After a brief shock, Mr. Suncis was the first to speak.
He stood up, raised his hands, and spread his palms to show that he had no ill intentions.
"Guys, let's calm down. Don't be impulsive."
"Please don't anger them. They are intelligent creatures that can communicate with us. This is a good thing."
"We have to tell them that we didn't intend to break into the territory of the Great Xu state. We just came here by accident."
Everyone came to their sense upon hearing Mr. Suncis's words.
Ichiro Murakami agreed.
It would be stupid to fight directly. That would be suicide.
This was their territory. Who knew how many more mermen were hiding at the bottom of the sea?
"I agree with Mr. Suncis," he replied in English.
Susan naturally supported her husband and agreed.
Delhi was slightly dissatisfied but did not object when he peeked at the mermen surrounding the lifeboat.
Aphra was delighted with Mr. Suncis's steadiness and suggestion. Only a fool would want to fight a mythical mermaid in the sea. That was an idiotic act.
"We didn't mean to break into the territory of the Great Xu nation," she hurriedly explained to The Green Phoenix, "Please forgive our rudeness. We are not here to fight."
From the beginning to the end, Yuan Xing Guo didn't say anything.
His English wasn't good. He could barely understand some spoken language, but he couldn't understand the other party if they talked a little faster. However, he had no plans to further his studies at his age.
Life was just this way, and he was just too old to continue working hard.
As for fighting back, he had never even thought about it.
He was a dying old man. How could he fight with these young and strong mermen in the sea?
Seeing everyone had given up on resisting, Qing Luan did not let down her guard and ordered, "Watch them carefully. Kill anyone who resists and runs away."
"Bring them to the king."
With the order from Qing Luan, the merfolks began to move.
Two of them raised their jade-white right arms and waved to the sinking boat. The seawater in the boat seemed to have been summoned and retreated from the lifeboat like a living creature.
The broken lifeboat floated on the sea's surface with its broken body. Through the cracks of the lifeboat, one could see the blue sea water. It was as if an invisible barrier prevented the seawater from seeping in, allowing the broken lifeboat to continue sailing on the sea.
Such a magical scene dumbfounded everyone.
Magic?
A spell?
A divine power?
Even Yuan Xing Guo, who had been calm and collected so far, could no longer sit still.
He trembled in the boat and stretched out his dry, twig-like fingers to poke at the gap that had been chiseled through. His old and wrinkled face was full of amazement and shock.
Mr. Suncis's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he watched, rejoicing in his heart.
Fortunately, he didn't use force just now. Otherwise, his body would probably be dead by now.
He squatted in the boat and stroked the cracks. His right hand drew a cross in front of him and said in shock, "Oh my god, is this magic?!"
Ichiro Murakami also squatted down and put his hand out of the gap of the lifeboat. He, too, felt the cold seawater passing through the gap in his palm.
It was not fear.
It was not nervousness.
He was excited.
This kind of power was definitely the legendary ninjutsu or immortal art.
Ichiro Murakami's eyes were burning as he had wholly confirmed a fact.
This was definitely not earth, at least not the earth he knew. There must be a close connection between this place and earth, but the connection between the two had probably become faint since ancient times. Ichiro Murakami even began to doubt if the legends and myths from ancient times on earth were closely related to this place.
Otherwise, it would be too much of a coincidence.
Ichiro Murakami retracted his palm, which was covered with water stains.
Aphra was also shocked.
However, she didn't test the merfolk's power. Instead, she asked the green Phoenix, "Who are you people? What kind of country is the Great Xu? Who is your King? The king of the merfolk?"
Aphra threw out three questions, but the phoenix did not answer them.
Her goal was to capture an enemy that she might communicate with. As for how to deal with the aftermath, it was not something she needed to care about, because the king was about to arrive.
Seeing that the bird was ignoring her, Aphra pouted her cherry-like lips, but she was helpless.
It was impossible to defeat them, as they all knew magic.
The group of people looked at each other in silence. They could only communicate and speculate in English.
Mr. Suncis's eyes glowed as he sized up the merfolk surrounding the lifeboat. He even forgot the danger he was facing and sighed, "There are actually legendary mermaids in this sea area. It's an incredible miracle. Before this, I had always thought mermaids were creatures that only existed in myths and legends."
"I'm now very suspicious. Besides the mermaids, what other mysteries and surprises await us in this wonderful sea? "
Ichiro Murakami's eyes swept over the mermen's clothing and weapons in their hands, and he thought to himself.
Their clothes and weapons were exactly the same, and such standardized specifications would usually only appear in countries with complete armaments and systems. Ichiro Murakami was afraid they were not facing an ordinary tribe this time. It should be a civilized country with an entire system.
He is looking forward to the legendary civilized country built by merfolk. He didn't hide his admiration and anticipation for this journey.
Aphra, on the other hand, did not feel that way. Instead, she looked worried.
"From their tone, " she said softly, "They want to bring us to see the king. Could it be the merfolk king, the master of this sea? "
"Merfolk king, I hope it's not a man-eating race."
Although the merfolk had shown their legendary power, Aphra, who was familiar with myths and legends, still had great doubts and worries about their living habits.
After all, in movies and TV shows, there were many legends of mermaids eating and harming people.
When everyone heard this, they could not help but fall silent.
There were still cannibals in human society, and these weren't even humans.
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Yang Xu led the army to set off by sea, but because of the collection of sea beast corpses, they were a little later than scheduled.
When they arrived at the broken stone cliff, the sun had completely sunk into the sea, leaving only the blood-red setting sun willfully sprinkling on the rippling sea, dyeing the sea blood red, as if foreshadowing the coming blood-red night.
Even though things didn't go smoothly, Yang Xu was still delighted with the harvest.
They had not encountered any danger on this trip. Just as he had expected, the countless vicious birds and beasts on both sides of the river had long since fled because of this bitter battle. He had collected more than ten thousand life force points without encountering any battle. In addition to the three creatures he had picked up earlier, Yang Xu's life power reserve had reached 31600 points again.
31,600 points of health points was not a small number. It was enough to increase the population of the Great Xu nation by a few hundred!
It was a rare harvest!
Yang Xu stood on the raft and looked at the broken cliff in the distance.
Broken rock cliff was a mountain peak on the edge of the west sea.
It was more than two thousand meters tall.
The mountain's peak was flat and smooth, the size of a football field. It was like a carefully polished mirror, shining brightly.
Looking down from a high altitude, it was hard to imagine what kind of power could have created such a miracle. Was it the work of nature, or was it an unimaginably tyrannical beast that could cut a lofty mountain in half and make its broken surface as bright as a mirror?
This was also the reason why the mountain was named broken rock cliff.
When they arrived at the broken rock cliff, they were only about 20 miles away from the west sea outpost.