Chapter Twenty-Nine: What Seems to Be the Tale of the Sea......
The swarm of sand fish is deep in the seabed, and the structure of the porous tube worm is wonderful.
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Grunt...... Grunt......
A series of bubbles bubbled upward, and the refracted light reflected a distorted scene high in the sea.
It's not even a shallow sea, it's just a continental shelf.
After passing through the seawater, the sunlight no longer appears dazzling, but becomes a point of light with a slight softness and warmth. The Ice Moon high above was all that remained as a vague silhouette floating on the surface of the sea.
Gently falling on the fine, soft sand, it raised a cloud of rising dust. The dust that kicks up does not fall as quickly as it does on land, but floats in the sea like smoke for a long time......
As far as the eye can see, some ribbons of seaweed are rooted in the coastal sand, and their long bodies sway under the impact of the undercurrent, even reaching above the water's surface. These seaweeds are intertwined with each other to form a dark green marine forest.
Thin grains of white sand, deep blue water, warm sunlight, and deep sea that hides in the darkness in the distance.
This is the edge of the ocean of Lanxing.
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After falling to the bottom of the sea, the power of the tides is greatly weakened. Xinglan controls the body of the tide horseshoe crab to slowly fall on the sand, because of the buoyancy of the sea, even the sharp limbs are not easy to sink into the sand, and she can rely on the swinging limbs to gently paddle the current to move forward.
Why does it feel like it's starting to hunt for curiosity again?
Arthropods and stuff are still terrible! I have to find a more suitable body quickly!
This way of paddling the water forward made Xinglan feel strange, and because of the previous injury to the pincers, the horseshoe crab's physical strength had begun to gradually drain. Although Xinglan could easily float to the depths of the ocean in her consciousness even if she was out of her body, she still wanted to feel the breath of the ocean before the body lost its life...... Of course, if you find a more suitable body before, then replace it directly~
The speed of the tide horseshoe crab is not very fast, but Xinglan can jump up accurately and gently with the help of external signal elements, and with the power of the returning tide, it can still quickly dive all the way down the slope of the continental shelf......
It's kind of weird...... Xinglan thought so.
Judging from the amphibians such as sand sponges and tide horseshoe crabs, Lan Xing's marine life should also be quite prosperous, but strangely, until now, Xing Lan has not seen any fish or other sea creatures. Although the sandy area is covered with seaweed and other plants, it is strange that there are no signs of animals...... Is there no animal activity in the area? Still is...... Are the animals hiding?
Since there are tidal horseshoe crabs and sand sponges, it can't be backwater! As a wave of undercurrents passed, Xinglan, who had fallen back into the sand, thought, "Is it hiding?" Where to hide?
…… Wait a minute! How did you feel just now?
The body of the rapidly crawling tide horseshoe crab suddenly stopped and turned around in confusion.
The touch of that place...... Something strange?
Hold "Anyway, I'm going to break this body and pull it down!" Xinglan "bravely" began to climb back.
Well, here it is.
Staring at the sand in front of her, which didn't seem to be anything unusual, Xinglan smiled in her heart and raised her paws high......
I poke!
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Whoa!
Before Xinglan could react, there was a whirlwind again, a large shadow in front of him quickly passed, and the body of the horseshoe crab rolled in the water......
…… What the hell just happened? I didn't see it clearly...... Trouble replaying it in slow motion.
Voice of Mystery: "Okay! ”
Ahem, now let's take a look at what just happened......
First, the horseshoe crab stood on a sandy field, raised its paws high, and quickly swung them down......
After cutting through the surface of the sand, the claws pierced into some kind of flesh......
Then a pale fish about fifteen centimeters long, even smaller than the tide horseshoe crab, and very similar in appearance to sand, suddenly emerged from the sand, and the claws of the tide horseshoe crab were stuck in the bloody skin......
With a sudden force, the fish jumped very high and high, so that a certain tide horseshoe crab was thrown out of the air relative to the bottom of the sea......
To make matters worse, this small fish that hides at the bottom of the sand...... It's named Shayu (yes!). Well, this kind of sand fish is obviously in groups of thousands. At this time, a sand fish let out a miserable scream, and the other sand fish mistakenly thought that a strong enemy who could see through the sand camouflage appeared, and fled from the sand one after another......
Then the horseshoe crab, which was still falling in mid-air (still relative to the bottom of the sea), was instantly surrounded by overwhelming dust...... The lethal power of this single entity is definitely many times stronger than the Celestial Empire's national haze enchantment!
After the world swirled, the vision suddenly went dark, and Xinglan was inexplicably swept up by a large group of sandfish...... Ahem, the updraft swept in......
…… So what kind of trouble is this strange unfolding like "The Grim Reaper"? Could it be that a certain star is destined to join a spearman class who is lucky enough to be E?
Ahem, I accidentally got into something strange again......
All in all, because he accidentally alarmed a very large school of sand fish, under the anger of the people, Xinglan was ...... BC Many, many billions of years have experienced what a super roller coaster is......
No, fainted...... Cut off the gravity-sensing nerve!
The sky is spinning, the sky is spinning......
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Finally, when the dust around her cleared and Xinglan regained her footing on the sand at the bottom of the sea, she was stunned......
"How far was I swept away by the current, hey!"
Above, the ice moon was no longer visible, and even the sun had become an indiscernible halo. The environment here ...... It's dim.
The strips of seaweed, which used to grow all the way above the water's surface, are gone, and although you can still see the light from the sea, it is clear that the ecosystem has changed dramatically.
Obviously, it is about to leave the continental shelf and officially enter the rhythm of the shallow sea area!
Silently scared for a while, although the size of the sand fish was even smaller than that of the tide horseshoe crab, Xinglan was still determined not to poke the sand in the future.
Xiao Cheng is right, the power of the collective is really terrifying!
And Xiao Cheng also said...... By the way, updrafts are one of the scariest things in the world!
(Hey!) Xiao Cheng, what did you teach Xinglan? )
Shaking your body, it's so uncomfortable......
After all, tidal horseshoe crabs are not perennial creatures that live on the bottom of the ocean and cannot adapt well to the living environment in the depths of the ocean. Although the outer hard shell can still withstand the pressure of the water here, so as not to be in danger of being crushed into a pie by the deep sea, the eyes of the horseshoe crab have gradually begun to work, if nothing else, but it is too dark here.
On the one hand, I want to see the world through the eyes of a creature, but on the other hand, I can't see clearly in such a dim light. As a last resort, after some simulation calculations, Xinglan mobilized some signals from the outside world and simulated a series of complex optical converters in front of the crosshairs of the horseshoe crab, using the parabolic structure to gather light to the greatest extent without distorting the scene, and finally being able to see the scene here clearly through the faint light that penetrated from the sea.
Well, at least the colors and stuff can be seen clearly.
But it's still a lot of trouble! Xinglan grumbled angrily, sure enough, she still needed a better body...... Hey? What's moving?
Although the eyes are not good, the hairs on the side of the body of the horseshoe crab are highly sensitive vibrators, and they can be used to guess the safety of the surrounding environment through the movement of the current.
Just now, Xinglan sensed that some behemoth was approaching......
Huh? Stopped?
Let's check it out...... Xinglan thought like this, if it was really a suitable large creature, then it was just the right time to borrow the body and use it~
What the? You say that this kind of non-return can't be called borrowing? Whew! The whole galaxy is mine!
Xiao Xinglan, who had completed his self-justification in the brain supplement, waved his claws happily, manipulating the body of the tide horseshoe crab that was about to be broken to run towards the source of the vibration.
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So, this is the thing that made such a big fuss just now?
Lying on the round rocks of the seabed lies a tidal horseshoe crab that used to hardly come to the area...... Although it is only a shell, the inner core inside has long been replaced.
Xinglan didn't care how inconsistent her posture was at the moment, but stared at the huge creature in the sand in front of her.
Well, a body tens of meters long is indeed a behemoth for a tide horseshoe crab.
But this guy isn't scary at all, hey!
The round, dark blue body is covered with pale blue spots, and many small holes are distributed on the epidermis.
Well, in general, this guy is alive like a rubber water pipe...... It's still the kind that leaks.
Tube worms, it's up to you!
There is no terrible deterrent from the outside, and the columnar body, which is also full of curiosity, has no sharp organs, and almost the entire body is soft.
Of course, it wasn't this one that really made Xinglan almost laugh......
This guy is stuck on a protruding reef!
Although we don't know how weak the muscle strength of the porous tubeworm is, we can also draw an intuitive conclusion by watching it stuck in the center of its body stuck on the rock, and the drooping ends twisting around desperately.
Compared to snakes, which also have long bodies but are full of muscles, the porous tubeworm is simply the opposite extreme......
Looking at the continental shelf slope behind the porous tube worm, Xing Lan couldn't help but maliciously speculate that the water shock wave just now couldn't be caused by this guy rolling all the way down from above, right?
And then halfway through it got stuck on the stone?
…… It seems like it's a real possibility.
Xinglan suddenly felt a burst of curiosity, how did this guy survive? Even if you can filter organic matter from seawater, you can't afford to consume such a large amount of energy......
Well, it's worth looking into.
With this conclusion in mind, Xinglan quickly commanded the external signalsons to start approaching the porous tube worm and infiltrate it to observe its internal structure......
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After a while, Xinglan looked at the data report sent back by the signal in her consciousness, and was stunned for a while......
The water carried by the waves flows through the holes on the surface of the tubular body, causing special tissues on the walls of the pipe to induce an induced current in the complex internal piping system, which is then channeled into the bioelectric conversion center to supply the energy consumption of the huge body......
No wonder it grew so big, it turned out to be to accept the impact of a larger area of waves, this is a wave energy creature! Xinglan suddenly realized, I see, it is really gratifying, gratifying......
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Congratulations to your sister! What kind of creature is going to make a mess about this kind of creature that looks like an evolutionary tree is crooked?
The level of evolution is beyond control!
(Thank you for the reward of the empty fate~)