Chapter 102 Heart of the Ocean 12

Yu Nuo has been feeling uncomfortable with her tail lately.

She doesn’t know if it’s because the weather is getting colder, but she feels that the scales on her tail are always dry and have a rough, sandy feel to the touch.

Because the scales are too dry, Yu Nuo doesn’t like to sunbathe on the reef like before, but soaks in the sea water every day to let her tail absorb some moisture.

But even if she soaks her tail every day, the scales on it are still extremely dry, and even cause a slight itching sensation.

Yu Nuo is a little scared. When she is with other mermaids during the day, her tail is always itchy and uncomfortable, and she can only relieve the discomfort by shaking it frequently.

When the other mermaids leave, Yu Nu will sneakily swim to an area of ​​green algae, find a few stones in a corner and start grinding the scales on her tail.

[What are you doing?]

Yu Nu was grinding her scales with a thumping sound when she suddenly heard the system's voice. She raised her head in a panic, and when she realized that there was no one around, she got a little angry, "What are you doing? You scared me to death."

[.]

[So what are you doing? 】

"Polishing the tail," Yu Nu casually perfunctorily lifted the tip of her tail with satisfaction and looked at the scales on it being polished to a shine. She turned her tail over again and put it on the stone to grind it with a click, "Look, is it polished well?"

System 08 was silent for a while, [Your scales...]

It paused, its electronic eyes silently watching the pink and tender red under Yu Nu's crystal clear blue scales, and vaguely felt a little strange.

How do you feel...

But before it could ask again, System 08 watched a scale fall off Yu Nu's tail with a "click".

The air was silent for a moment.

Yu Nu picked up the scales, her voice dull, "...Why did it fall off suddenly?"

The system paused, [Does it hurt? ]

It's no wonder it asked this question, because after the scales fell off, a little bit of pink skin was exposed on Yu Nu's tail, and it looked a little painful to soak in the sea water.

Who knew that Yu Nu just shook her head and said hesitantly: "It doesn't hurt...it's just, um, it feels a little strange."

While saying this, Yu Nu actually picked up the small piece of skin that was exposed in front of the system in amazement.

"It's a little itchy."

The system finally noticed the abnormality of the host's body.

On the way back, Yu Nu tried to cover up the protruding skin. Only after repeated persuasion from the system did she reluctantly find Carlo to explain her situation.

He thought that the scales fell off because he ran away to rub his tail secretly.

As a result, when Yu Nu flicked the tip of her tail and unknowingly exposed that small piece of pink skin to Carlo, Carlo's expression froze, and then as if he saw something he couldn't see, his face flushed and he turned around abruptly.

Yu Nu didn't notice at all, and swam over stupidly and continued: "And my tail has been itchy recently... The scales are also dry, do you think I'm sick?"

Carlo's cheeks had already flushed, and he avoided looking at Yu Nu.

"No..." He said in a low voice, hesitatingly, "You are a male mermaid... This is differentiation."

The physiological structure of mermaids is very special. Immature mermaids have no gender, and they will not show male or female characteristics until they reach adulthood. After a period of time in adulthood, they will enter the differentiation period.

Mermen in the differentiation period will grow a mature genitalia, and both females and males can use the genitalia to reproduce.

In addition to the development of the genitalia, the differentiation period will also have a scale replacement period, when the scales on the tail will fall off on a large scale and new scales will grow.

Most importantly, mermaids in the differentiation period will gradually develop a strong desire to mate.

Carlo selectively told Yu Nuan about this knowledge, naturally hiding the information about the stronger desire for mating. After the conversation, he repeatedly reminded Yu Nuan with a worried look on his face, "During the differentiation period, try to avoid contact with other mermaids. If you feel uncomfortable, you can vent through exercise. Don't be fooled by other fish." After that,

Carlo caught a glimpse of Yu Nuan shaking her tail unconsciously, and her cheeks became even redder. "... and your tail, try not to let other mermaids see the skin left after it falls off."

These are very... private parts of mermaids.

Yu Nuan realized later that her tail was still exposed, and quickly hid the exposed skin.

"Oh oh."

Carlo sighed.

Their king has always been slow and dull, and he is completely clueless in these areas.

The news that the king has entered the differentiation period should be kept secret as much as possible, and other mermaids should not know about it... lest some fish with evil intentions have other ideas.

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cold current spread from the north to the central sea area, and soon, Atlantis entered winter.

Mermaids do not have the habit of hibernation. The drop in sea water temperature has only reduced the mermaids' outdoor activities and has not had much impact on their lives.

The scales on Yu Nu's tail fell off more and more, and the new scales felt smooth and tender, with a layer of faint blue light.

But Yu Nu stopped touching it after touching it once.

Because... it felt too strange when touching the scales.

The first to discover Yu Nuan's abnormality was Leviathan. Yu Nuan originally thought that Leviathan would hibernate, but when Atlantis really entered winter, Leviathan showed no intention of returning to the Lost River. As usual, he would hang around Yu Nuan every day.

Once, when Yu Nuan swam to the green algae area to rub her tail, she was caught by Leviathan. The latter watched helplessly as the scales on Yu Nuan's tail fell off, revealing the mermaid's pink skin.

Perhaps out of concern for Yu Nuan, no one knew what Leviathan was thinking with such a big head, he rushed over and licked the "wound" on Yu Nuan's tail a few times.

Yu Nuan: ! !

The tail gave off a noticeable warm touch, with a little wet water mark scratching his skin. Yu Xi only felt the tail tremble violently, and his back straightened as if it had been electrified.

He quickly pushed Leviathan away and covered his tail tightly.

"What are you doing!"

Leviathan realized that he was being scolded, and looked at Yu Xu with his bright eyes, not knowing what he had done wrong.

"Don't touch here," Yu Xu scolded him with a stern face, "and don't lick it."

He pointed to his tail, thinking that Leviathan could understand, but who knew that Leviathan, who was usually very smart, was so stupid this time, and seemed to have misunderstood Yu Xu's meaning, and licked his head again lightly.

Yu Xu was angry.

For several days afterwards, the stupid Leviathan followed Yu Xu in a flattering manner, but was ruthlessly ignored by Yu Xu, pretending not to see him.

The temperature of the central ocean gradually dropped with the arrival of winter, and the mermaids of Atlantis welcomed a group of uninvited guests.

The northern mermaids came to Atlantis in winter because of today's special climate changes.

"The winter in the north is particularly difficult this year, so I brought everyone to the central part of the country to spend this cold winter here."

A dark blue mermaid told Carlo, her dark brown hair floating gently in the sea.

It is rare for mermaids to have blue tails. Almost every blue mermaid has some abilities that are stronger than ordinary mermaids. Therefore, the mermaid leaders in most sea areas are blue-tailed mermaids.

This blue mermaid is Oscar, the mermaid leader of the northern sea.

Oscar is a strong and handsome male mermaid. His exposed upper body has smooth lines, the muscles on his arms are tight, and his eye sockets are deep. His brown eyes look at the mermaid without anger or authority.

Even though he was considered the strongest mermaid in Atlantis, Carlo felt vaguely threatened by Oscar.

Mermaids don’t fight and confront each other as much as other races do, but that doesn’t mean they have no sense of territory.

Normally, mermaid leaders are very intimidating, and will be even more severe if mermen from other seas intrude. In most cases, they will drive out foreign mermaids.

And if a mermaid leader leads a large number of mermaids to intrude into other people’s seas, they will be regarded as invaders.

If this wasn’t Atlantis, Carlo would have driven Oscar and his group of mermaids out with other mermaids.

But this is Atlantis, the recognized core of mermaids.

Carlo was very wary of Oscar, and the other mermaids around him were also eyeing him, fearing that this group of mermaids from the north would do something out of line.

“If you’re not sure, let your king decide.” Oscar said again.

Carlo was even more dissatisfied.

What does "your king" mean? Atlantis is Yu Lan's sea area. Yu Lan is not only the king of Atlantis, but also the king of all mermaids.

Thinking of this, Carlo was already secretly angry.

"You don't need the king to deal with it yourself," Carlo raised his chin slightly, "I can do it."

This sentence was already a blatant insult.

Some of the hot-tempered and aggressive northern mermaids obviously couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed up to fight. The mermaids on the Atlantis side were not to be outdone. They were originally disgusted with these intruders, and now they were even more angry because of their attitude. One by one, they rushed over behind Carlo, shouting.

It was Oscar who stopped the mermaids behind him first.

"The northern mermaids have very little contact with the other three directions and the central region all year round, so it's normal that you don't know much about us," Oscar said slowly, "Atlantis is the center of mermaids. I remember that it was the mermaids in the central region who ruled the ocean and gave birth to the first generation of mermaid kings. Therefore, all mermaids regard Atlantis as the center of mermaids, and the leader of the central region is regarded as the king of all mermaids."

"But," he changed the subject, staring at Carlo with dark eyes, "for such a long time, because of climate reasons, the northern mermaids have been cut off from communication with you. We developed on our own and guarded the northern ocean on our own... Atlantis did not seem to play its due role in it."

At this point, Carlo's face was already extremely ugly.

"What do you want to say?"

Oscar slightly frowned, with a hint of smile on his lips, "I do want to take the mermaids from the north to spend the winter in the central region this time, but there is something more important."

"- I want to compete for the position of the King of Mermaids."

Oscar seemed not to see Carlo's ugly expression, and said to himself: "Of course, in order to ensure the fairness of the competition, I think your king cannot use the Heart of the Ocean. After all, the Heart of the Ocean recognizes its master. If I defeat your king, the Heart of the Ocean will naturally belong to me."

Carlo's voice was cold, "What are you thinking-"

"Other than that, he can use any means to compete with me," Oscar interrupted Carlo directly, looking down from above, "This should be fair enough."

"You know very well that the king is just a mermaid who has just grown up," Carlo said in a deep voice, his eyes fixed on Oscar, "He hasn't even differentiated yet, are you so impatient to fight with such a small mermaid?" Oscar

raised his eyebrows, his sharp brows showing a look of indifference. However, another male mermaid behind him couldn't help but interrupt: "Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean by impatient? We are all male mermaids, competing fairly for the position of king. Is there anything wrong with that?"

The mermaid on the other side also laughed, with a look of contempt, "If you think it's unfair, we can add some rules. Our leader can promise not to beat your little leader until he bleeds, how about that?"

He deliberately pinched his throat, imitating the voices of many little mermaids who have not yet reached adulthood, "In this way, your little leader who is still drinking milk will not be beaten by our leader and cry!"

The northern mermaids immediately burst into laughter.

The mermaid became more and more excited. Looking at the ugly faces of the Atlantis mermaids opposite, she smiled and raised her fingers on her tail, "You mermaids in the middle must have never seen our leader fighting? The leader is not like your leader. When our leader fights with mermaids, he is best at peeling off the scales on the mermaids' tails one by one..."

Yu Nu, who was hiding not far away, looked at her tail in panic and quickly covered her precious scales with her hands.

Leviathan behind her moved his body a little impatiently, but still listened obediently behind Yu Nu.

"...I haven't finished yet. Some mermaids have very sharp nails. Our leader can easily lift your nails. I don't know if your little leader will cry out in pain, hahaha."

Yu Nu was even more scared. She curled up unconsciously under the tip of her tail, hanging behind her body and trembling slightly.

Oscar spoke slowly, "Don't worry, I won't let your leader be so cruel. Even if he really has to do something during the competition, the most he can do is break his nails so that-"

Leviathan, who was hiding behind Yu Nuan, wanted to rush out. Yu Nuan quickly turned around to stop him, but was accidentally hit by Leviathan's huge tail during the movement, and the whole fish was pushed out at once.

Her hair was floating in the sea in a mess, and the slightly curly hair was placed on her waist, which made Yu Nuan's narrow waist look even whiter.

Yu Nuan raised her head and looked at a large group of mermaids.

Oscar's voice stopped abruptly.

Yu Nuan's embarrassed face turned pink, her eyes were wandering, and the tip of her tail was trembling. She looked at Carlo for help.

- It was because of this that Yu Nuan didn't notice that these northern mermaids were all staring at him like an idiot.

Where did the mermaids come from?

Oscar asked about Carlo, but his eyes never left Yu Zhen's face, "Who is this...?"

Carlo said unhappily, "Our king."

Yu Zhen was a little afraid of the tall and strong male mermaid in front of her, but because of her identity, she still tried to show a calm expression. Her

round eyes were tightly tightened, looking a little funny and cute.

The male mermaid who had just laughed at Yu Zhen in public shut up embarrassedly, blushed, and stared at Yu Zhen's face like a madman, with a strange blush on his chest.

Damn, this is too beautiful.

... He doesn't look very old. This is the mermaid king who has not been weaned.

Weird, weird and cute.

The attitude of the northern mermaids had already changed 180 degrees in their hearts, and some even began to silently condemn their leader.

Their leader wanted to take action against such a tender little mermaid. It was too unkind of a fish.

Feeling the countless condemning glances from behind, Oscar cleared his throat.

"In fact, the competition can also be carried out in a more peaceful way, such as peaceful discussion... Well, I hit it off with the king at first sight, and I admit defeat and feel inferior to him." "

——As for this competition for the throne, ahem, I will voluntarily withdraw."

His expression was a little unnatural, and he raised his hand and wanted to stretch it out, but then he remembered something and hastily wiped it on his waist, stretched it out again and handed it to Yu Xi.

"You, you are right?"

Oscar couldn't help shaking his tail.