This island is not too big, and it started to rain again, so the matter of watering the sea was saved. Search: \(????) Watch high-quality literature for free, but because of the special nature of the sirens, everyone on the island ran over to watch from a distance, no. But there are only a dozen or so children on the entire island, gathering together to play and picking up shells and small fish, or helping pass baskets.
The sun-tanned little face was smiling, not like being in the last days.
No, the atmosphere of the entire island is not like in the last days.
Without despair or panic, the men were sawing off the fallen palm tree branches, breaking off the extra leaves, and then taking tools to hollow out as if to make a canoe, while the women were looking for usable ones in the collapsed ruins. thing.
[There is a cellar under their house.]
Xia Yi said that when he woke up, although he was lying on a simple bed, he was lying on the ground. He climbed up the wooden ladder and saw that there was almost nothing in the house, as if all the items were stored in the cellar. The house above is also a workshop or a place for cooking and resting.
[Maybe there are often hurricanes here.]
The Sirens heard from Tao Masi that people on many islands would have solid cellars and hide in them during the hurricane season, so it would make sense for the people on this island to live a happy life—after finding seabirds When the weather is abnormal for no reason, probably everyone on the island thought that the hurricane was coming and hid underground. The deadly cosmic astronomical radiation brought by the disappearance of the magnetic field did not affect them at all. At most, it was found that many plants were inexplicably sunburned to death, which was very bizarre.
Saws and plastic barrels are the simplest, probably for trade, modern things are almost extinct on the island, including everything related to electricity, the island is estimated to be located in a remote place, not where the ocean current passes or on the specific channel, almost It is normal to have no visitors for a month, and the people on the island continue to live their lives without knowing it.
They chanted in unison while working, like singing.
After a while, a young man who can speak English came over, but the level of the other party was not high, about the same as Xia Yi, he couldn't speak any complicated sentences, and he stuttered and listened for a long time before he could barely speak know where this is.
Anuta Island,
It is neither a country nor a tribe. Anyway, there are no chiefs, less than 400 people in total.
This young man has been to the Solomon Islands and New Guinea with trading ships, and he has seen a lot, but he still returned to this land in the end, because there is no competition and no gap in professional status. Plants full of rhizomes and massive plants, as well as breadfruit, go fishing together, and the food is not pickled and preserved by each household.
Probably more troubled how to catch the fish and where to look for the fish.
Or when the hurricane hits the crops don't ripen or whatever.
But this is an isolated island, and the nearest islands are far away from each other. Anyway, according to Anuta's ship root, there is no way to reach other islands.
As the young man said, he couldn't help but look at the siren, and probably felt that it was not good to do so, so his neck was stiff in the end, and he tried hard not to stare.
"Ah...we saw stranded dolphins watering like this before..."
The young man still accidentally caught a glimpse of the siren's fish tail, and immediately became embarrassed.
"You have to wait until the tide is high before pulling them out. Oh no, I mean him, and I mean the dolphins in the past..." The young man was at a loss, gesticulating, "Dolphins seldom come to our side. , because there are not many fish, but when they appear, it is a good sign, indicating that the fish school is migrating here, and when you go fishing at sea, you will find the fish school if you see them!"
Xia Yi couldn't help but think of that cute little guy.
It's a pity that I didn't know where it went, and the Siren only said that Abiser sent it back.
That's right, dolphins play in groups, even if you can keep it forever, the little guy loves to toss around so much, he will definitely be lonely without a playmate.
But Siren's expression was a little subtle.
Dolphins eat a lot, and they chase fish schools. Although they like to be close to humans, the South Pacific is famous for its sea deserts. There are even tens of thousands of miles of seas that lack only deep blue waters. Some of the larger ones Many people in the archipelago kill dolphins because they think they rob food. This island called Anuta...is really interesting.
"Last time, a sperm whale ran aground here... Ah, it was also after the hurricane, and this gentle slope!"
Both dolphins and whales are mammals. Although they cannot die for a while out of the sea, the whale is too big. First of all, it cannot bear its own weight when it leaves the sea, and its internal organs will soon be unable to support it and shatter.
"No amount of watering helped, and it was so big and heavy that we couldn't move it, and finally..."
Xia Yi listened silently, just when he felt inexplicably sad, the young man's tone turned cheerful again:
"In the end it died, and the whole island ate it for days before eating it."
"..."
Xia Yi was too terrified to speak.
The Sirens thought it was normal. Sea creatures would of course float in the sea after they died. Generally, they would not eat their own kind, but in the end their corpses would still be eaten by other creatures. Trying to save other creatures was unsuccessful in the end. Isn't it normal for corpses to be eaten? Killing is for survival, it is wrong to kill indiscriminately and not for food.
However, mermaids are picky. Sirens don't eat any dead food, and only hunt live delicious food.
The siren looked at Xia Yi from a side angle, and the only thing he knew was that if Xia Yi really wanted to leave, he would never see him again, or be closer to other humans than himself...
Mermaids will drag their loved ones to the bottom of the sea, and they will not let go of the dead body, or they will never be separated. Some mermaids in the past have also done this terrible and cruel thing.
Love is great, but love is also terrible.
"Is he... a mermaid?" The young man asked excitedly without noticing it.
Xia Yi didn't answer. In fact, he has only said a few modal particles up to now, and this young man is always talking about it.
"I've heard many stories about mermaids at sea, yes, it's completely different from what is written in your books." He couldn't help but glanced at the siren again, the finely arranged light silver scales, "Those white People with skin always say that we are joking, and that even mermaids are beautiful and good-tempered... Haha, mermaids are indeed beautiful, and stories everywhere say they are beautiful, but their temper is really bad."
He spoke in a hurry and his tone was weird, which made most of Xia Yi, who was learning English after watching dubbed films, unable to understand. He only caught a few words, which were story, mermaid, beauty, and temper. The worst part is that this guy has strange rhetoric. He doesn't know how to use good looks. He can only use the simplest words to emphasize repeatedly.
"A mermaid appeared in New Caledonia. Her hair and eyes were as blue as the sea. She was a beauty with white skin. She sank the Spanish ship... It was terrible. Deep paw prints, four arcs of blood..."
Because this passage may have been described to people outside the island many times, so it is much more fluent, Xia Yi's heart tightened for no reason, and she turned to look at the siren.
[What's wrong?]
[fine…]
Xia Yi knew that the Sirens could not understand human language, but the feeling of hesitation and wavering after a newly stabilized emotion was very bad. His rationality once again overwhelmed his emotions. He thought strangely, if the Sirens saw the same kind, Especially with a companion like that—
He and she are different words in English, and Xia Yi hears it very delicately and in a daze.
"...the wounds of those corpses are on the neck and in the chest... so if we catch a big fish with such scars, we will know that it has encountered a mermaid..." The young man looked at the siren, then at Xia Yi, " So we all thought you were attacked by a mermaid at first, so we moved you away, we were nervous when you approached just now, you see we didn't dare to get too close to it, uh no I mean him... behind you The wound looked scary, although it wasn't bleeding anymore..."
He stuttered a bit, apparently he was used to calling mermaids before, but I didn't expect mermaids to be able to say a name aloud, so it seems a bit wrong to use "it" in front of sirens, about mermaids It is said that even if people on the island believe it, they have different degrees. Only those old people firmly believe that mermaids can communicate.
Xia Yi didn't know what this person was thinking, he was still in a daze, and suddenly he couldn't control himself and asked:
"Where is the mermaid you mentioned? New Caledonia..." The name is a bit familiar, but it is English after all. Xia Yi said it several times, slowly starting to think from the surrounding areas of Australia, and then suddenly frowned.
The archipelago is just on the other side of the Coral Sea.
"She's been there all along? Wasn't…I mean she wasn't found by a white or other national ship? What about the dead Spanish crew? Did the international community cover it up?"
"Oh, no!" The young man rubbed his forehead embarrassingly, "This happened seventy years ago!"
Xia Yi was still there in a daze, because he didn't want to understand, and he blurted out this matter, whether he wanted the siren to find his kind, or was he planning to avoid that sea area far away.
"The white people later brought the army to investigate, because they didn't catch her, and the body rotted again, so they thought it was killed by people on the island. Look for it, but it’s a pity that no one has seen it again..." He said his tone and became excited again, "But we just know that mermaids must exist. I have been out, and people on many islands have different stories about mermaids. And they all have a bad temper and are very fierce. It is said that they are not even afraid of sharks..."
The young man spread his hands and made an exaggerated gesture.
The siren couldn't understand, he just felt that Xia Yi's mood was a bit wrong.
The bare/clean arm touched Xia Yi's leg from below, the sharp nails, and the translucent and slightly opened fins on the wrist suddenly appeared on Xia Yi's sun-tanned skin, the joints The distinct paleness was still terrifying, the young man gasped, and he raised his eyes just in time to see the bone-chilling chill in the siren's purple eyes.
After a shake, the man let out a haha and turned around and ran away.
"wait!"
"No... high tide!"
More than a dozen people chanted and pushed out a strange looking boat.
If it’s a canoe, it’s a bit more advanced, it’s just three big tree trunks, and then a hollowed out thicker tree trunk is tied tightly across it, and there are thinner tree trunks extending out on both sides, like scaffolding, going up There are also three mast-like things standing.
As a result, the crowd discussed it for a while, and finally the young man was pushed out by everyone, looking very embarrassed:
"Well, can you move it?"
The answer is obvious, Xia Yi looked down at the Sirens:
[They said to send us back to the sea!]
[unnecessary!]
Even if Siren felt that these people were not hostile, under the sway of the sense of crisis, he still wished Xia Yi would leave quickly, but he couldn't have more relationship with these people, lest a few tuna fish would not be able to solve it in the future!
[You are omnipotent to roll the sea water over!]
[I know, but—]
Xia Yi looked at the children who were still lying on the ground happily digging shells and picking up small crabs, and she was at a loss: [That is also their food, the waves rolled over, it is very likely that this large piece will fall from the hurricane tornado herring washed away with shells.]
[…]
After the last few people approached, they raised their hands tremblingly. Xia Yi knew that the siren's fish tail was sensitive, so enduring the pain in his back, he insisted on holding the siren's fish tail, and successfully lifted him onto the strange-looking canoe .
Although the process was short, less than a minute, when the siren's arms and shoulders touched the human beings, there was still an unstoppable stiffness, staring at them unkindly, which made these people feel a lot of pressure and rolled their heads in cold sweat.
But after that, the crowd was talking and laughing again, chanting and pushing the boat down the gentle slope, probably like they said they often send stranded dolphins, very familiar with the speed and rushed to the beach in a short while .
Xia Yi looked back, and happened to see a child picking up the scales that the siren had dropped before, raised his hands and ran away laughing and screaming, followed by a group of children who were unwilling to chase after them and wanted to snatch them. Then the boat was propelled into the sea, and several people rushed in, grabbing the oars. Just start rowing forward.
Because the sea wind was still strong, I didn't dare to go too far, so the canoe stopped at a water depth of about seven or eight meters. Xia Yi got up and jumped into the sea, this action startled the paddler, and then a wave surged up and brought the siren into the sea smoothly, until the person holding the paddle was pushed back to the land by the strange waves Still can't close his mouth wide open.
The waves on the sea were two or three meters high, the sky was overcast, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier.
Looking at the sea in the distance, the crowd around the shore was a little dazed. They sent the mermaid back to the sea. Why did the human go away too? Or did you jump into the sea by yourself? gd1806102