Chapter 097 Heart of the Ocean 7

The minister knelt down tremblingly and dared not answer.

Even he thought this question was ridiculous, and His Majesty naturally thought so too.

Although mermaids have strong personalities, they are only intelligent species in the ocean after all, and do not have truly strong offensive power.

The only abilities known to mermaids are mental influence and mental comfort, but these two abilities alone cannot be related to the blue whale's attack on the Elizabeth.

Seeing that the minister did not speak, the other minister who accompanied him turned pale, dared not breathe, and clenched another report in his hand.

"Your Majesty... One more thing..."

The minister took a step forward and felt the gaze above his head that was as real as substance. He felt that the air in the palace had solidified.

He bent down and respectfully handed this report to the emperor.

"His Royal Highness... is also on the Elizabeth."

The hall was filled with the sound of a pin drop.

The emperor loosened his grip, and the accident report in his hand fell lightly to the ground.

"

So... the mining platform was eaten by you?"

Yu Nu was obviously very hesitant when she said this. Her dark eyes reflected a little deep sea blue, and she looked at the huge creature in front of her with a little shock.

Leviathan shook his head.

The other mermaids around him took a breath of cool air.

After being taken back to Atlantis by Leviathan, Yu Nu soon discovered that the mermaids had returned safely, and Carlo and several other mermaids were organizing to go to the Lost River again to find Yu Nu.

Until the huge Leviathan rolled by with a wave of waves and slowly stopped above the palace of Atlantis.

Because of its huge size, the sea surface above the palace, which was illuminated by the sun, was blocked and turned dark, and no light could penetrate.

When Leviathan just came, the mermaids thought that their king was being held captive, and they surrounded the giant creature they had never seen before with unfriendly faces.

Yu Nu hurriedly swam down from Leviathan, fearing that this strange "fish" would eat all the mermaids in front of her when it got angry.

As a result, all the mermaids were extremely shocked. The seemingly scary Leviathan actually made a sound that sounded like whimpering.

- While calling, he hid behind Yu Nu.

Yu Nu: ...

Mermaid: ...

With such a large body, there is nowhere to hide.

Yu Nu had no choice but to pat Leviathan's hard head stiffly, "It's okay, they won't do anything to you."

Leviathan's huge eyes blinked, reflecting Yu Nu's figure, looking vaguely pitiful.

After Yu Nu told the mermaids the whole story, the mermaids let down their guard against Leviathan.

During the conversation, the mermaids gradually figured out the accident that happened in the Lost River.

"In other words, the thing that suddenly appeared was actually a human device... and this, uh, this Leviathan, he ate all the human activity platforms on the sea, including all the humans?"

Yu Nu nodded slowly.

The fish took a breath of cool air again.

"The rift in the Lost River has grown larger because of the appearance of Leviathan," Carlo muttered to himself, "...Oh my God."

If it weren't for the appearance of Leviathan, he didn't dare to think about where they, the mermaids, would be captured.

Leviathan seemed to know what the mermaids were talking about. He raised his head proudly and rubbed Yu Zhen's shoulder with his rough and thick scales.

The mermaids looked at the head in front of them, which was almost the same size as Yu Zhen's entire mermaid, and fell silent.

"If he is Leviathan, can we confirm the identity of that human?" A mermaid suddenly remembered and suggested, "See if he is Archimonde."

After getting Yu Zhen's confirmation, the mermaids brought Archimonde out.

After living in the deep sea for a while, Archimonde had obviously adapted to the environment of Atlantis. His golden hair was a little long and spread in the sea water.

When he saw the Leviathan behind Yu Ling, he was also shocked.

Yu Ling motioned him to come over, "We need to confirm your identity."

He paused and said seriously, "See if you are lying to us."

Archimonde lowered his eyelids and smiled slightly at Yu Ling, "This thing... can't it be the Leviathan you mentioned?"

He saw it clearly that day, the expensive deep-sea mining platform of the Empire was swallowed by the huge Leviathan.

The Imperial Star has been developed for so many years, and although the distant oceans are rarely set foot, no one has ever mentioned that there are such terrifying creatures in the deep sea.

Seeing that Yu Xi didn't say anything, he said again, "What will you do if I lie?"

The Leviathan behind Yu Xi had been a little restless since Archimonde appeared, and when he heard him talking, he breathed at Archimonde irritably.

"Then let Leviathan eat you." Yu Xi bared her teeth at Archimonde in a ferocious manner.

But in fact, he didn't look fierce at all, but very cute.

Archimonde smiled without saying a word, allowing the two mermaids who came forward to grab his arms roughly and rush to Leviathan's side.

A wound was cut on the palm of his hand on the scales, and then dark red blood flowed out.

Part of the blood drifted away with the sea water, and most of the rest fell into the gap between Leviathan's scales and disappeared.

Yu Xi took a deep breath, touched Leviathan's head to comfort him, and asked softly, "Is it him?"

Leviathan is a true undead creature living in the ocean. Their long lifespan allows them to almost recognize the unique taste of human blood.

Facing the expectant and anxious eyes of the mermaids, Leviathan nodded.

Archimonde's hand was released.

The mermaids were so happy that they could hardly contain themselves, and they gathered in groups of three or two to talk in low voices. Carlo, who had been frowning, finally breathed a sigh of relief

, and the look in his eyes towards Archimonde was no longer so hostile.

"We will let you leave later," Yu Wen said, "Remember your promise."

His palms still ached, Archimonde looked at the serious little mermaid in front of him, and his eyes could not help but linger on Yu Wen's exposed white shoulders. It was not

until Leviathan on the side suddenly bumped into Archimonde in anger that the latter suddenly withdrew his gaze.

He took off the dark blue ring on his hand and handed it to Yu Wen.

"I swear on the honor of the Archimonde family that I will complete our transaction."

While Yu Wen hadn't responded yet, Archimonde put the dark blue gem ring on Yu Wen's finger.

"Please keep it well." Seeing that Yu Lu wanted to take off the ring, Archimonde held down Yu Lu's movements with his backhand, as if he meant something. "This ring... is called the Heart of the Ocean."

Yu Lu stared at the ring on her hand, confused for a moment.

It's also called the Heart of the Ocean...

is it such a coincidence?

Archimonde on the opposite side stared at the expression on Yu Lu's face, his eyes narrowed, and for the first time he showed an aggressive look.

In the Lost River, he saw the abnormality of Yu Lu's body.

Scales grew on her chest, emitting a faint blue light in the dark deep sea.

Not long after the scales appeared, Archimonde heard a song in his ears.

The singing of mermaids can relieve human mental disorder, but the sound heard in the Lost River made Archimonde's brain go blank.

It was exactly the same sound as the one heard when the Elizabeth was in trouble.

Archimonde slowly lowered his gaze to Yu Ling's chest, his eyes dim.

What was even more coincidental was that both times, abnormalities occurred in the ocean after the sound appeared.

The Elizabeth was hit by a manic blue whale and fell into the sea, and the Empire's mining platform was swallowed by the Leviathan that suddenly appeared.

Archimonde moved his fingers, and habitually wanted to turn the ring, and then he suddenly realized that he had given the ring to Yu Ling.

Yu Ling on the other side was still thanking Archimonde, "As long as you can rescue the mermaids, I and the other mermaids will be grateful to you."

His voice was sincere, and he smiled at the other party, "And thank you for your ring."

Archimonde was caught off guard by Yu Ling's smile and his mind went blank. After he reacted, he pursed his lips and smiled back. A

simple little mermaid.

The

news that Leviathan appeared in Atlantis quickly spread throughout the sea.

Many marine creatures were curious about the appearance of Leviathan, and gathered around Atlantis to watch from a distance, but did not dare to approach.

After all, Leviathan looked like it could eat a whale in one bite.

The blue whale soon got the news. The blue whale, who had helped the mermaids solve the cruise ship problem before, was very worried about Leviathan and had already approached Yu Zhen several times to try to make him more vigilant.

After all, Leviathan is the first creature larger than the blue whale to appear in the deep sea.

Every time he heard this, Leviathan, who was wandering far away, would be very unhappy. Over time, he even began to reject Yu Zhen's contact with the blue whale.

Since confirming Archimonde's identity, the attitude of the mermaids towards him has improved a lot, and Archimonde is allowed to move freely within a certain range.

But leaving Atlantis is still not allowed.

Yu Zhen finally had time to start looking for the main storyline and other players in this copy.

But after being in the dungeon for so long, Yu Xi hadn't even seen the shadow of other humans except mermaids and marine creatures.

"I feel that this Archimonde is not a player either?" Yu Xi was very hesitant, "...It doesn't look like that."

System 08 made a slight electric current sound, and paused for a long time before saying, [This dungeon is the first stage of the competition. According to the regulations, all players will automatically transform into NPC mode after entering the dungeon. ]

Yu Xi exclaimed.

"But I..."

[There is a bug in the main system. ]

Yu Xi was stunned, and couldn't help but have a little distrust of the main system again, "Why do I feel that it always has bugs?"

System 08 was silent for a moment, [It's not a bad thing. 】

That's true. Because Yu Xi didn't automatically transform into NPC mode, she still retained the player's memory and had more autonomy.

When other players were still deeply involved in the dungeon mission, Yu Xi could take the initiative to find the main line of the dungeon.

"But in this case..." Yu Xi frowned, "How can I find my partner?"

He exclaimed, as if he remembered something, "Could Archimonde be a player?"

"After all, there are no other humans except him."

System 08 was not sure either.

Yu Nuan's expression became more complicated when she thought of this. "But now Archimonde is leaving the ocean... How can I contact him in the future?"

He sat alone on a reef in the sea, his tail swaying slightly with the waves, his long black hair like seaweed curled, slightly puffed up because of the dry air, and gently swaying around his waist.

Leviathan floated up from the water silently.

Yu Nuan shook his tail and looked down at the sea water in confusion. "Why does it feel like the sea water temperature has dropped recently?"

[A cold wave is coming.]

Leviathan seemed to have heard what Yu Nuan said, and swam slowly around the reef. His tail rubbed against Yu Nuan's tail from time to time, causing a slight itch.

Yu Nu now treated Leviathan as a puppy. Seeing him rubbing against her, she couldn't help but squint her eyes, lower her head, and stroke Leviathan's head with a smile, "Is there anything you can do for me?"

Her tone became softer, just like coaxing a dog.

Leviathan was obviously enjoying it. His tail slapped the water happily, and he eagerly swung his body around Yu Nu.

It seemed that he wanted to take Yu Nu somewhere.

Yu Nu didn't understand why, but he still let Leviathan rub against him and sat on his back hesitantly.

The sun had already set, and above the Emperor Star, the red and blue spheres of other planets could be seen spinning slightly.

The sea surface gradually changed from dark blue to purple, and then to a dark black.

Leviathan and Yu Ling swooped down to another sea area far away from Atlantis.

This place is not far from the coastline. From a distance, you can see the coastline forming a golden pattern at the junction of the water and the shore.

After passing a dense red seaweed area, the view suddenly opened up.

Countless transparent jellyfish rose and fell in the ocean, opening their pink, blue and yellow umbrellas and waving, lighting up the entire ocean.

If you can see it from the air, there are countless fluorescent lights floating under the entire ocean.

Just like the fireflies that often appear at night on land.

Several non-venomous jellyfish seemed very curious about the beautiful mermaid who suddenly appeared in front of them. They landed lightly on Yu Xi's shoulders and palms, and the light on their bodies flickered.

And farther away, Yu Xi heard a series of clear and melodious sounds.

The patrolling killer whales are coming.

Killer whales are also one of the overlords of the deep sea. Compared with the gentle blue whales, they have worse tempers, are fierce and aggressive, but have a particularly harmless appearance. I

was originally thinking about whether to hide from the killer whales that swam over, but they blocked my way.

"Beautiful little mermaid," said the female killer whale in the lead, "Don't go forward, there are humans there."

Yu Nu hurriedly asked, "Humans?"

"Yes," said a male killer whale following closely behind, his skin hot, as if he was shy, "Dangerous humans, carrying a net bag, I wonder if they are catching fish."

Yu Nu, a mermaid, was frightened and curled up the tip of her tail.

The female killer whale glared at her naughty son behind her, then turned around to comfort Yu Nu, "It's probably not catching mermaids, it's just an ordinary net bag."

"But it's better to be careful."

Yu Nu nodded, exchanged a few more words with the killer whales, and waved goodbye.

The female killer whale dragged her son, who had been seduced, behind her, and felt ashamed.

As the king of mermaids and the king of the ocean, Yu Nuo felt that she needed to go and see what the humans were up to.

Anyway, there was still Leviathan, so Yu Nuo patted his head, and the latter understood, and carried Yu Nuo to swim in the direction where the killer whales came from.

There were more than a dozen small boats floating on the sea.

A bunch of lights were hanging swaying on the bow, which could only illuminate a small area of ​​water under the hull.

Yu Nuo listened for a long time under the water, but couldn't hear clearly. He could only hear the humans on the boat talking buzzingly.

He looked back at Leviathan, and the latter nodded. Yu Nuo was relieved, and he chose a light and swam slowly to the surface of the water.

The humans on the boat turned their heads and saw two wet white arms draped over the side of the boat. A beautiful face was supported on the arms, looking at them with a slight vigilance.

The humans were stunned.

Before they could think about what this beautiful creature that suddenly appeared was, their bodies reacted first.

A young man pushed the others aside and walked over quickly, his face flushed. He noticed the fish tail that was faintly visible in the water below Yu Xi's narrow waist.

"Are you... a mermaid?"

Yu Xi pretended not to understand and tilted her head to look at him.

A strand of black hair with a faint fragrance mixed with the smell of sea water fell into the palm of the young man's hand.

The young man felt as if his heart was gently tickled by a feather, and it was itchy.

Some of the other humans were dissatisfied with the young man blocking their view. Someone stepped forward and squeezed over, looking at Yu Xi infatuatedly, "You are so beautiful."

In this dark, bottomless ocean, the beautiful little mermaid chose their boat alone.

Yu Xi still pretended not to understand, blinked blankly, and her eyes fell on the net bag behind the human.

"Are you going to ask what this is?" Someone said excitedly.

And in a place that humans can't see, the long fish tail is sweeping slightly under the boat, which can give them a fatal blow at any time.

Beauty often hides danger.