Chapter 15: Battle between the Ocean Kingdom and the Continental Kingdom
Chapter 15: Battle between the Ocean Kingdom and the Continental Kingdom
Chu Chengan wanted to find someone in this refugee camp.
Unfortunately, the royal nobles hiding here were all in a panic, and no one wanted to listen to him more.
Soon soldiers from outside came to report that the ocean outside had already covered most of the land area, and it would be too late for it to rise again. Their people also saw marine creatures in the sea.
There were seahorses, squids...even shrimps and crabs whose mutations had been magnified hundreds of times.
Chu Cheng'an could no longer sit still after hearing this. They were quite close to the door, making it convenient for him to receive intelligence.
Hiding forever is definitely not a long-term solution. The food and water in the refugee camp will eventually run out. In addition, they also need to breathe fresh air, so the skylight on the roof needs to be opened frequently.
If the sea water floods again...
"Yan Qing, your delaying strategy doesn't seem to work. We can only go fight the creatures of the Ocean Kingdom and defeat the mermaid princess."
As he spoke, Chu Cheng'an picked up the precious sword he had obtained for free. To be honest, when the mermaid princess saved him, she also took the sword tied to his clothes with her onto the land. The sword stayed with Chu Cheng'an until Princess Hannah's people came to rescue him.
So Chu Cheng'an felt that the mermaid princess was not an unreasonable person, at least she was quite nice to him.
At this time, everyone in the refugee camp was in danger. Chu Chengan wanted to go out and fight with other soldiers. Of course, everyone agreed and no longer cared about his identity as the heir to the throne.
Yan Qing had no choice but to ask Chu Cheng'an to wait for her while she changed out of her heavy dress and into light travel clothes.
"Since you said that we can only pass the level by fighting them, then let's go." Yan Qing said after changing her clothes.
"...You don't have a weapon, you can actually stay here."
"I want to clear the level perfectly, how can I possibly stay here?" In fact, Yan Qing later figured it out. Continuing to wait here is tantamount to waiting for death.
The moment they opened the heavy door of the shelter and looked out at the outside world, the majestic scene seemed like two centuries away, completely different from what they had originally seen through the window.
The human army organized almost all men, women and children who were still able to move. They wanted to drive those strange creatures back into the ocean.
Those creatures cannot survive without seawater, they need to rely on seawater, so when the coverage surface rises to the height they need, the sea water will no longer need to continue rising.
A group of people were holding shovels and surrounding a giant shrimp on the roof that was not completely submerged. The shrimp's tail flicked one of them and knocked him into the sea. The latter person never swam up again.
The giant prawn was very powerful, but soon it was defeated by the militiamen because it could not defeat the crowd alone.
The monster lost its ability to move. Chu Chengan, who was looking down from the top of the mountain, thought that the villagers would stop and continue to fight other monsters, but they didn't.
The farmers' food had been flooded, or was still stored at home and had not been taken out in time, so it had already become damp and moldy.
The survivors had nothing to eat, so they shelled the giant prawn they had knocked down, picked out the shrimp threads and ate the meat inside raw.
Chu Chengan thought he was watching an American high-tech, full-audio disaster movie, the 5D uncensored version of "I Want to Survive"...
Yan Qing called out to him, "Stop looking, go find the mermaid princess. Don't you still have a magic knife with you? Cutting them is just like cutting sashimi. Don't be scared."
Chu Chengan said: "Of course not, they look much better than the old witch in the previous level. At least they are seafood, and each one is a dish."
After killing several shrimp soldiers and crab generals who were blocking their way and going without sleep or rest for two days, they took a boat to the top of the human castle and found the mermaid princess waiting there.
This was originally Chucheng'an, the castle where Prince William lived for a long time.
No wonder the mermaid princess would first think of waiting here.
The first thing Chu Chengan said when they met was, "How long will your drug last? When will it turn into foam?"
Yan Qing raised her forehead, she thought he was just here to make the game more difficult?
The mermaid princess did not go ashore. Half of the castle was submerged. Only her upper body to the chest, which was completely covered by her beautiful hair, was exposed in the sea. The rest of her body was under water.
She took out a bottle of medicine and looked at Chu Chengan calmly: "What medicine are you talking about? Is it this bottle?"
Chu Chengan and Yan Qing were shocked by what they saw.
What? What's going on? Why didn't the mermaid drink the medicine given by the sea witch? How can they play this game? She didn't follow the book or the routine...
Chu Chengan asked again: "Don't you want to become a human?"
The mermaid princess' eyes dimmed a little. Although she was still very beautiful, she no longer matched the cute image of the princess in the fairy tale world. At this moment, Chu Cheng and An Yanqing felt that this mermaid was very cold and charming, not as easy to deal with as in the fairy tale. Her expression also became much more alert.
The mermaid princess said, "Why did I become a human? I drank the potion that the sea witch made for me to kill myself. Every step I take is like walking on the edge of a knife. That's not all. My voice is also being taken away. Is there something wrong with my brain that I need to drink that stuff?"
"Uh...?" How should they respond? Is this really the mermaid princess? Looking at her gorgeous clothes and angelic looks, it should be impossible for anyone prettier than her to take her place as the leading actress, but...
I always feel that this mermaid princess is a little weird. It is her, but also doesn’t look like herself.
But this is a game world after all, it is ever-changing, and it is not the original work written by Andersen. It is unavoidable that there are some discrepancies with reality. They just have to observe it again.
"Mermaid Princess, calm down first..." Chu Cheng'an persuaded. He knew that the Mermaid Princess had just saved him not long ago, and before entering this game world, he had always felt deeply about the Mermaid Princess's experience in real life. When he was a child, he liked the Mermaid Princess the most and felt sorry for her the most. He wished that the prince could know his real savior.
The mermaid princess had a cold expression, not looking excited at all. She adjusted her hair and swam a little further away from the shore. Just now, she seemed to have a feeling that the human princess Hannah was looking for an opportunity to attack her.
Seeing that the opportunity was lost, Yan Qing could not help but hide the hidden weapon in his hand back into his clothes in frustration.
After moving to Chu Cheng'an, he said in a low voice: "What nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and find a way to catch the mermaid princess and force her to drink the medicine?" Otherwise, how can they pass the level? A world with A-level difficulty will definitely not let them pass easily. I guess the difficulty here is that the mermaid princess is not so cooperative, and she doesn't love the prince so much that she will not sacrifice for him.
Yan Qing took a look at the image of Prince William played by Chu Chengan. He was still very handsome. It might be that Chu Chengan's more common temperament could not bring out the prince's original noble temperament, which made the mermaid princess unable to be fascinated by him, and invisibly increased the difficulty of passing the game. This was all Chu Chengan's fault.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Chu Cheng'an felt uncomfortable. "What's the difference between us doing that kind of thing and being a villain? Isn't that how the main plot is written?"
The mermaid princess seemed to have heard something, and she frowned and glared at Chu Cheng'an lightly, which made Chu Cheng'an shudder all over, like a child who had done something bad and was caught on the spot.
Yan Qing hurriedly spoke her last piece of information: "Rabbit told me that there is only one part left of our main plot, which is to kill the mermaid princess. Our mission is the same!"
"..." How could Chu Cheng'an not know this? He has read fairy tales.
But that crude method...
"I don't want to!" Chu Chengan suddenly left Yan Qing behind him and walked towards the direction of the mermaid princess. "Even if the story ends like this, I still want the mermaid princess to not be so miserable at the end of the story."
If she wasn't worried that she would be punished by the system for swearing, Yan Qing really wanted to call him a saint. Saints like him were meant to be scolded by their teammates when they entered the game. They would be scolded until their parents disowned them and they would never dare to come out and harm their teammates again.
On the contrary, the mermaid princess was a little surprised to see that Prince William was willing to speak up for her. The vigilant look on her face relaxed a lot. She slowly swam towards William, and an idea came to her mind.
Chu Cheng'an was also happy to see that the mermaid princess was willing to come and be close to him. He squatted down so that she wouldn't have to look up at him.
"Don't be afraid. Even if the ending of the story cannot be changed, we can still choose to reach the end in our own way. Come here, reach out your hand so I can take a good look at you."
Yan Qing thought, only a fool would really reach out to you.
The result was that he was immediately slapped in the face.
The mermaid princess swam faster and faster, and she seemed about to pounce on Prince William. She stretched out her hands to hug him.
Chu Cheng'an glanced at the other person's palm. After seeing clearly what it was, his heart went from being in turmoil to being as calm as an ancient well, and the two states switched within a minute.
It was him, he knew it was him, no wonder he hadn't shown up, there was no reason for him not to come find him, it must be because the system restricted him.
"Land... It's so cool on land..." Chu Cheng'an immediately took back the words that had just blurted out. He was almost killed by the system. He almost forgot the system's previous warning to him.
"..." Yan Qing paused, and seemed to be thinking.
The mermaid princess pursed her lips and smiled softly. He was also certain that the person in front of him was the one he was looking for. Everything was self-evident.
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Just now, Lu Zhenqiu accidentally let Chu Chengan see the burn on the palm of his left hand.
The location and the degree of the burn were exactly the same as in the previous game, when Lu Zhenqiu accidentally touched the pot with a lever in order to save Chu Chengan.