After a while, the Queen's soul sighed and said, "You are right. It has been three hundred years. It could have happened at any time. What I didn't expect was that the mermaids, with such a heritage, could not escape decline."
Gu Ran's heart moved, and he said, "Do you know where this relic came from? How did the mermaids get this relic?"
Seeing that they remained silent, Gu Ran continued, "Do you really think that owning this relic is good for the mermaids? The mermaids not only rely on this relic, but they even have to feed it with their own flesh and blood. Such a mermaid can only develop a more and more dependent mentality. At the same time, the most talented mermaids of the mermaids are constantly lost in the relic, which eventually leads to the decline of the mermaids.
"So do you still think this relic is good for the mermaids?"
The souls of several mermaid ancestors were horrified.
They had never thought about it this way before. It turned out that the ruins that allowed the mermaids to give birth to a queen actually had such serious drawbacks.
"This relic has been passed down since the first queen a thousand years ago. We don't know how it came to be because it is so long ago and a lot of information has been lost." The queen's soul suddenly said, changing the subject.
Gu Ran was a little disappointed. He had originally hoped to get some information from them to see if he could understand the ruins better so that he could control the operation center and better rescue the little snail. However, he did not expect to only get useless information that the ruins had existed for more than a thousand years.
"You just said that the mermaid you were in love with has been judged by the ruins as a failed challenger?" The Queen's soul said with some regret, "If that's true, then you should be mentally prepared.
"Because losers don't gain powerful strength and souls like winners, they will merge with the ruins faster and become nutrients for the ruins. Especially since I heard you say that the current mermaids have poor talents, so they will merge even faster."
Gu Ran's face changed, and the injury that had originally stopped was affected a little, making his face even uglier.
"Then how should I... ahem... save her?"
The Queen's soul said, "It's very simple. If her soul is still there, then find her body. If it's not been long, the soul and body should be able to merge on their own. If it's been a long time, or the body has been destroyed, then the body must be reshaped.
"If the soul is already damaged, it must be restored! Even if it is not her own soul, it can be restored. Although there are some side effects, this is the only last resort. Unless you are a psychic with some special soul power and can do better, otherwise you'd better do as I say."
Gu Ran's eyes lit up. It seemed that his bet was right. The souls of these mermaid ancestors really didn't care about the damage to the ruins and came to help him.
Gu Ran immediately said: "Okay, I will listen to you, but I have to find her soul right now, otherwise everything will be in vain."
The Queen's soul pointed to a floating soul and said, "Go over there and look for souls from the most recent time."
Gu Ran turned around and looked over, with a look of surprise on his face: "Okay, I'll be there right away, thank you for pointing me in the direction."
"By the way, what's your name? You've helped me so much, but I still don't know how to address you.
Gu Ran expressed his sincere gratitude.
The Queen's soul replied calmly: "You can call me Her Majesty, or you can call me... Ariel."
100. The origin of "Ariel", the last level of authority! 4.1k
Outside the light screen.
When they heard this name, all the strong men present looked at Ariel in surprise.
Did they hear it right
The mermaid queen who had been dead for many years and only had her soul left was also called Ariel
So who is this Ariel now
Is it the same name
This is not impossible. After all, there are only a few commonly used names, so there is still a possibility of having the same name.
Ariel frowned, she couldn't be sure.
"Ariel" did appear, but it was not her.
Because the "history" and "knowledge" of the mermaids are passed down by word of mouth, and often the more they are passed down, the less information they have, so Ariel cannot be sure whether there really was a queen in the history of the mermaids with the same name as her, "Ariel".
But what she can be sure of is that there is absolutely no mermaid named "Ariel" in the mermaid tribe except her.
"Wait a minute, is this 'Ariel' the name of the queens of the mermaids? Every queen is called 'Ariel', but the mermaids don't pay attention to record, and the most knowledgeable old mermaid at the time committed suicide, so no mermaid knows this rule anymore?"
Someone suddenly asked.
This situation actually also exists among humans. For example, in the famous city of Syro, the chief consul was not called the chief consul, but Caesar.
"But, if no one knows this rule anymore, then why is the Queen of the Sea still called 'Ariel'?" someone asked.
"Uh..." The person who proposed the hypothesis was speechless.
So the strong men present once again turned their attention to Ariel.
Ariel remained silent.
Because she didn't know the situation either.
She only remembered that she was called "Ariel" since she was a child.
... ...
In the light screen.
Queen Ariel continued, "Every generation of mermaid queens will inherit the name 'Ariel'. Since the first generation of mermaid queens was named Ariel, after the first generation of mermaid queens, 'Ariel' became another name, or title, for all the 'mermaid queens'."
After hearing the explanation of the Queen's soul, Gu Ran nodded and walked towards the place she said to look for the soul of the little conch.
These souls that still exist in physical form look different from each other, but they all have the same excellent appearance they had before birth.
However, Gu Ran had no intention of appreciating their beauty. After seeing them clearly, he quickly glanced over without staying for even a second.
"Why are there none at all?"
Gradually, Gu Ran became a little anxious.
If the little conch had not been involved, with Gu Ran's shrewdness and psychological quality, it would have been impossible for him to lose his calmness in such a short time.
When he eliminated the last soul, his heart sank completely.
“Didn’t you find it?” Queen Ariel and the few mermaid souls that still had some intelligence floated over.
Gu Ran nodded quickly: "I have already looked through them all, and there is no soul I am looking for among them! Do you know what is going on?"
Ariel frowned, thought about it, and her expression became more serious: "Let's look in the remaining directions. If we still can't find it, then it is very likely that we have encountered the worst result."
Worst outcome
Gu Ran took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
Although he didn't want to hear the worst outcome, he must not let himself get upset. Otherwise, not only would it be of no help, it might also affect his ability to analyze the problem.
Gu Ran didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurried to scan and search for the locations of soul groups in other directions.
After he finished examining the souls in the last direction, his heart sank to the bottom and his face looked very ugly.
"None at all!"
What happened to the little conch
Gu Ran looked at the souls of Ariel and asked quickly, "I have checked all the souls. Why are none of them the ones I am looking for?"
Queen Ariel pondered for a moment and said, "You should have thought of this. If the souls here are not the ones you are looking for, then she should have completely merged with the ruins. In other words, she is completely dead and completely disappeared."
Gu Ran stood there in a daze.
He totally couldn't accept this result.
"Why is this happening? It is obvious that the era you are in is very long ago and has not been completely integrated with the ruins, and she is just a challenger who has entered the ruins not long ago. Why did she disappear completely?" Gu Ran asked Queen "Ariel".
Ariel pondered for a moment and asked, “Actually, this is not surprising. Your lover is not an isolated case. There have been many similar cases in the history of the mermaids.
“In history, there have been countless mermaids who have challenged the ruins. Some have succeeded, while others have failed. The successful challengers will become the controllers of the ruins and can bring out the many wonderful uses of the ruins. But this is not without a price. The more you use the ruins, the more you will be bound to them.
“When they are seriously injured or about to die for other reasons, they will automatically enter the ruins and become a part of the ruins. However, the stronger they were before death, the more clear their intelligence will be after becoming a part of the ruins, and the longer they will stay.
“And for those who fail in the challenge, their fate is usually cruel. First of all, their strength must not be high. Secondly, if the challenge fails, then their strength must have been severely damaged. Combining various reasons, they will be the first souls to be merged by the ruins.
"But according to common sense, even the loser of the challenge should not be able to merge with the ruins so quickly, unless the other party takes the initiative to speed up the fusion with the ruins. But how is this possible? As long as the spiritual intelligence is still there, it will usually choose to continue to retain its spiritual intelligence. How can it take the initiative to speed up its own "complete death"? "
Unless the other party takes the initiative to speed up the integration with the ruins
Gu Ranru was struck by lightning, and he suddenly remembered what the little conch said.
"At the moment when I am merged with the ruins, I should be able to control the ruins for a short period of time. At that time, I will help you open the passage to leave the ruins. You must get out immediately at that time."
Gu Ran murmured, "You are so stupid."
Queen Ariel saw Gu Ran's expression and stopped talking: "It seems that you already understand the reason."
Gu Ran found himself stuck in a knot. Every time he was excited and thought he was about to untie the knot, he discovered that everything was an illusion and the knot became even tighter.
Fate looked at him mockingly.
"Is there really no way? If she has merged with the ruins, is there really no way to save her?" Gu Ran asked Queen "Ariel" unwillingly.
Queen Ariel sighed, "If we really want to talk about solutions, there are indeed solutions, but it is equivalent to having no solutions.
"Although I don't want to see such a sad situation, reality is sometimes so cruel that it will not change according to the will of any intelligent creature."
"What method?!" Gu Ran asked anxiously as if he had grabbed the last straw.
As for what Queen Ariel said behind his back, he pretended not to hear it at all.
No matter what difficulties he encounters, he will try his best to overcome them.
"You should also know that this relic is a product of some kind of technology. Although I have 'mastered' it before, there are still many mysteries about it that I have not yet understood." Queen Ariel said, "I can't even say that I have completely mastered this relic.
"Because this relic has always had the last level of permissions that have never been opened to me, I suspect that the previous successful challengers, like me, did not obtain the last level of permissions. And with this level of permissions, I guess you can do anything with this relic, including self-destruction.
“So if we can obtain the last level of authority, then we can separate a weak soul from the ruins. If this can be done, then the ruins will definitely not refuse to execute it.
"Just don't talk about you as a human. Even if you are a mermaid, even if you succeed in the challenge and have mastered the ruins, you can't get the last level of authority. So I said that although this method exists, it is equivalent to nothing."