Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 129 Death Song (1)
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All intelligent races in Kyushu have their own creation myths, and the Mermaid race is no exception.It is said that when this world was created, the great god knew that there would be many evils breeding in the land and sea, so he left behind an artifact called the Abyss of the Sea.No one knows the shape of the abyss of the sea, but the sharks firmly believe that whoever masters it will have inexhaustible power to punish the evil in the world for the great god.

At the beginning, people were always ignorant of what the Abyss of the Sea was, and there were various speculations.Of course, people can't even be sure whether the Abyss of the Sea really exists, so any guesses are just idle talk.

However, in a certain year in history, a great battle broke out in Haijingluowan, the southwestern part of Shangzhou. The ruins that came down were shocking, and many races including the Jukuafu clan and the Yu clan participated in this battle.After the war, the entire bay was destroyed badly, indicating that the war that took place here surpassed the power of mortals, and this war even led to the almost extinction of the giant Kuafu race.After that, starting with this war, some people gradually became interested in this incident, and conducted in-depth investigations based on various clues.

Combining all kinds of information, people have come to such a guess: the abyss of the sea exists, and there is more than one, hidden in some secret places in Kyushu.At certain moments, they are awakened and have the potential to wreak havoc on the world.Those giant Kuafu and Yuren back then undoubtedly discovered traces of its awakening from the secret information left by the ancients, and then gathered the strength of several tribes to fight against it, and the final result was that both sides suffered losses.

As for what the Abyss of the Sea is, almost all researchers tend to the same conclusion—dragon.

A dragon that no one has ever seen, no one has ever been able to prove that it exists, but no one has ever been able to prove that it does not exist.

"You mean, what lies under this Soul Workshop is the Abyss of the Sea, that is, a dragon?" An Xingmian was shocked.

"I don't know if it's a dragon, and I don't even know if it's really the abyss of the sea left by the legendary god," the female shark said, "All I know is that it's here, and it can be destroyed at any time." Resuscitating, and keeping it in a peaceful dormancy forever, is the mission that my lover Peng Chen must keep to his life. In comparison, what it is, does not seem to be so important."

"You're right, no matter what it is, it's really scary to be able to bring about such a tsunami while it's still dormant," An Xingmian said, "but this...Peng Chen, why do you have to watch it alone? Here? Is there no one else who can take his place?"

The female merman replied: "Originally there were. Peng Chen and the others are a very old merman family. The mission of the family is to guard this soul workshop for thousands of years. No one has ever seen the soul workshop with their own eyes. What exactly is being suppressed, but it does show signs of recovery every few decades to hundreds of years, causing earthquakes and tsunamis. At this time, people in the family will use the soul-suppressing method that has been handed down The law—that is what Peng Chen is doing now—to suppress it and lead it back into dormancy. There are very few people in their family, but fortunately they have a special physique and can exert a mental power far stronger than ordinary people. In addition, They all know how to use the corpse dance technique, and use the help of corpse servants to improve their strength, so there has never been a mistake, and every time they can successfully put the thing under the soul workshop to sleep."

"However, in the war between humans and mermen decades ago, that stupid General Yuwen used a kind of poisonous deep-sea insect," the female merman's face showed deep hatred again. "Those swimming insects multiplied rapidly, luring many sea creatures to eat them, and almost all the creatures in that sea area were poisoned. If it was just like this, it would be fine, but who would have expected that a giant fish would happen to be Passing through that sea area at that time, indiscriminately swallowed a large number of poisoned sea fish..."

"It turns out that the giant fish really exists," Xue Huaiqing sighed, "I always thought that giant creatures like giant fish and gale only appeared in unofficial anecdotes. But now, even Haizhiyuan can be seen Seeing it with your own eyes, what else is impossible?"

"I guess, it must have been caused by the highly poisoned giant fish?" An Xingmian guessed.

The female mermaid nodded resentfully: "The body of the giant fish is very big. Originally, the toxins would not affect it too much. The problem is that the sea fish swallowed by it are still alive. Drilling around in its body, so that it couldn't stand it anymore, and started crazily bumping around in the sea water, and finally crashed into the area of ​​the Soul Workshop. There were multiple protective measures in that area, no matter whether it was an ordinary sea beast or a human being. Ships can't break into it, but the power of the pike is too amazing to stop."

"Fortunately, Haoyu passed by the Soul Workshop and did not break the stone pillar. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the gods to descend to earth to save it. But its passing still disturbed the abyss of the sea under the Soul Workshop, And more importantly, it ran straight into the tribe where Peng Chen was, killing everyone in the tribe—except Peng Chen. He happened to escape quietly that night to have a tryst with me, so he survived. But since then, he has become the only one who can suppress Sea Abyss."

After listening to these words, both An Xingmian and Xue Huaiqing suddenly realized that all the previous puzzles had been answered.This female merman is struggling to pursue the technique of immortality, and intends to snatch Cangyin Zhiyue and Sa Xijialuo to study the method of moving souls. It turns out that it is all for this merman named Pengyu.Peng Tang bears the heavy responsibility of protecting the Soul Workshop and suppressing Hai Zhiyuan. Once he dies, no one will be able to appease Hai Zhiyuan. This completely unknown thing will appear on the land of Kyushu. The consequences of that may be is devastating.

That's why she was so reckless, cast a vicious contract spell on the Yuwen family, deceived Lu Qianmo by herself, and sent her subordinate Nie Qing to deceive Xue Ji.She tried every means to snatch the two magical artifacts, killed countless living people and turned them into corpse servants, and cruelly treated Nie Qing who had betrayed her. All of this was just to save Kyushu?And when she used Hai Zhiyuan to intimidate Yu Wencheng and force him to accept her contract spell, who would have thought that this strange talk that should be non-existent after careful analysis would be true?

Xue Huaiqing was still deeply hating this female mermaid for treating her mother so cruelly just a moment ago, but now her hatred has disappeared by half, thinking in her heart: In fact, she is also very pitiful. In this way, it fell on the two sharks.If it were me, would I really be able to stick to it so lonely for decades?

And before An Xingmian's eyes, the ghost ship in the thick fog appeared again.Amidst the bursts of death songs and those chilling horror legends, such a great soul is hidden, which is really unbelievable.However, the facts are right in front of our eyes, and this tall and erect Soul Workshop speaks for itself.

"You don't have to look at me like this, I don't care what will become of Kyushu," the female mermaid's eyes are full of strong hatred, "I don't care what will happen to you dirty humans or feathered people Die, I don't care what the future of the Shark Clan will be like after I die, I don't care about any of this. I did all this just for him."

Her eyes focused on Peng Tang again, and her eyes gradually became gentle: "I persuaded him to leave with me, this ocean is so vast and boundless, there must be a place that will not be harmed by the abyss of the sea, but he is determined No, saying that even if he is the last person left in the family, he must shoulder the mission bestowed by God. He is so firm and persistent, I can only let him go. He wants to guard this soul workshop, I I will do my best to help him. I gave up the throne that should have been inherited by me, and came here with a few loyal servants to learn the corpse dance. He is worried that no one will be able to suppress the sea after his death. Yuan, I just tried to make him live a long time. I practiced the secret technique of immortality recorded in the Book of Charms to test it on me first, and to worry about the difference between men and women, I deliberately taught this secret technique to Lu Qianmo. Regrettably, it turned out that this kind of secret technique is only for people to maintain their superficial youth, and people will always die."

"It turns out that you used to be a merman princess...and you stole the Cangyin Moon and wanted to take away Saxigalo in order to try to move your soul," An Xingmian sighed softly, "But you know I don’t know, the soul is actually…”

"You don't have to go on!" the female mermaid roared, "We mermaids believe in the existence of the soul, and it must exist! I can't let Pengchen's body die, I want to let his soul live forever, so that he can protect the soul forever. Soul Workshop!"

At this moment, the female mermaid looked so fragile and helpless, like a stubborn little girl who refused to admit defeat. An Xingmian suddenly realized: In fact, she also knew in her heart that the soul does not exist, such things as moving the soul It is impossible, but this is her last straw. She must force herself to believe, and she believes deeply, so that she can support her already exhausted body and mind to continue and accompany her The man she loved persevered through the stormy sea.

He didn't go on talking, thought for a while, and asked softly: "We have been together for so many days, can you tell me your name?"

"Name?" The female merman was stunned, "I haven't used my name for many years, I can't remember some, let me think about it, think about it..."

She really began to think intently, as if she was recalling her persistent and firm life. Amidst the surging singing of the mermaid, tears slowly welled up in the female mermaid's eyes, like grains of bright light. Pearl: "My name is Weeping Pearl."

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An Xingmian looked at Weeping Beads, feeling that he still had a lot of questions to ask, but before he could open his mouth, the ghost ship suddenly suffered another huge earthquake.This time the force was extraordinary, the ferocious waves almost overturned the whole ship, people could not stand still and fell on the deck one after another.

Xue Huaiqing slipped and almost fell off the edge of the deck. Fortunately, Xu Mizi had quick eyesight and quick hands, and commanded a corpse servant to grab her calf and drag her back, but the corpse servant couldn't hold back his strength and flew straight He went out, fell into the tumbling waves, and disappeared in an instant.

Xue Huaiqing was so frightened that her legs became weak, and she wanted to thank Xu Mizi, but Xu Mizi didn't even look at her, and went straight to Qizhu, "Is there any way we can help the one in Haili? Go down, I think this soul workshop will definitely be overturned."

Indeed, if the sea is compared to a person, at this moment only "rage" can be used to describe its state.Those monstrous huge waves are like mouths full of blood, enough to swallow everything in the world.Moreover, under the disturbance of Sea Abyss, the sky was densely covered with dense clouds, lightning and thunder, giving people the illusion that the end is coming.

"There is no way," Crying Bead shook his head, "Peng Chen's family has a special bloodline, only his family has that special spiritual power, which can interact with Hai Zhiyuan, eliminate the hostility of Hai Zhiyuan, and make it calm Come down. If we take a shot, not only will it not be effective, but it may be counterproductive, making it feel attacked by the outside world and become more violent."

An Xingmian couldn't help looking into the sea.In the mountainous sea tide, the merman's body seemed so small and lonely.He should also have the life he dreamed of, as well as the happiness and joy he wanted to pursue, but in the end he spent his whole life on this solid and cold soul workshop, on the death song that seemed to never stop superior.Except for his lover who has been running around trying to prolong his life for him, the only ones who accompany him in his life are those corpse servants, those walking corpses without consciousness and soul, who can only receive his spiritual instructions...

Thinking of this, An Xingmian couldn't help shouting out: "There is a way!"

"What way?" Qi Zhu had obviously been hit by disappointment again and again and no longer had any confidence, and this question was also light and hopeless.

"A long time ago, I tried to sneak into the Corpse Dancer's seminar, but I was worried that people would see through..." An Xingmian recounted what happened in the Illusion Forest more than a year ago.At that time, in order to pretend to be Xue Huaiqing's walking corpse, he risked Xue Huaiqing's intrusion into his spirit, and later, the trace of spiritual power left in his body saved his life.

"So if we let Peng Chen invade our spirit, wouldn't it mean that he has some more powerful helpers than corpse servants?" An Xingmian said, "We don't have to use our own mental power, let Peng Chen use it Enough."

"How useful are so many more people?" Weeping Pearl shook his head, "Don't look at the corpse servants who don't have their own spiritual power, but each corpse servant is equivalent to a mirror that reflects sunlight, which can separate the corpse dancers. The spiritual power of the body is greatly enlarged, and the role that those corpse servants can play, I can't improve it too much if it is you."

"That's because the mental power of ordinary people is not strong enough," An Xingmian said loudly, "but what if it's a ghost baby?"

Weeping Pearl's eyes lit up: "You mean... you?"

"Yes, what if it was me?" An Xingmian said, "Until now, the power of the ghost baby in me has never been fully released, and the original intention of the alien spiritual power in the ghost baby was to provide human Drive, if played out, may get twice the result with half the effort."

"And we can also be driven by him," Sumizi who had been silent at the side said suddenly, "Being stronger is more important. Sometimes, it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back."

"You...you are willing to let others invade your spirit and be manipulated by others?" Xue Huaiqing opened her mouth wide, "You can't be a fake, right? You have a human skin mask on your face, right?"

"Get out!" Xumizi scolded, and then said seriously, "Actually, I didn't care about how much harm Kyushu would suffer. After Qin Yin died, I didn't care so much about my own life, let alone the life and death of others. .It's just... just take it as my respect for a corpse dancer who is stronger than me. If it were me, I probably wouldn't be able to do this, so I admire him."

"I still feel that you have been impersonated..." Xue Huaiqing muttered.She turned her head and looked at Mr. Yuwen who had been standing beside him in a daze, "What do you say?"

"What else can I say?" Mr. Yuwen smiled bitterly, "Of course I know that I am a villain in your mind, but villains have to judge the situation. If we don't help that friend in the sea now, everyone will die faster. I still Are there other options?"

After a while, everyone had already stood still on the Soul Workshop, binding themselves firmly with iron chains.In the raging waves, the song of death sounded again.People try their best to suppress their instinctive impulse to resist, guide their spirits to be controlled by Peng Chen, and let their spiritual power and his spiritual power gradually merge into one and resonate.

At this time, people can clearly see the appearance of the tent.Unlike the eternally youthful Weeping Pearl, Peng Chen was already old and out of shape, the wrinkles on his forehead were like knife-cuts, and even the scales on his body showed a dull luster.In front of that deep-sea monster that no one has ever seen before, his figure is as small and faint as sea sand, but stands firm as a soul workshop.He didn't even bother to say a word to these strange visitors from afar, all his attention was focused on the corpse dance technique.

(End of this chapter)