Until the sperm whale had completely disappeared far out at sea, police cars, fire trucks, the maritime bureau, and the fisheries department only then arrived on the scene from both water and land directions.

"Where’s the stranded whale?"

"Has it been rescued?"

"High tide?"

"Did the tide carry the sperm whale back to the ocean?"

"Are you kidding me!"

"Show me the video!"

"Whoa, it really is?"

"Impossible! The sperm whale is massive! How can such a small tide ever move it? This isn’t scientific!"

"Moreover, it’s only five o’clock, and we’re still during the low tide period. The water line should only be getting farther away, how could it be high tide, let alone take the sperm whale away?"

"Look at the location where you pointed out the stranded sperm whale, where does the seawater look like it could carry the whale away?"

When everyone looked again towards the beach, they found the water had receded, and the spot where the sperm whale had just been stranded had returned to being a sandy beach.

However, due to the tide changes, what should have been a big pit, had become smooth again.

"Whoa?"

"So it really was the seawater that took the whale back! The tide was huge!"

"Yeah, yeah! There’s video evidence for it!"

Visitors and relevant personnel had to watch the video again, eventually noticing the previously overlooked mysterious aspect.

In April, around five in the afternoon, clearly during the low tide period, in the video’s initial stage, the water clearly recedes further and further.

But, all of a sudden, the sea starts rushing towards the shore, each wave higher than the last, as if the tide was significantly rising.

Then, the tide begins to submerge the whale, and each time the tide recedes, it drags the sperm whale several meters back towards the ocean.

However, during high tide, the sperm whale stays motionless, as if the water was merely gliding over it without any force.

Then, the sperm whale is taken back to the sea amid this strange ebb and flow, even spraying water joyfully, celebrating a bit.

Eventually, after the sperm whale was rescued, this bizarre high tide seemed to be a Dying Glow, retreating rapidly and soon returning to its previous low tide line, even farther.

Supernatural event!

"Why?"

"Could it be the Dragon King’s manifestation?"

"Just to rescue this sperm whale?"

"So fascinating!"

The onlookers looked astonished but didn’t think too deeply, simply finding it very amusing, as there are plenty of things in nature that defy common sense.

Things such as hail in summer, high-temperature warnings alongside cold wave warnings, lightning in clear skies, blood-red suns, and so on.

Although mysterious, although rare, they still are natural phenomena and have scientific explanations, as we must believe in science.

Thus, a mere small tide isn’t much of an issue—perhaps it just happened to overlap with the whale’s rescue timing by coincidence.

However, the logic is one thing, but videos uploaded to online platforms must not be uploaded so straightforwardly; a serious title doesn’t get views.

[Shock! Dragon King’s Manifestation]

[Water’s strange rise, sperm whale summons the spirit of the sea]

[Spiritual Qi resurgence, beginning from the ocean]

[Cthulhu summons the power of the sea, rescuing its child]

Relevant personnel simultaneously collected nearby seawater data, studied the video shot by tourists, and browsed the video on online platforms, feeling rather speechless.

And many tourists who saw the incident’s conclusion dispersed one by one.

...

Lu Zheng and others returned to their previous fishing site, as it was nearly six o’clock, the sky was already darkening, and several girls were hungry.

"Let’s go find a farmhouse restaurant for dinner," Lu Zheng chuckled and said.

"Luckily, Brother Lu caught two fish earlier, otherwise we’d have to buy fish from the farmhouse restaurant again."

"Let’s go, let’s go, six-pound wild big yellow croaker, I can brag about this for a year!"

"This must be photographed as a souvenir!"

"Let’s go to Old Cao’s place, I know Old Cao worked in a big restaurant before, I can’t trust any other place."

Then, everyone went to the farmhouse restaurant recommended by Zhao Wenyu, picking out some oysters, crabs, razor clams, and other seafood.

One of Zhao Wenyu’s friends retrieved red wine from the car, the men drank alcohol, the women drank beverages, ensuring the ladies would drive home that night.

Lu Zheng paid, borrowed the owner’s kitchen, personally made two dishes, mainly for Shen Ying, but also letting Zhao Wenyu and others benefit.

"Delicious, delicious!" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Lu God, you’re actually good at cooking too? How can we even live now!"

"Sister Ying is truly blessed!"

"Thanks to Sister Ying, without her, we definitely wouldn’t have this delicious experience!"

...

[Tidal reverse flow aids sperm whale in distress]

"Around five o’clock this afternoon, a sperm whale stranded on the coast of South Sea City District, but soon after, the water rose abnormally, carrying the stranded sperm whale back to the sea.

According to expert introduction, this afternoon, a high-pressure cyclone formed on the East Sea’s surface, affecting various parts of our country’s eastern coastal areas, causing these regions abnormal tidal rise between 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM.

According to speculation, this sperm whale stranded inadvertently influenced by the high-pressure cyclone but was rescued at the cyclone-induced tide peak.

The cyclone lasted for an hour, resuming normalcy at 5:30 PM, without affecting the regular tide patterns."

In the Hai City local news broadcast, the host lady, with a gentle yet firm voice, reported the afternoon’s incident.

Shen Ying turned to look at Lu Zheng, "Did you specifically create a high-pressure cyclone?"

"How could I?" Lu Zheng shrugged, "Is it necessary to be so troublesome? I just used the ’Water Manipulation Secret Technique’ to stir up a wave."

Shen Ying turned back, somewhat curiously, "So is this cyclone actually real or fake?"

"How would I know, who cares."

Lu Zheng gently embraced Shen Ying from behind, "Mrs., it’s time to rest."

...

"Nonsense, where’s a high-pressure cyclone near the East Sea coast, I have no clue, who did the TV station interview as an expert?"

"Nearshore monitoring stations found no tidal reverse flow in any area other than South Sea City District, it’s not a widespread phenomenon!"

"Director, the meteorological bureau said this afternoon there was no strong wind on the South District’s coast; it’s impossible to cause reverse tidal flows."

"Look at this video, the sperm whale’s breathing eased up noticeably, so it’s still on the beach at this time?"

"Something must have happened at that moment, was it chasing something? Or fleeing something chasing it?"

"I request permission for another investigation near the sea area of South Sea City District."

"It’d be best to locate that sperm whale."

"The report has been submitted; how did the higher-ups respond?"

"Permission granted to go out to sea."

Afterwards, some monitored the coast while others set sail.

...

"Alas, troubling the people and wasting resources!"

"Then what can be done, stop those people? With what excuse, that nonexistent expert? This expert might fool the general public, but can he fool those experts and professors who hold data?"