Chapter 17: Animism
Sparkling blue water ripples flow in this huge cubic space.
There are a lot of high-precision instruments, operating stations, and a lot of people in white coats.
It turned out that this was the marine base.
As for the rest of the place, it was destroyed because of the sea life infected by the virus.
And the woman who led Bai Xiaoye and the others into here was none other than the dean of the Marine Base Research Institute, Lan Jia.
The arrival of Bai Xiaoye and his party caused a commotion among the personnel, and they didn't seem to believe that these people sent by the oasis could be of any use.
However, none of these have anything to do with Bai Xiaoye and others.
Follow Langa through this cubic space and enter the circular passage space in front of him.
Through the passage barrier made of special glass, Bai Xiaoye can clearly see the sea creatures roaming around.
It is different from the marine world in people's original concept.
Although, there are also beautiful corals of all kinds, and dense schools of fish come and go.
However, the underwater world here is not beautiful at all.
The sea water is mixed with all kinds of plastic waste, and there are countless people who dance with schools of reef fish and float around.
A sea lion with its head stuck in a plastic bottle, a sea turtle that has been tied to its body by various plastic waste, and has been stuck in flesh for a long time.
A mother pilot whale, with her newborn child, wanders outside the glass barrier of the passage.
Her child, with a plastic bag on his body, looked dead.
But the pilot whale has been with the baby and doesn't know how long it has been wandering here.
Maybe it's because of the marine environment, or maybe it's because the milk of the mother whale is toxic.
Looking at the huge head of the pilot whale, she must know feelings.
With her own children, wandering at the bottom of the sea eroded by plastic waste, she must be very sad.
"See?"
Lan Jia's hand was placed on the barrier of the glass passage, his eyes looked at the ocean world outside, and his tone was vicissitudes and cold.
She said, "It's ...... It is the deep sea hell formed by human beings themselves. ”
Bai Xiaoye didn't speak, and all the people together, including Bai Qingqing, didn't utter a single syllable.
Long, seemingly never-ending passages, silent.
But Bai Xiaoye seemed to be able to hear the wailing of the pilot whale through the sea.
Langa led everyone and kept walking forward, I don't know, how long they walked.
Finally, we reached the end of the passage.
In front of it, the strongest safety door made of steel and iron plates forms two distinct passages between the sea outside and the inside of the channel.
"There you are the ones you want to save."
Langa's finger pressed a button on the safety door, and the sound of gurgling water sounded, and a square transparent wave block just the size of a person's face appeared from the safety door.
Through the square wave block, everyone can see that in the plastic seawater that passes through more than ten meters, a square cube stands quietly there.
Around that square cube, there are schools of fish, seaweed, plastic, ......
The big batfish slowly swam by, driving the garbage around, and suddenly, Bai Xiaoye saw that there was a living person in the cube in that direction!
"At that time, there was a riot of marine life, and this passage was cut off from the middle."
That's what Langa said.
And to rescue the people inside the square cube, you need to pass through the weight of the deep bottom of the ocean from here, and bring the people inside?
Is this a joke?
Bai Xiaoye can be sure that everyone here, except for herself, no one can explode and die in this water pressure for more than three seconds.
"Don't worry, we will provide you with protective clothing, and the water pressure outside is no problem."
"In that case, why don't you save the people there?" The uncle behind Bai Xiaoye asked.
At the same time, it is also a problem for everyone in the line.
Ranga smiled and stretched out his hand, pointing in a direction outside the barrier.
I saw that the sea creatures, which had been gray and covered in various pustules, looked a bit like dolphins.
Its fierce fangs and dead white eyes glow a faint green light in the depths of the ocean where plastic and schools of fish are mixed.
"That's it!"
The crowd was shocked.
"That's right, that's the sea creatures that have been infected by the sake virus."
Both the ocean base and the existing passage were destroyed by these mutated sea creatures.
Countless people in the marine base have lost their lives as a result.
After the iceberg melts, the ancient virus is revived.
These marine organisms are the first species to be infected.
It's much earlier than the island nation that disappeared.
It's just that the process of marine life eventually being infected and mutated will last longer than humans.
"So, on the way to put on protective clothing and save people, there is a chance to be crunchy by these mutated sea creatures at any time?" The uncle behind Bai Xiaoye was about to cry.
The young lady standing beside the young man also turned pale.
Bai Qingqing frowned: "Why do these uninfected sea creatures gather here?" ”
Moreover, the entire marine base has been destroyed, how can it be possible to leave these channel barriers now.
Hearing this, a trace of warmth appeared on Lan Jia's face for the first time.
She looked at the sea creatures surrounding the barrier of the passage with longing, a pair of beautiful eyes, and they were extraordinarily gentle.
She said, "They're all protecting us......
Hordes of mutant creatures appeared, the ocean base was destroyed, and she took the people and fled into the emergency passage as quickly as possible.
However, there were too many mutated creatures on the bottom of the sea at that time.
The passage was shattered, and Langa and the people who escaped together were split in two, and more people, by a shock, poured into the ocean and died instantly.
It was also because of the distance that she was able to pull down the emergency safety door before the sea water rushed into the passage, so that she could survive.
And the few experts at the marine base who have the most important information are trapped on the other side, isolated from the world.
At that time, although Langa had escaped, how could those mutated creatures stop there, gather in groups, and come again.
That's when hope emerged.
Hordes of marine life appeared.
Although their body shape has changed slightly after experiencing the virus, they have not been infected.
And the sea creatures are led by the largest batfish.
On its body, Langa can even see the flesh and blood that has just grown.
It was a scar that had been tied up in plastic garbage and had grown deep into the flesh for a long time.
Not long ago, this batfish was encountered by Langa, who was diving to collect specimens, and cut off the sericin tied to the plastic garbage on its body and put it back into the sea.
Langa never knew that this batfish had always remembered her, and among the fish group it led, there were countless species that had been rescued and released by the marine base in recent years.
Once upon a time, they survived because of the personnel of the marine base.
Today, the end times are coming, because they, the surviving personnel of the ocean base, have been reborn.
"My former teacher said that all things have spirits."
Looking at the expression on Lan Jia's face, although most of the five people in the group couldn't understand it.
But there's no denying that it's enough to move everyone.