space fisherman

Ye Yuan also returned to his resting room. He was about to practice the "Water Control Technique" when suddenly the phone at his hand rang. After answering, Leonard's voice came from the other side of the phone.

"Boss, the items have been appraised. They are all jewelry from the Byzantine period."

Leonard used the most concise sentences to tell Ye Yuan the age of the batch of jewelry and gold coins that were handed over to him some time ago.

"Yes, I understand. Let's do it in batches according to the original plan."

After saying that, Ye Yuan hung up the phone directly.

Sitting on the bed, digesting what Leonard's short sentence brought to him.

The Byzantine Empire lasted from 395 AD to 1453 AD, that is, the Eastern Roman Empire.

It is the oldest monarchy in European history.

The Byzantine Empire went through 12 dynasties and 93 emperors.

On May 29, 1453, Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire led his army to invade Constantinople (now Istanbul), and the Byzantine Empire was officially destroyed.

The culture and religion of the Byzantine Empire have a great influence on today's Eastern European countries.

Its preserved historical materials, writings and rational philosophical thoughts from ancient Greece and Rome also provided the most direct impetus for Europe in the Middle Ages to break through the shackles of Catholic theocracy, triggering the Renaissance movement and profoundly affecting human history.

Speaking of this period, many people may not know it, but when it comes to the Roman Empire, few people don't know it.

In 395 AD, the Roman Empire split into eastern and western parts.

The Byzantine Empire is generally considered to have lasted from AD 395 to 1453 (actually beginning in the eighth century).

During its thousands of years of existence it was generally known simply as the "Roman Empire".

In 395 AD, the huge Roman Empire was invaded by barbarians from all walks of life, and was divided into two parts for the convenience of administration.

The Eastern Empire had Constantinople as its capital, so the Eastern Roman Empire was also called the Byzantine Empire.

Recalling the information about Byzantium in his mind, Ye Yuan himself never thought that an ancient warship randomly discovered in the Indian Ocean contained such ancient cultural relics, but Ye Yuan was not interested in these now.

He is not very good at antique jewelry, so he doesn't pay much attention to these.

After calming down, Ye Yuan started his practice again.

After several days of boring sailing at sea, Ye Yuan felt very bored. Ye Yuan, who had not been in the sea for several days, finally decided to go diving today. Many crew members also wanted to go to the bottom of the sea.

So Ye Yuan found a relatively shallow sea area and stopped the fishing boat. The crew members also put on their diving equipment and prepared to go into the sea.

Ye Yuan paid no attention to the actions of the crew members. After all, they all came from the navy and were no strangers to the sea. He took the lead in entering the sea alone.

The reason why Ye Yuan chose this place is because the water in this area is very shallow and is very suitable for diving by the crew.

There is a trench not far from here. Where Ye Yuan's perception did not detect the depth, it means that the depth of the trench is more than 5,000 meters. Such a trench is suitable for Ye Yuan now.

Ye Yuan quickly escaped from the range of the fishing boat in the sea and found the trench he discovered through perception.

Looking down, the trench is bottomless, and the pitch-black trench gives people a mysterious and dangerous feeling.

This was not the first time Ye Yuan entered the trench. Without much fear, Ye Yuan dived towards the bottom of the trench as quickly as possible.

In the dark depths of the trench, there are some "lights" from time to time.

It adds a little life to this mysterious trench.

These "lights" are actually some luminous creatures in the deep sea. 90% of the creatures in the dark and boundless deep sea are luminous.

Ye Yuan not only saw several luminous jellyfish here, but also a strange fish whose whole body was blue.

It's strange because the fish has a pair of human-like legs on its belly and two ant-like tentacles on its head.

It looks very gorgeous and very interesting.

Soon Ye Yuan had dived to a depth of 2,800 meters. Ye Yuan saw a strange sight here, with steam rising, smoke rising, and chimneys standing tall.

Ye Yuan swam to the vicinity of the chimney with interest. The water, which should have been cold, followed Ye Yuan closer to the chimney.

The surrounding seawater began to gradually heat up, which also reminded Ye Yuan of a phenomenon, that is, submarine hot springs.

The activity of submarine hot springs does not necessarily form chimneys. As early as the 1960s, scientists discovered many strange phenomena in the Red Sea.

For example, if the water temperature and salinity are high, then high-temperature brine appears.

In 1967, submarine polymetallic ooze formed around hot springs was discovered in an ocean abyss.

Since then, a new chapter in human research on modern hydrothermal mineral resources has been opened.

What is even more surprising is that near those active hot springs, there are even a large number of new biological species that humans have never known.

Although submarine hot springs are not often seen, Ye Yuan is not the first to discover them.

. But what made Ye Yuan even more incredible was that he found a hot spring near the hot spring.

A creature that surprised him.

This creature is 75cm in size and is pink all over.

The first time Ye Yuan saw it, he recognized this guy, a bearded worm.

The bearded worm found in the world can reach a length of 2 meters. This creature is very special. It has no mouth, eyes, or digestive organs, only a nervous system.

Generally live in the deep seabed below 2500 meters of sea water.

Because carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis are not available all year round.

As a result, a kind of bacteria grew in his body, which can use the carbon dioxide dissolved in the sea and the sulfide contained in the seabed hot spring water to perform chemical synthesis.

This forms carbohydrates for absorption.

This also explains why this guy is seen here.

The bearded worm grows very slowly, taking 250 years to grow 1 millimeter.

All in all, the 75cm bearded worm in front of you will take at least 180,000 years.

For ordinary animals, few can survive for such a long time. Why can the bearded worm live forever?

It has also become a topic that researchers in many countries are grappling with, but until now, no country has given a clear answer.

It was really unexpected to see this guy here, but it was difficult for the bearded worm to survive outside the deep sea, otherwise Ye Yuan wouldn't care about changing his place.

After observing the bearded worm for a while, Ye Yuan continued to dive into the deep sea.

Due to the existence of hot springs nearby, many deep-sea creatures are active in this generation.

A reddish-brown fish swims straight up and down the bottom, transparent crabs and stubby lobsters are fighting on the rocks, and various shellfish are spread irregularly on the surrounding reefs...

Many scenes that Ye Yuan had never seen before appeared before Ye Yuan's eyes.

Ye Yuan really wanted to go back to the ship and use an underwater camera to take pictures of these rare sights.

But he was afraid that others would ask him how he managed to shoot at such a deep seabed, so after thinking about it, he decided not to do it.

Ye Yuan continued to dive into the deep sea. There was no purpose for coming down this time. It was just that he had been floating on the sea for too long these days and wanted to relax himself.

What kind of relaxation can make it easier and more satisfying to explore the underwater world by yourself?