Just as the captain hung up the radio and breathed a sigh of relief, a long scraping sound rang out from beneath the boat again, sending a chill through everyone's hearts!
Only then did they realize that the frigate was still some distance away. Until it arrived, their lives remained in the blue whale's hands!
Under their terrified gazes, the enormous blue whale did not attack them directly. Instead, it circled their lifeboat for quite some time, occasionally gliding close beneath it, like a cat toying with a mouse.
Every approach made the people aboard tense up. They huddled tightly together, clearly feeling one another's trembling bodies and the increasingly strong stench of urine in the cabin.
As time passed, everyone in the lifeboat neared collapse.
When the frigate appeared in the distance, the blue whale seemed to sense the warship's arrival and know that it did not have much time left. It stopped toying with the people in the lifeboat and slowly surfaced beside it, its enormous eyes looking at them through the shallow water.
Though they were more than ten meters apart, everyone aboard felt a chill run through their bodies beneath the blue whale's gaze, their scalps tingling with dread!
Whether it was an illusion or not, they could actually sense a strong warning in the blue whale's eyes. The cold gleam in its gaze made their hearts turn icy, as though they had been targeted by some prehistoric beast.
Before they could figure out whether it was merely an illusion, the blue whale suddenly dived downward. Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, its massive tail broke the surface and slapped down toward the lifeboat!
Everyone aboard went pale, thinking that the blue whale intended to attack them before leaving. Some stared in horror at