On the seabed, the ebb and flow of tides, surging waves, stable currents in ocean currents or rushing waves in fast-flowing streams will cause strong currents, which also cause layers of undercurrents to form at the bottom of the water, just like the bottom of the water. The highway is average.
Li Qi and Lao Ma followed the mermaid girl and moved quickly on these underwater highways. Even if he didn't know how to swim, it was quite fast and effortless just to be carried away by the current.
However, these tides are not brought by the real moon, but by a pearl.
Li Qi couldn't help but stare at the dreamy, full moon-like pearl.
Seeing Li Qi's appearance, the mermaid girl said, "Ah, sir, are you curious about that pearl?"
"I'm really curious. It's so dark under the water, and the light source seems to be brought by these pearls. What is it that has such power?" Li Qi asked.
The mermaid girl then said with a smile: "Those are the pearls spit out by the mother clam. They are not only used for lighting. The energy under the water of Dongyu is also provided by such pearls."
"The energy under Dongyu's water..." Li Qi thought thoughtfully and nodded slightly.
In other words, is Dongyu essentially driven by these pearls?
interesting.
Following the water flow downward, Li Qi soon felt the pressure. Now he was three or four miles underwater.
That is to say, approaching the depth of more than 2,000 meters, this is already quite terrifying pressure. The sunlight above has completely disappeared, the surrounding darkness is indistinguishable, and Xiyi seems to be in the middle of nowhere.
Although in the East China Sea, this is considered a shallow sea or even a surface sea, but for Li Qi, this has actually entered the deep sea. The only light sources around are Dongyu Island and those pearls. It exudes a faint light, illuminating the surrounding scene.
But in fact, Li Qi discovered that those mermaids and sea people did not need light at all, and seeing things in the dark was like instinct for them.
But for Li Qilai, who was accustomed to using his eyes, a large number of swimming fish suddenly appeared and disappeared in the darkness. Sea dwellers also appeared randomly around. Complete darkness shrouded the surroundings, paired with the cold seawater, which made people feel sad. Considerable anxiety and fear arose.
Li Qi knew that this fear was groundless. He had enough firepower and could crush these swimming fish and sea dwellers into pieces with his full burst, but he still couldn't suppress this instinctive uneasiness.
This is the suppression of land creatures by the ocean itself, especially those like Li Qi who have never been to the sea.
I'm afraid it will take him some time to get used to this feeling.
Looking around, Li Qi could see Dongyu's extremely broad body, as trustworthy as the continental shelf, which was even covered with dark caves.
Although his eyes were of no use at this time, Li Qi was a witch after all, and he had more than just eyes.
Speaking of this, Li Qi once had the illusion that as his cultivation level improved, his eyes would become more and more powerful, becoming able to see through everything and transform all information into visualization.
But as his cultivation level improved, he discovered that... although he had indeed mastered more and more observation skills, and his eyes were becoming more and more powerful, he could see farther and farther, and his dynamic vision was getting stronger and stronger. But eyes...are always just eyes.
It is true that the structure of the eye is destined to be an optical sensor. No matter how sensitive the optical sensor is, it is still an optical matter. It is impossible to say that it can suddenly have the function of a gravitational wave sensor.
Therefore, true practitioners, in order to strengthen their ability in perception, usually get themselves more other sensors.
So, after Li Qi realized that he couldn't see, he took out a translucent insect that looked like a drop of liquid from his hand.
Then, he put the insect into his eye socket.
Suddenly, the surrounding environment suddenly became clear, and all darkness was invisible. Li Qi also gained a considerable degree of dark vision, and could even see objects in a lightless environment relying on the self-illumination of his eyes.
The mermaid girl looked at it for a moment, as if she had never seen such an operation of actively stuffing worms into the eyes.
Witchcraft has always been known for its weirdness, and it can also cultivate insects.
Li Qi has also done some research on the way of witchcraft and Gu now. He learned about it through the study of witchcraft silkworms, and what he is using now is the pupil worm he bought in the past.
Pupilworms can convert other things into understandable light signals. With this, observation methods on the seabed are available.
Li Qi did these things without delaying his journey, so after a while, they entered the water four to five miles deep, and swam towards the left hand side of Dongyu for nearly thirty miles. In terms of parts, they were close to the puppet Dongyu. The ribs are in position.
Here, the shark girl finally stopped.
Li Qi could see that there were quite a few sharks living on the rock walls here, both male and female.
The shark race seems to be naturally unwilling to wear clothes because they are in the water. After all, the resistance brought by clothes is quite huge, far less than the scales and skin of the sharks.
However, female mermaids actually do not have lactation organs, and their upper bodies are flat and smooth.
After all... this seems to be an egg-laying race and has no need for breastfeeding, so it doesn't look that outrageous. Therefore, both men and women of this race have slender and smooth bodies.
She's beautiful, but she has an 'alien' feel to her.
But it doesn't matter. Li Qi is used to meeting all kinds of races. Even Lord Yin has seen them, but they are just a few mermaids. What's the big deal?
"Sir, I'm home. Why don't you wait here for a while. I'll talk to my family about the situation, and then I'll come. I'll be by your side for the next seven days. You can do whatever you want at that time." The shark turned around. , facing Li Qi, said this.
"Okay, you go back and tell your family. By the way, do you mind if I come with you?" Li Qi said suddenly.
"Ah? I don't mind...but I just went home to report. Could it be that sir is afraid that I will run away?" The shark girl was confused.
"No, the main thing is that I am a little curious about the shark's home. I have never seen it before, but it seems rude to break in privately. I might as well go in with you and see what the shark's living area looks like." Li Kai said so.
This answer is indeed true.
He really just knew that he was curious. Li Qi's curiosity had always been very strong for a strange race like the sharks.
"If that's the case... then there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that the house is simple, and I'm afraid sir, I won't be able to see any rare scenes..." The shark girl seemed a little embarrassed.
"What kind of rare scene can compare with the traditions that the Shark people have followed for thousands of years? What I want to see is the ordinary home of the Shark people. You know, the more ordinary things are, the more common they are. The right path." Li Qi said.
What kind of wonders can compare to the shark clan itself?
In other words, the living traditions and family structure of the Shark clan are already a wonder that has been developed for countless thousands of years. The Sharks themselves may have become accustomed to it, but to Li Qi, this is nothing compared to a garden. The scenery is much more interesting.
However, when he said these words, the Mermaid girl in front of him was slightly stunned.
As the gentleman in front of me said, the more ordinary things are, the more profound truth they contain. It is not because the great road is ordinary, but because the great road makes up everything. The more you see it, the more ordinary it becomes.
An analogy is... the high-end avant-garde modern art seems to be very cutting-edge and cutting-edge. It is often hyped and sold for billions of dollars, but without it, it will be gone and it will not have any special impact.
But in ordinary life, three to five yuan of firewood, rice, oil and salt are so ordinary that they can be easily picked up. But this is the real road that allows society to function normally. There are countless circulation rules hidden in it. At first glance, they don’t seem like much, but the more you go deeper, the more... We can find that it contains the wisdom of countless predecessors. If it were gone, the entire society would explode.
It's not because it's ordinary that it's popular everywhere.
It's because of its popularity that it seems ordinary.
This gentle word made the mermaid girl suddenly fall into deep thought. Li Qi did not disturb her, but stood quietly and waited.
After a while, the mermaid girl suddenly stood up straight, and then bowed to Li Qi with a very unskilled etiquette: "Thank you sir... Please take this back. I don't dare to accept your entrustment for these seven days." reward."
With that said, she held out her hands and handed back Li Qi's lamp.
Li Qize smiled: "As long as you do your best, this magic weapon is nothing to me, just accept it."
Li Qi could tell that during the period when she was quiet, a lot of the messy energy in her body had dissipated. Those should be the 'cutting-edge trends' that this little girl was pursuing.
Brand-new practices and techniques, although useful, have fostered an impetuous Taoist mind.
But when she wanted to understand this matter, she took the initiative to kill herself, cut through these 'new and modern techniques', and focused on the foundation. Although it was temporarily weakened, it was good for the long run, so she Will take the initiative to worship Li Qi.
In this way, she will do her best when she should be a tour guide.
But I saw the mermaid girl nodded gratefully, and then said: "My name is Lei Fang. Sir, you can just call me by this name. Sir, please slow down a moment. I will go to the greeting house to greet you."
"No, as long as everything is normal, what's the point if it has to be grand? Let's go, don't delay." Li Qi urged.
Lei Fang nodded, not daring to object to Li Qi, so he swung his tail and swam deeper.
Li Qi took the old horse and followed behind.
At this time, Lao Ma puffed out a few bubbles.
Li Qi rolled his eyes: "Why do you mean I'm pretending to be an expert to deceive a little girl... I'm an expert to begin with, okay? Besides, there are specialties in the arts, so what's the matter if I can't swim? Go your way!"
The old horse stuck out his tongue for a moment, then accelerated and caught up with Lei Fang.
However, while running, Li Qi suddenly discovered something.
You can indeed see many sharks around, and... they are all engaged in the pearl cultivation industry. There are men and women, but the industries they are engaged in are basically the same.
Why?
Nature? Or is this just an accident?
According to Li Qi's understanding, the habitat of the sharks should have everything, and the techniques they practice should also have their own merits.
You know, even in Baiyue, when the skills are so inferior, there are still various industries, and there are still various skills spread within the human race.
But at first glance, although the surroundings are active and there are many sharks, they are all planted with pearls!
They inlaid pearl clams on the shell of Dongyu, and then put a little air and sand inside to let the pearl clams continue to generate pearls, but other than that, they had no other industry.
The shepherds in the sea that Li Qi saw outside were also from other races, not sharks.
Such a single industry? This is not conducive to the development of the race. Are all sharks like this, or is it only the sharks from Dongyu?
With such doubts in mind, Li Qi finally arrived at Lei Fang's home.
Tears rushed inside happily.
She shouted loudly: "Father, mother! I'm back! By the way, I also brought a noble man. This gentleman hired me to be his guide for seven days. By the way, this is the reward for this time. He I also bought a hundred beads, which is enough for the rent of this moon phase!”
Li Qize looked at this 'home' not far away.
The sharks are a race that lives in the water, so they naturally do not live on flat and solid land like humans.
The human race is accustomed to living in a flat world, with only southeast, northwest, front, back, left, and right, and rarely uses up and down.
But the sharks live in a three-dimensional world, where there are up and down, four sides... No, there are more than four sides here, but a three-dimensional spherical range, so their houses do not stand on a flat surface, but on a vertical A hole was drilled into the cliff, and the hole extended far and wide.
The body of Dongyu is obviously similar to a tower, which is vertical. They built a complex nest system on the vertical mountain wall, and it looks quite practical.
It is vertical, but not flat. Dongyu's body has many tiny protrusions. Of course, Dongyu itself looks very small, but in fact Dongyu's body is extremely huge, hundreds of miles high, so these The small bumps even form a 'terrain', like a landscape of rolling hills.
These nests of the sharks are built in all directions on the hills on these walls. Not only do they not appear crowded, but they are more than enough. A large amount of space has been used to grow pearl clams.
If Li Qi had to describe it, this is... a honeycomb?
Almost, the surrounding environment is like entering a beehive, a three-dimensional nest hanging in the treetops, but the scale is surprisingly large.
However, when Li Qi was observing his surroundings, he was also thinking about something.
Just now, did Lei Fang say 'rent'?
In other words...are there rentals in this area?
Who are they paying rent to?
Is this why they are all engaged in the pearl cultivation industry?
(End of chapter)
