Astral Traveler [Quick Transmigration]

Murphy signed a new contract.

The other party came from a special plane. When he came into contact with Murphy's consciousness, he asked in surprise, "Are you the sea god?"

"No." Murphy thought indifferently: Why does every mortal first ask if I am a god?Could it be that God cannot talk to souls?

His consciousness unfolded in the infinite void, as vast as a god, and surrounded the soul of this mortal.

"Tell me, what do you want?" Murphy asked.

The mortal prayed in front of him: "I... I hope that some mermaids will recognize my music, even if there is only one. Please!"

Murphy said: "As a price, I will take your body."

The contract is established.

This time the world is a very special planet called Neptune.

Most of the surface of this planet is water, and the tide rises and falls with the movement of the two satellites. When the tide is high, the land area is only about 10%, and when the tide is low, it can reach up to 18%.

There are two species on this planet: humans and mermaids.

Due to the special geographical environment, the activity space of mermaids is far larger than that of humans, and their civilization level is also extremely developed.They built countless cities on the seabed, set up roads, maintained the ecological environment, and developed unique technologies. They are the true spirits of all things on this planet.

Human beings are more miserable, with only a few islands in their range of activities.Fortunately, after the second industrial revolution of the last century, they mastered the technology of making houseboats, enabling about half of human beings to live on the sea all their lives, and ushered in a population explosion.

But in terms of civilization, the mermaid still has a greater advantage.

Since the living spaces of the two races are completely different, there is no conflict between them.After the new century, the two sides began economic exchanges of neither salt nor light, but there was no political confrontation—because the two sides could not understand each other.

Human beings are currently under the jurisdiction of the federal government, while mermaids are a priestly dictatorship.

Well, mermaids believe in the Neptune (God of the Sea), and priests are the highest social status among them, which can be compared to the president in the government or the pope in the church.Once a year, before the mating season of mermaids, usually at the lowest tide on Neptune, the priest will raise the temple above the sea level and lead the mermaid nobles to perform a ceremony to worship the sky—the ceremony mainly consists of dancing and singing.

Mermaids are a race that is extremely good at singing. In human legends, there are many existences such as "the sea monster that lures humans into the deep sea with singing".

After the arrival of the new century, the singing voices of many mermaids instantly became popular on the human Internet. Their unique racial advantages made it possible for them to cause a huge sensation even if their singing was secretly recorded, and it also triggered a frenzy of learning music among humans.

It's always like this, what the strong like, the weak tend to follow blindly.

Murphy's new identity is an ordinary human being, 21 years old, with no education.

He is the second batch of humans born at sea after the beginning of the new century.

They are called "Hakka people". Since they don't have the capital to survive on stable land, they can only live in a houseboat with a total of [-] to [-] square meters. snail dwelling.

The Hakka people of the previous generation have lived in such houseboats for nearly 50 years.They were born and raised in Si, and everything about the land has been forgotten. All they see in their lives are the blue sky and the sea. What they do every day is to collect fresh water, catch fish, and pickle dried fish.

Sometimes they can enter the coverage of the terrestrial network, and every day like that will be as lively as Chinese New Year.Dozens of Hakkas will dock their houseboats together, and all of them will huddle together to watch the same terminal. Only after watching the news will they know what happened to those humans on land.

Sometimes they will encounter mermaids parading - the mermaids manage the ocean like a king. For example, some fishes cannot reach the breeding grounds this year due to the climate, and the mermaids will manage them to the nearest warm ocean current, and warn the Hakka people not to catch them. New born roe.

Every time a mermaid appears, it is always very exciting and can leave a story among the Hakka people.

Sometimes, there will be a storm on the sea, and the Hakka people must connect all the houseboats together to resist the wind and waves.If you go too late, you will be connected to the outermost edge, which is the most dangerous position. Maybe when the sky turns bright again, there will only be broken planks left on the sea.

The sea is a ruthless thing. The Hakka people are used to seeing joys and sorrows, and they are also used to life and death.

Hakka men can support themselves by fishing alone when they are 12 years old, and then start building their own boats.It takes them many years to gather the material, and they are probably able to make it before they reach adulthood, and then they have to live alone.

A family at sea usually does not exceed four people, because the fish that can be caught in the same sea area are very limited, and exceeding the limit will cause dissatisfaction of the mermaid.Therefore, men have to go out to fish alone very early. If they meet another Hakka houseboat and see a woman of the right age in that family, they will get married soon, and then the woman will move to her husband's house. In the boat, form a new family at sea.

So far, Murphy has been such a bachelor.

Murphy searched for his own houseboat. It was about six meters long and about [-] square meters in size. There was only one main room and one bedroom in total, and they were still separated by screens.

On the sampan at the bow, there are fishing nets, fresh water buckets, racks for drying fish, cables and anchors necessary for survival.There are crude weather vanes and lightning rods on the roof, and a set of pipes to collect rainwater. A patched sail looks like it hasn't been deployed for a long time.

Although sparrows are small, they have all five internal organs. Hakka boys know how to survive at sea since they were young.

Murphy staggered back into the room. The furnishings inside were even simpler. Apart from the necessities of life, there was a hammock, and there was also a small stool—the original owner used it as a desk and wrote his own songs on it. .

The original owner's grandmother once went to school on the shore and has a certain knowledge of music theory. She left a few notebooks and a big mobile phone.The original owner finished learning the knowledge during the long and boring time, and recorded the tunes he hummed casually when he was usually bored.

When he was connected to the land network one time, he learned that the people on the shore admired music, so he gradually came up with the idea of ​​using these songs to make money, and worked harder to create.

It's just that he was ill after the last storm.Living alone, with no one to take care of him, lethargy turned into shock, and then he died peacefully.Before he died, his wish was to "let the mermaids recognize his music".

Murphy flipped through the music score he left behind, but he didn't see anything eye-catching. The level of creation can only be said to be mediocre, and he can be regarded as an ordinary human with a little talent.If he was born on land, he might become the backbone of the human music industry. Of course, if he is on the mermaid's side... he can't be ranked at all.

Murphy remembered that he had "singing" with fragments of the god of poetry in his body, so he hummed a couple of verses along with these sheet music.

Well, based on the knowledge of a thousand-year-old lich, it's not too bad.

Murphy cleared his throat, walked out of the room, and sang to the boundless sea and sky: "Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia..."

Sand gulls gathered in the distance, and a huge gray whale raised its huge fins, and its unique song elongated leisurely on the sea.

In the sky, two bright moons rose.

A month later.

Murphy still hadn't seen "Enoch" appearing in the trajectory of fate, and began to feel that the life at sea was a bit boring.

Opening and closing eyes are dangling. There is only so much space inside and outside the houseboat. There is no entertainment tool, not even a pen and paper. Apart from seafood, only seabirds and some algae can occasionally change the food. A change of taste.

However, when I found out that old and bulky cell phone, the signal was almost full of three bars, which meant that the direction of his boat was very lucky, and he was already very close to the signal area of ​​a certain piece of land.

Moreover, he also received a group text message from the signal station on land, in which the "citizens" were notified in a warning tone: Recently, a team of Neptune's escort (mermaid) was patrolling nearby. Everyone should pay attention to the regulations when sailing and fishing, so as not to Caused the dissatisfaction of the mermaid.

Murphy wanted to see the mermaid a little bit, so he waited at the bow of the boat while fishing.

However, before the mermaid came, a group of humans arrived.

These humans stopped Murphy on an extremely fast sea motorcycle, and said with a loudspeaker: "Hakka, walk on the sampan, you are not allowed to carry any weapons, raise your hands!"

Murphy did so and asked, "Who are you?"

"We are the Coast Guard, and we are patrolling here." A young man said, "You have entered the waters of Langya Island, either show your residence permit, or get a ticket from me, pay the fine within three days, and then leave immediately !"

"I don't have a license and I don't have money," Murphy said.

The Coast Guard didn't seem surprised either.The young man said: "I'm sorry, the mermaid's escort team is also there recently, we must protect the city's appearance. You come back with us, and we will release you next week."

Murphy didn't resist, and followed them off the boat in a good manner. Then he was handcuffed, got on their motorcycle, and was watched all the way until he was detained in the police station.

He was not imprisoned, but was handcuffed to a row of seats. It was also a treat to see a few Hakkas at the same time. The Hakkas are easy to recognize. They are exposed to the harsh sun at sea every day, so their skin is darker.On the other hand, land people are beautiful with a fair complexion like a mermaid.

Murphy was still very young, with healthy, wheat-colored skin, and probably looked sexy to the Hakka people.

A young boy approached him and said, "Hi, are you interested in coming to my boat as a guest?"

Murphy smiled, did not answer his words, and changed the subject: "They said that a mermaid passed by recently. Have you ever seen a mermaid?"

"I saw it once." The little brother said, "I saw a mermaid girl praying on the sea, her singing is really beautiful. I recorded it and posted it on the Internet, earning a lot of rewards !"

The coast guard next to him cast a contemptuous look.

The little brother was still very excited and said: "There are many good things on land, you know? I just want to spend money this time. I want to buy an engine and install it on my boat, so that I can run a few more sea miles a day. Maybe We can meet more mermaids."

Murphy said, "Are mermaids that good?"

The little brother said without hesitation: "Of course! If you have seen mermaids, you will be shocked by their beauty!"