For a moment, the sound of clattering footsteps filled the ship.
Before long, the crew came over to Lu Ao and the others, asking them to return to their cabins and take shelter for the time being.
A researcher beside Lu Ao calmly pushed up his glasses. "It's fine. As long as the Blue Whale doesn't hit our ship, we'll be fine staying on deck."
A crew member urged them, "Even if it doesn't hit us, the waves it stirs up are huge. There'll still be danger. Going back first can't be wrong."
"That won't do! What a great research opportunity! If we miss this scene, wouldn't this entire expedition have been for nothing? Don't worry, we know what we're doing."
The crew grew anxious too. "If you knew what you were doing, you wouldn't be standing here!"
Worried, the crew quickly went to fetch their supervisor, hoping he could persuade them to go back.
The research team's supervisor also thought this was an excellent opportunity. Not only did he refuse to leave, he even joined the researchers in studying the whale from the deck.
Seeing them like this, the crew slapped their thighs in frustration. With no other choice, they let them be and returned to help operate the ship.
Lu Ao blended in among the researchers, and the crew did not notice him.
The researchers beside him clicked their tongues in amazement and had no attention to spare for him.
Lu Ao looked at the Blue Whale before him, braced himself against the deck, closed his eyes, and did his best to extend his consciousness to communicate with it.
The Blue Whale was less than five kilometers away from them.
That was already an extremely short distance, and Lu Ao's consciousness quickly connected with the Blue Whale's.
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