From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 342: Siren Temple

Deep in the Tidal Sea, the Temple of Vashj.

The Dark Iron Dwarf Captain Friggs was brought to the temple by the Siren, and Lu Heng and his four companions followed behind and entered the temple.

Before the few people arrived at the temple, a Siren warrior had already returned to report to the Siren tribe's high priest.

So after a brief interrogation, Lu Heng and the other three were taken into the temple by a team of siren guards.

This Vashj Temple is very majestic, with fist-sized pearls inlaid on the pillars, which are obviously of great value just by looking at them.

This temple is located in the deep sea, so Lu Heng and his four companions could not breathe when they dived so deep into the sea.

With the physique of a high-level psychic, holding their breath for more than ten minutes is no problem, but they definitely won't be able to hold on if they can't breathe for a long time.

Lin Zeyu couldn't hold on any longer, so he reached out and pulled Lu Heng's arm, pointing his finger at his mouth.

He couldn't speak. If he opened his mouth now, he would definitely choke on a mouthful of sea water, which would be even more uncomfortable.

He originally thought that he would be able to breathe after arriving at the Sirens' territory, but the situation was completely different from what he expected.

This Siren's temple was also immersed in sea water, and there was no energy shield to provide air for breathing.

Lin Zeyu’s breath holding has reached its limit, and if he can’t find a place to breathe, he will have to take out the oxygen cylinder.

Lu Heng looked around and saw some seaweeds growing among the coral reefs in the temple's vestibule, one of which was exactly what was needed now.

However, this is the territory of the Sirens, and it is indeed a temple. Moving things here at will might anger the Sirens guards.

Lu Heng walked to the seaweed, looked at the Siren Warrior, and pointed at the seaweed.

The Siren Warrior understood what he meant and said, "Okay, you can pick it."

The sirens have a special vocal structure that allows them to speak in water.

After getting his permission, Lu Heng reached out and picked a bunch of seaweed, returned to the team members, picked a leaf of seaweed, handed it to Lin Zeyu, then pointed at the seaweed and then pointed at his mouth, motioning him to hold the seaweed in his mouth.

Lin Zeyu didn't understand what was going on, so he stuffed the seaweed into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.

Lu Heng picked a leaf, put it in his mouth, and held it gently.

This seaweed is called fish gill grass and is a special plant in the tidal sea.

Hold the fish gill grass in your mouth and occasionally bite it with your teeth. The juice that overflows from the fish gill grass will slowly decompose into oxygen, which can be used for breathing.

This gillweed is indeed amazing, but it cannot completely replace air breathing.

After all, the amount of oxygen decomposed by the juice of gill grass is not much, it can barely maintain life. If you engage in strenuous exercise, this amount of oxygen is not enough.

Su Muyu and Xie Shien also picked a leaf of fish gill grass and put it in their mouths to feel the effect of this wonderful leaf.

Only Lin Zeyu was confused, because he had just misunderstood Lu Heng's meaning. He chewed it a few times and swallowed the fish gill grass leaves.

When he discovered that Lu Heng and the other two were just holding leaves in their mouths, it was already too late.

Instead of getting oxygen, his stomach began to bloat and he burped loudly.

Uh!
After burping, he immediately choked on the sea water and quickly covered his mouth and nose with his hands, his face turning red.

The three of them couldn't help laughing when they saw his funny look.

But you can't laugh in the sea, otherwise you will end up like this guy.

Lu Heng picked another leaf of fish gill grass and handed it to him, then spit out half of the fish gill grass in his mouth, held it between his lips, and showed it to him.

Lin Zeyu already understood what was going on, and hurriedly took the fish gill grass and put it in his mouth.

Feeling that one leaf was not enough, he picked two leaves from the bunch of gill grass in Lu Heng's hand and stuffed them into his mouth, and then he slowly stabilized his condition.

The four continued to walk into the Temple of Vashj, through the corridors of the temple, and all the way to the main hall.

In the main hall.

A team of Siren warriors took Friggs and dragged him to the center of the main hall.

The walls and dome surrounding the main hall are inlaid with glowing pearls, illuminating the entire main hall with splendor.

On the north side of the main hall stands a statue of Poseidon, a female Poseidon with a human body and a snake tail, and her appearance is very similar to that of the Sirens.

The Sirens had stuffed gillweed into Friggs' mouth, so he did not drown. However, he was not polite to the Sirens at all, and glared at these snake-like sea creatures with angry eyes from time to time.

Lu Heng and his three companions were not arrested, but the Siren guards in the temple remained vigilant against them.

After standing in the main hall for a while, a Siren guard went to the back hall to report.

A moment later, a Siren woman dressed in high priest clothing came out, holding a long-handled staff in her hand with a sapphire inlaid on the top.

Lu Heng recognized it at a glance. The sapphire on the long-handled staff was the Sirens’ treasure, [Heart of the Tide].

Legend has it that whoever possesses this gem can gain the power bestowed by the sea god.

And this female siren is none other than the high priestess "Sona" of the Sirens, who is also the clan leader of the Sirens.

The Sirens, as a whole, are a matriarchal clan, with most of their branches headed by female matriarchs and female high priests.

A few branches have a male patriarch, but even if the patriarch is a man, the high priest is usually a woman.

Because in the Sirens tribe, males are stronger and tend to grow into warriors, while females have stronger mental strength and are often able to master the ability to summon tides through learning.

In the deep sea, the ability to call the tide can often determine the fate of an entire tribe.

Therefore, women have a high status in the Sirens tribe.

Of course, this situation is not absolute.

The Sirens did not stipulate that men could not become high priests, but rather that only the Sirens with the strongest tide-calling abilities were eligible to inherit the position of high priest.

Women have stronger spiritual attributes, so they have a more obvious advantage in the ability to summon tides.

In the history of the Sirens, there have been male high priests, but their numbers are relatively small.

In general, male sirens are usually strength warriors, and their weapons are usually harpoons, while female sirens are more inclined to become tidecallers and master water magic powers.

……

After the Sona High Priest came in, he glanced at the people in the main hall.

In addition to Friggs, there are four other humans including Lu Heng.

Just by looking at their appearance, you can tell that humans, like the Dark Iron Dwarves, are land creatures.

Land creatures usually don't have the ability to communicate in water, and it's difficult for them to breathe. High Priest Sona raised her staff and waved it, and a wave of sea power swept out from the main hall, forming a whirlpool that pushed the sea water away.

In the blink of an eye, the sea water in the main hall was pushed out, filling the space in the main hall with air.

After the sea water was pushed out, Lu Heng, the other three and Friggs immediately felt that they could breathe more easily, while sea water was still dripping onto the ground from their bodies.

call!
Lin Zeyu opened his mouth, took a deep breath, and then exhaled heavily, with a very comfortable expression.

Most Dark Iron dwarves have bad tempers, just like the lava in a volcano.

After Friggs breathed in air, he was finally able to speak. He shook off the shackles on his hands, pointed at High Priest Sona and cursed: "You damn sirens, you only know how to attack us in the sea!"

snort!
High Priest Sona was furious, and she waved her sleeves and shouted angrily: "You bunch of Dark Iron Dwarves, why don't you stay on land, but run to the sea to seek death!"

The Siren warriors and guards around were all furious, holding harpoons, knives and axes, waiting for the high priest's order to chop the Dark Iron Dwarf into meat paste and feed it to the sharks.

Friggs had no intention of backing down. He volunteered to be captured here and never thought about going back alive.

So he pointed at the Siren High Priest and continued to curse.

The anger on High Priest Sona's face grew more and more intense, and the situation suddenly became tense.

Seeing this, Lu Heng knew that if he didn't do something, the Dark Iron Dwarf Captain would be hacked to death immediately, so he stepped forward and said, "Everyone, wait a moment. If you have any grievances or conflicts, you can sit down and talk it out."

High Priest Sona glanced at Lu Heng and snorted coldly: "It's not your turn yet."

Lu Heng took the initiative to reveal his identity: "We are recruiters from the human world. You have never seen humans, but you should know the existence of recruiters."

High Priest Sona snorted coldly: "Of course, the death of the Abyss Summoner will not be much better than that of the Dark Iron Dwarf."

Conscription is not necessarily a good thing for indigenous races.

Therefore, not all indigenous races welcomed the conscripts.

After all, the Abyss Summoner is also a Summoner, but he is summoned by the Abyss and his mission is to help the Abyss devour the target world.

The mission of a positive recruiter is usually to help the target world purify the source of abyss pollution, but there are many special circumstances.

For example, "traitors" among the recruits will also cause the indigenous races to be more wary of the recruits.

In addition, there is the situation of "plundering teams".

In short, the combination of multiple factors means that the indigenous races are not necessarily friendly to the recruiters, and it is already good enough if they can remain neutral.

Lu Heng hurriedly explained: "My mission requires us to establish diplomatic relations with the Sirens, hoping that humans and the Sirens can coexist peacefully. In addition, my challenge is to find the source of abyssal pollution, which means that there is a high probability that there is a source of abyssal pollution in the Tidal Sea. Even if you don't believe in humans, you should first find the source of abyssal pollution and clean it up."

High Priest Sona narrowed her eyes slightly, a thoughtful expression appeared on her cold and beautiful face, and questioned: "My guards reported to me that you helped the Dark Iron Dwarves."

Since the Sirens and the Dark Iron Dwarves are now in a hostile relationship, although it has not yet reached the point of declaring war, the relationship is indeed very bad.

Therefore, since humans helped the Dark Iron Dwarves, they would naturally be branded with hostility by the Sirens.

Lu Heng sighed and explained, "Okay. I won't hide it either. My challenge task requires me to help you reconcile with the Dark Iron Dwarves.

“It’s not a must to complete the challenge, but I still want to give it a try.

“High Priest, please don’t be angry yet. Listen to my advice before making a decision.

“The Dark Iron Dwarves are a land race, while the Sirens are a sea race.

“In terms of living space, there is no competition between your two tribes, so there should be no conflicts between you two tribes.

"What caused you to be hostile to each other? Can you tell me the reason?"

In fact, Lu Heng knew some reasons about the conflict between the two races, but he only knew a rough idea, so it would be better to ask clearly.

The Siren Warrior on the side shouted angrily: "It's all these damned Dark Iron Dwarves who dumped volcanic ash into the sea and polluted our seawater!"

This statement is pretty much the same as I remember.

According to previous memories, the reason why the Sirens attacked the Dark Iron Dwarves was because the Dark Iron Dwarves transported volcanic ash and coal slag to the Tidal Sea and dumped them, polluting the sea water here.

The Tidal Sea is the home of the Sirens. It is normal for them to be angry when the Dark Iron Dwarves dump garbage on their home.

No matter which race it is, when other races dump garbage into their homes and pollute the environment, enmity is inevitable.

However, there is a question here. Why did the Dark Iron Dwarves dump volcanic ash into the sea?

Lu Heng looked at Friggs and asked, "Captain, if you want to resolve the feud between the two tribes, you'd better answer this question: Why did the Dark Iron Dwarves dump volcanic ash into the Tidal Sea?"

Friggs snorted coldly and said unreasonably: "The Tidal Sea is so big, and the volcanic ash we poured is not in the Sirens' territory. There are no Sirens' settlements within a thousand miles around. Why can't we do that? Does the entire world's ocean belong to them, the Sirens?"

This seems to make sense.

The Sirens do live in the Tidal Sea, but the Tidal Sea is very large, and there is a lot of room for debate as to whether every inch of the ocean belongs to the Sirens.

High Priest Sona snorted coldly, "The Dark Iron Dwarves are indeed incapable of communication. Drag them away and feed them to the sea beasts!"

Two Siren warriors stepped forward and tried to drag Friggs away.

Lu Heng hurriedly stopped him: “Wait a minute!”

High Priest Sona narrowed her eyes and snorted, "Do you want to feed the sea beast too?"

Lu Heng reached out to stop the Siren Warrior who was trying to drag Frigus, and said, "High Priest, it is already difficult to resist the Abyss, and the Dark Iron Dwarves are also resisting the Abyss. The hostility between the two of you will only make this world swallowed by the Abyss faster.

"Why can't we talk it out? When we encounter a problem, we should solve it first instead of attacking each other. I think the high priest should understand this."

High Priest Sona seemed to be thinking about something, but her tone was still filled with anger as she asked, "What do you want to say?"

Lu Heng explained: "I want to ask clearly, do the Sirens know why the Tidal Sea was polluted? Is it just the volcanic ash dumped by the Dark Iron Dwarves?"

High Priest Sona fell silent, apparently what Lu Heng said was right.

The Tidal Sea was polluted, and it was indeed because of the Dark Iron Dwarves' dumping of volcanic ash. But could just dumping volcanic ash pollute the entire Tidal Sea?
The Dark Iron Dwarves use ships to transport volcanic ash and dump it into the deep sea. Even if they transport it back and forth continuously, the total amount will not be too much.

There must be some unknown reasons.

Just as High Priest Sona was lost in thought, another team of Siren warriors came back, along with a team of humans.

Su Muyu hurriedly reminded Lu Heng in his ear: "It's Liu Haiyang and the others."

The leading sea monster returned to the main hall and reported: "High Priest, the mad sea beast we finally killed this time was helped by a group of recruits who claimed to be humans during the battle.

"They wanted to see the high priest, so I brought them back."

After Liu Haiyang and the other six entered the main hall, they immediately stood at attention and saluted Lu Heng: "Report to the commander, Sergeant 2nd Class Liu Haiyang is here to report!"

(End of this chapter)