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In the distance, waves rolled in, making the entire egg sway back and forth. From afar, it looked somewhat like a giant ping-pong ball floating on the water, utterly carefree.

Lu Ao curiously poked the egg and pushed it a little farther away.

The egg was indeed highly buoyant in the water. With just a light push from Lu Ao, it effortlessly drifted into the distance.

Another wave rolled in from afar, and under the push of the spray, the egg drifted even farther away.

Lu Ao still had no way to communicate with the being inside the egg, so he did not know what it was thinking. However, judging by the way it wobbled about, it clearly enjoyed this game of being pushed around.

The Marine Ranch was very safe. Seeing that it liked it, Lu Ao did not stop it and simply swam leisurely nearby.

The egg drifted away, farther and farther.

After watching for a while, Lu Ao realized that the egg was deliberately playing with the waves.

Whenever a wave came crashing in, it would intentionally bounce upward, riding atop the wave as it was carried farther away.

For some reason, Lu Ao thought of the times when he traveled with his parents as a child, when they had sat him on a swing and gently pushed him back and forth.

The moment his attention wandered, a massive black-and-white shape swam over from somewhere in the distance.

It was the reclusive Orca that lived in the Marine Ranch.

Lu Ao had not seen it for several days. He was quite happy to see it coming over and opened his arms, wanting to give it a hug.

The Orca was delighted to see Lu Ao. It chirped as it swam over, rolling its plump body over in