dognovel Chapter 718
Chapter 718
Apart from problems with the propeller and sonar system, other equipment is intact.
Everyone gathered in the cockpit and set off for the return trip.
They followed Zhou Shuwan's instructions and drove smoothly for more than three hours.
Zhou Shuwan suddenly said, "Brother Xiaoyu, adjust the course and turn thirty degrees to the left."
Qi Mingyu did not hesitate at all and immediately adjusted the submarine's course according to her instructions.
The submarine slowly turned and bypassed a large underwater reef.
Then, as the submarine gradually approached, the surrounding temperature gradually rose, as if entering a strange underwater area.
"There seems to be a hot spring here."
A hint of surprise flashed in Zhou Shuwan's eyes, his hand still pressed against the glass, sensing the surrounding environment.
She could clearly feel that there were a large number of heat-resistant fish in this area, swimming in the boiling sea water, as if they had found a unique way to survive in the high temperature.
"Hot spring?" Mu Mu squinted his eyes and looked out the window, a little curious: "Sister, are there any fish here?"
Zhou Shuwan nodded, the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "Yes, and there are quite a few. These are heat-resistant fish, probably adapted to the high temperature environment here."
After hearing this, Qi Mingyu immediately slowed down the speed of the submarine and controlled it to slowly approach the hot spring area.
Only when they arrived nearby did they understand why there were hot springs there.
The hot springs are located near the Great Rift Valley on the seabed, which has been torn into many huge rift valleys and countless small fractures due to the movement of plates.
The hot magma of the deep mantle plume in the earth and the convection activity of the upper mantle continuously spew magma upward from the rift valleys and faults, forming volcanoes. After the volcanic eruption, the most spectacular submarine hot springs are formed.
At this moment, they saw such a spectacular and strange scene in the submarine:
Steam billows, smoke curls, and chimneys stand tall.
Mu Mu sat in front of the sonar system screen. Although the system had failed, he still habitually stared at the screen as if he could see something from it.
"There are fish here!" Mu Mu said suddenly.
He pointed in the direction of the hot spring emitting steam.
Around the steaming hot springs, there are large schools of heat-resistant fish that seem to be completely unaffected by the high temperatures.
The whole family looked at this strange sight in shock.
They have become accustomed to the eternal darkness and low temperatures over the past six months.
And the sea gradually forming ice!
But they didn't expect to see such a steaming scene in this unfamiliar sea.
And yet there are so many fish growing in such a high temperature that is obviously impossible for humans to survive.
The colors and shapes of these fish are very different.
Qi Mingyu measured the temperature here and whispered, "The water temperature of the hot spring is around 300 degrees Celsius."
"It's incredible!" Mu Mu murmured to himself.
Such hot springs actually existed before the end of the world. There are mid-ocean ridges in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are about 3000 meters above the ocean floor and are formed by the continuous eruption of magma from under the earth's crust.
There are large rift valleys in the ocean ridges, from which magma erupts, and there are often many hot springs in these rift valleys.
A large number of organisms live around the "chimney forest"-like material ejected by these hot springs.
And the color of the smoke coming out of the chimneys is very different.
Some of the smoke is black, some is white, and some is as light as the twilight.
Scientists have tested these ejected materials and found that they contain a large amount of sulfur iron ore, pyrite, sphalerite, copper and iron sulfides, etc., which will play an important role in the future development of mankind.
Near the mouths of deep-sea hydrothermal vents, you will find all kinds of strange creatures that have never been seen before.
They include unusually large red clams, crabs, blood-red tubeworms, oysters, mussels, crabs, shrimp, and some hydroids shaped like dandelions.
Of course, none of the discoveries had ever been made before for fish.