Currently, the entire Qin territory has expanded by two-thirds compared to when Qin Yiyi took over. Not counting underground areas, the surface area, excluding public facilities and equipment, is more than enough for the remaining people to live in, with some areas that were fenced off for reclamation not yet completed, but winter has already arrived.
The lake was originally a few tens of minutes' walk from outside the territory, but now, due to the continuous expansion of the territory, it is only a dozen minutes' walk away.
"We'll be even faster if we go in through the well!"
Unfortunately, there are now five wells in the territory. Because water is drawn from them, the lord does not allow anyone to approach the wells, let alone go down into them to access the lake.
"Actually, if we have the opportunity in the spring, we can dig a small river to surround the territory first." This is the prototype of the initial moat. Later, we can dig it bigger and deeper, expand the territory, and have the prototype of a city. Then we can directly build a new city wall around the moat, which will completely resist the danger of the yellow sand.
After all, although the protective shield can withstand the sandstorms that hit the territory, the impact of the sandstorms is still very noticeable to the naked eye. Even if the protective shield is upgraded, people will still be afraid. But having city walls is a different story.
"Lord Ken, please come this way!"
There was nothing unusual about the lake at first, but now that their territory has expanded, they often patrol the area and come to the lake to check for anything unusual, whether it has frozen over in winter, and because there are more people fishing in winter, the unusual thing was discovered.
"This lake often bubbles and gurgles, just like a person breathing!"
"It might be a fish!"
"That's right, fish will also bubble up when they're low on oxygen!"
The black and white whale shook its head.
"After I went into the water, I could clearly feel that there were eyes watching me underwater! But when I turned around, I couldn't see anything anymore! However, I didn't feel very threatened, so it shouldn't be any powerful creature."
As a fish gene, he is a creature where big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimp. If there are larger fish genes, such as sharks, that are more powerful than him, he will definitely feel a strong sense of crisis.
Just like the first time I met Kraken.
Kraken's tentacles bounced out from behind it and gurgled into the water.
The black and white whale glanced at it, then looked at Kraken.
"Your tentacles have a pretty high degree of freedom of movement..." He always felt that the Kraken tentacles seemed to have independent consciousness and were like separate individuals. Not only could they fight on their own, but they could also understand what he was saying. The most outrageous thing was that sometimes when he did something, he felt that these tentacles were looking down on him.
For example, right now, the tentacles that had already gone underwater heard his words and popped their heads out of the water again, with a pair of eyes inexplicably appearing on them as they looked at him.
[Foolish whale-man!]
Whales and dolphins are both highly intelligent, so how could this whale-beastman, possessing 70% whale genes, 20% dolphin genes, and 10% human genes, be so stupid!
[It's probably because we used to take his fish balls away so often, preventing him from properly nourishing his brain!]
Miss Yiyi said that eating more fish will make you smarter.
If we eat this whale, will the great tentacle monster become even smarter?
If the black and white whale had known these terrifying words, he wouldn't have said another word.
The tentacles dive into the water.
I initially thought it was a wild lake, probably overgrown with weeds and in terrible condition, but it's actually quite well-maintained!
The lake was so clean that it even had a variety of fish (this does not reflect the real environment, so please do not take it as fact). The entire lake looked very clean from the outside and looked like it had been carefully maintained from the inside.
[Come on, this is obviously being managed by fish people!]
[Fishmen? There are fishmen here?]
The tentacles started chattering all at once. Originally, there were only three or four tentacles in the water, but now they all emerged from the back of the black and white whale and appeared one by one in front of it, eagerly preparing to go into the water.
Oh, this water feels so nice and cool to the touch!
[It feels much better than the ocean that was previously polluted by industrial wastewater!]
There wasn't a single piece of trash in this lake! A short swim around was fine, but since we're tentacles, and the largest part of our tentacles is still up there, we couldn't get too far away!
[Let's get the real body to come down and take a swim!]
【(????)??Hi, it's me!】
Just as the black and white whale was about to discuss something with Kraken, it saw Kraken jump directly into the water.
"Hey!"
Skill breeds daring; with such formidable fighting prowess, there's nothing to fear.
Kraken went into the water and reverted to his original form for the first time. However, the lake was still relatively small for him. If he reverted to his true form, he would crush the fish so much that they would have nowhere to hide.
He did not want this to happen, so he restored himself to a shape that was one-third the size of the original, which was clearly the shape of the huge creature that had suddenly appeared in the lake.
He slowly sank to the deepest part and discovered that there were other caves at the bottom of the lake.
It's like discovering a hole at the bottom of a well that connects to a lake, and then another hole in the lake that connects to other places.
He felt that this lake must have been a very large place before, perhaps an estuary, etc. He had a feeling that he had been here before, but he had completely forgotten that memory from a long time ago.
A tentacle, several meters long, burrowed into one of the holes and then suddenly pulled something out.
The other tentacles also blinked.
Wow, there really is something inside!
[Let's see who can pull out the most items!]
[Is this a competition to see who can pull out the most things the fastest?] The tentacles' competitive spirit was immediately ignited.
Several tentacles took the initiative, entering through other openings and throwing out a greenish blob a few seconds later.
Soon Kraken was surrounded by a bunch of green things.
The tentacles, which didn't like to move, just watched the show from the sidelines and kept an eye on these things.
Hey, these guys are getting closer and closer now. It looked like we were about to catch them all, but some of them escaped inside. We weren't long enough!
[Main body, hurry up, give it your all!]
Kraken was leisurely scrubbing himself with the seaweed beside him when he heard the call from the tentacles. He slowly raised his head, and a ripple appeared in the water.
It was as if an earthquake had struck the bottom of the lake, shaking some things out.
The tiny tentacles dug all of these things out like they were whack-a-mole.
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