Led by Black Bull and Whirlwind, Li Du swam in.
Soon, in the cold ice water, a huge carcass of a sea beast appeared in the light.
Its body was about four meters long, its body was round, and a long horn protruded from the mouth at the front of its head. Of course, this was actually its tusk.
The narwhal had appeared!
Of course, this was the carcass of a narwhal. It was well preserved in the ice water, and there were not many signs of decay on the surface. However, Li Du looked closely and saw that there were wounds on the surface of its body, along which the decay began.
He swam over and touched the narwhal's tusk. This was what he had been looking for.
Now he was just at the entrance of the cemetery. The ice cave was very big. No wonder the old man with the plait said it was spectacular.
As he went deeper and deeper, more and more narwhals appeared. Looking up, there were also carcasses of giant beasts above his head. Some of the carcasses were rotten, revealing their white skeletons, and some were frozen and well preserved.
Looking at these giant beasts, Li Du took a deep breath, and a string of bubbles appeared around him.
Because of the contrast between the giant beasts, his body became very small, and the bubbles were even smaller.
He did not know how many narwhals there were, but as far as he could see, there were hundreds or even thousands of these giant beasts.
Unfortunately, the era was not right. If Li Du had found so many narwhal carcasses in the Middle Ages, he would have quickly become rich.
In medieval Europe, superstition prevailed, and narwhal teeth were said to have healing, preventive, and detoxifying properties. People used narwhal teeth to make goblets, teacups, and bowls. It was believed that when the poisonous liquid was poured in, it would "produce black foam, and then the toxicity would be gone."
At that time, both the Emperor and the Pope regarded the whale's tooth as their most precious treasure. Even though the nobles who owned the unicorn's horn were constantly suddenly and inexplicably killed, the horn still enjoyed the reputation of being an antidote, and its price in the market had never declined.
Four centuries ago, Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire gave two narwhal horns to Marlef of Bayreuth, France, to pay a debt equivalent to $1 million in today's money.
Of course, today, no one still believes that narwhal teeth have these effects. Now its value lies in sculpture and scientific research.
Narwhals can go as deep as two kilometers underwater. Their tusks are never affected by changes in water pressure and can maintain their normal state under all kinds of pressure.
This kind of performance was very valuable to modern marine science because the deep sea was a world that humans had never been able to understand, and humans still lacked enough effective super diving equipment.
Narwhal tusks could provide some clues for the research of these diving equipment, so many scientific research institutions were very interested in the Narwhal tusks.
However, Li Du knew that there was a better way to make money. Historically, King Fridley III of Denmark collected the most unicorn horns. He used the unicorn horn to make a throne, which was considered a miracle in Europe.
For a long time the throne had been used for the coronation of the Danish kings, and its legs, arms, and base were all made of narwhal teeth.
The Narwhal tusk was not made of titanium alloy. Hundreds of years of use and contention had left it scarred, and it was eventually destroyed in a palace coup.
Li Du wanted to make a new one to sell to the Danish royal family. He believed that the royal family would be very interested in it.
Now that narwhals were an endangered species, major governments had banned the trade of whale teeth. Fishermen in some parts of the Arctic could traditionally kill narwhals for food and oil extraction, but the whale teeth would be confiscated by the government.
Li Du's whale teeth came from whale carcasses, and with strong proof, they could enter the market.
After a tour of the ice cave, he came to the surface.
Although he was not claustrophobic, Li Du felt very uncomfortable staying in such a deep sea ice cave. It was particularly depressing, and there was always a fear in his heart, as if the ice cave could close at any time or collapse at any time!
Remembering the specific coordinates, it would be much easier to come here next time.
Li Du took the group back to the boat. Seeing everyone's expression, Sophie knew the result and said, "Found the cemetery? How many narwhal carcasses are there? "
Brother Wolf showed her the photos taken by the underwater camera, and Sophie raised her eyebrows in surprise. "God, so many? It's a miracle of nature! "
"If you had seen it with your own eyes, you would have been even more shocked," Li Du sighed.
Sophie looked at the photos in silence, looking at each one carefully.
After a long time, she said, "Actually, you don't have to destroy this cemetery. God will not be happy … Well, it's no use talking to you about God. You're not afraid of him. Anyway, I think it's a bad thing to destroy a natural miracle like this. "
Li Du said, "That's okay, right? We're not hunting narwhals, we're just making the best use of their carcasses. If we don't use them, wouldn't it be a waste for them to stay here? "
Sophie looked at him sincerely and said, "Honey, listen to me, if we destroy this cemetery, where will the narwhals go after they die? Also, if you put whale teeth into the market, maybe you're legal, but there are always people who have illegal whale teeth. What if they mix the illegal whale teeth into the market? That's helping the wicked! "
Listening to her persuasion, Li Du said helplessly, "Then why did we come to the Arctic? You were willing to come with me to the Arctic to find this cemetery. "
Sophie said weakly, "I thought there were only one or a few groups of narwhals in this so-called cemetery, at most twenty or thirty of them."
Li Du said, "Let me think about it. It's been so hard for us to come to the Arctic. If there's nothing to gain, how boring would it be?"
"Who says there's nothing to gain?" Sophie laughed. "We've been to the North Pole, the South Pole, and the North Pole. We've been there. Isn't that a great experience?"
The Hammerhead Shark went all the way south and suddenly broke down after leaving the glacier.
There was a chief engineer on board, the technical director of the ship's machinery, power, and electrical equipment.
He went to check the situation, came back with a report, and said helplessly, "The transformer responsible for supplying power to the propeller has burned down. We have to replace it, or we won't be able to leave."
Li Du said, "Then change it. Is there a spare transformer on board?"
The chief engineer smiled bitterly. "Sorry, sir, we don't have it in stock. The ship was originally docked for maintenance. Some of the spare parts were used up. One of the purposes of this maintenance was to replenish the spare parts."
Li Du was dumbfounded. "Then what do we do? Our ship can't just stop here, can it? Is there no other way? "
The chief engineer spread out his hands and said, "Unless a tugboat tows us away, or someone sends us a new propeller current transformer, unfortunately, we can only stay here."
Sophie said coldly, "Do you think this is the work of the dead narwhals?"
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