At this point, he paused before continuing, "I have a colleague whose surname is Shi, who specializes in the study of corals. In a casual conversation, he once excitedly told me that in a piece of coral fossil found a species of polyp that has never been seen before, according to their research, this kind of polyp is not like ordinary coral body is round and simple, similar to our folklore fictional hell devil, with a huge head compared to the body, with a hidden devil-like face, under the head there are many tentacles, tentacles have mouths, mouth secretions in the mouth with strong corrosiveness, can emit dazzling fluorescence, Because the appearance resembles the devil of hell and looks very weird, it is called devil's coral by them. Of course, according to their research, this kind of devil coral is not suitable for the current marine environment, so it has long been extinct, only existing in some sporadic fossils, they were fortunate to extract the DNA of this coral, in the culture medium to cultivate it, but now not many people know, I also learned from a casual conversation with him that there is such a strange devil coral in the ocean in ancient times. ”

After listening to Guo Zhenwei's explanation, everyone understood, and he obviously suspected that it was this devil polyp that should have been extinct long ago that formed a fluorescent torrent that swallowed the giant tortoise just now.

"It's just that I can't understand why this kind of devil coral, which cannot survive in the modern marine environment, appears in large numbers on this black mountain, and how they can survive." Guo Zhenwei shook his head, thinking of the scene just now, he was especially palpitating.

If they were overwhelmed by the fluorescent torrent, they would be devoured in the blink of an eye, leaving only a skeleton.

Wang Haiyang groaned, "Devil coral? It is hard to believe that such a strange polyp could exist in the ancient oceans. ”

Although he is an oceanographer, it is the first time he has heard of this devil coral, and he can't help but sigh.

Wang Lei sighed: "It is said that the god is looking for death by himself and wantonly destroying the coral reef, which alarmed these devil polyps, otherwise they may not die." ”

The only crew member in the crowd suddenly spoke: "That giant turtle destroyed the lifeboat, how are we going back?" ”

As soon as he said this, everyone was stunned, and then they came back to their senses, thinking that before Shenao climbed ashore, he overturned the lifeboat, and with its strength, he was afraid that the lifeboat had been destroyed.

The loss of the lifeboat meant that they would be trapped in this black mountain, and many people changed their faces when they thought of the consequences.

Zhou Kesheng saw the appearance of everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Captain Cao and they have already gone out in a lifeboat to ask for help, if nothing else, most of them have already contacted the rescue ship now, and we can wait for them to come to the rescue on this black mountain." ”

Pang Yan hesitated: "If what Tingting said before is right, Captain Cao and the others will be caught up by this god...... So what to do? ”

She was only halfway through her words, but everyone understood what she meant.

There are two Shenao in this sea area, the Shenao that destroyed the "Exploration" was killed by Du Changde with a rocket, but the Shenao only appeared a few hours later to catch up with Montenegro, Yu Tingting once suspected that this Shenao was chasing Cao Zhiren and Jiang Hongtao their lifeboat first, and it was possible to kill their group of people, and then turn around to chase them, so it took a long time to appear.

If this conjecture is true, it means that they are trapped in this black mountain, and there is no one to rescue them.

This conjecture caused fear in everyone's hearts.

Zhou Kesheng raised his voice and said: "Even if this kind of thing really happens, there are a lot of trees and bamboos in this black mountain, we can also make bamboo row wooden valves by ourselves, not to mention that this time I have made two preparations in advance, if we lose contact for more than ten days, a new rescue ship will be sent to arrive, in short, everyone rest assured." ”

Hearing Zhou Kesheng say this, everyone sighed softly and relaxed a little.

After chatting for a while, they all felt sleepy, and then they quieted down.

The crowd rested on the spot for three hours, and many of them took this opportunity to sleep for a while and recuperate before continuing to climb up the Black Mountain.

By the time of day, it was close to noon, but the sky was still dark and dark, and there was no sign of any light.

The more they looked at it, the more strange they felt, as if there was a black lid covering them in the area.

This time, everyone climbed up the black rock for only ten minutes, and found that there were two giant symbols carved on the huge rock facing them.

Each symbol was the size of a round table, and Sun Tao carried a searchlight and swept it from afar, hitting the beam on it.

Old Professor Li Zhibao pouted lightly, and hurriedly walked over with faster steps.

This symbol is not naturally generated, but artificially carved, which means that there have been traces of human activity on this black mountain.

Everyone was slightly excited and hurriedly stepped forward.

These are two ancient characters, Xiao Ling didn't know them, and looked at Li Zhibao.

Li Zhibao took a deep breath, looked a little excited, looked at the two symbols and read: "Penglai." ”

"Penglai?" Xiao Ling's heart was shocked.

This name, he is not unfamiliar.

In ancient pre-Qin mythology, legend has it that there are three immortal islands in the East China Sea, surrounded by a black stygian sea.

These three immortal islands are Penglai, Yingzhou and Abbot.

Although Xiao Ling doesn't know much about the myths of the ancient pre-Qin, he still knows some famous ones.

These three immortal islands are very famous, and even Xiao Ling is familiar with them.

Hu Shengzhe said with a surprised face: "What is written on this is really Penglai?" It can't be that coincidental, right? Is this Black Mountain really one of the three legendary sacred mountains? ”

Wang Lei said: "In the myths and legends about the ruins, the five sacred mountains are Daiyu, Yuanqiao, Abbot, Yingzhou, and Penglai, among which Daiyu and Yuanqiao sank in the ocean, and the remaining Abbot, Yingzhou, and Penglai evolved into three immortal mountains in the famous East China Sea. ”

Pang Yan took a few photos with her camera, and then said: "I also know these three immortal mountains, I heard that some ancients went to sea to find these three immortal mountains in the depths of the East China Sea, thinking that there are immortals in the mountains and can find the way to immortality." ”

Hu Shengzhe smiled and said, "Then let's really go up and have a look, try the chance, and see if there is really any way to live forever." ”

Yu Tingting said: "These two symbols are artificially carved, but I don't know who carved them and what era they were carved in." ”

Pang Yan said: "Since the legend is an immortal mountain, maybe this word is left by the immortals." ”