Mermaid [Interstellar]

Screams rang out.

Many people shouted indiscriminately: "Guard guard!", "Who are you? What are you doing?", "I am XXX, someone will come to my house soon", "Do you know who I am?!"...

"Bang!" There was a gunshot, and everyone fell silent.

"Quiet!" The big man laughed fiercely, "Dear young masters and ladies, please be quiet, don't be afraid, our 'skeleton group' will never injure anyone indiscriminately."

"Skeleton group!" Someone exclaimed, and the big man's eyes immediately paid attention to him, so frightened that he hurriedly covered his mouth.

Indeed, as the big man said, the "Skeleton Squad" will never injure people indiscriminately, provided that you can pay the exorbitant ransom they demand.

Entering the interstellar era, human beings have established empires to lead various tribes in various star fields, but there are also those who are dissatisfied, clamoring to oppose the monarchy, insisting on self-government, and simply wanting to break the law and commit crimes... They shouted "Where is there oppression?" With the slogan of "Where there is Rebellion" and the banner of "Freedom and Equality", they constantly challenged the rule of the empire.

The Star Thief Group is one of them. They wander among the various star regions, engaging in murder and robbery, ignoring the laws and regulations of the empire, and acting recklessly.

The big man: "Now, young masters and ladies, please move to our starship first." He touched the face of a passing lady, and before the woman yelled, he said loudly: "Don't you Wronged, wait for your family to come over with the ransom, and then you will cry in their arms! Hahahaha!"

"You... you are breaking the law! Do you know who is on this spaceship?!"

"Of course we know, kid." The big man looked pleasant and didn't care at all, "I also know that if we get caught, it's game over!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the star robbers who followed him burst out laughing. To be a star thief is to put your head on your belt and lick blood from the knife edge!

A group of normally reserved and well-dressed aristocrats are being pushed away by the big men like little chickens, without their usual coquettish arrogance, and their clothes are twisted in a mess—just woke up from drunkenness and encountered such a reality Strike, completely out of proportion.

After counting the number of people, the big man assured them: "Don't worry, our 'Skeleton Squad' is very particular about credibility. If we take the ransom, we will pay for both goods and money!"

Seeing that these young masters and ladies were sent away, some people below began to come alive, looking at this huge and luxurious spaceship with greedy eyes: "Boss, what about this ship?"

"What should I do?!" The big man patted one of them on the head, "We didn't bring technology over here, is this thing brought back to give someone a lair?!"

"Hey, it's too wasteful to just return it like this."

The big man glared at these young people, he was still too naive and needed to be taught.He patiently explained: "The spaceships made by the Imperial Army will be equipped with trackers inside, which are different from civilian ones. You don't even know where they will install the trackers. You have to come and compare this thing professionally." That's right. What's more, this spaceship is specially made—"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a flustered subordinate: "It's not good, boss, someone jumped into the sea!"

"What?!" The big man was startled, and jumped up, "What do you think of people?!"

The person came with a mournful face: "Just...just look at it like that."

"Nonsense, you," the big man said while walking quickly, "If you dare not look with both eyes, I've already dug out your eyeballs!"

He cursed: "If I, Heinrich, get caught because of this incident, you don't want to live!"

The person who came asked cautiously: "Didn't they ask them to exchange people with ransom?"

"Of course it's a ransom exchange." Heinrich counted the number of people, his face was livid, and his tone was cold, "Immediately send someone to find the person who jumped into the sea! If you want to live, you want to see the person, and if you die, you want to see the corpse!"

……

At the same time, the Mermaid Royal Court inside the Blue Star Ocean.

"Happy Birthday! Sixth Sister!"

"Pearl, happy birthday, congratulations on becoming an adult!"

"Congratulations Pearl, happy birthday!"

In the same lively banquet hall, the night pearls shone brightly in the sea water, and the daughters of the Mermaid King seldom got together—today was the coming-of-age birthday of their youngest sister, Pearl.

"Thank you, thank you! Thank you, sisters, thank you all!" Pearl's eyes turned into crescents, "I am really happy today!"

The third sister teased her: "I'm finally happy to be able to surface."

"Hey, sister!" Pearl rarely blushed, "I'm just curious."

The old grandmother smiled at the side, reached out and tapped Pearl's forehead, and echoed: "That's right, we, Pearl, are just curious."

In the tradition of mermaids, minors cannot float on the surface of the sea. Therefore, every mermaid looks forward to becoming an adult as soon as they are young. By the way, the average life span of mermaids is 70 years, but their adulthood is [-] years old.

Pearl curled her lips: "I can't change my legs again, and I will be back soon."

The eldest sister comforted her: "Don't worry so much, Dr. Zhu Li has already said that you are just weak, so you need to slow down your legs. After a while, your legs will definitely come out."

Fifth Sister smiled and took the words: "Maybe one day when you wake up, you will find that you have suddenly grown a pair of legs!"

Adult mermaids can use their legs to walk freely on land. It is also at this time that many mermaids start from the sea and go to various places.

The old grandmother stroked Pearl's long golden hair: "After the banquet is over, you can go up to the sea to have a look."

What is it like on the sea?

Pearl thought aimlessly, although the blue star ocean is vast, but there is also land, even if there are not many people, there are still some.

People on land walk with their legs apart, they build beautiful buildings like the Crystal Palace, they drive various advanced mechanical machines, and they sing ancient songs.

Pearl was imagining, and the picture on the land was slowly unfolding before her eyes like a scroll, with vivid people moving on it, doing various things and having various expressions.

It's as if... she is in it, she is one of them, living with them in the building built on the ground, operating advanced equipment.

"What are you thinking about? So engrossed?" The third sister patted Pearl, bringing her back to her senses.

Pearl coughed and said shyly, "Well, I was just thinking about what it's like on the sea."

"What else can there be?" The second sister raised her eyebrows, "You will know soon, but I have to give you a vaccination first, our Blue Star is not such a developed place, it is not as prosperous as you knew before , we are just a small, remote place in the countryside.”

Pearl blinked incomprehensibly.

The fourth sister covered her mouth with a smile and said, "You'll know when Pearl goes up to see it. Just don't feel boring and plain."

The old grandmother looked at the time and clapped her hands: "Okay, it's getting late, girls. Let's not waste Xiao Liu's time, let her go up, you should go back and rest."

The old grandmother put a garland of crinoids on Pearl's head, bowed her head and kissed her forehead: "My child, I wish you good luck."

Pearl bid farewell to everyone and went upstream, the tail of the fish swung quickly, stirring up foam and following her all the way up.

Getting closer and brighter, she swam faster, as if she had seen the long-imagined blue sky.

With a "plop", she emerged from the water.

Pearl breathed greedily, the air did not enter the lungs through the gills, but was inhaled from the nasal cavity, which was a bit stimulating and addictive.

She swims freely on the surface of the sea, plays with the birds that occasionally fly over the surface of the sea, and fights with the small fish that float up. She can even break up the reflection of the moon on the surface of the sea with her fish tail to look at those floating lights. Gathered again under the light - she had a lot of fun.

All this is so new and interesting to her.

The huge starship is floating above the sea.

Bright lights, lively and noisy shouts, and the rumbling sound of machines, Pearl looked up curiously.

Where the starship passed, the birds disappeared, and the fish swam without a trace.

……

"No, boss, are we really going down?"

Heinrich cast a sideways glance at the person who was speaking: "Mother, jiggling, swallow your saliva for me, don't spit it out for me! You lost it, where did you get the money if you don't get it back? Ah?"

He paced back and forth, his boots stepping heavily on the deck as if stepping on the hearts of his subordinates: "Without money, where can we get equipment? Without equipment, how can we rob people for money? Without money and people, where did you come from?" Wife and children? Everyone! Listen to me, the lost person must be found, if he is allowed to run away and recruit the army, don’t talk about wives and children, whether he can live or not is another matter!”

Seeing the bitter faces of his subordinates, Joseph, the deputy, bravely stepped forward and said, "But, boss, this is Blue Star! There are ferocious mermaids in the water! This is something that even the imperial army with advanced weapons can't bear." The blue star that can't be attacked for a long time!"

"Can't attack for a long time?! Then tell me how Blue Star was included in the territory?! Bullying me for not having read a book?" Heinrich spat, spit out a mouthful of phlegm, and waved his hand, "Don't say anything , People must find it, inform them, those who know how to do it will go to the water to find it, and those who can't do it will bring equipment down!"

Joseph wanted to say something, but Heinrich glared at him, opened his mouth in vain, and then closed it again.

The reason why Blue Star was able to be included in the empire’s territory was the result of the negotiation of Alice, the “Duke of Roses”. At that time, many academicians of the Imperial Academy of Sciences took the blame and resigned.

Blue Star is the only residence of mermaids other than Yunhaixing. Seeing that the war has not progressed, in the end, Duke Alice, the lord of the starfield where Yunhaixing was located, went to negotiate and agreed to give Bluestar a high degree of autonomous management rights, promising on behalf of the empire. He would respect the living customs of all the mermaids in Blue Star, so the mermaid king let himself go and let himself become a small lord under the rule of the empire.