Chapter 19: Accidental Gains

Lu Yuan had been looking for islands in the sea, and when he was traveling in the sea that day, he suddenly found a huge tentacle.

"What's that!" Lu Yuan was shocked.

Curious, he swam to the depths of the sea, and finally saw the strange creature in a submarine valley at a depth of about 900 meters.

"King Squid!" Lu Yuan shouted in his heart.

Lu Yuan was very obsessed with sea monster novels for a while, so he also had a special understanding of the prototype king squid of various sea monsters.

King squid, which usually inhabits deep-sea areas, mainly in the North Atlantic and North Pacific and Antarctic regions, is one of the second largest known molluscs and invertebrates.

Their bodies are between 18---20 meters. Generally, juvenile king squid is 8---10 meters long, and adult king squid can generally grow up to 20 meters.

Their eyes are so large that the average person would be shocked to see them, as they can reach 35 centimeters in diameter.

The diameter of the suction cup is also more than 8 cm. King squid lives in the deep sea, rests in the deep sea during the day, and swims to the shallow sea at night to feed, feeding on fish and catching prey in the dark waters.

It often has to fight to the death with sperm whales that dive into the deep sea to feed, and sperm whales are often scarred, although the remains of a king squid have been found in the stomachs of sperm whales.

The habitat of the king squid is rarely seen, and some information about this animal is usually only learned from those who have floated to the surface of the sea after being killed or injured, or have been washed ashore by the sea.

The body is conical, the posterior part is abruptly thin and narrow, the carcass is about 4 times the width of the carcass, and the body surface has a nearly circular pigmented body of the same size. The fleshy fin is short, the fin length is about 1/3 of the carcass length, the back of the two fins is slightly peach-shaped, there is no pre-hanging, and the fin is connected to the coat.

The oral membrane junction filaments are connected to the dorsal margin of the fourth pair of wrists. The first carpal is shorter, the other three pairs of wrists are longer and similar in length, the wrist style is generally 3˃2˃4˃1, the length of the second to fourth carpal is about 4/5 of the carcass length, the wrist suckers are two rows, and the ring in the suction cup is toothed; the male fourth pair of wrists is stemmed, and the top sucker is specialized into two rows of fleshy processes.

The tentacles are very elongated, about 2.5-4 times the length of the wrists, the tentacles are slender and elongated, with 4 rows of suction cups, which can be divided into obvious carpal bones, palms and fingers, the middle two rows of suction cups are enlarged, and the suction cups have sharp teeth, the carpal bones have dense clusters of suction cups, 6-7 rows of suction cups, dotted with hemispherical spherical spherical processes, and the tentacle stems have pairs of alternating suckers and bulbar processes, which are arranged in pairs and gradually dense from near to far.

The inner shell is lanceolate-shaped, the leaf axis is thick, the leaf axis side ribs are thin, and the posterior end of the inner shell has a hollow narrow longitudinal rhomboidal tail vertebrae. No luminaire. The maximum carcass length is 6m, the total length is mostly 6-12m, and the longest is 20m. The maximum weight is 2-3 tons.

King squid lives in the deep sea. There are legends of the Siren in the seafaring civilizations of many countries, such as Claygan.

They are very similar in appearance to squid. Modern people also have some fragmented understanding of the king squid.

Some seafarers have seen squid's tentacles more than 20 meters long sweeping across the deck while on night shifts at sea, and all objects that can be caught are swept into the sea, and the next day, people found iron buckets gnawed through by several rows of teeth hanging from the side of the ship.

During World War II, a destroyer weighing thousands of tons of the United States Navy suddenly found that it slowed down during night sailing, but could not find any fault, and when people sent it to the dock for repairs, they found that its propeller had been rolled into a ball of scrap metal by tentacles.

The legend of the "giant squid" has long been passed down among sailors, such as the legend of the "Kraken of the North Sea" in Norway.

The medieval South Saxon king Alfred the Great (849-899) said: "At the bottom of the unfathomable sea, the North Sea Monster is sleeping, it has been sleeping for centuries, and will continue to sleep on the great sea worm."

Until one day, the flame of the sea worm will warm the bottom of the sea, and both people and angels will witness it, and it will rise from the bottom of the sea with a roar, and everything on the surface of the sea will be destroyed. ”

In early January 2013, NHK TV and the U.S. Discovery Channel first captured the king squid swimming in the deep sea.

The King Squid Photography Team descended into the North Pacific Ocean at a depth of 630 meters in a submersible, where they photographed a 3-meter-long King Squid.

They then followed the squid down to 900 meters underwater, and eventually, the king squid disappeared from view.

In January 2014, Uno biologists collaborated with NHK and the Discovery Channel to photograph a 7-meter-long "giant squid" at a depth of 630 meters, which is not as large as the legendary 15 meters.

This is also the first time that humans have photographed the king squid in its natural habitat, and it is a living figure.

However, compared to the king squid that Lu Yuan saw, these are infants at all.

Lu Yuan visually inspected it, and the length of this king squid was at least 40 meters. Although he couldn't see the full picture of its tentacles, Lu Yuan estimated that the length of its tentacles should be more than 80 meters.

At this time, the king squid was rapidly swimming deeper into the sea.

After recovering from the initial shock, Lu Yuan immediately excitedly took out the camera equipment and tracked and photographed the king squid.

He believes that if this video material is made public, it will definitely cause a sensation around the world.

Lu Yuan followed and filmed for nearly an hour, and waited until the king squid disappeared into the deep sea that he could not set foot in for the time being, and then stopped.

After watching the king squid disappear into the deep sea, Lu Yuan checked the video he had taken, and the image on the video was very clear, which made him feel very satisfied.

After dealing with these things, Lu Yuan was surprised to find that he had unknowingly come to the vicinity of a huge submarine mountain range.

He swam along the mountain to the surface of the sea, and the higher he went, the more excited he became, and he had a faint feeling that the mountain must be exposed to the water.

Maybe you'll soon find a huge island.

Excited, Lu Yuan couldn't help but speed up, and five minutes later, he finally returned to the sea.

He looked ahead excitedly, and a huge island appeared in front of him.

With a cheer, Lu Yuan rushed to the island as fast as he could.

After coming to the island, Lu Yuan first turned on the positioning system, and after careful comparison, he jumped up excitedly.

It is an island that has not been discovered so far.

Under the rules, you can take ownership of the island as long as you apply to the United Nations and provide detailed information.

Lu Yuan didn't care about resting, and immediately measured the island.

The island is 4,783 meters at its longest point from north to south and 2,213 meters at its widest point from east to west. The highest point is 54 meters. The area of the island is up to 5.6 square kilometers.

Not only that, but the island is also rich in vegetation but not much fauna, and there are two rivers on the island with plenty of fresh water.

Not only that, but to the east of it there is a shallow area at least three times the size of the island itself, which is entirely open for reclamation if the conditions permit it in the future.

"It's really a perfect island!"

After careful measurement, Lu Yuan sent various information about the island to Anthony.

Anthony, who received Lu Yuan's information, immediately contacted the twelve most famous lawyers in the United States.

It formed the strongest team of lawyers in the history of the United States and submitted an application to the United Nations for the confirmation of the island's rights.

At the same time, Lu Yuan also returned to the civilized world as quickly as possible and began to lobby for the island.

In the United States, Lu Yuan paid the price of a full 50 million meters.

At the same time, he again purchased a salvage ship worth 70 million meters from Rus.

In order to seek the recognition and support of other relevant countries and two countries, Lu Yuan also spent a lot of money.

In this application, Lu Yuan's total cost before and after exceeded 150 million yuan, but in his opinion, it was all worth it.

Three months later, the island discovered by Lu Yuan was officially named "Yingzhou" Island. He finally got his wish and took full control of the island.

Lu Yuan's discovery of an island in the South Pacific that could be used for human survival could no longer be hidden after the United Nations confirmed its rights.

After the news came out, it once again caused a sensation all over the world, and major media around the world once again pounced on Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan was interviewed by media from all over the world in LY, United States.

"Mr. Lu Yuan, can you tell me how you discovered "Yingzhou Island"?"

The first to get the right to ask questions was naturally the reporters of Zhuxia Kingdom.

"This matter, to make a long story, strictly speaking, is completely unexpected......"

"Half a year ago, I was planning to go to Nanxinguo for a period of time for tourism and leisure, but after renting a cruise ship in SJY Port, I went to sea alone......"

"Everyone knows I'm a very adventurous person!"

The surrounding reporters couldn't help but nodded, Lu Yuan now has the title of the world's number one adventurer. He doesn't like to take risks, and who else, so no one doubts his rhetoric.

"After going out to sea, I couldn't help but drive to the deep sea! After about 500 kilometers out to sea, I found a huge tentacle in the sea!"

"Oh my God, it's the king squid!"

A female reporter from the Japanese slave country exclaimed.

"This lady is right, it is the king squid, out of curiosity, I sailed with this king squid on a cruise ship......"

"Later, I couldn't help but want to see the appearance of the king squid, so I also went down to the sea and used the underwater photography equipment I carried with me to track and shoot the king squid!"

"Mr. Lu Yuan, with all due respect, you mean that you took a picture of the king. A reporter from a natural science magazine in the United States suddenly asked

Lu Yuandao, "Of course, if you are interested, I will make a public screening after the press conference!"

"Thank you very much, sorry to bother you!"

Lu Yuan continued: "After the king squid left, I found that I had come to a strange island, and everyone knew about the future......