Endless route

Chapter 193 32. Jellyfish, porcelain, undersea volcanoes

Ji Dao reached out and pointed to the device screen. The jellyfish photo was enlarged to the limit, and a blurry and dark object appeared. Compared with the human bones just now, it looked ordinary.

But its shape looked familiar.

This thing is a bit like a porcelain vase. Its streamlined curved surface is like the large blue and white porcelain vases that are abundant in the secret realm.

Almost exactly the same.

Even if it is covered with a layer of gray, it does not affect his judgment, because Zheng Yun sees this shape basically every day.

"You suspect it's porcelain?"

Zheng Yun frowned and glanced at the hole. Although the shape is similar, there may be shells or other things with similar shapes in nature. For the time being, it is only 90% certain.

Ten percent remains.

This is the rigorous attitude of the Supervisor.

"Yes, Master Immortal, we are very familiar with this thing, and this type of porcelain vase is used by Triton captains to store fresh water, salt or pickles. Every Triton captain must have it."

Jidao turned the screen and stood the 'porcelain bottle' up and said: "It's more obvious when you look at it this way. Half of the bottleneck is broken, but it should be the standard porcelain of our Ming Dynasty Haiwei."

This kind of special porcelain used at sea is equipped with a special wooden frame device to prevent it from being broken in rough waves, so its format has rarely changed for hundreds of years.

The Ming Dynasty Marine Corps had a large number of people and went to sea frequently for several years. There were even chickens, ducks, sheep, and horses on board, and there were cabins dedicated to growing food, and all had unified regulations.

The porcelain on the voyage was basically from the East. As long as they recognized the relevant types, they could easily determine the age of these artifacts. It was not difficult for Zheng Yun and Jidao.

"There is indeed something down there."

Zheng Yun sighed lightly, with complicated emotions. It seemed that the ancient East had indeed left some traces around here.

It is currently impossible to determine the source of these jellyfish, and we do not know where they floated up, but we can basically conclude that the depths of the cave are connected to the wreckage site.

There is nothing wrong with the previous guess.

W-07 itself is an area where shipwrecks are concentrated. Regardless of ancient and modern times, there are a large number of ships sunk in the corners of the vast sea, whether they are naval pirates or pirates, and are covered in dust on the dark seabed.

The purpose of Jia Si Aileen and others coming here is to salvage the sunken ship, and the clues about the sunken ship ruins are very reasonable.

But this is too weird.

Why does Triton's porcelain appear in the body of a jellyfish? How was this stuffed in? Will jellyfish swallow foreign objects into their bodies? Isn't it some weird trick?

"Jellyfish porcelain vase, what do you say?"

Zheng Yun looked at Ji Dao confused and asked. He was familiar with many Haiwei techniques. He might know the connection between jellyfish and porcelain bottles. Maybe it was another kind of 'demon control' technique.

These two keywords are so weird and bizarre that they are similar to the vase girl commonly seen in ancient fantasy novels. That thing was Zheng Yun's childhood nightmare and he had seen it once in a scenic spot.

In addition, there are long-lived species of jellyfish, and even immortal species. It is not uncommon to live from hundreds of years ago to the present.

"Master Immortal, I really have never heard of it. Haiwei does have something similar. It has magic methods to control demons embedded in the bodies of some demonic beasts. However, there are not many mentions of jellyfish in ancient records."

Ji Dao scratched his head and looked puzzled. He also found this thing unbelievable. The jellyfish here were among the lowest-ranking monsters in the Celestial Palace. Triton would not be able to control monsters like this.

Can make people extremely happy.

This ability has no use. Can it suppress demons and ghosts and protect vicissitudes of life? Or can it kill thousands of enemies overnight...

"Creatures like jellyfish don't even have brains. Even if they are implanted with modern chips, they are difficult to control. How can the ancient sea guards make them obey orders?"

Li Xia heard the conversation between the two and asked in confusion, but she did not dare to say anything. She herself was controlled by the Yin soldiers using the old tricks left by the Hades Pavilion.

"Let's find someone first."

Zheng Yun shook his head. There weren't many things left by his ancestors that weren't weird. There was no point in them dreaming here.

You can't guess from the control method.

Instead, we should work backwards from the purpose.

Zheng Yun doesn't think these jellyfish are being controlled by Haiwei, because these jellyfish are harmless, but if they are big enough, they may be able to carry cargo deep under the sea.

The deep sea is inaccessible to humans.

Due to the objective constraints of water pressure, modern technology cannot explore the deep sea on a large scale, but deep-sea creatures are not restricted and can travel from 10,000 meters under the sea to near the surface.

Their ability in this regard is much stronger than that of humans, and even modern submarines are incomparable. They can automatically adjust the pressure in their bodies and adapt to extremely terrifying water pressure.

But even so.

Triton is also difficult to exploit.

It can only be said that it is feasible to a certain extent. If Zheng Yunsheng had become a member of the ancient sea guards in ancient times, he might have reported this fantastic idea to his colleagues for study.

"Have you found the iron cage?" Licia nodded and looked at Kedester, who had been lying on the entrance of the hole, dipping the equipment into the water, looking for clues in the depths.

"I can see two, and they are empty."

Kedester shook his head, stood up, fished out the device, and projected the captured picture onto the screen in Noriichi's hand.

Everyone looked down.

In the deep and dark depths of the sea, an iron chain extends to a depth that is difficult to illuminate with a flashlight. An iron cage can be vaguely seen at the end, but it is empty inside.

Another cage is deeper.

Due to chromatic aberration, the color of the picture is slightly distorted, and the iron cage is shaking at the intersection of light and darkness.

Below the cage is the pitch-black deep sea. If the chain hadn't extended across it, no one would be able to see its outline.

"The deep sea is indeed very dangerous."

"But the photo was too scary."

Ji Dao looked at the scene in the photo, then looked into the hole to compare the difference between his eyes and the equipment.

He has been guarding Tiangong all his life and rarely dives in the sea. However, the records in Tiangong's ancient books describe many strange stories about the deep sea, which are far more mysterious than any other dangerous place.

Because even for the Tritons, the deep sea is an existence that is difficult to peek into, and they know very little about the bottom of the sea.

But the photos taken by modern equipment are even more terrifying. It is pitch black underwater, not even a ghost can be seen. Beyond a few dozen meters, it is pure darkness. A strange thing can emerge at any time and eat people. The feeling of fear surrounds you in all directions. .

This scene is really scary.

Judging from the photos alone, the blue and turbid water is more intimidating than the Pregnant Demon Tower and the Immortal Sacrifice Cave. At least the latter has land to step on, while there is really nothing in the deep sea.

"There is nothing in the cage. Could it be that it was put down empty? Or is the facility here broken down due to disrepair?" Kedester looked up at Licia.

"I just checked. There is no problem with the equipment and it can run smoothly." Li Xiya denied with a solemn expression.

"I'm going to check out the other cages." Kedester carried the equipment and walked toward the other holes in the basement.

"Everyone should be more vigilant."

Zheng Yun dispersed the Yin soldiers to guard the door.

Ji Dao clearly heard the clicking sound of the iron chain just now. They did not encounter anyone along the way, and Ji Dao did not hear any human voice. So where was the person who activated the facility?

Zheng Yunye and Li Xiya just went to the control room to take a look. The structure of this facility is very simple and durable. It cannot sound automatically and can only be activated by someone.

Since someone is here, unless this person is hiding in a room, the only place he can go is underwater.

"There are a lot of impurities in the seawater here. Our equipment is not professional enough and the visual distance is low."

Cadest put the device down again.

This time they were exploring the abandoned manor, and the equipment they carried was not a professional underwater searchlight. It could only reach a search range of tens of meters. If they wanted to see far, they had to use professional equipment.

Equipment is not an issue.

But they need to go back and replace it.

And even if the equipment is changed, it will probably only be slightly enhanced. The water quality here is far worse than that of diving in the strait. It is completely impossible to see hundreds of meters in one breath.

W-07 started mining hundreds of years ago, and in modern times it has been exploited wildly and uncontrollably by large machines. There are large mines along the coast of this sea area, so it is impossible to have no impact.

In this case, no equipment is used. The sea water is quite blue, but the impurities can completely block the transmission of light.

"Let's search around first. If it doesn't work, go back and make preparations. Don't worry yet." Zheng Yun said softly.

Not only did they bring underwater search equipment, they didn't even bring professional diving equipment. Even if there were figures passing by below, they had no choice but to wait at the entrance of the cave.

No one expected this to be the case inside the manor. The lack of preparation is understandable, but one must not act rashly.

"It's the same here, but you can see more clearly. The door of the iron cage is open and there is nothing inside."

Kedester sent the photo.

At the end of a slightly corroded iron rope, an iron cage floated quietly in the sea water. The door of the cage was wide open, and there was nothing inside. There was nothing within the range of the flashlight.

The cage seemed to be suspended in the void.

There was infinite darkness in all directions.

This picture looks indescribable, mixed with people's fear of the unknown deep sea, and has an indescribable sense of paradox.

"I can't understand the function of the iron cage. If you have to get out of the cage, why do you still use the cage?"

Li Xiya looked confused.

Just a few tens of meters away, what is the difference between jumping directly with diving equipment and using an iron cage to jump down and then leave? Maybe this is also a clue.

It shouldn't be waterproof.

Jellyfish move freely under the sea. If the jellyfish is dangerous, people will still be at risk after leaving the iron cage.

"The length of the iron chain is about fifty meters, and the limit that the flashlight can reach is only forty meters. Maybe the sea water is not as deep as we thought, and the bottom is the bottom of the sea? Did the people riding in the iron cage take other paths after touching the bottom of the sea? "

Kedester recovered the equipment and analyzed it.

If there is a secret passage under the sea, the opponent can go down in the iron cage, and then quickly get into the secret passage and leave here.

"This guess should be relatively close." Zheng Yun nodded. The iron cages that have been lowered so far are the six on the left and right of the ten grooved cages in the basement.

Those who go down are located at the edge of the basement.

Not a single thing in the central iron cage moved.

Kedster's guess is possible, but what is more likely is that there are no secret passages on the seabed, but there are secret passages on the underwater 'rock wall', such as large cracks on the rock wall.

It's less likely that the water is only a few dozen meters deep, and if that's the case, the site would be too small to explain the source of the jellyfish and wouldn't fit the surrounding topography.

For such a large creature, the space for gestation and growth cannot be small. This is an inevitable law of biological evolution, and even the most amazing jellyfish cannot change it.

Unless the jellyfish were specially caught by Good Manor, kept underground in the manor, and raised slowly from childhood, but does the manor have that ability? And the origin of the porcelain bottle cannot be explained.

Zheng Yun thinks the possibility is extremely low.

As for the horizontal space, it is impossible. The manor is firmly located on the island, so it cannot be empty below. If there was an underground sea under the feet, the manor would have collapsed long ago.

The area of ​​this underground sea is at most the same as the area of ​​this underground chamber, which is about twenty meters in diameter.

Zheng Yun still prefers submarine volcanoes.

The water depth around the island ranges from high to low, and combined with the narrow exit of twenty meters in diameter, it is consistent with the topography of an extinct volcano on the seabed, or it may be some kind of seafloor fissure.

No matter which one it is, the water below is likely to be several thousand meters deep, but it must be very narrow near the water surface.

In this case, the secret passages or cracks on the 'inner wall of the crater' are very likely to lead to other places.

Zheng Yun expressed his general thoughts.

Both Kedester and Licia agreed, but this guess could not be confirmed for the time being, and they could not go into the water.

"With the capabilities and management direction of Goode Manor, it is impossible to build a secret passage below. It should be a natural crack, or a relic left by our Ming Dynasty Sea Guards."

Kedester continued his analysis.

The Ming Dynasty Haiwei is the best in the world.

This is basically what he meant.

"Impossible, there is nothing here. It is impossible for Triton to come here to build a secret tunnel. If it is built, it will not be Goode Manor's turn to entertain."

Ji Dao immediately rejected his opinion. Triton has the ability to do this, but it does not mean that they will do whatever they want. It will also make Westerners come to the Triton ruins and make it a mess.

"It should be a natural crack. Let's consider the next step." Zheng Yun picked up the flashlight and looked around.

Things here have always been led by Keldester and Li Xia, and Zheng Yun did not intend to change this when he came here this time, otherwise it would become entirely dependent on the supervision of the Immortal Division.

The process of exploring the abandoned manor was relatively smooth. Although there were many clouds, there were not many dangers encountered along the way.

In other words, the danger has not yet arrived.

The relics left by explorers who died are everywhere, and the causes of their deaths require caution and may be unexpected.

But inferences can also be made.

The path I have walked on should have been walked by all the explorers who encountered disaster, and there is no difference between what I saw and heard.

Since I could get here safely, other explorers should be able to as well, so they died after this.

The countdown to life begins upon arrival at the Underground Hall.

It’s still unclear when the timer will end.

But the purpose of most of these explorers coming to nearby waters is to salvage sunken ships on the seabed. If they see jellyfish and the Ming Dynasty shipwreck items inside the jellyfish...

The results speak for themselves.

They should be in the water looking for it.

According to conventional logic, the cause of their death should be underwater, and the countdown will end underwater.

There should be no problem with this conclusion.

"Chief, I will go back now to get the equipment and come back. We should be able to make the round trip within fifteen hours. Should we go back together, or should we leave some people on the island to investigate and wait?"

Kedester comes up with his plan.

"..."

Zheng Yun was silent for a moment.

This problem smells like something going wrong. As long as we work separately, there will probably be some problems on this side of the island.

It's actually a good thing at this moment.

There are some problems on the island that have not surfaced until now, and perhaps a bait is needed to catch them.

You can be the bait yourself.

Jian Xian Si came to act as bait himself to see what kind of fish he could help Kedester attract, and also to see if the fish on the island could eat all Jian Xian Si alive.

"It's up to you." Zheng Yun said softly.

"Okay." Kedester smiled with deep facial features and took out his walkie-talkie to contact the members on the ground.