On the west side of the continent known as the Io Continent, the massive immigrant starship Antaverne was stranded on the edge of the coast. A considerable part of this massive creation was submerged in the sea. Its forward hull extended along the continental shelf to the bottom of the sea, tilting all the way across the coastal gully. Its bow structure was deeply embedded in the seabed, and over the long years, it had become a part of the seabed.
In the impact zone at the bow of the starship, a high-power lighting device floating in the sea dispelled the endless darkness in the deep sea. The light diffused in the sea, making the seabed visible. The massive metal structure tilted and connected to the seabed, and a massive impact structure spread from the bow of the Antaverne all the way to the dark sea in the distance. In the flat area in the center of the impact structure, thick energy and material pipelines extended out from a crack in the front of the starship, connecting to several supply stations and monitoring points on the edge of the impact zone.
In the center of the impact zone, the powerful Tidal Masters had gathered. They had set up large-scale stabilizing equipment in the area where the bow of the Antaverne touched the seabed, and began to rebuild an elemental passage that had been closed many years ago. A massive pale blue vortex had formed at the bottom of the sea, its size was almost the size of a castle. The blue vortex flashed with bright energy, and the extremely pure water elements were repelling the various "impurities" of the material world in the area covered by the vortex. The Queen of the Sirens, Petia, floated quietly in front of the vortex, her light-colored eyes reflecting the constantly swirling sea water.
She could already sense the presence of the elemental world from the depths of the vortex, and the passage would soon open.
In a sense, this passage was almost the biggest ill-fated relationship between the sirens and the "indigenous water elementals" of this world.
In the past, the forced landing of the Antaverne on this planet could be described as earth-shattering. The terrible impact not only permanently changed the geological structure around the landing site, but the massive energy leakage from the ship also broke the "boundary" between the material world and the elemental world. To put it in a more vivid way, the forced landing of the Antaverne had destroyed the "home dome" of the water elementals, and it was a permanent damage. The core and most serious area of the damage was the impact zone at the bottom of the sea.
Petia still vaguely remembered the terrible scene there. The boundary between the elemental world and the material world was torn apart, and the area around the Antaverne's bow became the vent of violent elemental energy. The bottom of the sea was full of elemental fissures, and geological disasters raged day and night. The life in the deep sea was cut off, and the sirens, who should have dealt with the situation immediately, fell into a very serious state of "world rejection" at that time, and for a long time, even maintaining their physical form was extremely difficult.
And when the sirens finally caught their breath, they were met with the furious water elemental army and the elemental lords who came to demand an explanation. In fact, they had already noticed the Antawayne, a big guy that descended from the sky, but they could do nothing about the massive interstellar colonization ship. It was not until the sirens reformed their bodies around the starship that the unlucky native water elementals finally found a chance to "seek compensation" … but that only led to a larger scale of chaos that was even more difficult to clean up …
The subsequent misunderstandings and conflicts caused by that chaos even continued on and off for hundreds of thousands of years. The conflict between elemental creatures was so frustrating.
Petia shook her head slightly and put those distant memories aside for the time being. No matter what, the misunderstanding back then had finally been resolved. Although there were still a lot of conflicts and 'enmity' between the sirens and the local water elementals, at least everyone had been living in harmony for the past few years. There shouldn't be any accidents during this negotiation. Moreover … she had brought along some local specialties.
The ruler of the deep looked back and saw her entourage surrounding the huge "local specialties": the force field generator had created a pure water cube with a side length of nearly ten meters, and imprisoned in the cube was a "big squid tentacle" of excellent quality. The dark brown tentacle was covered with mysterious and strange patterns, and some residual nerve impulse made it twitch from time to time in the force field. Its cutting surface was flat and smooth, and the overall shape was complete and symmetrical. There was a long ribbon tied near the tentacle's cut. The ribbon was tied into a beautiful bow, and there was a small plate with a blessing written on it …
The sincerity was almost overflowing from the confinement force field.
…
The water elemental domain.
The vast and boundless water filled the entire world. The boundary between the "sky" and the "sea" in the distance was blurred. The pouring rain seemed to never stop, forming a "rain curtain" that was so dense that it could almost suffocate the ordinary races. Above everything, where the "sky" was supposed to be, there was no sun, moon, or stars. There was only another sparkling water surface. It was another sea, hanging upside down in this world. It kept raining on "this side", creating an eternal cycle in this domain dominated by the water elementals.
Suddenly, a huge wave rolled up in the endless sea, and the sea of elements that were originally mixed together condensed into a solid body. A "giant" with a roughly human silhouette, but the surface of his body was constantly changing, and this giant was like the embodiment of the will of the entire sea. When he stood up, the entire sea instantly calmed down. Even the pouring rain from the sky and the inverted sea above also calmed down. Then he looked around, and his eyes quickly fell on the surface of the sea not far away, where a vortex was forming. The vortex completely ignored the giant's control power and appeared abruptly above the water surface, and it was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"What's going on?" The giant shouted in shock. His voice was like thousands of huge waves on the sea. "Why is this ancient passage open again?"
As soon as his voice trailed off, several huge high-grade water elementals immediately condensed in the calm sea. These water elementals were the "sentries" in charge of monitoring this area. One of them 'stood up' and used the bright elemental core floating in the pure water to face the giant standing in the sea. "Great Lord, we have just received a message from the material world. The Great Absorber wants to reopen this ancient rift, and she said that she has something to talk to you about."
"The Great Absorber?" The giant in the sea was taken aback, and the surging of his body even slowed down by half a beat. "What is she going to do? We have signed a contract with them. The Elemental Lords and the Absorbers each dominate different domains, and both sides will not invade each other. What else is she going to do? "
"The other side did not make it very clear," the sentinel said as a rumbling sound came from his body. "She only said that she wants to set up a sentry station on our side to monitor the energy cycle of this planet …"
"What the hell!" There was obvious anger in the giant's voice. "She is obviously preparing an excuse for breaking the contract. This race that has been living in the material world for a long time is really not trustworthy!"
"Then …" The water elemental sentinels hesitated, and one of them could not help but ask, "Then should we forcibly close this rift? It has not been completely opened yet, we can still … "
"… No, let it open." The giant calmed down, and after a moment of judgment, he said in a rumbling voice, "The Great Absorber has prepared a reason, then I would like to see how many more excuses she has prepared for this reason. Those guys living in the material world have always been weird, and now I am a little curious."
As he spoke, the sudden vortex on the sea not far away had once again expanded in size, and it was gradually turning into a physical entity. The giant and the sentinels fell silent in unison. They looked at the ancient rift that connected the material world and the elemental world, waiting for the 'guest' on the other side of the rift to step into this side.
The sentinels began to be alert. Crystallized spears completely condensed of elemental power appeared in their palms, and in the depths of the sea beside the giant, countless elemental shadows gradually condensed.
The Great Absorber was unkillable. Most elemental creatures were difficult to kill, but this group of guys who came out of nowhere were even more difficult to kill than the elemental creatures on this planet. Especially their leader, who was not only unkillable, but also had the power comparable to the Elemental Lord. Under any circumstances, she was an extremely dangerous opponent.
But even so, the giant had made up his mind. If that guy wanted to break the contract here, he would teach those intruders a lesson no matter what the cost.
Just as he was thinking, the huge elemental vortex had finally completely formed. It stood on the calm sea like a door, and the surging light in the depths of the vortex had formed a stable passage. The giant stood in the sea and stared nervously at the deepest part of the passage. Not long after, he finally saw a figure that he had not seen for many years, but he could recognize at a glance, walking out of the passage.
The queen of the sirens, the leader of the 'Absorbers', Petia.
And after Petia stepped into the calm sea, more than ten sirens who served as her followers walked out of the elemental fissure.
They did not carry any strange weapons, and they did not seem to be hostile, as if they were not here to fight. That was what the giant and the sentinels thought. But even so, they did not dare to relax. Instead, they were even more alert as they watched the group of uninvited guests who had suddenly opened the fissure again.
Petia took a few steps forward on the calm surface of the sea. Her long snake tail seemed to be crawling on solid ground. She had not been to this place for many years, but it was still the same as before. The nervous indigenous water elementals and their leader did not seem to have changed either.
She raised her head and looked at the giant standing on the surface of the sea. The giant looked down at her at the same time. She heard the giant's wave-like voice rumbling between the two seas. "Great Absorber, long time no see. Why did you suddenly break the pact?"
"Hello, Gurgle." Petia smiled and tried to use a friendly tone to greet the elemental master who was always too nervous. "We can't violate the contract. The contract only said that the sirens and the native water elementals should not invade each other, and should coexist peacefully, and not disturb each other's lives. It did not say that we can't visit each other under the premise of maintaining peace. I'm just here to have a look, and to discuss something with you."
"My name is Gruguno!" The giant shouted angrily. "Don't beat around the bush. Be frank like an elemental. What are you here for?"
"Ah … Sorry, I seem to have remembered the wrong name." Petia was taken aback at first, and then quickly apologized. She then said with a serious face, "We hope to build an outpost here. Don't worry, it is absolutely for peaceful purposes, and we have a very important reason …"
"Outpost? Reason? Do you know what you are talking about?! " Gruguno the master said loudly, and the water elemental sentinels on the sea immediately took a step forward with crystallized spears. "Sometimes I really don't understand how you 'sirens' choose your own leader … Is it a sense of humor?"
"Wait, wait, wait, don't be so nervous." Petia knew that the situation was as expected when she saw the reaction of the sirens. She quickly said as she looked back in the direction of the elemental rift. "We do have a peaceful purpose. Look, I even brought you some local specialties … Hey, where are my local specialties?"
She looked in the direction where she came from, but saw that there was only an empty space near the elemental rift. The accompanying sirens looked at each other, and it took a long time before one of them finally reacted. "Your Majesty, it seems that the boundary of the force field is too big, and we got stuck when we passed through the rift …"
"Stuck?" Petia was stunned, but she quickly reacted. "It's okay, I will personally widen the passage. It should be easier to operate from here."
As she spoke, the master of the deep raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the vortex. Almost in an instant, a huge amount of elemental power broke away from the control of the sea under her will and became part of the vortex to widen the internal passage. The roaring and roaring of the waves came from the depths of the vortex, and the surrounding water elementals, who were already on high alert, instantly raised their weapons. When Gruguno saw this, he immediately took a step forward, and monstrous waves gathered behind him. "Stop! What are you doing … "
He stopped abruptly in the middle of his words because Petia had really only widened the elemental passage in the depths of the vortex. She did not summon a million-strong army from it. What came out of the elemental passage was only a broken limb of an ancient god that was imprisoned in the pure water cube, and it was still twitching slightly. The broken limb was still tied with a ribbon with a message card hanging on it …
Grugno's eyes instantly fell on the still twitching 'squid tentacle', and the next moment, he recognized what it was. The elemental lord's blurry but constantly surging face actually showed a trace of human-like shock and panic. His voice exploded on the surface of the sea. "Damn it … Why did you bring this thing here?! Take it away! "
Petia's face was full of enthusiasm. "Hey, don't be so nervous, gurgle. This thing is not dangerous to you … Why don't you try some?"
"Enough! Don't come any closer! Get that thing back to where it came from, right now! The elemental world does not need such 'impurities'! "
"But …"
"I believe you, Petya! I believe you! "
(End of Chapter)
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