Shendou Continent

Chapter 165
"Where is this?" When Chen Xiaodong woke up, this was the first question that came to his mind.

He stood up slowly and looked around carefully.It seems that it is still at the bottom of the water, and there are still some places in the distance that are constantly bubbling.Specifically, this is a square-shaped cave. The cave is spacious, and there seem to be a few glowing dots around it, so it looks brighter here.He was lying on a stone bed just now, and there was a tulle-like quilt on the bed.

He walked slowly to the nearest dot, and looked carefully, it turned out to be a bead, like a night pearl.He picked up the bead and looked closely at it in his hand, the pearl was round and could shine, this bead was probably top grade.But there were several randomly arranged around, he was secretly surprised in his heart, thinking, this thing must be the legendary merman teardrop.He walked out of the cave slowly. Outside the cave, there was already some sunlight, but the light was weak. He must have been in the deep seabed.

The appearance of the surroundings was different from before, like a courtyard of human beings on land.Around the cave, there are some "courtyard walls" piled up with pebbles, and there are stone pavilions and stone benches in the "courtyard walls", just like pavilions on land.There are some corals beside the pavilion. There are many colorful small fishes on the corals, and there are seaweeds around. The seaweeds are swaying with the waves, like an underwater garden.

Just, why is he here?Hasn't his water-repellent bead exhausted?What he could recall was that he had a dream before, about his grandma, and after that, he lost his memory.What's happening here?Could it be that he died in the sea and turned into a mermaid?
As soon as he had this thought, he immediately checked himself, touched his head, and looked at his feet. It seemed that he was still human, and he hadn't turned into a murloc. This made him even more strange!

Just when he was hesitating and hesitating, two monsters with human bodies and fishtails appeared in front of his eyes, and he immediately backed away in fright.But soon, something seemed to come to his mind, and he forced himself to stand still.

"You, what kind of monsters are you? Are you the South Sea Merman?"

"Human, you broke into our territory, we rescued you, but you spoke rudely, hum!" said an elderly murloc swimming behind.

"Ah? You guys saved me?"

"Otherwise?" the murloc spoke again, and the murloc looked very old.And there was a young murloc beside her, who was speaking to him at the moment, like singing, but Chen Xiaodong couldn't understand what she was expressing at all.

"What is she talking about?" Chen Xiaodong subconsciously asked the elder murloc.

"Not all of us mermaids can speak human language. She just said that if we hadn't saved you, you would have died a long time ago." The elder murloc explained.

"really?"

"I don't have to lie to you!"

"Then where am I? How can I be in the water for so long?"

"This is the periphery of our mermen's life. You stumbled in by mistake. I think you are pitiful, so let Honglin save you and send you to this cave. In human terms, this is also our cave." Houses. In addition, your water-repelling beads are actually made of the fishtail scales of our mermaids. You have them, so we naturally have them. Humans can’t see us, and it’s not easy to make beads. I heard they’re very expensive. This is not so valuable, I have already fed you a lot when you were unconscious, and you can survive in the water for a while." The elder murloc said as he landed in the yard, touched the ground with his tail fin, and stopped up.

The young murloc named "Red Scale" also fell to the ground, and after the older murloc had finished speaking, he followed her into the pavilion, and made a gesture for Chen Xiaodong to sit in as well.

Chen Xiaodong looked at the mermaids in front of him at a close distance. They had human bodies and fish tails. They looked like humans but not humans, like fish and not fish. The red scales had beautiful faces, like mermaids, and the elder murlocs, although they were old, Still exudes the temperament of a mermaid.They also have hair, the red scales are red, and the older murlocs are white.Their ears are like fish fins, the cochlea is connected to a long fin tail, there are also fins in the middle of the two arms, and there is a larger fin at the waist where the human body and fish tail are connected.Their bodies are all dressed in white gauze with red scales, and two shells cover the key parts of the chest, while the older ones wear blue gauze with black brocade inside.

After Red Scale signaled, he followed into the pavilion and sat down in front of them.

"Don't be cautious, if we want to harm you, you won't wake up." The older murloc looked at Chen Xiaodong's vigilant and restrained look, and said again.

"My servant, Chen Xiaodong, thank you two for your life-saving grace!" Hearing this, Chen Xiaodong hurriedly stood up and clasped his fists together.But he was still very puzzled in his heart, why the other party wanted to save him if it was not a relative or a reason.As he thought so in his heart, his eyes also showed some doubts.

Seemingly seeing what he was thinking, the elder murloc said again: "You look like an old friend of mine, so I decided to save you."

"Do you know how to read minds?" Chen Xiaodong scratched his head in embarrassment, and the address became respectful.

"Hehe. I was rescued by a human when I was young. He taught me human language and gave me a human name. You can call me Mrs. Lan."

"Mrs. Lan?"

"Yes, blue is the color of the sea."

"You were saved by humans, so you are kind to humans?"

"No, I was also in danger because of humans. So we mermaids generally hide in the depths of the South China Sea and avoid you as much as possible."

"Mrs. Lan just said that I look like a friend of yours. What does that mean?"

"As I said just now, I was rescued by a person when I was a child, and you, who look a lot like him, have a simple and ordinary appearance, giving people a simple feeling. Although 60 years have passed, I still know his appearance. I will never forget it. By the way, your home is near the South China Sea?" Madam Lan asked seemingly casually, but her eyes were full of expectation.

"My home is thousands of miles away in the eastern part of the mainland, far away from the South China Sea." Chen Xiaodong answered truthfully.

"Oh, that's it." Mrs. Lan seemed a little lost when she heard that.

The two started chatting, but Chen Xiaodong's stomach growled.Mrs. Lan seemed to recall that Chen Xiaodong had been unconscious in the sea for a day and a night. Although water drops could guarantee that he would not drown, they could not be used to satisfy his hunger.So, she ordered Honglin to bring some food for Chen Xiaodong.Fire can't be made in the sea, and he doesn't know how to eat raw food from sharks, so the only fruits that are suitable for him are some fruits from the islands.But for Chen Xiaodong, some food is already good.

Afterwards, Chen Xiaodong talked about his origin and experience, and looking at the eyes of the two sharks, at least most of the experience can be guessed.The island where Chen Xiaodong went to sea was originally a place where their mermaid ancestors often played.Later, humans discovered them here, and they began to be hunted, which also led to a sharp decline in the number of sharks, and they have been hard to find in the past few hundred years.They are also extremely afraid when they see humans. The island has long been abandoned. Near the cave that connects to the seabed, they set up many traps to prevent humans from discovering their gathering place.Therefore, it is even more difficult for humans to find sharks. It is also fate that Chen Xiaodong can swim out of the underwater tunnel alive.

Of course, more importantly, Mrs. Lan decided that he looked like someone, so she decided to save him.

(End of this chapter)