"What's it to you!" Jiu Li snapped again.
The other mermaids remained silent.
Lan Che was too far away just now, but even at this distance, they can see that Jiu Li and Lan Che look incredibly alike. If it weren't for the fact that Jiu Li, although also a young man, looks more sharp and fierce than Lan Che, they would really look like they were made from the same mold.
However, the male form that the black dragon transformed into had a rather fierce appearance.
In addition, since the power of mermaids is inherited from the same lineage, Jiu Li can use the power of time, and Lan Che can do the same.
An obvious guess surfaced in their minds, leaving Yin Chen and the others with mixed feelings.
Heilong wanted to tell Lan Che to stop talking, but Lan Che pressed his hand down, making him reluctantly shut his mouth.
Lan Che took a breath and continued, "Child... the power you wield... is envied by other... mermaids... In the future, you must be careful... cough cough... It's a pity... I'm about to die... and I haven't been able to take revenge... I'm a little... unwilling..."
Yin Chen sensed something was wrong and suddenly said, "Wait, you said, revenge?"
He picked at his ear as if he'd heard a joke, and asked again incredulously, "You think the disappearance of the divine mermaids was because we were jealous of your power, so we killed you all?"
Lan Che chuckled lightly, his contemptuous laughter revealing his attitude.
Isn't that so?
"Ha! I'm truly speechless. The Divine Mermaid is a hero to the entire mermaid race. After the cataclysmic sea monster attack, the mermaid population plummeted to the point where even maintaining the species' survival became difficult. The Divine Mermaid mobilized the entire race's strength..."
Before Yin Chen could finish speaking, Lan Che coldly said, "I, a single fish, can wipe out the Eastern District. How could the mermaids of the Divine Realm, with the full strength of their clan, possibly kill all the sea beasts and not a single one survive?"
Perhaps it was a final burst of energy before death, or perhaps it was excitement, but Lan Che looked much more energetic.
"No," Dongjun also spoke up, saying calmly, "Time can not only move forward, but also backward. The mermaids of the divine realm, with the combined power of their entire clan, turned back time, using the power of their clan to bring millions of mermaids back to life. However, the backlash was too severe, and the entire clan perished."
Even the divine mermaids who control time have taboos they cannot touch.
Time flows backward.
That catastrophe affected too many mermaids, and too many died. The mermaids of the gods couldn't bear to see such a scene, so they mobilized the entire race to build a time barrier and reverse time.
The mermaid is resurrected.
They were drained of their strength and turned into bubbles.
The deaths of the divine mermaids were not a conspiracy, but rather a testament to their noble cause.
Lan Che, who was far away on the battlefield, was a descendant of the Divine Mermaids. They hoped that he could restore the prestige of the Divine Mermaids in the future, so they did not tell him about this.
Qin Shihuang felt that the backlash from the power of the mermaids among the gods was too terrible, and he intended to protect Lan Che, his only son. However, he did not explain clearly, which led to Lan Che's misunderstanding and caused the disaster that happened today.
"Ha...hahahaha...you...cough cough...you mean...I've been...hating the wrong person all along? Hating the wrong person?!"
Lan Che burst into laughter, his eyes closed, coughing up blood as he laughed.
Heilong reached out and hugged him, finally unable to hold back his sobs as he cried out, "Lan Che, don't say anymore..."
Lan Che's face darkened, his laughter stopped, but he raised his hand and placed it weakly on the black dragon's face.
"Really...useless...how could you...cry already...the child...was watching over there..."
The extremely low murmur gradually faded into inaudibility.
"Lan... Lan Che? Lan Che?! Lan Che?!! Ahhh—!"
The black dragon wailed and cried, but even holding the mermaid tightly in his arms, he could not stop her from gradually turning into bubbles and disappearing.
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