Chapter 214: Giant Beast of the Deep Sea

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Under the dark seabed, there are countless mysteries and unprecedented scenery. In the room she is in, through professional equipment, many bizarre creatures can be seen.

The dark deep sea is also full of traces of life.

The reason why she rushed to participate in this operation was because she was full of curiosity about the deep sea.

Many people are full of fear of the deep sea.

But women have infinite reveries about the vast ocean.

Earth, the mother planet of human origin, has existed for billions of years. The millions of years of human history are too short compared to the long years of its existence.

Occupying the entire planet's surface, more than 70% of the area is ocean.

Even the most senior oceanographers dare not say that they have a complete understanding of the ocean.

Tidal ocean currents, submarine volcanoes, endless resources, and countless marine life. The sea, like a precious gift from God to mankind, has existed for countless years.

The woman's father is a biologist, so Sharapova has been exposed to a lot of biological knowledge since she was a child. Although she later joined that mysterious group by chance, her childhood dream still affects her. I want to explore, this is a world full of unknowns.

"The sea is the source of life for all things." People always say this.

But many people don't know that the sea and the ocean are not exactly the same thing, they are different from each other.

The sea is at the edge of the ocean and is a subsidiary part of the ocean.

The sea area accounts for about one-tenth of the entire ocean. Generally speaking, the water depth of the sea is relatively shallow, with the average depth ranging from a few meters to two or three thousand meters. It is close to the continent and is affected by the continent, rivers, climate and seasons. The temperature, salinity, color and transparency of the sea water are all affected by the land. There are obvious changes.

The ocean is the central part of the ocean and the main body of the ocean. The total area of ​​the world's oceans accounts for approximately 90% of the ocean area.

Theoretically speaking, the water depth of the ocean is generally more than 3,000 meters, and the deepest can reach more than 10,000 meters.

The ocean is far away from the land and is not affected by the land.

Its water content and salinity vary little, and each ocean has its own unique current and tidal system.

The water color of the ocean is blue, very transparent, and there are very few impurities in the water.

At this moment, through special equipment, women can enjoy extremely rare deep-sea scenery even in a submarine.

The current submersible depth of the submarine is 1,200 meters underwater.

Although it is nothing compared to the depth of many sea areas, which is just a few thousand meters, it is already an out-and-out miracle in the history of human weapons.

At present, the world's mainstream submarines generally have a depth of about 700 to 800 meters, and only a few can exceed a thousand meters. Only a few superpowers have solid technical reserves.

The ultimate diving depth of this God of the North nuclear submarine, which has undergone several technological upgrades, can reach an astonishing 1,500 meters!

This is an extremely difficult challenge for the materials, processes and technologies for manufacturing submarines.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, although the E-country people inherited most of its heritage, they still lost a large number of experts and technologies.

The ability to upgrade the Northern God series of strategic nuclear submarines to such a cutting-edge level is largely due to the reliability of the country's scientists and the technical support from the ruins of Mars.

Such excellent submersible depth allows the Alexander Nevsky to have extremely strong hiding capabilities and survivability.

Even the world's most advanced radars and satellites cannot find traces of it from the deep sea.

Sharapova was lying on the bed where she was resting. Through the porthole of the submarine, she could see various marine creatures swimming freely in the dark environment.

Unlike many fish in shallow seas, in the vast, cold, and dark deep sea, marine creatures generally have extremely poor vision because they have been in a relatively dim environment for a long time. In many cases, their visual organs have even deteriorated.

The thing that grows on the head is just a decoration and has almost no effect.

In the dim light, under the huge deep water pressure, they often evolve other strange appearances or skills.

Among them, the most prominent feature of deep-sea fish is their extremely large mouths.

After research, marine biologists concluded that because food is scarce in the deep sea, once food is encountered, the larger the mouth, the more food can be eaten in one bite, and the greater the chance of survival.

The huge mouth of the giant-throated fish almost becomes the main body of the fish, and the rest is like an accessory part of the mouth.

Some fish can even swallow food as big as their own body.

In addition, some animals are smaller than similar species in shallow seas, but there are also some animals that are larger than shallow sea species. For example, deep-sea polychaetes are more than two meters long. Zooplankton bodies also tend to increase in size. For example, scalepods are two thousand meters long. The maximum depth is up to seventeen millimeters, and the mysid shrimp can also reach about one centimeter in the deep sea.

Sharapova observed for a long time and recorded in her notebook the rare experience before her.

Her dream was to also become a marine biologist, to come to such an environment and study these little-known magical creatures. It's just that by some mistake, he became a guardian who protects the world from being destroyed.

This operation was easier than imagined. After successfully convincing the captain Ivan, the task was completed with almost no difficulty.

The Alexander Nevsky did not lose control after all. This is a super weapon fully loaded with strategic nuclear deterrent power. If it really falls into the hands of someone with intentions, it will cause a terrible catastrophe.

Although several heroes chose to die for their beliefs, the situation was eventually stabilized.

Maybe there will be feedback soon, and she still has some time to record this unforgettable trip to the deep sea.

You know, the depth of 1,200 meters is already very rare. Although it can only be regarded as the top of the deep sea, ordinary submersibles cannot enter it at all.

Only professional deep-diving equipment developed by various countries can dive in.

Every time you use it, it costs a lot of money and takes a lot of risks.

Now that she has such convenience and can penetrate the deep sea, she really feels that her trip is worthwhile.

I remember my father once told her that many deep-sea animals have a common feature, which is their own light-emitting organs.

Through more and more studies, scientists have discovered that the light emitted by deep-sea animals and sunlight are two essentially different types of natural light.

The sun emits hot light, while deep-sea animals emit cold light, or bioluminescence.

In the dark and deep sea, not only the fish that have lived in the deep sea for a long time have their own light emitters, but also deep-sea animals such as jellyfish and squid also have light emitters.

Scientists generally believe that one of the purposes of their own light-emitting devices is to use the light-emitting devices as bait to catch prey.

A typical example of this is the anglerfish, which has a long tentacle above its head, with a light emitting device on the top, which is specially used to lure prey to the bait; at the same time, the light emitting device also has the function of imitating similar species. It emits cold light non-stop to confuse the enemy, causing them to mistake them for their own kind. If it is prey, it will attack without mercy; if it is an enemy, it will use light to camouflage itself to protect itself.

Deep sea squid are also masters at this. There are often many luminous spots on its abdomen. From below, it looks like dim light coming from the water. On the one hand, it can prevent enemies moving around it from easily attacking, and it can also lure small fish and other food to come closer.

All the portholes of the Alexander Nevsky have been processed by precision instruments. There is no obstruction to the view from the inside out. Moreover, with the assistance of intelligent programs, many rare views can be seen. From the outside in, all you can feel is darkness. The light inside the submarine will not leak out at all. It is precisely because of this that the navigation of the submarine does not disturb the normal living creatures around it.

However, Sharapova's temporary scientific research plan was destined to fail. The entire submarine was lit with emergency alarm lights, and the blood was dazzling, making people feel very frightened.

A carp stood up from the bed, and Sharapova quickly rushed to the submarine's command center.

She subconsciously thought that there was another rebellion on the submarine.

However, after meeting Ivan, he discovered that the violent conflict he imagined did not happen at all.

Under Ivan's instructions, the alarm inside the submarine was quickly lifted.

Ivan has issued an order, everyone, shut up immediately, and the Alexander Nevsky has also started an extremely quiet stealth mode.

Sharapova was about to ask, but was quickly stopped by a soldier. He pointed to the sonar device next to him, still looking shocked.

Following his gaze, Sharapova looked over and suddenly felt a chill that instantly climbed from her tailbone to the back of her head.

On the electronic screen, a truly behemoth suddenly appeared.

Sharapova had imagined countless times that perhaps there might be huge monsters of staggering size living in the vast ocean. However, when she actually witnessed the deep sea monsters appearing in the real world, she felt extremely terrifying and frightened.

She knows this sonar system very well and can control it. On the screen, the feedback signal showed an astonishing fact.

Not far ahead of the Alexander Nevsky, which is as big as a peanut, is a deep-sea giant the size of a palm!

Judging from its size, its body length is estimated to be about four times that of a nuclear submarine! In other words, this terrifying creature is over five to six hundred meters long!

You know, the largest known marine creature in the world is generally believed to be the blue whale.

As the largest type of baleen whale, the longest one discovered was a female whale caught in Antarctic waters from 1904 to 1920, which was 33.58 meters long and weighed 170 tons.

Translated, it's about as long as a Boeing 737 or three double-decker buses. Many people may not have personally experienced how huge the blue whale is. Simply put, 50 people can stand on its tongue, and its heart is as big as a car. Babies can crawl through its arteries, and a newborn blue whale calf weighs more than an adult elephant. During the first seven months of its life, a calf drinks 400 liters of breast milk every day. Baby whales grow very quickly, with weight increasing by 90 kilograms every 24 hours.

However, what he once thought was the largest creature in the world has become a complete younger brother in front of this real deep-sea behemoth.