Became a salted fish pretend heiress and handed over the system
Chapter 390 - 379: Take it Back

Chapter 390: Chapter 379: Take it Back

Having already thoroughly explored the sea area and spent quite some time in the ocean, Xia Yue decided it was time to head back. She spoke a few words to the whales and dolphins and then released them back into the water.

The whales and dolphins seemed reluctant to leave her, often glancing back at Xia Yue as they swam away.

The otter trapped in the Water Ball was frantically dashing around inside, making its own unique cries.

"Alright, stop crying, I’ll take you up. How in the world did you get down here and manage to eat so many of my abalones?" Xia Yue scolded the otter. Judging by all the abalone shells, the creature had feasted quite lavishly.

The otter was not inclined to give in easily, crying "aw aw aw" again and attempting to paw at Xia Yue, but it was trapped inside the Water Ball.

Xia Yue began to ascend to the surface of the water, leading the otter. She reached out with her divine consciousness to locate Yan Mo and then headed in his direction.

The otter, by this point, appeared to have accepted its fate. It was trapped in the Water Ball, unceremoniously plopped down, and started pawing all around it.

About ten minutes later, Xia Yue located Yan Mo.

Seeing Xia Yue brought some relief to the silent, worried Yan Mo.

"What is that thing?" Yan Mo asked, having trouble making out what animal was trapped inside the Water Ball behind Xia Yue.

"It’s an otter, more specifically, a sea otter, though we would have to get an expert to confirm for sure. I found it in the abalone area. It ate quite a bit of my stock, so I caught it. I thought I’d have you check it out and then we can release it." Xia Yue explained.

"Let’s go back, I can deliver it to Professor Chen." Yan Mo nodded.

"Alright, you carry it, I’ll meet you at the shore," Xia Yue nodded, then commanded the Water Ball to fly up to the boat.

"Be careful." Yan Mo warned her.

Xia Yue nodded and swam towards the shore.

Yan Mo, watching the otter still trapped inside the Water Ball, started paddling towards shore.

Back on shore, Xia Yue changed back into her human form, changed out of her wet clothes, and then stood by the shore waiting for Yan Mo.

It didn’t take long for Yan Mo to return.

Xia Yue used the water from the Water Ball to restrict the limbs of the otter, and to prevent it from biting anyone, she gagged it.

"You carry it, I’ll drive." Xia Yue instructed Yan Mo.

They had arrived by patrol car earlier.

"Alright." Yan Mo shouldered the limp otter.

Xia Yue drove the patrol car, while Yan Mo sat in the back with the otter.

On the way, Yan Mo called Professor Chen, informing him there was an otter that needed his attention.

Initially, Professor Chen thought Yan Mo was pulling his leg. After all, otters didn’t generally inhabit this area. It was only when Yan Mo sent over a picture of the otter that he started to believe him.

Upon returning to the mansion, Xia Yue and Yan Mo directly delivered the otter to the courtyard of the research room.

Not just Professor Chen, but also Professors Yuan, Hao, and Luo were present.

When Yan Mo put the otter on the ground, Professor Chen immediately went to examine it.

"It really is a sea otter, a Skagit sea otter, but how it got here is a mystery. Sea otters are gregarious animals, did you only find this one?" Professor Chen wondered aloud, after his thorough examination.

"Just this one. It ate a lot of abalones. If there were more, the local stocks of abalones and snails would be wiped out." Xia Yue replied, eyeing the struggling otter on the ground.

"Sea otters are protected animals. I’ll check where it came from, then we should send it back." Professor Chen suggested.

"Absolutely. You are the expert here and you know a lot of people in the field, so I’ll leave it to you. Let’s get it into a cage for now, to avoid anyone getting bitten." Xia Yue didn’t object at all.