Chapter 354 Undercurrent
When they saw the patriarch, he seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time. He smiled slightly, waved his hand, and motioned them to follow him.
Xia Yueke and her companions followed the patriarch, walked through the palace corridor, and came to a huge crystal hall.
The walls of the hall are made of transparent sea crystal, through which you can see the swimming fish and shimmering coral reefs outside.
There is a huge fountain in the center of the hall, and what gushes out of the fountain is not water, but a liquid emitting a faint blue light.
"This is the fountain of life for our mermaid tribe," the tribe leader explained. "It not only provides us with energy, but also purifies the seawater and maintains the balance of the underwater ecosystem. However, the recent ecological imbalance in the deep sea has caused the energy of the fountain of life to gradually weaken. If we can't solve this problem quickly, the entire underwater world will be plunged into chaos."
Xia Yueke was shocked as she looked at the spring water emitting blue light. She had never imagined that the underwater world could be so magical and complex.
"Chief, what can we do for you?" Xia Yueke asked.
The patriarch nodded, his tone serious:
"We need your help. The ecological imbalance in the deep sea is mainly due to the work of an evil force called the 'Dark Tide'. It has eroded the core of the deep sea, causing riots among sea snakes and deep-sea monsters. We need you to go to the core of the deep sea and find and destroy the source of the Dark Tide."
Xia Yueke's eyes widened. "But the pressure and air in the deep sea are very difficult to breathe. As land beastmen, can we reach the deepest part of the sea with the food we ate before?"
The mermaid leader smiled mysteriously:
"Of course it can. According to the Merman Tribe's records, a similar incident occurred thousands of years ago. There was a severe drought on land, and an undercurrent surged under the sea. Some land orcs also came to the seabed and successfully reached the center of the undercurrent and destroyed its source."
Xia Yueke was surprised, "Does this mean history is repeating itself?"
The mermaid leader nodded. "I don't know what's wrong with this world. Such a huge crisis has suddenly occurred. Perhaps..."
"Maybe for some reason we don't know, so we're not sure if we can succeed this time."
"If we fail, the seabed will inevitably be in turmoil. Even the things that happen on land will happen under the sea. In that case, the entire continent might be destroyed."
Xia Yuke frowned when she heard this. What was going on? It was too mysterious and shouldn't be possible.
Seeing the mermaid chief who seemed unable to explain anything, Xia Yueke shook her head and decided not to ask any more questions. It would be suspenseful if she couldn't get to the bottom of it. If it was really as he said, then she would talk about it later. Anyway, she would just take it one step at a time.
Long Xiaoyu, Qian Jingyao and others frowned after hearing these words.
Long Xiaoyu clenched his fists, his expression a little strange.
Qian Jingyao noticed it and raised his eyebrows. It seemed that Long Xiaoyu might know something. He would have to ask him when he got back.
Here, Xiyuan also couldn't understand the nonsense his father said, and could only say:
"Sister Xia, let's go quickly. Father Beast will go with us this time. If we bring a few strong men from our mermaid tribe with us, we will definitely be able to destroy the source of the dark tide!"
The mermaid leader didn't say anything, but nodded, "That's right, we should set off without delay."
At the command of the mermaid leader, seventeen or eighteen young and strong mermaids appeared. They were all strong and sturdy, which was very different from the weak and helpless mermaids that Xia Yuke usually thought of.
They took the lead and cleared the way forward, sliding dozens of meters with a flick of their long and thick fish tails.
The others quickly followed, leaving the palace and heading towards the depths of the sea. The further Xia Yue went down, the more uncomfortable he felt, and his breath became uncomfortable. He looked around helplessly and found that everyone else was still the same, as if this little pressure meant nothing to them.
Xia Yueke could only grit her teeth and persevere. The seabed was originally a deep blue, but perhaps because it was getting deeper, the surrounding sea became darker and darker, almost black.
Looking at the abyss below, Xia Yueke suddenly felt her legs a little weak. She swallowed and wondered if she had a fear of the deep sea.
The seabed was silent, like the mouth of a huge monster, about to swallow people.
Xia Yueke suddenly stopped. She was exhausted and was originally among the last few. When she stopped, Xiyuan, who had been following her like a follower, immediately noticed it.
"What happened to Sister Xia?"
Xia Yueke's face was pale and weak. "It's okay. Are you sure it's this direction? I..."
Unexpectedly, before Xia Yueke could finish her words, Xiyuan took her hand and said, "Sister Xia, this is normal. I was also like this when I first came. It was a fear of darkness, silence, and huge things. Later, it was the father beast holding my hand that helped me to get through it."
Xia Yueke originally wanted to shake him off. After all, she was a married woman and couldn't just hold hands with a male beast. However, Xiyuan was very strong and she couldn't shake him off for a while. Looking at Xiyuan's cold, white and delicate hands, Xia Yueke didn't know he was so strong.
Immediately afterwards, there was some heat coming from the place where her fingers touched Xiyuan's. Xia Yueke was extremely surprised. Seeing his hand so weak and pale, she didn't expect it to be so warm. After listening to Xiyuan's explanation, Xia Yueke felt embarrassed to refuse.
"Okay then, it should be fine once I get used to it. Now I'll trouble you."
Suddenly, there was a sound of teeth clashing behind her. Xia Yueke turned around and saw Lang Ce's mouth curled up high. "What a little fox... We didn't have any other options, but we let him hold our hands. Tsk tsk tsk, he's so fickle."
Xia Yueke's face immediately turned red, "Langce, don't talk nonsense!"
Xiyuan said, "I'm a mermaid. I'm more familiar with the seabed. If there's any emergency, we can handle it easily."
Lang Ce was about to say something when he was stopped by Qian Jingyao.
"Hurry up, the people ahead will soon be out of sight. Stop dithering, come back and talk if you have anything to say."
Qian Jingyao said this and glanced at the absent-minded Long Xiaoyu.
Although Long Xiaoyu was looking straight ahead, anyone could see that he was not in good shape.
Xiyuan nodded and pulled Xia Yueke to swim quickly forward.
After swimming for about a few thousand meters, the people in front stopped.
The mermaid leader looked at the large black area on the seabed with a grim expression. "It seems that the dark tide is here, but why are the guardian beasts here gone? Aren't they supposed to be here to protect the source?"
The patriarch was very confused, but before he could think about where these things had gone, his thoughts were interrupted by the exclamation of a mermaid in front of him.
"Quick, look, what is that?"
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