Escape from Moby Dick

On the sea, the two sides were fighting fiercely.

The pirate ship was shaking in the rough waves.

Inside the cabin, the fish tank where Meli was located was also shaking with the bumpy ship.

The marine creatures were constantly rising and falling, rolling and colliding in the swaying waves, which made them dizzy and uncomfortable.

They can only hold on to anything that can be fixed around them and try to maintain their balance.

Merry's tentacles clung tightly to the wall of the fish tank. He stared expectantly at the wide-open window, repeating to himself:

Just a little bit more!

May the storm come even harder!

Let the fish tank slide through the window into the sea!

Please let me return to the free sea as soon as possible!

Mia hugged the decorations in the fish tank tightly with her fins, her voice trembling. "Why is the boat...shaking...so violently? Is a storm...coming?"

The little flying fish hugged a coral with its long pectoral fins and glanced out the window. "It seems there's still...sunlight outside...it doesn't look like there's a storm."

The hermit crab stuck its hard shell in the cracks of the stone, trying to stabilize its body.

It peeked out its shell with a pair of black, round eyes, looking out the window with a puzzled look: "What are those...huge walls...blocking the window?"

The starfish clung tightly to the glass, also looking a little confused: "I don't know... I just saw them... suddenly emerging from the sea... but I've never... seen anything like this in the sea."

The blue fish's body trembled continuously, and suddenly it screamed in fear: "Oh my God! The wall is moving! Ah! This must be a giant monster from the deep sea! Will we be eaten by them?"

"Wow...are we going to die?"

The marine creatures were communicating with each other anxiously. No one knew who started crying first, but the other little fish also started crying.

The battle outside became increasingly intense. The light outside the window flickered and loud noises continued to be heard.

The fish tank was shaking more and more violently, as if it would be thrown out of the window at any time.

The water in the fish tank kept splashing, everyone felt uncomfortable and scared, and the whole fish tank was filled with fear and despair.

Meli didn't pay attention to the other fish in the fish tank. He stared at the window nervously, his heart beating faster and faster.

Slide out quickly!

Faster...shake more vigorously...

Amidst increasingly violent turbulence and vibration, the fish tank was slowly pushed by an invisible hand, little by little closer to the wide-open window.

"Splash-splash--" the water waves kept hitting the wall of the fish tank.

"Lakyo! Watch out!"

A panicked shout floated in amidst the rumbling sound.

"boom!"

The pirate ship was suddenly hit by a huge force, and the entire ship suddenly tilted to one side.

A corner of the fish tank slid over the edge of the window, where it hovered briefly in the air and then swung back to life.

Merry felt so nervous that his breathing was about to stop.

quick!

Just a little bit more!

Finally, the fish tank could no longer withstand the violent shaking and slid out of the window faster and faster.

The water and fish in the fish tank felt the sense of weightlessness at the same time. Someone shouted in panic, and panicked cries were heard everywhere.

"Yabai! Is the fish tank going to fall?"

"Help, are we going to die?"

"No! I haven't lived enough!"

"Ah! My pearls are gone! Pearls! My pearls!"

All the fish followed the rolling fish tank, slid out of the window, spun continuously in the air, and fell into the sea.

"Don't be afraid, everyone!" Phil shouted, a glint of excitement in his eyes. He swung his long pectoral fins in the air, as if he were really flying. "We can escape! Freedom is right in front of us!"

"Can we leave now?"

"Aren't we going to die?"

"Very good!"

"Freedom! Freedom!"

The lid on the fish tank fell off in the fall, and the water and fish inside were finally freed from their confinement.

They rolled, jumped, and screamed in the air, cheering for the coming freedom.

"thump--"

These little creatures fell into the surging waves, and the splashes and sounds were very weak, which were instantly drowned out by the sound of the surrounding waves and did not attract the attention of any person or any sea king.

The sea kings and pirates were fighting fiercely, and the waves they raised made the entire sea turbulent. No one would pay attention to these insignificant little lives.

They also don't care about the fighting situation on the sea, and quietly blend into the embrace of the sea, as if they have never left this ocean.

As soon as Meli entered the sea, he immediately waved his little tentacles rapidly and swam into the deep sea with all his strength. The tiny bubbles behind him quickly dissipated in the waves.

Other marine creatures also fled their original places, swimming away in the sea, and soon disappeared from each other's sight.

In this kind of place where "gods are fighting", any small splash of water may bring these small creatures to a catastrophe, so it is better to escape quickly.

Finally free!

Merry gradually moved away from the battlefield.

The deep sea is very quiet, a world that cannot be reached by sunlight.

The sea water was a deep blue, so deep that it seemed to swallow everything, but it made the little octopus feel unprecedented peace of mind.

The currents around him were gentle and calm, and Merry slowed down his pace, taking in his surroundings curiously.

It is a desolate place, with no colorful coral reefs, no schools of fish, no other marine life, and even the seaweed grows sparsely.

But this silence is much better than the experience of being bound and free.

There may be many dangers in the sea, and staying in a fish tank may be peaceful and prosperous, but as a pirate, even if you may die in the sea at the next moment, that is the choice you made yourself, and you will never regret it.

Meli swam across the gray seabed, his tentacles occasionally touching the surrounding reefs or seaweed, enjoying the feeling of freedom.

When Meli passed a reef, the reef suddenly jumped, scaring it.

The little octopus swam away quickly with a whoosh.

The reef slowly returned to the seabed and merged perfectly with the other reefs, as if it were an ordinary reef that had never moved.

Meli looked at it cautiously for a long moment, and the rock bounced up again and fell back onto the sand.

Eh?

What is this?

The little octopus observed curiously from a distance, and when it found that the reef posed no threat, it couldn't help but move closer.

When he took a closer look, Meli realized that it was not a reef at all, but a stonefish that he had never seen before.

The stonefish looks exactly like a reef on the seabed, with an uneven shape covered with a layer of green algae. It is half buried under the sand, blending perfectly with the surrounding environment.

At first, Meli mistakenly thought it was a bouncing reef, which almost scared the fish to death.

The little octopus breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly a cheerful shout came from a distance, breaking the silence around him.

"Merry-chan——"

Meli turned around and saw the flying fish Phil and the butterfly fish Mia swimming towards it quickly.

"It's you!" Meli was happy to see the familiar figures.

Phil swam in front of Meili, waving his long pectoral fins excitedly: "Great, I didn't expect to see you again."

Merry waved his tentacles and greeted with a smile, "Yeah, what a coincidence."

Mia had now calmed down from the previous incident. She waved her pectoral fins gracefully and said hello: "What a coincidence indeed."

It turned out that after the fish tank fell into the water, all the fish fled in all directions, and Phil, Mia and Meli happened to choose the same direction to escape.

The two fish first met in the deep sea and traveled together, and now they are lucky enough to meet Merry.

Phil said excitedly, "This is what humans call fate! It proves that the three of us are destined to be together!"

Meili couldn't help but feel a little confused, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes. (⊙﹏⊙): "Ah? Is this how marriage is used?"

"Of course it's true," Phil explained confidently. "I used to often follow those human ships and heard their broadcasts saying that's what the book says. Humans with destined marriages will eventually meet again, no matter how they get separated along the way."

It always sounds weird, but I don't know what the problem is.

Merry didn't dwell on these small details. He tilted his head and asked, "Can you still understand human radio storytelling?"

Phil puffed out his chest and said, "Of course not. I'm proficient in many biological languages ​​and have been adventuring in different seas for many years. Let me tell you, I once was in Malacca Port..."

"Okay, let's tell these stories later." Mia interrupted Phil without any hesitation. They had been traveling together all the way, and her ears were almost callused from listening to Phil's adventure stories.

"Alright, alright, I won't say anything more. Regardless, it's a rare opportunity for the three of us to meet again." Phil didn't mind being interrupted. "By the way, Merry, where are you going? We can travel together. There will be more fish, and we can look after each other on the way."

Merry answered honestly, "I'm going to the New World."

"New World?" Phil's eyes lit up, the fire of adventure in his heart ignited. He said expectantly, "I heard that the New World is very dangerous. I haven't been to this sea area yet. We can go on an adventure together."

Mia shook her head and said cautiously, "I don't want to go to that dangerous place. I want to go back to my hometown, Xihai."

Phil was a little disappointed: "Huh? Mia won't go on an adventure with us?"

"I'm not interested in adventure. I want to go back and find my family."

"Actually, I didn't go to the New World for adventure, but to find my friends there."

"No! Our destined marriage is about to go our separate ways so soon!!!"

"If this is truly our destiny, even if we are separated temporarily, we will definitely meet again."