"Third brother, ask fifth brother if he has anything to say?"
Lin Yi raised the walkie-talkie and said to Qian Sheng outside.
Not long after, news came from Qian Sheng.
"Fifth brother is feeling numb right now. He said that he has never experienced such a thing at all. He now looks at your situation along the way, just like watching a movie."
Before Qian Sheng finished speaking, Fifth Brother's voice came from the intercom.
"Brothers, be sure to pay attention to your personal safety! I don't have anything else to say. However, the holes that appeared in these coffin boards just now look a bit like shipworms to me. Do you know this kind of thing?"
"Shipworm! Yes, it's shipworm! Thank you Fifth Brother for your guidance."
Fifth Brother's reminder came very timely, and he almost thought of Lin Yi.
Shipworm, as the name sounds, sounds like a mollusk.
In fact, it is closely related to oysters and clams, and the common species of shipworm looks like an elongated razor clam.
The mantle tissue on its surface secretes a substance similar to caladium, creating a calcium carbonate pipe to wrap its tender body.
It can live in both seawater and freshwater, and is called an "aquatic termite."
Because their food is wood.
As early as ancient Greece, there were records saying that shipworms once destroyed a huge sailing ship, and the entire hull was "eaten" by shipworms and turned into a honeycomb cake.
In the end the big ship had to be scuttled.
These shipworms have an amazing reproductive capacity, and their offspring live in the wooden buildings of the pier. Whenever a ship docks, they will take the opportunity to get into the hull.
In the naval battle between Spain and Great Britain, the world-famous Spanish Armada lost its combat effectiveness due to the presence of shipworms. Even after they detoured around Scotland and Ireland, they were unable to return to Spain. Spain.
Great Britain took this opportunity to replace Spain as the maritime supremacy.
This species is almost never seen in the north.
In the Xichuan area with dense rivers, there are fishermen who have lived on fishing boats for generations. Of course they know the power of shipworms. Of course, people like Fifth Brother, who has hands and eyes like the sky, have heard about it.
The reason why Lin Yi could think that shipworms were responsible was mainly because there were very few species that could coexist with sulfur.
In Southeast Asia and other places, giant shipworms that feed on hydrogen sulfide have been seen.
This kind of shipworm can grow to about one and a half meters in length and lives in swamps rich in hydrogen sulfide. Their gills are particularly developed and filled with bacteria that can decompose hydrogen sulfide.
They can reduce hydrogen sulfide to sulfur and use the released energy to convert carbon dioxide into sugar for the host to enjoy.
The origin of these species is unknown and may be due to environmental factors. As for whether there is human intervention, no one can guarantee this.
However, judging from the severed limb just now, the size of the shipworm that could drag Bai Lu into the water has far exceeded the category of "giant shipworm".
It obviously feeds on wood, so why is it interested in humans?
What really frightens Lin Yihou is that all this seems to have been arranged.
First, the "gathering of three qi" makes this place a Shura field where white evil gathers.
Then raise one or several mutated super-giant shipworms in the sulfur pool. These are the tomb robbers who broke into the place secretly for fear that Bai Ji might not be able to deal with him. As long as there is a fierce fight with Bai Ji in the coffin, the coffin board will have been completely destroyed. Eaten into honeycomb.
If the force is a little stronger, it will fall into the sulfur pool and become the food of shipworms.
It has to be said that the people who designed these linkage mechanisms still have two skills.
"How to go now? Keep going or go back to the shore and make a new plan before going?"
Lin Yi turned on the flashlight and shined the beam into the depths.
There are also large pieces of coffins floating on the water.
Just now, he held the barrier sword in his hand and killed three white evil spirits in a row, temporarily suppressing the evil spirit here.
If they continue to go in, there is no guarantee that another white villain will come out and kill others.
There are shipworms under the water waiting to pick them up.
Wang Qiang and Bai Lu's backpacks are still on the shore. There are many tools and emergency items in them. It would be a loss if they didn't bring them over.
Fortunately, their current location is not too far from the shore.
"Let's go back to the shore to rest and rest, and then find a way to cross this coffin mountain and sea of corpses!"
Lin Yi took off the flying tiger claw from his waist and threw it out. The tip of the tiger claw tightly caught the gap in the bluestone on the ground. With this force, he and Wang Qiang worked together to let Bai Lu pass first. .
They also returned to the shore one after another.
Being in a safe area, several people were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Brothers, are you in trouble? Why don't fifth brother and I come down to help!"
Qian Sheng's voice came from the intercom again.
It could be heard that he was anxious about Lin Yi's situation.
"No, it's all trivial. As long as you figure out what the problem is, the rest will be easy to solve. You should stay up there and don't come down easily."
Wang Qiang took off his hood again, couldn't help but take out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit two, and gave one to Lin Yi.
The three of them walked to a place near the door to get some fresh air.
"It seems that we have underestimated this big bastard. Not only is he rich, he is also ruthless. The key is that he has capable people under his command."
Lin Yi took a deep breath of cigarette and sighed.
"I thought the 'bug man' was disgusting enough, but it's damn good that here he is making trouble for nothing. There are maggots in the water. The taste of rich people is so damn elusive, hey!"
Wang Qiang leaned on Shimen and shook his head.
"What? Are you shaken? Are you not ready to vent your anger for the working people who died unjustly? Are you not ready to fight this old bastard?"
Lin Yi probably provoked him.
Wang Qiang's eyes widened.
"Who has wavered? Our retreat now is to make strides forward later. It's like a fight between big bastards. Everyone in the proletariat in the world will be defeated. If we don't defeat them cleanly, our trip will be in vain."
Bai Lu has almost recovered now. She also likes to listen to her brothers teasing, so she just listens and tinkers with her camera.
Just when I was about to look through the camera's camera hole to see if the lens was damaged, I saw an extremely incredible scene.
The coffins in the sulfur pool were all erected on the water. The iron rings had been corroded by sulfur for a long time, and a thick layer of rust had grown on the outside. Even though there was such a big movement, they did not make any sound. .
The water in the pool was churning like a boiling pot.
Section after section of white-colored soft-bodied shipworms swarmed up on the shore, slowly squirming forward.
"Brother Lin, Brother Qiang, look at it!"
Wang Qiang turned his face and was stunned by the sudden scene in front of him.
Lin Yi reacted the fastest and shouted:
"Look at this damn thing, run!"
While he was talking, his hands were not idle. He grabbed Wang Qiang and Bai Lu by their collars and tried to pull them out of the door.
(End of chapter)
