Seeing the barnacles on the Right Whale's body.
The veteran sailors were fine with it.
After all, they often accidentally caught sea turtles.
And the turtles' shells were always covered in this kind of barnacle.
But Wu Hao and Shi Xiaoming were still newcomers, after all.
When they realized that the white spots they had taken for skin
were actually densely packed barnacles,
both of them felt their scalps tingle.
Some of those barnacles had already grown into the Right Whale's skin.
They caused it tremendous pain.
Who would have thought
that such a massive creature could be tormented half to death by thumb-sized barnacles?
Some whales even went so far as to ram their bodies against reefs
just to get rid of the misery these barnacles caused them.
Perhaps the Right Whale had heard the two-legged creatures discussing it, because it let out another mournful cry in cooperation.
Ye Yuan was finally moved by the Right Whale's cry.
Whether the Right Whale had scraped against his fishing boat to ease its pain or not,
he had to go into the sea and help clear the attachments from its body.
"Old Yu, take the crew and stay aboard. I'll go down and take a look. If I can, I want to help them remove those damned barnacles."
Ye Yuan said to Yu Hongbo with a smile.
"No. There are two whales down there. It's too dangerous for you to just go in like that."
Before Yu Hongbo could speak, Yang Jun, who was standing nearby, spoke up to stop him.
Before Ye Yuan could explain, Yu Hongbo patted Yang Jun on the shoulder and said,
"Don't worry, Old Yang. The captain has plenty of skills.
This isn't his first time dealing with whales.
Last time, he even rode a Humpback