I may be a dummy

Han Zhan had a vague impression of this mermaid. He was Han Zhan's kin. He had just grown up, and he was related to Han Zhan by blood. Of course, the mermaid didn't care much about it.

Dongkui obviously recognized who the other party was, he swam down, his lips quivered a few times, "Is he dead?"

"Yes."

Dong Kui was panicked, he couldn't help approaching the dead mermaid, "Ed is very powerful, who killed him?"

Suddenly the mermaid's face moved, as if there was something in its mouth, Han Zhan's expression froze, he grabbed Dong Kui, "Don't go there."

At this moment, the mermaid opened his lips, and a finger-thin worm flew out of his mouth, heading straight for Dongkui.

Han Zhan quickly grabbed the black worm. The worm's shell was very hard. Han Zhan lost his grip for a while, making it struggle violently, and at the same time, long needles were exposed from its tail.

Dongkui's eyes widened, with a look of horror on his face, "What is this?!"

"I don't know." Han Zhan didn't touch the worm's tail needle. The mermaid's face was still moving, and the abdomen was also bulging. You could vaguely see dense worms wriggling inside. It seemed that there was only one piece of the mermaid's body left. The skin is still intact.Han Zhan cut off the bug's head, and said seriously to Dongkui, "Go quickly."

When Han Zhan and Dong Kui swam up, they all looked unhappy, and the little mermaids looked at each other in blank dismay.

Suo Tu frowned and asked, "Is there anything down here?"

Dong Kui's face was heavy, he subconsciously looked at Yuan Xi and shook his head.

Han Zhan picked up the winter cubs with his big hands, and said to the little mermaids who were confused: "Let's get out of here."

Ai Rui outside was spitting bubbles out of boredom. Just after spitting out a bubble, he saw the little mermaids hurrying away from the giant algae forest, as if there was some scourge behind them. ?”

"Don't come here." Han Zhan looked back at the kelp forest, which had become eerie due to the loss of sunlight, "Let's talk about it when we go back."

Dongzai's mouth was tightly pursed, and he hugged Han Zhan's fingers a little scared, "Brother..."

Han Zhan lowered his eyes and spoke softly, "It's okay, don't be afraid, Zai Zai, let's go home."

"You all come to Uncle Ai Rui." Ai Rui opened his arms, hugged a few little mermaids, and led them away from the giant algae forest quickly.

Back in the shallow sea area, Han Zhan asked Yuan Xi to play with Dong cubs near the gorgonian coral. He asked Ai Rui, "How did Yuan Xi's father die?"

Ai Rui frowned, "I'm not sure about this, what exactly did you find inside?"

"A mermaid died there." Han Zhan spread his hand and showed the dead bug to Ai Rui, "This bug flew out of his body."

Ai Rui was serious, and he recognized it, "I have never seen this kind of bug."

"I heard from Uncle Lei Zhe before that when Yuan Xi's father was discovered, there were only a few parts of his body left. At that time, everyone suspected that the Dragon Clan did it. But Uncle Lei Zhe said that it was not true. If the Dragon Clan attacked the mermaid, it would definitely There will be no bones left behind." After all, with the size of a dragon, it can completely swallow a mermaid in one gulp.

"Also." Thinking of the picture he saw before, Han Zhan's face was gloomy, "I guess that mermaid only has a layer of skin left, and it's full of bugs."

After hearing this, Ai Rui almost broke into a cold sweat, "Do you suspect that this kind of bug attacked the mermaid and even ate him?"

Han Zhan nodded, "It's possible."

"This should not be a bug in our sea area. I have never heard of bugs eating mermans before." Ai Rui was in a mess, "If it came from another sea area, it would be troublesome."

This will become the natural enemy of their mermaids, even more dangerous than the dragons.

"I'm going to ask Longhui, tell Lei Zhe about the situation, and tell everyone not to get close to the giant algae forest." After finishing speaking, Ai Rui hurriedly swam away.

Dongkui, who is the most active on weekdays, came back from the giant algae forest, looking very preoccupied. He sat on the gorgonian coral, with his chin in his hands, in a daze.

Suo Tu swam over, "What did you see down there?"

Dongkui hesitated, "I saw a dead mermaid."

"Then look at what Yuan Xi is doing."

"I was afraid that Yuan Xi would think of his father, so I didn't say anything." Dongkui said again, "The mermaid's body still has terrible bugs, Suo Tu, do you think Yuan Xi's father was really killed by the Dragon Clan?"

"I don't know." Suotu looked at Yuan Xi. Yuan Xi's father had been missing for several days, and it was only after Long Hui found his broken bones. It was not clear how he died, but the other mermaids thought it was the Dragon Clan who did it. .

Their mermaid tribe has always been strong and fierce, and they can call other mermaids for help if they can't beat them, and they rarely die silently.

But what happened, no one knows.

As the evening approached, Lei Zhe came back with a big sea beast, planning to give Jiali an extra meal.

While Lei Zhe and Jiali were there, Han Zhan told them what happened in the giant algae forest today.

Jiali was stunned, as if lost in memory. After a long time, he said, "Three days after Yuanxi's father disappeared, Long Hui and I went to look for him. When we found him, only his head and a piece of fish tail were left, and he didn't look at it." Seeing the insects, they may have finished eating and flew away."

"Be careful when you go out recently, it may not only eat mermans, other sea beasts are also their prey."

Lei Zhe looked serious, "Han Zhan, let's go to the Great Trench tomorrow." He had to find out whether this kind of bug came from another sea area.

In the evening, Long came back to pick up Yuanxi. He and Ai Rui went to the Kelp Forest to confirm it before, but they went too late, and the dead mermaid only had bones and no bugs, but the two almost believed it.Longhui urgently needed to go to the Great Trench, so he made an appointment with Lei Zhe for the departure time, and then took Yuanxi back.

Lei Zhe and Jiali were discussing something in the room, and for a moment they forgot about the hungry Dong Cub.

Han Zhan thought that the winter cub might be frightened today, so he slaughtered the male bighead fish he caught earlier, cut off several layers of the most tender meat, put it in a shell bowl, and pounded it into a meat paste.

After finishing it, he swam out the door with the shell bowl in hand, beckoning to Dongzai, "Zaizai, come here."

"Okay~" Dong Cub wagged his little tail and landed lightly in Han Zhan's palm.

After feeding Dong Zai a bowl of meat paste, Han Zhan wiped Dong Zai's mouth clean, "My brother is going out tomorrow, so you stay at home obediently, do you understand?"

Knowing that his brother was going out with his father to catch big guys, Dongzai didn't make any noise, and his face was serious, "Zaizai, be good."

Han Zhan held up the little mermaid and wanted to touch his little head, but when he saw the braids on his head, he paused for a moment and still didn't put his hands on it.

Lei Zhe and Han Zhan set off before dawn, and Dongzai woke up and couldn't see his brother, so he was sullen with his mouth open.Jiali's father coaxed for a long time before the little mermaid smiled.

Ai Rui came over in the morning and said he had something to go out, leaving Yuan Xi at Jiali's house.

The two little mermaids don't know what happened yesterday, they are still playing carefree. The only worry is when their brother/father will come back.

Lei Zhe and the others went for several days in a row. In fact, the situation in the Great Trench was very bad.

At the end of the sea area is a mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles. Under the mountain range, there are countless large cracks like spider webs, which stand in front of them like a moat. This is the big trench, and each channel leads to a different sea area.

There are corpses everywhere, and countless black insects are attached to them, gnawing at the flesh and blood on the bones, making one's hair stand on end.

The sea beast that came out of the crack was full of scars, panting heavily, and found several fresh mermaids at the exit, and the eyes of the sea beast were green.

Seeing that Lei Zhe and Long Hui didn't intend to do anything, Han Zhan sharpened his sharp nails. Before the sea beast pounced, Han Zhan swung his tail, swam behind the sea beast, grabbed its dorsal fin and snapped it off.

"Roar——" the sea beast opened its gear-like mouth and roared. It twisted its body and quickly bit Han Zhan's fish tail.

Han Zhan propped his hands on the back of the sea beast, leaped with his strength, and quickly retracted his tail.

The sea beast took a bite and tried to open its mouth again, but its pointed upper jaw was firmly held down, and the next moment its sharp claws pierced into its belly.

After making sure that the sea beast was too dead to die again, Han Zhan let go of his hand, and the sea beast's body floated in the water for a while before sinking slowly.

After a long journey, this sea beast was already exhausted and hungry. It was at its weakest now, otherwise Han Zhan would not be able to kill it easily.

A black worm came out of the belly of the sea beast, and rushed to Long Hui, which was closest to the crack.

Long Hui was stung by its tail needle, and his entire arm was quickly paralyzed, unable to move.Long Hui's mind went blank, he wondered in a daze, is this how Yansheng died, and watched himself being eaten bite by bite, but he was powerless.

Long Hui couldn't imagine how painful Yan Sheng must have been at that time.

Some sea beasts came out of other gaps, and some of them didn't have bugs on them, but when they came out of the cracks, they would all be attacked by bugs without exception.

Lei Zhe slapped the bug off Long Hui's arm, "Long Hui, are you okay?"

Bugs kept coming out of the sea beasts. Han Zhan grabbed them as much as he could and crushed them to death one by one. However, there were more and more bugs, and Han Zhan said eagerly, "There are too many bugs, we can't prevent them."

Long Hui's eyelashes trembled, and it became difficult for him to even open his mouth. He exhausted all his strength, and only uttered one word, "Go..."

Lei Zhe grabbed Longhui's arm and led him away from the great trench.