Chapter 2627 The Deep Sea
"This is a passage, a pipeline!" Lund flew to the height of the belly cave on the black-decorated feathered lion. The white object was stuck in the mountain rock. Something that looks like a pipe. Because the white object is larger, it can still be seen clearly even though it is more than two hundred meters away from the ground.
“Pipeline!?” Hullington and Du Jinna felt that this matter could not be more bizarre. They left Wang Tiexi guarding below. They climbed the rocks and jumped to the top with the help of levitation. high places.
It is really a white pipe protruding from the mountain. After years and humid environment, the white round pipe is wrapped with a layer of brownish-yellow slippery sticky substance. This pipe protrudes from the mountain and is about twenty meters long. The pipe body is nearly circular and has a diameter of about twenty meters. If you don't see this thing in this environment, you may mistakenly think that it is a water pipe or sewer pipe in a certain city.
The pipe was so deep that there was no end in sight. Hughington shot a magic ball into it until it flew out of sight without seeing the end.
Du Jinna said to herself: "Why did the mermaid lead us here? She has accessories that are only found in human society, indicating that she has probably been with humans. Judging from her behavior, this time is not short. Is it possible? The humans she gets along with will walk into this passage from time to time, so when she saw us, she led us here."
Lund said: "It is very likely that the mermaid has not opened his mind. The IQ is also higher than that of dogs. All domesticated dogs can lead the way, not to mention mermaids! In this case, this passage should be the road to an important place, maybe it is an underwater palace or something. The mermaid's home."
Hughington nodded: "This pipeline looks very long, and there doesn't seem to be any danger. It's not a good idea to leave them there, so we'd better move together. More peace of mind. He judged: "The distance to swim down from the entrance of Luodong is not very far. I didn't understand the situation and was nervous, which will affect the time of holding my breath. If I am good at water, I have the help of seahorses and I am familiar with the route. I don't know if I can do it." Swim over with your breath. "
Lund landed on the ground with them and looked at the situation nearby: "Don't worry, if it's just this distance, there's no problem." He picked up one on the ground. The dead snail shell the size of a bucket said: "Find two larger, intact shells, and flip them upside down like raspberries. Then there will be a space for breathing for a short time." He thought for a while, and then said: "More Kill two fish and use their fish fat to make a simple scuba just in case. This distance is enough."
Du Jinna raised her thumb and praised: "You are really a genius. What a great idea.”
After some preparation, the three people and one crab returned to the snail cave along the original route. After explaining the situation, the nine people did some more scuba diving, found a few large snail shells, and went to the belly cave.
When you are in the water, although the light from the glowing branches in Ruola's hand is not strong, it is very penetrating. With this light penetrating, you can actually vaguely see the opposite side at the breach of the screw hole. of mountains. The mountain is just an ordinary mountain, and you can also see fish that are more than ten meters long hidden among the seaweed plants.
When they arrived at the belly cave, they simply rested and ate. They kept as much shelf-stable food as possible and ate marine aquatic products to fill their bellies. Check the tool protectors and lighting, and then go deeper into the pipe after you are fully prepared.
Walking in the dark pipe, the ground was very slippery at first, but it got better after walking for a while. Ruola held up the glowing branch, with Eva and Gulia leaning on the left and right. They observed the inner wall of the pipe. There were almost no changes in the wall, and they did not see anything resembling an interface.
Gulia was curious: "What on earth is this? Does any of you know?"
Hullington touched the wall of the tube, put his hand in front of his nose, smelled it, and shook his head: "It doesn't feel very cold to the touch, like some kind of gel, hard, but not very hard. It's more like...like... ..."
"Cartilage." Halls said two words simply.
“Cartilage!?”
Horse said: “I just guessed. I don’t understand anything related to the ocean.”
“What kind of cartilage will grow? Like this?" Eva felt suspicious.
After walking for hundreds or thousands of meters, where the light shines, you can see the situation outside the tube wall. Previously, the pipe was buried in the mountain, which caused the texture of the pipe to change. Now that the pipe has left the Haiyan mountain, I noticed that it is transparent, and the transparency is very high. Through the wall of the tube, you can see what's going on in the ocean outside. Suddenly, they found themselves in a deep passage suspended in the ocean. There was an endless road in front of them, and they were surrounded by deep, dark water above and below. The nine people were shocked by the spectacle in front of them and the environment they were in. The oppressive feeling of fear and surprise made them all open their eyes wide and find it difficult to breathe. It's so incredible, so bizarre. They never dreamed that one day they would roam the depths of the ocean in this way. The light transmission attracted the attention of some fish and sea beasts in the ocean. They were swimming very close to the pipeline. Some of them were huge, and they were afraid that they would bite and destroy the pipeline accidentally, so Ruola hurriedly asked Ruola not to use branches to break the light. For lighting, use a portable lamp instead.
The pipe seemed to be undulating and swaying with the ocean currents in the ocean. Through the less bright light, I could see something long wrapping around the long pipe outside the pipe.
“What is outside?”
Curiosity drove them to intensify some light and saw a sea gauze grid-like thing attached to the outside of the pipe wall. Seeing these things, Xinu thought of something and said, "I know what this pipeline is."
"What is it? It can't really be a cartilaginous octopus!"
Tinu said: "Don't you guys think it is similar to the transparent bones in the body of a squid?"
Everyone He was stunned for a moment. Eva recalled: "I've eaten squid before, and it still looks a lot like it."
Hughington looked at it, touched it, and questioned: "How can there be such a big squid in the world?" The largest king squid I have ever seen is only a few tens of meters long. If it has transparent bones, how big must it be?" Although he said this, he knew very little about the creatures in the ocean and did not dare to conclude that there were none. .
Tinu shook his head: "I'm not saying this is a squid bone, I'm saying it should be the remains left by a certain type of marine creature."
"What kind of sea creature can be so big?" Du Jinna asked in surprise. She looked at Xi Nu and Long De, who also looked confused, waiting for answers.
Tinu said: "I do know that there is something in the ocean...a cnidarian or something like that, or it may be some little guy like floating algae. What is it specifically? I I can’t explain it, and I don’t really understand it. In short, there are many such things in the ocean, and some of them use a filter method to catch food. They are not large at first, but when similar species meet together, , they will combine with each other, grow together, and form one body. This kind of creature will continue to expand in this way, and eventually form a creature like a big net. I heard from sailors in the seaside tavern that they have seen this kind of thing that is more than ten kilometers long. This kind of creature floated on the sea. At first they thought it was a long net cage, but then they noticed that it was that kind of huge marine creature. An old fisherman told me that this kind of creature was floating in the sea. After the death of living things, some of them will form lumps like calcium stones like coral polyps and coral reefs, some will crystallize, and some will gel. So I wonder if this pipe is the remains of that kind of creature. "
Hughington thought: "I only know that some creatures will change from one to several after being cut into several pieces. I don't remember any creatures that can grow into two or more. One. But the world is so big that it is full of wonders. The pipeline we are in is definitely not artificial. As far as you know, it is really possible."
Eva patted the wall of the pipe and shouted: "Alas. , you see, the mermaid we met earlier is outside, and her colorful seahorse."
Everyone came to the wall of the pipe, and sure enough they saw the mermaid waving to them outside the pipe wall.
Lund said: "She really guided us to take this path."
"Let's go, hurry up and pass here." Ruola said fearfully: "Now my mind is full of thinking about the sudden rupture of the pipe wall, and we The scene of being buried in the sea." She shook her head, trying to get rid of this thought. Although this scene was wonderful, it was also scary.
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(End of this chapter)