Age Of The Sirens

In the northern part of the Marinaya Trench, at the bottom of the abyss that humans rarely set foot in, there are many huge stone tablets buried.On the stele, ancient characters describe an ancient civilization that has been lost for hundreds of years.

The original name of the Siren Clan was not Siren, but Merman.They existed before recorded human history began.Over the long years, when the feather people in the sky gradually disappeared, when human beings became the masters of this planet and began to write their own long history, the mermaids gradually cut off their connection with the land and lived in seclusion in the depths of the ocean.Only occasionally seen by humans.

Unlike human beings who have gradually abandoned religious beliefs, mermaids always believe that gods and reincarnation are real.The mermen believe that the world was created by the Great Desolation God.After the creation of the world was completed, the Great Wild God left behind twelve divine senses, who came to save the world when the world was in danger.However, these twelve consciousnesses had fulfilled their destiny long before the recorded history of mankind began, and disappeared in the cycle of reincarnation.

The main god of the sharks is Yinglong, the god of the sea.This god does not only exist in legends, but actually lives among his people as a mermaid, assisting successive sea kings to protect all things in the sea.He has the ability to reincarnate continuously. Before he dies in each life, he will leave the time, place and characteristics of his future reincarnation to the monk, the religious leader of the merman, and the monk will keep this sacred information until the prophecy The time has come to welcome back the new Ying Long.This tradition has continued for thousands of years, until 500 years ago, Yinglong summoned all the merman monks and told them:

The lifespan of the Great Wilderness (Earth) is numbered, many species are going extinct on a mass scale, and the living conditions of the oceans are deteriorating.The sea water is getting warmer, the poisonous substance content is getting higher and higher, fish and plants are dying on a large scale, large-scale diseases have spread in the main cities of the Merman several times, and the birth rate is also decreasing year by year, even only a few in a year. Several juvenile mermaids were born.All kinds of signs indicate that the order of the Great Wilderness has been disrupted.The souls reincarnated in reincarnation could not find a body to reincarnate, and more and more gathered in the reincarnation disk, and the order gradually collapsed, and the passage between the gods and the wilderness was about to be completely closed.In the next 1000 years, this planet will become a wasteland and scorched land.

As the only god remaining in the wilderness, he is powerless against the coming doomsday, and the only one who can save the world is the divine sense of the great wilderness.However, since the consciousness has been lost in samsara, it cannot be easily found. The only way is for him to leave the wilderness, return to the Supreme God Realm, and summon the consciousness to come to the world.It's just that once he left, he might not be able to come back until the order was re-established and the passage between the God Realm and the Great Wilderness was opened.

After explaining these words, Sea God Yinglong closed his eyes and entered Nirvana.The mermaids walked alone for 100 years in the dark century without gods, and finally waited for the divine consciousness that Yinglong said-Chen Yuan came to the world.

However, the birth of the consciousness did not immediately reverse the declining fate of the mermaids.Human beings discharge all poisonous substances such as sewage, nuclear waste, oil, heavy metals, etc. into the sea. Seaweed and fish are extinct on a large scale, and new diseases are raging again and again among the sharply reduced mermaids.At the same time, due to the lack of willingness on land, humans began to develop underwater resources, and the mermaids were always facing the danger of being discovered.

When countless mothers or fathers cry bitterly while hugging their festering children, and then choose to give up their lives; They were also unable to grow seaweed and fell into famine, and extremists who hated humans began to appear among the mermaids.They will create storms near human ships, pull humans who fall into the sea into the deep sea to drown, and use sound waves to interfere with the ship's radar to make them hit the rocks.

Chen Yuan expressly forbids the act of attacking humans privately, because he knows that if this continues, the location of the mermaids will definitely be exposed.But the number of extremists is increasing, and the voice of dissatisfaction among the people is getting louder, and even shakes the belief of the Great Desolation God.The mermaids began to doubt whether the young mermaid who was only a hundred years old was really the savior prayed by the sea god, and whether the gods had completely given up on this world.They shouted for revenge for the dead people, the dead ocean, and the dead wilderness.They believe that only by destroying human beings can this crumbling world be truly saved.

The sentiment of hatred spread among the only merman cities left, and Haiguo, shrouded in deep silence, fell into uneasiness that was about to rain.Finally, the rebellious mermen formed an army and attacked New York and Tokyo. They claimed to represent all mermen and were Chen Yuan's subordinates.

Humans will not know about the struggle within the mermaids, and they will only think that this is the entire Kraken clan declaring war on humans.Chen Yuan was forced to declare war on humans after those mermen who hated humans drew their attention to the deep sea.

When humans sent a request for peace talks to the sharks, Chen Yuan considered this proposal for a while.But at that time, the mermaids won their first battle, and the voices of hatred for humans had reached an unprecedented level.What's more frightening is that the mermaids learned from the human captives that humans are secretly developing weapons to deal with the mermaids.

Throughout the history of mankind, no matter what the reasons are, wars have never stopped.This is a hard-working, but cruel and short-sighted race. Chen Yuan knows that human peace promises have always been empty talk.In this age of losing faith, as long as it is driven by profit, there is nothing that people cannot do.Now that the existence of the mermaids has been exposed, blindly believing in the promise of human beings will only send the remaining clansmen to perish.

Finally, he decided to reject the peace talks.

At that time, Chen Yuan hadn't got most of the memories of the Great Desolation God, and the divine power in his body hadn't been fully awakened yet.So he forgot that as a spiritual consciousness, he had to protect not only mermaids.And he and the shark clan also paid a heavy price for this.

Everything that happened next was as recorded in human history.Chen Yuan was captured, and the Yuren were defeated and almost wiped out.The only remaining mermen were enslaved for 300 years, and the merman civilization was almost destroyed. Even the name "merman" was obliterated, leaving only a few words on those ruined monuments.

300 years later, a small group of sirens who escaped human enslavement re-established a secluded colony deep in the Mariana Trench.They control the creatures in the abyss to protect them, collect reefs on the seabed to build houses, search for all the luminous night pearls and usable tools in the destroyed city of Guixu, and build their own homes bit by bit.

During this period, the third base has searched for traces of the Krakens in the entire sea area several times, but in the vast sea, the sound wave field of the Krakens can make the sonar system that the submarine relies on fail, and there is nowhere to find them.After a long time, coupled with the fact that the war between bases on land was in full swing, the search was gradually put on hold.

In the blink of an eye, eight years have passed in a flash.

In the past eight years, new changes have taken place in the land pattern.The third base was divided between the first base and the second base, and the fourth base became a subsidiary of the first base. Although the fifth base also joined the first base in name, due to the lack of resources and the small population, Rarely participates in contention for resources.At the same time, another force that is becoming full-fledged is the original rebel army, now the Freedom Alliance.The First Foundation, the Second Foundation, and the Liberty League have gradually become a triumvirate, but the First Foundation remains the most powerful force on Earth.

In today's base system, the hierarchy is stricter, and surveillance is pervasive.People no longer dare to talk about the decrees issued by the Ministry of Security, and no longer dare to casually mention the names of sharp swords and wise men.Every day, people disappear silently, and people have learned not to be surprised, and continue their daily lives as usual.

The sea monsters on land began to be persecuted more severely.In order to ensure its status, the First Base forced the Fourth Base to ban the Kraken.Some sirens fled after getting wind of them, but most were secretly exterminated.Although the first base and the second base did not completely ban the Kraken team, they installed a self-explosion system on each of the Krakens.As soon as a kraken shows any signs of bond failure, their masters can take drastic measures.

However, during these eight years, another underground organization quietly took shape.The members of this organization are elusive, hiding in the major bases, not participating in any competition for resources, and most of the time they behave very harmlessly.But whenever a sea monster escaped from the team, they would meet and help those sea monsters leave the first or second base.People call them "rescuers" in private.

The Rescuers initially helped only sirens, but later, even humans who were persecuted for their low loyalty value began to seek their refuge.These defectors from the base are often transferred to the fourth or fifth base, assigned a new job, and even use plastic surgery to change the appearance of each other and start a new life.No one knows how many rescuers live silently beside them. They will never mention their identities to outsiders. Whenever there is a possibility of being suspected, other rescuers will immediately help the suspected members to transfer.Many people who were helped by the rescuers later became members of the organization, and this force grew little by little.

Many sirens who successfully escaped into the sea and found the siren colony spread the existence of the rescuers.It has been spread to the leader of the sea monsters - Mercury's ear.

The young brown-haired merman who had just been unbound was led by Qingdi and swam through the long stone corridor.The luminous pearl embedded on the ceiling of the cave casts a cool and secluded streamer.

The brown-haired merman was very nervous, tightly holding the hem of his clothes that was fluttering.The current costumes of the sea monsters have changed a lot. They found the method of making shark silk from the ruins of the city of return. After repeated research and improvement, they finally successfully made the first shark silk by using the algae fiber in the sea. Silk clothes.Then the technology became more and more mature, and now most of the sea monsters wear the kind of light and elegant clothes that don't get wet.

Qingdi stopped in front of two simple stone doors, and slowly pushed the door open.The water behind the door is glistening, the cave is quiet, and a few small and exquisite jellyfish rise slowly like bubbles.The furnishings in the cave are surprisingly simple, except for some simple furniture and some fish swimming around boredly, there is no extra decoration.Turning around the outer cave, in a slightly smaller cave, behind a desk carved from red coral reefs, sat a silver figure.

The brown-haired siren held his breath, not daring to vent his breath.

That is Mercury, the king of sea monsters, the reincarnation of the god who can call wind and rain and drive the entire sea.His story has long been spread among the Krakens in every base.

Qingdi didn't kneel down to Mercury as the young siren imagined, but just nodded in respect, "This is Qi Mu, the siren who escaped recently with the help of rescuers."

Quicksilver, who was looking at the waterproof tablet in his hand, raised his head. On his handsome face, a pair of icy blue eyes with silver starlight fell on the worried brown-haired siren.It was a steady, deep and wide gaze, just like the sea water in this ancient abyss, wrapping it endlessly.The restlessness in the brown-haired siren's heart suddenly calmed down.

However, within the depth and breadth, there is also a kind of indescribable emptiness.As if something was missing.

Quicksilver nodded and said, "Qingdi, you go out first."

"Yes."

After Qingdi withdrew, Quicksilver stood up slowly.He was tall, and his knee-length silver hair spread out behind him like a galaxy hanging down.The silver-white wide sleeves also danced with the turbulence of the water, and the brown-haired siren in front of him couldn't help admiring his dignified and dignified demeanor.

"Are you used to living here?" Quicksilver asked in that unhurried voice.

Qi Mu quickly replied, "Very...very used to it."

"Did you miss your master?"

"No..." Qi Mu pursed his lips, "I've already drank the anti-binding reagent."

Quicksilver nodded without asking further questions.Generally, sea monsters who are willing to drink the anti-binding reagent are either because the master is dead, or because the master is not good to them.

He pointed to a coral chair near the table, "Sit down."

Qi Mu immediately executed it as if he heard an order, and sat down on that chair in a dignified manner.Quicksilver slowly paced out from behind the desk, casually grabbed a handful of fish food from a nearby ceramic bowl, and sprinkled it in the air.Several colorful small fish swarmed nearby.

"You said, have you met the leader of the rescuers?" Quicksilver asked suddenly.

Qi Mu hurriedly replied, "It's not really meeting, but I saw it from a distance. At that time, I was transferred to the fifth base, and my rescuer was going to report to him the rescue situation of the second base, so I sent I took it."

"How much do you know about that leader?"

Qi Mu thought for a while, "He lives in a very remote but large manor, and he seems to be quite rich. There are many apple trees planted in his garden. He seemed to be pruning the trees at the time, and it was too far away from me. I can’t see his appearance clearly. My rescuer said that he is one of the few people who have seen the leader, and in most cases the leader does not allow other members to contact him directly.”

A small blue fish was swimming between Quicksilver's slender fingers, and the silver-haired siren asked again, "Did your refugee tell you where to find us?"

"No. I remember that the rescuer took out a very primitive mobile phone and handed it to me after getting through. I heard a voice telling me to come to find you near the Mariana Trench, and told me not to tell other human beings. Not even my rescuer can say that."

Quicksilver turned to face Qimu, his gaze was like a torch, "Do you know why they want to help the siren?"

"I asked. My rescuer said that the first rescuers seemed to be the former owners of some sea monsters that had fled into the sea. They couldn't understand the base's oppression of the sea monsters, so they came to help."

Quicksilver was thinking, rubbing his chin unconsciously with his thumb.After a while, he suddenly released an infrasound, "Peacock, come see me now." Then, he looked at Qi Mu again, nodded slightly, "Thank you for your hard work. You can go."

When Qi Mu left Shuiyin's cave with anxiety, he passed by another siren with gorgeous peacock-blue long hair.He was taken aback, isn't that the peacock that every sea monster would tremble three times when seeing it...

After Peacock entered the door, he nodded symbolically at Quicksilver, "Are you looking for me?"

Mercury was also not polite, and immediately asked, "In the past few years, have you ever met Tsuruta Takumi?"

Peacock was stunned for a moment, the familiar name made his heart tighten, "The last time I saw him was five years ago."

Five years ago, refugee organizations were probably just beginning to emerge.

"Then?"

"You still need to ask after that? There are so many problems to solve every day, and you don't even have time to eat, let alone go on a date with him." Peacock sighed, "I just hope that he won't fall in love with someone else."

"You have a way to contact him?"

"...What do you want?"

"The number of refugees is increasing, and the more humans know our location, the higher the possibility of exposure. I need to know who the leader of the refugees is. Now Guixu City is basically on the right track. It's time to look into this matter."

As an old comrade who has assisted Mercury for many years, Peacock immediately understood the meaning of his words, "You don't mean to go in person, do you?"

Quicksilver nodded without hesitation.

"Are you crazy? Why don't you let Lanhuang or Qingdi do this kind of thing?! If humans know that you are on land, you will never come back!"

Quicksilver knew that what Peacock said was reasonable, but... the more he listened to those mermen from land describe the asylum seekers and their mysterious leader, something inexplicably agitated in his heart.

As if, urging him to do something.

"I have my measure."

"Why can't I hear that you have the slightest sense of propriety?"

"Peacock." Mercury's voice condensed, full of a deep sense of oppression, "I'm not discussing with you."

Peacock stared at him speechlessly for a long time, then raised his hands in surrender, "Okay, okay, go as you want, don't blame me for not reminding you."

"I don't intend to go alone." Shuiyin raised the corner of her mouth slightly, revealing a bit of rare cunning, "You will go with me."

The author has something to say: This chapter involves some background settings of "The Shaman Trilogy" and "The Great Witch"