Mermaids (8)

In the dark abyss, the long fish tail with a golden and blue gradient and emitting starlight became the most eye-catching scenery in Shi Jianxia's vision.

The tail fin, which is longer and more beautiful than that of other mermaids, is a transparent golden color, swaying gently with the slow flow of deep-sea undercurrent, like a roll of transparent star gauze under the night sky, beautiful and eye-catching.

Shi Jianxia couldn't help but looked at it again and again.

Then, she noticed that the tail of the rather beautiful, long fish shyly curled up, and the deep-sea undercurrent passing by it also spit out small bubbles and made a subtle gurgling sound.

Shi Jianxia realized it belatedly and raised his eyes, just in time to see the beautiful pair of ear fins that were almost completely red. He realized that he seemed to have been staring at the beautiful big tail for too long, and immediately turned his eyes away uncomfortably.

She never expected that her reunion with Gongye Jiwang would be so sudden and unexpected.

Gongye Jiwang was a mermaid.

She was pursued by a beautiful mermaid.

If she agreed to his pursuit, could she touch the gorgeous golden and blue gradient fishtail?

Inappropriate thoughts popped up uncontrollably in Shi Jianxia's mind, and her eyes once again unconsciously fell on Gongye Jiwang's beautiful big fish tail and perfect abdominal muscles that made people's heart flutter.

Shi Jianxia had seen him wearing combat uniform, Starry Sky Military Academy uniform, and Zerg Investigation Office investigator uniform, and knew how superior his figure was. But seeing this scene, he was still quite shocked.

Gongye Jiwang couldn't stand her gaze at all. Heat rushed from behind his ears to the top of his head. He turned around quickly, pulled out a shirt from the space bracelet on his wrist, and hurriedly put it on his upper body that exposed his chest and abdominal muscles.

Perhaps he was too nervous, as it took him several tries to finally stuff his hands into his sleeves. However, his fingers, which had broken the record for the fastest energy gun assembly at the Starry Sky Military Academy, seemed to be tangled, and he couldn't button his shirt properly.

A red tide surged onto his ear fins. If the cold current here wasn't cold enough, he would have been steamed to death.

Seeing his reaction, Shi Jianxia's emotions were affected, and the temperature behind her ears also rose. She felt like she had become a lecherous woman who was teasing a married man.

She reflected seriously—

It is indeed not polite to stare at other people's beautiful fish tails.

Then I couldn't help but take another look.

Just taking a look, without touching it, should probably not be considered offensive, right?

Shi Jianxia tried hard to convince himself not to look at anything inappropriate, while in his heart he condemned himself for being blinded by beauty.

Fortunately, she was thick-skinned enough. Although she felt quite uncomfortable, she tried her best to maintain her composure and did not let the elders of the merman tribe feel that she had offended their young master.

Gongye Jiwang finally put on his shirt and turned around pretending to be calm, but the buttons that were buttoned in the wrong place still betrayed his uneasy mood.

Shi Jianxia had never seen Gongye Jiwang like this.

In her impression, Gongye Jiwang, who was praised by countless people as a young prodigy, was gentle, polite, and calm, with a calmness that was not in line with his age. Whether he was speaking or doing things, he could give people a strong sense of security, as if all problems could be solved with him around.

It turns out that he is still a shy and helpless little mermaid.

So beautiful and cute.

Realizing that his thoughts were straying again, Shi Jianxia coughed lightly to cover up the awkward atmosphere and asked, "Are you a mermaid?"

This question is obviously unnecessary. It is impossible for any human in the world to have such a beautiful big fish tail.

Gongye Jiwang, under the interested gazes of several elders, pretended to be calm and nodded, "This is a long story. I will tell you in detail later."

He gently swam his tail and followed the undercurrent to Shi Jianxia. His snow-white shirt was wet by the sea water and almost completely stuck to his body as he swam, gradually becoming transparent.

The perfectly shaped chest muscles and neat and firm abdominal muscles were not blocked at all, but instead added a hazy beauty that made people unable to help but look at it more and even want to take it off.

Shi Jianxia tried his best to control his mind that was about to produce solar-colored waste, and tried not to let his eyes move down, but he happened to meet Gongye Jiwang's awkward gaze, which didn't know where to look.

She coughed again, and to distract attention, she steered the conversation back to business. "Director Zhuang asked me to come and deal with the insect vortex. Can you take me there?"

When the insect vortex was mentioned, Gongye Jiwang nodded as if he had just woken up from a dream.

Now is definitely not the time to reminisce about the past. The most urgent task is to eliminate all the Zerg vortexes and prevent the Zerg from spreading in the deep sea like a plague.

When he was about to swim forward, Gongye Jiwang paused. He lowered his eyes, which were filled with tiny starlight, and tentatively reached out his hand to touch Shi Jianxia's wrist.

Seeing that she did not show any disgust or withdraw her hand directly, Gongye Jiwang blinked several times in succession and stretched out his fingertips to hook her wrist.

He was like a little fish seeking a mate. When he realized the object of his affection wasn't about to flee, he completely grasped her slender white wrist in his palm, trying hard to restrain the corners of his mouth from turning up, and whispered, "The undercurrent here is very unstable. There's a risk of being swept away. I'll hold you by the hand."

The elders of the merman tribe who were working with him to stabilize the energy barrier took a silent look at the faint light emitted by the 'water-repellent beads' around Xia's body, and they were very appropriate not to disrupt his work.

The energy barrier of the 'Water-Repellent Beads' is extremely stable, and there is no risk of the holder being swept away by deep-sea undercurrents.

The female merman who had talked with Gongye Jiwang before looked at Shi Jianxia curiously and gently. After discovering the aura mark of the merman clan on her, she raised her eyebrows slightly.

The breath signature of the mermaids is very unique, and only mermaids can detect and identify it.

This breath mark has no effect on the person who is marked, but when the other person is in danger, it can immediately feedback the situation to the mermaid who left the mark and locate her position.

Most mermaids only use breath marks on important friends, relatives or partners.

Thinking of the young master's panic-stricken behavior just now, the female mermaid pursed her lips and smiled.

Male mermaids have never been shy about exposing their chests among their own kind. It is a symbol of their strength and the embodiment of their charm.

Moreover, living under the sea, it is very inconvenient for them to wear all kinds of clothes like humans, so female mermaids usually only decorate themselves with seaweed and shells.

The young master has been in the human world for a long time and has been influenced by human living habits. When he meets a human girl he likes, he is caught off guard by her seeing his bare chest, so he naturally feels shy and embarrassed.

Not only did she notice this, a mischievous elder of the mermaid tribe deliberately swung his long fish tail, and the invisible force pushed the ocean current to surge, which really made Shi Jianxia, ​​who was not used to the deep sea environment, reflexively grab Gongye Jiwang's hand.

Shi Jianxia didn't notice their little movements, nor did she know that with the "Water-Repellent Beads" there, she didn't have to worry about deep-sea undercurrents at all.

After being almost pushed away by the oncoming current, she quickly let out an "oh" and tightened her fingers, letting Gongye Jiwang hold her hand and swim towards the place where the worm vortex was.

His fingertips were slightly cool, but his palms were warm, and the touch was gentle and comfortable.

Gongye Ji saw that she was not as smart as usual, and he could hardly control the upward curve of his lips.

He let Shi Jianxia hold on to him and swam forward steadily with her.

Being so close, Shi Jianxia could feel a peaceful and warm breath enveloping him, and the pervasive coldness in the abyss was slowly expelled.

She quietly tilted her head and glanced at the long fish tail with a golden and blue gradient again.

It was breathtakingly beautiful when viewed from afar, and now that it was right in front of my eyes, it seemed to be even more beautiful. The smooth and translucent scales were emitting tiny starlight from the inside out, like the sea reflecting the Milky Way under the night sky, sparkling brightly.

If you gently poke a scale, will Gongye Jiwang jump up like a frightened little rabbit?

"We're here." A slightly cool voice sounded, instantly bringing Shi Jianxia back to his thoughts as he was riding his horse.

She straightened her back guiltily, and while Gongye Jiwang didn't notice her messy thoughts, she quickly locked them all up in the little dark room in her mind.

Shi Jianxia looked in the direction of his finger and saw, sure enough, a black vortex two meters high and one meter wide in the cracks of the pitch-black coral rocks.

The vortex rotates counterclockwise, and tiny cracks can be seen at the edges. It seems that something is trying to get out of those cracks, but is firmly bound by a powerful and gentle force.

Shi Jianxia was quite familiar with this power. It was the power that suddenly appeared yesterday when they returned to Nan Teng Star from Tianqiong Star and got off the interstellar spaceship.

So, was it the leader of the mermaid tribe who was conveying the message to Gongye Jiwang at that time?

Such a big thing happened to the mermaid tribe, so it's no wonder that he lost his composure and didn't bother to hide his identity in front of her and hurried back.

Shi Jianxia didn't waste any time and summoned the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

Although no mimicry appeared, the mermaids present here all sensed an invisible force sweeping over them.

The "Classic of Mountains and Seas" flipped through the pages and finally stopped at the page where the [Immortal Kingdom] was located. The power that suddenly appeared was released by the [Immortal Kingdom].

Shi Jianxia wants to upgrade the mimicry of this so-called heaven-defying cheat to level 3S.

I don't know if after [Immortal Kingdom] is upgraded to level 3S, it will no longer be subject to cooling time restrictions like the mimicry talent [Dream of Forgetfulness] of 朏朏仔.

If this is the case, as long as she has enough insect crystals, it will be equivalent to having countless lives. She will be like the butterfly-faced man who cannot be killed no matter how hard she tries. Everything that threatens her will become a bubble in the water, especially the jade plate that the doctor uses to threaten her life.

Layer upon layer of energy ripples vibrated from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" as the center, and quickly spread to the location of the SS-level insect vortex. However, due to the existence of the Sea God's barrier, it could not touch the insect vortex suppressed within it.

Shi Jianxia said to Gongye Jiwang, "We can remove the barrier now."

Gongye Jiwang let go of her hand and nodded.

The mermaids who were watching this scene from the back immediately dispersed in all directions to prevent high-level Zergs from escaping the moment the barrier was removed.

The power of the mermaids is closely related to the Sea God. As the direct descendant of the Sea God, Gongye Jiwang is protected by her power, and the power of the stars he controls is not rejected by the barrier.

Specks of light rose from his palm, forming a palm-sized star fish.

The star fish swung its tail and rushed towards the barrier. The majestic and peaceful power barrier seemed to be inspired and slowly cracked open.

The energy ripples of the [Immortal Kingdom] immediately rushed in like an all-pervasive tide, enveloping the SS-level insect vortex at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The larva that was about to rush out of the tiny crack was immediately stuck. It twisted its body hard and painfully, but was still unable to get out.

Energy ripples covered the SS-level insect vortex, expanding and contracting like breathing, as if a giant monster had bitten its prey into its mouth and was savoring it slowly and leisurely.

The tiny cracks around the worm vortex began to slowly disappear. Even the several mermaid elders who already knew that Shi Jianxia could devour worm vortexes could not help but widen their eyes and watch in shock as the black vortex that left them helpless gradually shrank in the vibrating energy ripples until it disappeared.

When the SS-level insect vortex completely disappeared, "Classic of Mountains and Seas" closed automatically and flew back to Shi Jianxia's spiritual power spring.

Gongye Jiwang completely removed the Sea God's barrier, and the surrounding undercurrents returned to the state before the vortex appeared.

The female mermaid Ge held up an energy shield and cautiously approached. After confirming that there was no remaining insect vortex energy, she exclaimed in surprise, "It's really disappeared."

Other mermaids also approached one after another, carefully inspected the coral stone inside and out, and then turned their surprised gazes to Shi Jianxia, ​​their eyes shining as if they had discovered some incredible treasure.

Sheng looked at Shi Jianxia with great satisfaction, and then said to Gongye Jiwang, "Panpan, you have a really good eye."

Panpan?

Shi Jianxia raised his eyebrows slightly. It turned out that his name on Tianqiong Star was not made up. However, he found that Gongye Jiwang looked a little embarrassed.

He responded vaguely, pulled Shi Jianxia's wrist, and swam out of the abyss while saying loudly: "Grandpa Sheng, I will take Xia Xia to other places with insect vortexes."

The beautiful golden and blue gradient fish tail flipped up, rolling up a wisp of undercurrent, and steadily carried Shi Jianxia for hundreds of meters, much like a little secret being revealed and fleeing in panic.

His reaction, which was contrary to his usual character, made Shi Jianxia eager to ask him why Grandpa Sheng called him 'panpan', and which pan was this, and whether she had misunderstood it before?

But Gongye Jiwang did not give her the chance to ask and quickly took her to the place where the second insect vortex appeared.

Shi Jianxia had no choice but to suppress his curious heart temporarily and followed him to devour all the insect vortexes that appeared.

More than twenty S-level insect vortices all entered the stomach of the [Undead Kingdom]. Once it digested all the insect vortices, it would at least reach the SS level. However, it was unknown how many more insect vortices it would need to devour to reach the 3S level.

If the location where the worm vortex appeared wasn't wrong, Shi Jianxia would really want to pray that there would be as many of them as possible, and it would be best if all of them could be upgraded to level 3S in one go.

After all, it is not easy to encounter so many high-level insect vortexes even on the fallen planet, and this opening saved her a lot of effort.

As the last insect vortex was swallowed by the [Immortal Kingdom], the mermaids breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Shi Jianxia curiously. After discovering the mark of her breath, they gossiped and winked at each other where she couldn't see, and then left quickly on the pretext of continuing to search for the insect vortex.

Shi Jianxia vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but before she could discover anything.

Gongye Jiwang tentatively took her hand again. "There shouldn't be any more worm vortexes in the near future. How about I take you to see the underwater starry sky? Have you ever seen it?"

Undersea starry sky?

Shi Jianxia heard this term for the first time and asked curiously, "What is that? Looking at the night sky from the bottom of the sea? Isn't it beautiful?"

Gongye Jiwang shook his head and, holding her hand, swam forward while explaining, "The underwater starry sky is a phenomenon caused by the light emitted by creatures deep in the ocean. It's not the real starry sky. When I was a child, my father often took me there. When I was a little older, I followed my mother to human society. It's been many years since I last saw it."

Shi Jianxia remembered that he said that Su Cheng was his half-brother and the only son of Marshal Su Xunyang, but later she looked up the relevant information of the marshal and found that he had not married.

Gongye Jiwang is a mermaid, yet he can walk on land as a human...

"I am a mermaid and a human. My father is a mermaid and my mother is human. My mother loves freedom by nature and doesn't like the constraints of rules and regulations. She married my father and gave birth to me, but she didn't stay with the mermaid tribe."

"I don't know if it's because I'm mixed-blood, but I didn't have the strong physique of the mermaids when I was born. I was always sickly, and only grew up safely under the protection of my grandmother. Because of this, my strength is limited, and I need to rely on a lot of sleep to recover the physical strength I consume."

So, the power of the stars is not his mimicry, but a power that he can naturally control?

Gongye Jiwang seemed to have sensed her thoughts. He suddenly leaned over and winked mischievously, "The power of the stars is indeed not my mimicry. Can you guess what my mimicry is?"

Shi Jianxia had been swimming forward, following the force of Gongye Jiwang holding him. Now he suddenly approached, and he was caught off guard and almost bumped into him. His long-trained body instinctively raised its hands and moved forward.

Her palm, through a thin, slightly damp white shirt, fell on Gongye Jiwang's solid and warm chest.

The unprepared touch made her mind go blank, and she forgot to stop for a moment. Gongye Jiwang had never expected such an accident. The ear fins that had long lost their heat suddenly boiled like a kettle placed on a gas tank.

Silence spread silently. Shi Jianxia forcibly restrained the strength of his fingertips, as if being stung by candlelight. He quickly withdrew his hand behind his back and stammered, "I'm... I'm sorry... I..."

The hot flash spread from the neck to the ears. Shi Jianxia's eyes wandered around and he didn't dare to look at the beautiful fish so close to him.

foul!

That’s so unfair!

Gongye Jiwang in uniform is like the cold, unreachable moon in the sky, giving people a sense of distance that can only be admired from afar but not touched.

Panpan turned into a big beautiful fish. The moon fell in front of her eyes, and she couldn't help but want to catch it.

Gongye Jiwang coughed twice to cover up his mistake, not daring to respond to her stammering apology. He immediately changed the subject and said, "We can see the starry sky under the sea ahead. Shall we go over there?"

Shi Jianxia completely forgot what they had just talked about and nodded quickly.

Before they knew it, they had swam out of the deep sea and into the shallow sea. The ocean here was no longer pitch black. There were many glowing seaweeds scattered on the coral rocks, and groups of brightly colored fish swam around.

Gongye Jiwang brought Shi Jianxia to a flat and open rock. As soon as they looked up, they saw the transparent underwater world.

Fish gather and swim around, as if performing a mysterious and sacred ritual. Transparent and deep beams of light envelope them, as if welcoming them to heaven. Various points of light wander among them, which are no less dazzling than the Milky Way in the deepest part of the universe.

Shi Jianxia opened her eyes slightly, completely overwhelmed by the beautiful scene in front of her.

She murmured softly, "How beautiful!"

Whether before or after the time travel, she had never seen such a beautiful scene.

At this moment, she felt the value of life.

Not only to live, but also to experience and witness all the beautiful things in the world.

Shi Jianxia turned his head and looked at Gongye Jiwang, who was also attracted by the starry sky under the sea. The curve of his lips rose slightly and he asked the gossip he wanted to ask not long ago.

"Why does Grandpa Sheng call you Panpan? Is it the Pan in rock? Is this your name among the mermaids?"

The mermaids seem to be named after one word.

Gently, the beautiful long fish tail curled up slightly.

Gongye Jiwang pulled at his collar rather uncomfortably. "My mother likes to study ancient culture, and my father, influenced by her, has learned a lot about it."

"When I was three years old, my father brought me here for the first time to see the underwater starry sky. At that time, I saw the two moons of Tianchen Star. I asked my father what they were, and he recited a poem."

"When I was a child, I didn't know the moon, and I called it a white jade plate." Shi Jianxia suppressed his laughter and took over his words.

It turns out that Panpan is not Panpan, but Panpan.

But before she traveled through time, this nickname seemed to have been given to girls.

When Gongye saw the smile in her eyes, he realized that his name was too cute. After all, his mother often teased him after finding out his nickname.

But he quickly added, "Later, I learned another article called 'The Peacock Flies Southeast,' and my father particularly liked the line 'You should be like a rock, and I should be like a reed. The reed is as strong as silk, and the rock is immovable.'"

"At that time, I asked him what this sentence meant. He said that mother is a free wind that will not stop for anyone, but his feelings for his mother are just like this sentence. When I grow up and meet someone I like, I will understand."

Gongye Jiwang lowered his head, and there was no longer any embarrassment on his face due to the overly cute nickname Panpan.

He looked at the girl in front of him seriously and attentively, "Now I know, so I tell you, my name is Pan, Pan of rock."