under the sea

The place where He Zexi and his shipwrecked was actually far away from Huazhi's territory, but unable to bear He Zexi's "soft" pleading eyes, Huazhi agreed to take him to their shipwreck.

Nature is always fair. While giving the flame squid its poison and speed, it also reduces their other abilities - such as physical strength.

The physical strength of the flame squid is not good among animals, so the flower branch has to rest for a while after swimming in the sea.

Exhausted again, the flower branch landed softly on a coral under the sea.

"I'm tired, rest here."

"Okay." He Zexi nodded in agreement, and glanced at Huazhi by the way, feeling that his physical strength was much better than he imagined.

Sensing that He Zexi was looking at her, Huazhi immediately misunderstood the meaning in his eyes, thinking that he was despising her physical strength.

Seeing the flower branches writhing restlessly on the ten tentacles, He Zexi couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Hua Zhi, who was thinking about finding an excuse for her inability to swim, was taken aback when she heard the words, and choked out a sentence: "...Why are you so heavy."

He Zexi: "...?"

"By human standards, I'm pretty thin."

"You mean my problem?" Hua Zhi became furious, and said to He Zexi, "According to our Hai Clan's standards, you are very fat."

He Zexi was particularly surprised, "Really?"

He didn't know this, marine life also has a set of research standards for humans?

When it came to his blind spots of knowledge, He Zexi became very talkative and eager to learn.

He approached Huazhi and asked curiously: "Are the sea people all deep-sea creatures or existences like you and that big squid? Also, what are the standards of the sea people you said? Do you also agree?" Do you want to conduct research on other species on the earth, and set up a special research institution? If possible, can you take me to see your deep sea research base?"

Hua Zhi: "...I don't know, it's impossible, it's impossible!"

It's a pity that He Zexi was rejected by Sanlian.

Huazhi glanced at He Zexi from the corner of her eye, and added, "Although I really want to tell you, but I can't, this is our ocean's secret."

He Zexi nodded and said, "I can understand."

Flicking away, Huazhi let out a long sigh of relief, feeling that human beings are stupid.

He Zexi next to him didn't point it out, but just glanced at Hua Zhi lightly, and slowly said:

"However, my weight is indeed light compared to adult human males. This is a fact. And as far as I know, the flame squid is a marine creature with poor physical strength. You are very fast, and you are indeed very powerful in the deep sea. But blind self-confidence is wrong. If you cannot correctly assess your own strength, you will suffer a big loss one day, and you may even die because of it. In terms of physical strength, I hope you can correctly understand yourself."

Hua Zhi, who just thought that humans were stupid, was instantly slapped in the face, silent for a moment, struggling to die: "...I have good physical strength."

He Zexi shook his head: "Moreover, the flame squid is not only weak in physical strength, but also has the worst reproductive ability among all squids, and if I remember correctly, a female flame squid only lays one egg at a time, and is a veritable only child in the animal world The honorable family of women."

Huazhi was ashamed and annoyed, and instantly exploded, "I'm a male!"

The implication is that it is the female flame squid with poor ability, which has nothing to do with the male.

He Zexi glanced at him lightly: "It's the same, one radish and one pit."

Huazhi's whole body turned red. This time, she was not threatened, but was ashamed by He Zexi's words.He knotted and untied his ten tentacles, and finally choked out a sentence: "Our sea clan is different from ordinary flame squid. If you like little cuttlefish, it doesn't matter if you have more..."

Without paying attention to the word you that Hua Zhi said, He Zexi just shook his head reflexively, "I don't like cuttlefish. In comparison, I still think cod tastes more delicious."

As soon as he finished speaking, He Zexi felt a strong gaze fall on him.As soon as she turned her head, she saw Huazhi looking at herself with a terrified expression.

He Zexi: "Uh..."

It seems that he accidentally said the wrong thing.

***

Stop and go, it can be regarded as reaching the destination.

Not long after the scientific research ship sank, the hull completely turned over and was buckled upside down on the mud bed of the seabed.

Although the inside of the hull has been submerged in seawater, no marine life has yet begun to live.

He Zexi opened the cabin and entered cautiously.

Hua Zhi followed behind him without saying a word, with a dazed expression on his face, he hadn't recovered from what He Zexi said just now.

Because the ship turned over, the inside of the ship became a mess, and the movement became very inconvenient.

Most of the equipment in the scientific research ship has been turned into waste due to water immersion, but there are still some waterproof tools that can be used.

He Zexi picked up a huge open water tank that was used to hold sea creatures at the door, and then went to the inside of the ship to continue searching for supplies.

Soon, He Zexi found some glass and ceramic utensils, as well as a lot of bottles and plastic bags that could be used to hold samples.

He Zexi packed all these things into the water tank, and then dragged the big water tank out of the boat.

Passing by the lounge, a tattered mermaid puppet hanging upside down on a red rusted iron rod fell into He Zexi's eyes.

It was a gift from the professor when he was eight years old when he took him out to sea for the first time.

He Zexi felt that the boat under his feet seemed to be bouncing up and down. Time seemed to return to the time when he used to live on a research boat. The vast and endless sea waves were gently shaking, and the boat was also ups and downs. He stood on the boat , It's like stepping on a piece of unstable cotton under your feet.

He Zexi took off the damaged and corrupted Little Mermaid puppet and put it into the water tank.

At this moment, the whole ship suddenly began to shake violently, and various wastes in the ship began to fall down.

He Zexi almost fell down, grabbed a handle next to him sharply, and said in shock, "What is rocking the boat?"

The flower branches were shaken so that they came back to their senses, seeing a wobbly thing on top of He Zexi's head was about to fall, they hurriedly entangled He Zexi and his large water tank, and swam out of the boat quickly.

He thought he had been attacked by some strange creature, but after he came out, He Zexi discovered that the outside world had also become uneasy.

All the sea creatures panicked as if they were crazy, and they swam desperately to the distance. Many bubbles began to pop out of the bottom of the sea, the whole underwater world was shaking violently, and everything was in a mess.

Looking at this scene, He Zexi suddenly reacted, "Undersea earthquake!"

"Run!"

He Zexi grabbed hold of the flower branch and actively hugged his body tightly.

***

At the same time, a newly formed volcanic island appeared on the surface of the sea.

The volcanic eruption is not over yet. Hot red lava is ejected from the crater, then splashes in mid-air, and then flows into the sea along the volcanic island. Due to the high temperature, the sea water evaporates instantly, and the steam rises into the sky and turns into beautiful clouds. .

The tsunami continued with huge waves, which was a devastating blow to fishing boats and other ships on the sea.Not far from the place where the volcano was formed, an ocean research ship that had no time to escape was engulfed in steam and ash in a few seconds, and has since disappeared from this world.

The poisonous gas produced by the submarine volcanic eruption began to spread, and many dead fish bodies began to appear on the sea surface. They turned their white bellies and let the crazily rolling waves rage.

The sea, which seemed gentle and tolerant on weekdays, became extremely cruel and full of murderous intent at this time.

Port D Deep Sea Research Center.

A group of people gathered in the office, staring closely at the terminal display that no data was sent back, and the atmosphere became extremely silent.

At this moment, a hasty knock on the door broke the stagnant atmosphere.

The old professor withdrew his attention from the blank transmission terminal, straightened his reading glasses, "Please come in."

The people who came in felt the silence of the atmosphere, but they still panted and reported to the gray-haired old man sitting on the top seat: "Professor Xu, there was an ocean earthquake. The epicenter is 32°20' north latitude, 64°45' west longitude , accompanied by a large tsunami and submarine volcanic eruption, and formed a small volcanic island exposed to the sea level. The volcanic activity is active. According to the calculation of the volcanic ash cloud shown by the radar, the erupting volcano is located at..."

Swallowing his throat with difficulty, the man continued with a sad face: "The volcano that erupted is located less than three kilometers away from our Group C research ship."

After the words fell, the huge room became silent, the terrible guess was confirmed, and everyone present was speechless for a moment.

Finally, a young girl broke down and cried, her body was shaking uncontrollably, tears slid down her face and splashed on the back of her hands.

In her hand was a two-inch photo of a couple. In the photo, two young lovers in white coats were hugging each other intimately. The smiles on their faces were both sweet and happy.

Looking at the crying girl and the sad faces, the old professor stood up slowly, raised his wrinkled hands solemnly upwards, looked at the sky with vicissitudes of life, and his eye sockets gradually became moist and cloudy—— —

"The spirit is immortal, even if you die, you are still alive!"