"The bottom of the sea is a dangerous world. Lan Na emphasized many times along the way: "Don't think that the bottom of the sea looks quiet, just that this place is safer than on land, in fact, the danger here is no less than that on land, but it is hidden under the beautiful appearance." ”

The last time she said this, Lan Na and Lamia were leading a five-person adventure group towards the Devil's Sea with the seabed, and what appeared in front of them was a sea area with endless smoke and bubbles.

"This is a prime example. Lan Na pointed to the sea in front of her and said, "This is a new submarine volcano, and it is very large. You should already feel the temperature change here, the further you go inside, the higher the temperature will be, if you break in blindly, you may be cooked by the high temperature of four or five hundred degrees in an instant. Don't doubt the water temperature of four or five hundred degrees, don't forget how big the water pressure is, four or five hundred degrees is not too high, and in some specific locations, the water temperature can even melt some metals. ”

"There's no light in there. Catherine said regretfully: "I can't see the inside situation at all." ”

"There's no way around that. Lan Na shook her head and said, "The light on the bottom of the sea mainly depends on phosphorus algae, but in this volcanic area, phosphorus algae cannot survive at all, so they have no lighting tools." However, each of you has been equipped with knapsack lighting on your back, and although it is heavy, it is still fine at the bottom of the sea. And you can rest assured, the hedron consumed by the equipment will be taken care of by the Storm Temple. ”

"That's the best news I've ever heard. Catherine immediately smiled, let her body float flat on the bottom of the sea, and reached behind her back to activate the illuminator. Immediately, a pillar of light shot out from behind Catherine's back, extending forward over Catherine's head, and soon illuminated the cone-shaped area thirty meters long. In the farther range, you can also see a rough picture through the faint light. At the end of the line of sight was a column of steam and powder, straight upward, breaking through the heavy pressure of the water and rushing into the dark waters above, and it was unknown how long it would be.

"That column of air was caused by an undersea volcano. "The temperature is so high that the seawater can vaporize even at this pressure, and the steam will form such a column of air that will rise all the time. However, it cannot be seen from the surface of the sea, and it will dissipate after rising a few hundred meters, which is a spectacle that can only be seen at the bottom of the sea. Fortunately, the volcano is not active. ”

"What if it goes into an active state?" Vivien wrote in a notebook under Doris's specially prepared water, "what will it be like? Is it very different from what it is now? I know that when an active volcano erupts on land, it will be quite spectacular. ”

"I don't know on land, but there are different levels of undersea volcanic eruptions. Lan Na lowered her voice to create tension like telling a bedtime horror story: "A volcanic eruption is a state of eruption formed after the concentration of fire attribute energy contained in the ground is too high, and the pressure of the earth on them is too great, and if it is only a small eruption, then the scope of influence will only be tens of hundred square kilometers around, and it will not have any impact on the sea surface." But if it is a super-large eruption, it is very spectacular, the magma melted by the fire attribute energy in the ground is constantly spewing out from the crater, evaporating the seawater and mixing it with the steam, and the volcanic ash and the highly toxic steam are mixed together and spread around, and the surrounding tens of thousands of square kilometers of sea will become dirty, even if the sea tribe is in the range, it will not be able to breathe. At that time, the entire sea area will be panicked by violent earthquakes and turbulence, and huge plumes of smoke mixed with sea water will go all the way up, breaking through the sea surface and rushing straight into the dense fog layer, even up to an altitude of five or six kilometers. The process of magma rushing out of the surface and then lowering its temperature and returning to rock under the soothing of the surrounding water elements repeats itself and the crater floor rises to the surface of the crater to form a new island, a process that can last for several days. ”

"Wow. Vivien let out an indecipherable exclamation and asked, "Is that how the islands all came about?"

"Some of them weren't, those things at the beginning of the Fourth Age, when Lord Yara reshaped the continent, there were some scraps that could no longer be pieced together, and there was nowhere to put them, so Lord Yara put them in the sea and turned them into islands. This is how the prototype of what you call a forest-type island came about. These may only be the content of legends and stories for the land races, but not so illusory for the sea tribes, because there are still many eyewitness witnesses to the upheavals in the deep sea, and the history told by them is always more reliable than the history of the land races after countless inheritances: "However, this kind of island is only a small part, and most of them were formed by the eruption of submarine volcanoes from ancient times to the present day for an unknown number of years. Most of these erupted islands are bare at first, and then, by coincidence or some other reason, the seeds of the first trees drift to the island with the wind to take root and sprout, and they are quickly occupied by the forest and become the territory of the forest gods, which have the characteristics of a land forest. Then, the overly prosperous demonic beasts on the rest of the islands will inexplicably appear on these new islands to multiply under the interference of divine power, and the number will increase more and more. ”

"Wouldn't it be possible for the Forest God System to expand its territory like this and have conflicts with the gods of the Sea God System?" Lina asked expressionlessly, "There is a war of gods at the end of the Third Age, and the gods will be very concerned about these contradictions." ”

"When the island was formed, that area was no longer the territory of the sea god and became borderland. Lan Na shook her head and said, "Borderlands are first-come, first-served, and whoever occupies them first belongs to whomever they want." However, for so many years, only the forest god system can do it, and the gods of other god systems can't occupy it, of course, it's useless for them to occupy it. ”

Lina thought about it seriously, and smacked her tongue: "Sure enough, it's useless, no wonder there has been no temple for thousands of years to fight this idea, and those who develop in the open sea only evacuate when they encounter desert islands, and desert islands with no forests, no water, no creatures, and no normal transportation with the outside world are useless." ”

"Wait, I don't know if I'm wrong. Catherine suddenly grabbed Lanna's hand, pointed to the sea area affected by the volcano in front of her, and said, "I seem to see some small fish swimming in it, doesn't it mean that it is a hot environment of several hundred degrees?"

"Oh, you read that right, there are indeed fish that can live there. Lan Na gave a casual look and said, "Those fish can only survive in the high temperature, they never leave the range, once a submarine volcano is extinguished, they will die with it." ”

"Well, how did they come to be?" Vivien snapped in her notebook, "It can't be out of thin air." ”

"Who knows. Lan Na stretched out her hands and replied helplessly: "I'm afraid no one will answer you these questions, in fact, they always appear in the sea near the new crater for no apparent reason." ”

"So there is also speculation that there is a layer of seawater between the strata and the magma layer, through which these hot fish migrate, but no one can verify it. "By the way, the bones of these fish are excellent forging, but they are useless. ”

"Why?" Catherine immediately thought of the commercial value of forging materials, and asked, "If it's so good, why is it useless?"

"Because it's too small. Pannis suddenly unfolded his shield and rushed forward like lightning, rushing into the sea full of bubbles and smoke, and after more than a minute he hurriedly swam out, fell back to the bottom of the sea and opened his hand, lying in his hands two fish that had frozen in normal water temperature: "If they can be half a meter long, with their high-temperature resistant bone characteristics, they can make good daggers or spell-casting items, but they are only a few centimeters long, and they are bone materials, so there is no possibility of smelting, so they can only watch such a good material become a pile of waste products in vain." ”

"I've said it before. Catherine glared at Pannis and said angrily, "When doing such a scary thing, can you think about our feelings first?" You know that you will be fine, but do you know that even if you are okay, others will be worried?"

"I was wrong, please forgive me. Pannis blinked innocently, raised his hands and admitted his mistake: "Please forgive me for my recklessness, I will definitely not do it again in the future, I must always keep in mind the teachings of Lord Catherine, and take your will as my will, and what your eyes point to is the direction in which I am going." ”

"Pennis, you're amazing. Lina habitually pushed the non-existent glasses, and a mocking smile appeared on her indifferent face that had often appeared recently: "The speed of admitting mistakes is getting faster and faster, and when you admit mistakes, you can say a set of things casually, sometimes I have to doubt the sincerity of your words like this." ”

"My sincerity is heavier than the pressure of the water here. Pannis said with a serious face: "Lina, you can't insult my sincere character like this. ”

"Sincere character?" Vivien closed the notebook hard, looked at Pannis out of the corner of her eyes, and spit out a word with the same expressionless face: "Ha!"

"Poor Mr. Pannis. Freya said pityingly, "The pure hearts of the girls are as soft and fragile as a veil, and there is no room for a trace of roughness. But you brutally hurt the hearts of the girls, trampling the delicate emotions of the girls under your feet, woo woo, I feel sad in my heart when I look at it, I can't help you this time. ”

"Hey, hey, you can't do that. Pannis looked at the girls sadly: "I am really innocent. ”

"Huh, innocent?" Catherine sneered, "I'll settle accounts with you when the mission is over." ”

"Alright, don't make a fuss. Lan Na finally couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded with the fish's tail to stir the current: "We still have to go around this volcanic sea, let's speed up." (To be continued.) )