Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Return to the Island

"You should have no problem diving, right?" Miller asked Cao Cang. Cao Cang nodded slightly. "Since you can be sent to this experiment, of course you have received diving training, I am talking too much." Miller said. "Shall we go into the water now?" "No, let's wait first." Miller pointed to the sky and said, "Let's stay on the deck for a while and go down after noon." As the sun approached noon, it gradually brightened. Miller took off his shirt to reveal his chest, and his green skin stood out.Cao Cang saw that Miller, who had undergone a physiological mutation, was enjoying a sunbath.

Cao Cang did the same, and saw that his body was exactly the same as Miller's.It seems that the green algae is very adaptable to his body and has completely integrated. "Have you studied biology?" Miller asked suddenly. "No." Cao Cang shook his head and said, "But an Indian-American who entered the different sea with me is a biologist, and I heard a lot from him about this." "Then he must be very surprised if he sees the changes in our bodies." Miller said, "Plant genes have been integrated into our bodies (gene technology developed rapidly in the 1990s, and a laboratory in a certain country has been able to integrate animal genes into our bodies. Solanaceae plants, but so far there is no experimental report on the integration of plant genes into animal embryos).”

Looking at his body, Cao Cang thought helplessly, in his current condition, is he a human or a plant? "Do you find it difficult to accept that you have degenerated into a plant?" Miller asked lightly. Cao Cang couldn't answer. This feeling was really strange. Although he knew that obtaining some of the biological functions of plants would not do him any harm, he still felt a strong sense of loss in his heart. "Humans are the highest level of biological development, and that's how we've been educated," Miller said. "We're God's favorite creation."

"I don't believe in religion." Cao Cang said. "Yes, you are from a socialist country, you are a materialist, are you a party member?" "Of course!" Cao Cang said firmly. "From Darwin's theory of evolution, human beings should be the advanced product of biological evolution." Miller suddenly changed the subject, "But his theory only applies to the earth." Cao Cang vaguely knew what Miller was going to say. "The universe is so big that we can't imagine, and there are so many parallel spaces that we can't imagine, each space is an independent universe." Miller said, "There are countless environments that produce life, why do we have to Do you think animals are the ultimate direction of life development?"

Cao Cang was trembling in his heart. Miller's statement was too deviant, but it was very reasonable! "There are many forms of life development, and there may be countless life forms independent of animals and plants, but they are not on the earth. Why do we think that the ultimate development of living things can only be the direction of human development? Why can't there be More options?" Miller said. "You mean, the green algae integrated into our body are intelligent life?" Cao Cang asked in amazement. "These green algae have surpassed the life forms of plants on earth, they have a certain intelligence, you have seen it." Miller said, "But if there is a life, similar to green algae, their intelligence is far away. Far more than humans, what do you think?"

"It is impossible for a simple creature to produce advanced intelligence." Cao Cang said, "This common sense, any junior high school student understands." "What if they're going in a different direction?" Miller said. "Individual ants and bees have extremely low IQs, but their populations have a non-negligible IQ." "What do you mean by telling me this?" Cao Cang asked. "It's closely related to us!" Miller said, "I need to prove it, but I can't prove it in the different sea. I need to go back to Earth to find the answer."

Cao Cang said, "Is this the reason why you desperately want to return to Earth?" "Yes." Miller shook his body and said to Cao Cang, "Everything I told you just now, you can go to the bottom of the sea with me and you will know that these are not my baseless guesses!" Cao Cang felt very energetic now, and he knew it was the result of sunlight. "Let's go down." Miller beckoned to Cao Cang, and jumped into the sea first. Cao Cang also jumped down. The two swam on the surface of the sea for a while, when Miller suddenly dived, Cao Cang followed Miller and swam to the bottom of the sea.

Although the sea water here is only a dozen meters deep, the visibility is far from that above the sea surface.There is little dust in the air of the different sea, and the diffuse reflection of light is relatively weak, so the light entering the sea water is relatively weak.After all, Cao Cang has been in the different sea for a long time, and his eyes have already adapted to the brightness of the different sea, so he doesn't feel particularly dim in the sea. During the dive, Cao Cang also realized one thing - he had been diving for nearly a minute, but he didn't feel stuffy at all, and the air he breathed just now on the sea surface could support his activities in the sea for a long time.It must be that the green algae has changed some structures in its body so that the blood can contain more oxygen.Cao Cang can't judge how long he can hold his breath without lack of oxygen. At least he feels that it must be several times longer than before.

Cao Cang suddenly realized that Miller had known about this physical change for a long time, and he must have adapted very well!Cao Cang thought of the fish trainer who commanded the school of fish underwater when he attacked the island.Humans can stay underwater for as long as fish!The direction of this mutation is really terrifying!But Cao Cang suddenly thought that if human beings really migrated to other seas on a large scale and lived in different seas, this must be the direction of human development.On a planet full of sea water, how can human beings continue their way of life on earth?It is not the first time that human beings have made such choices in order to adapt to the environment.When the first population of apes stood up on the East African prairie, abandoned their crawling behavior, left the cradle of the forest, and walked on the strange land with two feet, it was a mutation to adapt to the environment!This kind of mutation will not stop due to the individual's feeling and will, because if there is no change, there are only two consequences, death or stagnation!

This is a choice made by group consciousness, and this choice is undoubtedly very correct.Cao Cang recalled what Miller said before going into the water, about the IQ of ants and bees. Could it be that this kind of group intelligence is not limited to low-level creatures? Humans also have this kind of group consciousness, but individuals cannot perceive it? Cao Cang's wild thoughts stopped abruptly, because what he saw completely shocked him!That is another shock, the shock of the high civilization created by intelligent life!Cao Cang saw the city under the sea.Yes, this is a city - Atlantis!

Cao Cang was completely attracted by everything in front of him, and he didn't care about the changes in his body at all.Afterwards, Cao Cang knew that after part of his genes were assimilated by green algae, he was able to move underwater for a long time without being restricted by the lack of oxygen in his body. Now all of Cao Cang's attention is focused on this seabed. Undoubtedly, this area has sunk into the bottom of the sea for a long time, and those buildings standing on the bottom of the sea—if they can be defined by this name, they are all covered with coral groups, and there are countless others that Cao Cang doesn’t understand. flora and fauna live on the surface of the building.One of these plants resembles kelp and occupies a large area where corals cannot cover.There are also many, many shellfish creatures that are pervasively attached to these buildings. Cao Cang carefully examined the shapes of these buildings, and found that they were not the symmetrical cubes that humans like, or any shape with edges and corners, and of course they were not round or pointed.These buildings are irregular in shape, and they are not the lifeless architectural shapes that are common on the earth!Instead, it is more like a product of nature. These buildings are definitely the work of intelligent creatures, but they should not be humans on earth.Because these buildings are all volleying above the seabed, like a huge leaf floating in the water.These buildings are all linked together.Cao Cang speculated that these buildings were suspended above the land before sinking to the bottom of the sea. How did the civilized creatures of Atlantis make buildings float in the air?Cao Cang continued to dive, and finally saw several pillars standing on the bottom of these buildings.These pillars are the fulcrum of the whole city. The design of this kind of building is very different from that of human beings. Just those few columns cannot be explained by the architectural knowledge known to human beings! There is no doubt that this is a city.Although these buildings are now dilapidated, the remaining buildings still roughly maintain the scale of the year. Back then, Daxizhou was a city in the sky before it sank into the sea.And the whole city must be very high. Later, due to the violent movement of the earth's crust, the upper buildings were destroyed, and only the bottom two floors remained. The buildings are basically arranged randomly, but there are roads connecting them.The people of Atlantis lived in this kind of building back then. Such a high-tech building could be built thousands of years ago, so it can be inferred that the technology of Daxizhou is already very advanced. However, Cao Cang can no longer see more information about civilization. It has been too long, and the sea has changed the buildings a lot.Perhaps more information, has been buried forever. Cao Cang looked at these beautiful buildings slowly, and soft emotions rose in his heart.What a wonderful thing it would be if all human beings lived here! Miller waved ahead, then pointed up with his thumb.Cao Cang understood that it was Miller signaling that he was going to surface and that it was time to take a breath.But Cao Cang doesn't feel any suffocation now. Could it be that the degree of integration of green algae in human beings is also different because of different individuals?From now on, Cao Cang is more adapted to underwater life than Miller. Cao Cang surfaced with Miller. Miller took several breaths on the sea surface, and Cao Cang knew that his thoughts were correct. "Can you still hold on?" Miller asked curiously, "I can only hold on for half an hour." "It's been half an hour?" Cao Cang asked in surprise.Just now Cao Cang was immersed in the shock brought by those buildings, and he didn't realize that time was passing fast. "I'll show you some more things," Miller said, "and you'll understand why I'm going back to Earth." After Miller finished speaking, he dived again. This time, Miller and Cao Cang dived quickly in the water, passed by the buildings covered with coral and kelp, and swam forward.After swimming for a while, Cao Cang saw that this huge city was built on the edge of a huge submarine canyon.Just now Cao Cang was totally observing these buildings, but he didn't see the Grand Canyon that was so close at hand.Whether this huge submarine canyon was formed due to geological changes, or whether it was originally a grand canyon on the mainland, Cao Cang does not know for the time being. However, following Miller and continuing to swim down the canyon, Cao Cang saw clearly that this canyon must have existed before Daxizhou sank.The city was built on the edge of the canyon. From the remains of the buildings on the edge of the canyon, it can be seen that many dilapidated buildings are broken above the canyon. It is obvious that the city even crossed the canyon. Cao Cang further discovered that on the steep rock wall of the canyon, there are similar buildings protruding from the cliff.Cao Cang looked down and saw that there were layers of buildings in the canyon, with no end in sight.It's just that those buildings have all been broken, and only part of them protruded from the cliff. Miller swam towards one direction of the cliff, and Cao Cang followed closely. A huge pothole appeared on the cliff, and Miller swam into it without hesitation.Cao Cang saw countless branch-like buildings extending outside the pothole, and he was sure that these broken branches were the road leading to the pothole in this city. After entering the pothole, Cao Cang was even more confused. The pothole was 40 to 50 meters away from the sea, and it should be very dark inside, but on the contrary, there was plenty of light in this pothole. The stone walls in the cave emit soft light, and there are images on the stone walls. These images are not petroglyphs or carved images, but like the natural lines of the rock walls. These images must be very important information! Cao Cang saw the pattern of the solar system, not only the solar system, but also many star maps—star maps that Cao Cang could not understand, and even the sea charts of different seas!Cao Cang suddenly thought of Ximei's life experience. Could it be that Ximei's ancestors were residents of Atlantis?Probably not, Ximei's nation - "Dan Clan" is definitely human.It must be the ancient Dan people who drifted on the sea, had been to Daxizhou, and had contact with the residents of Atlantis.At that time, Yihai and Earth were still in the same space.So Ximei's ancestors took down the sea chart of Yihai. After the alien sea and the earth separated into two spaces, there are still many human beings looking for the alien sea and Daxizhou on the sea.For this reason, countless records have been handed down, many of which have evolved into myths and legends and remain in human memory. Cao Cang can't ask Miller where the intelligent creatures in Daxizhou have gone. Maybe all these creatures have become extinct with the sinking of Daxizhou. Cao Cang continued to look at the rock wall, and suddenly saw Miller swimming out of the pothole at high speed, he couldn't hold on anymore.However, Miller had already found that Cao Cang could continue, so he pointed to a place deep in the pit with his finger, and then hurriedly swam out. What Miller meant was to come back after a fresh breath and let Cao Cang continue looking at the petroglyphs. Cao Cang swam to the place Miller pointed out to him, and watched carefully. This petroglyph is no longer a star map and a sea map, but a city pattern after another. The city on the pattern is what the city of Atlantis looks like.Obviously, this is describing information related to Daxizhou. This is the key point. The relationship between the earth, the different seas, Daxizhou, intelligent creatures and humans must be reflected in these petroglyphs! The pit was very deep. Cao Cang saw that the petroglyphs in front of him were of the same size. Unlike the chaotic arrangement of the cave entrance petroglyphs, these petroglyphs were arranged in an orderly manner, which seemed to be a set of continuous patterns.And... what appears to be a set of images extending from the inside of the pothole. Cao Cang looked at the pattern closest to him, it was an ocean, in which countless human beings were swimming, and there were many buildings protruding from the sea surface, standing high above the sea surface.These buildings are the shape of the buildings outside the potholes, like one huge tree after another, the roots firmly grasp the bottom of the sea, and the backbone of the building has countless branches, both on the bottom of the sea and above the sea.Those humans who are under the sea wander among these buildings.There are also human beings above the sea, in twos and threes, sitting on the edge of the building, as if they are snuggling and talking, looking into the distance. But the human appearance on this petroglyph is a bit weird.Cao Cang looked carefully, and found that the people on the rock paintings were slightly different from himself—their legs were flat and long, and their hands were short, but they were broad below the shoulders.Other than that, their heads and torsos are identical to themselves. This is a human being adapted to life in a different sea!Because the living environment has become the ocean, the human body will gradually develop in the direction of aquatic animals.Did this scene ever exist?Is it just because of the space separation between the different sea and the earth that led to the extinction of this race?It is very likely that they are the aborigines of Daxizhou! Although this painting is strange, Cao Cang is already mentally prepared. This is what Miller wants to show him, to let him understand that this is the direction of human development after entering the different sea, and there are a group of human beings who have not yet reconciled in the different sea. Part of it was done before the separation of the earth, and they lived on the last connection between the earth and the different seas - Daxizhou.They made full preparations to enter the different sea, but they failed.Cao Cang suddenly thought, is there some connection between the sinking of Daxizhou and their actions to enter the different sea?Is it because of their attempts that the alien sea and the space of the earth are completely isolated?Now the human beings on the earth are trying to enter the alien sea, just repeating this attempt? Cao Cang himself has not realized that the human beings in the rock paintings are actually his current state.In Cao Cang's subconscious mind, he is still an earthling with no functional changes. Cao Cang looked at the next rock painting, thinking in his heart, what more bizarre things could be revealed in front of him. Surprisingly, the world depicted in this petroglyph is so ordinary that Cao Cang couldn't accept it. This petroglyph is divided into two parts, one part is the same as the previous rock painting, which depicts the ocean, but there are no buildings in the ocean, only sea water, and there is a human ship on the sea water, the kind of early ship—very old Wooden boats, and several rafts.The people on the raft and boat were ordinary human beings with long limbs.These human beings are struggling to survive on the sea, because the ocean here is different from the one in the rock painting just now. There are huge waves on the sea surface, which will swallow these simple boats at any time. There is a huge fish painted under the boat, which is what Cao Cang hunted not long ago. That horrible mackerel look.The humans on the boats are painted lifelike, and the detailed movements of their bodies show their fear of the waves.Cao Cang thought about it. The reason why the rock paintings are so painted is not that the oceans in the two paintings have changed, but that human beings have different adaptability to the ocean.The human beings in this painting cannot live in the ocean freely, so the ocean is a very dangerous environment for them. Another part depicts the land above the sea because of the imagery of high mountains.The humans above stand and walk on land, hunting large herbivores with spears in their hands.Moreover, many buildings are drawn, which are the places where human beings lived in the early days, and they are all small houses.However, there are also taller buildings, which are very disproportionate to human dwellings, and are very tall.Cao Cang knew that the building was a pyramid just by looking at it. This painting is the Earth—the Earth thousands of years ago. Cao Cang looked at it for a while, then continued to swim in, and saw the third painting. Compared with the previous two paintings that Cao Cang saw, this third painting really shocked Cao Cang.Because the previous two paintings represent the world of the different sea and the earth respectively, these are the worlds that Cao Cang has already set foot in, so he will not be too surprised. The content of the third painting is completely different from the previous two. There is no ocean or land in this world, only the wind, which is drawn obliquely with thick lines.There are no animals or plants in the wind.Cao Cang looked at it for a while and realized that the scene of this rock painting must be a world without ocean and land, a world composed of gas, but there must be civilization in it!Because Cao Cang saw that there are some relatively regular parts in the wind, which should be a sign of civilization.Some of these regular patterns are triangular, some are pentagonal, and some are cylindrical... In every regular geometric shape, there is a thing, a thing Cao Cang is very familiar with—pocket watch! This painting is very simple, there is nothing but the wind and the regular geometry, and there is no other information to be seen. Cao Cang thought about it, and this painting must be a planet made entirely of gas.This gas planet produced civilization, and this civilization must have a great relationship with the earth, because they also have pocket watches! Cao Cang couldn't wait to continue swimming into the depths of the canyon, eager to see what the fourth painting was about. The fourth petroglyph was displayed in front of Cao Cang, which was a world of fire.The lines on the petroglyphs are all curled upwards, showing the scene of fire.There are strange spirals in the fire, intertwined with the flames.This painting is also very simple, except for the fire and the spiral, there are basically no other things in the whole painting, but Cao Cang still saw the lingering thing - pocket watch! The fifth painting is different again. It is completely different from the simple wind world in the third painting and the fire world in the fourth painting. This painting is very complicated, even far exceeding the complexity of the earth world.The whole mural is a mess of lines.If this painting is representing a world, it must be a world beyond human comprehension.There is no doubt that since this painting appeared here, civilization must have been produced in this world. Cao Cang continued to swim in, but after swimming for a few meters, he found that part of the rock wall of the pothole had collapsed here, and the collapsed rock covered most of the pothole, leaving only a dilapidated passage—it should be the time of a great geological change Caused.For this reason, the inner rock walls are no longer able to shine.There is only a black hole left inside the pothole. Only half of the sixth painting appeared in front of Cao Cang's eyes. This painting was similar to the earth again. It was a very flat world, and it was hard to tell whether it was ocean or land.There are creatures similar to trees drawn inside, but every creature is exactly the same! Only this small half of the sixth painting can be seen, and Cao Cang can't see clearly what it means. Cao Cang thought for a while, and prepared to swim across the collapsed rock wall and enter the interior.Although the pothole inside was already dark, Cao Cang couldn't help but swim in because of his strong curiosity. Cao Cang swam in, and the faint light shone in, but the pothole still had no end in sight.Obviously, this group of petroglyphs is very long, and the five and a half petroglyphs seen just now are only a small part of this group of rock paintings. Cao Cang is thinking about how to let himself see the remaining rock paintings.He clings to a rock beside him, ready to find out how deep the pothole is. Suddenly Cao Cang's body instinctively became alert, he quickly pushed the rock, and his body quickly retreated. Cao Cang's premonition saved him once again. The hard rock was not a stone, but a big pincer, which just snapped shut.If Cao Cang reacted a little slower, he would be cut into two pieces by the claws. Cao Cang retreated outside the collapsed rock wall and returned to the bright pothole.The big pincer also moved out quickly.Now Cao Cang understood that it was a huge lobster! The movement of Cao Cang just now alarmed the lobster inside the pit.Soon Cao Cang realized that he had made a mistake in his judgment. There was not only one lobster of this kind.Now its kind are swarming out, forcing Cao Cang to keep retreating towards the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a thought flashed in Cao Cang's mind, did Miller deliberately lead himself into this dangerous pit?Why did Miller do this?He didn't have to work so hard to destroy himself. On his warship, he could deal with him at any opportunity. Just as Cao Cang was thinking, he saw a person swimming up to him from behind, stabbing the lobster claw closest to him with a spear, but the claw easily snapped off the spear. Cao Cang looked back, feeling guilty for his suspicion of Miller just now.Seven or eight humans with spears appeared behind him, and Miller was among them.Miller must have sensed the danger on the bottom of the sea, so he took his subordinates and dived here again. Cao Cang, Miller and others were suspended in the seawater outside the pothole, and saw the lobsters in the cave crawling to the edge of the pothole one after another, huddled together, and stopped moving forward. The lobsters had no intention of swimming into the water ahead.The lobster hesitated for a moment, then suddenly crawled towards the bottom of the canyon along the cliff outside the pit.Cao Cang suddenly realized that these lobsters were actually not aggressive. Seeing them running away in panic, they were very frightened, as if they were avoiding the enemy. Are they so afraid of humans?In terms of individual size, they have an absolute advantage! Cao Cang knew that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong for the time being. Miller swam over and pulled Cao Cang. Cao Cang quickly turned his head and saw several huge and strange sea turtles swimming behind them at some point.Cao Cang thought that his sight was caused by the sea water, which caused an illusion. In human consciousness, turtles are relatively dull and docile animals.But here, this common sense is completely wrong.These turtles have claws instead of flippers.Turtle shells are not flat and smooth, but have sharp edges and corners.What's even more frightening is that these turtles are bigger than lobsters, and their shells are more than ten square meters in size, which is about the size of a bedroom on earth. A few turtles swam past Cao Cang and the others and swam into the lobster group.Those lobsters sensed that the turtles were coming, and climbed to the bottom of the sea even more frantically.The turtles started attacking the lobster. One turtle bit the tail of a lobster hard, but couldn't swallow the whole lobster for a while.The tail of the lobster was bitten by the turtle and could not escape, so it could only use its feet to poke on the rock wall.The turtle stretched out a claw, pressed it on the shell on the back of the lobster, and then pulled the head, and the lobster's body was torn apart.The turtle opened its huge mouth and swallowed the tail of the lobster completely, leaving only the upper part of the lobster, but still using a few giant feet to crawl quickly on the rock wall, as if it could still escape.This half-body lobster crawled aimlessly on the rock wall for a while, and finally stopped struggling and died slowly, leaving only a huge carcass suspended in the sea water. Several other sea turtles were also attacking the lobster. In the blink of an eye, all the dozens of lobsters were left with only the hard shell on the lobster's head and the fragmented meat that had been bitten to pieces.There is also flocculent lobster meat in the sea turtle's bite, swinging back and forth with the flow of sea water.When Cao Cang saw this scene, his body reflexively wanted to vomit. Cao Cang thought, these huge turtles like to eat soft things, they are the real threat!He immediately realized that they were in a very dangerous situation, and quickly raised his head, preparing to swim back to the surface with Miller and others. But when Cao Cang looked over his head, he felt even more nervous.There were also a dozen turtles, floating overhead, and instead of attacking the lobster together, they sat there quietly.Obviously, they have become interested in Cao Cang, Miller and others. Cao Cang looked at Miller, wondering if there was any way for Miller to escape.But Miller seems to have no choice for the time being.Among the people around Miller, one could no longer hold his breath, and was desperately swimming towards the surface of the sea, completely ignoring the threat of the sea turtle.Just as he was about to pass through the turtle group, two turtles opened their mouths at the same time and bit the man's head and a thigh.The human body is far more fragile than a lobster. The heads of the two turtles shook slightly, and the man was pulled in half from the waist, and the internal organs and intestines flowed out, and the sea water beside the turtles was dyed deep. Red, and then this group of deep red, slowly spread, and gradually disappeared.Just like that, without struggling, without any calls for help, a person was swallowed by a huge, terrifying sea turtle. Cao Cang looked at Miller, but Miller's face was blank.Cao Cang knew that he had no way out of trouble.All that can be done now is to slowly wait for the turtle to attack, and wait for death. But the turtle was still floating above them, watching them.It was the same with Cao Cang and the others. No one dared to challenge the turtle with their lives anymore, and everyone looked at the turtle nervously.In this stalemate atmosphere, human beings are completely at a disadvantage and can only wait for the attack or suffocation before dying.Cao Cang saw that Miller had already clenched the spear in his hand, and made an attacking posture. Cao Cang thought to himself that Miller was a real man, even if he had no hope of surviving, he would not choose to die without resistance.The spear in the hand of the dead man slowly fell down. Cao Cang also grabbed the spear and made the same movements as Miller, ready to fight before death. But after a period of stalemate, the turtles swam away suddenly, and went to chase the lobsters that were running away with their companions. Miller, Cao Cang and others quickly swam to the sea.During the ascent process, Cao Cang didn't bother to look at the buildings in Daxizhou at all. At this moment, the only thought in his mind was to swim to the surface of the sea quickly, climb aboard the boat, and take a breath of fresh air. Everyone floated to the surface of the sea one after another, panting heavily, and then climbed onto the warship. At this time, everyone's face was extremely pale, including Miller.But Cao Cang finally felt a little safe. "Are they afraid of us?" Cao Cang asked Miller, "They don't want to fight with us?" "Of course not," Miller said. "They're just looking for food. It seems that they don't like our taste. They prefer to eat lobster." "Why do these turtles have claws instead of flippers?" Cao Cang asked. "They're not native to Alien Sea," Miller said. "Obviously, they came into Alien Sea by accident from Earth, and they changed their size very quickly." "This is the influence of the environment on them." Cao Cang said, "When their bodies get bigger, there are almost no natural enemies here." "What you said is exactly the opposite." Miller retorted, "The evolution of organisms is produced under the pressure of survival. The faster the mutation and the greater the degree of mutation, the greater the threat to survival they face." "Are there any more ferocious creatures in Yihai?" Cao Cang asked. "There must be." Miller said, "I know there must be. It's just that I haven't encountered it yet, and I'm just a newcomer." "Did you bring people down, have you discovered that the seabed is dangerous?" Cao Cang asked Miller. Miller nodded: "I originally planned to swim back to the surface of the sea to take a breath before going back to find you, but when I saw the floating lobster corpse with only half of its body, I knew that aggressive animals were already active nearby. So I brought people down... …didn’t expect this dangerous animal to be a sea turtle.” When Miller said these words, Cao Cang also felt scared.In the ocean of the alien sea, human beings are simply vulnerable to those huge creatures.If those turtles suddenly changed their minds and swam up to attack humans and warships, Miller still had no way to resist.All I can do now is to get out of here as quickly as possible. "Are we heading towards the small island now?" Cao Cang asked. "Yes." Miller replied, "And we need to hurry up. Remus and I made an appointment to meet here. But now that he's gone, he must be going in the direction of the island." "Did you tell Remus the location of the island?" Cao Cang asked. Miller said: "If I was able to occupy the island last time, I wouldn't need his help. But now I have to find a way to jointly attack the island with Remus. They don't have pocket watches, and they can't enter the boundary of the island." "Did you tell them that the island is where the passage back to Earth is?" "No." Miller said, "I don't trust the Russians very much, and they are also wary of me. When I met them, I only revealed that there are many humans on the island. Remus is very concerned about the number of people. He Want to be the ruler here." "Then why did they leave without saying goodbye? He should wait here and go back with you?" Cao Cang thought for a while, and suddenly shouted to Miller, "Quick, let's go back quickly! We can't waste time!" "What happened?" Miller asked, "They just went to the island first, maybe they are waiting for us, they can't get in." "You don't know Remus' ambition." Cao Cang said, "He just wants to cut off the connection between the alien sea and humans. For this purpose, he will attack the island at any cost." "But I didn't tell them that!" Miller said. "You don't know, there is a Chinese on Remus' submarine, the Chinese who came to the different sea with me, this person's mind is hard to figure out, he must have told Remus that the island is a passage between two spaces .” "How would he know that?" Miller asked. "He has participated in similar space displacement experiments many times." Cao Cang said, "His theory and experience are very rich, and he must have guessed the function of the island." "You mean..." Miller said, "they're going to attack the island, and if necessary, they're going to use the nukes on the submarine?" Cao Cang nodded solemnly. "Put up all the sails immediately!" Miller began to issue orders to the sailors on board. The sailors received the order, hoisted the sails, and the speed of the ship increased.But Miller still felt that it was not enough, "Throw all the excess weight on the ship into the sea!" The sailors threw all the food stored on the ship into the sea.For the people on board, these things are just insignificant luxuries, not the necessary supplies to maintain life at sea. The boat was faster, but Cao Cang and Miller still felt that the boat was very slow. "Can that boundary stop the power of nuclear weapons?" Cao Cang asked. "I don't know." Miller said, "Even if the shock wave of the nuclear weapon is blocked by the magnetic limit, it will not destroy the island, but the magnetic storm caused by the nuclear weapon explosion will definitely interfere with the magnetic field lines on the island." "This is still the most optimistic speculation." Cao Cang said, "That boundary may not be able to stop the high temperature, radiation and shock waves of nuclear weapons." Miller's face turned livid, and he walked to the bow, looking ahead, as if to check for signs of a nuclear weapon explosion at the end of his line of sight. After a day and a night, the tension between Miller and Cao Cang eased slightly.他们两个都军人，能够在巨大的压力下调节自己的情绪，不到最后，谁都不会在心理上放弃。 “如果雷缪斯对小岛发动核攻击。”米勒说道，“那个高级文明的延续就中断在地球上了，地球就是人类最终的坟墓。” “坟墓？”曹沧好奇地问道，“地球是坟墓？” 米勒眯着眼睛说道：“人类若是永远生活在地球上，当然只有一个结局——灭亡在地球上。” “如果雷缪斯和岛上的实验人员合作，麦克他们非常有可能主动邀请雷缪斯毁灭小岛。” “雷缪斯到底是什么立场？” “他想在异海建立起人类新的社会，前提是不让地球的势力再有进入异海的机会。” “麦克他们也是这种想法。”米勒沉声说道，“这么做的后果，也只是让人类多了一个坟墓而已。” “你说的坟墓就是异海吗？”曹沧问道，“人类花这么大的力气进入异海，难道就是为了寻找新的坟墓，而不是考虑种群的延续？” “你忘了那个坑洞里的岩画了吗？”米勒说道，“以你的分析能力，我认为你应该能知道这个秘密了。” 曹沧把那些岩画的画面在脑海里一一回放，是的，那些岩画在透露一个信息，跟人类休戚相关的信息。现在米勒终于提起那些岩画了，他一定是根据岩画知道了某些秘密。 这秘密在曹沧的脑海里也隐隐约约露出了部分蛛丝马迹。 “人类并不是由地球的原生物进化而来！”曹沧说道，“我们的远祖，就是在各个不同的平行空间里跳跃。地球和异海只是其中两个中转站……” “你只说对了一半。”米勒说道，“事实的真相，没有人愿意面对。”