"Okay, let's get down to business. Let's continue talking about Mu Continent." Shui Lingxing waved his hand towards Ling Hao, interrupting his random thoughts.
"The continent of Mu is very vast. It stretches from the present-day Hawaiian Islands in the east, to the Mariana Islands in the west, and to Fiji, Society Islands and Easter Island in the south. It covers an area of more than 30 million square kilometers. Because it was during the ice age, many sea surfaces Covered by solid ice, many indigenous humans from America, Australia and Asia trekked across the ice to migrate to this continent. As our ancestors who call the sea their home, we were the first intelligent life to land on this continent. The latitude here The climate is low, the climate is warm, and the large amount of volcanic ash makes the land extremely fertile. For hundreds of thousands of years, the people living on this continent have created a brilliant civilization and technological means that far exceed other continents. Of course, there is absolutely no 'Atlantis' The legend is so mysterious, but what is certain is that the residents of the Mu continent have dominated the entire ocean, and they have the ability to leave their footprints anywhere on the earth. Until twelve thousand years ago, the Mu continent Civilization has developed to a peak and has become a huge feudal empire. At this time, human civilization in other continents has just developed into the 'Neolithic Age' and is still in a matrilineal clan society. However, the people in power on the Mu continent pay more attention to the ocean. He was not particularly interested in other continents and did not embark on the path of expansion. However, unlike the story of 'Atlantis', this great civilization was not destroyed by arrogance, loss of control of technology, or some other dog. Blood reason, but just because, the 'sub-glacial period' ended and the 'sub-interglacial period' began. The climate gradually warmed up, the glaciers melted, the sea water began to rise, and the flat continent of Mu was submerged by the sea again. At that time, the royal family of the continent of Mu and Some priests and scholars have already understood the origin of the Mu continent. In order to save the continent and kingdom that was about to be completely submerged by the sea, they did a very crazy thing, which was to artificially trigger an undersea volcano to erupt, hoping that the magma would raise the level of the continent. Unfortunately, they were very wrong. The eruption of volcanoes caused the hole in the plate beneath the continent to expand, which actually accelerated the sinking of the Mu continent. This is not a disaster movie that changes the world overnight. The Mu continent was The process of submergence by the sea lasted for more than a hundred years. Under the command of the royal family, the millions of people on the continent cut down almost all the tall trees and built thousands of huge sea ships. Many residents of the Mu continent took them with them Their belongings and livestock set sail to the sea in different directions to find new ways of life. Some people who were unwilling to leave their homes sank to the bottom of the sea with the mainland. Residents of the Mu continent landed on other continents and integrated into the local people. Human society, after all, the ancestors of most of them migrated to the Mu continent through the ice a long time ago. They have the same origin, so they quickly integrated with the local indigenous people, and the advanced knowledge they mastered was greatly improved. It has greatly promoted the civilization process of the entire human society. Now you should understand why different civilizations separated by thousands of mountains and rivers in ancient times are very similar and convergent in some places, right? The human social systems on all continents all rose from primitive societies. It was slavery, and then feudalism. There are also some ancient ruins or strata, and some items that seem impossible to appear in that era will be unearthed, all because there is the Mu continent civilization behind them. "
Ling Hao blinked, Shui Lingxing's words really overturned his world view. After being confused for a while, he asked: "In other words, in fact, the vast majority of people in the Mu continent have survived, and their descendants live among the people in all continents?"
"good."
"What about the royal family?"
"I came out too, but you are the only one left now."
"Huh? The royal family of the Mu continent is the 'Zhenhai Longhu'?"
"Congratulations on your correct answer. Now you know why 'Zhenhai Longhu' has such a high status in the sea world? It's not entirely because of his strength, but because he has the blood of the ancient royal family of the Mu continent."
Seeing the shock and confusion on Ling Hao's face, Shui Lingxing smiled and said: "Don't think too much. Just because you have the blood of the ancient royal family of the Mu continent does not mean that you are a royal family. You are just a person with some potential now." It's just bronze. Sister, I have staked my soul on you. I don't ask you to dominate the ocean again, but at least you must be a strong man who can stand upright. Let me tell you where you are going this time. , there is an important city in the south of the Mu continent, called 'Eubitis', which happens to belong to our mermaid lineage. Although it has sunk to the bottom of the sea for thousands of years, there are still many dangers. You are going to go this time, I am absolutely indispensable, and it just so happens that I am on a pilgrimage to my ancestral home."
That night, Ling Hao was still sleepy. The stories told by Shui Lingxing were echoing over and over in his mind. The scenes of the ancient Mu continent's prosperity and destruction formed vivid pictures in his mind, which shocked him. He didn't know what kind of mood he was feeling. Was he sad? It's impossible to talk about it. After all, all this is too far away from now. Are you proud of your identity as an ancient royal family? Not to mention, most of the royal family of the previous dynasty have disappeared from the public and lived a life of common people, not to mention the so-called status of thousands of years ago. Ling Hao is not the kind of person who needs to use the past to fill up his weak self-esteem. As a person, he only felt the weight of history, the length of time, and the irresistible power of heaven, earth, and sea. Only at this moment did he truly realize how humble and insignificant all living beings are in front of nature.
After finally staying up until dawn, Ling Hao walked out of the cabin and came to the cockpit. The captain was drinking coffee on the bridge. When he saw Ling Hao arriving, he knew he was Annie's friend, so he stood up and greeted him very politely.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Ling Hao asked casually.
"Sonar searched all night and found nothing." The captain shrugged helplessly.
"I heard that there are a lot of sharks in that place. To feed so many sharks, there must be abundant fish resources. If the area where you are looking for ruins is relatively small, then the area where you are looking for fish schools will be much larger. Once a large number of fish or a large number of fish are found, shark, then we are not far from our destination." Ling Hao said to the captain.
The latter's expression suddenly froze. After being stunned for two seconds, he turned to the helmsman and shouted: "Turn the helm, turn around and go back. We may have missed our destination!"
At this time, Anne walked into the cockpit sleepily. When she heard the captain's shout, she hurriedly asked: "What's wrong, John? Why did you make an emergency U-turn?"
The captain smiled awkwardly and said: "After listening to Mr. Ling's words just now, I suddenly realized that an hour ago we passed a sea area, and there were fish schools everywhere. The density was ridiculously high. Only such abundant fish resources can support so many fish. Shark, we are expanding the search area nearby, maybe the underwater ancient city is nearby."
The noise of the ship's emergency U-turn was quite loud. Everyone woke up and went up to the deck to see what was going on. After learning that the destination had probably been discovered, everyone did not want to sleep anymore. They got dressed and some started to After sorting out their equipment, some people stood on the side of the ship to observe the sea.
The sun was rising higher and higher, the sea was calm, and it was obviously another sunny day. An hour later, the "Marian" approached the sea area the captain mentioned.
"Look, dolphins!" A crew member leaning on the side of the ship suddenly pointed at the sea and shouted.
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw many long-beaked dolphins swimming quickly in the sea. The swimming direction was in a disorderly manner. It was completely different from people's impression of groups of dolphins chasing around ships and jumping from time to time. The appearance of going out to sea.
"Captain John, stop the ship temporarily. Shi Si, release the underwater camera robot. These dolphins should be hunting." Ling Hao shouted.
After a while, the Marianne stopped, Shi Si lowered the underwater camera robot into the water, and a group of people gathered around her computer screen.
Everyone was immediately stunned by the scene on the screen. The underwater scene was a chaotic battlefield. A large group of half-foot-long trevally fish, probably tens of thousands of them, formed an iron barrel shape, like a It is like a tornado in the sea, extending from the bottom of the sea to the surface, nearly 30 meters high. There are various predators surrounding them on the outside. On the top layer close to the sea surface are more than a dozen dolphins. From time to time they rush into a school of fish, grab one in their mouths and run away, swallowing it before continuing their dash. Further down are seven or eight "albacore tuna" that are more than one meter long. They are faster and more efficient than dolphins in hunting. But the fastest one is still below, where two Pacific swordfish use their iconic "spear" to almost tear the middle section of the "fishspout" into pieces. Countless pieces of meat and trevally fish viscera slowly fell to the bottom of the sea. Close to the bottom of the sea, hundreds of "black tip reef sharks" and "grey reef sharks" enjoyed a feast here. They may swim faster than The first three predators were there, but they were numerous. Under their pursuit and interception, countless trevally fish were torn into pieces and swallowed. Even the minced meat and internal organs that fell from above were completely eaten by them. This is a veritable killing field. Everyone is breathing heavily and their hands and feet are cold.
Ling Hao suddenly said: "Captain John, the water depth here is about 30 meters. Let's continue walking to the shallow water area and go slower."
"Okay." The captain ran to direct the ship to sail. The "Marian" moved forward slowly, and the underwater camera followed the ship and continued to observe everything in the sea.
Just ten minutes later, another large school of mullet was discovered, followed by schools of pomfret and flying fish. There were so many fish that it felt like the sea was half water and half fish. Of course, there are all kinds of sharks that are indispensable, some of which even Ling Hao can't tell what species they are.
Jiang Mingyu carried an instrument from the water onto the boat, then imported the data into the computer for analysis, and then told everyone: "The sea water is getting shallower and shallower, and there should be large coral reefs nearby. This sea area is like the highest point of the undersea hills. It has a great blocking effect on ocean currents. A small cold current in the 'westerly drifting belt' flows right through here and is forced to the sea surface by the seafloor terrain for heating. The rich nutrients brought by the ocean currents from the Antarctic waters nourish the many species here. The coral reef biome, in turn, provides a food source for the huge fish schools, which supports so many sharks here. Our direction is correct, we should be reaching the coral reef area ahead, we must pay attention to safety and don't let the boat run aground. "
Sure enough, soon a large area of coral reef appeared in the lens of the underwater camera. In fact, you don’t need to look at the screen, you can see it clearly from the sea surface. The water depth here is less than ten meters, and the sea water is crystal clear. , the colorful coral reefs look like an underwater sea of flowers under the sunlight, making people feel relaxed and happy.
"Let's stop the boat and take a small boat. We're not afraid of running aground, but the propeller will muddy the water and affect visibility." Anne suggested.
Ling Hao nodded. It seemed that the "Stone Crab" and "Pippi Shrimp" were no longer needed at this depth. Ling Hao and the others loaded all the equipment needed for diving into the small boat. Ling Hao, Annie, Tian Yong and Xueting boarded the boat and continued sailing towards the depths of the Coral Sea.
After driving about two nautical miles, the color of the seawater in front of him suddenly turned into a faint blue, which meant that the seawater suddenly became deeper. Ling Hao put on a mask and dipped his head into the seawater. The scene in front of him was astonishing. Anne... no, it was exactly the same as Captain Cook described. This is an undersea basin, which looks to be no more than 60 meters deep. It is round in shape and covers an area of about fifty or sixty square kilometers. A magnificent ancient city built of stone lies quietly in the undersea basin, as if it were made of stone. It is as if the years have covered it with dust. It is not buried by sea sand and coral reefs. There are not even seaweeds and barnacles to be seen. There are no ruins of collapsed houses. It is as if a prosperous city suddenly became empty of people and turned into a ghost town. Only sharks, big and small, were swimming "over" the city, which looked both poignant and strange.
Ling Hao raised his head from the water, took off his mask and wiped the seawater from his face. He took a deep breath and said as if talking to himself: "'Eubitis, we are here."
