Chapter 60 Chapter 6 Sea Fire

"Grassland, grassland... There are a lot of ghosts, there are ghosts!" The man spat out a few incoherent words from his pale purple lips, and we all shook our heads. The vast sea here is vast and boundless. Where can I find the grassland he said? The distance between the South China Sea and the grassland is not close. What does the "grassland" that comes out of his mouth mean?What does he mean by "ghost"? In the blue sky, how can there be ghosts? "I know this person, he is the person who came to Xisha to play a few days ago!" The staff on the supply ship squeezed up and said.

"You know him? Then why did he float in the sea for such a long time, and his skin is wrinkled like this!" Xinhong said worriedly. "Let's carry him into the cabin first, he's already very weak!" After saying that, Brother Li made a gesture to lift the man up. I saw that Brother Li was going to carry this man into the cabin, so I hurried over to help.I bent down and lifted the man vigorously, then jumped up.The moment I got up, I found that the pupils of Uncle Tian, ​​Lin Yue and Chen Jing all shrank a lot.I was secretly amazed when I saw the miosis reaction of the three of them at the same time.Because when a person inadvertently discovers something that excites and excites him, that person's pupils will shrink to the smallest in an instant.Just like when playing cards or playing mahjong, if the opponent's pupils suddenly narrow, then you need to pay special attention to him at this time, because he has drawn a good card in all likelihood, so people who are good at playing cards will observe closely Changes to pupillary dilation.

At this moment, I stared at this man full of doubts. There was nothing special about his body, but his skin was white and purple from the sea water, and he muttered some strange words in his mouth. Why did the three of them behave like this? reaction?Unfortunately, before Li Ge and I carried this man into the cabin, he died.Seeing such a scene, our group's happy mood immediately disappeared. The supply ship had just arrived at the vast blue ocean, and we encountered such an unfortunate incident. In addition to being sad for the deceased, everyone was also uneasy.I suddenly remembered that there were some dark blue branches and leaves on the big log in the arms of the deceased, and milky white things were flowing out.So, I ran to the fence of the supply boat again, and there were still many dead sea fish floating in the sea under the boat.I exclaimed in my heart: Is this...wrong, is there still such a nearly extinct thing growing in the South China Sea?However, these sea fish...

"What are you thinking about?" Lin Yue walked over slowly, she lowered her head and saw something strange in the sea, she was slightly surprised and said, "Why are there so many dead fish in the sea?" "Because..." I just wanted to tell her the answer I guessed in my heart, but after thinking about it, the words that came out of my mouth became like this, "It's nothing, probably this group of fish has some kind of disease." Lin Yue's face was full of doubts, obviously she didn't believe my explanation at all, Lin Yue's mouth opened slightly, she seemed to want to say something else.After a moment of hesitation, she remained silent.I looked towards the end of the South China Sea, wanting to see what mysterious place lies at the end of the South China Sea, but I couldn't see anything except sea water.I looked at Lin Yue beside me, and remembered the last words Xinhong said when I was in the aquarium.At that time, we were about to leave the aquarium, but Xinhong suddenly turned around and asked Uncle Tian: "Uncle Tian, ​​did you know Lin Yue before?"

I am very curious about Xinhong's words, and I don't know why he would ask such a question.Bored, I asked casually, "Lin Yue, did you know Uncle Tian before?" "I don't know each other, but I do now." Lin Yue replied with a smile, "Why do you ask such a question?" "It's nothing, it's boring, so just ask." After I finished speaking, I saw the staff on the supply ship come out of the cabin, so I went up and asked, "Just now you said you knew the deceased, who is he? ?” "Oh, that's right. I'm actually not that familiar with him, because there are not many people who come here to travel in a year, and even fewer people can get on the supply ship, so I have some impressions of the people who came here recently. I remember that the deceased came with three other people, wasn’t it windy and rainy a few days ago, they disappeared in Qilianyu, didn’t the news on TV report it?”

"It turned out to be one of those four people!" I was taken aback, and said, "The other three people don't know what's going on now, what happened to them, that person seems to be quite frightened." "Who knows what they did. Originally, they all went to Qilian Islet without approval, but it was not reported on TV. We will report this matter to our superiors when we return from Yongxing Island." It was nearly nine o’clock in the evening, and the black night that came late covered the South China Sea. Everyone who was tired went to sleep early, but I felt an inexplicable uneasiness in my heart. I was still very awake in the middle of the night, without any sleepiness.After the excitement and excitement, I always feel that there is something wrong with this trip to the South China Sea. We came too hastily.Although I always feel that there are many things wrong with this trip to win the lottery, but I can't find any wrong place.There was a small window in the cabin where I was, through which I could see the boundless ocean outside. At this time, the sky was completely dark, but I saw the sea water outside the window began to glow gradually, and it took a few minutes to replenish the surroundings of the ship. The sea area of ​​the sea has emitted a strong light!

When I saw such a wonderful scene, I couldn't help being surprised, and I was even more surprised when I walked out of the cabin quickly.This is sea fire!The glow of sea water is commonly called sea fire.The sea fires at this time were very magnificent. They surged one after another and hit each other into waves, making the sea sparkle.The supply ship was driving on the sea, with sea water splashing in all directions, and a long "fire dragon" was dragging at the stern.For such a gorgeous sea fire, it has been recorded in ancient Chinese books. People in the past have always been puzzled by it. It was not until the 20th century that people realized that these "sea fires" are actually marine organisms.

It is generally believed that sea fires are caused by the disturbance of photoluminescent organisms in the water, such as the "Fire Lake" on Grand Bahama Island in Latin America. Because there are a large number of luminous dinoflagellates, every night, you will see the The swing of the oars aroused thousands of "fires".Therefore, it is speculated that when the seawater is violently shaken by earthquakes or tsunamis, these creatures will be stimulated to make them emit abnormal lights. However, other researchers dispute this.They proposed that the seawater was also violently disturbed on a stormy night, so why didn't these luminous organisms be stimulated to produce seafire.Therefore, they believe that the sea fire is a kind of luminous phenomenon similar to the "earth light" on the ground.In short, the cause of sea fires has not yet been determined, but sea fires occur from time to time.

"These sea fires are beautiful. You are so lucky. We rarely saw sea fires when we drove the supply ship back and forth between the islands. This time we really made a profit!" The staff on the supply ship said excitedly. I saw the staff being so agitated that I deduced from that that sea fires don't happen often here.Although I didn't know why I was panicked when I saw the gorgeous sea fire, but I excitedly called Uncle Tian and the others out of bed.Everyone reluctantly opened their sleepy eyes, and when they walked out of the cabin and saw the sea fire, the expressions on their faces froze.I saw everyone's pupils shrinking rapidly again.This time they were so excited that their pupils shrank because they saw Haihuo, so why did Uncle Tian, ​​Lin Yue and Chen Jing react so much when they saw that man last time?

"It's so spectacular. We seem to be floating on fire. This kind of sea water is really strange." Chen Jing said after taking a deep breath. "I didn't expect the South China Sea to be so intoxicating during the day, but also so charming at night." Lin Yue said with a smile. However, when Chen Jing saw that Lin Yue was so intoxicated, she immediately stepped aside and acted disapprovingly. "Do these people have feuds with Lin Yue? Xinhong is like this, and now even Chen Jing is like this!" I wondered in my heart. Everyone admired the sea fire with great interest until the early morning, and finally returned to the cabin to rest reluctantly.When I was sleeping soundly, I heard a piercing sound from the supply ship, which was the signal for the supply ship to arrive at Yongxing Island.Because I was watching the rare sea fire last night, I didn't sleep well, and now my whole head hurts like hell.We disembarked with our heavy luggage. There were many people standing on the island. At first glance, we thought they were here to welcome us, but in fact they were all here to carry the goods on the supply ship.Every time the supply ship came to Yongxing Island, the people on the island would have a two-day holiday as if it were a holiday. Over time, these two days really became a festival on the island.

As soon as the six of us got off the boat, there were a few horrified cries from the crowd on the island.We followed the reputation, and there was a corpse of a man in his thirties that washed up on the shore!I was worried that it might be one of the four tourists, so I hurriedly pulled the staff on the supply ship to identify it.When we ran over, there were already crowds around the male corpse. When the staff saw the male corpse, their faces paled a lot.He didn't make a sound and didn't answer my question at all.The staff turned and left in a hurry. After a long time, he brought back an old woman with gray hair.It seems that the old lady is an aborigine on the island, because her clothes are very old-fashioned and belong to the South Island style. The old woman walked over tremblingly, probably she had some neurasthenia, which is a common symptom of the elderly.She approached the male corpse and took great pains to see the corpse clearly. I think this male corpse is probably the son or grandson of the old man.Sure enough, after seeing the corpse clearly, the old woman immediately showed an expression of extreme pain, and the wrinkles on her face were twisted together.She didn't say a word, just stood beside the male corpse and wept.This made everyone around feel very sad, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I softly comforted the old woman: "Grandma, don't be sad, people can't be resurrected after death, please mourn." The old woman didn't make a sound, she was still crying violently, I asked again: "Is he your son or grandson?" The old woman tried her best to stop her sobbing, and then said word by word: "He is not my son, nor my grandson! He...he is my eldest brother who has been missing for more than fifty years!"