After drifting for another half day, Chen Yang finally touched the wall of the world.

It was an invisible barrier, something you could touch but not see.

Only after touching this barrier can one see the abyss-like darkness.

It was true darkness, completely devoid of any light. The seawater seemed to be abruptly cut off by the darkness, yet it continued to flow normally. Until he touched the barrier at the end of the world, all Chen Yang saw was the azure sky and the ocean.

After Chen Yang touched the barrier at the end of the world, a notification from the micro-world also arrived.

"Congratulations, Realm Lord, on completing one-quarter of the mission and obtaining Basic Spiritual Blessing."

"Primary Inspiration: The initial stage of perceiving all things."

There was a reward for completing a quarter of the task, which surprised Chen Yang. Moreover, the introduction to the basic inspiration was very simple, and he had no idea how to use it, nor did he feel any changes.

"Inspiration, could it be something that can be cultivated?" Chen Yang wondered.

He sensed it carefully and found that his sensitivity to spiritual energy seemed to have increased slightly, but only slightly, and it had no effect whatsoever.

Even though it's a beginner level, it shouldn't be this weak, right?

He fiddled around in the spot for a while, touching the water and looking around, but found nothing.

Chen Yang had no choice but to temporarily abandon his research on the reward and return home.

On the return trip, he had a favorable wind, so he raised the sails of the bamboo raft and paddled it quite fast.

However, there was little hope of getting back to shore before dark, so Chen Yang had no choice but to stay on the island for another night before returning. Once he was ashore, he could get back to camp quickly.

Chen Yang's bamboo raft drifted alone on the sea, standing out conspicuously in the vast ocean; he was the only one moving in the sea.

Chen Yang is already considering whether he should bring a drone over. This kind of scene would be perfect if a drone could take aerial photos from above.

After skating for a while, he simply stopped. Since the wind was blowing towards the island anyway, there was no point in him getting there any earlier; the island didn't have many resources. Most of the resources could be found along the coast.

So Chen Yang hid in the shadow of the sail and began to quietly appreciate the scenery where the sea met the sky.

He's fine with a beach dress, but if you're from inland, very few people don't yearn for the sea. That vast, boundless feeling of the sea stretching to the horizon is completely different from the scenery inland.

After drifting alone for two hours, the sun was no longer so scorching, and just then, he heard a familiar chirping sound.

It's a whale!

He looked into the distance, and sure enough, on the sea, a pod of whales was heading his way.

"This is... a blue whale?"

Chen Yang recognized the type of whales in this group; they weren't the sperm whales they had encountered before. After all, there aren't that many coincidences in the world, otherwise they wouldn't be called coincidences.

As they got closer, Chen Yang discovered that there were not only whales, but also a group of dolphins behind them.

It's not surprising to see whales and dolphins traveling together. They both belong to the order Cetacea and share a common ancestor dating back hundreds of millions of years, so it's perfectly normal for them to chat together.

The blue whale is an absolute behemoth among whales and is the largest animal on Earth.

When the enormous blue whale swam past Chen Yang's bamboo raft, although it was incredibly spectacular and awe-inspiring, Chen Yang felt quite apprehensive.

Blue whales don't attack people unless provoked, but with their size, they could easily overturn Chen Yang's bamboo raft with a simple roll, leaving Chen Yang in a truly desperate situation.

The dolphins frolicked around Chen Yang's bamboo raft, while the blue whales let out long, loud calls.

Surrounded by them, Chen Yang suddenly had a strange feeling. He felt that these guys seemed very happy, and also a little curious. He had a feeling of wanting to get closer but also being afraid.

Chen Yang suddenly realized that this wasn't just his feeling; it was the true emotion of the blue whale and dolphins. He had sensed their emotions.

A preliminary inspiration!

So that's how it is. This is primal inspiration, the ability to perceive all things.

Chen Yang had also encountered a school of fish, but he hadn't sensed anything. This was because fish have very low intelligence and cannot exhibit emotions that are clearly perceptible like those of blue whales and dolphins. It could also be because his intuition was still in its early stages.

Chen Yang really loved this ability; being able to sense animals' emotions made him very happy.

Suddenly, the dolphins leaped joyfully out of the water and circled around him, while the whales also cried out and many spouted water droplets, making the scene incredibly spectacular.

Chen Yang was stunned for a moment before realizing something was wrong. Why were the dolphins and whales suddenly so happy, and at the same time?

"Could it be that inspiration isn't one-way, but two-way, and that it can also sense my emotions?" Chen Yang guessed.

He conducted an experiment, trying to convince himself that dolphins and whales would form a circle around him. This command was relatively simple, and the prototype pattern was easy to convey.

At first, the dolphins and whales seemed a little confused, but they soon started circling around Chen Yang as he suggested.

This confirmed Chen Yang's conjecture: inspiration is indeed bidirectional, and animals can also sense his emotions and simple thoughts.

It was really just a simple idea, because he had initially thought the dolphins and whales would circle separately, one large circle and one small circle. But they ended up completely mixed up.

But this is still quite remarkable. With this initial inspiration, Chen Yang can even give simple commands to highly intelligent animals.

Of course, dolphins and blue whales are not hostile to humans, but it would be different if it were large carnivores; further experiments are needed.

This ability made him think that perhaps he didn't need to abandon the tigers and leopards. If he could frequently instill his ideas in them, then the tigers and leopards would be no different from domesticated dogs and would pose almost no danger.

This initial inspiration came at just the right time. A few months later, Chen Yang would have released them back into the wild, especially the three leopards, which were no longer old enough to be released.

Chen Yang couldn't wait to go back and sense the animals in the camp, especially the lucky one.

He and the European Emperor have always had a tacit understanding, and the European Emperor is quite intelligent. If he adds the novice inspiration, Chen Yang feels that he can train the European Emperor to be even more awesome. Counting and taking care of children are a piece of cake for him.

Before Chen Yang's initial excitement about gaining inspiration had subsided, he took the rope he used to tie the sails and the spare rope he had on him and made two loops.

After nearly half an hour of experimentation, he finally got the two dolphins to be hooded.

The next step was relatively simple: just get the dolphins to move in a certain direction, and this instruction was easy to convey.

Dolphins truly deserve to be called one of the most intelligent animals in the ocean. Some researchers who specialize in studying dolphins even believe that dolphins are more intelligent than chimpanzees.

Of course, this is still open to debate, but there is no doubt that dolphins have an exceptional ability to recognize human commands, let alone communicate directly through thought like Chen Yang.

While others had sled dogs and reindeer, he had dolphins on a raft. Two dolphins pulled the raft in front, while others occasionally helped push it from behind, and Chen Yang's raft sped towards the shore at an astonishing speed.

(End of this chapter)