Road to Peace

The ocean is a dangerous place, especially the deep sea.

There are all kinds of ferocious hunters living there, and there are even prehistoric creatures hidden in some trenches that no one knows how many meters deep.

The mermaids are born with extremely weak self-protection ability, except that their confusing singing can win them a chance to escape, and they will almost easily become food in the mouths of other fishes.

In the living environment back then, there were natural enemies of the mermaids everywhere. Every year, how many mermaids went out and never came back.

So in the beginning, the mermaids didn't find anything unusual about the missing persons, they just took care of each other, were more cautious when going out, and walked together.

They also told humans that there may be dangers in the nearby sea area recently, and told them to be careful when going out.

However, even so, the number of missing mermen continued to rise, and more and more frequently, to the point where these mermen finally became vigilant.

Everyone began to pay attention to the movements of their companions, fearing that their friends would disappear without a trace. At the same time, they carefully searched every corner of the sea area, trying to find clues about the disappearance of their clansmen.

Finally one day, a merman escaped back covered in bruises, and brought a shocking news——

Those missing mermen were not devoured by other creatures, but fell into the hands of a group of human beings who were plotting something, and they were secretly doing strange things to the mermen.

And the reason why so many tribesmen disappeared silently is because among the mermaid tribe, there is also such a group of people who have reached an agreement with humans at some time, secretly deceiving and abducting the mermaids for them.

If there is still a proper sense of distance in the face of humans, then in the face of companions, no merman will deliberately guard against them, so that they are easily led to a dead end.

This news shocked the entire Merman Clan.

But before they questioned and condemned these people's actions, they discovered that several high-level human beings who had noticed what they were doing brazenly launched a war.

Not knowing what came to mind, Lan Suyuan lowered his eyelashes and tapped on the table.

His voice was still as cold as before, but under the chill, he could feel the boiling hot magma flowing slowly and silently boiling.

"My people have always loved peace, their strength is small, and the outcome of the war is no suspense. They turned their backs on customers and became the rulers of this sea area, but my people became their playthings and slaves because of their beauty."

"They conducted various experiments on the mermaids in an attempt to find good genes such as beauty and longevity of the mermaids, and integrate them into humans to achieve the perfect evolution of humans."

Not knowing how to face it, Yang Shen clenched his fists tightly, not even noticing the bloodstains on his palms, his face was burning hot.

He is also a human being, he is not even qualified to be filled with righteous indignation, and he is extremely ashamed of this.

Although Lan Suyuan on the opposite side did not show any expression of hatred and disgust, the tone of the narration was as calm as if he was telling someone else's story, without any intention of blaming Yang Shen.

But he has the sense of shame of a normal person, and he still feels ashamed.

He opened his mouth, "Not everyone is like this..." His voice was so weak that even he himself felt that he lacked confidence.

Lan Suyuan sensed his disappointment, and took his words, "Indeed, not everyone is like this. In fact, a large part of human beings opposed this kind of thing back then."

He saw Yang Shen raised his head again, and his eyes softened, "Unfortunately, the army is not in the hands of these human beings who oppose revenge, they are powerless to resist the decisions of greedy people."

Even so, there were still many kind-hearted people who helped the sharks as much as they could.

They either secretly bought the merman slaves and released them, or hid the hunted mermen at home to escape their tragic fate.

Although these actions are ultimately a drop in the bucket for the overall environment.

"Being traded, played with, and used as an experiment, that period is the darkest history of the mermaid race."

Wanting shark beads, they forced them to cry all day and all night;

Wanting to hear sweet singing, they force them to sing until their voices are lost;

Some people even tried to split their fish tail into legs in order to see the mermen dance in human form.

Kind people can't bear to look at the bloody scene, but it can satisfy the cruel desire.

Lan Suyuan saw that Yang Shen's body seemed to be trembling slightly, maybe the bloody scenes he was imagining made him uncomfortable, so he suddenly stopped talking about it.

He shifted his gaze elsewhere, and wrote lightly: "Until later we gained strength, gained an advantage in the war, and pressed those people who committed heinous crimes against the mermaids step by step. Some people fled back to the land and established Utopia .”

Undoubtedly, wars can destroy technology and civilization more than natural disasters, and the cities that humans have managed to rebuild on the seabed during the war have also been hit to varying degrees.

Most of those traitorous Mermen were imprisoned in the Abyss of Hopelessness in the name of the Great God Li Ling.

As for whether all the traitors have been discovered, at least judging from the implementation of Auston's conspiracy this time, they have not.

There are still evil-minded mermen hiding in the clan and secretly contacting the people on Auston's side. As for whether the purpose is for the one back then, only they know.

Glancing at Yang Shen's eager eyes, Lan Suyuan knew what he wanted to ask.

"The human beings who remained on the bottom of the sea back then, although most of them were kind and helped us, they still can't get along as harmoniously as before, and no one can trust anyone."

Yang Shen supported his head, feeling that he needed to wake up, "So, the mermaids... treat them as slaves?"

Lan Suyuan pulled his hand down and rubbed Yang Shen's temple, "We don't do things to repay kindness with hatred. Most human beings are indeed kind. In the beginning, out of guilt, they volunteered to do a lot for us. "

"Later, I don't know where it came from. It was said that the humans left at the bottom of the sea were our slaves; that the mermaids were ferocious and bloodthirsty creatures who took pleasure in killing people; it was rumored that the mermaids were going to occupy the earth and wipe out human beings. "

In this world, no matter how ridiculous a lie is, it will become the truth after a long time.

What's more, these rumors have never stopped, generation after generation, as the people who experienced the truth in those years gradually died, the truth was finally buried by the rumors.

Even the descendants of the human beings who lived at the bottom of the sea began to think that they were imprisoned at the bottom of the sea as slaves; and for some reason, the hostility of the mermaids towards humans not only did not fade away, but became deeper and deeper.

The relationship between the two becomes more subtle.

His teeth ached from being bitten by himself, Yang Shen felt heavy, but he still noticed that in Lan Suyuan's narration, he only mentioned the mermaid gaining power, and did not mention why those rebellious mermaids wanted to betray.

The previous question related to the current source of power of the mermaids, perhaps Lan Suyuan was still unwilling to reveal it.

As for the latter one, "Those mermaids, why...betrayal?"

"They want to walk in the sun."

"what?"

"Legs. They want human legs."

Just as human beings marvel at the beauty and dazzling long tail of the mermaid, there are also many people among the mermaid who yearn for land and envy the legs that humans can walk freely on land.

This longing is not sinful in itself.

However, in order to realize their dreams, they betrayed and harmed their compatriots, and only dared to wait for the perfect data obtained from the suffering of others. This is an unforgivable crime.

Lan Suyuan looked at Yang Shen, "If they voluntarily lie down on a human experiment table if they want legs, no one will lock them into the abyss of hopelessness."

Taking a deep breath and exhaling again, Yang Shen closed his eyes, "I have to think about it, my mind is a little messed up right now."

Something cold stretched out, hugged his head, and pressed him into a hug full of familiar smells, and there was a faint voice above his head.

"Yang Shen, don't you suspect that I'm lying? Human beings can put the blame on the mermaids, and so can I."

In the final analysis, they are all just one-sided words, and creatures that can think, whether intentional or not, will always choose a way of expression that is beneficial to them.Lan Suyuan believed that with Yang Shen's thinking ability, he could definitely think of this.

Yang Shen didn't struggle, buried his head in Lan Suyuan's arms, calmed down his turbulent mood, and didn't answer.

Lan Suyuan waited and continued, "The optical brain you brought back, as long as there are information records, those are absolutely objective."

After a long time, Yang Shen asked sullenly: "The war has lasted for so long, is it possible for mermaids and humans to return to a time of peaceful coexistence?"

Lan Suyuan looked down at him, thoughtfully, "It was not possible before, but now, maybe it is possible."

"why?"

"because of you."

"Me?!" Yang Shen struggled out of Lan Suyuan's embrace in surprise, and looked at Lan Suyuan puzzledly. He never felt that there was anything special about him, except that he had better luck.

With the heavy burden of making up for the rift between the two races, Lan Huang would actually think that he can do it?

"As the envoy of God Li Ling, my people trust you." Lan Suyuan looked into his eyes, "As the god of war, General Jansern, the humans in Utopia will also trust you."

Yang Shen blurted out, "But I'm not Jan Seen."

"Since Auston said you are, why can't you be?" Lanhuang said astonishingly as if talking about the weather, "Yang Shen, do you want to be president?"

The mermaid clan only has the emperor, so the president Lan Suyuan mentioned naturally refers to the president of Utopia.

He never imagined that one day he would be asked such a question.

"You can convince mermaids and humans alike."

Seeing the hesitant expression on Yang Shen's face, the ruler of the sea area said without hesitation, "The war must stop, it is nothing more than a loss to both sides or a return to peace. But Auston's so-called peace has nothing to do with those who killed our family back then. No difference. There was no way we could trust him."

"As long as you want, Yang Shen, you can bring everyone to a new future."

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