Golden Fishing Village

He continued to dive, and he could still find fish, shrimps and crabs as close as he could to the bottom of the sea. This is relatively rare in the vast ocean. Generally, there are no resources when it reaches forty or fifty meters underwater, because it is pitch black here and it is difficult for living things to survive. Lack of food.

The black smoker sea area is different. The hydrothermal fluid spurting out is rich in minerals, causing the mineral content of the entire sea area to be higher than that of the surrounding sea areas, breeding a large number of microorganisms and plankton.

With microorganisms and plankton as the core, several food chains have emerged. The food chains constitute an ecological circle. Although there are not many species, there are some.

Arriving at the bottom of the sea, the scene changed. Ao Muyang looked towards the hot spring area and saw the richest life group in this sea area:

There are many worms living on the seabed. These worms vary in size and look like white earthworms. They seem to have no eyes, no mouth, no head and no tail.

Shen Zhifu introduced to Ao Muyang that these worms are special life around hot springs. They have rich hemoglobin, so they can breathe in this extremely hypoxic environment. They feed on sulfide and have no natural enemies. They live very easily. Comfortable.

There are sea crabs and sea clams further out. The sea clams here are very large, at least thirty centimeters in diameter, and some can even reach one meter in diameter. They are not ordinary sea clams, but deep-sea clams.

These sea clams and clams are rich in bacteria, which can solidify sulfide to survive. They in turn live on the plankton attracted by the bacteria. After a long time, they have grown to their current size.

The five black chimneys are not far apart, at most one kilometer apart. Together they form an oasis of life, a rare oasis of life under the sea.

Ao Muyang has been diving for many years, and this is the first time he has seen such a scene, which makes him quite surprised.

In addition, he also saw the sunken ship that Shen Zhifu and Lao Lu mentioned. The hull had been broken into several large pieces. They were scattered in the middle of the two black chimneys. There were worms crawling on them, which looked a little disgusting.

He walked around a black chimney at the edge to make sure that the surrounding temperature and heat were OK, then he smashed the ground hook and fixed the rope tied around his waist.

Relying on sonar equipment, he sent a signal to the scientific research team, and the scientific research team also sent him a signal back. Zheng Songlin and Yu Xinbo were about to follow the rope and dive down.

Yu Xinbo brought two underwater cameras. After coming down, he slowly stretched out his hand and handed one to him.

At such a depth, everything they do is in slow motion. For nothing else, the water pressure is too high, and the weight of the equipment they carry is also too heavy, weighing more than fifty kilograms.

Ao Muyang couldn't feel the water pressure, and the weight of fifty kilograms was nothing to him. Compared to Zheng Songlin and Yu Xinbo, he moved much more freely. After taking the camera, he tentatively entered the area affected by the hot springs. Photograph.

Seeing him swimming nimbly on the bottom of the sea, Yu Xinbo's eyes widened. Is there such an operation?

Zheng Songlin's attention was attracted by the oasis of life around the hot spring. He asked in surprise: "Fuck, this is more exaggerated than the description in the information. So many big shells? Is this a Tridacna?"

When he was patrolling the seabed environment, Ao Muyang had already confirmed that those huge shellfish were Tridacna clams. They had thick shells, rough outer shells, and inner shells as white as jade, with edges like two rows of teeth. It is a relatively common fan clam in China.

After Yu Xinbo handed the camera to Ao Muyang, he also went to watch the clams. The clams live on the periphery of the black smoker sea area. The temperature here is suitable, and they wore deep diving suits, so they did not worry about physical damage.

Seeing Yu Xinbo approaching, Zheng Songlin waved and said, "Xiaobo, come here. What are the yellow and orange things in this clam? Is it a yellow pearl?"

Yu Xinbo's voice rang out on the communication channel: "What yellow pearls? You're right, they must be zooxanthellae. There are a lot of zooxanthellae in the clam's mantle. The zooxanthellae can use the vitreous body in the clam's membrane to concentrate light. Then they reproduce in large numbers, and they become parasitic in the clam's body, and the clam can use it as its own nutrients. The two are mutually beneficial and symbiotic - holy shit, is this really a pearl? "

Pearls are produced in clams. Theoretically, pearls are produced in all shellfish on the seabed, but pearl oysters have the highest yield and the best quality.

Compared with other shellfish, clams are relatively rare. Their shells are the first of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism. They were especially precious in ancient times and are also considered precious jewelry materials in modern times.

Seeing the pearl inside the clam, Zheng Songlin became greedy.

Tridacna clams cannot be touched. In the country's latest "Regulations on the Protection of Coral Reefs and Tridacna clams", Tridacna clams are recognized as national second-level protected species. It is clearly stipulated that illegal fishing of Tridacna clams in waters under my country's jurisdiction is a crime and will be investigated in accordance with my country's criminal law. criminal responsibility.

But the country did not protect the pearls inside the clams, and these were precious yellow pearls.

Zheng Songlin liked petty gains, and yellow pearls were no longer a petty bargain. He was afraid that Ao Muyang and Yu Xinbo would pick them up if he didn't fish them out in time, so he took advantage of the clam's opening to reach in with a knife and try to pry open the clam meat. pearl.

Yu Xinbo, who was taking pictures next to him, was shocked. This clam was a living creature. If he reached in like this, he would be risking his own arm!

In his shot, Zheng Songlin reached in and pointed at the clam, swiping his knife and pulling it, and then the clam closed its shell...

The clam closed its shell very quickly. When Zheng Songlin wanted to pull back, it was already too late. Then Ao Muyang heard a scream in the communication channel: "Ahhh!"

Suddenly hearing such a cry in the deep sea was enough to penetrate people's minds. Ao Muyang quickly turned around and swam over. At the same time, he asked repeatedly: "What's going on? What's going on?"

Yu Xinbo shouted: "Brother Ao, come on, it's over. Brother Lin's arm was bitten by a clam! It's over, it's over, this arm is broken, this arm is broken like a hammer!"

Ao Muyang took a quick look and saw no broken arm with blood spurting out. This made him sigh in relief at first, but then he felt excited again.

For normal humans, all protection in such a deep-sea environment comes from the deep-sea diving suit. Once the deep-sea diving suit is damaged, strong water pressure will penetrate along the damaged area, which can crush people to death. No way to survive.

After he swam over, he first pressed Zheng Songlin's arm. Zheng Songlin subconsciously pulled back. He said sternly: "Don't move or scream. If the deep diving suit breaks, you will die!"

Zheng Songlin understood the stakes. He was so frightened that he stopped quickly, but the screams could not be stopped: "Ah ah ah, Brother Ao, help me, Brother Ao, help me, Xiaobo, help me, help me!"

Ao Muyang calmed down and said: "Stop screaming, we will definitely save you. First, how does your arm feel?"

Zheng Songlin said with a sad face: "I don't feel anything anymore."