prey
After swimming at full speed at the bottom of the sea for a while, and when there were no other sea snakes around, the beauty snake stopped, resurfaced, relaxed, and let the water gently support itself.
At night, the sea is calm and windless, and some glowing creatures in the water shimmer with colorful light. Jellyfish and other glowing plankton float in the water, decorating the sea as beautiful as a starry sky.
He floated on the surface of the sea and thought again about the previous question: where should he go?
I don't have to think about going back for a while. The sea serpent's estrus period lasted up to two months, during which time he had no desire to go back.
However, he doesn't seem to have a clear destination either. The sea snake usually prefers to live in coral reefs with warm, clear waters, and although he is a unique sea snake, he bears some resemblance to distant relatives in terms of hobbies.
Although he had just come out, he had already begun to miss the soft little nest of clams.
Before settling on his current island, he had traveled far and wide to all the environments suitable for sea serpents. Eventually, he chose this place.
After floating on the surface of the sea for some time, he still hasn't decided where to go. He simply dived into the sea, chose a random current, and let the current carry him across the ocean like a hitchhiker. It doesn't matter where you go.
Ocean currents, also known as ocean currents, are the phenomenon of large-scale flow of seawater along a specific path in the ocean, in addition to the tidal movement caused by the gravitational force. In the aftermath of the cataclysm, most ocean currents changed their original direction, causing some marine creatures, such as sea turtles, to drift to areas that were not frequented by mistake. This situation has created a chaotic situation in the distribution of species.
With ocean currents drifting, there's never a need to worry about food shortages. Ocean currents bring abundant nutrients, and the infusion of rivers makes the water quality good, which breeds a large amount of plankton. These plankton, in turn, feed many fish, forming a complete food chain that brings life to the places where the currents pass.
The serpent walks with ocean currents, and although it does not know the exact path of the current, years of experience have enabled it to judge that the current is heading for a cold current at lower latitudes. Although this makes it uncomfortable, the water temperature in the currents is not too low, and the mermaid snake does not lose its mobility in low temperatures like cold-blooded animals, and at best feels a little lazy.
However, this experience was a rare opportunity. The beauty snake thought to herself, maybe she could choose a suitable ocean current in the future and go on an expedition to Antarctica. There is no competition from sea snakes, and as far as he knows, krill near Antarctica are very tasty. Although I haven't tried it myself, the krill in the Pacific are delicious enough, and the krill in the Antarctic should be just as good.
While fantasizing about the deliciousness of krill, the mermaid snake swings its tail, but its languid movements are unexpectedly fast, and it easily crosses the school of sardines in front of it, grabs a medium-sized sardine, and prepares to serve it as a supper in the evening.
The sardines, completely unaware of what was happening, suddenly saw a terrifying figure in front of them, and immediately changed direction and stopped following the current.
Ignoring the school of sardines that would scare them away, the mermaid snake grabbed dinner and swam to the back of a leatherback turtle with enough space on its back, sit comfortably on it, and let the turtle carry it along.
Leatherback turtles are not on the food list of mermaid snakes, and often have shells, seaweed, and even small fish attached to their shells to travel with them. Therefore, the leatherback turtle, as well as its surrounding kind, did not show panic in the face of the beauty snake that suddenly appeared on its back, and they continued to move at their pace.
The dorsal shell of a leatherback turtle is made up of hundreds of small polygonal bony plates of various sizes, the largest of which exhibits seven longitudinal regular ribs. This creates a bumpy place on the back shell that is not very suitable for sitting or lying down. Even so, the beauty snake can only settle down here temporarily.
Deep under the ruins, several giant great white sharks are racing between abandoned complexes, chasing their prey. Although such scenes are common in the ocean, what keeps the beauty snake on its radar is the target that these sharks are chasing.