under the sea

What landed on the ground was a thumb-sized flame squid, milky white all over, and its translucent body exuded mottled red light—an extremely rare species, it should be a flame squid that had undergone genetic mutation due to various reasons.At this time, its four tentacles were entangled, and its body curled up into a ball because of the shock. It was small and exquisite, and looked very beautiful.

It seemed to be resting on top of his head just now, but He Zexi didn't feel it at all.

Unexpectedly, the "reef" moved suddenly, and the little cuttlefish was thrown to the ground and vomited ink.

But what surprised He Zexi was that it didn't run away immediately after slowing down, but boldly swam towards He Zexi.The speed is not as fast as the average squid, but it is as graceful as a ballet dancer in the water.

Perhaps because of the mutation, its action is slower than its peers by more than one pace.You know, the fastest swimmer among invertebrates is the squid. The squid with ten tentacles can move at a speed of up to 15 meters per second in the sea under the push of the tentacles all over the body.And this one—it seems that 15 seconds per meter is a bit strenuous.

It's not like swimming, but it's like deliberately showing off your graceful figure in the water.Beauty is beauty, but under this deep sea where the jungle preys on the jungle, such a weak life is doomed to be eliminated.

He Zexi felt regretful, and a second later he began to touch his pockets—carrying plastic bags and multi-functional folding pliers with him to collect research materials he came across at any time has been the habit of He Zexi for many years.Fortunately, everything is still there, and it has not been lost in the deep sea due to storms and submersion.

The flame squid is venomous and highly venomous, and it is also the only venomous squid found in the ocean so far.After swimming for a while, the white flame squid seemed a little tired. It stopped and moved on the bottom of the sea with its two arms and legs, moving towards He Zexi's direction little by little.

Zexi He had to be careful not to get poisoned by the squid's venom, which rivaled that of the most venomous creature in the ocean, the blue-ringed octopus.

In order for He Zexi to survive in the deep sea safely, Huazhi had to transform He Zexi's body at the expense of himself.In order to recover faster, Huazhi made her body smaller, which saves energy but also brings a little inconvenience—for example, the field of vision is not as wide as before.

Therefore, Huazhi didn't realize what He Zexi was doing now, he just wanted to walk towards He Zexi with his most elegant and perfect posture.

Because of their beautiful appearance, humans on land also like to catch them for viewing. Those people like their appearance very much.

But after seeing the astonishment that flashed in He Zexi's eyes just now, Hua Zhi felt that this appearance was not so damned.

He Zexi...that's his name.Hua Zhi remembered that when the wrinkled old man on the boat called him, that was the name he called out.

There was a slight pain in his body, Hua Zhi pulled out of his thoughts, and then found that his body was being clamped by a cold and hard pincer.And the person he had been thinking about all this time was approaching him right now, staring at him with a scrutiny gaze that looked at a very valuable item.

The scariest thing was that He Zexi was clamping himself with pliers with one hand, and was opening a plastic bag with the other hand. It looked like he was going to put him in it!

He Zexi never thought that this cuttlefish would be so easy to catch.

He was ready to let it slip away, but until the moment he stretched out his pincers, the squid, which had become somewhat dull due to a genetic mutation, did not respond to any stress.

Perhaps it is true that some defects have been produced due to genetic mutations in the evolution process.

But now, he seems to have reacted a bit, He Zexi calmly looked at the flame squid struggling under his pincers, watching his white body crazily change various colors within five seconds.Until the end, the tips of the ten tentacles began to light up a little red, looking like a beautiful burning flame.

"Now it's like a real flame squid." He Zexi thought in his heart. At the same time, his movements were not slow. As fast as he could, he sent the flame squid held in the tongs to the side of the plastic bag filled with seawater.

Just as he was about to stuff it into the plastic bag, a very deep and magnetic male voice suddenly sounded in his ears, seeming to suppress a little anger, "Let me go."

This voice... He Zexi froze.

As if thinking that he didn't hear it, the cello-like voice yelled again, this time the voice did not suppress the feeling of anger, but was really straightforward, irritable and angry.

—— "Let me go!"

He Zexi heard his heartbeat start to thump, thud, like the sound of a tambourine in a mysterious ancient witchcraft ceremony, and it became louder and louder... But he squeezed The hand holding the pliers was still steady without a trace of trembling.

Half a minute later, He Zexi slowly brought the glowing red flame squid in front of him, and his eyes fell on this strange flame squid. He Zexi gradually felt that his body was starting to heat up, and his blood was rising. Fluttering, even breathing became disordered.

This is... that... giant... sea monster...

Although he didn't know why it became so small, the sound just now was definitely made by it, and it was exactly the same as the sound of the huge sea monster he heard on the deck.Comparing its appearance and form, and the timing when it appeared beside him, he smoothed out the logic, everything was connected, and He Zexi became excited.

— God, he caught it!

After calming down a bit, He Zexi began to think about the problem calmly.This thing is very dangerous. Although the value of living body research is higher, without the help of the professor and the team, it would be difficult for him to safely transport such a dangerous thing back to the institute by himself—because He Zexi didn't know about it. When will it become as big as before.

And judging from the tone of this sea monster just now, its character should be very irritable and irritable.He Zexi couldn't guarantee that he could survive in the hands of such a huge creature with intelligence comparable to that of a human being. You must know that he couldn't even beat the anglerfish that was a little taller than him before.

Although not being able to obtain a living body is a great loss, bringing its corpse back is also of great significance for research-this may be an epic discovery in the entire field of biology, and this is the research result that the professor has pursued all his life.

Thinking of this, He Ze put away the plastic bag, and then picked up the sampling knife.The glossy marble of the sampling knife handle becomes very cold after soaking in seawater, and it feels cool to hold in the hand. The small characters engraved on the knife handle seem to be deformed due to the fluctuation of seawater, but it is still The words "Truth comes first" can still be seen.

"Truth comes first." He Zexi said silently in his heart, the sampling knife in his hand was ready to strike at any time.

The flower branch became ill in an instant, and he had no way to struggle to get away now. Seeing that the knife was about to come down, his heart was [-] degrees cooler than the sea water.

"what--!!!!"

There was a piercing pain in his body, Huazhi broke free from the shackles of the pincers, and his whole body jumped out for a distance of ten meters. The green blood was like a beautiful ribbon, which was pulled thin and thin in the sea water. long.

What a pity the blood... He Zexi thought to himself.

But - squid can reach a speed of 15 meters per second on the bottom of the sea, this one may be even faster.

He Zexi came to a conclusion thoughtfully, and then put the half of the tentacles that had just been cut off from the flame squid into a sealed bag, packed it, and stuffed it into his pocket.The movements are skillful, crisp and neat, and done in one go.

He loves scientific research, but there is still no way to ignore all life for the sake of scientific research.

"Your ability to regenerate is very strong. You can grow a tentacle soon, but it is really important to us. I hope you don't hate me." After He Zexi finished speaking, he put away his knife. , got up and swam towards the ocean.

He needs to go back asap.

Seabed resources are precious. Originally, He Zexi planned to collect some deep-sea research materials before leaving, but he did not expect to catch a surprise. Now He Zexi's most urgent task is to send this precious tentacle on his body to the professor as soon as possible. hands.

Huazhi didn't stop He Zexi from leaving, but just tried to make herself bigger, and then squatted on the spot with a cold face, clutching her broken arm and looking up at it.

It is not accurate to say that it is seeing, his eyesight is not good, and he can only see what he wants to see clearly when he is close, so Hua Zhi does not rely on eyes to see objects, but relies on induction.

After squatting for about half an hour, a figure slowly sank from above.

Seeing this, Huazhi swam over in a hurry, and quickly picked up the unconscious young man in white who fell on the ground.With such a deep seabed, He Zexi was not a fish, and he couldn't swim up it no matter how weak he was.

There was a school of fish passing by, and I couldn't help being a little surprised to see that the arrogant deep-sea boss in the past had broken an arm, and seeing him hugging a seemingly dead person as if protecting food, I felt even more surprised. amazing.

Being watched by the fish, Hua Zhi's face sank directly, and the black-haired young man in his arms was tightly wrapped around his tentacles. He threatened the passing fish fiercely: "What are you looking at? Get out of here, or I will wait later." I ate you."