"Okay, let's get down to business. Let's continue talking about Mu Continent." Shui Lingxing waved his hand towards Ling Hao, interrupting his random thoughts.
"The continent of Mu is very vast. It stretches from the present-day Hawaiian Islands in the east, to the Mariana Islands in the west, and to Fiji, Society Islands and Easter Island in the south. It covers an area of more than 30 million square kilometers. Because it was during the ice age, many sea areas
Covered by solid ice, many indigenous humans from America, Australia and Asia trekked across the ice to migrate to this continent. As our ancestors who call the sea their home, we were the first intelligent life to land on this continent. Here is the latitude
The climate is low, the climate is warm, and the large amount of volcanic ash makes the land extremely fertile. For hundreds of thousands of years, the people living on this continent have created a brilliant civilization and technological means that far exceed those of other continents. Of course, there is absolutely no 'Atlantis'
The legend is so mysterious, but what is certain is that the residents of the Mu continent have dominated the entire ocean, and they have the ability to leave their footprints anywhere on the earth. Until twelve thousand years ago, the Mu continent
Civilization has developed to a peak and has become a huge feudal empire. At this time, human civilization in other continents has just developed into the 'Neolithic Age' and is still in a matrilineal clan society. However, the people in power on the Mu continent pay more attention to the ocean.
He was not particularly interested in other continents and did not embark on the path of expansion. However, unlike the story of 'Atlantis', this great civilization was not destroyed by arrogance, loss of control of technology, or some other dog.
Blood causes, but simply because the 'sub-glacial period' ended and the 'sub-interglacial period' began. The climate gradually warmed up, the glaciers melted, the sea water began to rise, and the flat continent of Mu was submerged by the sea again. At that time, the royal family of the continent of Mu and
Some priests and scholars have already understood the origin of the Mu continent. In order to save the continent and kingdom that was about to be completely submerged by the sea, they did a very crazy thing, which was to artificially trigger an undersea volcano to erupt, hoping that the magma would raise the level of the continent.
Unfortunately, they were very wrong. The eruption of volcanoes caused the hole in the plate beneath the continent to expand, which actually accelerated the sinking of the Mu continent. This was not a disaster film that changed the world overnight. The Mu continent was destroyed.
The process of seawater submersion lasted for more than a hundred years. Under the command of the royal family, the millions of people on the continent cut down almost all the tall trees and built thousands of huge sea ships. Many residents of the Mu continent took them with them.
Their belongings and livestock set sail to the sea and sailed in different directions to find new ways of life. Some people who were unwilling to leave their homes sank to the bottom of the sea with the mainland. Residents of the Mu continent landed on other continents and integrated into the local people.
Human society, after all, the ancestors of most of them migrated to the Mu continent through the ice a long time ago. They have the same origin, so they quickly integrated with the local indigenous people, and the advanced knowledge they mastered was greatly improved.
It has greatly promoted the civilization process of the entire human society. Now you should understand why different civilizations in ancient times, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, are very similar and convergent in some places, right? The human social systems on all continents all rose from primitive societies.
It was slavery, and then feudalism. There are also some ancient ruins or strata, and some items that seem impossible to appear in that era will be unearthed, all because there is the Mu continent civilization behind them."
Ling Hao blinked, Shui Lingxing's words really overturned his world view. After being confused for a while, he asked: "In other words, in fact, the vast majority of people in the Mu continent have survived, and their descendants are living
Among people on all continents?”
"good."
"What about the royal family?"
"I came out too, but now you are the only one left."
"Ah? The royal family of the Mu Continent is the 'Zhenhai Longhu'?"
"Congratulations on your correct answer. Now you know why the 'Zhenhai Longhu' has such a high status in the sea world? It's not entirely because of strength, but because of the bloodline of the ancient royal family of the Mu continent."
Seeing the shock and confusion on Ling Hao's face, Shui Lingxing smiled and said: "Don't think too much. Just because you have the blood of the ancient royal family of the Mu continent does not mean that you are a royal family. You are just a person with some potential now."
It's just bronze. Sister, I have staked my soul on you. I don't ask you to dominate the ocean again, but at least be a strong man who can stand upright. Let me first tell you where you are going this time.
, there is an important city in the south of the Mu continent, called 'Eubitis', which happens to belong to our mermaid lineage. Although it has sunk to the bottom of the sea for thousands of years, there are still many dangers. This time you go,
I am absolutely indispensable, and I am also on a pilgrimage to my ancestral home."
That night, Ling Hao was still sleepy. The stories told by Shui Lingxing were echoing over and over in his mind. The scenes of prosperity and destruction of the Ancient Mu Continent formed vivid pictures in his mind, which shocked him.
He didn't know what kind of mood he was feeling. Was he sad? He couldn't talk about it. After all, all this was too far away from now. Was he proud of his status as an ancient royal family? Not to mention, many of the royal families of the previous dynasty were
Disregarding everyone and living a civilian life, not to mention the so-called status of thousands of years ago, Ling Hao is not the kind of person who needs to use the past to make up for his weak self-esteem in the present. He just feels the weight of history and feels
As the years passed and he felt the irresistible power of heaven, earth and the sea, he finally realized how humble and insignificant all living beings are in front of nature.
After finally staying up until dawn, Ling Hao walked out of the cabin and came to the cockpit. The captain was drinking coffee on the bridge. When he saw Ling Hao arriving, he knew he was Annie's friend, so he stood up and greeted him very politely.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Ling Hao asked casually.
"Sonar searched all night and found nothing." The captain shrugged helplessly.
"I heard that there are a lot of sharks in that place. In order to feed so many sharks, there must be abundant fish resources. If the area to search for ruins is relatively small, then the area to search for fish schools will be much larger. Once a large number of fish or a large number of fish are found,
shark, then we are not far from our destination." Ling Hao said to the captain.
The latter's expression suddenly froze. After being stunned for two seconds, he turned to the helmsman and shouted: "Turn the helm, turn around and go back. We may have missed our destination!"
At this time, Anne walked into the cockpit sleepily. When she heard the captain's cry, she hurriedly asked: "What's wrong, John? Why did you make an emergency U-turn?"
The captain smiled awkwardly and said: "After listening to Mr. Ling's words just now, I suddenly realized that an hour ago we passed through a sea area, and there were fish schools everywhere. The density was ridiculously high. Only such abundant fish resources can support so many fish.
Shark, we are expanding the search area nearby, maybe the underwater ancient city is nearby."
The noise of the ship's emergency U-turn was quite loud. Everyone woke up and went up to the deck to see what was going on. After learning that the destination had probably been discovered, everyone did not want to sleep anymore. They got dressed and some started to
They organized their equipment and some stood on the side of the ship to observe the sea.
The sun was rising higher and higher, the sea was calm, and it was obviously another sunny day. An hour later, the "Marian" approached the sea area mentioned by the captain.
"Look, dolphins!" A crew member leaning on the side of the ship suddenly pointed at the sea and shouted.
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw many long-beaked dolphins swimming quickly in the sea. The swimming direction was in a messy direction. It was completely different from people's impressions of swarms of dolphins chasing around ships and jumping from time to time.
The appearance of going out to sea.
"Captain John, stop the ship temporarily. Shi Si, release the underwater camera robot. These dolphins should be hunting." Ling Hao shouted.
After a while, the Marianne stopped, Shi Si lowered the underwater camera robot into the water, and a group of people gathered around her computer screen.
Everyone was immediately stunned by the scene on the screen. The underwater scene was a chaotic battlefield. A large group of half-foot-long trevally fish, probably tens of thousands of them, were surrounding them in the shape of an iron barrel.
It is like a tornado in the sea, extending from the bottom of the sea to the surface, nearly 30 meters high. There are various predators surrounding them on the outside. On the top layer close to the sea surface are more than a dozen dolphins.
From time to time, they rush into the school of fish, grab one in their mouths and run away. After swallowing it, they continue to sprint. Next are seven or eight "albacore tuna" more than one meter long. They are faster and more efficient than dolphins in hunting.
High. But the fastest is still below. Two Pacific swordfish use their iconic "spear" to almost tear the middle section of the "fishspout" into pieces. Countless pieces of meat and trevally fish internal organs slowly move toward
Falling to the bottom, close to the bottom, hundreds of "black tip reef sharks" and "grey reef sharks" enjoy a feast here. Their swimming speed may not be as fast as the first three predators, but they are numerous.
, under its pursuit and interception, countless trevally fish were torn into pieces and swallowed, and even the minced meat and internal organs that fell from above were eaten completely by them. This was a veritable killing field, and everyone could see it.
They all suffer from shortness of breath and cold hands and feet.
Ling Hao suddenly said: "Captain John, the water depth here is about 30 meters. Let's continue walking to the shallow water area and go slower."
"Okay." The captain ran to direct the ship to sail. The "Marian" moved forward slowly, and the underwater camera followed the ship and continued to observe everything in the sea.
Just ten minutes later, we found a large group of mullet, then a school of pomfret, and a school of flying fish. There were so many fish that it felt like the sea was half water and half fish. Of course, there were all kinds of fish.
There were sharks, some of which even Ling Hao couldn't tell what species they were.
Jiang Mingyu carried an instrument from the water onto the boat, then imported the data into the computer for analysis, and then told everyone: "The sea water is getting shallower and shallower, and there should be large coral reefs nearby. This sea area is like the highest point of the undersea hills.
It has a great blocking effect on ocean currents. A small cold current in the 'westerly drifting belt' flows right through here and is forced to the sea surface by the seafloor terrain for heating. The rich nutrients brought by the ocean currents from the Antarctic waters nourish the many species here.
The coral reef biome, in turn, provides a food source for the huge fish schools, which supports so many sharks here. Our direction is correct, we should be reaching the coral reef area ahead, we must pay attention to safety and don't let the boat run aground.
"
Sure enough, a large coral reef soon appeared in the lens of the underwater camera. In fact, you don’t need to look at the screen, you can see it clearly from the sea surface. The water depth here is less than ten meters, and the sea water is crystal clear.
, the colorful coral reefs look like an underwater sea of flowers under the sunlight, making people feel relaxed and happy.
"Let's stop the boat and take a small boat. We're not afraid of running aground, but the propeller will muddy the water and affect visibility." Anne suggested.
Ling Hao nodded. It seemed that the "Stone Crab" and "Pippi Shrimp" were no longer needed at this depth. Ling Hao and the others loaded all the equipment needed for diving onto the small boat. Ling Hao, Annie, Tian Yong and
Xueting and four others got on the boat and continued sailing toward the depths of the Coral Sea.
After driving about two nautical miles, the color of the seawater in front of him suddenly turned into a faint blue, which meant that the seawater suddenly became deeper. Ling Hao put on a mask and dipped his head into the seawater. The scene in front of him was astonishing.
Anne... no, it's exactly the same as what Captain Cook described. This is a basin on the sea floor, which seems to be no more than 60 meters deep. It is circular, about fifty or sixty square kilometers, and is a magnificent ancient city built of stone.
Just lying quietly in the seabed basin, as if it has been sealed by the years. It is not buried by the sea sand and coral reefs. You can't even see the seaweed and barnacles. There are no collapsed house ruins, just like a prosperous city.
The city was suddenly deserted and turned into a ghost town, with only sharks of all sizes swimming "over" the city, which looked both sad and strange.
Ling Hao raised his head from the water, took off his mask and wiped the seawater from his face. He took a deep breath and said as if talking to himself: "'Eubitis, we are here."