Chapter 213: Isolation

"Your Highness."

Anno blinked as she looked at the handsome face so close to hers.

Then, she reached out and pinched his cheek. "Caesar, did you come here to fish with me?"

When Caesar saw that Anno's face was so red and that she smelled faintly of alcohol, he knew that she had been drinking and was drunk.

He glanced coldly at Karina behind her, then turned his gaze back to Anno.

"Yes, I'm here to keep Your Highness company."

Upon hearing this, Anuo handed him the net, saying, "Hurry up and scoop it up, we'll eat grilled fish together later!"

Karina stopped the boat. Now the boat had sailed quite far, and all around was an endless expanse of sea.

She and Caesar sat on either side of her, each holding a net and helping her catch fish.

It's impossible to catch fish while sitting like that, but Caesar opened a portal to a place with schools of fish, and a large group of fish swam out of the portal.

Anno shouted excitedly when he saw so many fish, and he could easily scoop up a whole netful with a single scoop.

"So many fish!"

Anno grabbed a fish from the net and handed it to Karina: "Second sister, here's a fish for you!"

When Caesar saw that Anno immediately gave the fish to Karina, his eyes darkened.

"Your Highness!"

Hearing someone call her name, the three of them looked over at the same time.

Mingxiao was rapidly approaching them in a boat, with Tanvir and Poponia also present.

When Anno saw them, he immediately stood up and directed them all to go into the water.

"I want to see a mermaid! You guys catch a mermaid for me now!"

The Tanvilles who had just arrived knew she was drunk when they saw her like this.

They exchanged a glance, then took off their shirts and jumped into the water.

Even if their little princess wanted the stars in the sky, they would find a way to pluck them down for her.

Anno lay on the side of the boat, watching Caesar and the others dive into the water, and giggled.

"I want to catch a mermaid and give it to my mother."

As she spoke, she looked at Karina beside her, "Give one to my second sister too."

Karina raised an eyebrow slightly. "Is it just me and my mom?"

"Okay!" Anuo nodded, then added, "But we can't let Daddy know, or he'll get angry! Both Daddies will be angry!"

When Karina heard her say that, she suddenly remembered that the mermaid Anno mentioned must be a male mermaid.

In fact, the mermaids in the seas of several planets in the Northern River System are all of similar species. They are hermaphroditic and can choose their gender after reaching adulthood, or they can choose not to.

In order to better reproduce, over time, mermaids have all remained hermaphroditic, without needing to differentiate into males and females.

Mermaids are all very tall and strong, and more masculine in appearance. Like the girl in the coastal shop, she only had some mermaid genes, but decades later, she could still choose her gender and differentiate into a male mermaid.

Mermaids can reproduce with other races because it is not easy for them to reproduce; they need a larger population to spread their genes.

They use their songs and beauty to seduce passing ships in the sea, and they especially like to seduce women, so many people who live by the sea have mermaid genes.

Although these people's genetic levels are not high, they are exceptionally stable and rarely degenerate as they age.

In order to study the genes of mermaids, Beihe captured many mermaids, and later the mermaids all went into the deep sea to hide.

In fact, mermaids have stable genes and are similar to fallen species. Mermaids are essentially half-beasts in their complete form, possessing human consciousness but also retaining a violent temper and obvious beastly characteristics.

Their race has preserved a very pure mermaid bloodline. Even if they intermarry with other races, no matter how long they live on land, their offspring will eventually be drawn to the sea and return to the ocean.

These children with mermaid genes are not included in the adoption system. They are allowed to be adopted by people with lower-level genes living by the sea, but most of the time, the government turns a blind eye to it.

When they were on vacation in Panama Island, she told Xiaoqi that she would take her to see mermaids, and Xiaoqi has kept that in mind ever since.

Anno lay on the side of the boat watching her family members thrashing about in the water. Caesar emerged from the water and swam toward her, his long, silvery hair spreading across the surface, making him look like a bewitching water nymph.

A glowing fish swam around him, its long, ribbon-like tail making it a beautiful sight to behold as it moved through the water.

Anno wanted to touch the fish, but the boat was too high and she couldn't reach the water. Before Caesar could scoop the fish up and hand it to her, she jumped off the boat, startling the fish, which then swam away into the water.

Caesar quickly pulled her out of the water.

As soon as Anno entered the water, she swam after the glowing fish, but at her swimming speed, the fish disappeared from her sight in no time.

Caesar quickly comforted her, saying, "I'll go catch another one for Your Highness."

As soon as he finished speaking, Anuo saw clusters of bright lights rising from the water.

Curious, she dived into the water and saw that the glittering lights were all golden sand jellyfish.

The luminescence of the golden jellyfish illuminated the entire underwater world, making the fish of various shapes and sizes, as well as all kinds of marine life, appear magnificent and dreamlike under the pale golden light.

Upon seeing the golden jellyfish, Tanville and the others immediately returned to the ship. Caesar also became serious, grabbed Anno, and carried her back to the ship.

Several family members re-established their own unique consciousness links within the consciousness network, forming an independent consciousness network that isolated all other consciousnesses from it.

"How could I forget about the golden sand jellyfish?"

Tanville and the others exchanged bewildered glances. These golden sand jellyfish weren't just found on Tianhe Star; they were scattered throughout the entire interstellar space, part of their Zerg's vast information network.

When the young prince went missing, they obtained various interstellar information through the Golden Sand Jellyfish, with information about the young prince being the most important.

As soon as the golden sand jellyfish senses the little princess's presence, it will begin to relay her messages.

Now they can only isolate their own consciousness network and prevent other consciousnesses from accessing it.

However, they cannot block the consciousness of the Golden Sand Jellyfish. If the Golden Sand Jellyfish's information is transmitted to the Zerg and Queen Seville has not yet located it, then it will be troublesome.

Caesar seemed to be thinking about something, and his expression became somewhat serious.

Tanville jumped onto their ship, glanced at Caesar, and walked up to Karina. "There's something important I need your help with."

When Karina saw them returning to the ship from the sea one by one, she guessed what had happened.

"Is it related to Xiao Qi?"

Tanville nodded.

Karina nodded. "Go ahead, what is it?"

Tanvel said, "We need your shielding ability to isolate our consciousness from the outside world, especially His Highness."

Karina understood immediately, "You're afraid the current Zerg will find Xiao Qi."

Tanvel: "The Golden Sand Jellyfish has already conveyed His Highness's message. If our people come looking for us, it may be quite difficult for us to return to our own time and space."

The Zerg were at their most frenzied at this time, searching the entire universe for the little prince. They couldn't be easily appeased by simply explaining that the prince wasn't from this timeline.