Lu Ao and Song Zhou quickly said goodbye to the blue whale and returned to the boat.

After staying in the water for too long, Lu Ao felt extremely cold and started shivering as soon as he returned to the boat.

Songzhou wrapped him in a big bath towel and wiped the water droplets on his body. Seeing that the back of his neck was as white as snow and the small particles on his skin were agitated by the cold, he simply reached out to scoop it up and hugged him whole.

Songzhou's body was very hot.

The heat steamed up and enveloped Lu Ao's entire body. He gradually recovered and his hands were not as stiff as before.

Song Zhou kissed the top of his hair and said, "Go take a shower first."

Lu Ao took off the bath towel and said, "Then sit here for a while."

No matter how luxurious the facilities on board are, they are not as convenient as on land.

When they take a shower here, it takes a while to turn on the water heater, and each person can use a certain amount of bath water. After enough water is used, the water will be cut off automatically.

Lu Ao went in to take a shower and felt that the hot water was not very hot.

He didn't have Songzhou's heating skills, so he had to deal with it hastily.

He was taking a shower when Song Zhou came over and gently knocked on the bathroom door, "What's wrong?"

"Um?"

"You don't seem happy about taking a shower."

Lu Ao muttered in the water, "No, the water is not too hot and it doesn't feel very comfortable."

Songzhou leaned against the door, continuously transmitting heat, like a large human body heater.

Lu Ao took a bath with slightly hot water and was finally happy.

After he finished washing, he put on a new bath towel and came out. The moisture on his body had evaporated completely, and his skin was very refreshing.

Songzhou came over and hugged him, "It smells so good."

"Not at all, okay?" Lu Ao leaned against him with a smile in his eyes, "We don't give chemically synthesized shampoo and shower gel here."

"That's the scent of you."

Song Zhou sniffed at his neck, and Lu Ao felt itchy and hot, and his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand.

He put his hand against Song Zhou's chest, not knowing whether to push him away or to pull him back.

Song Zhou hugged him but made no further moves.

Lu Ao was a little confused. Song Zhou hugged him tighter and said in a low voice, "If I don't do anything today, I will go out with you to play in the afternoon."

Even if Lu Ao didn't say it, Song Zhou could tell that he liked Haili very much.

If the water was not too cold and he was afraid that people on the boat would find out, he would not want to come up at all.

Lu Ao responded dully, hugging him and not letting go.

The two went back to the boat and lay down for a while.

When Lu Ao woke up again, it was already past one in the afternoon.

Song Zhou was right next to him, half holding him in his arms.

Lu Ao thought about it, "Is it already evening at home?"

Song Zhou instantly understood what he wanted to say and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm not afraid of jet lag."

Lu Ao didn't want to be separated from him. When he heard what he said, his eyes immediately brightened and he said, "Then I'll get something to eat. After we finish, we'll take a nap before going out."

Song Zhou reached out and held his shoulder, "There's nothing to eat on the boat, I'll go get it."

Lu Ao lay back down again, rolled over on the bed holding the quilt, and looked at him with half his face covered, "I want to eat stir-fried pork."

"anything else?"

"It's gone for now."

There are no open flames on the ship, and the chefs use electricity to cook.

Compared with rice cooked over an open flame, the rice cooked with electricity always feels like something is missing, maybe the temperature is not enough or the heat is wrong.

Lu Ao ate a few meals, but still preferred the smoky dishes on land.

Song Zhou came back quickly, carrying a large suitcase in his hand, which contained four freshly baked meals, one soup and a large basin of rice.

Lu Ao worked with him to place the food on the fixed table.

The boat was still rocking very much at this moment, so Song Zhou used some means to secure the food in place, especially the soup, which could not be spilled no matter how it rocked.

Lu Ao was so satisfied with his meal that he narrowed his eyes and his whole personality became visibly softer.

Song Zhou never ate much. Compared with the food on the table, he seemed to feed Lu Ao. Every time he ate with Lu Ao, he always ate more.

After dinner, he took a nap. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Ao got up and went to see Lin Qiyan to let the people on the boat know that he was fine and nothing had happened. Then he slipped back, took off his clothes and urged Song Zhou to take him with him.

He went to the sea.

Their ship had sailed some distance in the past few hours and was no longer near the iceberg where they stopped in the morning.

Songzhou found a suitable iceberg to take Lu Ao down.

They are now closer to Antarctica and the temperatures are cooler.

Lu Ao's human form couldn't stand such low temperatures, so as soon as he reached the iceberg, he transformed into a dragon and jumped into the sea skillfully.

He swam several laps happily in the sea, fully used his hands and feet, whistled softly, swam over, raised his head next to the iceberg and asked Song Zhou in a brisk voice, "Do you have a place you want to go? I'll take you there."

Song Zhou tickled his chin, "No. You can go anywhere."

The iceberg Song Zhou selected was a little far away from the scientific research ship. Standing on the iceberg, he could already see the Antarctic continent at the far end.

The distance was too far, and with their eyesight, they could only see a thin line.

That's already the horizon.

Lu Ao also saw it. He stretched his neck and said, "How about we swim towards the Antarctic continent?"

"Okay, but it looks close. If you really want to swim over, you'll have to swim for a long time."

"It's okay, let's try it first." Lu Ao was eager to give it a try. He flicked his tail to urge him, "The biological resources here are very rich. Let's swim over there and see what we can see."

Song Zhou smiled and asked, "What do you want to see?"

"Anything is fine, it depends on fate."

Song Zhou sat on Lu Ao.

Lu Ao roared loudly, swung his tail, and took Song Zhou to swim to the distant Antarctic continent.

Lu Ao has grown up now, and the color on his body has become richer. The original blue-green scales have turned into dark green, and he looks very restrained and luxurious.

Song Zhou gently touched his scales. The scales were smooth and cold, like jade, and felt very comfortable to the touch.

"Itchy." Lu Ao protested, swinging his body.

Songzhou smiled and hugged him tightly.

Lu Ao basically swims on the sea.

Along the way, he saw many fish and seabirds.

These fish and seabirds were of different colors. He didn't recognize them very well, but they all seemed strange to him.

It's always a pleasure to explore the unknown while being safe.

Lu Ao wagged his tail, turned his head all the way, and looked around.

"Hey, what's that over there?"

Lu Ao suddenly saw a yellow spot on the distant sea.

The yellow spot is not very obvious, but it is quite large and seems to be moving.

Lu Ao's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately thought of the red tide pollution she had encountered before.

Could it be that the red tide has spread to Antarctica?

Seeing his worry, Song Zhou said, "It seems like it's not red tide, but some kind of creature."

"Such a large area, it doesn't look like it." Lu Ao swung his tail vigorously, "I'll swim over, just hold on tight."

Song Zhou had good balance and was not afraid of being thrown off by Lu Ao, but at this time he still smiled and hugged Lu Ao tightly.

Lu Ao flicked his tail again and rode the wind and waves forward at a speed about three times faster than before.

After swimming for more than ten minutes, he quickly discovered that it was indeed not a red tide, but zooplankton, a large group of scale shrimps gathered together.

The sea here is very clean, the water is grey-blue, and the unexpected lobsters are very obvious on the sea surface.

There were so many of these lobsters that they gathered together and dyed the sea water into other colors.

Lu Ao looked at the piece of scale shrimp in shock.

If you have never seen a scale shrimp, it is difficult to imagine that there is any creature that can fill up an entire sea.

This group of lobsters directly covers several square nautical miles!
To be continued...