealing his secrets, so he didn't dare to ask again.Now, looking at the dozens of dorsal fins cutting through the water behind the blue whale, he no longer had that instinctive fear in his heart.He just didn't understand, since the holy ban has such power, why not just ban killer whales and sharks from eating dolphin people.This doesn't make killer whales and sharks extinct, which they oppose to the death - they can eat other fish, sea lions and manatees, and even dolphins without intelligence enhancement.Is it really for their "divine right"?That would be too idealistic.Rumsfeld knew that no race with absolute power in history could escape the temptation to use it, whether it was humans against animals, or the United States against Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. What's more, the dolphin people just use the holy prohibition to protect their lives, not "abuse of power". God will never blame them for doing so.Therefore, they did not use the holy prohibition in this regard. It is by no means as simple as "a divine right", and there must be other reasons.He kept this question in his mind first, and asked John again when he had the opportunity. Arriving at the equator is already 10 days later in the morning.Here is the equatorial windless belt, and the uniform strip waves undulate slowly.The sea people on the back of the whale became excited, and even Rumsfeld felt the energy gathered in this sea area.Soon, he saw a grand scene, even more majestic than the pilgrimage to him.Countless dolphin people (and dolphins) scurry across the surface in such numbers that it changes color from azure to dolphin dove gray (back) and milky white (belly).The dolphins in the outermost circle swim clockwise around this great circle, isolating this sea area from the outside world.When the blue whale swam in, the dolphin's chain was temporarily broken, and the chain was connected again immediately after they entered. In this extremely vast sea area, the central area is full of sea people and dolphin people, and killer whales, blue whales, and humpback whales are a little outside. These giants are crowded together, as if an island rose out of there .Mammals such as sea lions, fur seals, and seals are on the other side.鲨鱼们则留在警戒线外，有大白鲨，也有最大的体形极丑的鲸鲨，用它们愚蠢的目光好奇地打量着圈内的活跃和亢奋。一条大章鱼也赶来凑热闹。章鱼白天一般不会浮到浅层水域的，这会儿也许是被这儿的热闹景象所吸引，它缓缓舞动着八条长腿，懵懵然向海豚的警戒线游来。这个低智力的莽撞家伙不知道圣禁令的威力，不知道避开警戒线。海豚人警卫没有直接去阻拦它，他们知道大章鱼的厉害。一个海豚人的族群一般来说可以对付一只鲨鱼，它们会轮番撞击鲨鱼的鳃部把它赶走。但对付章鱼的八只腕足，海豚人显然没有把握。拉姆斯菲尔看到了这儿的局面，目不转情地盯着，看海豚人如何处理。不过海豚人显然成竹在胸，几个警戒的海豚人朝圈内吱吱地叫着，里圈的一只抹香鲸听到了，懒懒地游过来。它可是章鱼的克星，章鱼看见它，立即向深海沉下去。 海域里响成一片，海豚的吱吱声，座头鲸悠远深长的歌声，虎鲸令人心颤的吼声，海豹慵懒的叫声，中间也夹杂着海人们快活的声音。不过，他们的声音太微弱，几乎冲不出其它声音的包围。 拉姆斯菲尔没有见杰克曼或苏苏发出什么信号，但索朗月和弥海长老已经迎来了。他们赶快滑下鲸背，索朗月游过来，用她的长吻轻轻触触拉姆斯菲尔的胸膛。苏苏扑过去，搂住索朗月，用海豚人语吱吱地聊天。弥海长老说： “雷齐阿约，齐力克马上就要开始了。你能光临这次比赛，是海人和海豚人历史上从未有过的幸事。一会儿请你致开幕辞，上次没见你的海豚人都想瞻仰你呢。” 弥海的态度十分恭谨。拉姆斯菲尔在上一次被朝拜时，虽然明知自己不是海豚人的雷齐阿约，但信徒们的敬仰之情也曾让他自我感觉良好。不过，在与索朗月族人相处之后，他已经知道，海豚人可不是狂热痴迷的宗教信徒。不错，他们对他十分敬重，但那只是出于礼貌，出于对历史情况的感恩，就像是美国议员们欢迎一个来自印弟安人聚居区的老酋长一样，那敬重是含着怜悯的。不过海豚人非常有绅士风度，不管心里怎么想，礼数总是做得十分到位。这回他不想再在海豚人面前丢人现眼了，便笑着婉辞道： “谢谢你们的盛情，不过，我真的不愿让齐力克大会煞风景。我有什么可瞻仰的，一个300年前的老朽了。请按你们原来的程序进行吧。” 弥海诚心诚意地劝了一会儿，见他不改变主意，也就不再勉强。他向拉姆斯菲尔告辞：“那好，雷齐阿约，请你随便观看吧，让苏苏和索朗月一直陪着你。” 索朗月说：“抱歉，我得先离开一会儿，去参加开幕式表演，表演一完我就来找你们。” “你去吧。我已经知道你是个顶尖的水上巴锐运动员，我和苏苏一定睁大眼睛看你。” 喧闹声刹时停止了，海域内没有人声，也没有风声和浪声，天上的白云静静地悬在头顶。千万只海豚呈同心圆向中央聚集，仰着头，等着那一刻。弥海在人群中心喊了一声，接着，几百只座头鲸齐声唱起来，音调深远悠长，非常浑厚，通过海水传向远方，也震荡着拉姆斯菲尔的心灵。所有海豚人和海人都十分肃穆地聆听着。拉姆斯菲尔听不懂鲸歌的内容，但从在场人的表情中意识到这道歌曲的份量，而且他的直觉也感到这首歌曲有震撼人力的力量。他悄悄触触苏苏： “这首歌是什么意思？请向我解释。” 苏苏小声说：“这是座头鲸从远古流传下来的鲸歌，在全世界的座头鲸中流传。早在陆生人时代，科学家就曾录过这首鲸歌，做了很深入的研究，但最终也没能破译。后来，海豚人语言学家把它破译了，发现它是使用用鲸类的古语言写的诗歌，内容十分动人。后来，这首歌便被当成海人和海豚人共用的族群之歌。你想听歌词的内容吗？” "certainly." “很简单的八句短语，反复吟唱。内容是这样的： “古老的鲸歌， “比时间更久远。 “血脉的记忆， “在鲸歌中流传。 “生于海洋， “曾爬上陆地； “我们归来， “又寻回肢鳍。” 就像一口万年大钟突然在耳边响起，拉姆斯菲尔被震晕了。那边的歌声仍在反复吟唱，所有的鲸豚都如醉如痴，它们的基因与歌声在共鸣着。拉姆斯菲尔异常震惊地问：“你说这是远古流传下来的鲸歌？” "Yes." “不是后来创作的？” "no." “不是翻译者的再加工？” “不是，他们说绝对忠实于原作。” 拉姆斯菲尔下意识地摇头，简直是目瞪口呆，他的震惊弄得苏苏也很茫然。拉姆斯菲尔绝不相信这是“远古流传下来的”、“原汁原味的”鲸歌。他知道鲸类都有一定的智力，但达不到“创作诗歌”这个档次。退一步说，即使它们真有这个档次的智力，能够创作诗歌，那也最多只能写出这首歌的前四句。因为，后四句话正确地描述了鲸类的进化之路，它们怎么可能知道？即使再退一步，假定它们的种族传说中记述了1000万年前由陆生动物进化为鲸类的历程，又怎么可能知道自己“生于海洋”？那是几亿年前的事了，中间又经过从鱼类到爬行动物再到哺乳动物等多少物种的变迁，什么样的记忆也会被割断的。 他知道，陆生人科学家确曾认真研究过座头鲸的鲸歌，还曾出版过包含548首曲目的鲸歌集。座头鲸音域十分宽广，高音像工厂汽笛，低音像混响的号角。它的歌常有小段的重复，就像人类古典音乐的结构，某些复杂的鲸歌还有韵脚。但那时人类只研究鲸歌音节的长短，旋律的重复，研究鲸歌对鲸类求偶的作用，以及全球各地的鲸歌是否一致等，一句话，那时是把鲸歌作为“乐曲”而不是“歌曲”来研究的，从没想过鲸歌中还能包括人文方面的内容。所以，陆生人没能破译鲸歌也就不足为奇了。 他仍然不相信苏苏说的情况——但如果她所言为实，那就是一个巨大的历史之谜。这首歌所引起的震荡很久还在他心中轰鸣着，他没想到的是，第二天，蒙在这个历史之谜之上的蒙布就稍稍揭开了一点。 已经在水里浮了一个小时，多少有些累了。一直关注着他的杰克曼说：“雷齐阿约，你可能累了吧，是否把蓝鲸召过来？” 拉姆斯菲尔笑着说：“那未免太小题大做了，为了我一个人，需要一头巨鲸！不，我还能坚持。” 苏苏托住他的腋窝，他感觉省力多了，便向杰克曼做个手势，让他放心，继续观看节目。鲸歌结束了，下一个是大型团体舞，1000个海豚人游到中央的空场里，索朗月应该也在里面吧。这1000个都是飞旋海豚，他们的技巧性比其它海豚人更强。拉姆斯菲尔恍然觉得自己回到了陆生人时代的海洋动物馆，观看灵巧的海豚表演水中技巧，但今天的场面更壮观。1000个海豚人在水面上直立，窜跃，在空中回转，进行队列变换，这些动作还是海洋动物馆的海豚们能做到的。但以后的动作难度越来越大，观众的情绪也越来越高涨。 场上静止了刹那，突然一个海豚人从水中跃出来，跃得非常高，大约有10个人垒起来的高度。其它海豚人依次窜出来，很此咬得很紧，基本上是后边的脑袋顶着前边的尾巴，形成了一个海豚人的弧形珠串。这个珠串从一边升起，飞到50多米外入水，周而复始，就像一串灰白相间的彩虹稳定地悬在天空。 观众中响起一片吱吱哇哇哇的喝采声。彩虹终于隐没到水中，然后，两个海豚人从两侧相对游来，高高地窜到空中，身体用力弯曲，两只脑袋和两个尾巴互相接近，在空中组成一个圆圈。第三个海豚人间不容发地跃起，从那个圆圈中钻过去。 杰克曼一家都在叫好，拉姆斯菲尔也忍不住喝采。这样的动作难度很大，因为起跳力度必须掌握得很准，否则两个脑袋就会狠狠撞在一起。而且，两个海豚人身体所组成的圆，也就是略略大于海豚人身体的粗细，第三只海豚竟能准确无误地钻过去。但更难的动作还在后面。再一次起跳时是六个海豚人，他们在空中组成了三个圆，中间高两边低，第七只海豚跃起来，依次钻过三个圆圈。三个圆开始从最高点下降，而第八位第九位海豚人跃起来，从正在下落的三个圆中准确地钻过去。 这些动作太神了，拉姆斯菲尔由衷地大声喝采。 下面，飞旋海豚人开始表演他们的拿手好戏：在垂直平面上翻筋斗。1000个海豚人同时起落，时间分毫不差。赛场上尽见鸽灰和乳白两色交织，此起彼落，缤纷一片。然后赛场静下来，一个海豚人跃出水面，这个动作不是他独力完成的，水里有两个海豚人在用力抛他，所以他跳得比过去高，在空中完成了720度的回旋。几十个海豚人重复了这个动作，然后他们退场，场面静止片刻，一位女海豚人跃出水面。苏苏高兴地喊： “是索朗月！” 的确是索朗月，虽然海豚人的雌雄体形分别不大，面貌更是难以分辨，但可能是直觉的作用吧，拉姆斯菲尔也一眼就认出她了。索朗月也在空中做了几次720度回旋，然后潜入水中，场面上安静下来，观众屏息静气地等着。索朗月突然从水中跃起，这次她没有做回旋，但在她从最高点开始下落时，另外两位海豚人高高跃起，身体弯成弓形。当索朗月降到与他们相触时，两只弓猛然弹直，索朗月借力再次跃入高空。这次她跃得远比过去更高，在空中轻松地做了个1080度的大回旋，轻盈地落入水中。她的动作优雅得令人心颤，拉姆斯菲尔不由想起陆生人时代的芭蕾舞女演员。 下面又是一片喝采声。 团体舞结束了，1000位海豚人散归各个族群。索朗月飞快游回来，苏苏喊：“索朗月姐姐，你的三周飞旋真漂亮！” 索朗月游近了，体力还没有完全恢复，有点气喘吁吁的样子。拉姆斯菲尔也称赞着：“索朗月，你真棒。那个钻圈动作中有你吗？我看其中一个像你。” “对，我是在最高处钻圈的。”她一眼看出拉姆斯菲尔有点累了，忙游过来，与苏苏并排停着，“理查德，来，攀住我的背鳍。” “不，你先休息休息，我能坚持。” “来吧，我已经恢复过来了。” 拉姆斯菲尔攀住她的背鳍，她在水中的力气比苏苏大多了，所以拉姆斯菲尔基本上不必再用力。他打量着近在咫尺的索朗月，她的眸子中还闪耀着刚才表演所留下的愉悦和亢奋，身体也比平常更温暖。他的注视太专注，索朗月注意到了，回过头嫣然一笑，用长吻擦擦他的胸部，还用细小的牙齿轻轻咬咬他的肩头。这是两人认识以来她最亲昵的动作了，拉姆斯菲尔觉得一股电流从肩头涌向心头。 下面是短距离游泳。赛场被清空，连一只鱼也没剩下。32位海豚人并排停在起跑线上，裁判也就位了，拉姆斯菲尔认出来是弥海长老。观众静下来，裁判用超声波发出号令，32只海豚闪电一般向前游去，他们的速度显然远远高于普通海豚人，照拉姆斯菲尔估计，大约能达到25海里以上。他们很快到达终点，第一名兴高采烈地噙着一只浮球回来，那是胜利的标志。拉姆斯菲尔说： “他们的速度真快！世界纪录是多少？” 索朗月说：“没有纪录。” 拉姆斯菲尔很吃惊，不敢相信如此盛大的四力克比赛竟然没有正式纪录：“没有？从来没有纪录？” “对，这是'相对性'比赛，只纪录这一次的优胜者是谁，不记载绝对数据。” 拉姆斯菲尔这才意识到海豚人体育和陆生人体育的区别。人类体育纪录是非常严格的，电子记时的精确甚至达到这样的程度：游泳池的长度有一毫米的误差就能影响到破不破纪录。这当然是优点，但似乎也有点过于雕琢。海豚人体育看重的是参与，是竞争，而不在乎比赛的绝对成绩。他想，也许这是因地而宜的规定吧。在海里没有固定的池壁，本来就难以达到陆上的纪录精确度。 索朗月说，赛场很大，各种比赛分别进行，我领你到各处转转吧。苏苏你去不去？苏苏说我当然去，于是他们三人开始沿赛场巡视。这边就是所谓的“大参与”区，众多海豚人和海人在表演，当然他们的水平只是业余的，尤其是海人，他们只能算是残疾人运动会的选手。不过周围也有一些观众，很礼貌地为他们喝采。拉姆斯菲尔在这儿看到了索朗月的族人，看到了熟识的海人，约翰也在其中。他向熟人打了招唿，没有多停，随索朗月离开了。 下一个区域是深潜比赛区。这个项目的运动员很少，只有七八人，个个剽悍粗犷，令拉姆斯菲尔想起头戴羽饰的印弟安人和穿藏袍裸右臂的藏族人，看来这是一种典型的男性运动。一只抹香鲸在陪伴着他们，离老远就看到它那巨大的黑箱般的头部，和呈45度角喷射的单股水柱。游近了，索朗月笑着问拉姆斯菲尔： “认出它了吗？是向你朝拜过的香香。” 拉姆斯菲尔认出来了，而香香看来早就认出他们，小眼睛里闪着调皮的光芒，把一股斜向水柱向他们喷过来，灼热的水浇了他们一身。索朗月介绍说：未做智力提升的鲸类一般与海豚人的关系不密切，仍是像过去一样各行其是。像四力克这样大的活动，它们有参加的，也有不参加的。不过鲸类中有一些例外，像虎鲸戈戈，抹香鲸香香，昨天的蓝鲸夫妇蓝蓝和点点，和海豚人的关系就十分密切，几乎每天都生活在海豚人圈子中。这个香香可以说是海豚人深潜运动的总教练，因为抹香鲸的食物就是以深海乌贼为主，是深海潜水的好手。杰克曼上次已经向他介绍过，就原始技能而言，抹香鲸一般能潜到2200米的深度，海豚中深潜能力最强的弗氏海豚能潜到500米左右。但现在训练有素的深潜运动员已经远远超过这些纪录，比如：香香能潜到3500米左右，海豚运动员也能潜到2000米。 虽然运动员很少，但观众却非常多，这是海豚人最看重的比赛项目之一。比赛开始了。八个运动员高高甩起尾巴，迅速向海下潜去，香香也随他们下去。以后就是令人焦灼的等待。很长时间了，拉姆斯菲尔估计快半个小时了，运动员们还没浮出来。他询问地看看索朗月，索朗月似乎是司空见惯，没有表示出焦急，趁这空当儿向他介绍说，海豚人的深潜也没有绝对纪录，反正以潜到海底为止，这儿的海底大约有2200米。然后看他们能否捕获一只大王乌贼。这个项目没有个人优胜者，因为凶恶的大王乌贼绝不是一个海豚人所能对付的。 忽然，一个海豚人嗖地从海里窜出来，几乎同时，其它几个运动员也疾速地窜上来，其中一人咬着大王乌贼的一只残肢。拉姆斯菲尔数数，只有七个人返回，第八人呢？又过了一会儿，香香冲出水面，张开嘴，吐出一个海豚人。He is dead. 赛场一片肃穆。苏苏眼圈红了，悄声对拉姆斯菲尔说：深潜运动是四力克赛事中最危险的项目，死人是常事。他们是以有组织的训练有素的运动员来猎捕大王乌贼，这违背了海豚人社会中对于“天赐之权”的尊重，所以他们严格控制着参与集体捕猎的人数，因为，他们只有同样冒着生命危险，对被猎捕的大王乌贼才是公平的。这会儿，那具尸体在水面上飘浮，七个运动员围过去向他致哀，其中噙着乌贼残肢的人把残肢放到尸体上，就像在牺牲的士兵身上复盖美国国旗。几分钟后，他们离开尸体，香香游过来，若无其事地把尸体吞吃了。 经过上次的鲸葬，拉姆斯菲尔已经不再震惊。他知道这算不上是对香香的赏赐，对于抹香鲸来说，大王乌贼才是最好的食物。它吞掉这个死者，也许只是表示对它的尊敬。 太阳已经到了头顶，怪里怪气的鲸歌声响起来，这是表示赛事暂时中断，大家可以进食了。在外圈巡游的海豚人撤回来，这儿的秩序立即被打乱，各种食肉种族都开始寻找自己的目标。不过，加在海豚人和海人身上的保护并没有失效，没有动物敢对他们下手。拉姆斯菲尔曾看见一只鲨鱼懵懵然向他们逼近，但就在它开始进攻时忽然忆起了什么，又悻然地转身游走。 索朗月为拉姆斯菲尔捉到了一只蓝点马鲛，她自己也捉到了一条白枪鱼，苏苏则抓到了一条梭子鱼。三人进食甫毕，新赛事就开始了。下午他们主要观看了搏击比赛。拉姆斯菲尔曾对无手无脚的海豚人如何搏击感到好奇，实际非常简单：两个海豚人在海里进攻、躲避，谁能咬到对方的尾巴就算胜利。当然要做到这一点是非常困难的，难就难在防御远比进攻容易，当对方追近时，被追者只要一调尾巴，就能变成与追击者面对面，于是一切又得从头开始。 搏击一开始，观众就全部潜入水中，连海人观众也都潜下去了，因为这种比赛只有在水中观看才比较清晰。索朗月和苏苏知道拉姆斯菲尔既不能深潜，也不能长时间潜水，就留在水面上陪着他。实际上，由于海水极为清彻，在水面上也能看个大概。十对选手捉对儿厮杀，在一百米深的海域里翻滚腾挪，异常敏捷，常常做出你意想不到的动作。追击者和被追击者的身份常在一秒钟内互换，眼看一个选手几乎咬到了对方的尾巴，但对方一个急转，反而插到追击者的后边。这种比赛方式和陆生人空军的单机格斗非常相象，但海豚人动作的敏捷和随意性远远超过飞机。 场上的比赛看得人眼花缭乱，奇怪的是，这样激烈的比赛竟然不设裁判。当一方咬到对方尾巴后，双方就立即上浮，友好地碰碰长吻，退出赛场。有一对选手出了点差错，一方认为他胜利了，但对方礼貌地表示质疑，于是他们又重新开始比赛，没有引起争执，也不需要仲裁。这让拉姆斯菲尔感慨良多。 比赛进行了大约半个小时，有六对选手始终没出现胜利者，他们全被淘汰了。其余四对选手分出了胜负，胜者就进入下一轮。拉姆斯菲尔观看了两轮，看得很入迷。不过比赛的项目还很多，不能在这儿花太多的时间，他对苏苏和索朗月说： “好了，咱们再去看看别的比赛吧。” 三个结伴向前游，索朗月介绍了别的比赛项目，有跳远（看窜出水面到下次落水的距离）、跳高（看窜出水面后的滞空时间）、长途赛跑（看一天内你能跑的最远距离）等。拉姆斯菲尔问： “依我观察，你们的比赛都不分性别，对吧。” “对。雌雄海豚的体型和体力相差不大，所以也就不分性别了。有些项目女海豚人多一些，如水上巴锐；有些项目则男海豚人多一些，比如深潜。不过总的说，区分并不严格。” 正说到深潜运动，拉姆斯菲尔忽然看见香香的大脑袋浮在不远处的水面上。游近了，看见它不是独自在哪儿，在它脑袋前有一条海豚，两个正在很热络地交谈着。三人游近时，那个海豚人立即游过来。是一条弗氏海豚，体型健壮结实，短嘴；背鳍的形状是小三角，胸鳍细细窄窄的，尾鳍比较小，从嘴端到肛门有一黑色长条斑，铜褐色的背部，粉红色的腹部。他迎过来，非常恭谨地向拉姆斯菲尔俯首行礼： “你好，雷齐阿约。你们好，索朗月女士，还有这位不知名的姑娘。” 索朗月忙为拉姆斯菲尔介绍：“这就是我跟你提过的深潜冠军岩苍灵。”她解释说，“实际只能说是深潜冠军组的成员，因为深潜不分个人名次。不过大家公认他是最棒的。岩苍灵，这位是苏苏。” 苏苏也向他问了好。拉姆斯菲尔一眼就喜欢上了这个海豚人，他的目光沉稳，表情沉毅粗犷，头上有几处明显的伤疤，那是在猎捕大王乌贼是被它们的吸盘弄伤的。他笑着说：“你好，岩苍灵，听说你能潜到2000米？太棒了，陆生人若不借助机械的话最多只能潜到180米，比你差得远。”他转过头问苏苏，“海人呢？海人能潜多深？” “一般海人能达到150米，海人深潜运动员能潜到250米，再深就不行了。” 岩苍灵平和地说：“没什么了不起，我们的身体结构不同嘛。鲸豚类潜水时肺部收缩，不再进行空气交换，依靠血液来保存空气，所以不会得潜水病。陆生人因为身体结构的限制做不到这一点。雷齐阿约，自从你复活后，我一直想见你呢。我知道你在陆生人时代是个核潜艇艇长，也是在深水中生活，我们算是同行吧。” 他提到核潜艇，拉姆斯菲尔的心猛一紧缩。几天前，他曾和约翰密谋过用核潜艇来为海人争“嫡长子继承权”，不管有多么正当的理由，那个计划是十分血腥的。这几天约翰一直不在眼前，自己沉浸于海豚人比赛的明朗气氛中，那个念头被暂时搁置了。这会儿听到“核潜艇”这个词，他又立即掉回到那种阴沉的氛围中。他怕索朗月看出他的情绪变化，勉强笑道： “哟，我可不敢跟你比。核潜艇的最大潜深只有430米，比你差远了。陆生人也有可达6500甚至10000米的载人深潜器，但我从来没有坐过。再说，核潜艇只是一座钢铁牢笼，坐在那里面既不能观看水中动物，又不能出来游玩。当然艇上有出入口，但只供蛙人使用，而且只能在浅海使用，艇长是没机会出艇的。” 他忽然悟到自己的话多了一些，多少有些尴尬地住了口。但看来三个同伴都没有意识到他的异常，岩苍灵恭谨地听他说完，接着说：“我想见雷齐阿约是因为一件小事。”他稍稍有点犹豫，“是一个很古老的流传不广的传说，我不知道它有多少真实性，所以，冒昧地请雷齐阿约为我判定。” 拉姆斯菲尔苦笑地想，这些天，雷齐阿约的光环甚至在苏苏这儿都褪色了，只有从未见面的海豚人还保持着对他的仰视感。他诚恳地说：“岩苍灵，我并不是全知全晓的雷齐阿约。不过你说吧，看我能否给你提供一点帮助。” “那我就讲吧，可能要耽误雷齐阿约一点时间，这个故事很长的。它主要流传于抹香鲸族群中。海豚人智力提升后，对座头鲸的语言研究得很透，但抹香