The towering city walls stretch as far as the eye can see, with crisscrossing streets and neatly built houses.
There are also various farm tools, wine flags and gray stalls.
This scale is much larger than the underwater royal city of the mermaids in the Yuse Sea.
Ying Shuangze was unconsciously fascinated by the sight and subconsciously swam forward a little, wanting to cross the city wall and enter the city to take a closer look.
But as soon as he made a move, he was stopped by a spell.
Zhu Changyang shouted, "Be careful."
"Ah!" Ying Shuangze woke up suddenly and realized that he had just fallen into a dream without realizing it.
This underwater city seemed to have an extremely powerful protective magic formation. If he took only a few more steps forward, he would be trapped inside.
It was not until this moment that he finally understood why so many cultivators of high levels were unable to leave Yongze in the past.
It's not just because the enchanted water is chaotic and difficult to distinguish.
The real reason is probably this strange magic circle set up by someone unknown.
Ying Shuangze realized what was happening and broke out in a cold sweat. His heart was pounding. He quickly returned to Zhu Changyang and Jun Shu, looking puzzled: "Where on earth is this place? Why is it going up?"
The other two did not seem surprised. They just stared at the city gate in front of them, their eyes moving slightly, showing a bit of sadness.
After a long while, Zhu Changyang slowly spoke: "This... is our old city."
Ying Shuangze:
Not to mention Ying Shuangze, the entire live studio was stunned:
[Wait, why do I suddenly not understand the plot? ]
[When did Changyang have an old city behind our backs? ]
[@管三, please release the setting expansion of Piaomiao Continent to me! Quick! ]
Ying Shuangze was confused, and before he could ask any further questions, the other two had already walked straight to the city gate.
Zhu Changyang looked at the tall bronze door in front of him. The bronze ring, the turtle head, the simple patterns... everything was exactly the same as what he saw in his mind mirror.
The difference is that in the memories seen in the heart mirror, these turtle heads and patterns are not bright red in color.
This was contracted later.
Zhu Changyang recalled the last scene of that memory. He was washed to the bronze door by the flood. Thunder struck, and his blood spurted out. Then—
It seeped into the bronze door.
My heart sank slightly and I unconsciously raised my hand and placed it on the thick door knocker.
Ying Shuangze suddenly became anxious: "Be careful, there is a law in this city..."
Before he finished his words, there was a creaky sound and the heavy bronze door slowly opened forward.
Ying Shuangze:
Is this city defense formation so casual
Looking up with doubt, through the city gate, a wide road came into view.
This is the main road of the city. The road surface is straight and paved with smooth stone slabs, leading all the way into the depths of the city.
Zhu Changyang looked at Jun Shu and said, "Let's go back?"
"Yeah." Jun Shu took his hand, and together they walked through the city gate and into the city.
"Hey, why are you..."
Ying Shuangze was a little hesitant at first, but when he saw that the two of them were normal and were not affected by the magic circle, he felt more and more strange, but he did not care too much and just followed quickly.
"Squeak--" Pearl chirped, and then she swam directly over the city wall and into the city from above.
As he walked through the city gate, Ying Shuangze became more and more surprised.
This is clearly a very ancient city. The styles of the buildings are very different from those of today, and many of them only exist in records in ancient books.
From this we can see that the city must have been submerged in water for countless years.
However, these buildings were not damaged at all. The stone slabs, wooden doors, and paper windows were all intact, and not even moss had grown.
Such a long time has left no trace on this ancient city.
Everything is exactly the same as in cities on land.
No, there is still some difference.
Just as the three of them passed through the city gate, there was a "creaky" sound behind them, and the bronze door slowly closed.
Before I could react, an even stranger sight appeared before my eyes.
On both sides of the road, there were rows of buildings and shops.
As they stepped into the city, the lanterns hanging under the eaves of the shops all lit up silently as if they were ignited simultaneously by an invisible mechanism.
In an instant, the whole city was brightly lit.
The dim lights reflected on the dark green water, which looked like both the underworld and a fairyland, with a kind of breathtaking beauty.
Ying Shuangze couldn't help but open his mouth slightly: "This, this..."
At first he thought that these lanterns were affected by the light magic of the eternal lamp, but he soon realized that the magic power of the eternal lamp had not changed at all.
In other words, it was not the eternal lamp that lit these lanterns.
On the contrary, perhaps from the very beginning, this place was actively open to them, which is why the eternal lamp could so easily penetrate the magic circle and illuminate this underwater secret realm.
But why is this
Ying Shuangze thought of what Zhu Changyang had just said, and suddenly realized something. He looked at the two people beside him in surprise: "You..."
Then Zhu Changyang let out a heavy sigh: "So that's how it is."
"Yeah." Jun Shu held his hand and tightened it unconsciously, and also sighed, "I see."
At this moment, they finally confirmed that this was the ancient city of Yongze where they had lived together ten thousand years ago.
The streets and houses before my eyes are exactly the same as in my memory.
But they are completely different.
It is too empty and too quiet here, with no carriages or smoke from cooking. Amid the lights of thousands of homes, there is no sight of the simple and hospitable citizens of the past.
Instead, there were many black carps.
On the street, in front of stalls, in restaurants, under eaves, next to lanterns... wherever you look, there are arm-sized blue carps floating.
Some are long and thin, some are short and fat, some have round heads, some have pointed tails, some have round scales, and some have rough scales.
The only thing in common is that all the fish have their eyes closed, standing still and not moving, and are fast asleep.
“There was blood at the gates, and the city became a lake.
The citizens of the city were transformed into fish."
This prophecy actually means this.
Zhu Changyang felt an indescribable sadness in his heart, and couldn't help asking himself, "How could this happen?"
How did all this happen
"Yes! How could this be?!" Ying Shuangze screamed in shock even more than him, pointing at two black carps in front of a roadside stall and asking in disbelief, "Why can these fish close their eyes?!"
As a mermaid, he knows the habits of various fish best.
Since fish do not have eyelids, they keep their eyes open even when they sleep.
But every fish in this city had its eyes closed.
Just like the human race.
This phenomenon undoubtedly exceeded Ying Shuangze's normal cognition.
Zhu Changyang, Jun Shu: "..."
Studio:
[As expected of the fish prince, he pays attention to details!]
[This shows that he is not the Sea King for nothing! So the question is, are these fish a modeling error, or is there another side story? ]
[Do you think Chang Yang looks weird and seems to be in a heavy mood? ]
[Could it be that they have been in this plane for too long and have developed feelings for each other? ]
Ying Shuangze's worldview was strongly challenged and he was questioning his life when the cry of the snow horseshoe crab came again from above his head.
“Squeak—”
Pearls are too large to enter the city streets and can only float above the houses.
Seeing the three people standing still, it quickly turned over, flicked its thin tail downwards, and stirred up a small whirlpool.
Ying Shuangze came back to his senses and said, "It told us to follow it quickly."
And a little puzzled, "Where else are we going?"
Zhu Changyang seemed to have sensed something, and he looked up and shouted, "Then you lead the way."
"Squeak—" Pearl then flicked her tail and swam along the main road into the depths of the city.
The three of them quickly followed.
Ying Shuangze found the scene more and more strange as he walked. If just now he was just wondering why those fish could close their eyes, the scene along the way was even stranger.
Because there are far more fish in this city than those we just saw.
In those rooms and beside the lights, fish shadows can be seen everywhere.
There are so many fish, but they are all motionless.
Even though they walked through it, it did not cause any disturbance.
There was not even a sound in the huge city, and everything here seemed to be still.
It's not just the bluefish that are falling asleep.
And there are those long, unknown years.
Zhu Changyang held a long-burning lantern in one hand and held Jun Shu's hand in the other, looking at the houses and alleys on both sides of the road that were constantly receding.
I have only seen these scenes once in my mind's mirror, yet they seem so familiar.
He could even remember which alley he could enter from to get to the material store that Jun Shu often bought on credit from.
As for the route they were taking now, if he remembered correctly, it should lead to...
Jun Shu said, "It seems to be taking us to the water pond."
Zhu Changyang nodded: "Yes."
Ying Shuangze:
These two people actually know the way
Could this city really be their hometown
Before she could ask, Pearl braked again, "squeak--"
Ying Shuangze suddenly came back to his senses: "We're here."
Looking closely, I saw an open space in front of me, with a sunken valley in the middle.
Ying Shuangze quickly realized that this valley was the "pool of water" they were talking about.
But now the whole city is under water, so this pool of water is no longer a "pool of water", but just an ordinary small pit in the whole swamp.
This is not surprising, but what is strange is that there is a huge black turtle lying on the stone pier beside the pond.
The black turtle's carapace alone was several meters wide, with its head and thick limbs extending out in all directions, loosely attached to the ground.
Like the black carps in the city, it was motionless.
This was the only creature that Ying Shuangze had seen in the city that was not a black carp. Out of curiosity, Zhu Changyang and Jun Shu quickly walked over.
Jun Shu shouted, "Old bastard!"
Ying Shuangze:
The little merman prince was shocked by the address. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the black turtle's eyelids twitch slowly, and its mouth opened slightly, making a hoarse voice: "Mr. Jun, didn't you promise Shuo Huijun that you would be a polite person?"
Jun Shu was dissatisfied: "Why am I rude again?"
Ying Shuangze couldn't bear to listen any longer and said, "Brother Jun, this is not a turtle, it's a sea turtle."
Jun Shu wrinkled his nose: "They are all the same."
Ying Shuangze: “…”
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The Little Mermaid Prince: The little turtle police responded on the spot! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)