A dozen humpback whales pushed away the waves and sailed calmly on the sea.
Huoyu turned on the autopilot, and the [Red Jiao] was surrounded by a group of humpback whales and moved forward unhurriedly.
He stood on Scarface's back and lowered his head to look at the permanent pointer on his wrist.
The pointer has begun to tilt downward, which means that the coordinate point of the flammable ice in the diary is about to arrive.
Combustible ice is a very important resource. Once exposed, it is likely to cause competition among many countries.
This is also the reason why Huo Yu did not start the live broadcast today. He wanted to avoid all channels that could convey the information about flammable ice.
Although China has risen, it has not yet regained its past glory. Every resource that can support the development of the country is important.
Huo Yu is an icekeeper and a Chinese, so he naturally has a "selfish" desire to hand over flammable ice energy points to his motherland.
How important is this resource?
In 2013, combustible ice was discovered in the South China Sea area in China's territorial waters and drilled and sampled. After investigation, the combustible ice can be used by China for 135 years.
According to the information we have, the flammable ice resources in the South China Sea are extremely rich, mainly concentrated in the Dongsha, Xisha and Shenhu waters.
Even though the country has sufficient combustible ice reserves, it is still constantly looking for new combustible ice resources, which shows the importance of this resource.
Clean, efficient, environmentally friendly...
When these terms are combined with an energy source, it is enough to prove its importance.
The whales continued to move forward, and the fish kept staring at the point of the permanent pointer until it stopped shaking and the pointer pointed completely to the bottom of the sea.
"Scarface, stop for a moment."
Huo Yu knelt down and patted Scarface's back.
Scarface let out a long cry and hovered on the sea.
The humpback whale "Boss" not far away saw this and also screamed.
Under the boss's command, the entire whale pod immediately stopped moving forward, like a well-trained army.
Huo Yu took a running start on Scarface's back, jumped into the air and jumped onto the boss's back. Today he finally achieved it.
After landing safely, he felt secretly happy.
I have long wanted to play parkour on the back of a humpback whale, but I was afraid that the humpback whales would find it impolite.
Not to mention it feels really good.
"Boss, I'm going to find something very important. Can you ask my brothers to help me? Don't let other creatures disturb me."
Huo Yu stood on top of the boss's head and whispered.
"Woo-"
The boss responded gently, turned his head and gave orders to the group of whales.
The entire pod of whales immediately sprang into action.
Each humpback whale dispersed in all directions, within a radius of several hundred meters, preventing any creatures that might disturb Huoyu from entering this sea area.
Huo Yu smiled, feeling a sense of security that was extremely reassuring.
The sea is huge, but with such a group of bodyguards, where can we go?
The exploration of combustible ice is a systematic large-scale project, which involves various knowledge from various disciplines.
Such as marine geology, chemistry, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, drilling engineering, etc...
This makes mining and exploration work very complicated, and it is almost impossible for Huoyu to complete it alone.
Fortunately, the [Hongjiao] is equipped with a lot of advanced exploration equipment, including the 'artifact' for surveying combustible ice resources, the gravity sampler.
This instrument can obtain sediment samples from the seabed through the action of gravity, and then analyze the sediment in this sea area to determine whether flammable ice is hidden.
"Boss, take me back to the ship."
The humpback whale beneath him moved slowly and silently towards the "Red Jiao".
Back on the ship, Huo Yu controlled the probe of the gravity sampler to go deep into the sea.
As the probe slowly penetrated deeper, Huo Yu operated it carefully while watching the control screen. Safety must be the first priority in all steps.
This is because the flammable ice ore body is accompanied by methane gas. Once the methane leaks due to careless operation, the consequences will be disastrous.
Combustible ice is a compound of methane and water molecules that combine together in an environment of low temperature and high pressure. Naturally, it is more difficult to mine than other energy sources.
So far, only China, the United States, Neon and Tianzhu in the world have the ability to take physical samples.
As the drill bit goes deeper, the indicator light on the instrument gradually changes from green to yellow.
This means that the sediment sample sampling is completed.
Huoyu began to control the drill bit to rise and retrieve samples.
Sample analysis takes time, so Huoyu has nothing to do and sits on the deck boredly watching the scenery.
What to do if you have nothing to do?
Of course, it’s wolf, bear, and beluga whale!
Huo Yu began to look at the positions of the three little guys.
Xiaoyu is afraid of water. He followed Huo Yu as soon as he got on the boat, and now he is chasing his own tail at the stern of the boat.
The small group was not on the boat, but chasing a baby humpback whale not far from the boat, and from time to time it would let someone spray sea water.
Ever since Xiao Tuan came into contact with the sea water, his inner instincts were unleashed. He felt uncomfortable all over without swimming for a day.
This is also good. Swimming can not only lose weight but also shape your body. It is one of the best healthy ways to lose weight.
After all, the little guy is a little fat now. Being fat is okay and he is quite cute. The main reason is that Huoyu is afraid that his weight will affect his health.
As for the little white whale.
Huo Yu looked around and rubbed his eyes.
The next second, his expression changed drastically.
Where is my little white whale?!
In the blink of an eye, the whale is gone?
Huo Yu quickly ran to the observation deck of the "Red Dragon Boat", trying to find Xiao Bu's figure at a higher position.
After searching anxiously for a long time, Huo Yu suddenly slapped his thigh.
Concern leads to chaos, and I almost forgot that Xiaobu wears a systematic pet collar around his neck.
He quickly closed his eyes and looked at the map in his mind.
Your own position is a yellow dot, and the green dot slightly below is the small fish on the deck.
Huh? Something's wrong. The position of Xiaoyu is not on the deck, but in the storage room...
No wonder he was pretending to be a husky chasing his own tail just now!
This little wolf cub went to steal it again!
Having no time to pay attention to it, Huo Yu continued to explore Xiao Bu's location.
The green dot a little further away from me is a small group of humpback whales playing with baby humpback whales on the water.
Other than that, there aren't any green dots on the map.
The maximum display distance of the pet collar is ten kilometers, but it usually only displays a depth of twenty meters.
It is impossible for a white whale to swim more than ten kilometers by itself in such a short time, so there is only one possibility.
The little guy is now deep into the bottom of the sea, at least twenty meters deep.
Huo Yu only felt that he was as big as two heads.
There is likely to be a huge amount of flammable ice resources in this sea area, and the deep sea where beluga whales usually have unimpeded access is also dangerous here.
Huo Yu hurriedly took off his clothes and took out his diving suit from his space backpack.
Xiaobu, don't run around. What will dad do if he gets poisoned by methane?
Huo Yu felt that he had begun to feel like a worried old father.