Lan Jia Ruo, bored at the bottom of the lake, blew bubbles.
He hadn't heard from his princess for a long time.
He had been out for years. What a situation this was.
He had almost eaten all the fish in the lake. Just as he was preparing to find another place to search for news of the princess, he noticed that there had been many creatures above his lake for the past few days.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, he waited at the bottom of the lake, intending to go out after those creatures left.
However, after waiting for several days, the creatures on the lake seemed to have no intention of leaving, and they were even increasing.
What's more, the creatures on the lake were making a lot of noise doing whatever they were doing.
It disturbed his sleep.
At noon one day, he was hungry and nestled at the bottom of the lake.
Suddenly, a fishing hook was cast in front of his eyes. At this moment, an ironic expression appeared on his exquisite face, which was rather inappropriate.
Tsk.
Is that all?
What did he think he was?
Was he a fish who had never seen the world?
Did they think he would be hooked by ordinary fish bait?
What a joke.
Lan Jia Ruo swam around the fishing hook, his eyes looking at the strange yellow object on it. It seemed to be different from what was in his inheritance.
He poked the yellow object on the hook with his finger.
It wasn't soft.
Lan Jia Ruo put his finger to his mouth and licked it with his tongue.
It had a strange taste.
The taste made his tongue tingle and numb.
The spicy sensation made him circle in the lake. After a while, when the strange feeling on his tongue subsided.
He took a big step back.
He couldn't get any closer to this unknown object.
He stopped looking at the fishing hook and, bored, blew bubbles at the bottom of the lake.
His eyes couldn't help but glance over there.
The feeling from before was quite good.
Lan Jia Ruo hesitated and swam back.
Maybe he should eat this. It seemed like nothing bad happened just now.
Then, with some hesitation, he reached out, took down the yellow object on the fishing hook, and put it into his mouth.
This was truly a peculiar sensation.
It was really good.
After Lan Jia Ruo finished eating the potato chip, the taste of it lingered in his mouth. The taste was so addictive that even the green fruit, which he used to love the most, seemed unappealing now.
He wanted to eat more.
Thinking of this, Lan Jia Ruo narrowed his eyes, as if planning something.
Then, he quickly swam to the surface of the lake and cautiously poked his head out. He saw a human boy sleeping on the shore.
He was surrounded by a gentle aura, which immediately relaxed Lan Jia Ruo.
He scanned the shore with his eyes and saw a pile of yellow objects placed on the bank. He quietly approached the shore and grabbed all the yellow objects into his hands.
His effortless action made him a little careless, and he made a huge splash when he returned to the lake.
However, Lan Jia Ruo didn't care about this. Even if the human on the shore heard the noise, they wouldn't be able to catch him.
After all, the lake was quite deep.
Just as he was about to eat the yellow objects in his hand bit by bit.
The color of his lake began to turn lighter.
He anxiously glanced at the surface of the lake, vigilantly observing his surroundings.
At this moment, he heard a voice from his dreams.
"Who took it, come out."
This voice had long been etched into the deepest part of his mind.
The moment he heard this voice, he was stunned. He never expected to see his princess again in his lifetime.
This time, he would never lose her again.
He decided to stay by her side forever.
Lan Jia Ruo took the yellow objects with him, swam quickly to the surface, leaped out of the water, and appeared before his princess.
Lin Hao, still angry, sat on the ground with a pout, looking at the lake. He was thinking that when the snack thief appeared later,
He would let Xi Er and Rui La team up for a double hit, to let that fish know who was the boss of this lake.
He suddenly saw ripples forming on the lake, and knew that this thing was about to emerge.
He just didn't know what species it was, the one mentioned in textbooks.
This long-extinct species – Merfolk.
The merman leaped out of the lake. His sky-blue hair cascaded to his waist. His fish tail was the same color as his hair, but slightly darker, yet it exuded a powerful aura.
Due to years of no sunlight, his skin was milky white, but not sickly. His slender fingers had sharp nails, allowing him to easily tear apart prey.
His exquisite face was like a favored child of God. His eyes, like glass, looked at the person before him with joy.
???
Huh? Does this mermaid know Xi Er?
And aren't merfolk long extinct?
Why is there such a pure-blooded merfolk here?
In the early universe, various planets were inhabited by different species. They did not have advanced technology, living a primitive existence.
Among them were merfolk, one of the early species.
They possessed angelic appearances and voices like orioles, quickly attracting human attention.
Then, humans hunted merfolk at any cost.
The merfolk population, which already had a very low birth rate, became extinct in such an environment, leaving no trace of them anywhere.
Merfolk also had bloodlines and leaders. Blue was the exclusive color of their royalty.
So, is this one before him, a King?
Lin Hao carefully recalled his remaining knowledge, trying to identify the bloodline of the merman before him.
If he had known he would have to struggle so much now, he would have listened attentively in class back then, and wouldn't have to rack his brain to recall something now.
Also, logically speaking, the Insectoid race and the Merfolk race should be on equal terms, not owing each other anything.
Why was this pure-blooded merfolk so happy to see Xi Er, even leaning his face close to her?
Brother, be careful, Xi Er, this insect, won't be gentle with you.
"I finally see you, my princess," Lan Jia Ruo said, looking at the woman before him, his eyes full of joy.
His eyes conveyed many emotions, wanting to talk to the person in front of him.
Xi Er, on the other hand, was not as happy as expected. She frowned, looking at the merman, and said coldly, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to find you," Lan Jia Ruo said, unbothered by Xi Er's gaze, still looking at his princess with tenderness.
After all, the princess had always been this cold.
"Go back," Xi Er said coldly to Lan Jia Ruo.
After speaking, Xi Er went to Lin Hao. Her face showed some hesitation, but finally, after internal deliberation, she spoke, "King, I will buy your snacks for you later. This snack can be given to this fish."
Even though Xi Er knew she was letting her King down, she still said it, because she owed this fish.
What is owed must be repaid eventually.
It was just that she felt so sorry for her cub. She would definitely buy him a lot of snacks later.
Lin Hao, though heartbroken about the snacks, saw Xi Er acting this way for the first time and nodded.
Lan Jia Ruo, still in the air, saw this scene. His eyes almost fell out. Had he just stolen the Insect King's food?!
He quickly swam to Lin Hao. His fish tail touched the shore and automatically transformed into legs. The scales shimmered into a simple veil around his waist, exuding an exotic charm.
He returned the snacks in his hand to Lin Hao and said, "This was my mistake. I hope the Insect King is not angry."
Xi Er, standing beside them, no longer looked at the fish and quietly observed her King.
Seeing this, Lan Jia Ruo felt like he was hitting a wall in his heart. Why did he have to eat that thing?
Now, he had angered the princess's leader.
His leader was angry, and he was also angry.
Wuwuwuwu.
Where could he buy regret medicine?
Please give him a dozen.
Thank you.
Lin Hao looked at the merman who had suddenly transformed into a human and a word of admiration flashed in his mind.
As expected of a pure-blooded merman, capable of shifting forms at will.
And his scales, truly essential for home use. They could reduce resistance in water and transform into a skirt on land. Excellent, excellent.
Lin Hao took the snacks from Lan Jia Ruo's hand and said, "It's fine."
He felt that if he were any more late, this merman might start crying.
For the sake of peace now, it was better to take them back.
Let's pretend this never happened.
However, he was now curious about how Xi Er and the merman knew each other.
Thinking of this, Lin Hao's eyes were filled with a thirst for knowledge. He looked at Xi Er and said, "May I ask how you met?"
Seeing that the King was so eager to know, Xi Er coldly began to recount their past.
Back then, on the planet where she was stationed, she suddenly received a distress signal from a neighboring planet.
Initially, she intended to ignore it, but the signal persisted, and she eventually went to the adjacent planet.
When she arrived, the sky was filled with human machinery, frantically searching the ocean as if looking for something.
Seeing these humans, she seemed to understand something, and intervened.
However, in the end, a human injected something into her, rendering her arms weak, and she fell into the sea.
It was then that a merman saved her. That merman was the Lan Jia Ruo before him.
"So, that means you should be even," Lin Hao commented after listening.
Then why did Xi Er say she owed him a favor?
"Because, he..." Xi Er hadn't finished speaking.
Lan Jia Ruo interrupted beside her, "It's nothing. It's all worth it, Princess. If you hadn't come then, our merfolk race would truly have been extinct. It's all worth it."
His eyes were filled with determination.