Chapter 164 Star Map
Rong Yuan lunged forward without thinking, and at the same time, the discharge stick in his hand released a strong electric current, and it seemed as if a sun fell into the surrounding waters in an instant.
A sharp scream sounded behind him.
Rong Yuan turned around and saw Dada sinking stiffly. The attacker behind him crashed into the spaceship due to inertia. His whole body was twitching and his eyes were staring blankly. At first glance, he looked like he was about to die.
This was also a mermaid, but unlike the ugly Dada and the others, she was a female mermaid with long, tangled hair. Her facial features were also different from those of humans, but perhaps because of the proportions, her dark brown face had a strange beauty. She was not as thin as a matchstick as the male mermaids, but had a curvy figure and a muscular body. Her tail was longer, and her scales were larger, gradually transitioning from dark green to sea blue. The claws she used to break through the water flow and attack Rong Yuan flashed with an iron-black light, looking very dangerous.
She obviously had better aesthetic sense than Dada. Apart from the scales, Dada and the others were basically running naked, but this female mermaid had many things hanging on her body, including colorful shells, round pearls, fish scales or shells plucked from some creature, and a Santa Claus snowflake ball that was obviously a ground-up craft hanging on the end of her hair.
Rong Yuan tied her up as well.
Whether from the speed of the attack or the decorations on her body, it can be seen that this mermaid has a higher status than a patrol soldier. Rong Yuan abandoned Dada and prepared to wait for her to recover before talking.
"Let her go!" A sharp cry came from the side, and another mermaid waved a huge anchor in both hands and smashed towards Rong Yuan.
There was a crackling sound of lightning, and the mermaid sank, spitting bubbles.
There are conductors everywhere in the water, and the released current has no direction at all. Rong Yuan looked at the "mermaid" beside him, and once again her body was shaking like she had Parkinson's syndrome. He sighed. This would never end, and there would be no chance to ask questions. If it happened a few more times, the mermaid might die.
Although it was dark underwater, Rong Yuan saw at the moment the lightning flashed that there were many mermaids surrounding him in the distance, but they were afraid of the discharge stick in his hand, so they didn't dare to get close. When he discharged the electricity just now, the few mermaids that were closer seemed to sink.
“Swoosh—”
A whistling sound like a whistle came from the water, and Rong Yuan quickly dodged. However, the resistance of the water made him misjudge the extent of his dodge, and a black shadow hit his arm directly. Although the diving suit did not break, the sudden pain still made Rong Yuan let go of the discharge stick in his hand.
"die!"
"Kill him!"
A loud murderous scream came from the water, and in the blink of an eye, a female mermaid with her dark brown hair tied into a bun appeared in front of Rong Yuan, and her five fingers formed into claws and scratched straight towards Rong Yuan's face. Immediately afterwards, mermaids with bared teeth and roaring rushed over from all directions!
Rong Yuan leaned back and punched out, and the water immediately smeared with blood as if a bottle of red ink had been broken. He flipped his wrist, and a new discharge stick appeared in his hand. The nearest mermaid's claw almost touched his neck. Rong Yuan didn't look at her, but lowered his head and turned on the switch.
“Shush!!!!”
The electrocuted mermaids fell down like dumplings. The female mermaid that he had captured at the beginning was almost rescued, but was electrocuted again and was dying. Rong Yuan caught this female mermaid who looked more "gorgeous" than the other mermaids. She was slippery all over, and her scales seemed to be coated with lubricant, making it difficult to move. Rong Yuan grabbed her hair and dragged her to the spaceship.
"You...will...regret...this!"
The female mermaid was so angry at him that her eyes turned red and she uttered a sentence with difficulty.
She was indeed much stronger than the other mermaids. At first, the tied-up males looked like they were dead after the repeated electric shocks, but she seemed to have gradually adapted to the attacks and recovered at an alarming speed.
"You can try it." Rong Yuan said.
The female mermaid glared at him viciously, her bulging eyes seemed to be about to jump out of their sockets, and her originally beautiful appearance became extremely scary.
Rong Yuan was at ease and even tried to ask her name and the name of her tribe, but unfortunately the mermaid was obviously in a state of deep hatred. She could not resist, but she clenched her lips and was determined not to say a word.
Rong Yuan was helpless, but now that he had calmed down, he finally had time to sort this matter out.
The bottom of the trench was obviously where these mermaids lived. Perhaps they regarded the spacecraft that landed on the trench as their own private property? However, it was still somewhat surprising that the mermaids in mythology actually existed. If any mermaid here was brought to the surface, countless people would flock to her, right?
Rong Yuan was somewhat surprised that he was so calm at this moment. If he had seen mermaids in person before, he would have been very excited, right? However, he had already seen aliens, and space exploration was also being planned. He now felt that he had seen the sea and nothing else was as good as it. He just regarded mermaids as normal.
However, looking at their attitude, he suddenly had a guess in his mind - these mermaids seemed to be keen on collecting things thrown into the sea by humans. Could it be that the star map was not actually lost, but in their hands? Thinking back, although there was a crack in the spaceship, the things inside were too clean. There were almost no valuable things except some useless fragments. So can we assume that the truly intact things were taken away by these mermaids?
He frowned and thought. Seeing that he seemed not to pay attention to her, the female mermaid gradually regained her mobility and flicked her tail to attack Rong Yuan. Suddenly, she shuddered all over and the strong electric current washed over her body again.
Rong Yuan smiled at her gently, but in the mermaid's eyes, this smile was filled with unspeakable malice and mockery.
In the deep sea as black as ink, a ball of faint blue light suddenly appeared.
Rong Yuan and the female mermaid looked over at the same time, and saw that in the darkness, dots of light lit up one after another, like the lights gradually lighting up in a city at night, orange, light green, sea blue, pink... The dots of light were like dazzling gems, illuminating only a small area, but millions of dots of light came together, gradually revealing the surrounding scenery completely before Rong Yuan's eyes.
Lantern fish, anglerfish, flash fish, bald fish... In small cages woven with fish bones and seaweed, there are glowing fish, some of which are even in transparent plastic bags. The cages of these glowing fish are hung on tree-shaped corals, and skinny male mermaids hold corals for lighting, while hundreds of female mermaids with ornaments hanging on their bodies follow an old female mermaid, swinging their tails slowly and carefully.
Rong Yuan's eyes focused. On the neck of the old mermaid, there was a crystal ball as big as a baby's fist. The fine light inside formed a spiral shape, which looked like a panoramic view of a galaxy.
——This is the star map.
A voice in his heart told him that although he had never seen it with his own eyes, there was nothing more like a star map than this.
"Peas?" Rong Yuan asked softly.
"Yes, that's the star map." Wandou said affirmatively: "It's exactly the same as the one in the Merit Mall."
Although there are such small balls available for exchange in the Merit Mall, there is no route map. This is why Rong Yuan must get this star map.
The old mermaid asked hoarsely in a voice like a grinding wheel: "Why do people on land attack us?"
Rong Yuan did not argue with them about the order of attack. He said in a cold voice: "You took something you shouldn't have taken from this spaceship. Return it to me and I will release your people."
There was a . Some became very angry and shouted that they wanted to kill Rong Yuan. Some were very worried about the female mermaids he had captured. They shouted, "Ke Ke cannot be harmed. She is still in that man's hands!"
The male mermaids holding the lanterns had no say. In fact, most of them didn't seem to be able to speak. They just opened their mouths wide to show their teeth to intimidate Rong Yuan. As for the few male mermaids who were also tied up in the back, they were ignored by everyone.
——It seems that this is a matriarchal society.
Rong Yuan saw the performance of all the mermaids, and he tried his best to collect information. He memorized the positions of some mermaids who were eager to attack, and was ready to respond to attacks at any time. The old mermaid looked very authoritative. Before she spoke, although many mermaids were full of murderous intent, no one attacked.
The female mermaid Koko twisted her tail and yelled, "Mom, leave me alone! Kill him!"
The pronunciation of "Mom" seems to be the same all over the world. Rong Yuan can understand this word without the help of a translator.
"Shut up!" the old mermaid yelled, and all the shouting stopped immediately. The mermaids bowed their heads in awe. The old mermaid said, "Bring everything from that ship and give it to him!" Then she said to Rong Yuan, "Human, you can take whatever you want, as long as you let my daughter go."
"Okay!" Rong Yuan said briefly.
At the old mermaid's command, all the mermaids immediately moved back and forth like flowing water, carrying many things and placing them on the ground between them. In order to prevent being electrocuted by Rong Yuan again, they all stayed far away. Only one or two mermaids swam over to place things at a time, and they were all male mermaids. Obviously, there was no regret in abandoning them.
A little mermaid who looked like a girl in her early teens bent down and respectfully took the star map ball off the old mermaid's neck. She also handed it to a tall and thin male mermaid and asked him to put it in the middle.
When Rong Yuan saw what he wanted, he lost interest in the other garbage, but he still held back and waited for the last mermaid to swim out. The old mermaid said, "Everything is here. Let my daughter go, human!"
Rong Yuan grabbed the mermaid Ke Ke and swam over the pair of trash, picked up the star map, and then pushed Ke Ke towards the mermaids. Immediately, two mermaids swam out to help her. As soon as they were untied, Ke Ke was about to pounce on Rong Yuan for revenge, but was held tightly by the mermaids beside her.
"Now," the old mermaid's face changed, and he said coldly, "Human, I have fulfilled my promise, and you have fulfilled yours. Let's settle the score for the harm you have done to my people!"
Rong Yuan asked calmly: "Are you sure?"
In an instant, the sky above was as bright as day, and a beam of light shone down, covering Rong Yuan and the surrounding sea area. A six or seven meter long oblate spaceship was hanging in the sky. It looked cute, but the gun barrel extending from the lower side and aimed at the mermaid school was extremely hideous!
