Behind the Scenes: From Pirates to Tokyo

Chapter 40 A Beast Fighting Aircraft Carrier
'Is this the sunken cargo ship? It's incredible. '

Looking at the sinking ship under the seabed, a diver silently marveled in his heart.

He is a member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force and has a little understanding of maritime affairs, so he knows how rare it is for a 10,000+ ton ship to sink in such offshore waters, and it still does not hit the rocks.

What a wretched ship it would have to be for this to happen.

"Grumbling."

The carbon dioxide exhaled from his nasal cavity turned into bubbles and floated up in the water. Looking at the sunken ship in the water, the confusion in the diver's mind not only did not subside, but intensified.

Terrifying gaps appeared on the steel surface of the ship, and it was these gaps that were bigger than his entire body that caused the ship to quickly enter the water and sink in a very short time.

'How on earth did it tear such a big gap and hit the rocks?But there are no rocks here. '

"And this gap...how does it look like it was torn open by claws..."

The surface of the gap is uneven, but the overall feeling is that this is not like an accidental accident, but rather like being torn apart by some creature.

It's like buying a bag of potato chips in the supermarket and being violently torn apart.

But what creature can do this kind of action?Impossible.

"Guru?"

The diver made new sounds of doubt.

'What it is? '

He swam a few times into the gap, holding something bigger than his face in his hands with plastic gloves.

From a distance, this thing looks like a shell in the ocean.

But when you get close and hold it up with your hands, you will be surprised to find that these are not scales at all, but scales...

A scale beyond imagination.

Is there any marine animal in the ocean with such huge scales?
Divers are not experts in marine life, so they don't know much about the existing marine life.

But if you think about it with common sense, there is no such a large biological scale in the world, right?
If it weren't for the buoyancy of the sea water, it would be very laborious to lift the scales on land.

Vaguely, he felt that he and the others seemed to be in the middle of something terrible.

The news of the discovery of the sea beast's scales was immediately passed on to the command ship, and several marine experts started researching the biological scales on the scientific research ship without waiting to return to the laboratory on land.

"This does not conform to the theory, it does not conform to the theory at all. How could such a huge marine creature evolve such, such... strange things like scales."

Without exception, all marine organisms that are huge enough to a certain extent will eventually 'evolve' their scales, which is the convergent evolution of marine organisms caused by all factors such as gravity and marine ecology.

For example, the scales on the sharks in cartilaginous fishes have become more and more "invisible" in the long evolutionary history.

"When we capture it thoroughly, we will be able to solve the mystery. In biology, the only thing without exceptions is that there are exceptions to everything." An older biologist is quite knowledgeable Widely, he has witnessed countless biological views that were once regarded as golden rules being overthrown.

Unlike physics, mathematics and other majors, the wording in the field of biology seldom uses decisive, certain, and absolute words. It is true that the life on earth is too...following one's inclinations.

"Get to work."

"it is good."

With a pilgrimage in mind, several scientists began to investigate the scales.

Although the scientific research ship costs a lot of money, it is not comparable to the high-tech laboratories on land. However, even after conducting simple research with the equipment on the ship, several marine experts still have their hearts pounding wildly.

"Phospholipids, proteins, unsaturated fatty acids, DHA and EPA, collagen, amino acids..."

After carefully removing a tiny bit of precious tissue from the precious scales, they immediately began to analyze the ingredients.

"The minerals in it are... um? Why are some ingredients unidentifiable?"

With the aid of scientific instruments, several biologists had question marks all over their faces.

Although they are not experts in geology, they also know what this means.

"Could it be that the instrument is contaminated, so there is a problem with the parameters?"

"That possibility cannot be ruled out."

Temporarily suppressing the throbbing heart, several marine biology experts continued to study this incredible huge scale.

"This, this is actually not an earth creature at all..."

While others suppressed their doubts and continued their research, a professor from Tokyo Ocean University trembled his lips and asked a question that everyone had more or less thought of but didn't say.

"If there is a creature that is as large as tens of meters and has not yet been discovered in the oceans of the earth, it must live in the deep sea, but scales are useless to deep-sea fish and have been evolved long ago, and you guys in the video See it too, the eyes of this sea creature are intact, which is not in line with the natural conditions of the deep sea without light, and there are other things... that can tear apart the freighter with pure muscle power? How can muscles have such power?"

What he said was the truth, no matter "the only exception in biology is that there are exceptions in everything", there is no such thing as a terrifying situation where physical strength can tear apart the steel of a freighter.

"Then what are you talking about? Did aliens drop biological weapons on Earth? Or did the Fukushima nuclear leak give birth to Godzilla on the bottom of the sea? I know you have shot a lot of special shots, but the trouble still needs to be solved." Distinguish reality from fiction."

Many special feature films and science fiction films often invite experts in related fields as consultants in order to increase their credibility-however, how many of the suggestions put forward by these consultants are adopted is another matter.

"Didn't distinguish between reality and fiction? I think you are too stubborn. Everyone is an expert, and it should be clear that the earth's environment cannot support the existence of such life."

Seeing that two professors from Tokyo Ocean University and University of Tokyo were about to quarrel, other experts and professors did not respond, and their attention was all on the research on the scales.

"The degree of hardness is simply...unbelievable..."

After conducting a destructive experiment on a small piece of tissue, the expressions of several experts couldn't help being a little dazed.

"What's wrong? What do these data mean?"

An Amelika naval officer asked while looking at the data on the instrument.

"This, this... In layman's terms, the strength of this scale..." Swallowing his saliva, the professor said, "It is completely comparable to the special steel used by your country's aircraft carrier. No, judging by the thickness, it may be far Far beyond..."

"If it can break through the underwater detection and appear under the aircraft carrier, it can even sink ... the aircraft carrier."

(End of this chapter)