from the deep sea

There was a rotten smell in the sea water, like the smell of dead organisms soaking and fermenting in sea water, it was very unpleasant.This smell floated along the flow of sea water, and Nan Yu felt that the nearby deep-sea creatures were far away from this sea area.

It seems that this thing is very fierce, he thought so.

Hai Ruo patted Bechymos on the head: "I'll leave it to you."

The huge Bechymos was unexpectedly flexible in the sea, and he moved quietly.

Nan Yu controlled the jellyfish lamp to float beside him and Hai Ruo. The black-tailed mermaid followed Bechymos's back with a dark golden light in his pupils.

Everything underwater is under his control.The pitch black deep sea could not block his vision.

The blue light of the comb jellies glows in the dark, as if pointing the way to predators in the shadows.It seemed to be observing the direction of the light spot. The scary-looking monster was indeed a giant crab as Hai Ruo said, but it was limited to its crab-like body and four main crawling legs.

In addition to a flat, shelled torso and four long arthropod legs, the monster also had two huge pincers, or chelicerae.The thick chelicerae are covered with fine hairs, and as it swings its cheliceral feet, traces of blood float out of the fine hairs and dissipate in the sea water.

It seemed to have observed well, kicked its four long legs, turned sideways and swam towards the direction of the two mermaids.

This time, Hai Ruo saw something that made him sick and speechless. He saw that the abdomen of this thing was covered with dense tentacles, and there were burr-like protrusions on the tentacles. When these tentacles swung together, even Hai Ruo Even a rough guy with strong nerves to a certain extent can't help but feel his scalp tingle.

Nan Yu felt the body of the black-tailed mermaid beside him stiffen for a few seconds, and reached out to attach the back of the other's hand: "What's wrong?" Unlike the Neptune, other mermaids can only rely on perception to judge the surrounding movements and creatures in the dark deep sea .

Even though he knew that his priest couldn't see that disgusting monster, Hai Ruo still raised his hand to cover the opponent's eyes: "It's kind of disgusting, don't look, just swim with me."

The same cold embrace brought Nan Yu a sense of security without words, he didn't even need to perceive anything else, the black-tailed mermaid holding him would naturally point him in the right direction.

That disgusting monster is not so much a mutated sea creature as it is an alien creature.It doesn't match any marine species known to the Sea Emperor, and it doesn't have the breath of the sea.

This should be an alien bug.

Hai Ruo judged like this.I just don't know how it adapted to life in the sea and became what it is now.

The speed of the two mermaids is fast, but the speed of the bugs is not slow either.It found that the two prey that attracted it were small in size but very difficult to catch, and the smell of fresh meat tempted it to hunt down the two prey.The worm with a seemingly small brain doesn't feel anything strange at all, and it doesn't think that the prey this time is actually a trap. It only has one thought: to eat those two difficult prey.

The fast-swimming mermaid broke through the current. Nan Yu didn't expect that creature to be so fast, which surpassed almost all seawater fish.He and his ears became ear fins, and so did Hai Ruo.

Fish ossification, this ability will only appear in mermaids of more than one species. When they need it, fish scales, fins and bone spurs will appear on other parts except the tail, and the ears will turn into ear fins. This can Help them fight enemies or court better.

Judging from the current situation, Nan Yu is the former, and Hai Ruo can't identify it.

God knows whether the Emperor of the Sea simply wants to fight the bugs who "trespass" or wants to show off his heroism in front of the officiant.

Nan Yu's hand slid across the water, and the perception from the sea told him that the size of this thing was not small, and from the chaotic water flow around this creature, it could be known that it was slapping the sea violently at the moment.

Bechymos has been quietly lurking behind the bug.His speed is fast enough, and his bite force can guarantee that the bug will be killed in one blow, but at this moment, he is thinking about how to bite.

There is no other reason, it is really that this bug looks too disgusting, and it is not hygienic.Its dense tentacles are entangled with the residues of various marine organisms, the fine hairs on the two chelicerae are also knotted together, and seaweed and silt are still attached to the oblate shells.

Behemoth was deeply worried about his oral health.But he is still dedicated to his work after all, and the Sea Emperor's orders will definitely be fulfilled.As a result, Bechymos's heart was swayed, and with a force from the tail, he rushed forward.

"Crack——" There was a muffled sound, and the upper and lower jaws opened and closed quickly. Bechymos felt that he had bitten the opponent and quickly retreated. He opened his mouth wide and made a few laps around the distance, trying to wash away the rancid smell in his mouth. .

Nan Yu turned his head in the direction of Bechymos' departure strangely: "What's wrong with him?"

Hai Ruo said: "It's okay, this guy is a bit disgusting."

Nan Yu: "What the hell is it?"

"Insects." Hai Ruo didn't bring Nanyu closer, but circled the disgusting creature far away. He always felt a little out of place, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

Hearing the word "bug", Nan Yu frowned: "Why are there such things in the sea? Aren't they space creatures? According to the inherent cognition of the Federation, the Zerg cannot survive in places with particularly abundant oxygen. They live on the earth. They would suffocate to death because they could not breathe."

"That's where the problem lies." Hai Ruo endured the nausea and observed the bug whose body was bitten to pieces by Bechymos: "If it's a fish that slipped through the line of defense, there should be suffocation in the atmosphere, falling The best situation on earth is not far from death, and humans should be able to find it soon. But the one we saw did not look weak at all, it can even move freely in the sea, it seems Very adapted to sea life."

"If seawater cuts off oxygen so that bugs can live on the earth, then is it because they also have gills to breathe underwater? Is it natural or a later evolution?" Nan Yu thought about several conclusions, and then vetoed himself: "No , no creature will have another set of organs that cannot be used, and even if it does, it will degenerate. Evolution takes time. It is impossible for them to evolve a respiratory system adapted to underwater life in a short period of time."

"Then we need to think in a different direction." Hai Ruo narrowed his eyes and spotted the translucent sphere hidden under the insect's tentacles: "Maybe, they have been here for tens of thousands of years."