Mermaid Throne

Canghai is not a small city in the central region.Once known as Treasure Island but now has become an important base of mermaid garrison "Daiwan", which is less than 600 kilometers away from the sea.Some cities facing Turtle Bay have become deserted due to repeated mermaid wars. In contrast, Canghai, which was not involved in the war because of its ambiguous attitude during the war, has become a small number of thriving human cities.

A prosperous and stable city like Canghai gradually loses its defenses when human military strength is tight.Now a large number of troops have begun to concentrate in some cities where turmoil has occurred, to prevent the fourth mermaid city-state from appearing again.

As the internal disputes among human beings became more and more serious, some cities that could not bear the long-term disputes, because the inland support was often not supplied in time, finally began to take refuge in the mermaid tribe.

The first city to open its gates to the merfolk is in the north.Four years ago, the Battle for the Mermaid Throne took place in the waters near this city. No one knew what happened. The first batch of re-species mermaids entered.

That night, an army of tens of thousands of people appeared on the outskirts of the city, preparing to take back their precious coastal territory. However, before the war started, the city's administrator announced to the world via satellite live broadcast that the [-] residents in the city wanted to Accept the asylum of the mermaids instead of continuing to endure the political poverty caused by the unfair distribution of resources.

For the first batch of humans who surrendered, the mermaid tribe reciprocated, and for the first time allowed human beings to accept the protection of the mermaid tribe as non-mermaid slaves.

The referendum results of [-] residents shown on the live broadcast caused huge controversy among human beings.

Although the human government does not agree to such a referendum, their biggest enemy right now is not the mermaids, but the hostile kind. With the global attention, they cannot carry out wars at all.

Since then, three more mermaid city-states have appeared one after another.Although humans have cut off all communication and support with these mermaid city-states, these coastal cities themselves have unique advantages in geographical location and resource reserves. After the city gates were closed again, few humans knew what happened inside. However, according to those free merchants who can trade in and out of the mermaid city-states, these city-states have also experienced significant development.

Tao Yiran's great interest was aroused by the city-state residents who would rather bear infamy than survive.

However, after the mermaid city-state cut off a large number of ties with the outside world, its defenses were even tighter than the inland mechanical city. Homeless people like Tao Yiran who dare not reveal their identities easily have nowhere to go.

After wandering for more than half a month, Tao Yiran finally gave up the idea of ​​sneaking into the city to have a look.

Until the old injury healed, he didn't think about where to go. After walking out of the village, he casually climbed into a transport carriage, got off halfway, and arrived in this delicate atmosphere of Canghai City.

As early as when he fled, part of the huge sum of money from the Fighting Gods Competition was given to Ji Yunzhi and the little mermaid, and the rest was spent on treatment. After living here, the first task is to find a job that can provide food and clothing.

Canghai City also has a fishing port. When Tao Yiran went to apply for the job, the fishermen were preparing to go out to sea. Hearing that this thin and handsome young man wanted to be a fisherman, everyone burst into laughter.

Compared with the tanned and lean fisherman, this young man with wheat-colored skin and a lean but slightly thin body doesn't look like he can withstand the wind and sun at sea at all.

Tao Yiran has long been used to being rejected, but he is a little annoyed by his own image.Because he has been in and out of nursing homes for a long time in the past two years, and rarely appeared outdoors in order to avoid being chased and killed, his hostility that belongs to a boxer has been worn down, and coupled with the emaciation caused by malnutrition in his youth, at first glance, he looks like a Is a fresh graduate student.

Even so, he still didn't want to give up easily, so he walked up to a fisherman who seemed to be quite honest and asked, "Are you alone?"

The fisherman was about to answer when he was suddenly interrupted by a vicious thug not far away. "Where did you come from?" The thug was only wearing a vest on his upper body, and his muscles and exaggerated tattoos gave a good explanation for being able to dress like this in the cold spring.

Tao Yiran remembered what the shopkeeper said yesterday, but he didn't expect that even the fishing port was under the control of gangsters. It seemed that no matter what he did, he had to deal with this kind of person first. "I want to go to sea." In order to make a living, he can put down his figure at any time, and put on an appropriate flattery and submissiveness.

The thug looked him up and down, and only said one word: "Get lost."

Tao Yiran didn't retreat, and put away his smile: "Are you the person in charge here?"

The thug sneered, turned around and was about to leave, but the young man grabbed his shoulders.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the big man twice as strong as Tao Yiran couldn't take the second step no matter what.

"Since it's not, please take me to meet you." Tao Yiran said very politely, and the hand holding his shoulder didn't seem to exert much effort.

The thug became angry from embarrassment, grabbed the man with his backhand and threw it over his shoulder, but he didn't want the man to stand on the soft and uneven sand easily after landing, and then used his own strength to completely remove the arm that was holding him !

"I hate other people's impoliteness." The young man patted him on the shoulder and smiled again: "Go, please take me there?"

Some cold sweat finally broke out on the thug's forehead.

Tao Yiran was quickly taken to a luxuriously decorated warehouse that was completely different from the dilapidated appearance.

The leader lying on the soft animal skin couch was smoking a cigar. The man had a handsome face with profound features, a rather tight figure, and a faint domineering aura that was obviously obtained from actual combat.When Tao Yiran came in, he was surrounded by a group of subordinates who seemed to be discussing something.

Tao Yiran looked at the closed environment, thought for a while, and instead of going in with the thugs, he stopped at the door, waiting for the group of people to notice this side, and looked up at him.

When he was young, he was ignorant of the heights of the sky and the earth, causing trouble everywhere, and had conflicts with the gangsters in every city he visited. As a result, he dared not show up easily in many places now. I was afraid that I would offend the gangsters all over the country, so this time I just stood obediently at the door, trying not to provoke these unreasonable guys.

Of course, in his heart, those culprits were never his fault.

Sure enough, the other party came over to inquire. The young man finally survived the members’ difficulties time and time again by relying on his cautiousness and humility. After understanding the general situation, the leader who had been silent all the time finally said: “With your skill, it’s not easy to be a fisherman.” Isn't it too wasteful?"

This person is different from the gang leader Tao Yiran met before, his sharp eyes seemed to be deep and cruel only after experiencing the battlefield, which made Tao Yiran, who was very vigilant, couldn't help arching slightly defensively upper body.

"I have nothing to do. I used to be a fisherman." He answered cautiously.

"Fishermen don't have such skills, and people with such skills won't be willing to just be fishermen." The leader got up from the soft couch with a cigar in his mouth, and walked slowly to him.

The young man's body tensed automatically, but he still looked straight at the man who was a head taller than him without fear.

Rumor has it that the gang leaders in this city are not easy to mess with, and one of them is the Evolution Man.

"I used to box, but I can't do it now. Is it overkill to retire from fishing? I'm also an ordinary person, so I have to support my family, right?" Tao Yiran looked at this opponent who was probably an evolutionary man without any trace.

The leader laughed in a low voice, and that laughter seemed to bring some air pressure, which made Tao Yiran even more tense.

In the next second, the leader has already made a move, attacking his neck!

Tao Yiran took the attack, and after only a few strokes, he felt the strength and speed different from ordinary people. The young man retreated while fighting, and the corner of his eye confirmed the way of retreat, but the defense was flawless.

The sudden battle between the two made the gang members on the side a little surprised. They had seen all kinds of people who came to challenge them, but it was rare for a young man with a figure to be able to match up with the leader and not lose in a short period of time.

The man who had been biting his cigar half-closed his eyes, and suddenly hit him hard. Tao Yiran dodged quickly, and a dent was smashed into the brick wall beside his ear!

This punch not only didn't scare Tao Yiran away, but also aroused his competitive spirit. The young man's speed was getting faster and faster, and his moves were so weird that people couldn't figure it out. Finally, under his fast attack, the leader was beaten twice. Knee.

"You... participated in the God of Fighting Competition a few years ago?" The leader took two steps back and asked.

The young man frowned, intending to make a nonsense, but was interrupted by the other party. "I remember, is it the little rabbit who was defeated by the mermaid slave?" The leader put on a smile of ulterior motive.

If reason hadn't defeated emotion, Tao Yiran would have punched him in the jaw.

"Sorry, you've got the wrong person."

"Your name is not Wang Dahai." The leader reached out to pat the young man's cheek, but was avoided by the other party. He warned with a sneer, "I'll give you one last chance."

"Tao Yiran." A man who grew up in a boxing gym is quite sensible.

The leader reached out to touch his face again, this time, the young man did not avoid it. "Who am I, don't you remember?"

The young man who had been doing evil for many years thought to himself that he had met a guy who had been framed by him?This time I was a little guilty.

"If you hadn't seriously injured that slave, maybe I wouldn't have ascended to the throne so easily." The leader whispered, "I was the mermaid slave's opponent in the next match. He was beaten so hard that he didn't even have the strength to kneel in front of the mermaid. Do you want me to thank you? Skeleton killer?"

Dry!After so many years, his face almost looks like it has undergone plastic surgery, yet this person still recognizes it!Tao Yiran said with disgust in his heart.Feeling the man's hand still on his cheek, he suddenly had the urge to take a picture.

He had heard that some boxers had a penchant for coveting their opponent's chrysanthemums, and this person in front of him looked extremely suspicious, otherwise, how could it be explained that a boxer with eyes above his head would remember a person who was not even an opponent in his heart?

Mr. Tao Yiran, an illiterate and scumbag, did not realize that he used to rely on intuition to avoid the danger of being recognized countless times.

The leader who didn't know that he was dubbed "Chrysanthemum Lover" finally took his hand away and patted his shoulder instead: "Little rabbit, I'm glad you didn't die, it would be an overkill for you to be a fisherman, How about doing things with me?"

The young man who wanted to take the opportunity of going out to sea to exercise in the water shook his head without even thinking about it: "My old injury has not healed, and I can't do many things."

The leader's smile remained unchanged: "What future is there to be a fisherman? Follow me, and I will make you useful."

Tao Yiran smiled lightly, and whispered in a voice that only they could hear: "I like being up there."

The leader's expression immediately twisted.

Tao Yiran is proud of his wit and calmness.

"Okay, I'll assign you a separate boat, but the cargo you turn in every day must be the same as the other boats." The leader finally withdrew his smile, "Little rabbit, this is your only chance to get a reward, don't regret it in the future .”

But if you stay by your side, your intestines will be smashed.

Tao Yiran thanked him hypocritically, and followed the thugs out of the warehouse.

Before going out, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the door on the other side that was suddenly opened. The door opened and closed quickly, but it was enough for him to see the whole room clearly.

It was dark inside, and there was something reflecting light in the deepest part, like the reflection of water.And in the water it seems...

Got a half-mermaid? !

Tao Yiran turned his head, and covered up the strangeness on his face with a question: "What's your leader's name?"

"Zeng Yao. Anyone who is a local should know this name." The big hand said proudly.

Tao Yiran hummed, and didn't care, his mind was full of that little mermaid who was about the same age as Rong Xuan.

If it is found that the mermaid is imprisoned privately, all participants will be sentenced to death. These ordinary people dare to take such a huge risk, and they must have a strong support behind them. Otherwise, how dare a local gangster imprison a heavy-species mermaid?

I don't know where is the vengeful little mermaid at this moment?

When the thugs pulled out a dilapidated and old boat for him, Tao Yiran took a look at him, stepped on the boat with a hole. "The ship is broken." He said it as a matter of course.

"Obviously you stepped on it!" The thug was shocked by the brazenness of this man.

"Yeah. That's broken too." Tao Yiran walked to the side and kicked another boat that was obviously much stronger, "This one is okay."

"You have no choice, this one is you..." The thug who wanted to ask for a bribe fell silent when he saw the young man pulling the rope and effortlessly pulling a fishing boat out of the warehouse that usually required three people to tow it.

The black-painted fishing boat was towed to the beach and anchored at the mooring. Tao Yiran stood on the beach and was washed over his ankles by the sea for the first time in four years.

He looked at the sea that was reddened by the setting sun, and his heart, which had been calm for a long time, finally had waves.

Hey little mermaid, if you can hear the sea, how close do you have to be to hear me calling you across the sea?