The Song of the Mermaid: Shura Field 11
Ning Ren stepped in.
Because the distance was far enough, even though he was so short, he could still roughly see the people sitting on both sides of the long table.
He paid special attention to Lan Huadis and counted in his mind... they were all here!
Ning Ren straightened his face, thinking that this was really the scene he least wanted to see. Above his head was Ye Lu's mother, and in the first seat was A Sulin's father. The seat of their mermaid tribe was the first one on the left, and opposite them were Lan Huadis's brother and sister.
The atmosphere in the hall was weird.
Ning Ren walked silently to the mermaid's seat and jumped onto the seat.
Abra and Lorenzo behind him also sat down one after another. On the entire long table, only Ning Ren's seat was abruptly shorter, with only half of his head barely visible.
“…”
Asulin glanced at Jie Ling.
Jie Ling left and came back with a few cushions in her hands. She gently asked Ning Ren to stand up and put the cushions on the chair.
Now I feel much more comfortable!
"Thank you," Ning Ren whispered.
Jie Ling smiled slightly: "You're welcome."
Ning Ren put his hands on the table, looked up, and met the surprised gaze of his eldest sister Wen Duolin opposite him.
She clasped her palm on the Heart Fire Shield and applied a little force, and the Heart Fire inside the Shield jumped around like a puppy seeing its owner. It had not stopped since the moment Ning Ren came in. The closer the distance, the stronger the reaction.
As Xinhuo struggled, the cover made a clicking sound as it rubbed against the ground, which was particularly obvious in the quiet hall.
Obviously, it was not only Wendoline who noticed the abnormality of the heart fire. Carlos and the other five also noticed it. Looking in the direction where the heart fire was struggling, they only saw the young leader of the mermaid tribe.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Ning Ren: "..."
He would never have thought that the Heart Fire he had placed on the ninth floor of the King's Tower would be taken out like this and brought here! This Heart Fire could actually be taken out!
Aaaaaahhhhh!!!
Don't come over here!!
Asulin was also looking over here and said lightly: "This is Lan Huadis a hundred years ago. The heart fire that Emperor Errigalan left in the King's Tower. I don't know why he suddenly got so excited."
Ning Ren said silently: "... Maybe it's because the mermaids belong to the water element, and they can't stand this fire, so they want to evaporate us."
He pretended to be stupid and talked nonsense in a serious manner, but because appearances were so deceptive, everyone just took it as childish talk.
Carlos smiled and said, "The noble king is very cute."
Abra smiled. "Oh! Thank you. We felt the same way."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Duolin's palm loosened as if it was stung, and the Heart Fire Shield quickly escaped from the suppression and stuck to Ning Ren's face with lightning speed.
The jumping ball of heart fire almost turned itself into a fire cake through the transparent cover, rubbing back and forth. If it could speak, it would probably make a purring sound of coquettishness.
Abra: “…”
A Sulin: “…”
Wen Duolin and others: "..."
Carlos couldn't help but stand up and looked at Ning Ren with a look of surprise and doubt.
This is Xiao Erli's heart fire. To put it bluntly, it is a part of Xiao Erli, which has developed intelligence after a hundred years.
When it came down from the king's tower, this heart fire ignored everyone. When it was angry, it would transform into small flames that crackled and hit people. Only a few of their biological brothers and sisters could get close to it.
I have never seen this fire show such an intimate look to anyone.
Carlos: “You…”
Ning Ren calmly pulled the Heart Fire Mask off his face. "It's just like you. It thinks I'm so cute, so it wants to stick to me."
The live broadcast room with God's perspective was full of laughter:
[Hahahahahahahahahaha I swear, I’ve never said such narcissistic words before!]
[Aren: Calling myself cute is shameless? Haha, to protect this shaky vest, I'm selling this shameless face by the pound.]
[Carlos: I seem to have discovered something, but I also seem to have not discovered anything.]
Ning Ren maintained a calm expression, but in his heart he was frantically warning the fire in his heart: Don't move! Don't stick to me! Don't come over here!
The heart fire seemed to have sensed its master's resistance, and the jumping flames suddenly went out for the most part, and then it became aggrieved and quiet again, falling into autism.
Ning Ren politely pushed the Heart Fire Cover forward and said, "I'll give it back to you."
The heart fire that was active just now was as calm as dead water and returned to Wen Duolin's hands.
Wendoline's eyes were deep, and she didn't know what she was thinking. She pulled Carlos's clothes and said, "Sit down first."
Carlos responded softly.
A Sulin said to Ning Ren: "If you are not feeling unwell, this meeting will begin."
Ning Ren: "Okay."
Lorenzo looked at this scene and didn't think there was anything wrong. He just felt that their king was very popular - of course it was as it should be!
Jie Ling distributed some information to everyone.
Ning Ren also got a copy.
He opened it and read it, and at the same time, Asulin's voice rang out:
“The sacrificial light pillar is a sacred object of our clan. Legend has it that it originated from our ancient ancestors, but the specific records are no longer verifiable, and no relevant documents have been passed down for reference.
Ever since the strange vision appeared, records resembling ancient writings have appeared on the sacrificial pillars. All scholars in the Northern Territory who studied ancient times gathered together and, after a long period of study, finally deciphered some of the meaning behind those strange symbols.
It tells the story of a divine stone that fell from the sky one day..."
Ning Ren was also reading.
He recognized the words.
Some of them were organized and summarized by him.
This is a record, which records the first arrival of the "Red Star" in concise language at the beginning. Ning Ren knows all of this and has experienced it personally.
The latter part is more about personal emotional memories.
[…On the day they decided to settle in the Northern Territory, a huge rock fell from the sky.
A voice told me, "He will come back." I wonder if the "he" it was referring to was the man we were remembering along the riverbank... He must be, at least that's what I think.
I'm dying.
He guarded this stone until the end of his life.
Over the years, countless thoughts and questions have occupied my mind.
I would occasionally correspond with Wen Guang, and I never expected that this short-lived man would outlive me. I was very proud because I was the only one who knew the secret of this stone.
Ten thousand years is too long. I've fought tooth and nail to reach my present age. I've carved this into stone, wondering if it will be eroded by wind and rain.
If possible, will you see this passage ten thousand years later?
'He will come back', and you will come back.
If all living beings on this continent have offspring and continuation, their lives are inherited from the sacrifice of a god.
Teacher, are you reading this passage now?
It is not easy for you to see me after thousands of years, and I probably won’t have the chance to see you again.
—I am a student who has received your grace and teachings, Fanze.]
Fan Ze...
Ning Ren stroked his fingers over these ancient characters that are now obscure and difficult to understand. Penetrating these characters, he seemed to see his old student who had changed from impulsive to calm and then became decadent.
He couldn't explain what he felt.
Their past interactions were still vivid in my mind, but now they were reduced to two words etched on a piece of paper: "Fan Ze." All subsequent records had vanished in the torrent of time. Only these fragments, preserved through the power of the sacrificial light pillar, survived and were visible to future generations.
Ning Ren remembered that when he was a child in the City of Chaos, and even in Lanhuadis, he rarely heard stories about "God".
The Lanhuadis don't believe in gods. Because of the curse, they feel like they are children abandoned by the gods. In fact, the specific reason is not this. Wen Guang just wants to find a way for their tribe to break the shackles of lifespan and continue the tribe.
Looking back from now.
Wen Guang's choice seemed to be wrong, as he caused his people to experience a dark and oppressive time, but this choice had its correctness.
Because of this curse, the tribe survived and became a top race in later generations, while the original "Xi Clan" was lost in history...
The City of Chaos has a tradition of worshipping God, with believers and non-believers being half and half.
Ning Ren was once the closest being to a 'god', but his existence was too short. After the races along the riverbank dispersed, generation after generation passed, and the once true and short-lived miracles were all regarded as legends.
Later, even the legend became less and less popular.
Ning Ren thought.
Over the past ten thousand years, the Sky Crack had appeared several times, but he had only participated in and resolved three of them. The rest of the time, there were always people and races who stepped forward.
Defend life and peace at the cost of genocide.
He was a stranger who arrived unexpectedly, but because of the ties and emotions he had with him, he gradually became a line traveling through time.
"...The core of the message we interpreted is 'He will come back,' but we don't know what 'He' represents.
Perhaps it is what we understand as 'God', or perhaps it is a crack in the sky. Of course, these are all speculations."
That would be the worst-case scenario.
Some ethnic groups have not experienced the horror of the sky crack, but have heard of it, and no one wants this disaster to befall them.
"I don't think so. If the vision was a warning, it couldn't have been given ten thousand years ago. It feels more like a prophecy. Judging from the individual words analyzed, the person who wrote this text was looking forward to 'His return.'
Who among the races that suffered the Sky Crack disaster in ancient times would expect a disaster to strike again?"
Everyone started discussing it. They came here just for this matter. It almost involved the future of all races, and no one would avoid this topic.
Whether it is the appearance of gods or the creation of cracks in the sky, it will be a major event that subverts the existing situation and is worthy of being recorded in history.
Guhuo Bird lifted the hat on Ning Ren's head, raised its eyelids, glanced at what Ning Ren was holding in his hand, and immediately closed its eyes again with no interest.
The claws hooked Ning Ren's hair and gathered the loose hair on his forehead back.
Ning Ren was thinking about something.
There is no doubt that the power of the Sky Crack is getting stronger with each descent.
When it first descended, its power was enough to affect the entire continent, but why did it later choose to descend in only one of the four regions of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest?
The idea that "the Sky Crack must absorb enough blood and energy before descending" didn't exist in ancient times. If it was due to the loss of its original black energy, then it could have absorbed blood and energy from all four regions simultaneously, rather than just targeting one. After all, the former would be faster, wouldn't it?
It's like the executioner has four slaughterhouses. He has to wait until the lambs in one slaughterhouse are big enough and strong enough before he takes action.
This description suddenly appeared in Ning Ren's mind.
His heart skipped a beat and a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
If this idea is true, what is the purpose of the sky crack?
He was lost in thought until the end of the meeting. Asulin stood up and said, "Please follow me to the sacrificial light column."
Abra called Ning Ren twice, and Ning Ren came back to his senses instantly: "Okay."
A Sulin raised his hands and formed a seal. A huge and gorgeous silver seal appeared under everyone's feet. His space cultivation had reached the pinnacle. "Don't resist. Stand still."
Ning Ren was still thinking about the guess that had just popped up in his mind.
He didn't notice that behind him, Wendoline and Carlos cast inquiring glances at him.
After a moment, Wendoline nodded silently, indicating that she would give it a try when she had the chance. Carlos nodded slightly and gestured a few times. It was unclear what the two siblings were communicating about.
Asulin's gaze also lightly fell on Ning Ren's head.
Everything is ready on the sacrificial light column. No matter what the result is, he will not regret using up the last chance for the Blood Source Knot to flash.
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