Chapter 70: Quick Guide to Poseidon (Part 7)
"It's so pitiful. I thought I had reached the top, but I didn't expect to be dumped so soon."
"I've said it before, how can humans and mermaids be together? Even if they were covered in mermaid skin, it would just be wishful thinking."
These words, like sharp needles, stung my eardrums and my heart. I knew that Ge Yun must have had his reasons for leaving, but facing these rumors, I was powerless to refute them.
A white light flashed and the system turned into an underwater monster, saying strangely: "Do you little mermaids want to die?"
The mermaid with crickets behind me saw the system dispersed, and the system turned back to white light and said to me: "Don't be upset, Poseidon has to talk even if he doesn't want to. You are the messenger of our temple, don't suffer any injustice."
"Hey, isn't this Feng Ziang? Why are you here? I knew that our Lord Sea God doesn't think highly of you." Du Yue's weird voice was like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, which made people shudder.
Bi Fusheng pretended to be "concerned" and said sarcastically: "Zi'ang, don't be too sad. Nowadays, men are always tired of the old and love the new. You should be more realistic and find a reliable man to marry. I'm not bad, so why not stay with me?"
"You want to die?"
The system turned into a monster again, as if it wanted to devour them. "Hurry, hurry up, leave this floating life!"
"These mermaids really don't know how to live or die"
"Forget it, system, they are just rude, they didn't attack me."
Every word they said was like a sharp knife, stabbing my heart and making me feel miserable. I knew they just wanted to see me in pain to satisfy their twisted hearts.
At night, I lay in bed, but I couldn't fall asleep. The scene before Poseidon left kept replaying in my mind. Why hasn't he come to see me yet? I seemed to feel his cold eyes and resolute tone, as if everything between us was just a ridiculous farce.
"Why... why don't you come to see me..." I murmured softly, my tears soaking the pillowcase unknowingly.
"Otherwise we'll look for him."
"I won't go. That would be so embarrassing! A forced melon is not sweet. Even if I like someone, I won't take the initiative."
I wished that this was all just a nightmare, and when I woke up, Poseidon was still by my side, calling me "Zi'ang" tenderly. However, the cold reality reminded me again and again that this was all real, Poseidon had really left, and I could only face this cruel reality alone.
I felt more lonely and helpless than ever before, as if I was in a dark abyss, without a ray of light or hope... I struggled to climb out, but kept falling to the bottom.
I couldn't stand this torture any longer, so I sat up suddenly and decided to go for a walk outside. Perhaps the night sea breeze could blow away the haze in my heart... The cold sea water wrapped around my body, but I didn't feel a bit of coldness. The pain in my heart had already frozen me.
I walked aimlessly in the alleys on the edge of the underwater city. The moonlight was dim, mermaids were rare, and there were only jellyfish and small fish that were not asleep yet. The loneliness of the seabed matched my mood perfectly.
"Brother, what's wrong with you? Why did you run away without saying a word?"
I heard Lin Xiao's anxious voice from behind. She grabbed me, her eyes full of worry.
"I'm fine, I just want to be alone for a while." I tried hard to force a smile, but it looked uglier than crying.
My sister didn't expose me. She sat with me on the cold steps, gently holding my shoulders, giving me silent comfort, just like when we were little.
"Brother, I know you are very sad, but you must cheer up. Lord Poseidon...he may have his own difficulties." My sister's voice trembled a little. I knew that she didn't believe that Ge Yun would leave without any reason.
"Difficulties? What difficulties could make him abandon me without even an explanation?" I choked, unable to hold back my tears any longer.
"Although I am a boy, my heart is also hot and I also need others to take the initiative and love me."
My sister hugged me distressedly, but she didn't know how to comfort me. Yes, who can understand my despair and pain at this moment? I like him, but he suddenly disappeared. I feel like I have been abandoned by the whole world. I feel lonely, helpless, and desperate...
Suddenly, my hand touched something hard and cool. I wiped away my tears and found a metal box on the ground in the dim light. It was rusty and old.
I picked it up curiously and tried to open it, but found that the box was locked. I became even more curious. Whose box was it? What was inside?
"Zi'ang, what are you looking at?" My sister also noticed my abnormality.
I shook my head, unable to explain what I felt. As if possessed by a spirit, I gently touched the pattern on the box given by the Sea God with my fingertips. At this moment, a miracle happened! The rust on the box began to fall off, revealing a more delicate pattern underneath. In my mind, some unfamiliar images also emerged...
My heart suddenly trembled. This thought was like a flash of lightning, breaking through my despair and giving me a glimmer of hope. If I could unlock the secret of the box, could I find out why Poseidon left?
Bitter tears blurred my vision, and the resolute back of Poseidon replayed in my mind again and again. Did he really leave like this? Without even an explanation? My heart felt like it was torn apart, and I couldn't breathe because of the pain.
"Zi'ang, stop crying, or you'll get sick." My sister hugged my shoulders and patted my back over and over again. I shook my head, but my tears flowed like pearls that had broken off the string, and I couldn't stop.
Wiping away my tears, I tried to open it, but found that the box was locked.
"What is this?" My sister also noticed the strange box. I shook my head, but an inexplicable intuition surged in my heart, as if this box carried some important secret.
I stroked the patterns on the box again and again, and suddenly some vague fragments flashed through my mind, like a dream or a memory, but so strange.
"Zi'ang, what's wrong with you?" Lin Xiao looked at me worriedly. I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down.
"I'm fine, it's just..." I paused, and a thought flashed through my mind, "Sister, can you help me contact my cousin?"
My cousin is an expert in ancient mermaid civilization. Maybe he can unlock the secret of this box. Although my sister was puzzled, she still did it.
When my cousin arrived, I couldn't wait to hand him the box.
"Where did you find it?" He examined the box carefully, his eyes filled with surprise and excitement. "This is... the writing of the Atlantis civilization!"
My heart skipped a beat. Atlantis? Isn't that the legendary sunken prehistoric civilization?
"Are you sure?" I clenched my fists, a glimmer of hope in my heart. Zhang Yu nodded, "Although it is just a fragment, I can be sure that this is definitely the text of the Atlantis civilization!"
I told Zhang Yu the picture that flashed in my mind, and he fell into deep thought after listening. "If your description is true, then this box is likely related to Lord Poseidon."
I decided to solve this mystery and find out the truth about why Poseidon left!
My cousin's words were like a stone that stirred up thousands of waves in my heart. Atlantis, these words that originally existed only in fantasy, were now so real in front of me. I held the metal box tightly, as if I had grasped the rope of fate.
"Can you decipher the words on the box?" I asked eagerly, a glimmer of hope in my heart. If I could decipher these words, I would understand why the Sea God left.
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