Chapter 460: Twin Canyons

Twin Oceans, a special sea area located between the Southern Islands of the continent.

Just like its name "Twin," the seawater in this sea area is like a pair of identical twins, coexisting clearly despite having different colors.

One side is clear and transparent, reflecting the azure sky, while the other presents a brownish-red color, like rust or clay.

The two colors of seawater do not mix, and there is not even a buffer zone where the colors are mixed; instead, they are divided into two blocks by a line that actually exists, just like "oil" and "water."

Looking down from high altitude, it is as if some invisible thing exists that has forcibly stitched two completely different sea areas together, strange and peculiar.

No one knows the reason for the birth of such a natural phenomenon. From the time the first adventurer from Shoal Bay set foot here, this sea area had already been like this.

Some people have asked the islanders who have lived in the nearby sea area for generations about the relevant situation, and the sayings are different.

Some say it is the trace left by 【Ocean Goddess】 Anboli and 【Sailor God】 Weierkou when they fought in the ancient times; others say that a powerful magical beast from the deepest part of the sky was buried under the seabed here, and the blood flowing from its wounds dyed the nearby sea area red.

For so many years, many geologists and oceanographers have also hired adventurer ship teams to come over and investigate personally, judging that the formation of that brownish-red sea area is because of the red clay and special iron-bearing rock layers at its bottom.

But regarding why the two colors of seawater could be separated from each other in such a clear way, no one has given a credible conclusion, and in the end, it can only be explained as a peculiar natural phenomenon under the action of magic particles.

Out of interest in the local human environment and caution for the upcoming mission, during the nearly one-week voyage from Shoal Bay to here, Xia Nan asked his teammates on the ship for a lot of information about this sea area.

The Twin Oceans itself is not just as simple as having two colors of seawater at the same time.

Its ecological environment, species system, and even natural phenomena are very different from ordinary sea areas.

First of all, due to the different density and material composition of the seawater on both sides of the dividing line, the sunlight from the sky will undergo severe refraction at the dividing line.

Looking from a distance, it is like a semi-transparent, raised wall slightly distorted in the air.

Birds unfamiliar with the local environment often lose their sense of direction because of the existence of this air wall and crash into the seawater.

Secondly, perhaps a long time ago, when this sea area had not yet undergone such changes, the animal ecology here was no different from other places.

But after thousands of years of isolation and evolution, the animals living in the Twin Oceans gradually evolved into forms completely different from their original groups.

Just like the Burnt-Neck Spiral-Toothed Shark that attacked the Oath-Breaker, and the strange ribbon fish with completely different colors on the left and right sides in Xia Nan's hand at this moment.

Hmm... I heard others say that this kind of heterochromatic fish that only appears in the Twin Oceans has a very peculiar taste. While the meat is firm, it will carry a salty taste unique to minerals after being cooked, which makes Xia Nan can't help but look forward to it in his heart.

Finally, because of the unique nature of the seawater in the Twin Oceans, the sea salt produced here has a deeper taste, and whether it is used for pickling meat or adding during cooking, it is a top-grade material and quite popular in the market; the minerals enriched on the seabed make the ecology of this sea area exceptionally prosperous, nourishing countless marine creatures with different forms.

Xia Nan put the heterochromatic ribbon fish into the wooden barrel and looked up, his gaze crossing the deck and looking toward the distance.

On the vast sea surface that seemed to extend infinitely toward the horizon, a straight and invisible line divided the entire world in half.

One side is the deep azure of the ocean, and the other is a brownish-red rust color that is exceptionally conspicuous and even looks a bit turbid.

The air at the intersection is faintly distorted, and the waves intersect and collide here, splashing transparent and reddish crystal water droplets.

A seagull cried and flew past overhead, but its feather color was not the common snow-white, but a brownish-red that seemed to reflect the color of the seawater below, in a gradient color.

Especially when it flapped its wings and crossed that invisible dividing line between the seawater, the brownish-red seawater below made its reddish-brown feathers seem to echo with it.

"Splash!"

A significantly louder sound of waves suddenly came from his ears.

Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw that at the dividing line in the distance, the two colors of seawater were like being squeezed inward by two invisible big hands, colliding and flowing against each other, forming a spectacular, several-kilometer-long, staircase-shaped wave surge.

"This is the 'water ladder' phenomenon unique to the Twin Oceans."

Arriving at the destination, Haian also ended her meditation, walked down from the bow, and introduced it to Xia Nan, who came from the inland.

"I heard scholars in Shoal Bay analyze the specific principle, saying it is a kind of convection formed by the temperature difference between the seawater on both sides in a specific season."

Xia Nan was not a physicist in his past life, and after graduating for many years, most of the knowledge he learned in the classroom was returned to the school, so he didn't know if the other party's statement was reasonable.

But he was not a personality who was very serious and liked to get to the bottom of things. Since the Druid explained it this way, he just listened to it this way.

Truthfully, this so-called "water ladder" is indeed very spectacular.

Especially under the condition that he had been bored sailing on the sea for nearly seven days and had already seen enough of the scenery of the vast sea surface around him.

Suddenly encountering such a thing, just the spectacular scene of red and blue intersecting and colliding left a deep impression in Xia Nan's heart.

On the side, although Haian didn't have too many expressions usually and looked like she was already used to life at sea.

At this moment, the emotions in her heart couldn't help but rise and fall, and she introduced the unique natural phenomena of the local area to Xia Nan with great interest:

"Locals call the place where these two sea areas intersect the 'Dividing Line of God'."

"Occasionally, when storms and waterspouts form, due to the different environments on both sides, a peculiar two-color spiral spectacle will be formed."

"I once saw it with my own eyes; half was ink-colored rain clouds, and the other half was red cumulus clouds, which was very spectacular."

"I heard that lucky crew members have even seen rainbows spanning across the two sea areas, and the colors are..."

Before she finished speaking, a high-spirited shout suddenly came from the edge of the deck on the side.

He saw the Halfling Alton standing directly on the railing at this moment, holding his fishing rod in his hand, but his pair of eyes had already been attracted by other things, excitedly greeting Xia Nan beside him.

"Hey, Xia Nan, look! It's a rainbow!"

His gaze followed.

What met his eyes was a strange rainbow with bright colors and clear outlines, with its two ends falling on both sides of the seawater dividing line.

It was as if it was also affected by the seawater of the Twin Oceans. Although one could still clearly see the color changes on its surface, the overall color was faintly red, which was very rare.

Haian closed her mouth and kept silent.

The Oath-Breaker continued to sail.

Clearly having experience in driving ships in this sea area, the Oath-Breaker did not rashly break into the inner sea with brownish-red color. The sea quality rich in minerals and clay would cause certain damage to the ship boards if sailing in it for a long time.

The Oath-Breaker had just survived the siege of the Spiral-Toothed Shark school and had only carried out temporary simple repairs, so it needed to be careful and careful. ===== CHAPTER 461 =====