Chapter 74
The sky in the wilderness at night is very beautiful. The afterglow of the sun that has not yet completely dissipated has dyed the sky dark blue. The gradually rising moon has spread a silver river for the stars in the dark blue sky. The stars swim freely in it, embellishing the entire night sky with intricate and magnificent beauty.
Looking down from the sky to the earth, there is a river in the barren wasteland that is no less beautiful than the Milky Way in the sky.
That was the North River, the only river in the entire wasteland in the past, and the only place with signs of life.
A breeze blew, creating ripples on the clear river surface, and also moved the grass and trees on the riverside with scattered purple flowers on top. The shaking of the grass and trees aroused the fireflies living on them, and the bright lights flickered in the night sky. They were stars on the land in another sense in the wasteland.
Jiaojiao, standing among the grass, was surrounded by flying fireflies. He stood on tiptoe and opened his tender little white hands. The fireflies fluttered their wings and scrambled to fall into his palms.
Jiaojiao, who had collected a handful of fireflies, carefully closed her little hands, bent her eyebrows and held the fireflies in her hands, and ran towards her brother Zera, who was sitting by the river and weaving a bamboo cage. Then she put the fireflies in her hands into the bamboo cage woven by her brother Zera.
The cage woven with repeatedly thinned bamboo strips is very transparent. Fireflies fly in it, and the light emitted through the bamboo cage can illuminate a small area.
Jiaojiao, holding the bamboo basket, smiled happily, tiptoed carefully to put the bamboo basket into the backpack, and then sat cross-legged by the river like her brother Zela.
Mermaids live in the Beihe River. They have thin and soft eyebrows, jade-like skin, fins behind their ears, on their arms and backs like misty gauze, and fine scales at the corners of their eyes. Black lines extending from the left cheek connect to the scales at the corners of their eyes, adding a bit of mystery and charm to them.
The gorgeous fish tail sways underwater, and the mermaid exudes extreme charm and temptation from head to toe.
At this time, they were hiding underwater, quietly observing the cubs sitting by the river.
As more and more people of various races came to the wasteland, the people who originally lived in the wasteland learned that the beastmen were not the traitors to God. On the contrary, they were the traitors who had been eliminating betrayers for God.
The absurd feeling of having their long-held cognition overturned was too heavy and cruel. Quite a few people committed suicide overnight, with the largest number of suicides coming from the elves, mermaids, and celestials.
From birth, from as early as they could remember, they firmly believed that they were God's most devout believers, that they were born for God, and that their lives, bodies, and souls would be dedicated to God...
With this belief, they cannot accept that their own race is the one who betrays God... For them, that is more cruel and desperate than death.
The mermaids who did not commit suicide did not know how to face the beastmen for a moment, so they chose to hide.
Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment when she met the gaze of the mermaid in the water, then raised her little hand and waved: "Okay."
The mermaid in the river was stunned for a moment, feeling inexplicably happy. Its tail under the water swayed twice according to its mood, causing ripples on the water surface.
When they moved their tails, they discovered that the scales on the other side of their fish tails had fallen off severely, and the areas not protected by scales were covered with blood that was painful to look at.
Mermaids who have lived in the deep sea since birth are not suitable for living in fresh water, but they have no choice. This is the only water resource in the wilderness. Although living in this river will make them physically uncomfortable, this is the only place they can survive.
Looking at their wagging tails, Jiaojiao reached out and touched her own legs, then looked up at Brother Zella. Her furry ears trembled with his movements, and her dark, bright eyes were full of curiosity. She said in surprise, "Legs and tails!"
Zera glanced at the little spirit's furry ears and explained, "This is a mermaid. They live in the sea. Mermaid tails are their tool for walking in the sea, just like our legs."
Jiaojiao nodded ignorantly, obviously not understanding, but that didn't stop him from looking up at Brother Zera, and he realized that Brother Zera wanted to touch his ears.
Why don’t you touch it if you want to?
Jiaojiao, not understanding, stood up with her hands on the ground, took two steps forward, and then threw herself into Zella's arms.
A small, soft ball suddenly jumped into his arms. Zella reflexively constricted his pupils, his breath became confused for a moment, and he subconsciously raised his hands to protect the small, soft body in his arms.
Jiaojiao threw herself into Brother Zella's arms, rubbed Zella's chin with her furry ears, and even pulled Brother Zella's hand to put it on her head. Her little voice was tender and soft: "Brother Zella, touch me. Jiaojiao won't be angry."
Zera was stunned, and following the little force of the little god's hand, he touched the furry ears hidden in the fluffy black hair.
The sunlight in the distance had not yet completely dissipated, and mixed with the starlight, it fell into the eyes of the little god as he raised his head and looked at him with a smile on his face.
This particularly intense scene made Zera's heart tighten. The seed of protective desire that had been buried deep in her heart for an unknown period of time now flourished under these clear and bright eyes.
In just one breath, countless spider-like grass threads spread out and tightly wrapped around the heart, becoming more and more tightly wrapped as the heart beats.
After touching brother Zella's ears, Jiaojiao ran back to the river with her short legs.
He lay by the river, curiously watching the mermaids in the water. He gently patted the water with his little hands and greeted them with a curved eyebrow: "Hello, mermaids. My name is Jiaojiao too."
When the mermaid in the water looked into the cub's eyes that seemed to contain starlight, an inexplicable emotion sprouted from the bottom of his heart. A mermaid with purple eyes swam up from the bottom of the river, its silver tail swaying in the water, its tail fin like thin smoke, creating a dreamy scene in the water.
According to legend, mermaids are the most beloved creations of the gods. They have the most extreme beauty and long life. They are the only intelligent race in the deep sea where they survive. The vast ocean is a gift from the gods to them.
The mermaid swam up and stretched out her hand, and her palm touched the cub's tiny hand through the water.
The warm temperature passed through the touching palms all the way to the heart, and the throbbing in the blood made the mermaid stunned.
A tear suddenly slid down from the corner of the mermaid's eye, condensed into a purple pearl and fell to the bottom of the river.
The merman stared blankly at Jiaojiao, who was smiling at him with her eyes curved above the river, and opened his mouth silently...
Oh, God...
The sun's afterglow completely dissipated, and the moonlight fell from the sky. When the river surface came into contact with the moonlight, a thick layer of ice condensed at an extremely fast speed. The mermaid came to her senses, bowed deeply to Jiaojiao, and then swam quickly to the bottom of the river. She disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Zera quickly picked up Jiaojiao who was lying by the river. Light blue ice quickly condensed on the river surface. Blue ice flowers bloomed in the thick ice, reflecting a dreamy glow under the moonlight.
This is why Zera brought Jiaojiao to this place.
The Bei River is a very strange river. Every night when the moonlight falls on the water surface, a thick layer of ice will condense, and when the sunlight sets every morning, it will melt at an extremely fast speed.
Ice is an extremely rare existence for the orcs living in the deserted city. The winter here is dry and cold, but there is no snow and the water does not freeze. Therefore, the North River, which freezes every night, looks very magical and dreamy in the eyes of the orcs.
The moment the river surface completely froze, Zela bent down and put Jiaojiao down.
Jiaojiao, who got down from her brother's arms, blinked as she looked at the completely changed river surface in front of her. She walked forward with her short legs, squatted down curiously, stretched out her little finger and gently poked the ice surface. The cool feeling came from her fingertips, and Jiaojiao widened her eyes in curiosity.
Zera stepped onto the ice, skating smoothly and neatly before coming to the little god and extending his hand: "Come."
Seeing his movements, Jiaojiao blinked, stuck out his butt to support himself and crawled up to try to step onto the ice. As soon as he stepped on it, his feet slipped, and just when he was about to fall on his butt, a pair of bony hands caught him.
The golden hair spilled onto the ice as the owner bent over. Hesnemen lowered his eyes to meet the little guy's gaze as he looked up at him and said, "I found you."
"Daddy!" Jiaojiao curled her eyes excitedly, and her joy could not be hidden in her baby voice.
Zera, who had also bent down and extended his hand, withdrew his hand upon seeing this.
"Yeah." Hesnemen responded softly to Jiaojiao's call.
Jiaojiao, who was standing upright on the ice with the help of her father, turned to look at her father, blinked, and then carefully walked off the ice holding her father's hand: "Dad found Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao has a reward for you."
Jiaojiao, who was not far from the river, took two cautious steps and walked out of the ice. When he was back on the land, he let go of his father's hand, ran to the side with his short legs, picked up his small backpack, turned around and ran back to his father.
Following Zella who had walked out of the ice, the little spirit took out the small lantern containing fireflies from the small backpack. With sparkling eyes, he handed it to the Lord Spirit. His voice was tender and soft, "Daddy gave it to me. Jiaojiao and Brother Zella made this together."
This small bamboo cage was indeed woven by Jiaojiao and Zela together. When the little god was learning to weave a bamboo cage for the first time, he ruined many bamboo strips in the process, which made a normal-sized bamboo cage only the size of a palm.
Hesnemen reached out and took the small, even somewhat ugly-looking lantern, looking at it with a little curiosity.
After seeing her father take the bamboo basket, Jiaojiao continued to take things out of the backpack, including two woven grasshoppers, three lifelike birds carved from wood, two golden dried flowers, a fruit core with beautiful patterns, and five or six cleanly washed colorful stones.
In a blink of an eye, Hesnemen, whose hands were full, was a little stunned. When he was about to say something, Jiaojiao's small body had already thrown into his arms.
"Daddy." Jiaojiao stood on tiptoe and gently rubbed Hesniemen's face with her soft face, then gently stroked his heart with her small hands again and again: "Daddy is not sad, Jiaojiao coaxed him, Jiaojiao gave Daddy many, many rewards, Daddy is not sad..."
Hesnemen was stunned for a moment. He lowered his eyes to meet the little guy in his arms, whose eyes were moist at some point, and whose thick golden eyelashes covered his pupils.
The complex and magnificent starry sky is above his head, the light blue ice surface of the wasteland is behind him, and the golden god in it is like a sun that is about to burn to its extreme.
The moment each world consciousness is born, it will build its world without leaving any room for error.
The same is true for Hesnemon. He wanted to create a perfect world from the moment he was born. He traveled to many worlds to study and visit, and witnessed many tragic and dark things.
Although He could not empathize with the profound sorrows, He could see from the faces of those creatures that they were not living well.
At that time, He thought, His creation would never be like this, never be in such pain, never be in such despair, never be in such darkness, never be like this...
His world will be beautiful, without any negativity and without any flaws.
So He gave His creatures a long life, great strength, exquisite appearance, beautiful character, and fertile land sufficient for survival...
But everything was not as good as he imagined. His creations had flaws again and again. Unsatisfied, he destroyed and recreated them again and again. Until now, Hesnemen didn't know how many times he had created them, perhaps hundreds of times, or perhaps thousands or tens of thousands of times.
In the morning, when facing those creatures who had deceived his trust and wanted to kill God, Hesnemen was confused and puzzled.
He just stood quietly in front of several creatures, listening to their wailing complaints, their crazy expressions, and the pain in their eyes for an entire afternoon. Suddenly, he felt a sense of frustration and self-doubt.
At sunset, those creatures turned into powder with the help of the gods and were scattered on the wasteland by the wind.
The golden sunset glow fell from the sky, and the god, who had already destroyed the creation that betrayed and imprisoned him, still did not get the relief he had imagined.
The black fog on the Kana continent roared violently with the emotions of the gods, and in just one afternoon it swallowed up all the cities of the human, celestial, elf, and dwarf races.
Countless elves, celestials, and dwarves fled from their respective cities and headed towards the wasteland that had not yet been stained by the black fog.
Only the mermaids did not flee, because their gods were still struggling to support and protect them.
When the gods roared at them to flee, not a single mermaid chose to escape.
Even if you are pushed out by the power of God, you must try your best to come back!
The gods of the mermaids did not abandon them, and the mermaids were unwilling to abandon their gods!
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