He continued to dive down, and could still find fish, shrimps and crabs directly near the sea. This is relatively rare in the vast ocean. Generally, there is no resources when it reaches forty or fifty meters underwater, because it is pitch black and lacks food for organisms.

The black chimney sea area is different. The squirting hydrothermal heat is rich in minerals, resulting in the mineral content of the entire sea area being higher than that of the surrounding sea area, and breeding a large number of microorganisms and plankton.

With microorganisms and plankton as the core, several food chains emerge, and the food chain forms an ecosystem. Although there are not many species, there are still some.

When he arrived at the bottom of the sea, the scene changed. Ao Muyang looked at the hot spring area and saw the richest life group in this sea area:

There are many worms living under the sea. These worms are of different sizes, like white earthworms, with no eyes, no mouth, no head or tail.

Chen Zhifu introduced to Ao Muyang that these worms are special lives around the hot springs. They are rich in hemoglobin, so they can breathe in this extremely hypoxia environment. They feed on sulfides, have no natural enemies, and live comfortably.

Some of the locations outside include sea crabs and sea clams. The sea clams here are very large, at least 30 centimeters in diameter, and some can even reach one meter in diameter. They are not ordinary sea clams, but deep-sea giant clams.

These sea clams and tridacna are rich in bacteria, which can solidify sulfides for a living. They also live by plankton attracted by bacteria. After eternity, they have grown to their current size.

The five black chimneys are not far apart, and are at most one kilometer away from each other. In this way, they gather together to form an oasis of life, a very rare oasis of life under the sea.

This is the first time Ao Muyang has seen such a scene for many years, which makes him quite strange.

In addition, he also saw the wrecked ship in the mouth of Chen Zhifu and Lao Lu. The hull had been broken into several large pieces. They were scattered between the two black chimneys, with worms crawling on it, which looked a little disgusting.

He wandered around a black chimney at the edge, determined the temperature and heat were fine, so he smashed the ground hook and fixed the rope tied to his waist.

Relying on sonar equipment, he sent a signal to the research team, and the research team also sent him a signal. Zheng Songlin and Yu Xinbo were about to dive down along the rope.

Yu Xinbo brought two underwater cameras, and after he got off, he slowly reached out and handed him one.

At such a depth, everything is done in slow motion, nothing else, the water pressure is too high, and the equipment on their bodies is too heavy, with a total of more than fifty kilograms.

Ao Muyang could not feel the water pressure, and the weight of fifty kilograms was nothing to him. Compared with Zheng Songlin and Yu Xinbo, he moved much more freely. After taking the camera, he tried to start taking pictures when he entered the hot spring influence area.

Seeing him swimming flexibly under the sea, Yu Xinbo's eyes widened. Is there such an operation?

Zheng Songlin's attention was attracted by the life oasis around the hot spring. He asked in surprise: "Damn, this is even more exaggerated than the introduction in the information. So many big shells? Is this a giant clam?"

When inspecting the seabed environment around, Ao Muyang had already confirmed that those huge shellfish were giant clams. They had thick shells, rough shells, white inner shells, and bite like two rows of teeth. They were the most common giant clams in China.

After Yu Xinbo handed the camera to Ao Muyang, he also went to watch the giant clams. The giant clams live on the outside of the Black Chimney Sea. The temperature here is suitable, and they are wearing deep diving suits, so they are not worried about their body damage.

Seeing Yu Xinbo approaching, Zheng Songlin waved and said, "Xiaobo, come to me. What is the yellow and orange inside this giant clam? Is it a yellow pearl?"

Yu Xinbo's voice sounded in the communication channel: "What yellow pearls, what you think is, it must be zooxanthellae. There is a large amount of zooxanthellae in the coat of the giant clam. Zocoxanthellae can use the vitreous body in the tridacna membrane to gather light and then reproduce in large quantities. They parasitize in the giant clam body, and the giant clam can use it as its own nutrients. The two are mutually beneficial and symbiotic - dahh, is this really a pearl?"

There are pearls in the giant clams. In theory, all shellfish under the sea have pearls, but pearl shells have the highest yield and good quality.

Compared with other shellfish, giant clams are relatively rare. Their shells are the first of the seven treasures of Buddhism. They are particularly precious in ancient times and are also precious jewelry materials in modern times.

When Zheng Songlin saw pearls in the giant clam, he became greedy.

The giant clams cannot be touched. In the latest "Regulations on the Protection of Coral Reefs and Tridacna" issued by the state, giant clams are considered as national second-class protected species, and it is clearly stipulated that illegal fishing of giant clams in the waters under our jurisdiction is a criminal act, and criminal responsibility will be pursued in accordance with the Criminal Law of my country.

But the country does not protect the pearls in the giant clams, and these are precious yellow pearls.

Zheng Songlin likes to be greedy for small gains, but Huang Zhenzhu is not a small gain. He is afraid that he will not take it out in time and will be picked up by Ao Muyang and Yu Xinbo, so he took a knife while the giant clams were opened and put it in with a knife to pull away the clam meat to get the pearls.

Yu Xinbo, who was taking pictures next to him, was shocked. This giant clam was a living creature. It was like reaching out to get his arm broken!

In his camera, Zheng Songlin reached in and slashed at the giant clam with a knife, and then the giant clam closed its shell...

The giant clam closed its shell very quickly. It was too late when Zheng Songlin wanted to stop. Then Ao Muyang heard a scream in the communication channel: "Ahhhh!"

Suddenly hearing such a cry in the deep sea was so cunning. Ao Muyang quickly turned around and swam over, and asked repeatedly: "What's going on? What's wrong?"

Yu Xinbo shouted: "Brother Ao, come quickly, it's over. Brother Lin's arm was bitten by the giant clam! It's over, it's over, this arm is broken, this arm has a hammer!"

Ao Muyang looked at him and did not see the broken arm gushing blood, which made him relieved first, and then his heart rose again.

For normal humans, all shelter in such a deep-sea environment comes from the deep-sea suit. Once the deep-sea suit is damaged, the strong water pressure attacks along the damaged area, which can crush people to death without any way to survive.

He swam over and held Zheng Songlin's arm first. Zheng Songlin subconsciously pulled back. He sternly said, "Don't move or scream. If the deep diving suit is broken, you will die!"

Zheng Songlin understood the pros and cons. He was so scared that he stopped quickly, but the scream could not stop: "Ahhh, Brother Ao, Brother Ao, Brother Ao, Xiaobo, save me, save me!"

Ao Muyang calmly said, "Stop calling, we will definitely save you. Let's talk about how your arm feels?"
Chapter completed!