flstandardbreds Chapter 1053
Chapter 1053
And all the buildings that people once built with great effort have been destroyed by ocean currents.
The houses built with hard boulders have lost their former sharp edges.
Some of them were broken into several pieces and scattered on the mudflats, while others were eroded by sea water and had potholes on their surfaces.
With a slight touch, tiny pieces of stone would fall down, just like softened tofu, so fragile that it could not withstand a single blow.
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu looked at each other. Although they were in the sea with unclear visibility, they could see the shock and sadness on each other's faces.
This is actually conceivable.
The corrosiveness of the sea,
They were away for almost half a year, which was long enough for the buildings on the island to decay.
And those buildings that people once spent a lot of effort to build have long been eroded beyond recognition by the surging ocean currents day after day.
Especially those houses built with huge stones, which have completely lost their former tough appearance.
Some walls were split in half, with large stones scattered crookedly on the mudflats, and the cracks were filled with smelly, rotten seaweed.
Some walls have been soaked in sea water and polished by sea breeze, leaving them bumpy and uneven, as if they had been repeatedly rubbed by countless fine sandpapers, and even the original texture of the stone has become blurred.
Zhou Shuwan gently touched the stone surface, and fine stone chips fell down along the depression.
The touch and the fragile appearance were really like a piece of tofu that had been soaked in water for a long time, and it could be crushed with a little force.
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu looked at each other in the turbid sea water.
Even though the sea water blurred their vision and they couldn't see the details on each other's faces, they could still clearly feel the shock that couldn't be hidden from each other's slightly stiff shoulders and sudden stagnation of movements, as well as a trace of unspeakable sadness that flooded their hearts like a tide.
In fact, this scene should have been imaginable.
It's not that they don't know how corrosive the sea is.
It is also clear that their trip took nearly half a year.
Half a year is enough time for the hemp ropes on the fishing nets to rot into pieces, and for the buildings on the island, which were already exposed to wind and rain, to be worn down by the ocean currents and time into their present dilapidated state.
But when I saw it with my own eyes, I still felt like something was blocking my heart, and I felt suffocated and uneasy.
Before the end of the world, people said that if the end of the world comes, how long will it take for all traces of human existence on Earth to be completely erased?
At that time, some people said that it would take about a few hundred years.
Now it seems that it won’t even take a hundred years.
"Go check down there."
Qi Mingyu pointed downwards.
Zhou Shuwan nodded, and the two continued to dive down together.
Over the past two months, they have gone to the bottom of the sea many times in diving suits.
If Zhou Shuwan's space could not be opened occasionally and a few diving suits were not taken out, they would not even be able to dive now.
Zhou Shuwan had a splitting headache before, and after diving to the bottom of the sea, the pressure of the sea made her headache even worse.
Therefore, she couldn't even complete the task of diving into the seabed before.
Later, her headache symptoms gradually eased, and after entering the seabed, there was basically no impact, so her family agreed to let her wear a diving suit and go into the sea.
At this time, as they dived deeper, the sea water became more turbid than the shore, and only faint spots of light remained after the sunlight penetrated the water.
The two men opened their eyes wide and stopped to carefully identify every black shadow they came across.
But in fact, it was just a reef.
The two expanded the search area and searched for another half an hour, from the initial nervousness and holding of breath to the gradual slowing down of movements.
The seabed was so quiet that the only sounds were the flowing water and each other's heartbeats. All that could be touched were soft mud and sand, and conch shells attached to the reefs. Apart from scattered pieces of oilcloth and iron sheets, nothing else was found.
These scattered pieces of oilcloth and iron sheets are evidence that people once lived here.
But the absence of wreckage is enough to prove that the mothership did not sink, but left on its own!
Qi Mingyu stopped moving first and turned to look at Zhou Shuwan. Although the sea water blurred his vision, Zhou Shuwan could clearly see that his tense jawline gradually relaxed and the heaviness in his eyes also dissipated a little.
She suddenly realized it, and the stuffy feeling in her heart was relieved.
Fortunately, the mothership just left.
Although it is unclear what caused them to leave, as long as they are not completely wiped out, there is always hope of finding them.
As they emerged from the sea onto the deck, Zhou Jianghai and his companions, who had been waiting there, quickly surrounded them. "How's it going? What did you find?"
Qi Mingyu and Zhou Shuwan both shook their heads heavily. "We found nothing. No wreckage of ships or human corpses. It seems the mothership left on its own!"
The few people who had been extremely nervous finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's great!" Zhou Jianghai nodded repeatedly: "As long as there are no accidents."
Zhou Shuwan also nodded and told everyone what they discovered on the island.
When they heard her say that the buildings on the island had been corroded by sea water, although they had expected it, they were still surprised.
"It's so fast!" Zhong Tiyun exclaimed in surprise: "Even though the island was submerged, it's only been half a year, and those buildings built with huge stones are like tofu dregs."
"It's a bit strange..."
Mu Mu seemed to be lost in thought.
He looked down at the rising and falling water on the sea, and suddenly seemed to think of something. He slapped his head and hurried to the cockpit.
Everyone else looked at Mu Mu's back as he hurriedly disappeared from the cockpit door, their faces full of confusion.
A few minutes later, Mu Mu ran out holding a palm-sized detector, speaking in a hurried and excited tone: "This is the seawater data I just measured! I just heard you say that the stone corrodes quickly, look!"
He handed the tester to everyone and pointed to the numbers jumping on the screen: "The normal salinity of seawater is about 3.5%. The sea areas we have visited before have never exceeded 4% at most, but the salinity of this sea is already 8%!"
"So high?" Zhou Shuwan leaned over to take a look, and his brows instantly frowned.
Mu Mu nodded vigorously. "It's because of the high salt content that the corrosiveness of seawater is multiplied several times! Those boulders may look hard, but if they're soaked in high-salt seawater for a long time, the minerals on their surface will be quickly broken down, just like how iron rusts quickly when soaked in salt water. Half a year is enough time to soften the stones!"
These words brought an instant silence to the deck, and the previous sense of ease gradually faded away.
Zhou Shuwan stared at the numbers, a thought suddenly coming to mind. He spoke with a hint of uncertainty, "The sudden increase in salt content is definitely not a natural phenomenon... Could it be that some disaster has occurred?"
Qi Mingyu nodded. "Yes, whatever the reason, the people on the mothership must have discovered it. It must be that the high-salinity seawater can't even withstand the purification equipment. The purification filter will be corroded and clogged in a few days, and even normal drinking water can't be supplied. They have no choice but to leave."