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Chapter 307 The Origin of the Abyss
"Gulu gulu."

"Gulu gulu."

The fish-men hidden in the mounds swam out of the pits one by one.

As more and more fishmen surrounded him and the surrounding space became cramped, Du Yu's expression turned cold, and he placed his hand on the harpoon behind his back.

"Om-"

A deep hum came from behind, and the fishmen who had been surrounding them scattered like birds and beasts, like a group of frightened fish, fleeing in all directions.

Behind the school of fish, a huge shark slowly swam over.

When the other party got closer, Qin Ziwen took a closer look and realized that it was not a shark at all, but a large fish-man that looked seven or eight parts like a shark.

Once the other person stood still and opened their long arms, Qin Ziwen looked up. The other person was over five meters tall, with a pointed nose, a broad face, and sharp, saw-like teeth between their lips.

Judging from its physical appearance, this fishman is different from both the Artisan and the Turbid fishman. Considering the other two races in the fishman race, its identity is easy to guess; it must be a Hunting fishman.

Pula swam over and said to Qin Ziwen, "Master, this is the Sacrifice Fishman. It should be the leader of this Fishman tribe."

A hint of surprise flashed in Qin Ziwen's eyes. He examined it carefully, then looked at the muscular, shark-like fish, and then turned to look at Pula. "If the Sacrifice Clan is this fierce, how strong must the Hunting Clan be?"

With something in his mouth and unable to speak easily underwater, Qin Ziwen, though full of doubts, could not ask any questions.

"Buzz." The sacrificial fish-man emitted a low buzzing sound, which spread across the seabed and formed ripples of shockwaves.

“Master, he invites you to the Sea Temple,” Pula said. “The Sea Temple is the most prestigious place among the fish-men, and it is usually only used for sacrifices or to entertain distinguished guests.”

Qin Ziwen nodded.

The sacrificial fishman opposite them turned around and led the way, with Qin Ziwen and the others following behind.

Along the way, there were mounds on both sides, and on the surface of these mounds you could see things like shells and corals, which were built up by mixing with the mud and sand of the seabed.

It looks a bit like an igloo.

Most of these mounds are not very large, and they are mostly inhabited by the Artisan Fishmen. The small Artisan Fishmen nimbly squeeze in, peeking out their heads like eels peeking out from the crevices of underwater reef caves, secretly observing them.

After walking for a while, ahead was a huge sea pit, and in the center of the pit, there was an underwater temple built of stones.

The temple's surface was covered with red seaweed, and a turbid fish-man lay on either side of the entrance.

The two murky fishmen lay on the ground with round bellies. When they saw their leader coming, they quickly rolled over, struggled to get up, and kowtowed repeatedly as if bowing, looking rather endearing.

Upon seeing the building, Qin Ziwen instinctively cast a shrug.

[Level 3 Deep Sea Temple: Level 3 Breeding Enhancement, Level 2 Aquatic Environment, Level 2 Sea Monster Repellent]

Wow, it really is architecture!
Qin Ziwen was somewhat surprised, not because the murlocs possessed card-based buildings, since he knew from their previous interactions that they had cards.

To his surprise, this didn't seem to be within his homestead; how could he build structures in a non-homestead environment?!

Qin Ziwen became interested. If the fishmen mastered the ability to build structures outside their home environment, it would definitely be useful if he could learn it.

Upon entering the deep-sea temple, Qin Ziwen found himself surrounded by empty space. Stepping onto the ground, he looked back and saw a layer of transparent ripples at the temple entrance—the deep-sea water.

All the seawater was blocked out by the temple.

This is a completely waterless environment.

Upon entering the temple, the merman leader walked step by step through the wet footprints to the stone chair in the center and sat down. The temple was brightly lit by large whale oil candles on all four sides.

It first glanced at Pula, then at Qin Ziwen, and then began to communicate with Pula.

Qin Ziwen glanced back at his younger brother and the others who had followed him into the temple. Although there was no water inside the deep-sea temple, the ground was damp and very humid, and the surrounding walls were covered with green moss.

Finally, after a long conversation, Pula turned around and repeated, "Master, it wants to send some of the fishmen to our home."

"You asked it why?" Qin Ziwen neither refused nor agreed.

He wanted to know why the other party did this.

Pra said, "I just asked, and it said that because of me, it can see that you, Master, can accept different races. It hopes to send some seeds to you. Because of the existence of the Thousand-Eyed Reaper, the Fish-Men are becoming weaker and weaker. Their Metamorphosis Abyss is dead, and the current Fish-Men tribe is just barely surviving."

"The Abyss of Metamorphosis? What is the Abyss of Metamorphosis?"

Pra said respectfully, "The Abyss refers to home."

After Pula's explanation, Qin Ziwen understood.

For example, why is the homeland called the Abyss of Metamorphosis?

If we consider the world as a living thing, it is constantly growing, and every time it grows to a certain size, it needs to undergo a "molting".

Only after shedding its skin can the world continue to grow.

Those who were stripped from their original world are the shed old skin, which is also the origin of the word "shedding".

The old shells that the world has stripped away are not just dregs.

After all, it was separated from the world and possesses all sorts of incredible potential.

They travel through different worlds, sometimes falling into an abyss with an unknown destination, sometimes encountering an opportunity to converge countless civilizations.

A home has endless possibilities, and its interior space can be expanded infinitely.

It is said that some ancient molting pits have grown to an incredible extent.

This is the origin of the character 渊.

The fish-men who once lived here possessed a vast Abyss of Metamorphosis. The underwater city they saw on their way here was the remnant of the Abyss of Metamorphosis.

After the ancestors of the fishmen descended into this world, they were defeated by their rivals.

The Abyss was extensively damaged, and the ancestors suffered heavy casualties.

As punishment, they were left permanently in this ocean world.

When the remaining Lords of the Abyss died of old age, the remaining fishmen lost their last spark of life.

They degenerated from civilization into intelligent beasts.

The legacy they inherited taught them that whenever a card appeared at the underwater altar, it signified the arrival of a new Abyss.

However, at the same time, the Thousand-Eyed Reapers will also appear from the deep-sea rifts, and at first they can be driven away or repelled.

But the Thousand-Eyed Reaper is immortal. Even if it is hunted down, it will still revive when the next Abyss descends.

The merman chieftain, sitting on the stone chair, looked up at the murals on the ceiling.

Its mouth opened and closed, as if it were silently saying something.

Qin Ziwen said to Pula, "Pula, tell it that I am a kind person and I have agreed to its request, but the fishmen who join my home need to be chosen by myself."

(End of this chapter)