Wandao long distance

Chapter 442
On the bottom of the sea, the ebb and flow of the tide, the surging waves, the steady current in the ocean current or the rushing waves of the turbulent stream will cause a strong current, which also makes the bottom of the water separate into layers of undercurrents, just like the bottom of the water. The highway is average.

Li Qi and Lao Ma followed the merman girl and moved quickly on these underwater highways. Even if he didn't know how to swim, it was quite fast and labor-saving to simply be swept away by the current.

However, these tides are not brought by the real moon, but by a pearl.

Li Qi couldn't help staring at that dreamy, moon-like bright pearl.

Seeing Li Qi's appearance, the merman girl said, "Ah, sir, are you curious about that pearl?"

"I'm really curious. The underwater is so dim, and the light source seems to be brought by these pearls. What is it that has such power?" Li Qi asked.

The merman girl smiled and said, "That's the pearl spit out by the clam mother, not only for lighting, but also for the energy under the water of Dongyu Island."

"The energy under Dongyu's water..." Li Qi nodded thoughtfully.

That is, is Dongyu essentially driven by these pearls?

interesting.

Following the current all the way down, Li Qi soon felt the pressure, and now he has reached three or four miles underwater.

That is to say, the depth of the sea is close to more than 2000 meters, which is already quite terrifying pressure. The sunlight above has completely disappeared, and the surroundings are so dark that it is impossible to distinguish, and it seems like there is nothing in between.

Although in terms of the East China Sea, this is considered a shallow sea, or even the surface sea, but to Li Qi, this has actually entered the deep sea, and the surrounding light sources are only Dongyu and those pearls. It emits a faint light, illuminating the surrounding scenes.

But in fact, Li Qi discovered that those mermaids and sea people do not need light at all, and seeing things in the dark seems to them instinctively.

But for Li Qilai, who is used to using his eyes, there are a large number of swimming fish appearing and disappearing suddenly in the darkness, and the seafolk also randomly appear around. Raises considerable unease and fear.

Li Qi knew that this kind of fear was groundless, he had sufficient firepower, and could crush these swimming fish and sea people into pieces with all his strength, but he still couldn't suppress this instinctive anxiety.

This is the oppression of the ocean itself on land creatures, especially those like Li Qi who have never been in the sea.

It may take him a while to get used to this feeling.

Looking around, Li Qi could see Dongyu's incomparably broad body, which was as trustworthy as a continental shelf, and it was even covered with dark caves.

Although the eyes are useless at this time, Li Qi is a witch after all, and he has more than just eyes.

Speaking of this, Li Qi once had the illusion that with the improvement of his cultivation, his eyes would become more and more powerful, and he would be able to see through everything and transform all information into visualizations.

But with the improvement of his cultivation, he discovered... Although he has indeed mastered more and more observation skills, and his eyes are getting better and better, he can see farther and farther, and his dynamic vision is getting stronger and stronger. But eyes... are always just eyes.

It is also said that the structure of the eye is doomed to be only an optical sensor, no matter how sensitive the optical sensor is, it is always an optical matter, and it is impossible to say that it can suddenly have the function of a gravitational wave sensor.

Therefore, a real practitioner, in order to strengthen his ability in perception, usually buys himself some other sensors.

Therefore, after Li Qi realized that he could not see, he took out a translucent bug that looked like a droplet.

Then, he put the bug into the eye socket.

Immediately, the surrounding environment instantly became clear, and there was nothing to hide from the darkness. Li Qi also obtained a considerable degree of dark vision, and could even rely on the self-luminescence of his eyes to see things in a dark environment.

The merman girl stared blankly, as if she had never seen such an operation of actively stuffing worms into her eyes.

Witchcraft has always been famous for its weirdness, and it also cultivates bugs.

The way of witchcraft, Li Qi also has a little research now, all of which is based on the study of witchcraft silkworms, and what he uses now is the pupil worms he bought in the past.

The pupils can convert other things into understandable light signals, and with this, the means of observation of the sea floor will be available.

Li Qi didn't delay their journey after doing these things, so it didn't take long before they entered the bottom of the water four or five miles deep, and then swam towards the left hand side of Dongyu for nearly [-] miles. The ribs are in place.

Here, the merman girl finally stopped.

Li Qi could see that there were quite a lot of sharks living on the rock wall here, both male and female.

The mermaid race seems to be reluctant to wear clothes because they are in the water. After all, the resistance brought by the clothes is quite huge, far inferior to the scales and skin of the mermaids.

However, female mermaids do not actually have lactation organs, and their upper bodies are flat and smooth.

After all... this seems to be an egg-laying race, and there is no need for breastfeeding, so it doesn't look so outrageous, so this race, regardless of gender, has a slender and smooth body.

Beautiful is beautiful, but there is a sense of 'alien'.

But it doesn't matter, Li Qi is used to meeting all kinds of races, even Mr. Pandemic has seen them before, but it's just a few mermaids, what's the big deal?
"Sir, I'm home, why don't you wait here for a while, I'll talk to my family about the situation, and then I'll come, and I'll be by your side for the next seven days, then please do whatever you want." The merman turned around , Facing Li Qi, said so.

"Okay, go back and tell your family. By the way, do you mind if I go with you?" Li Qi said suddenly.

"Ah? If you mind, I don't mind... But, I'm just going home to report. Is it possible that Mister is afraid that I'll run away?" the merman girl was puzzled.

"No, the main reason is that I'm a little curious about the Merman's house, and I've never seen it before, but it's a bit impolite to trespass privately. Why don't you go in with you and see what the Merman's residential area looks like?" Li said. Qi said so.

This answer is indeed true.

All he really knew was that he was curious. Li Qi had always been very curious about a strange race like the mermaids.

"If that's the case...then there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that the house is shabby, and I'm afraid you won't see any rare scenes..." The mermaid girl seemed a little embarrassed.

"What kind of rare scene can compare with the traditions that the mermaids have followed for thousands of years? What I want to see is the ordinary home of the mermaids. You know, the more ordinary something is, the more ordinary it is. Appropriate way." Li Qi said.

What kind of spectacle can compare to the mermaid clan itself?
In other words, the living tradition and family structure of the mermaid clan is already a wonder that has been developed for tens of thousands of years. To the mermaids themselves, they may have become accustomed to it, but to Li Qi, this is nothing like a garden The scenery is much more interesting.

However, saying this sentence made the merman girl in front of her slightly stunned.

As the gentleman in front of me said, the more ordinary things are, the more profound truths they contain, not because the Dao is ordinary, but because the Dao constitutes everything, and the more you see it, the more ordinary it becomes.

An analogy is... the pioneering modern art of the tall, seemingly very cutting-edge and cutting-edge, easily hyped and sold for billions of dollars, but without him, there will be nothing, and there will be no special impact.

But in ordinary life, three or five yuan of firewood, rice, oil and salt are extremely ordinary and can be picked up, but this is the real way to make society function normally. The countless circulation rules hidden in it are nothing at first glance, but the deeper you go, the more difficult it is. It can be found that it contains the wisdom of countless predecessors. If it is gone, the whole society will be blown up.

It is not because it is ordinary that it is popular everywhere.

It is because of its popularity that it appears ordinary.

This soft sentence caused the merman girl to suddenly fall into deep thought. Li Qi did not disturb her, but stood quietly and waited.

After a while, the merman girl suddenly straightened up, and then bowed to Li Qi with a very unskilled etiquette: "Thank you, sir... Please take this back, sir. I dare not accept the entrustment of the past seven days." reward."

As she spoke, she held out both hands and returned Li Qi's lamp.

Li Qi smiled: "It's good that you can do your best, this magic weapon is nothing to me, just accept it."

Li Qi could tell that during the period of her silence just now, many messy qi in her body had dissipated, and those should be the 'cutting-edge trends' that this little girl was after.

The brand-new cultivation method and the brand-new technique, although useful, have cultivated an impetuous Dao heart.

But when she wanted to understand this matter, she took the initiative to cut through these "cutting-edge modern techniques" and focus on the foundation. Although it was temporarily weakened, it would be beneficial in the long run, so she Will take the initiative to worship Li Qi.

That way, she'll do her best when she's supposed to be a tour guide.

But the merman girl nodded gratefully, and then said: "My name is Leifang, you can call me by this name directly, sir, please slow down, I will go to greet you at home to welcome you."

"No, as long as everything is normal, what's the point of making it grand? Let's go, don't delay." Li Qi urged.

Lei Fang nodded, not daring to object to Li Qi, so he swung his tail and swam towards the depths.

Li Qi led the old horse and followed behind.

At this time, Dululu spit out a few bubbles.

Li Qi rolled his eyes: "What do you mean I pretend to be an expert to lie to the little girl... I am already an expert, okay? Besides, I have a specialization in surgery, so what if I can't swim? Let's go your way!"

The old horse sticks out its tongue slightly, then speeds up, keeping up with Leispin.

However, while running, Li Qi suddenly discovered something.

You can indeed see a lot of sharks around, and...they are all engaged in the pearl planting industry, there are men and women, but the industries they are engaged in are basically exactly the same.

Why?
natural?Or is it just an accident?

According to Li Qi's understanding, the places where the sharks live should be full of everything, and the skills they practice should also have their own merits.

You know, even in Baiyue, where the skills are so inferior, there are still various industries, and there are still various skills passed down within the human race.

But at first glance, although the surrounding area is active and there are quite a few sharks, it turns out that they are all planted pearls!

They inlaid the pearl oyster on the shell of Dongyu, and then put a trace of air and sand into it, so that the pearl oyster would continuously produce pearls, but apart from that, they had no other industries.

The shepherds in the sea that Li Qi saw outside were also of other races, not mermaids.

Is it such a single industry?This is not conducive to the development of the race. Is it like this for all the mermaids, or is it only the mermaids of Dongyu?

With such doubts in mind, Li Qi finally came to Leifang's home.

Tears happily rushed inside.

She shouted loudly: "Father, mother! I'm back! By the way, I also brought a nobleman. This gentleman hired me to be his guide for seven days. By the way, this is the reward for this time. I also bought a hundred beads, which is enough for the rent of the moon phase!"

Li Qi looked at this 'home' not far away.

The mermaids are a race in the water, so naturally they don't live on flat and solid land like humans.

The human race is used to living in a flat world, with only east, west, north, west, front, back, left, and right, rarely using up and down.

But the mermaids live in a three-dimensional world, where there are up, down, and surroundings... No, this is not only a four-dimensional area, but a three-dimensional spherical range, so their houses are not standing on a plane, but on a vertical plane. A hole has been cut in the cliff, and the hole has a vast extension.

The body of Dongyu is obviously similar to a tower, it is vertical, they built a complex nest system on the vertical mountain wall, and it seems quite practical.

It is vertical, but not flat. Dongyu's body has many tiny bumps. Of course, Dongyu itself looks very small, but in fact Dongyu's body is extremely huge, hundreds of miles high, so these The small bumps even make up the 'landscape', like a row of hills.

These nests of sharks are built in all directions among the hills on these walls, not only not crowded, but more than enough, a lot of places are used to grow pearl mussels.

If Li Qi had to describe it, this is a... honeycomb?
Almost, the surrounding environment is like entering a beehive, a three-dimensional nest hanging in the treetops, but the scale is surprisingly large.

However, when Li Qi observed the surrounding environment, he was also thinking about one thing.

Just now, did Leifang say 'rent child'?

In other words... there are renters in this area?
Who are they paying rent to?

Is this why they are all in the pearl farming industry?
(End of this chapter)