Chapter 443 Undersea Forest Area
Irina stood at the door of the portal. She looked towards the dark sea with lightning and thunder in the distance, and she felt that the power of nature was really amazing. Such violent thunder and lightning and roaring thunder are far beyond the bad weather on the Origin Star.
"There is a typhoon outside right now..."
Chen Lin stood beside her and said calmly, "Because we have encountered too many similar things before, we have to pay attention to the portal. Special reinforcements have been carried out nearby, and this building can now withstand typhoons of level 12 and above... You may not have a clear idea of this level, but you only need to know that the storm on the Blue Sea Star is enough to blow up in an instant Just tear the entire city of Selia out of the ground."
After hearing Chen Lin's explanation, Queen Irina was completely confused, and she tentatively stretched out her hand. When she came out, she directly touched the transparent thick special glass. She really felt the super violent power of the storm outside the thick glass.
"The thickness of the glass in the buildings here is about 30 centimeters. In order to ensure that you can clearly see the outside environment and take into account safety, the entire glass uses new technology, and ordinary firearms cannot even penetrate it."
Chen Lin explained with a smile, and Irina showed an incredible expression.
"Let's go down..."
"Okay, just follow me."
Chen Lin nodded, he took Irina and a group of The knights and their own guards walked along the downward path, and the elevator sent them all to the bottom of Qinglong Base at once.
At this time, the Qinglong Base has been reorganized. With the dual BUFF blessings of Fuxi AI and manual repair, some of the damaged buildings caused by the meteorite impact have been completely repaired. The entire Qinglong Base is in the sea area below the portal, and its design It has been upgraded and renovated several times since it came out, and now it can be lived in safely and boldly. It has been fully upgraded and renovated. Unless a meteorite directly hits here again, nothing will happen to the people inside.
Irina's face on the elevator was full of curiosity. She looked at the surrounding ocean environment. The originally dark sea surface rose up, and the world in front of her suddenly became brighter.
Irina was surprised to notice that a large bright building on the seabed appeared in her field of vision. The top of the building was also made of special thick glass. She could see the activities of the people inside.
Many intelligent machines and submarine ships are moving above the building, and the lights on them are flashing like stars in the night sky.
The elevator quickly reached the bottom of the sea. Irina stood beside Chen Lin and watched the seawater around the elevator being quickly evacuated, and then the door in front opened with a bang.
"We're here."
Chen Lin smiled and motioned for Irina to go down with him. Irina did not refuse. She and Chen Lin walked out of the elevator together. The huge underwater building was immediately visible as soon as it came into view. Queen Irina was shocked. The main hall of the Qinglong base was designed to be very magnificent. The lights on both sides made it seem like she was in the Palace of the Moon!
In fact, when Chen Lin first came here, he had a sense of seeing these buildings as a Dragon Palace. Considering the name of the base, it is also called Qinglong Base. It is actually correct to say that it is a Dragon Palace.
Because it was very early, Chen Lin took Irina to visit the interior of the entire Qinglong Base building.
Qinglong base is divided into core area and peripheral area. The core area is the Qinglong research base and other related supporting places. The peripheral area is more complex and complicated, with various redundant buildings and most of the manufacturing workshops. It's all over there.
Irina was as surprised as Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden along the way.
Although she is the empress of the Coman Empire and the top leader of the empire, she has never entered such a deep ocean, let alone the buildings they are still underwater at this time. Got it.
The members of the Knights were all placed in the lounge. Chen Lin took Irina around the Qinglong Base and introduced them. Both of them were in a very happy mood.
"Would you like to go out and try?"
Chen Lin pointed to the sea outside, and Irina hesitated slightly: "Isn't there a storm outside?"
"That's the situation on the sea. It's quite stable down there. In addition, the buildings in our area have offset most of the impact waves. Basically, there is no need to consider dangerous situations."
After Chen Lin finished speaking Irina nodded directly. It was obvious that she also wanted to go out and try what the sea outside was like.
After Chen Lin made arrangements, someone immediately prepared a special diving device for them - it was actually a modified power armor. After adding a diving module, the whole thing became a deep diving device. .
After changing into the diving suit, with the help of several staff members, Irina put on a special one-piece power suit, a small oxygen bottle on her back, and a diving helmet. First, she simply let her swim in shallow water. I tested it and found that the shallow water area was almost as deep as Chen Lin's chest.
Irina acted very calmly. It could be said that she showed almost no panic. After simply adapting, Chen Lin walked to the edge of the pool, held Irina's tubes and checked them quickly. Then he nodded towards Irina.
"It seems that you adapted quickly, then you can almost dive."
Everything is ready, Irina nodded towards Chen Lin, and immediately jumped into the middle with a "pop" Diving area.
After actually entering the sea water, Irina immediately realized the specialness of the device she was wearing. She was unable to control the entire device skillfully!
"Why stay here?"
Chen Lin quickly followed in. He saw Irina in a daze and immediately realized that she was not used to controlling power armor. .
"Adjust your breathing, exert force with your hands and thighs at the same time, and coordinate with the strength of your waist... Yes, that's it."
Chen Lin reminded Irina again that Princess Irina's learning ability is very abnormal, come to her senses After that, she immediately mastered the control details of the powered diving suit, and her whole body began to move tentatively underwater.
On the dark seabed, only weak fluorescence and blue light flow slowly, as if the mysterious power in the deep sea is guiding the way forward.
The rocks and plants on the seafloor seem to sway gently with the current, creating an eerie yet beautiful scene.
If you observe carefully, you will find that the creatures on the seabed have different forms, but they all appear more mysterious in the dim light.
These creatures live in the deep sea, and their colors and shapes are more complex and diverse than in the light environment.
In this dark seabed, Irina seems to be able to feel an ancient atmosphere. They exist quietly here until they are discovered.
Although the construction work of Qinglong Base is large-scale, the impact on the underwater natural environment is not particularly large. This area is still a reserve. After it is confirmed that the threat has been eliminated, it will be regarded as training For use in various places, the most threatening thing among them should be the reefs on the seabed. Irina quickly adapted to the entire diving device. She swam happily underwater and looked at the magical scenery around her. Those strange and shiny creatures gave her, the queen of land, an unprecedented sense of wonder. .
“What is this thing following you?”
Irina discovered the small ball that had been following Chen Lin. When Chen Lin went under the sea, the little thing could still follow him the whole way, which surprised the princess Irina.
“A special gift.”
Chen Lin smiled and explained in the private channel: “This is an exclusive little gift given to me by the alien creatures on this planet, which can help me deal with it. Most things, answering questions... This thing passively follows me, it will follow me wherever I go."
"It's amazing!"
Irina nodded. She caught a small fish at this time. The fish had a pair of big eyes that exceeded its body size. Chen Lin suddenly smiled and said: "There are quite a few fish with big eyes here. This can be regarded as the best in the ecosystem." The bottom creature.”
Irina adjusted the settings of her diving device, and she quickly landed in the underwater forest area below.
This underwater forest is a huge area composed of marine plants, especially seaweed. Originally, there were many dangerous creatures in it, such as self-exploding fish and hammerhead sharks. The establishment of Qinglong Base later made They disappeared completely. Artificial breeding and deliberate cultivation of these seaweeds in the area gradually formed huge kelp forests, which grew to a height and width far exceeding those of ordinary seaweeds.
Moisturized by ocean currents and rich nutrients deliberately cultivated by humans, macroalgae can grow more than 200 meters long. The air sacs at the base of the leaves allow the algae to extend to the sea surface, forming a huge underwater forest landscape.
This area is also Chen Lin’s favorite place. The undersea forest is one of the most important parts of the marine ecosystem and plays an important role in protecting marine biodiversity and maintaining marine ecological balance, especially It is even more important for Blue Sea Star, which has only a few continents on the entire planet.
Because underwater forests are usually composed of seaweed, corals and other marine plants, these plants not only provide oxygen through photosynthesis, but also provide habitat and food resources for countless marine organisms.
In addition, the underwater forest also filters nutrients in the seawater and purifies the marine ecosystem. The function of this thing is basically similar to the trees on the earth, so there is no problem in calling it an underwater forest.
“It’s like being in a forest on the earth...”
As expected, Irina also liked this place. She slowly moved towards one of the huge seaweeds. As the vegetation approached, the width of the thing was astonishingly several meters, and the height was even more horrifying. Irina guessed that the thing was at least fifty meters up. After all, it took her a long time to get down from it. time.
“This thing is actually edible,”
Chen Lin swam over slowly from behind. He pointed at this huge seaweed plant and said: "This thing is similar to kelp on the earth. You can cut it and dry it before collecting it. The wet and dry ones are almost the same. It is much more cost-effective than kelp."
Irina tried to touch this huge algae plant and said: "Your diet on earth is really strange... How did you find out that this thing can be used?"
"Then It’s complicated to say, and the true origins have to be found a long time ago.”
Chen Lin said with a smile: “It is said that after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries-the Qin Dynasty was our ancient Red Dragon Association. You don’t need to know the specific characters and dynasties, you just need to know that this thing exists.”
“The emperor sent soldiers to the beach to catch seafood. In addition to some fish, shrimps, and crabs, we often catch some green and long things like weeds. At first, many people didn’t know that these things were edible. Instead, they thought that these things had very strong adhesion, so they usually use them. The tools are difficult to cut, so they are used as some kind of rope. A large number of these things were thrown on the beach and dried into kelp."
"But luckily there was one time. When a soldier was hungry, he picked up these things, rinsed them with water and cooked them. Unexpectedly, the things tasted crispy, tender and very delicious after being cooked. "
"So the soldiers reported the news that this unknown green plant was edible to Qin Shihuang. After hearing the magical experience of this green plant, the First Emperor ordered the soldiers to collect a large amount of this plant and give it A name - this is kelp."
After Chen Lin finished speaking, Irina came back to her senses. She asked Chen Lin: "The first emperor you just mentioned...the distance. How old are you now?"
"Well, it's almost more than 2,000 years ago."
"Hiss..."
Irina was obviously surprised by this answer. When she arrived, she was once again shocked by the heaviness displayed by the Red Dragon Association. There were thousands of historical allusions and ancient records at every turn, which was much stronger than the Coman Empire!
"Let's talk more about food."
Chen Lin said with a smile: "You can see these things when you eat later. I hope you can taste the taste of these things carefully. "
Irina smiled reservedly: "Although I was a princess, she was the princess of a landlocked country in the Coman Empire. These things on the seaside and even under the sea are really far away for me... But it’s okay to try it.”
Chen Lin nodded and said: “There are many dishes that can be made with this thing, such as cold kelp, kelp rib soup, kelp tofu soup...a lot. You may have never seen anything before.”
“These underwater forest vegetation are also of great research value, and substances such as kelp polyphenols, active iodine, fatty acids, and fucoxanthin can be extracted from them. , these things can be used as bodybuilding ingredients, odor inhibitors, and antioxidants, and are very good in cosmetics and skin care products.”
"Maybe a lot of the cosmetics I gave you last time contained these plant extracts."
Although Irina was completely confused after hearing this, those special terms She didn't understand any of them, but that didn't affect her admiration at all.
What Chen Lin means is that this kelp forest is a huge wealth. Just relying on this thing alone, they can make great discoveries and research results!
“If you put it like that, is this sea area really full of treasures?”
Chen Lin responded with a smile: “That’s right, the resources of Blue Sea Star are It’s so rich that we have to take risks to repair it, otherwise why do you think we would come?”
(End of this chapter)