"Depend on……"

Even though Wu Liang did not have trypophobia, his scalp was numb and goosebumps appeared all over his body when faced with this situation.

This... was this reef once a nest of strange fish, which for some unknown reason surfaced and became part of this island?

certainly.

It is also possible that even this island rose from the seabed due to geological changes, and this reef was originally part of the island.

But no matter what the facts are, the existence of this island will definitely not be short. After all, geological changes are a cumulative process. A slight change may take tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of years. It is like being chased by people.

Chong's jade also takes hundreds of millions of years to form. For the tiny humans with only a few thousand years of civilization, jade is a completely non-renewable resource.

Withdrawing his gaze, Wu Liang unconsciously stroked his arm covered with goosebumps.

Fortunately, this place is just a reef leaking out of the sea, and the strange fish in the pits have all been turned into gravel, with no signs of life, otherwise...

Wu Liang could completely imagine that if when he passed through the pool at the bottom of the ghost cave, what was swimming in the water was not a dolphin, but this kind of strange fish with sharp teeth. People who entered the water would have changed into different shapes in just a few minutes.

Into a skeleton that has been eaten clean, right?

Wu Liang did not remember such strange fish in later generations, but he had heard about piranhas in the Amazon basin. Let alone humans, even cattle with rough skin and thick flesh would be attacked by piranhas when they entered the river, and they would still be unable to survive.

For a few minutes, when the locals want to cross the river, they usually throw a fresh cow head into the river first. When the flesh and blood of the cow head attracts the attention of the piranha, they can cross the river unpreparedly.

"Wu Taishi, are you okay?"

The voice of a witch calling for concern could be heard from the rocks behind.

"fine."

Wu Liang responded, turned around and shouted in the direction of the witch's call, "If you are scared alone, just bring the macaque in with you. However, I haven't found out the situation here yet, so don't follow too closely."

"I...it's better to wait outside. If Wu Taishi needs help, just call me in time."

The witch's voice was obviously hesitant, and she finally chose to stay outside to assist.

"Okay, be careful not to walk around randomly. The view here is not good, and these rocks are like a maze. If you are not careful, you will go the wrong way, and you will have to spend some effort to rejoin them."

Wu Liang shook his head, smiled, and gave special instructions.

"knew."

The witch echoed.

After a simple exchange, Wu Liang continued to explore along this narrow mezzanine.

During this process, in addition to observing the pits on the reef and the strange fish in the pits, he also carefully observed the appearance of the nature on the reef, trying to determine what this place had experienced.

So he soon discovered another detail that was different from what he had expected.

Previously, he speculated that the current appearance of this reef may be the result of being washed and invaded by waves all year round, but now the more detailed he looks, the less Wu Liang can stick to this view.

Because he discovered that the erosion marks on the surface of the reefs were not horizontal, but vertical, making the rocks standing here look very much like a soybean product called "yuba" that was common in later generations.

This is very unreasonable.

It is absolutely impossible for seawater to wash away the reef from top to bottom, so it is absolutely impossible for seawater to leave such traces. Even the weathered rocks on the Gobi Desert are absolutely impossible to form such top-down erosion traces.

besides.

Wu Liang also found many scratches of varying thickness on the surface of these reefs. These scratches were closely arranged together, and it looked as if someone had raked them over with a rake. Most of these scratches were also

It moves from top to bottom, and the depth is only a few millimeters, much like an artificially carved relief.

But if you look carefully, you will find that these scratches do not form any clear pattern, and can be seen almost everywhere...

I thought that very few people have been to this island, and some places are extremely difficult to climb.

In addition, as far as Wu Liang knows, many of the people who have arrived here are literate. If you really want to leave any message, you can directly carve handwriting or carve pictures. There is no reason to spend so much effort on

It's a pointless thing to do on such a large piece of reef.

If the possibility of artificiality is ruled out in this way, there seems to be only one possibility.

These weird scratches are formed naturally!

As for how it is formed?

Wu Liang thought of a special landform called glacier scar, which although it had something to do with archeology, actually belonged to the geography major. It could also be called glacier scratch.

After graduating, he did not have the opportunity to participate in field archaeological work, so he did not have much archaeological experience and had never seen this relatively special landform with his own eyes. He only learned some relevant knowledge through books and the Internet.

It is said that such scratches are usually produced during the movement of glaciers, especially during the Ice Age, when almost the entire earth was occupied by huge glaciers. During the movement of these glaciers, they not only moved some rocks and mountains, but also

It will affect the entire mountain range, which will inevitably leave "glacier scratches" on the rocks and mountains.

But Wu Liang also knew.

Determining "glacier scratches" is not a matter of one or two sentences. Professional geological staff must conduct a comprehensive investigation and analysis of the local geology and landform conditions, and conduct strict investigations to determine the cause of the scratches.

Are the scratches left on the rocks related to glaciers?

Wu Liang does not have this ability, so there is no way to make a conclusion for the time being. It can only be regarded as a hypothesis.

Remember these details.

Wu Liang continued to explore along the mezzanine cautiously. After about a cup of tea, he finally came to the top of the mezzanine.

What appeared next on his left was a slightly wider, but extremely irregular mezzanine.

There are still many depressions on the reefs on both sides, and there are still many strange stone fish in the depressions that I have seen carefully before, but the strange stone fish here are obviously one size larger than before, perhaps because this mezzanine is slightly wider.

, because it swims with larger strange fish.

At this moment, Wu Liang was no longer surprised by this strange stone fish, and the trypophobia he had previously experienced no longer occurred. He just calmly looked further along the mezzanine.

There is still no foreign matter in the mezzanine.

The ground under your feet is still soft ground mixed with sand and gravel, but even if you wear leather shoes with very strong soles, your feet will still feel a little bit irritated occasionally.

The coolness in this place is also slightly stronger.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for Wu Liang to imagine that this was a sunny coast instead of an air-conditioned room with the cold wind turned on.

Wu Liang also noticed.

This mezzanine is no longer as closed as the one we just passed. Within a short distance of more than ten meters, there appear to be two gaps, one large and one small, on the reef on the left, and there is also a gap on the reef on the right.

"You can ask her to come with you."

Seeing that there was nothing special here, and the terrain was much more open, Wu Liang prepared to call the witch over.

But when he just took a breath and was about to turn around and shout.

"Crack!"

A crisp voice suddenly came from the front.

"?!"

Wu Liang's spirit became tense instantly, and he immediately followed the sound.

He did not have the ability to enhance his memory or have a photographic memory, but he soon discovered an extra piece of gravel in front of the slightly smaller gap on the left about 4 meters away.

This gravel obviously also comes from those weird stone fish.

Because he saw some traces of scales on the surface of the gravel.

"this……"

Wu Liang concentrated.

Could it be that the strange stone fish fragments in a depression high on a reef were blown down by the north wind?

This possibility is not impossible. Although most of the stone fish will remain in the original shape even if they are broken into pieces, this place is leaky after all, and there are often birds such as parrots visiting. Those birds will

It is not impossible to clean up the fragments of the stone fish and claim the pit as one's own.

If the piece of gravel is pulled to the edge of the pit, it may fall down with a slight breeze. It's just a coincidence, so there is no need to make a fuss...

However, just when Wu Liang was thinking this.

"Creak... creak..."

Suddenly there was a strange noise coming from the narrow mezzanine behind me that I had just walked through, as if something was approaching.

"?!"

This time, not only his spirit, Wu Liang's body also tensed up instantly, and he turned around suddenly.

Unfortunately, he has now walked out of the narrow mezzanine. He cannot turn around and immediately see what is in the mezzanine. He has to take two steps forward and lean out.

But before he could figure out what was going on, he rashly leaned out and took the risk.

Wu Liang hesitated a little, holding the copper dagger tightly to guard against it, then took a deep breath, and then howled tentatively: "Miss Hu, are you still there?"

"Yes, Taishi Wu wants me to come with him now?"

The sound of a miko's call soon came from outside the mezzanine. There was no problem with the direction and distance. It seemed that the sound just heard had nothing to do with the miko's call.

"Come on, first enter the reef mezzanine I passed just now and see if you can look at me. I'll be waiting for you here."

Wu Liang shouted shamelessly.
To be continued...