In the Boundless Sea formed by water elemental, the water was surging. A powerful wave was brewing in the depths of the sea and quickly stabilized into the shape of a woman.
Petia, the Queen of the Sirens, swung her fishtail. Accompanied by her guards and the Deep Sea Witches, she came to the river-like Deep Blue Pulse. She raised her eyebrows slightly and asked the Deep Sea Commander beside her, "Sentinel Coroline fell from here?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." The Sea Abyss commander bowed and replied. "It was an accident. A cube suddenly appeared in the pulse current at a very fast speed. Koroline did not notice it and was hit by the blade and lost her balance …"
"Your Majesty!" Vera, the sentinel, could not help but step forward. "Is Coroline still alive?"
"We haven't found her at the assembly point. We can't rule out the possibility that she was washed too far away and was reborn in other waters on this planet." Petia slowly shook her head. "But in any case, she can't leave this planet. She can always come back."
As the voice of the ruler of the deep trailed off, a huge giant swam from the side. It was the Water Elemental Lord who had just finished his treatment at the outpost. He stopped some distance away from Petia and looked at the "foreign Water Elemental Lord" in front of him with some awe and vigilance. "Great Absorber, so what happened here?"
"We suspect that those who threw things in the Deep Blue Network have begun to do it," Petia said faintly. "This may be a test, or it may be an inevitable change when the number of cubes exceeds a certain threshold. In any case, we have sent a warning to our allies. Hopefully, there won't be too many situations that are out of control."
When the Water Elemental Lord heard this, he could not help but want to roll his eyes. Don't let too many situations that are out of control. Is there anything on this planet that is more "out of control" than these sirens?
…
The cold wind was howling, dust was flying, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of powerful magic and air. A little bit of weak sun seeped through the thick clouds. The thin sky painted the edge of the rolling mountains in the distance, glaring like a dried blood stain. In the depths of the sunken valley, the sisters Firna and Rayna were standing on the observation platform next to the Deep Blue Fissure. They frowned and said nothing.
"We have lost contact with the runestones that we just threw in yesterday." The roots rustled on the rocks. The tall Grand Patriarch Borken, his face dry and twisted, walked up from the side. His voice was hoarse and gloomy. "Almost every four times, there will be a runestone 'disconnection', and it is concentrated in two or three specific node zones."
"This means that there is a problem with one of the Deep Blue Veins," Firna interrupted without waiting for Borken to finish. "The veins may have passed through a very unstable boundary, or … something is actively intercepting and destroying the 'foreign object' in the veins."
Borken stared at the elven twins with his tawny eyes and said gloomily, "Is there something in this world that you don't understand?"
"Hmph." Leona snorted. "Omniscience and omnipotence is a stupid concept. We just know more than you in most fields. Don't worry about those runestones that you have lost contact with. Temporarily stop sending the runestones to those problematic nodes. We still have many alternative routes …"
"Compared to the runestones, what is more important is the 'test' we have just completed," Firna continued. "Yesterday, we used the existing control nodes to perform a low-power 'release'. Your Excellency, you have seen the energy field that permeates the atmosphere. Now you should no longer doubt the knowledge we have imparted."
"Our theoretical model is effective. It is obvious, Your Excellency." Rayna stared into Borken's eyes. "The controlled Deep Blue Mesh can be used to create a 'Paradise Barrier' that covers the entire planet. The chosen posthumans can be permanently sheltered in the barrier. There will never be a Demonic Wave, and there will never be any gods. An eternal and safe world, just as we promised."
"… I hope so." Borken stared into Rayna's eyes with his tawny eyes. "But don't forget, the energy field created in the test yesterday is far from up to standard. The runestones we threw in are far from enough. The Deep Blue Mesh is not as easy to 'tame' as you promised. The planet is resisting our control, and now we have to face the dilemma of runestones going missing one after another."
"Be patient, Your Excellency. You need patience to do great things." Firna smiled and said slowly. "You have been waiting here for hundreds of years, haven't you? You have patiently watched how your foolish and short-sighted compatriots failed because of their impatience. You do not want to go down their old path … "
Borken snorted as if he wanted to say something. But just as he was about to open his mouth, an unfamiliar and loud voice of a young woman suddenly came from not far away. "What are you talking about?"
The elven twins and the treant leader on the platform were momentarily stunned, before all three pairs of eyes abruptly turned towards the direction of the sound. In the next second, even the cultist leader and the 'sentinel' who had intruded into the mortal realm could not hold back their astonished expressions. They saw that not far from their feet, ripples of water had unknowingly surged out of the dark-blue fissure, and a female silhouette emerged from the mana flow that did not have a physical form. She had long lavender hair, wore a unique armor that no one on the continent had ever seen before, and in her hand was a battle blade that appeared to be a combination of a trident and a spear. Her skin was flowing with lustrous blue light, and her eyes were filled with curiosity as she looked towards the platform.
"What were you talking about?" Noticing that the strange figures in front of her were in a daze and had no intention of answering her, Coroline, who was dizzy from being swept away by the Deep Blue Vein Current and finally found an exit, could not help but ask again, "What do you mean by taming the Deep Blue Net Dao? What does it mean to control a planet? At the end of the day, who are you people? What are you doing here? "
She craned her neck and looked around. She found that she was at the bottom of a big pit. The next second, her eyes fell on another platform near the big pit. On the edge of the platform, several black cubes with complex runes were neatly arranged. It looked like they were waiting to be activated. The siren sentry, who was still in a daze a moment ago, immediately came to her senses.
"Bloody hell, I know! You people are the ones who keep throwing things into the Deep Blue Mesh! "
At this moment, Borken, who was stunned and slow to react, finally reacted. He did not have the time to think about the origin of the strange woman who emerged from the Deep Blue Mesh, nor did he have the time to think about how she did it. Just like every conspirator whose plan was about to be exposed, his first thought was to kill her immediately. He did not even consider the possibility of capturing her alive because she had only poked her upper body out of the Deep Blue Mesh, and she clearly had the ability to move freely in the energy stream. If he hesitated, she would be able to escape through the Deep Blue Mesh, and by then, it would be too late!
Thinking quickly, Borken made a decision instantly. Without any hesitation, he opened his' hands' that seemed to be made of twisted twigs. The most powerful power of decay and decay then turned into a gray spike and pierced out. He did not hold back at all, hoping to kill the creature that looked like a human being but was definitely not a human being in front of him instantly!
Even so, Rayna and Firna's expressions changed drastically. As if finally realizing something, they cried out in unison, "Don't kill her!"
But their warning was ultimately a step too late. The grayish-white spike that was unleashed by a Legendary champion at full power and contained great lethality only needed an instant to reach Koroline. The latter, who was still suffering from the aftereffects of tumbling in the Deep Blue Veins, could not react at all. She only had time to raise the sword in her hand and cry out, "Ouch —" before she died instantly.
A blue splash mixed with a faint flash burst out and instantly dissipated in the air. The inexplicable 'intruder' did not leave any remains, vanishing before everyone's eyes in an instant as if evaporated. Borken, on the other hand, looked at the Rayna sisters in surprise. "What did you say just now?"
"We said don't kill her! Damn it, you … "Leona glared. In the many years that she had lived in the shell of a mortal, she had rarely been so infuriated. However, she soon realized that it was useless to be angry at this moment, and the unreliable freak before her was the only 'ally' that she could control. She could only suppress her anger and say in a suppressed tone," Our base here has been exposed. 'Grand Patriarch', be prepared. Or rather, we have no time to make any preparations. All the plans must be launched immediately! "
"I don't understand." Borken's tone was unfriendly. He was clearly very dissatisfied with the elven twins' attitude. "I have killed the intruder completely. Not even her ashes are left. You don't have to doubt my ability. There is almost no mortal on this planet that could survive after being hit by my Withered Spike. Not even a Giant Dragon could!"
"That is the problem! Your Excellency! "Firna also raised her voice." That is a siren! Only a very limited number of Soul Elemental powers could kill such a creature. Your Withering Thorns could only disintegrate her body temporarily. Now, she has returned to her lair in the deep sea, bringing with her all the secrets she has seen here! Now the situation is clear. These days, it is the siren who has been intercepting our runic stones. No matter the reason, this ancient foreign race is now on the opposite side of us. Grand Hierarch, do you understand the situation? "
Siren?
Borken finally woke up from his anger. The unfamiliar word 'siren' quickly brought up the little information in his mind. He recalled the stories related to the deep sea, describing the deep and dark abysses, the songs that reverberated in the reefs and islands, and the crazy and horrifying descriptions of the crew who survived the tides in ancient times. He took a deep breath and said, "The siren you are talking about is the Child of Storms. In the past hundreds of years —"
"Let's start everything ahead of time, Grand Hierarch." Firna interrupted the leader of the tree people. "It is meaningless to continue to lay low."
"But … our 'taming' of the Deep Blue Web is still too far away!" Borken could not help but say. "And is the situation really that serious? Our previous tests have caused observable phenomena on a global scale. It is impossible for our enemies not to notice … "
"Exposing one's existence and exposing one's trump card are two completely different concepts. Grand Patriarch, the civilization of the sirens is far more advanced than you think. The 'scout' has seen a lot of things we have set up here. The truth they can infer is much more than the weak races on the mainland. And I'm very worried now … I'm afraid those deep-sea creatures have formed an alliance with the weak races on the mainland," Leona said in a serious tone. "The plan must start ahead of time. Although this will cause us to lose many of the advantages we should have, it's better than letting the whole plan go down the drain …"
The ancient out-of-control AI that occupied a replica gnashed her teeth. Her face turned very ugly. Obviously, the sudden change in the situation had greatly interfered with the whole plan, and some of her arrangements could not be completed on time. But then, Firna, who was next to her, seemed to have thought of a new branch from another logic thread. "But this is not all bad. Those mortal kingdoms living outside the wasteland are probably not ready. If we start ahead of time, we should be able to catch them off guard …"
"Wait a minute." At this moment, Borken seemed to have felt something. He shook his dry and twisted canopy and spread out his two arms made of twisted vines. His dark brown eyes were full of vigilance. "Do you feel … the water vapor in the air is increasing?"
"Water vapor?" Firna frowned. The body she was using now was limited to the physical form of a mortal. In terms of perception, it was not much stronger than an ordinary elf. But the grand hierarch, who had long mutated into a half-plant, was obviously more sensitive than her in terms of 'water vapor'. So it took a few seconds for her to realize what the 'water vapor' meant.
The air was becoming moist, and a slight, salty smell wafted into her nostrils.
In this barren wasteland, far away from the sea, she smelled the scent of the sea.
The sound of the waves rang in her ears like an illusion. The sound was so clear that it was as if the sea was right in front of her. But the essence of the sound was not the vibration in the air. It resonated with the mind in the soul, creating a 'sense' that spanned between reality and cognition. The water vapor became more and more abundant. The dry rocks and cliffs in the surrounding valley began to ooze water droplets. The salty wind blew the branches and leaves of the Ents, and a soft song suddenly appeared in the waves. The song began to connect the minds of everyone at the scene, instilling in them the yearning for the deep sea, the yearning to dive, and the yearning to be one with the dark sea abyss.
This was the unique psionic song of the sirens.
The Queen of the Sirens, Petia, was singing.
The deep sea was coming to the valley from her song.
Firna and Rayna did not hesitate to point at the spatial rift lying at the bottom of the pit not far away. Layers of halos appeared around them, controlling the boundary of the rift.
"Blow up the passage!"
They shouted in unison.
(End of Chapter)
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