From the Island Owner to the King

Below 1000 meters is the operating range of professional submersibles.

1500+ meters is already a deep sea, and the color of the sea is pitch black. At this depth, there are no large creatures such as whales and sharks.

Chen Rui dived to the bottom of the sea.

The water is not deep, about 3-40 meters.

The light is very sufficient, the sea water is particularly clear, and the bottom of the sea is bright.

The tropical coral reef landscape under the sea is no worse than the landscape on land.

The plants on the bottom of the sea are rich and colorful, and their colors are also diverse, including purple, green, brown, ..., in terms of morphology, various forms and ecological characteristics.

In terms of species, there are also many kinds, among which the most common species are seaweed, chicken hair algae, stone lily, red hair algae, hyssop noodles, partridge and so on.

In addition to plants, animals are also very strange, there are colorful tropical fish swimming.

The flounder swam sideways in the sea like falling leaves in the wind.

Sea urchins inhabit among reef forests or rock crevices in sea areas rich in algae. They are covered in brown needle felt and have strange shapes. When encountering foreign enemies, they desperately drill into reef forests and rock crevices.

Turtles swim gracefully and gracefully.

Sea cucumbers crawl through muscle contractions and can only move four meters per hour.

Squids and octopuses can suddenly spray water forward, using the reverse thrust of the water to quickly retreat.

......

This is a colorful world under the sea, under the refraction of the sun's rays, colorful.

At this time, a sea snake swam past Chen Rui.

The sea snake is nearly 1 meter long. The head is long and narrow, the snout is long, and the back is black. The belly is bright yellow with a macula on the tail.

Chen Rui recognized that this is a long-nosed sea snake, which is distributed in all tropical seas in the world. It is highly venomous and can secrete neurotoxins, which are deadly enough.

In fact, most species of sea snakes that live in the ocean are highly venomous. Its venom is far stronger than terrestrial snake venom.

Although,

The long-nosed sea snake poses no threat to Chen Rui.

But Chen Rui was still careful not to provoke it.

Chen Rui stood still on the bottom of the sea. Wait for the sea snake to swim by.

When the sea snake gradually moved away, Chen Rui moved on.

walk under the sea.

Along the way, Chen Rui discovered many kinds of sea treasures on the bottom of the sea.

For example, not far from Chen Rui. A sea cucumber lying quietly on the reef, like a cucumber, is covered with a brown coat, and its back is covered with large and small conical thorns.

Although the sea cucumbers are like big bugs, they look a little disgusting.

However, it is a very precious treasure in the sea, not only a delicacy on the table, but also a nutritional tonic, which is good for enhancing physical fitness. It has good effect on preventing disease and prolonging life.

Known as the 'ginseng' of the sea.

There is a folk saying that "ginseng" is the most nourishing on the mountain, and "sea cucumber" is the most nourishing at sea.

Chen Rui caught a few sea cucumbers. Put it into the pregnant sea pearl space.

In addition to sea cucumbers, lobsters and sea crabs were also caught.

The big lobster is very large and weighs several pounds. One is enough for Chen Rui to eat.

It is true that the ocean is the great treasure house of mankind.

The ocean is rich in biological resources.

Edible aquatic resources without destroying the ecological balance. More than three billion tons can be developed every year.

All mineral resources that exist on land are found under the sea.

The copper deposits contained in the seabed alone are enough for the whole world to use for 6,000 years. Nickel is enough for 150,000 years, and aluminum is enough for 20,000 years.

If all the salt contained in the ocean can be extracted and spread on the land, the ground will be raised by nearly 100 meters.

There are also current energy, wave energy, and seawater temperature difference energy, which are called "blue coal sea" by people.

Chen Rui continued to move forward on the seabed.

Suddenly, Chen Rui staggered.

Chen Rui tripped over something.

Chen Rui looked back and saw that it was a rock.

Rocks are soft.

A piece of rock about the size of a pot lid was kicked off by Chen Rui.

A shedding face emerges from the rock.

When Chen Rui turned his head, he unconsciously swept the falling surface of the rock with the corner of his eyes.

Seeing this, Chen Rui was immediately shocked.

"This is... a crinoids fossil." Chen Rui exclaimed, stepped forward quickly, squatted down, wiped off the gravel on the rock, and checked it carefully.

Chen Rui saw some exquisite patterns on the falling surface of the rock, with roots, stems and crowns. The stems are ring-shaped, with different lengths, up to several meters. The shape of the patterns resembles a natural lily, which is lifelike. .

Chen Rui once saw the crinoids fossils in the Yanjing National Museum of Natural History, which are very similar to the patterns on the fallen rocks in front of him.

Chen Rui can confirm that the pattern on the falling surface of the rock in front of him is the 'Crinoid Fossil'.

Many people see the name 'Crinoid' and think it is a plant.

In fact, crinoids are a kind of echinoderms, which belong to the same category as sea cucumbers and sea urchins. They grew up 450 million years ago, 200 million years earlier than the age of dinosaurs. They are the earliest creatures in history, but because they resemble blooming lilies, In addition to having open flower buds, there are also straight rhizomes, so it was given a very apt name - crinoids.

These crinoids are very valuable.

It has very high scientific research value and archaeological value. People can see the internal structure of crinoids through it, which provides extremely precious information for studying the evolution of crinoids, truly reproduces the vicissitudes of natural evolution, and outlines the prehistoric ocean and sea. Fantastic landscape of marine life.

Its artistic value is also not low.

The crinoids are extremely demanding on the environment they live in, and they are extremely rare and very precious to survive as complete fossils.

Called a national treasure.

In 2006, a sea lily fossil with a length of 2 meters and a width of 1.2 meters was sold for 12 million yuan.

A 3.2-meter-high and 2.6-meter-wide crinoid fossil in the Canton and East Museums is regarded as the treasure of the town hall, with a value of 80 million yuan.

Chen Ruiyan entered the Pregnant Haizhu space.

Chen Rui also entered the pregnant sea pearl space.

Take a closer look at the crinoids fossils on the rocks.

Peel the rock layers carefully.

What he saw shocked Chen Rui even more.

The crinoids that Chen Rui saw were not one, but one.

Chen Rui counted and found 17 numbers.

Every feature is clear and well-preserved, the flowers are large, and the crystals are very bright.

The total area reaches hundreds of square meters, which is the largest in the world.

These crinoids fossil patterns appear on the rocks, lifelike, just like the lilies written by the masters of Chinese painting, blooming beautifully.

"It's really a piece of art with natural and ingenious craftsmanship." Chen Rui said with some authority.

Looking at these crinoids fossils, Chen Rui guessed in his heart.

About 200 million to 300 million years ago, this sea area has a warm climate, blue water, crystal clear, and beautiful crinoids grow everywhere. Because there are no natural enemies, the number of creatures is increasing, and the remains of crinoids and animals continue to grow. Buried by sand and deposited on the seabed, they become precious fossils. (To be continued)