Chapter 186

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Doroya came downstairs carrying a small box and showed everyone her work.

Inside the box are some small and cute headdresses and bracelets, as well as some small items for decorating clothes.

She generously gave a few to Lian Yun and Lina, and then took out a black bow with a diamond on it.

"Well... this, I think you can take it."

"This can be worn by men. I saw a picture of a bow tie like this in a book... Well, you should take it away. There will be someone who can fit it." Doroya said a few words vaguely and handed the bow tie to Lina.

Lena blinked.

Lanna was right next to her. If it was a gift for Lanna, based on Doroya's personality, she would probably give it to him directly.

Then there's only one person left...

That person is still alone, guarding his small boat floating on the sea.

"You're giving it to Mogo?" Lina didn't understand. "Do you know him?"

Doroya put away the small box and shook her head, her tone a little unnatural: "It's the first time I've met him, but he seems like a very nice person, doesn't he?"

“…”

Lina tried hard to recall, but Mogo seemed to have only said "Okay, it's okay" after Doroya appeared.

How do you know it's good?

"Doroya is very good at judging people. She can tell whether some people will bring good luck or disaster. That's why I trust her to drive away that group of people."

The patriarch narrowed his eyes and said, "I think I should meet this nice-looking Mr. Mogo."

Lian Yun and Lina looked at each other.

Mogo, danger.

Doroya went back upstairs carrying the small box, and Lian Yun mentioned again the stories that the patriarch had just told her.

"What happened to the sleeping turtle you mentioned?"

The clan leader said: "I hid them. I was so blinded by hatred at the time that I don't know exactly where I hid them. It must be somewhere very far away."

If you can't find the place yourself, the other party won't be able to find it either.

"Don't worry. Since you've already replaced those idiots in the main city and gained the trust of all races, I won't make things difficult for you. Regardless of whether you can help or not, I will do my best to meet your demands. After all, we have the new city as our common enemy."

"If you need the shells of sleeping turtles, I'll try to find them."

"It's like this," Lian Yun said carefully, "The sleeping turtle you mentioned seems to be in our town."

“…!?” The patriarch thought he was hallucinating until the other party repeated it, “Are you sure?”

"Yes, the features are very fitting, and they can even speak... If there is another monster similar to the sleeping turtle you mentioned, just ignore me."

“…”

The patriarch shook his head with difficulty: "I think it is."

Lian Yun coughed lightly and changed the subject: "I heard from Doroya on the way that you've been worried about something lately?"

The clan leader was silent for a while: "Since you came from the shore, you should know something."

"Even I, who live on the seabed, can feel the water level decreasing. Surely those on the shore have noticed it too?"

He was talking about falling sea levels.

Lian Yun nodded.

The chief continued, "When the guardian beast returned, I had a vague feeling that something was amiss. You said the water source in the Elven Forest was drying up, and I think it must be related to the falling sea level."

"And I think the reason isn't the Elven Forest, but the ocean."

The guardian beast maintains energy in the Elf Forest, but as the sea level drops, it seems to have been forced to return to the ocean in order to protect something.

The mermaid leader behind it also slowly felt something was wrong.

"It's like the ocean is being drained away by something. If I had to connect it to something... I think it's similar to what you're talking about, soil deterioration."

Lian Yun fell into deep thought after hearing this.

All these things had already become a tangled mess in her mind, but when all the clues pointed to Xincheng, it seemed that it was not impossible to solve the problem.

"Absorb", "deteriorate", "energy".

These words have appeared around her more than once.

She did not forget that although the land in Quoge City suddenly deteriorated overnight, there were signs beforehand.

She looked at the two people beside her: "Do you remember that underground organization?"

The two nodded.

"Their actions were organized and premeditated. The people they harmed were carefully selected and eventually died tragically on that land. I think their deaths may be related to the deterioration of the land."

Lian Yun frowned: "What's the connection?"

Lanna continued, "...I think the deterioration of the land wasn't just about making it difficult to plant crops. In fact, what impressed the people of Quoge the most was that the plants had been drained of their energy overnight."

After draining away their energy, they thought of Hera again.

Since they learned about the special characteristics of Hera's body, several people have linked her to the deterioration of the land, simply because the way they extract energy is somewhat similar.

Domineering and tyrannical, greedy and insatiable.

Lina looked thoughtful, then suddenly raised her head and looked at the mermaid leader: "Maybe I'm asking impolitely, but I want to know if you brought back the queen's body?"

"Of course, I won't let her stay there alone." The patriarch said every word in a strong voice.

"So...where are the Queen's pearls?"

The patriarch was stunned.

"Before coming here, we had no idea where the true source of these phenomena was. Apart from a girl next to us, we had never heard of a way of life in the world that absorbed other energies."

"But you just said that the queen was in very poor condition during her pregnancy and needed many wizards to accompany her to provide energy."

The patriarch paused and said, "...Yes."

Because that was his wife, even though it was special, they had lived together for so many years, and so many years had passed since his wife passed away, and he never thought there was anything wrong with it.

"You mean, she..."

The patriarch asked half a question with some difficulty, but was interrupted by Lina.

"No, we don't think she's the culprit. It's just that she's very unique. Could someone deliberately take advantage of her uniqueness?"

Hearing this, the patriarch was surprised and a little angry.

When he thought about it carefully, he actually found that his memory of his wife did not include her pearls at all.

"When the mermaids die, their pearls turn to ashes."

He had lived for many years and had seen life and death, and was accustomed to this matter. He never thought that his wife's pearls would be used by others after her death.

A nameless fire burned in his heart, and he wished he could rush out immediately and crush the mastermind behind the scenes into two pieces.

"The Queen's uniqueness may seem ordinary to you, but in the eyes of some people, it is a weapon to achieve a goal."

This was something the patriarch had never thought of when he brought her ashore.

"There's a girl in our town right now who, like the queen, sometimes experiences a sharp decline in health, and her brother is the one who provides her with energy."

"I think since she has similar traits to your wife, she must be involved in this matter."