When they swam closer, the group of friends behind were stunned.
It turned out that it was not a cluster of purple crystal objects, but countless crystal objects gathered together. They had a variety of colors, including reddish brown, gray-green, light blue, yellow, etc.
These strange sea creatures look like the human cerebral cortex. Some of them are only the size of a palm, while others are larger than an adult man. Countless of these strange creatures gathered together, just like the colorful gourd mountain in the cartoon "Calabash Brothers". The reason why Fang Youqun only saw a purple ball before was because that purple strange creature was the largest, with a diameter of more than one and a half meters. It was shaped like a clock, and exuded charming and noble jewels all over its body.
Fang Youqun wanted to swim to the "Seven-Colored Gourd Mountain" and take a closer look.
Halfway through swimming, he stopped abruptly. At this moment, he remembered what Xiang Yang said, that many creatures on the seabed were deadly and dangerous, and the brighter the species, the more dangerous they were.
"If you encounter unfamiliar underwater creatures, you must leave immediately and report the news to Brother Yang." He said to himself, "That's a close call," then carefully memorized the location of this sea area and swam towards the surface without looking back.
When he got on the boat, Fang Youqun took off his helmet and shouted, "Guess what I saw on the bottom of the sea?"
"What's the matter that makes you so surprised?" Zhou Wang looked at him unhappily, "Did you see a mermaid or a dragon?"
"Neither of them." Fang Youqun shouted, "I saw the 'Hulu Mountain'. The whole mountain is crystal clear and emitting colorful precious light. The rocks on it can even move."
The crew members on the deck rolled their eyes, thinking that Fang Youqun was getting more and more outrageous.
Zhou Wang was also amused by Fang Youqun, "Oh, this is a treasure mountain, didn't you pick up a stone or something from it?"
"Yeah, maybe if I pick up a stone and take it home, I'll be a gourd baby."
Fang Youqun knew that everyone was making fun of him when he heard this. He immediately got anxious and shouted with his neck stiff, "I'm not kidding. What I said is true."
"You can't touch strange marine creatures. I've never seen or even heard of a marine creature like that. You want me to break a piece of it off? What are you thinking?"
Seeing Fang Youqun's excitement, Zhou Wang immediately stopped teasing him. He said seriously, "Fang Youqun, are you sure you are not kidding? Did you really see a mountain like this?"
Although rationally speaking, Zhou Wang had already determined that what Fang Youqun said was false.
But the underwater world has always been extremely mysterious, and Zhou Wang did not dare to guarantee that the colorful mountain that Fang Youqun described would definitely not appear on the seabed.
"Really? I saw it with my own eyes. If you don't believe me, you can come with me to take a look." Fang Youqun nodded vigorously.
At this time, He Mingde lit a cigarette and narrowed his eyes slightly. "If it is true, then this mountain is likely to be very dangerous. We must go down immediately and call up all the crew members who went to sea."
"Is it that serious?" Fang Youqun was shocked. "I just swam up from the side of that mountain? I'm fine, right?"
He Mingde and Zhou Wang looked at each other. Zhou Wang explained, "Some dangerous marine creatures look beautiful and docile, but that's only if you don't provoke them. Once they are provoked, they will become very ferocious. According to what you said, that strange marine creature looks very mysterious. I'm worried that some fearless crew member will provoke it."
"At least one person must go down and find Xiang Yang and let Xiang Yang know about this." He Mingde made the decision.
"I'll go." Fang Youqun volunteered.
Just at this moment Xiang Yang came up from the bottom of the sea. As soon as he came up, he heard He Mingde say in a serious tone that there was something he must know.
"What happened?" Xiang Yang's face was quite serious. He thought that one of the crew members had an accident.
"captain."
"Xiaoyang."
"Brother Yang."
The crew members shouted.
Xiang Yang nodded to everyone, then looked at He Mingde again, "Uncle? What happened?"
"No accidents have occurred yet? But Fang Youqun said he found a strange marine creature on the seabed." He Mingde said.
"Strange marine creatures?" Xiang Yang looked at Fang Youqun and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. As long as the crew didn't have any accidents, Xiang Yang didn't care if they found any strange marine creatures.
When Fang Youqun saw Xiang Yang looking at him, he immediately described his discovery on the seabed in vivid detail.
Xiang Yang was a little stunned after listening to Fang Youqun's words. He asked, "Are those crystal-clear creatures you saw in the shape of a figure 8?"
Fang Youqun thought about it carefully and nodded, "Right? It's in the shape of a figure 8? A bit like a twist? But it's very short, a bit like a clock."
Xiang Yang asked again: "Are they a bit like the human cerebral cortex?"
"What does the cerebral cortex look like?" Fang Youqun was confused. After thinking for a while, he said, "The appearance of that creature seems to be a bit like the skin on the palm of your hand turning white after being soaked in water for a long time."
He Mingde's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Xiaoyang, could this be?"
Xiang Yang had actually confirmed it, but he was not immediately certain. He just said, "From Fang Youqun's introduction, it should be a large flowered brain coral, but I still need to go down to the sea to see if it is true or not before I can confirm it."
Big brain coral is a cavity-forming animal, a type of coral polyp. They generally live attached to solid bodies on the seabed, such as mud, pebbles and reefs. Big brain coral can occasionally be found on some shells.
However, more large brain corals still prefer to live on coral piles where the remains of their ancestors are piled up.
The colors of big flower brain coral are extremely diverse. Basically, all the colors that can be named are found in the big flower brain coral population. These big flower brain corals of different colors are all the same species. They are named big flower brain corals because they look like the human cerebral cortex. The largest big flower brain coral discovered so far is four meters tall, and the general growth limit of big flower brain coral is one meter and eighty meters.
"It must be the big brain coral." He Mingde said, "There are many types of corals whose bodies can be piled up into coral reefs, but the only one that has so many colors and is crystal clear is the big brain coral."
Xiang Yang also nodded in agreement. According to Fang Youqun, there must be a coral mountain underneath.
The giant brain coral is exactly the kind of coral that likes to live on the remains of their ancestors. Given their inherently sturdy physique, it is not surprising that they can form a mountain on the seabed.
Fang Youqun's eyes gradually brightened after hearing this. He said, "Brother Yang, those large flower brain corals look so beautiful. Are they valuable?"