Chapter 174: Sea Abyss(2/2)
"This guy is over a hundred meters long. There shouldn't be such a big whale in this world." Caesar whispered.
"The appearance does look like the extinct Basilosaurus whale." Chu Zihang agreed with Yuan Zhisheng's statement.
"The ecological environment here is abnormal. It seems that something has changed the environmental structure here." Yuan Zhisheng whispered, "Such a deep sea is not suitable for large creatures like Basilosaurus to survive."
"Hey, look, there are manta rays and turtles there!" Caesar suddenly shouted.
The three people huddled together in front of the porthole and looked at the same time. Only then did they realize that the water in this area was emitting glow like the flowing sunset.
Thousands of large schools of fish floated in the twilight water, some rising in a spiral arc, while others plunged into the bottom of the sea like whirlpools. Some of these fish were as white as silver, some had almost transparent bodies, and some
The ones emit faint blue fluorescence.
Occasionally, huge manta rays flap their fleshy, feathery fins to penetrate the school of fish. At this time, the school of fish will open a gap for the manta rays to pass through, and then the school of fish will quickly return to its original shape.
Most of these fish have never been seen before, and even though they are similar to some fish, they are very different.
For example, the head of a manta ray has a black and white patterned exoskeleton.
The turtle's carapace is not hard but fleshy, like cracked red basalt.
The scene in front of me has a vast and glorious momentum.
This is a dreamy beauty that goes beyond the limits of imagination. It makes people mistakenly think that the sunset-colored sea water outside the porthole is the sky before sunset, and schools of fish are swimming in the sky.
"Kacha."
The flash almost blinded Caesar and Yuan Zhisheng's eyes.
"Where...where did you get the camera?"
"Kacha."
There was another shutter sound.
While recording the scenery of the deep sea outside the porthole, Chu Zihang explained: "Lu Mingfei sent me his camera a few days ago. When we contacted him last night, he asked me to help him take some pictures of the sea.
Photos to make up for the regret of not participating in the mission."
"Did you still have contact last night?" Caesar asked in surprise.
Yuan Zhisheng was slightly moved in his heart: "Lu Mingfei... what kind of person do you think he is?"
Hearing this question, Caesar silently lit a cigar for himself again, and Chu Zihang put down the camera and fell into deep thought.
"Is this question difficult to answer?"
Seeing no reply for a long time, Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but said.
Caesar patted him on the shoulder: "Excellent, the next president of the student union."
Chu Zihang muttered: "A very extraordinary guy. By the way, he asked me to say sorry to you."
The lackluster apology made Yuan Zhisheng frown, but Chu Zihang didn't give him a chance to ask questions because he didn't know the answer either.
"Look down, we are directly above the abyss."
Caesar and Yuan Zhisheng lay on the observation window and looked down.
I finally understand why the sea water here is as red as sunset.
They are currently directly above the Japan Trench.
On the left is the gently sloping seabed, which belongs to the Eurasian plate.
On the right are rugged cliffs, belonging to the Pacific Plate.
When they collided with each other, they formed an extremely deep submarine canyon. At the bottom of the canyon was a golden crack running from north to south, where the earth's crust broke off and the red-red rock layers rolled out.
The magma spewed out intermittently and slowly overflowed all around. The cold seawater and the hot magma blended like water and milk, and vague thunder echoed all around.
"It's so beautiful." Caesar praised sincerely, "It's like a wound in the earth. Someone opened the earth with a knife, and the molten golden blood belonging to the earth flowed out."
"Kacha." Chu Zihang took a photo and continued to explain, "This is the wound of the earth. The crust cracked here, and the mantle layer was directly exposed. Below the polar abyss is a warehouse that stores trillions of tons of magma.
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"Luckily, we fell directly into the right place." Caesar said happily, he put on the headphones again, "Now let's continue to dive, we haven't reached the end of this trip yet."
There was silence in the watertight cabin.
Chu Zihang and Yuan Zhisheng returned to their seats and took charge of their own work. No one spoke because no one knew what to say now.
Under Caesar's operation, the bathyscaphe reached a depth of 8,100 meters.
Caesar successfully stabilized this "classic car" at this depth, and 400 meters further down is the bottom of the Japan Trench, where magma flows across and thunders and earthquakes occur.
In various versions of myths, this environment is uniformly called - hell!
The propellers are turned on, and the Trieste swims slowly above the magma, maintaining depth.
The three people in the cabin were lying on the observation port, looking around.
"The embryo should be down there. If I guess correctly, it changed the surrounding environment."
"But hasn't it hatched yet?"
"For ancient species, hatching is not birth, but rebirth. They were just sleeping before."
At this moment, if you look down from above, the crack in the seafloor is like a burning abyss, and the 15-meter-long Dieste is as small as a midge.
It glided lightly and smoothly over the blazing flames, and its entire body was reflected in gold.
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"Has the fault that caused the submersible's sinking been found?"
Campus headquarters, central control room, Schneider holds the phone.
"It is speculated that the pressure valves of the three watertight compartments are leaking. Those valves were all made in 1960, so it is not surprising that the problems occurred. The remaining watertight compartment is enough to help them return."
Sakura, who temporarily took over Crow's position, said calmly, "Even if the fourth watertight cabin breaks down, we can use the safety rope to pull them up."
"How can I trust the equipment that the equipment department has touched?" Schneider touched his forehead and felt a layer of cold sweat.
Chapter completed!