Hao Ren was completely immersed in the world of the spiritual body. His consciousness continued to sink with a chaotic force. The oldest historical memory of the sea monster emerged from the depths of this chaos, and it became more and more clear. .
He saw those dexterous creatures living in the deep sea open their minds, and saw them study the metallic meteorites that occasionally fell from the dark abyss with surprise and awe, and study how these hard stones were formed. They dig the sand, weave the seaweed, develop their homes in this dim water world slightly illuminated by the algae, and they are full of curiosity about everything. In the fifth millennium of the Iron Age, they finally knew how to separate metals from the deep-sea rocks they dug: here, far from the flames, they used the power of water and chemistry.
Break the ore with water and refine the metal with the law of the elements to create an alloy that will not rust. The Siren was freed from the limited gifts of meteorites from outside the sky, made brand new metal tools with his own hands, built the oldest dynasty, and wrote the words on those long-lasting alloys, writing the first history in history. Page.
However, while this young civilization was toddling in the deep sea, their nurturer, the endless sea of Io, also covered the kingdom heavily. The Krakens are in awe of the endless dark water above, but also full of curiosity. Just like the inevitable stage that all intelligent races have to go through: they also want to know what is on the other side of that darkness.
When the first Siren became interested in this and put it into practice, it was already a thousand years after the establishment of the First Dynasty.
But exploring the shallow waters is dangerous. The environment of the deep sea is very different from the shallow waters. There is huge water pressure here-a water pressure that is especially comfortable for a siren, but not in the shallow waters. The ancient admonition of the Siren warns young adventurers who are ready to move, telling them that there is a world of "nothingness" opposite the endless dark sea. As they approach the "edge of the world", the density of matter will decrease, and everything will be interconnected Separation, Siren itself is no exception. Just like those warriors in the tribal era who tried to send the meteorite back to the "edge of the world" but never returned. There is no way for any siren to cross the mysterious dark waters.
However, once the heart of exploration is ignited, it will not be extinguished, and young scholars are still studying how to go to the edge of the world. They are constantly improving elemental magic. Using magic to change their physique so that they can adapt to the water pressure in the shallow water area, they continue to send batches of explorers, determined to die, to hit the dark abyss hanging above their heads time and time again.
Explorers who returned alive brought back the unthinkable: the animals and plants that lived in the upper waters, and this convinced scholars that there was a viable realm beyond the dark abyss, another bustling world.
Two thousand years after the establishment of the First Dynasty, a young siren led her small expedition to challenge this limit. They have spent a hundred years transforming their physiques. It took another three days to apply various protective magics to himself, and then marched towards the dark abyss. They swam the longest distances, crossed waters never before visited, and left the wonderful shallow water plants and animals behind. As they continued to ascend, they felt that the water element that made up their bodies became more and more unstable, but an even more unbelievable scene began to pass from above their heads:
Across the dark abyss, there is light.
It turns out that the phenomenon of "light" is not unique to the deep sea.
They exchanged their new discoveries in pleasant surprise, and began to rush to the sea surface even harder, so that they completely ignored the changes in the water element in their bodies. They headed for the unprecedented bright world. Swimming hard, swimming hard, finally crossed a layer of "material boundary" - at that time. They don't know that thing is called "water surface".
A vast, bright, restless world presented itself to these explorers.
But they only had time to take a look, because within a second. They all collapsed under the pressure and turned into gas.
Elemental creatures don't have physical bodies in the conventional sense. Without mastering control skills, they don't know how to maintain their high-density state in the air world.
It will be hundreds of years before the sea monster knows how to move in the air world.
Hao Ren's spirit is in a strange state. He is traversing the entire history of the sea monster, but he can hardly feel the flow of time, as if the memories spanning thousands or ten thousand years are spread out in front of his eyes like a plane. , it will be clear at a glance. He saw that the sirens finally came to the world above the sea level, and began to carefully explore this air world that was "empty, vast, and unstable" to them. During this process, he seemed to have vaguely sensed Eva's thoughts. He understood what the siren spirit was thinking.
The Krakens have spent thousands of years building stable passages and various observation platforms that can reach the sea. The sea of Io covering the entire planet requires them to work dozens of times more than other races to see the sky. They used unimaginable patience to adapt to the storms and lightning on the sea level, and even transformed their life forms again for this purpose. The most outstanding observer among them, Ivana, waited on the platform for seven hundred years before ushering in a clear sky. When the "starry sky" was presented in front of the sea monsters, it was almost astonishing. Scared everyone.
And it wasn't until seventeen hundred years passed that they realized that there was not only a starry sky behind the clouds, but also sunshine: that was the second sunny day.
Understanding the "alternation of day and night" is a later matter.
Sirens have to put in more effort than other races in everything they do. The special natural environment of this planet makes it impossible for them to understand what they should study and what they are studying like ordinary races. Lightning, ocean, and huge waves And the unstable atmosphere makes it difficult for any primitive race to move on the sea level. At the same time, they have to allocate more energy to adjust their life forms. The life form of "deep-sea elemental creatures" makes them limited by nature. They consume almost more energy in transforming this point than observing the world. many.
But they still didn't stop exploring, and kept going out of the world—their reasons were not so lofty, and they didn't even think of the term "stars and seas".
They just want to go out for a walk and see if there is a sea like their hometown in other places.
It was only four thousand years after Ivana observed the starry sky that Siren created an aircraft that could pass through the Io storm—when there was no fire, full of lightning, and endless storms, even the initial aerodynamic research could not be carried out It is not easy to research flying tools in this world. Of course, it can also be said that they are stupid in this respect. But so what
Anyway, they could finally get a good look at the stars, and they were happy about it.
Hao Ren felt his consciousness start to float up lightly. He saw the space age of the siren, saw these magical creatures trying to launch probes to find the sea on other planets, saw them build observation stations on their own planetary orbits, and cast their curious eyes on the wider world universe, see...
A group of space battleships of unknown origin suddenly descended on Io, and in an inexplicable and chaotic war, the kingdom of the sirens fell apart. Until finally, the entire planet was swept away by some kind of energy storm weapon like a global EMP, and the siren civilization was destroyed.
Destruction is pointless.
The storm on the sea of Io is intensifying, huge lightning sweeps across the sky, and huge waves wrapped in ice are coming in waves. Shakira and the other three sirens worked hard to maintain control of a small area of water. She looked towards the center of the water: "When will he be well? I don't feel Eva showing any signs of calming down!"
Nangong Wuyue quickly dived into the water, and after confirming Hao Ren's status, he came up again: "He is still connected! I have seen him connect with the brain monster several times with my own eyes, and I know this status... It seems to be going well! "
Soma muttered, "I don't think it's going well."
There was another storm, and a mountain-like tsunami rushed towards everyone. The Siren Queen raised her hands high to block the tsunami. And just when she couldn't hold back and was going to check on Hao Ren's condition in person, the latter suddenly emerged from the water.
As soon as Hao Ren opened his eyes, he saw the violent storm and huge waves outside. He stared blankly at the violent underwater world. Thinking seems to be delayed for a century so rigid. It wasn't until Nangong Wuyue approached that he muttered to himself: "She's crying."
"What?" Nangong Wuyue didn't hear clearly for a while.
"She's crying." Hao Ren looked up at the sky, at the arms stretching out into space, "Eva, she's crying, she's just a child."
The sound of the violent storm whizzed in the ears, and the sky and the earth were filled with roaring roars. Endless anger, annoyance, and hatred were mixed in the storm like substance, almost destroying the people in it. However, this time, Hao Ren sensed something else from these berserk voices and breaths: Eva's wailing.
for a civilization. Eva was just a child. She was at a loss, she was not ready for anything. She had just realized the vastness of this world, but everything came to an abrupt end for no reason.
It took her so long to climb out of the cradle, she spent more patience and time than other races to see the world above her head, and she had to pay dozens of times the price to accomplish what other races seem to be ordinary achievements—— Although she may not be aware of this, but in any case, Io's sea more than ten kilometers thick, the endless turbulent atmosphere, and the clouds that will not dissipate for thousands of years, all these things are very hard to come by one by one. Overcome, she climbed out of the deep sea so hard - but it all came to an abrupt and unreasonable end.
Eva didn't even know what was going on, and just died on the edge of her cradle.
So she rejected the fact that the sea monster's indestructible soul allowed her to survive the end of the world, and instead occupied the planet in a state similar to "reverberation". She was like a child whose toy had been robbed, bewildered and angrily attacking everything while crying loudly.
"I never thought that racial consciousness could be in this state..." Hao Ren didn't know how to explain what he saw and felt, so he could only shake his head at Shaqila and the others, "Actually, the premature death of civilization is everywhere. Yes, but rarely does an individual like 'Eva' appear. Dazed by her own devastation, so sad, she's just venting...and maybe for the last time."
"Then what should we do?" The Siren Queen looked at Hao Ren in bewilderment, "Is there any way...to appease her?"
At this time, the call from the data terminal suddenly came from the communication channel: "Are you all right! The situation here is not good!"
Hao Ren looked at the Siren Queen, then at Nangong Wuyue, and nodded vigorously: "Give me a few more minutes. The other two of you come here, I need your help."
The two said in unison: "What can I do for you?"
"Just stay by my side." Hao Ren reached out and grabbed the hands of Siren Queen and Nangong Wuyue, "Let's connect together so that Eva can sense your presence."
Finish this sentence. Regardless of the confused looks on the faces of the two sea monsters, Hao Ren established a connection with Eva again.
The sense of chaos struck again. And this time, Hao Ren sensed Eva's consciousness more clearly. It was a feeling that seemed real and illusory, and it was almost impossible to confirm whether it was a consciousness or just a tendentious memory, but Hao Ren was willing to believe that the situation belonged to the former. In the chaotic state, he could only vaguely feel that Nangong Wuyue and the Siren Queen were by his side. This was the only problem: the two sirens did not have the ability to connect spiritually, and Eva, who was in a state of frenzy, could sense to them
"Eva!" Hao Ren concentrated and called out in his mind, but soon he realized that the name "Eva" was also given by the sea monsters. Siren Spirit herself probably doesn't even know what that means: she hasn't had time to name herself yet.
However, the miracle is that the chaotic spiritual power seems to have really reacted to the word "Eva". Hao Ren felt that something in the dark was paying attention to him.
Perhaps the sea monsters had legends about "Eva" before they escaped from Io, so as the spirit of all sea monsters aggregated, she knew that she was called "Eva".
Hao Ren focused again: "Eva, I know you can hear me... Don't be afraid, I don't mean any harm to you, I just want to help you. I know what you went through, and I sympathize with it. A lot Civilizations cannot escape the fate of premature death, you are not... "
A burst of violent thoughts suddenly struck, and there was a wave of uneasiness in the chaos.
"Okay, okay. Let's not talk about this..." Hao Ren hurriedly reorganized his words, "Eva. Eva, calm down, I just want to show you something—in fact, you haven't failed. In a sense, you It has continued, and it has gone farther than anyone else. Eva, through me, you should be able to sense the breath of the two compatriots... "
Hao Ren calmed down and minimized his thoughts. So that Eva can sense the presence of other sea monsters on the scene through her own medium. Due to her frenzy, Eva has lost the ability to sense other sirens. So Hao Ren had to let himself be Eva's temporary sense organ.
He felt the attempt should have worked.
Eva's emotions gradually calmed down, and she followed the situation here curiously.
"There is an ark that escaped from Io successfully and came to another world," Hao Ren said to Eva silently, "I am the emissary from there, and my duty is to monitor and evaluate the development of civilization. I want to tell You, the siren civilization still exists, and you have continued in another world. Have you noticed that there is a special siren beside me? Her blood is a siren, but she should have a special breath on her body—she is in The birth of that world is the proof that you took root in another world... "
A call from the data terminal came from the communication channel: "Boss! The situation is getting better! The water is slowly being withdrawn!"
Hao Ren didn't respond, but continued to communicate with Eva: "Eva, don't be sad and don't cry anymore. The bad times are over and everything will be fine."
A light shone from the chaotic darkness, and a vague figure emerged from the light. Hao Ren looked at this phantom in surprise, and he heard a voice in his ear: "...Is there also the sea over there?"
"Yes, it is very big and beautiful, and we still have land—the rocks and soil protruding from the sea. Sirens occasionally go to play on land, but they are still in the sea most of the time."
"Are they happy?"
"Still aloof and carefree. There was a little trouble recently, but I solved it easily. You see, after I solved the trouble, I took them home to see you coming."
After what seemed like a century of silence, the light slowly dissipated, and a sigh came: "Thank you, I can finally sleep..."
All the hallucinations faded away like a tide, Hao Ren opened his eyes, and saw that the storm stopped, the clouds cleared and the fog cleared, and Io ushered in the once-in-a-thousand-year clear sky, the real clear sky.
The stars hang in the sky, and people can't help but think of the scene when the siren named Ivana stood on the ancient observatory and watched this scene in amazement many years ago.
The stars must have freaked her out.
Megatons of sea water began to return to the surface of Io under the last sliver of Eva's strength. This spectacular scene looked thrilling from space. Hao Ren couldn't see this scene on the surface of the planet, but he could still imagine everything.
An arc of water like an arch bridge slowly slipped down in front of Hao Ren and the sea monsters. Shaqila pointed into it in surprise: "Look! There are still living creatures!"
A small pale golden fish jumped out of the water arc, flicked its tail in the air, and returned to the sea.
It miraculously survived that horrific journey into space and finally came home safe and sound.
Hao Ren took a long breath and looked down at the calm sea beneath his feet:
"Good night, Eva."
(I can’t update it at night, so I just merged the two chapters together.) (To be continued~^~)