Chapter 16: Impossible
“Currently, the starship is still immature, using the most traditional method of accumulating energy. Three years for one jump. In the Silver Sea Empire, this only takes a day. That’s why I’m still exploring. The underground city shouldn’t be like this. For tens of thousands of years, it has accumulated countless wisdom and civilization of the ancients, experiencing both glory and decline, in such a cycle…”
Ouyang Xiaoli said, “Infiltrating the Empire’s secret facility is our only way to revive.”
Xia Yi perked up his ears and listened carefully. He couldn’t help but ask in a low voice, “Is it like stealing things, like a thief?”
The air fell silent instantly.
Everyone held their breath.
Ouyang Xiaoli didn’t get angry, but instead smiled, a subtle hint of sarcasm in his eyes: “The real thieves are the Silver Sea Empire. We are merely reclaiming what was originally ours.”
“Twenty thousand years ago, there were only people from this underground city on this planet. Back then, we weren’t called ‘underground city people,’ nor did we live underground. We lived on the surface, making our living through agriculture. Then, one day, a group of tyrannical bandits came to the planet. They occupied our territory, seized our belongings, and even stole the soil we relied on for survival. Few people know about these things anymore. The nobles of the Silver Sea Empire on the surface have long taken everything they possess for granted, shamelessly so. As time passed, the humans of the underground city gradually accepted their fate…”
“After that, for some reason, the soil could no longer grow plants, including in the Silver Sea Empire.”
Tang Si and Xiao Mo were stunned.
Ouyang Xiaoli’s lips were pale: “Is taking back our own things considered theft?”
“The reason why the Empire’s secret research facility is designed to be so complex and secure is precisely to guard against the descendants of us, the elders of the great era, isn’t it?”
“That place used to be our research facility.”
The air was extremely quiet.
Tang Si and Xiao Mo were extremely shocked. They had never known about this history, only occasionally hearing snippets from some elders.
They thought it was just playful banter.
Everyone had witnessed how poor and destitute the underground city was. It was hard to imagine that the underground city was actually the original owner of this planet. It sounded like a fairy tale.
Who could easily believe that?
The silence didn’t last long. Tang Si and the others continued to talk about the Silver Sea Empire and the underground city. Never before had they felt such a strong desire to infiltrate the Silver Sea Empire with their leader!
The hot blood of men.
Always for the protection of their homeland and country!
Keda silently went into the kitchen to peel potatoes, poked his head out and asked, “Xia Yi… are you going to eat three potatoes or more this time?”
Xia Yi thought for a moment: “Three.”
Keda cut the potatoes and quietly asked Xia Yi, who had just entered the kitchen: “Last time you soaked your tail in the bathtub, what was the leader’s reaction?”
He had forgotten to ask before, or rather, he hadn’t forgotten, but the leader had dark circles under his eyes the next day and looked at him with a sinister gaze.
Keda thought it was better to be safe than sorry.
Xia Yi remembered that day and felt unhappy: “He threw me on the sofa.”
“Then what?”
Keda’s eyes lit up.
“Made me reflect,” Xia Yi didn’t understand where he had gone wrong: “But only those who have done wrong need to reflect. Did I do something wrong?”
Keda: “…”
He sighed inwardly.
No, you didn’t do anything wrong. The problem is the leader’s body. A beauty sent herself to him, and the leader could still remain calm. There’s only one reason: he’s not well. Keda knew the leader wasn’t doing well, but he didn’t expect him to be this bad!
This is a man’s pain.
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Half a month has passed since the healing by the natural golden mermaid. The slave, Xiao Ya, secretly came to the East City. He didn’t tell anyone.
Xiao Ya, of course, knew that the leader of the East City wasn’t the golden mermaid. He even guessed that the one held in Ouyang Xiaoli’s arms that day was the mermaid.
But he didn’t say it.
He even deliberately misled Shui Yao, making him think that the leader of the East City was the mermaid…
At first, Xiao Ya was a little worried, thinking that Shui Yao wouldn’t believe him and would be suspicious.
Later, he felt relieved. After that, rumors spread that Ouyang Xiaoli was a natural mermaid, and the person involved didn’t deny it.
It seemed that Ouyang Xiaoli should also know that the exposure of the mermaid’s identity would bring trouble.
Xiao Ya knew that Shui Yao wasn’t a simple slave. His real identity was actually Lao Er Hu’s lover, otherwise, he wouldn’t be acting every day.
Humph, thinking he’s stupid!
He discovered this by chance. If he hadn’t discovered it, he would still consider Shui Yao a good friend.
Once, he got up in the middle of the night to urinate in a daze and happened to see Shui Yao being with Lao Er Hu, his legs were even on Lao Er Hu’s shoulders.
Wobbling, crying, as if afraid that others wouldn’t know what they were doing.
Shui Yao himself had a gentle appearance, whiter skin than most slaves, a slender figure, and a pleasant voice. His soft moans were like a siren’s call.
Lao Er Hu was clearly captivated.
That night, Xiao Ya squatted in the dark and watched for a long time.
He spat several times.
“Shameless dog!”
Xiao Ya was a little worried. Before, he hadn’t been careful with his words, revealing some information about the Great Elder and the natural golden mermaid, so that Shui Yao knew a little about the ancient Earth.
He also knew some of the origins.
“You’re so talkative!” Xiao Ya regretted it and slapped himself.
He came to East City now to secretly see the little mermaid. Xiao Ya didn’t know if this little mermaid was the one he had seen before.
A long time ago, he saw a mermaid with a golden tail. The mermaid the leader of East City was holding that day had a familiar outline.
At this moment, Xiao Ya didn’t know that the mermaid he had accidentally glimpsed before was Xia Ni, not Xia Yi.
Xiao Ya only knew that the Great Elder had once exhausted his energy to perform a divination, calculating the fate of the underground city.
The only chance for the underground city to usher in change was the legendary natural golden mermaid. Only those close to the Great Elder knew about this. Xiao Ya knew because his father happened to be a collateral relative of the Great Elder. Although the bloodline was extremely thin, it was still a branch, so he luckily knew a little bit of this celestial secret.
But what good did it do?
Now, probably no one remembered that prophecy. Even if they did, they kept silent.
Because that prophecy led to the gradual demise of the Great Elder’s family. This was the price of exploring celestial secrets.
Xiao Ya was the last of the bloodline.
He was rather unlucky, sold to the slave market, and now didn’t even have freedom, let alone finding that mermaid.
But—
The mermaid saved him!
God knows how excited and thrilled Xiao Ya was at that time. His eyes were red, and he almost cried. Later, seeing Shui Yao, he had to force himself to calm down and deliberately misled Shui Yao.
Thinking of this.
Xiao Ya’s eyes were sore.
At the same time, he felt a little lucky.
These two days, Xia Yi remembered some things. He remembered that his brother had taught him some abilities, such as concentrating his mind to use mental power to attack sharks. But he was clumsy and couldn’t learn no matter how hard he tried. In the end, he could barely use his tail for physical attacks.
But he always missed…
However, Xia Yi wasn’t completely useless. At least his healing ability was very strong. When his brother was injured, he could heal him quickly. Bleeding wounds would heal immediately, without even a scar!
Xia Yi recalled the feeling at that moment and curiously extended his palm, clenching and unclenching it.
Well, no change.
“…”
He remembered that when he healed his brother, there would be a hazy white mass in the palm of his hand, very thick. That fog would slowly heal the wounds.
If this fog soaked the soil in the flowerpot, would those dark substances disappear?
It was with this idea that Xia Yi wanted to summon his ability, but perhaps because he wasn’t in the sea, he wasn’t very familiar with the operation. He experimented for half an hour.
After a long time, a small puff of white mist appeared.
Xia Yi’s eyes lit up instantly!
He immediately carefully placed this small puff of white mist into the flowerpot and observed carefully. The moment the white mist entered the soil, the dark substances were gradually swallowed up and disappeared!
It really works!
After releasing the white mist, Xia Yi felt a little sleepy, but not very sleepy, so he continued to purify the soil in the flowerpot, very focused.
On the sofa, Keda slept sprawled out, seemingly dreaming of delicacies, his mouth drooling.
Xia Yi contentedly carried the red soil back to his room. Passing Keda, he mischievously reached out and pinched Keda’s nose.
When Keda glared at him angrily, he innocently and softly said, “Keda Gege, I’m hungry.”
Keda’s anger immediately subsided.
He dutifully got up: “Oh, I’ve raised a little ancestor. All my patience in this life is given to you.”
Xia Yi obediently said: “Thank you, Keda Gege. I will definitely help you grow potatoes.”
“Are you helping me grow them?” Keda glanced at the little mermaid and walked towards the kitchen: “…Clearly, you’re growing them for yourself. I’ve never seen a mermaid who likes potatoes so much.”
He muttered.
Keda thought, should he use mashed potatoes to fish again next time? Maybe he could even catch a mermaid.
Xiao Ya knew the leader of East City’s residence. He secretly hid in a corner and observed for four or five days without seeing that lovely mermaid.
Ouyang Xiaoli and Tang Si and the others came in and out several times, almost discovering him.
Until this day, a quarter of an hour after Ouyang Xiaoli left, Xiao Ya looked up again and saw the little mermaid appearing on a balcony!
Xiao Ya was overjoyed.
He stared intently at the little mermaid, watching the little mermaid curiously extend his palm, white mist emerging from his palm, and the black soil slowly turning red.
It’s healing power!
Super strong healing power!
Xiao Ya’s eyes were wet. He bit his lower lip, afraid of making a sound.
It turned out that he hadn’t guessed wrong. That beautiful and soft young man was indeed a mermaid, and it was very likely a natural golden mermaid.
Because ordinary low-level black mermaids couldn’t condense such thick white mist.
Xiao Ya had seen the black mermaids of the underground city use their healing abilities. The mist in their palms was faint, almost transparent, and they could only heal wounds the size of a fingernail, just stopping the bleeding.
Eliminating scars was impossible.
Healing was a pipe dream.
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