But before he could make any move, the only light source in front of him went out.
Gu Ran was suddenly plunged into darkness. He couldn't even tell where Little Conch's grandmother was, let alone where he was.
But in the face of crisis, Gu Ran calmed down.
"Why? Can you tell me the reason?" Gu Ran thought about it and showed a little panic.
Gu Ran knew that some people who carefully planned crimes and conspired had a strong "desire to share". Most of them liked to explain their "criminal plans" to the victims they designed, just like showing and sharing their masterpieces. The more frightened and panicked the victims were, and the more they acted according to their "criminal plans", the more satisfied they would get.
Sure enough, the next moment the little conch grandmother continued to speak.
"It's simple, because you have become the biggest obstacle to the greatness of the mermaids again, so I have to eliminate you." Little Conch Grandmother sighed, "Gu Ran, actually, as a human being, I admire you very much. You are very talented. If you are given time to grow, you will definitely become one of the top powers in the world. You are also very smart and have a keen sense, so I dare not lie to you about many things.
"It's just that you shouldn't like Eudora. She will be the queen of the sea tribe who will lead the revival of the mermaid tribe, and you will be the biggest obstacle for her to become the queen of the sea tribe."
Gu Ran: "Why? Because we love each other?"
"Yes, I have seen your love for Eudora, and I had expected Eudora's love for you, but she still exceeded my expectations. Do you know what I told her before that night? In fact, I told her that mermaids and humans cannot be together."
"Because they are different races. You are a human and will eventually return to land. Can she still accompany you with this fish tail?"
Gu Ran could imagine Xiao Hailuo's expression when she heard the news. She must have never thought about this before, and she must have suffered a great blow when she suddenly heard about this.
In fact, Gu Ran had thought about his future with Xiao Hailuo. Although he was a human and she was a mermaid, they loved each other and he was willing to stay with her in the sea forever.
However, because he anticipated that Xiao Hailuo would feel guilty if he told her about this, Gu Ran just kept this plan and idea in his heart.
The little conch's grandmother continued, "After hearing this, Eudora asked me in panic if there was a solution. I told her there was, which was to turn her fish tail into human legs. In this way, she can accompany you to the land. Moreover, this method can not only solve her problem, but also solve the crisis of the mermaids."
"It means to accept the inheritance of the ruins?" Gu Ran had already guessed it.
"That's right. As long as she can successfully accept the inheritance of the ruins, she can transform her fish tail into human legs. At the same time, after mastering the ruins, the crisis of the mermaids will naturally be solved. She was very happy to hear this method, but I told her that the ruins have been occupied by those large beasts in the sea. If she wants to accept the inheritance of the ruins, she must eliminate those large beasts."
"So I asked her to beg you to help the mermaids take back the ruins from those large beasts. Unfortunately, she didn't want you to take risks. In the end, not only did she not listen to me and beg you to help the mermaids take back the ruins, but she stole the key and wanted to sneak into the ruins by herself. How could she succeed on her own? I had no choice but to secretly help her all the way and send her into the ruins."
The little conch grandmother said.
Gu Ran suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the little conch's grandmother was so sure that there must be a little conch in the ruins. This must be the biggest reason, because she was the one who sent it in personally.
Moreover, the little conch grandmother has a skill similar to teleportation in the sea. Even if she really accidentally lets the little conch steal the precious relic key, if she wants to chase her, she should be able to catch up quickly with this skill.
It's just that she indulged herself in all this on purpose.
Gu Ran: "You actually have the ability to send Eudora into the ruins, but you deliberately let Eudora come to me to ask for help for the mermaids. Your purpose... is to use these sea beasts and ferocious beasts to kill me? Oh, no, it should be to make us both lose, and let me die in the hands of those sea beasts and ferocious beasts. If I can kill one or two sea beasts or ferocious beasts with me, it will be more in line with your wishes.
"What a good plan. You are really good at judging people and your mind is really deep. If Eudora really begs me, I can't refuse.
"But what you didn't expect was that in the end, Eudora not only didn't act as you expected, but instead decided to secretly go to the ruins on her own. It was difficult for you to change her mind. Perhaps you also changed your mind at this time, and thought that it would be a good idea for Eudora, who had such determination, to enter the ruins to receive the inheritance. The success rate would be higher, so you secretly helped her enter the ruins along the way.
"Then you pretended to be completely ignorant and led me to the underwater ruins. In fact, you had the same idea - to use those sea beasts and ferocious beasts to kill me, right? Because you knew very well how much Eudora loved me, so you didn't want my blood to be stained on your hands.
"Oh, no, although you are very good at escaping, your frontal strength is actually very average. If we face each other head-on, you are actually not my opponent. In other words, there should be no one in the entire mermaid tribe who can match me. This should be another main reason why you are using a knife to kill someone. It is also based on the same reason that you tricked me here.
"You were the one who assigned Alice to me and led the way for me, so you had actually given up on Alice at that time, right? You really have a cruel heart. In order to get rid of an outsider like me, you even gave up your own people. I can see that you actually love Alice very much."
Grandmother Little Conch said with emotion, "That's right. Actually, Alice is the substitute for Eudora that I found. The most perfect candidate to inherit the relics is naturally Eudora. However, Eudora had an accident at that time, and I lost track of her position, so I had to find a substitute. Although Alice is not as perfect as Eudora, she is my only candidate. I really love her very much, because even if she is not perfect, she is the last hope for the mermaids to become great again.
"Speaking of which, I should thank you. If you hadn't sent Eudora back, I would have been able to reluctantly allow Alice to enter the ruins to receive the inheritance. There was a high probability that she would fail, and by then it would really be a disaster for the mermaids."
Gu Ran sneered, "I remember you said that if the inheritance fails, the end is death, so you actually intend to let Alice die."
"The mermaids are going to be annihilated, and she can't escape it anyway, so she might as well give it a try for the sake of the tribe. If she succeeds, not only will she be able to become the new queen, but the mermaids will also rise again because of her." The little conch grandmother said indifferently, "If she fails, it's just the difference between dying sooner or later."
Gu Ran was silent for a moment. For the mermaids, this was indeed a situation where they could only fight hard.
But then Gu Ran mocked, "You said you wanted to thank me. Well, actually, I not only brought back the little conch, I also saved the little conch mother who was almost enslaved, as well as several other mermaids. I should be considered to have done a great favor to the mermaids. Is this how you mermaids repay your kindness?"
"Yes, you did save other mermaids, but have you ever thought about why they almost became slaves of humans? What caused all this?" The little conch grandmother's voice suddenly became indignant, "It was humans! This is all humans' fault, but in the end we still have to thank a human for saving them?"
Gu Ran was speechless. If this logic was followed, not only would his life-saving grace to the mermaids be erased, but based on his origin, he should still be a sinner of the mermaids.
"Of course, I also know that humans are not monolithic and cannot be lumped together." Little Conch Grandmother's voice softened, "But it is humans who persecute the mermaids after all."
Gu Ran: "Even if there were no humans, with the strength of the mermaids, they should not be doing well in the sea, otherwise their ancestral relics would not be snatched away by those sea beasts and fierce beasts."
The little conch grandmother laughed, but her laughter was somewhat desolate and sad: "Yes, even in the sea, the mermaids do not live a happy life. No, it is more miserable. But -
"The mermaids were once one of the most powerful tribes in the ocean. Who would dare to bully them? There was even a large area of the ocean that was the mermaids' territory! What a glorious and glorious history! But now, not only has the ocean forgotten the glorious and glorious history of the mermaids, but the mermaids themselves have long forgotten the glory of their ancestors.
"When going out to hunt for food, one has to hide here and there, be very careful, and survive every day, living a miserable life. All that is left is numb humiliation!"
After a moment of silence, Little Conch Grandmother continued, "So I want to change the current situation of the mermaids. I want the mermaids to become great again. Fortunately, the ancestors of the mermaids left behind a relic that can change the fate of the mermaids. As long as the mermaids can accept the inheritance of the relic, a top-level strongman will emerge to lead the mermaids to revive again.
"However, because the history is too long, and the mermaids do not have the habit of recording history like humans, they only rely on word of mouth, so a lot of information about the ruins has been lost. I can only rely on the few remaining information to conduct research. Finally, I found that the ruins will select recognized mermaids, but they must be young. Then I selected a group of young mermaids to test who can be recognized by the ruins. Alice was among them, but she was not fully recognized by the ruins.
"The only mermaid who was truly recognized by the ruins was Eudora! Do you know how I felt? At that moment, I was ecstatic. The mermaids will be revived again. They will no longer allow themselves to be bullied by humans or those large beasts in the sea!"
"In the past, the mermaids had only one real original sin - they were weak, so they were used as food by large animals and as slaves by humans. However, in the future, the mermaids' strength will undergo a tremendous change!"
Gu Ran was silent.
He could understand this feeling of humiliation, so he could also feel the little conch grandmother's eagerness to make the mermaids stronger and revive.
"What I didn't expect was that the shielding effect of the ruins was suddenly lost at that moment, and the ruins were completely exposed to the ocean, which attracted those large beasts. The mermaids now are no match for them, so they can only temporarily give up the ruins that have been passed down from generation to generation and continue to migrate their habitats. But I know that the mermaids still have a chance to turn the tables. I have been waiting, waiting for Eudora to come of age, waiting for the news that she has successfully accepted the inheritance of the ruins.
“But in the end, I received the news that Eudora was missing. When I heard the news, I almost lost hope and mobilized the entire tribe to look for Eudora. As a result, many mermaids were captured by humans and turned into slaves who lived a life worse than death.
"In the end, I gave up on Eudora and focused on Alice. Even though she has not been fully recognized by the ruins, as long as there is a glimmer of hope for the revival of the mermaids, I will not give up."
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"But fortunately, Eudora came back in the end. God bless the mermaids!" The little conch grandmother's voice was full of piety and hope. "The only pity is that she brought you back."
"To be precise, I was the one who brought her back. It's really a pity to think about it now," Gu Ran corrected.
"Nothing matters now. The visions in those ruins indicate that Eudora should have almost completed her inheritance. At that time, I really couldn't control my joy and almost exposed myself in front of you. Fortunately, I am smarter than you. You humans have a saying, 'Old ginger is still wise'. In the end, you fell into my trap." said the little conch grandmother.
"There's one thing I don't understand. Why do you think I've become the biggest obstacle to the revival of the mermaids? If Eudora really succeeds in accepting the inheritance of the ruins, becomes the queen who rules over an area of the sea, and revives the mermaids, I'll be so happy. How could I be an obstacle?" Gu Ran asked. He didn't mind being Little Snail's son-in-law.
This was the point he hadn't figured out yet. Could it be that this inheritance was like the magic technique in the novel, requiring one to be completely heartless and emotionless? After practicing, one must be extremely emotionless
"The mistake is that you are a human, and Eudora is a mermaid. After successfully accepting the inheritance of the ruins, Eudora will be like a phoenix reborn from the ashes, forgetting everything in the past and gaining a new life." The little conch grandmother sighed, "Then she will inherit the will of the past mermaid queens in the Heart of the Ocean, become the new queen, and unify the sea.
"Do you understand now? Eudora will no longer be Eudora, but will be completely transformed. She will no longer remember you, nor everything you have experienced. She will only have the goal of reviving the mermaids and becoming a true emperor. But you will never forget her. You will definitely harass her and even become the biggest obstacle for her to inherit the will of the queen.
"To prevent Eudora from becoming the new mermaid queen is to prevent the revival of the mermaids, and you can't give up, so you must die. You must die before Eudora successfully inherits the relics. Do you understand now?"
Gu Ran was stunned.
It turns out that one really needs to be too emotionally oblivious.
"If a person forgets everything about his past, and his memory and personality become a completely unfamiliar one, then is he still himself?" Gu Ran frowned and said, "Are you going to completely wipe out Eudora, your granddaughter, and replace her with a so-called mermaid queen? No wonder you want to get rid of me as soon as possible. I really can't allow such a thing to happen."
"Everything is for the revival of the mermaids. Only when the mermaids become stronger will they no longer be bullied." Little Conch Grandmother said indifferently, "You should understand this principle. If the mermaids have a top-level strongman, would humans still dare to capture the mermaids as slaves without scruples
"If it can help the merman tribe to revive, I won't hesitate even if I have to sacrifice myself. Since Eudora is my granddaughter, isn't it natural for her to show some affection for the merman tribe?"
After a pause, Grandma Little Conch continued, "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, there is actually more than one reason to kill you. Do you know where this is?"
Gu Ran moved his eyes and observed his surroundings.
There is nothing but darkness.
There was a very strange feeling liquid under me, water
This liquid feels very sticky at first glance, but when you feel it carefully, it feels very refreshing and has no sticky feeling at all.
What on earth is this
"This is one of the several sea eyes that seal the ocean's 'deep water'. Although I don't know who sealed it at a great cost, under the erosion of time, this relic has been riddled with holes. I have studied its weakness. As long as this relic is destroyed, the deep water in the sea eye will burst out. Haha, do you know what this will mean?"
Gu Ran's face changed. "Sea Eye, Deep Water? You lunatic! If it erupts, large tracts of land will become the domain of the ocean, and countless humans will die tragically in the tsunami. Do you want to go to war with humans?"
"Mad? Humph, I am crazy. I went crazy when I saw the mermaids being eaten as snacks by those large beasts. I went crazy when I saw the mermaids being captured and used as slaves by humans." The little conch grandmother's voice was like that of a madman, full of madness. "But all this will become history. When Eudora successfully inherits the ruins, the human territory will also become a vast ocean!
"At that time, the whole world will be the kingdom of the mermaids!"
Listening to Little Conch Grandma's words, Gu Ran finally understood her ultimate goal.
Let Eudora successfully accept the inheritance, become the most powerful one, and lead the mermaids to revive. The unsealed sea eye will continuously erupt the "deep water" accumulated for many years. These deep waters are said to be the source of the formation of the ocean. A little bit of deep water can turn into sea water with a volume increased countless times.
If this sea eye erupts with deep water, then so much suddenly formed sea water will definitely trigger a huge tsunami, engulfing all the low-lying cities on land and turning these lands into a large sea country.
Humans will suffer heavy losses as a result, but the mermaids who have revived and become stronger will be able to benefit from it.
By the way, it was also a revenge for being treated as a slave by humans.
... ...
Outside the light screen.
Ariel was going crazy. She couldn't help but shout out loud, "Impossible! How could the truth be like this!"
No wonder Ariel screamed out of control, and the other powerful humans never expected the truth to be like this.
It turned out that it was not Gu Ran who was cruel and ruthless at the beginning, but the mermaids had let Gu Ran down first.
Moreover, this old mermaid from the mermaid clan was so crazy that he wanted to cause the sea eye to erupt and destroy all low-lying human cities.
This made all the powerful human beings present subconsciously furious, and they wished they could rush into the light screen and kill the old mermaid.
But then they remembered that all this was just the memory of what Gu Ran had already experienced.
The fact is that the old mermaid's conspiracy did not succeed in the end, because in the past, there has never been a super-large tsunami attacking humans, which means that such a thing did not happen.
Could it be that Gu Ran stopped the old mermaid's conspiracy