Nature

Early in the morning, she regained her energy, took off her clothes, wrapped them around rabbit meat, animal bones and fur, tied them firmly to her body, and started walking towards the river.

People's potential is actually infinite, so many years later, whenever she thinks back to crossing the Anduin River, she finds it very incredible, just like others were surprised when they heard her talk about the life of the primitive people who drank blood.

Although the river is not very wide, she will not swim through a section of the river that is not clear without swimming goggles, not to mention there are waves, fish, aquatic plants, and possibly some carnivorous fish.

These days, her survivability has almost improved to a higher level than before. Not to mention that she can already eat mutton, let’s say that she learned how to use stones to separate the internal organs and blood of fish from the fish, and she also learned How to drain the blood of the beasts and make good use of their bones.She also thought about fishing with animal bones, but gave up because she didn't have a suitable fishing rod in the end.But it is always useful to keep those, so she took these bones that had been washed clean with her.

But this alone is not enough, she has been here for 43 days, if she was bound to this ghost place by someone, it was September in late summer and early autumn, then it should be October and November now , obviously the weather here does not have a large temperature difference between the day and the year.But the average temperature was really cold, and on the second night of her visit it rained heavily and she developed a high fever.But she crawled to the river's edge and lay there all day, drinking constantly, and finally got strength to fish in the evening of the third day, and after two days she was all right.

In fact, people are also very adaptable, and she also began to adapt to the climate here. Occasionally, she killed a sheep with rabbit bones and stones, stripped off the sheep's fur, and ate it for eighteen days.That day, she finally understood the feeling of a person who has eaten a full meal without the next meal. Excited, she chanted the names of all the gods to the sky.

Fortunately, even after living as a savage for so many days, she did not forget all the knowledge she had learned. From a preliminary inference, she felt that she should be in a temperate marine climate.When she first realized this, she felt that she was very lucky. Although the average temperature was a little lower, the environment was suitable, and the animals living here were not scourges, but obedient herbivores such as cattle, sheep and deer.

However, she is also very smart and very careful to throw the food residues—mostly heads and organs—into the river after each meal, and use the river water to clean up the blood that dripped on the grass, and abide by the principle of never leaving the river bank. She was afraid that someone would accidentally attract some beasts.And it turns out that when she learned what kind of world she was in, she really thanked her for her wise actions back then with lingering fears.

She ate the last bit of rabbit meat, rinsed her mouth, washed her face and hands, and lay down to rest.

She finally knew she was there, after she saw the mermaid.

She thought she was tied up here, or that the TV station was recording something, but she felt that the latter was unlikely, because it was unlikely that the TV station would airlift her unconscious from the bed, but now she knew why. So strange.Because she crossed over.

The mermaid leaned against the stone, her long silver hair pouring down like a waterfall, she was so beautiful that she envied her. Although the sword wound on her lower abdomen made her very painful, her long hair was neatly arranged behind her, and her dark blue eyes Revealing the light, the silver-blue fish tail hangs weakly in the water, covering the chest with one hand, as if feeling uncomfortable, the mermaid raised its head slightly, revealing a noble temperament from top to bottom.

As soon as the mermaid saw her, she sat upright with difficulty, and stretched her head forward with great effort.

After the mermaid opened her mouth, it was in a language she couldn't understand. It could be seen that the mermaid was communicating with her in different languages, because some pronunciations were really strange, but in the end the mermaid switched to English. "Can you understand me?"

She froze for a moment, then opened her mouth and said, "Yes."

The mermaid seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and she leaned her back against the stone, "Can you come here?"

She hesitated, then walked slowly, asking in broken English if she needed her help.

The mermaid shook her head, then pointed to her dress.

"where do you come from?"

She sat cross-legged next to the mermaid, put the mutton aside, and put it on one hand, trying not to make her clothes dirty, "The Far East."

Mermaid looked at her carefully, pointed to the mutton she held in her hand, "You eat this?"

"I didn't eat it before." She replied honestly, "After I came here suddenly, I don't know what plants can be eaten."

The mermaid gave her a slight sideways glance, and then said something softly, but the speed was so fast that she couldn't hear it clearly.

"Can you say that again, please?"

The mermaid glanced at her, raised her left hand with difficulty, put it on her neck, cooperated with her right hand, and wanted to untie something.Only then did she see clearly the necklace covered by the long silver hair. The mermaid touched the silver chain around her neck, and there was a blue crystal in the middle of the chain.The mermaid slowly untied the necklace, but her hand trembled suddenly, and the crystal fell to the ground, but the chain was caught by the mermaid's hand. At this moment, she carefully looked at the crystal.

The crystal has a clear and mysterious blue like the sea, and the dreamy color rippling in her heart has a different feeling.

The mermaid coughed violently, and another mouthful of blood flowed out. She also came back to her senses, and looked at the mermaid hurriedly, only to see that the mermaid picked up the crystal with trembling hands, handed it to her, and then closed it. her hands.

The long nails rested on her hand, and the mermaid's white hand gradually loosened, and she held the crystal in both hands.

"Promise me...protect it with your life, don't let any man (man) see it." The trembling voice of the mermaid tried to finish this sentence clearly.

"I swear!" she said hastily, and saw the merman leaning over slowly.

The mermaid smiled weakly, and then scratched her injured belly with her long nails. The blood stained her fingers, and the mermaid scratched her forehead with her injured hand.

The crystal was covered with blood, red and blue, indescribably alluring, but she didn't have the heart to appreciate this, she closed her eyes, feeling a strange feeling invaded her body.

There was a sharp pain, and the mermaid's long nails scratched her forehead. She hissed, but found that the wound on the mermaid's hand was bleeding continuously.She was startled, and when that hand left, she quickly touched her forehead with her hand, only to find that there was only a thin scar and a little bloodshot.

The mermaid didn't smile at her again, the light in her pupils began to fade, and her hands dropped to the side.

A thunderbolt struck, the originally clear sky suddenly became dark clouds, the river began to churn, the mermaid's head tilted, and her long hair slipped into the water.She was silent, stretched out her hand, and looked at the blue crystal stained red with blood.

——"Use your life to protect it..."

The voice of the mermaid sounded, she slowly closed her eyes, and a teardrop fell down.

Why……

She sat silently in the rain, letting the rain wash her body, tears streaming down her face.

Why……

Opening his eyes again, he found that the body of the mermaid had already been impacted by the heavy rain and the surge of the river into the river bank, as if it was about to slide down.She hurriedly got up and grabbed the merman's shoulders before the merman's body fell into the river.

She was the first intelligent creature to talk to her since she came to this world.She wouldn't let her die so easily.

She slowly closed the mermaid's eyes, and whispered to her that she would fulfill her last wish and protect the crystal with her life.She slowly pushed the body of the mermaid, watched the mermaid go down the river, saw the long silver hair scattered in the water, her beautiful eyes were tightly closed, and her hands were folded on her chest, just like the mermaid who fell into the lake. The dead Ophelia is beautiful and sad.

The heavy rain in the sky washed away the blood, she knelt down slowly, and put the crystal necklace around her neck.The black hair sticks to the face, but there is inexplicable sadness and pain in the black eyes.She lowered her eyes slowly.

——Go with peace of mind.Daughter of the sea, let’s go on the road with my reluctance and tears.If all kinds of brutality and cruelty have not hurt your heart, there will only be a calm breeze and a bright moon on the way here.It's not drifting away, but one day we will meet again; your appearance is clearly in my memory.

Since the mermaid died, many strange things began to happen to her.

In the afternoon of the second day, after the storm subsided, the grassland was washed neatly, and the white flowers were covered with water droplets. Some survived tenaciously, but some were stunned by the storm, and fell to the ground in rows along with the grass. .

The river water became very clear, and the river bank became much cleaner. She put her feet into the river water, and a group of fish swam over and played around her feet.

She saw a rabbit jumping in front of her eyes, running very fast. Since the mutton was about to be eaten soon, she stood up, picked up a handful of broken stones and threw it on the back of the rabbit's head.The stone was knocked crooked, and she followed closely behind the rabbit.

To be honest, rabbits are actually the hardest to catch, they are small in size and run fast, it is difficult to grab its tail and throw a stone at it, and it is also impossible to lift a big stone and throw it on its forehead, so it has to be done with bare hands. pinch its neck.But before she touched it, she saw an icy edge smashed into the rabbit's forehead, and it died.

She froze and looked around, but there was nothing.That was her hand, she squinted her eyes, clenched it tightly, tried to concentrate, then let go, and swiped.

Nothing at all.

Heck.

She lowered her head and picked up the rabbit, feeling a chill down her back.Suddenly, her hand touched something, and she looked down, only to see frost gradually covering the rabbit's body.She was startled, staring at her hand, her mind went blank, but saw that the rabbit's body was already covered with ice.She hurriedly threw the rabbit away, only to see that the moment the ice rabbit fell to the ground, it shattered.

Broken……

She looked at her hand hesitantly, then tried not to think about anything, and slowly pressed her hand to the ground.

Nothing at all.

Trying again, she was not discouraged, and closed her eyes intently, listening to the churning of the river and the whistling of the wind.What kind of air flow gushed out from my heart, and I opened my eyes again, and found that the place I was standing was covered with ice and snow.

Pursing her lips, she smiled.

Walking to the river, she lifted her skirt and soaked her lower body in the river, allowing the river water to wash her body and relieve her fatigue.

Is it that mermaid... She thought, the mermaid must have used a mysterious power, the wound on her hand was full of blood, but her forehead was not stained red in a large area.

She touched her forehead, feeling a dull pain.

When the sound of horseshoes came, she hurriedly raised her head, and then saw a faint shadow on the opposite bank in the distance.Is it human?She stood up happily.Sure enough, not long after, there were many more horses on the left, with some people riding on them.

She was so excited that she waved her hands and shouted, "Here I am!"

The team drove fast, as if they didn't see her.

"No! Stop! Stop!" she yelled.

In a hurry, she jumped into the river and began to swim vigorously.

But she was still deceived.

The crowd wasn't very nice, and as she swam across to the opposite bank, dozens of spears awaited her.

She wiped the water from her eyes, opened them, and watched as her kin tied her up.

Even the mermaid had never done this to her before, and she suddenly regretted her recklessness.

A burly man came over and pinched her chin. The crystal was hidden under her thin clothing, emitting heat from her chest.

"Who are you?" the man asked gruffly.

She didn't speak, tears rolled down, and she was so nervous that she didn't move.

Another man came over and whispered a few words to him, the leader nodded and let go of her restraint.

She was pushed to the side of the horse, the rope tied around her body was tied to a stake, and a man of slightly smaller stature looked at her maliciously.

The leading man came over and threw a pile of firewood. The white man had a powerful figure, revealing vigorous tension. He stared at her for a long time, and then slowly asked her if she saw a mermaid.

"No."

"You're lying." The man looked at her, his indifferent gray-brown eyes seemed to penetrate her heart, and he approached her step by step, "Where is she?"

She watched her compatriots approaching step by step, the three-dimensional outline was casted by the shadow of the night fire, she closed her eyes, feeling cold in her heart.

"I do not know."

A faint blue light reflected her face, the crystal on her chest was no longer cold, emitting a strange radiance, frost covered the ground, the fire flickered, and finally went out, the night became quiet, and everyone was looking at her.

The rope was frozen into ice. She struggled hard and broke into countless pieces. The man could no longer move. She quickly passed through the crowd. No one dared to stop her. She ran to the river bank and jumped down.

"Grab her!" The leading man's feet were sealed with frost, and he turned his head and shouted to his subordinates.

The author has something to say: It has been revised (June 6th), and the plot has been advanced from the original chapter 19.

Temperate oceanic climate, refer to a Middle-Earth climate map drawn by a professor at Cambridge University.