Rebirth: Wild Survival

Linghe sat sideways on the recliner, tapping his fingers rhythmically on the cold stone table, with an unpredictable expression.

Hong Jin, who was serving at the side, kept staring at the rough seaweed hairdress and the fluorescent blanket that was broken into countless pieces on the table. These two broken items were too incompatible with the exquisite coral ornaments on the stone table. From the moment it was placed on the stone table, it became the most obtrusive existence in Hongjin's sight.

On the side of the stone table, two slender merman knelt there, trembling with fear from the oppressive atmosphere in the room, the merman named Li Yi lowered his head and sobbed loudly, his blue tears turned into The beads fell to the ground, making a crisp tinkling sound.Hong Jin frowned with some annoyance, and looked straight at the door of the lounge, secretly complaining why the guy who made them wait for so long hadn't come yet.

I don't know if Hongjin's complaints played a role. After a while, the door of the lounge was finally opened. Accompanied by his young partner, Becky walked into the room. Facing his worried-looking mermaid partner, Becky Ji's expression seemed much more calm and peaceful, as she walked, she comforted her in a low voice.

Seeing Becky's arrival, the two mermen who were kneeling on the ground seemed to have found their backbone, and their anxiety eased slightly.

"My lord." Looking at Linhe, Becky bowed and saluted.

Before he could speak, his impulsive partner spoke first: "Although I don't know your intentions, please treat my partner with the most gentle attitude, after all, he is a slender mermaid. "

"Don't worry, I just asked him to come here to ask a few questions, and it won't hurt him." Looking at the young mermaid, Linhe said in a gentle tone.

The other party seemed to be relieved when he heard the words, but Linhe continued: "I need to have a private talk with your partner and these two mermaids, so can you go out first?" The unique strength of the superior is almost undeniable.

The young mermaid was about to protest when she heard the words, but was persuaded by Becky at the side: "Please let me settle this matter by myself, after all, I have to explain to His Highness what happened this time." See Her partner shut up resentfully, but still had a hesitant expression, and Becky couldn't help comforting her again: "Don't worry, I'll be fine, after all, His Royal Highness Linhe just promised, right?"

Finally, the young mermaid was forced to compromise, and when he walked away, Linhe turned his eyes to Becky and said straightforwardly: "Who is the person who sang for me at the selection meeting yesterday? Or, he What exactly is it?"

"That's a family of cat people living on Dragon's Rest Island. They should have appeared on that island recently. I've never seen this type of orc before." Becky replied equally bluntly: "He He cannot survive in the sea, he is a beast race that only belongs to land."

"Then why did he appear at the selection event in the depths of the sea?" Leaning back and letting his whole body lean on the recliner, Linhe asked with an indifferent expression, his quiet eyes could not see clearly the joy and anger.

"That's because of 'The Siren's Throat'." Becky dared not hide anything.

"Is it the creation of the Siren Priest, so that's the case." Nodding his head, Linhe accepted the statement: "So, his singing is also due to the Siren's Throat."

"It's not like that, my lord," Becky couldn't help explaining that Linhe attributed Yamang's talent entirely to the assistance of external forces, "that catman's singing voice is very beautiful and unique, and he also has many wonderful librettos." , the libretto I used when participating in the selection was conceived together with him. As for the Siren's Throat, it was just an accident. At that time, the vortex in the sea swept him in. I only used it in a hurry .”

Linhe nodded casually, and asked a few more questions, not enough for Becky to answer other questions except for the explanation about Siren's Throat just now, Linhe asked a few words, then looked at The two mermen behind Becky cast their eyes on Li Yi, Linhe asked in a gentle voice: "You are friends with him, do you know his name?

"His name is Yamang, and he has a fellow named Zijin..." Seeing Linhe's question, Li Yi almost told everything she knew, unlike Becky who had reservations, In Linhe's sight, Li Yi almost subconsciously told everything, how he and Yamang met, the experiences they had spent together in the few days before the selection meeting, and so on.He was so nervous that he didn't notice Becky who was winking at him all the time.

"So, he still has many fellow clansmen in the island of Dragon's Rest, Linhe asked while listening: "Has he ever said how he came to the Island of Dragon's Rest? "

"It seems that a powerful priest in their group opened the gate of time and space, allowing their entire group to come here from the Continent of All Beings," Li Yi said hastily when she heard the words, the information that Yamang had only briefly mentioned was incomparable at this moment. It clearly appeared in his mind.

"A whole group of people." Linhe whispered, his expression becoming more and more unpredictable: "According to what you said, you usually meet in the rock cave closest to the main island of Longqi Island, so you will do it in advance before meeting." Make a deal?"

"Yes, that's..."

"Li Yi!" Seeing that Li Yi was being led by Linhe to say more and more information about Yamang, Becky instinctively felt that something was wrong, and finally couldn't help interrupting Li Yi, interjecting: "My lord , The appearance of Yamang yesterday was really just an accident, please forgive his offense, and take back your gift! After all, he is a real terrestrial creature, and the gift should not belong to him at all!"

"Really?" Hearing Becky's assertion, Linhe raised his eyebrows and said noncommittally.

"Yes!" Startled by Linhe's expression, Becky's premonition became more and more ominous. He leaned down and begged to Linhe humbly, "Although it is the most precious gift, it is by no means toothache. If you want, everything is my fault, I should not have proposed to let him watch this grand event, you can impose all punishments on me, but please let him go!"

Looking at Becky with a sad face, Linhe seemed to really think about it for a moment, and then, with Becky's expectant look on his face, he said softly: "I will seriously consider your words, now, come back Go to your partner. Speaking of which, you are about to follow him back to the habitat of the mermaid, and you should spend more time with him. Besides, our conversation has already spent too much time. If If you don't let you go back, your reckless partner may bring someone to rush in."

As if to confirm Linhe's statement, there was a timely knock on the door outside the lounge.

"Go, your partner is already waiting," Linhe said in a relaxed tone.

"But..." Becky wanted to say something, her expression full of hesitation.

"Trust me, I will never hurt him! Looking up solemnly at the sensitive and kind-hearted merman in front of him, Linhe finally assured in a deep voice.

Becky looked at Linhe fixedly, as if judging the weight of this guarantee, the knock on the door became more and more urgent, Becky closed her eyes, and finally made a decision, "Please always remember what you just said A word!" He gave Linhe one last look, and finally turned and left.

With Becky's departure, Li Yi and Li Yunzhong in the house became tense again.

"I'll ask one more question, and then you can leave." In order to relieve the tension of the two mermen, Linhe spoke in an unusually gentle tone, and asked the meeting code agreed between the two mermen and Yamang in detail Finally, he finally let the two merman go.

Following the departure of the three mermen, the lounge fell into silence.

Linhe leaned on the recliner with lowered eyes, as if digesting the information he just received, and seemed to be thinking about something.

Seeing this, Hong Jin couldn't help interjecting: "Speaking of which, that merman named Becky is right. You should first find that cat orc and take back your gifted scales! This is absurd." The farce must end as soon as possible!" Having said that, Hong Jin has already begun to consider how to lure the mysterious cat man to the seaside.

"Take it back," Linhe didn't seem to keep up with Hong Jin's train of thought, and asked doubtfully, "When did I say that I would take back my bestowal?"

"This..." Shouldn't this be taken for granted?Hong Jin stared blankly at Linhe, caught by the seriousness in the other party's eyes, Hong Jin subconsciously swallowed back the words that just came to her lips.

"Your Highness, what do you mean?" He stammered.

"Find him, and if he is willing, I will take him back to the abyss of the North Sea." Hong Jin, who was looking a little dazed, said as a matter of course.

"Absolutely not! Your Highness, how could you have such an idea!" After finding her tongue with great difficulty, Hong Jin exclaimed in disregard of her image.

"Why not?" Linhe heard the words, and turned to the shocked Hongjin with great interest, as if he was really waiting for an answer.

"He's not a mermaid at all. We can't even identify the species of the creature that lives on Dragon Rest Island! He can't even survive in the water! Most importantly, once you combine, there may be no It is impossible to give birth to healthy offspring..." Hong Jin only felt that there were too many reasons in his mind, and in his cognition, any one of these reasons was enough to dispel the whim of the Highness in front of him.

Compared with Hongjin's anxiety, Linhe looked very calm, and he analyzed in a low voice: "If I remember correctly, there are very few exceptions in my clan, and I didn't choose a shark as a partner. According to the records of my clan's classics , one of the clansman chose the sea monster as his partner, and even one of the clansman chose his servant..."

"Yes, you are right," Hong Jin finally couldn't help interrupting before Linhe finished speaking, "There are very few such exceptions in our clan, but you should also remember their later endings , these mermaids were regarded as alien by all the same race, and in the end they could only bring their partners to live alone in a different place. The offspring they gave birth to when they married their partners were extremely fragile, and some of them could not live to adulthood at all. I think it is right not to let them You take such a risk!"

"Living alone far away from the ethnic group?" Linhe seemed to be amused by the word, and looked at Hongjin peacefully and said, "Do you think there is any difference between my current state and living alone in the original ethnic group? As for the heirs, that can only be I have obeyed the arrangement of the beast god." Linhe said very relaxedly.

"But that is a terrestrial creature, do you still remember?" Hong Jin said almost earnestly: "How can you live with him while ensuring his life?

Linhe didn't seem to be worried about this, but he shrugged and said: "The connection established by Lin can't be cut off by the receiver unilaterally. If I don't take it back, the hydrophilic nature of the scale will gradually change him. Let him gradually adapt to the seawater, and this change is irreversible! Stopping Hongjin who couldn't help but speak again, Linhe narrated very calmly: "Stop talking, I know you are doing it for my own good. , but my heart has already made a choice, do you know what I was thinking when the group of mermaids were talking about it just now?

With a slight smile, Linhe said slowly: "When I heard that he used the throat of the siren to breathe on the bottom of the sea instead of a natural marine creature, I was worried that he would escape in such a haste at that time, whether he would die in the sea. Injured, but I heard that he also has his own ethnic group, and I am worried that he will not want to go with me because of the drag of the ethnic group."

Gently rubbing the center of his brows, Linhe, who was not used to talking so much, patiently said to the elder who was purely worried about him: "Do you remember what you said? Every mermaid knows his own Who is the partner, because once the singer's singing sounded, he would take out his gift without hesitation, and meet the person he chose. I don't want to take back my gift, regardless of the cat person What is your willingness, because, I know, if I miss him, I may never meet a person who can make me voluntarily hand over the gift scale in the future."