Shaqira poked her head out from behind the black boulder and looked in the direction of Nasaton. Her face was getting worse. After a while, she retracted her head. "There's an unexpected situation... I'm afraid it won't be easy to get in."
The corner of Hao Ren's eye twitched. "What's wrong?"
"Do you see the light blue barrier outside the city wall?" Shaqira pointed at the shield of Nasaton with the tip of her tail. "That's the water dome of the city. The Tarani crystal on the wall is glowing, which means that the water dome has been infused with spirit. In this case, the barrier is connected with the spirit of Her Majesty the Queen. Anything that passes through the water dome will be sensed by the queen. She will find out that you're not a siren, and then use the water film to cut the intruder into pieces."
Lily's mouth was agape. "... What's the principle?"
"Water is amorphous. It can turn into a person, or a city. The Tarani crystal can amplify the spiritual power of the queen, turning the water dome into an extension of her body. This is the key to her control of the entire city. "Sorma sighed." This was supposed to be the last resort of the queen to protect the city when the city was in danger, but I didn't expect it to be used to imprison her own people. "
Y'zaks scratched his chin. "This kind of thing must consume a lot of energy. Can the queen connect her spirit to the water dome forever? She'll have to rest. "
Shaqira shook her head. "The Torrent Core will bear most of the magic consumption. As long as the queen stands above the Torrent Core, her magic and energy are endless. Oh, the Torrent Core is the energy core of the city, and it's in the palace. "
Hao Ren slapped his forehead. "Damn, why do you guys have so much high-tech stuff... Can't you just be a mermaid?"
At this time, Lil Pea boldly swam outside. She was so small that even if she was seen from afar, she would be regarded as a small fish. She swam along the beach to behind another big rock, and suddenly seemed to find something. She quickly came back and said, "Daddy, there, there's something! A big ship! "
The little one gestured but could not explain clearly. Everyone was confused and decided to follow her to see what was going on. Shaqira controlled the water to form a barrier that could interfere with the siren's perception to a certain extent, shielding the team behind a nearby boulder. Lil Pea immediately grabbed Hao Ren's arm and said, "That!"
"What the …" Hao Ren was shocked when he saw the scene on the beach in the distance. "Why is this thing here?!"
There was a rusty black steel object lying on the beach hundreds of meters away. There was a huge hole in the middle of it, and this hole might be the reason why it sank here. Other than that, the wreck's portholes, thrusters, rudders and upper structure were still clearly visible. Nangong Wuyue stared at the torpedo tube at the front of the thing for a long time. She pursed her lips and said, "It's a Soviet submarine. I can't tell the model."
"You've seen this before?" Shaqira asked in surprise. She had been living in seclusion in the deep forest since she came ashore. She did not know much about modern human weapons such as submarines and warships — except for shore defense guns.
"I've seen it a few times when I was swimming, but I didn't dare to go near it." Nangong Wuyue nodded. "This thing may have gotten lost near the Shrouded Isle and accidentally stumbled here. The water pressure in the deep sea is not something this old submarine can withstand."
"It was dragged here." Nangong Sanba suddenly pointed to the beach behind the old submarine. There was a huge gully there. Based on the water plants near the gully, this thing had probably been lying here for many years. "Do you sirens collect human ships?"
"No, we usually throw these things into the trench, or push them to the human coastline — it depends on whether we can push them or not." Shaqira shook her head and then suddenly shrank back. "Wait a minute, someone is coming!"
Everyone quickly hid themselves, and then they saw the water in front of the old submarine suddenly twisted, and streams of water quickly converged into a human shape — it was a siren in the form of a sea snake. The siren held a long halberd flashing with blue light in her hand, and the two curved blades at the tip of the halberd were inlaid with a large sea sapphire. She raised the halberd in front of the submarine and began to chant an ancient incantation in a creepy tone. Then she stuck the halberd in the sand and said, "Get up, it's time to work!"
A cloud of smoke-like fine dust immediately swirled around the submarine, and then dozens of figures emerged from the hole in the submarine and the nearby sand. These figures were wrapped in rotting military uniforms that were almost rotting away like shrouds. Even though their bodies were intact, their skin and muscles all showed signs of decay and death. Some of them even had strange swollen wounds on their bodies, and fine sand continuously flowed out from those wounds.
Hao Ren looked at all this in amazement. There was no doubt that these soldiers were not normal living people. Their chests were inlaid with a gray-blue crystal, which should be the reason why they could move.
These controlled soldiers looked at the siren in front of them expressionlessly. Their muscles twitched slightly as if there was still a stubborn resistance deep in their hearts. However, the crystal on their chests resonated with the halberd in the hands of the siren, making these people unable to resist. The siren standing in front of them was obviously not free: her eyes were dark, and the expression on her face was stiff like a dead person, which meant that she was far more affected than the previous siren general. She had completely lost her self-will and now became a remote-controlled machine that faithfully carried out orders.
The siren raised the halberd and turned to swim into the distance. "Get to work."
This stunning team left the submarine. Hao Ren and his team, who were hiding in the dark, were stunned for a long time until Shaqira gritted her teeth and broke the silence. "How could the queen allow this? This is not in line with the tradition of the sirens! "
"It's not the queen, it's the brain monster." Vivian pressed Shaqira's shoulder. "We'd better follow and have a look. The job that the siren mentioned is very important."
Shaqira nodded silently and followed the smell of water left by the siren.
They followed the 'team of the dead' from afar. After swimming along the beach for a distance, they turned into a beach with many gray-white porous rocks. They were very close to the outer wall of Nasaton, so they had to be careful not to be discovered by the sentries on the city walls. However, the surrounding white porous rocks could more or less serve as cover. Vivian suddenly frowned halfway. "I feel that there's … more smell here."
"I feel it too. It's the smell of the dead," Hasse whispered. "Stay alert."
Rollie had been obediently following behind Hao Ren. She was finally sensible this time. After swimming for a while, she suddenly touched Hao Ren's arm and said, "Big Boss Cat, over there."
Hao Ren lowered his body and poked his head out from the side of a porous rock. He was shocked to see a large construction site!
There was a large open space in the middle of the porous rocks, where busy construction was taking place. Groups of dead were working under the supervision of the siren supervisors. The dead were basically all World War II sailors in tattered military uniforms. Their skin was gray, their faces were stiff, and their chests were inlaid with strange gray-blue crystals. They wore a variety of military uniforms. Hao Ren could hardly recognize the clothes, but Lily recognized that at least some of them were British, Soviets, and Americans. They were all Allied soldiers.
Considering that there were no reports of sirens directly attacking human warships and being witnessed, these soldiers must have sunk to the bottom of the sea during the war, and then were "collected" by the sirens.
A dozen of expressionless sirens with halberds were patrolling near the open space. Under their supervision, the dead were assembling some coral-shaped metal branches and installing them on a huge, deeply buried silver-white pillar. This silver-white pillar spread far away from the other end of the construction site. They were neatly arranged like a weird metal forest.
The MDT read an astonishing energy reading from those devices.
"These things can cross the dimensional barrier. Their lower parts must be nailed deep in the ground," Y 'zaks's voice was serious. "They are extracting energy from the earth's core … But I can feel that the energy flow is not complete. There should be other devices connected to them."
"There are not only dead here," Nangong Sanba suddenly pointed to the other end of the open space. "Look over there."
Following the direction of Nangong Sanba's finger, another group of slaves were busy working under the supervision of the sirens. It was a group of otherworldlings. There were strong werewolves, pale vampires, and shadowy, twisted shadelings.
Obviously, they were all alive.
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