Chapter 136

Sadly, Peter wasn't Li Jing, the chief military officer of Chentang Pass. He couldn't ask Li Ang with a smile, "It's born? Wonderful! Did my wife give birth to a male ball or a female ball?"

Peter just stood there dumbly, speechless, his eyes vacant, as if his brain only contained that giant egg filled with countless pink fish eggs.

Um... his shock didn't include the joy and excitement of becoming a father for the first time, only physiological and psychological disgust and fear.

However, the black merman didn't notice this.

She placed the transparent egg on her waist and abdomen, gently stroking it, wiping away the seaweed-scented mucus, like an ordinary mother lulling her child to sleep.

The scene was still silent, with only faint insect and bird sounds from outside the window, and the sound of flowing water.

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The governor glanced coldly at the egg, took a deep breath, and said indifferently: "I will not allow the bloodline of the Taylor family to exist in this world in this way..."

"Wait, Your Excellency the Governor, I suggest you don't speak too confidently."

Li Ang interrupted the governor.

Everyone's eyes focused on him. Li Ang, sitting lazily in the chair with his legs crossed, casually clasped his hands together, fingers interlaced, and said: "My personal opinion is to ask this merman princess carefully again, to see if there is any information missing."

The governor frowned, his sinister eyes fixed on Li Ang, "What do you mean?"

Li Ang spread his hands, "Please don't suspect me, I'm not some spy sent by your political enemies to collect evidence and frame you.

The suggestion just now was just a kind reminder from me as a monk.

I don't want to see a tragedy happen, and besides, careful inquiry will help reduce the probability of misfortune."

The original Little Mermaid fairy tale was a complete tragedy.

In order to see the prince again, the mermaid sought a magic potion from the witch that could turn her fishtail into legs. After drinking the potion, the mermaid went ashore and found the prince, but because of the potion's side effects, she couldn't speak.

She could only watch as the prince mistakenly thought another girl had saved him, and prepared to marry that girl.

Heartbroken, the mermaid boarded the ship back to the ocean, and heard her sisters say that they had used their hair to exchange a sword from the witch, and only by killing the prince with the sword could she avoid becoming foam and dying.

The ending of the story, of course, is that the mermaid couldn't bring herself to do it, and finally became colorful foam.

At first glance, this is a simple and beautiful love story, where lovers ultimately cannot be together, but if you think carefully, some places are still very suspicious.

For example, why is there a bizarre setting where you can restore the mermaid by killing the prince with a sword and smearing his blood on your feet? Why can the witch not only produce magic potions with huge side effects, but also produce swords with bizarre effects? After the mermaid dies, will the mermaid kingdom launch a large-scale war against the humans on land?

The original fairy tale doesn't have many words, and these settings can only be supplemented by the players themselves.

Combined with the description of this black merman, the underwater mermaid kingdom may have a considerable scale. If it can be used well... it will be very beneficial for the players to complete the scenario.

John Joyce and others also understood Li Ang's plan. The sixth piece of the magic mirror is in the near seas of the Rune Kingdom.

"Cough cough."

Li Ang coughed lightly and casually asked the black merman, "There are probably... two hundred and seventy of these fish eggs?"

The merman corrected, "Two hundred and seventy-three."

"When will they mature? What is the survival rate?"

"Four months later. At that time, they will hatch, but they are still inside the eggshell. They will maintain a tadpole-like shape of half-human embryo and half-fish, and live in the eggshell for two weeks, eating the yolk sac, and then eating the eggshell. Then they can live in the ocean and receive the protection of the tribe. We merfolk have our own civilization, not barbaric and rude beasts, and can maintain a survival rate of more than 99 percent."

Li Ang nodded, "Are all mermaids female?"

"They will become female when they eat the eggshell. At that time, they are only the length of a fingertip, and it takes as long as humans to grow up. After sixteen years, they will have a fishtail that is one meter and three centimeters long, at which point they can leave the tribe's residential area and go hunting under the tutelage of their mothers."

"Um..." Li Ang tapped the armrest of the chair, "Sixteen years, a survival rate of 99 percent, isn't your population, or rather fish population, exploding?"

"Are you saying that the tribe's population is too large, leading to a lack of resources, causing the civilization to collapse?"

The merman shook her head, "For us merfolk, courtship is an instinct, but reproduction is an obligation and a responsibility. Only the most outstanding individuals are allowed to lay fish eggs. Some merfolk who do not meet the standards will voluntarily give up the right to reproduce and undergo surgery. Or, when laying an egg, they will voluntarily destroy it."

"Wait a minute!"

The governor's wife couldn't listen anymore. She held her son's trembling arm,

Her sharp, knife-like eyes moved back and forth between Li Ang and the merman, "What are you doing? A biological survey? We are discussing the future bloodline of the Taylor family."

Li Ang glanced at the lady and didn't speak. Instead, the governor coughed lightly and called his wife's name, "Lisa, let them continue."

"What?"

The governor's wife stared at her husband in disbelief, "Shouldn't you order the arrest of this... this merman, and this Oriental monk who is full of nonsense?"

Li Ang sighed with a chuckle and said casually: "If this merman comes from a barbaric, unintelligent, and sparsely populated primitive tribe, then it is indeed possible to arrest her and secretly execute her.

After all, the traditional entertainment of the nobles in the past was hunting wild gnoll tribes.

However, Your Excellency the Governor's Wife, please note that according to the description of this merman, they can fluently master a language in a few months, and they also have incredible magical talents.

Although the breeding method of the tribe is bizarre, it is extremely efficient.

Imagine if they could all maintain the ability of spellcasters and high breeding speed, then it would almost be an entire army of spellcasters.

Once the mermaid civilization harbors hostility towards humans, the Rune Kingdom will face a powerful and terrifying enemy.

And the Taylor family, who caused this crisis, will be forever and ever the sinners of the Rune Kingdom and even mankind."

Li Ang's description made the governor's wife's face turn pale instantly.

There may be incompetent fools who can climb to this position, but there will be no idiots who cannot weigh the pros and cons.

Li Ang admired the governor's wife's dismal expression and said with a smile: "That is to say, from that moment on, this is no longer a family ethical dispute, but a diplomatic event of extraterrestrial civilization that must be handled and resolved with caution."