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Chapter 274 Fishmen

Speaking of which, besides humans, we should also count the ghosts in the Ghost Dock.

Qin Ziwen had never seen any other non-human intelligent races.

Standing by the fishpond, he took out the recruitment card and silently recited "use" in his mind.

The card transformed into a streak of light and vanished from the spot.

The next second, a blurry, dark purple phantom appeared before my eyes.

As the light faded, a man standing 1.6 meters tall appeared in the spot. He had a hunched back and his shoulders and spine were covered with a layer of cyan-colored hard shell.

Its mouth and nose protrude forward, it has gills on its cheeks, and its eyes are deep-set.

The lower body was not a mermaid's tail, but rather human-like legs with webbed feet. After being summoned, the male fishman looked around and subconsciously glanced at the fishpond behind him.

Then he knelt down with a thud, prostrated himself, and banged his head heavily on the ground.

"My esteemed master, I am Pula of the Fishman Craftsman Clan."

Although its voice was somewhat unnatural, it was clearly Chinese.

"You can actually speak Chinese?" Qin Ziwen asked in surprise.

The merman looked somewhat bewildered, then respectfully said, "Respected master, after being recruited by you, this language appeared in my head."

You can tell that its language is becoming more and more fluent.

Compared to the previous sentence, this one is clearly much more practiced.

"Get up." After waking Pula, Qin Ziwen's gaze fell on his feet.

He thought of the skeleton miners he had seen in Wailing Bunker.

The skeletal outlines of those miners looked somewhat similar to Pula's physique, especially their webbed feet.

Could it be that those skeleton miners were transformed from murlocs?

He looked him over again and noticed that Pula's arms were long and slender, beyond the average person's.

Its skin is blue, with a darker back and a lighter abdomen.

"You said you're from the Craftsman Clan, and you're a craftsman?" Qin Ziwen remembered that the summoning card said it was a sailor. Could it be that this Pula is a multi-talented individual?

“Master, I am a sailor, responsible for ship repairs,” Pula said respectfully.

After listening to Pula's explanation, Qin Ziwen gained some understanding of the fish-men race it had mentioned.

It comes from a place called Rust Algae City.

Here, children born into a craftsman's family are destined to become craftsmen. If they cannot learn craftsmanship, they can only take on even more menial jobs.

Besides the Craftsmen, there are three other races.

They are the Hunting Clan, the Sacrificing Clan, and the Turbid Clan.

The sacrificial clan held the highest status but had the smallest number of inhabitants.

The members inside are mostly priests of the tribe, possessing extraordinary power and being the only spellcasters in the tribe. They hold a prestigious position and belong to the ruling class.

Secondly, there are the Hunters, who are the second rarest in number. Each Hunter is a born warrior, responsible for hunting outside and protecting their tribe. They belong to the upper echelons of the Fish-Men.

Next is the Craftsmen, who are the artisans within the Fish-Men. The Craftsmen is a general term that encompasses all types of artisans. The Craftsmen are the smallest and most agile among the Fish-Men, and they have a strong learning ability.

The lowest-ranking group was the Zhuo people.

The Muddy Clan are the laborers of the Fish-Men. They are naturally stupid and have a sturdy build. They are the laborers in Fish-Men City. They have a huge appetite and will eat anything, whether it is garbage, rotting corpses or excrement.

"The descendants of the Si clan are the priests?"

"Yes Master."

"I never imagined that superhumans could transmit the virus from mother to child," Qin Ziwen remarked, noting that a Celestial Dragon's offspring are born as little Celestial Dragons.

He then asked, "Do your merfolk ships sail on the sea or underwater?"

“Master, the boat is sailing underwater.” Pula asked, somewhat puzzled. Why would the boat sail on the surface of the water?

It suddenly realized that its master was human, and that human ships were sailing on the sea.

When Pula thought of human ships, some vague fragments of memory flashed through his mind, but he couldn't quite remember them.

"Then you can build ships that can sail underwater?" Qin Ziwen asked, intrigued. He didn't care whether the ship sailed on the surface or underwater.

Anyway, with deep-sea oxygen, even underwater ships can be used.

Pula shook his head in distress. "Master, ships that travel underwater can only pass after a priest of the sacrificial tribe has prayed for them."

Qin Ziwen frowned. "Where am I supposed to find a priest?"

Staring at Pula, Qin Ziwen suddenly thought of something.

"Wait, come with me underwater and show me how to swim normally."

He took off his clothes and jumped into the fishpond.

Pula hesitated for a moment, then jumped into the water as well.

In fact, it wanted to go down into the fishpond the moment it saw it.

Although they, the fish-men, can walk on land, they are still more comfortable in the water.

In the fishpond, Pula moved as nimbly as a fish.

Watching its swimming style, Qin Ziwen squinted his eyes. That's it, all correct, that's the movement.

The guy he saw at the underwater altar that day was definitely a fish-man!
There really are wild fish-men on the seabed in this area!

He recalled the scene in the map's opening prompts: these murlocs, and not just one, but most likely a murloc race.

He gave Prahlo insight.

[Normal Murloc (Pula): ☆☆]

He has a two-star physique, similar to Jia Liangcai.

Recently, Jia Liangcai has been training frequently at the training ground, and his physical fitness has improved to two stars.

Judging from his physique, this Pula's physical attributes are those of an ordinary fish-man who is nothing special.

Qin Ziwen beckoned to Pula, signaling it to spar with him underwater.

He wanted to experience firsthand the fighting prowess of the fishmen in the sea.

As a result, Pula refused to do anything.

Its face turned bluish-purple, and it performed a "frog-like" pose right there in the water.

Floating in the water, it repeatedly kowtowed.

Qin Ziwen swam over and gave it a tap on the back of the head.

"Crack~"

Prabhu banged his head even faster, his head almost leaving a blurry afterimage.

Qin Ziwen reached out, grabbed its arm, and pulled it toward the surface of the water.

Pula instinctively twisted her head, but quickly relaxed.

A smile flashed across Qin Ziwen's eyes. Just from that one move, he could tell that the old guy was quite strong.

Absolutely beyond ordinary two-star humans.

It seems that the fish-men are stronger than humans.

If we also consider their proficiency in water and their considerable combat power on the seabed, coupled with their gregarious nature, as well as the Seraphim's spellcasting and tool-making skills, then even a Mosasaurus would probably not want to provoke them easily in this sea area.

Once ashore, after drying off and putting their clothes back on, Qin Ziwen took Pula to the Ghost Shipyard to introduce it to Tao Fu, allowing the two to have a proper chat.

As for what they can exchange ideas about, that's up to them.

Tao Fu saw Pula and nodded in a friendly manner.

Ever since I saw the ghost, even fishmen are nothing special.

"Don't worry, sir, leave it to me."

Two hours later, the ship repairs were completed.

After the Lost Home was repaired, it was put back into the sea. The crew, who had recovered, boarded the ship, and the large ship set sail, heading towards the largest island in this sea area.

(End of this chapter)