A huge Thunderbolt Skate glided across the sea. On the back of the Thunderbolt Skate lay a woman. Her long blue hair danced in the wind. Her upper body was naked, and her two-meter-long fishtail swept across the surface of the water. As the huge Thunderbolt Skate passed through the sea, the aura of a top predator emanated from it, causing all the monsters and magical creatures in the sea to tremble in fear.
This was a true Child of the Sea, and it was controlled by the mermaid race, which also had the bloodline of Sakun. More than a hundred years had passed since the birth of the mermaid race, and now they had begun to multiply and grow into a large group.
At that moment, the mermaid riding the Thunderbolt Skate across the sea suddenly saw a large black shadow appear in the sky, covering the surface of the sea. The mermaid looked up and saw a huge Floating-space City piercing through the clouds.
"Praise be to the God of the Sea!" The mermaid's eyes widened. All she could do was watch the Floating-space City pierce through the clouds and head towards the Swirl Continent.
The base of the huge floating city was revealed in front of them, like a small continent floating in the air, which was so shocking that people couldn't speak. The life system of the merfolk was still maintained in a matriarchal society, where the female merfolk had the highest power and ruled over other classes.
Apart from the mermaid race, which had hundreds of supernatural creatures, there was another branch of the mermaid race, the Murlocs. Because their names were too similar to the mermaids, Lu Zhiyu named them Kuo-tao Murlocs for convenience, and registered them in the Alan Continent's Life Column.
Compared to the beautiful mermaids, these Kuo-tao Murlocs were more like the deformed offspring of the mermaids. They had big ugly heads, their bodies were covered in scales, and their limbs and palms were webbed.
Apart from being tall and strong, these Kuo-tao Murlocs didn't have any special characteristics. They were stupid and didn't have supernatural powers. Their lifespan was similar to that of ordinary human beings. The only thing that could be said about them was their reproductive ability.
Only a few decades after their birth, there were already hundreds of thousands of Kuo-tao Murlocs. They were scattered across the inner lake and the mainland of the Swirl Continent. The mermaid race drove these Kuo-tao Murlocs to build palaces for them and enslaved them to serve them.
On the shore of the inner lake of the Swirl Continent, there was a city of mermaids. The city was surrounded by rivers, and every house and building had a river flowing through it. The city was built on the water, and was also called Arada City.
Canals ran through the city, and the palace in the center was built with pools and fountains. Clear water flowed down from the rockery into the palace. The bottomless canals led to different places. These were the roads of the mermaid race. Large numbers of mermaids and Kuo-tao Murlocs traveled through these canals.
Many strong bodies could be seen in the water. Some mermaids leaped out of the water and transformed their tails into human legs. They slowly walked into the palace, which was surrounded by Kuo-toans guarding it with pitchforks in their hands.
Originally, the mermaid race had no guards or armies. Apart from hunting with some weapons, the only natural enemies they had were some magical beasts.
The beautiful mermaids didn't treat the Kuo-tao Murlocs as their own kind. They enslaved them and ordered them around like slaves. A large number of Kuo-tao Murlocs were enslaved by the mermaid race from birth, and they had to work and do all kinds of hard labor for the mermaid race for the rest of their lives.
Therefore, a dozen years ago, one of the Kuo-toans was not satisfied with the Mermaid Clan enslaving them and treating them as slaves, so they rebelled against the Mermaid Clan. A Kuo-toan named Barry mobilized tens of thousands of mermaids and surrounded the Mermaid Clan's palace. Many mermaids were killed when they were caught off guard, and the Mermaid Clan suffered heavy losses.
But this internal rebellion was finally suppressed by the mermaid race, who had extraordinary power. The light of extraordinary power flashed in the palace and easily tore apart and killed the Kuo-tao Murlocs. Their blood dyed the entire Adara City red.
All the canals and rivers flowed with the blood of the Kuo-tao Murlocs. The rebellion and conspiracy of the Kuo-tao Murlocs had completely failed. But the princess of the mermaid race was finally snatched away by the leader of the Kuo-tao Murlocs, who dove into the deep sea.
Some of the rebellious Kuo-tao Murlocs retreated into the forests of the Swirl Continent after their failure. They hid in the dark, and continued to launch plots and rebellions against the mermaid race.
Although the mermaid race had purged and suppressed them many times, there were not many of them to begin with. Moreover, the Swirl Continent was so vast that the mermaid race only occupied a corner of it. The scattered rebels were either hiding in the depths of the Swirl Continent or scattered among the tribes of the Kuo-tao Murlocs. It was impossible to eliminate them all.
But since then, the mermaid race had strictly managed the tribes of the Kuo-tao Murlocs. They drove the Kuo-tao Murlocs even more harshly, and the defense of the entire Adara City became extremely tight. But even so, it did not ease the tension between the mermaid race and the Kuo-tao Murlocs.
The relationship between the mermaid race and the Kuo-tao Murlocs was extremely bad. The words of Bali, the leader of the Kuo-tao Murlocs, still prevailed among them.
"We are all the children of the Sea God. We are all descendants of God. Why should they be born noble and we are born lowly? This is not fair."
"We are also descendants of God!"
The lake in the inner part of the Swirl Continent covered an area even larger than the continent. It was connected to the sea, and the water was blue. Mermaids and mermaids stirred up waves on the surface of the lake, sparkling beautifully under the sunlight.
In a spacious and beautiful palace, Queen Sally of Adara City held a meeting of the mermaid race's leaders. Another huge dispute broke out.
"Those filthy Kuo-tao Murlocs should not live in this world!"
"They are an insult to the bloodline of God!"
"It's already their honor to serve us. Why should we give them more power? Do they still want to climb over our heads?"
Some of the mermaids who sympathized with the Kuo-tao Murlocs, or had descendants of the Kuo-tao Murlocs, also expressed different opinions. But they were only a minority. Most of the mermaids who gave birth to Kuo-tao Murlocs regarded it as a humiliation and would kill them after they were born.
"You murderers! Aren't the Kuo-tao Murlocs a part of us?"
"That's what you think. I don't think these monsters are of the same race as us."
Queen Sally stood up angrily. "Alright, I'm the one who has seen the face of God. I'm the one who truly understands God's prophecy. Keep quiet, all of you."
The meeting ended in a bitter quarrel, but the internal conflict did not ease at all. If this problem was not solved, the current social system of the Mermaid Kingdom would completely fall apart. There were too few mermaids, so they had to rely on the Kuo-tao Murlocs. Without the Kuo-tao Murlocs, the hundreds of mermaids could not form a civilization and social system at all.
The newly born Mermaid Kingdom fell into their first dilemma. Queen Sally of the Mermaid Kingdom had no experience in dealing with this kind of problem. This society was so thin that it did not even have a written system. Everything was still being explored.
Among the mermaids, Sally was the only one who had seen the face of God. She had the right to interpret God's words and manage the mermaids on behalf of God. That was why she was chosen as the Queen of the Mermaid Kingdom. However, many mermaids still doubted her authority.
There was a temple built in Arada, and in the center of the temple was a pool. A statue of a god was built above the pool. The statue was dressed in white, but its face was not very clear. Sally had built the statue based on the face of the god she had seen when she was born.
"God! What should I do? "
Sally crossed the stone bridge over the pool and knelt in front of the statue. At this time, a chuckle suddenly came from in front of her. Queen Sally looked up in shock and saw a man in a white robe sitting on the pedestal of the statue. He leaned lazily against the statue, his bare feet dangling in front of Queen Sally.
This kind of blasphemous action should have made Queen Sally and all the mermaids furious. However, at this moment, the face that appeared in front of her suddenly combined with the face in Queen Sally's memory. Queen Sally was so stunned that she could not move at all.
"Number one … Um … No, her name is Sally, right?"
Lu Zhiyu recalled that this was the mermaid that he had created, the one that was called Number One. It was the one that had suddenly opened its eyes in the nutrition chamber and scared Lu Zhiyu.
Sally looked at Lu Zhiyu from head to toe in disbelief. She clasped her hands in front of her chest and asked, "You, you really appeared?"
Lu Zhiyu nodded and said to Sally, "Go find your daughter. Her name is Gina. Go southwest, to a distant continent that is ruled by humans and orcs. It is a human kingdom called the Tuten Dynasty. You will find your daughter there!"
"The bloodline will guide you to her. She will be the next Queen of the Mermaid Kingdom. She will lead you to the future and give you everything you want!"
After Lu Zhiyu said this, he immediately disappeared into the air. The mermaids were the first extraordinary species in this world. However, they were too isolated and were born too late. Humans and orcs had already begun to set foot on the sea and explore the whole world. If this continued, elves would begin to leave the continent, and the three races would spread all over the world. The mermaids would still be here, in the early days of civilization.
Only by obtaining information and communication from humans in advance could the mermaids progress and accelerate their development.
"Are you still there?"
"Thank you for your instructions. We will act according to your oracle!"
Sally stood up and watched Lu Zhiyu disappear into the air. She kept shouting at the air around her. Finally, when she was sure that Lu Zhiyu had left, she stopped, a look of joy on her face.
"My daughter? Gina? "
"Oh my god! She is still alive! "
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