After hearing what Shu Mei said, the mermaid became even more flustered.
There were even some timid ones who had already hidden behind the rocks, but their methods of hiding were very clumsy.
Her long tail was accidentally exposed. When she saw Shu Mei's gaze fall on her tail, she hurriedly hugged her tail, turned her back and trembled with fear, making a "嘤嘤嘤".
To Shu Mei, this scene was both infuriating and funny. The pitiful appearance of the mermaid made her look like a wicked person who had committed a heinous crime.
She came here this time just to look for brocade fish. She wouldn't use these mermaids to make soup. Is she that scared?
However, she did feel a little distressed for these mermaids.
After all, these mermaids were originally creatures that yearned for freedom and beauty, but now because of hunting by humans, they have not only left the place where they have lived for generations, but also come to this glacial lake in Tibet.
This place is originally under a lake, and is surrounded by pitch-black rocks. Unlike the white world of Antarctica, no light can penetrate here. Therefore, the mermaids living here can hardly see the existence of sunlight.
Living in such an environment, even the most cheerful person will become depressed.
What's more, these mermaids have just encountered a disaster. Their queen has exposed herself and died for them. Now those powerful humans have discovered their existence and are probably searching the world for them.
If they were discovered by humans, they would definitely be dead. No wonder these mermaids were so scared the moment they saw Shu Mei.
Shu Mei thought, maybe it was because what she said before was not clear enough, so it sounded like a provocation.
And these mermaids had suffered too much stimulation before, so even if she broke into the bottom of the lake alone.
However, these mermaids, seeing her abilities at this moment, coupled with the fact that she had traveled through multiple worlds, naturally felt a fierce pressure from her.
These mermaids are the most sensitive to human presence, so they are trembling and hiding in fear. To be honest, this is understandable.
After Shu Mei thought about this, he sighed and said, "I didn't come here to cause trouble for you. I just came here to look for your new queen. I think you may not know who I am?"
She took a half step back and saluted, "Then...please allow me to introduce myself first. I am the next heir of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Shumei. I believe that the mermaid world should have heard of the surname Zhuge. Then you must know that I am powerful in the Zhuge family."
Shu Mei said in a coaxing tone, "I can help you resolve the troubles in the human world, but I need to have a detailed face-to-face discussion with your new queen. Please call her out. I promise! I will never hurt you."
The mermaids present grew a little bolder when they heard her speak so modestly.
However, they felt her words were very fresh and they thought: This might be a conspiracy just to coax them out.
So, even after Shu Mei said this, few mermaids paid any attention to her. Instead, they just hid behind the rocks, their tails turning flexibly, as if they could quickly escape if Shu Mei pounced on them.
Shu Mei looked at the distrustful expressions on their faces, and probably guessed what they were thinking. At this time, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.
She thought to herself: She treated them politely. After she said this, no mermaid listened seriously. Since soft tactics didn't work, she could only use hard tactics.
So, she said calmly and seriously: "If you! Don't ask your queen to come out to see me, then... your mermaid tribe will become the research subjects in my laboratory..."
After she finished speaking, loud sobbing was heard from the mermaid community.
She continued nonchalantly, "In this case, your Queen will not be able to bear to see you like this, so please ask her to come out and discuss it with me. After all, it is easier to discuss it face to face."
After she said this, she thought for a moment and added: "I have known your queen before. You don't need to worry about where we met. You only need to know one thing, that is, even if I overturn the whole world, I will not hurt your mermaid queen in the slightest. Now, please ask her to come out and don't waste everyone's time."
Shu Mei sneered and threatened: "My patience is limited. If you don't find your queen and come out to see me, I will directly order my people to go down to the lake and catch all of you... I heard that eating mermaid meat can make you immortal, and even if you can't live forever, you taste much better than those carp and other miscellaneous fish. I also want to try some. What do you think, should I steam or braise it?"
Shu Mei hit the mermaid with a stick, gave her a sweet date, and then hit her with a whip. His methods were decisive and ruthless, and the mermaid was so scared that she started crying.
Shu Mei saw with his own eyes the meaning of the phrase "mermaid's tears".
When these mermaids shed tears, their tears turned into pearls, flowing down the corners of their eyes and falling into the sea. In the dark environment, they glowed with a bright glow.
Shu Mei looked at them and understood why humans like to capture mermaids. It would be nice to just catch them and take a look at them, not to mention that when mermaids shed tears, they would cry out pearls, which are real gold and silver that can be exchanged for money, and are inexhaustible.
She was a little depressed. She originally just wanted to meet the Yunjin fish, but why didn't these mermaids listen to her advice? She had been talking for such a long time, but they still hadn't called out Her Majesty the Queen? !
What made her feel even more surprised was that, logically speaking, she had been here for such a long time.
Why hasn’t Yunjinyu jumped out to find her yet? Could it be that something unexpected happened to her again?
Shu Mei thought about what Yunjinyu had lost in the previous worlds, and couldn't help but count on her fingers. However, before she came to a conclusion, she saw a slightly older mermaid swimming slowly towards her.
This mermaid has long golden hair, blue eyes, and her upper body is as gorgeous as a Western princess. The golden fishtail in her lower body also adds a bit of mystery to her. In short, she is a very beautiful mermaid.
Although she is a little old, at her age, she is definitely an elder among the mermaid community.
Shu Mei recalled the description in the plot, then looked at the beautiful mermaid and said with certainty: "You are the leader of the mermaid tribe."
Yes, among the mermaid tribe, in addition to Her Majesty the Queen, there is also a tribe leader and many tribesmen, and even a group of elders. In short, there are many high-level people who are there to manage the mermaids.
You know, the growth cycle of a mermaid is very long. In the beginning, because of their young age and slow mental growth, they are very likely to encounter danger in the ocean.
In such situations, elders are needed to provide support.
The parents of the mermaids are unable to take care of them, so these elders have become the ones in charge. They not only need to take care of the children, but also need to manage the movements of the mermaids going to human society. In short, they are very busy.
The mermaid chief is in charge of the affairs of the mermaid tribe. Her Majesty the Mermaid Queen is mostly just a symbol, but she also has real power.
After Shu Mei said this, the other party was stunned for a moment. Even the mermaid hiding behind the rock couldn't help but secretly leaned out and stared at Shu Mei.
They had previously doubted the truthfulness of Shu Lu's words, but at this moment, they discovered that Shu Lu could actually recognize the identity of their clan leader at a glance.
They thought that Shu Mei might really have some connection with their Queen, otherwise how could he know so many things about the tribe? He even came after them not long after they moved to Tibet, which was too fast.
Speaking of which, the mermaid chieftain had no choice but to appear in front of Shu Mei.
Ten thousand years ago, this group of people lived a carefree and free life.
At that time, humans were still in the ancient Stone Age.
However, with the changes in society, the situation of mermaids became increasingly difficult. As early as more than 5,000 years ago, humans discovered the existence of mermaids and recorded them in the form of writing, passing them down from generation to generation.
If it weren't for the mermaids who secretly entered human society and guided the direction of society, their race would probably have been extinct by now.
As time progressed, human beings developed more and more rapidly, but the lives of mermaids became more and more difficult. It was already very difficult for them to reproduce, and the last child born in the tribe was born more than 3,000 years ago.
But that child was unlucky, as she happened to be in the situation when humans discovered the mermaid tribe. As they were struggling to escape, the weak little mermaid died.
And in the past three thousand years, no new mermaids have been born in the tribe.
If it were just that, it would be fine. After all, difficulty in reproduction has always been a pain for the mermaid community.
However, more than a thousand years ago, the lives of mermaids became increasingly difficult.
Especially during the Age of Discovery, countless humans entered the ocean to explore.
As a result, their living space has become increasingly narrow.
The most terrifying thing was the Industrial Revolution. At that time, people exploited and developed without considering future generations. Human beings’ destructive power on the environment became increasingly powerful.
After they occupied the land, they also occupied the oceans one by one.
Moreover, when developing industry, a large amount of toxic liquids were discharged into the sea, causing the sea water to be polluted and causing marine life to either die or mutate into monsters.
And their mermaid population has suffered many casualties due to these pollutions. This is an eternal pain in their population. It is already very difficult for mermaids to reproduce, and now mermaids are dying one after another.
The mermaids in the group died again and again, which made the mermaid group terrified and they moved to the southernmost tip of the continent, which is Antarctica.
Through this incident, they realized the threat posed by human society to their ethnic group, so they hid in the only place where no one has ever been - Antarctica, to escape from the world.
Unexpectedly, in just three hundred years, humans came to the Antarctic ice again and even discovered the underwater world of mermaids.
The number of humans is endless for mermaids.
Their development is advancing by leaps and bounds. Their existence is actually discovered hundreds of years earlier than they predicted, catching Her Majesty the Queen and several elders of the tribe off guard.
Later, when they were escaping, they were blocked and killed by a submarine. In order to protect them, the former Queen exposed herself to the submarine.
Later on their escape route, they encountered several blockades by humans. They realized that their existence must have been discovered by these greedy humans, which was why they launched such a large-scale hunt.
The mermaid chief was at her wit's end. She wanted to cooperate with humans, but those humans were too cunning and scary. She couldn't find anyone she could trust. But the appearance of Shu Mei made her eyes light up.
So she decided to take a risk. If successful, she could allow the mermaid population to develop safely.
She was attracted as early as when Shu Mei said that he was a member of the Zhuge family.
She had also heard of the Zhuge family. The Zhuge family had been passed down for more than a thousand years, and today, it had become an extremely powerful force in this country.
If they had the protection of the Zhuge family, even if they were besieged by humans again in the future, they would be able to survive instead of facing the crisis of genocide and becoming playthings in the hands of humans.
The mermaid chief thought so and looked carefully at the woman in front of her.
The person in front of them was indeed a real human being. She didn't have a fish tail, nor did she have gills to breathe in water, but she could speak underwater. She even stayed with them for more than half an hour on the seabed without any discomfort.
From this we can see how powerful she is.
The mermaid chieftain was also a knowledgeable person. She knew that humans had diving suits that could do this, but the woman in front of her was wearing a tight summer suit. She was not shivering at all in such cold sea water and was still calm and composed as she talked to them.
In addition, this is the Himalayas in Tibet, and when they moved here, it was very difficult for them to return to this place.
The area around here is covered with snow all year round, and there are glaciers and cliffs. In short, it is extremely dangerous and difficult to enter this hinterland.
The woman in front of him did it effortlessly. Her background and abilities must be extraordinary.
The mermaid chief couldn't help but ask herself: Can I really trust the person in front of me?
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