Hao Ren was stunned by his discovery. "Your city is a spaceship?!"
Shaqira and Sorma looked baffled at the same time. The latter was stunned for a moment before she said, "Huh?"
"Don't you know the structure of your city?" Hao Ren was very surprised by the reaction of the two sirens. He pointed to the nameplates on the pipes next to him. "Look at this, Nasaton — this is obviously the naming of the spaceship. The facility we just passed is called a resonant wheel. Its simple operation manual says that it is something that 'counteracts water pressure fluctuations during acceleration'. And the thin pipe on your left, the sign just now says that it leads to the engine section — how can a city have an engine? Only vehicles have this thing. "
Shaqira was stunned for a long time before she suddenly grabbed Hao Ren's arm in amazement. "You know the siren language? Do you know what these things mean? Where did you learn this?! "
Hao Ren and the others looked at each other. Y'zaks could not help but stare at her. "What does this mean? Don't you know your own language? "
Shaqira shook her head. "No one knows what these signs in the city mean. We used to use this language, but for some reason, it has been lost. The sirens who are responsible for the maintenance of the city only know how to operate some key equipment. It is said that the Queen and some scholars can still recognize some of this ancient language, but they don't know much. "
This situation was beyond everyone's expectation. Hao Ren felt it was incredible. "There's such a thing... So you haven't deciphered your original language for more than 10,000 years?"
"Part of it has been deciphered, but the grammar of these ancient languages is very special and difficult to decipher, especially some professional terms used in remote places. I can't decipher them at all," Shaqira explained a little awkwardly. "The language we use now is based on the structure of these ancient languages. It's the result of thousands of years ago. Except for the shape, the meaning has nothing to do with these symbols, but it's still good to use. Today, only those very professional scholars continue to study these symbols that can be seen everywhere in the city. Ordinary sirens have lost interest in them."
"Memory loss symptoms after coming to Earth," Vivian pulled Hao Ren's sleeve and whispered. "Other otherworldlings have similar symptoms."
Yes, this was the strange situation that all otherworldlings on Earth — including the demon hunters — had experienced. After coming to Earth from the Plane of Dreams, they had suffered a memory cleansing. Not only did they completely forget about the Plane of Dreams, but they also had some strange innate memories, such as hostility toward other otherworldlings. And this memory cleansing seemed to be irregular: some races still remembered Letta runes, some races still remembered their own language, some races more or less remembered some production techniques, and some races were said to have degenerated into primitive animals in the Mythological Era. Every race suffered a different cleansing, and there was no doubt that the sirens had forgotten their language and everything about the city.
As for whether they had extra memories or racial instincts, it was hard to say.
No wonder they did not even know how the city was built: for every siren "as long as they could remember", the city had existed. Nasaton operated in the deep sea as if it was a natural law. The sirens followed some vague instincts to reproduce here, fumbling with the technical equipment that they had theoretically made themselves, but other than that, they knew nothing about their home.
It was hard for outsiders to imagine what kind of life this was, but it was clear that they were used to it.
"Compared with other otherworldlings... the sirens are really the most surprising group," Hao Ren looked at the incredible city in amazement. After knowing that it was a spaceship, many doubts about the city were instantly solved, including its weird fully enclosed structure and building arrangement. "You actually landed on this planet with a complete space fortress? You even know how to operate these equipment... but you don't know what the instructions on these equipment mean? It's incredible. You're almost challenging the cognitive laws of intelligent races. "
Shaqira had a strange expression on her face. "I don't know if you mean it as a compliment or something else."
"At least it's not malicious," Hao Ren quickly waved his hand. "I've seen a lot of otherworldlings, and you're the most incredible group. Obviously, your high-tech... or high magic has played a big role. You're better off than other otherworldlings on Earth. "
Hasse looked at all this in silence. His expression did not change, but the flickering light in his eyes showed that the old demon hunter was not as calm as he looked. He patted the pipe next to him. "That is to say, Nasaton is a spaceship from another planet? The sirens flew here from another planet? "
Hao Ren shrugged. "Farther than other planets... but you can understand it that way."
White Flame finally could not help but ask, "What about us?"
"Oh, it seems that you can finally believe what I said before," Hao Ren laughed. "I've said it before, except for wizards and witches, all other races are not indigenous to Earth. You come from almost every corner of the universe. But now, you're crowding the earth like headless flies, fighting each other noisily. Looking at this spaceship, do you still think that the killing instinct of demon hunters is a natural phenomenon? You and other otherworldlings may not even come from the same planet. Where did the hostility come from? "Hasse was silent.
Hasse was speechless. Teuton touched the metal groove beside him and said, "Incredible."
"We'll talk about the siren language and the otherworldlings later. How far are we from the palace area?" Y'zaks suddenly interrupted.
Shaqira pointed to the front. "Go along this pipe to the end, turn left and enter a secret passage. That secret passage leads directly to a building next to the palace area. But I'm afraid it will take some effort to enter the palace. There must be guards there. "
Nangong Wuyue shifted her attention away from the nearby facilities. "Let's move on. Time waits for no man."
Everyone quickly swam in the direction of the secret passage under the leadership of Shaqira and Sorma. As they approached the corner of the pipe, Lily suddenly sniffed and said, "Wait a minute, there's someone up there!"
They quickly hid under the main pipe and then saw a group of sirens swimming more than ten meters above the pipe. Dozens of trident wielding sirens with grayish-white eyes were escorting dozens of their compatriots trapped in the bubbles. The sirens trapped in the bubbles were in the form of mermaids and looked rather weak.
A siren soldier seemed to sense something and looked down in the direction of the pipe. Sorma quickly strengthened the control of the water and completely covered everyone's breath. A moment later, the siren soldier followed the group and left the place. The group was relieved.
Lily muttered, "I can beat ten of her!"
"But there are at least 100,000 siren soldiers controlled by the brain monster in the city, and there's also the powerful Siren Queen." Hao Ren patted the back of Lily's head. "Stop muttering, let's go."
The group moved towards the secret passage again. Vivian whispered about the team they had just met. "The eyes of the sirens have not completely changed color, which means that their minds are relatively intact. They should be the puppets responsible for patrolling the city. Once we meet them, we'll be in trouble."
"They're probably escorting the ordinary sirens to extract their energy, or to forcefully brainwash them." Nangong Sanba's face was gloomy. "I reckon that we'll encounter more sentries if we go any further. Is there no safer route?"
Shaqira shook her head and said, "That secret passage is the only possible breakthrough. There are sentries and even sensors in other places."
The group continued to move forward and encountered two groups of patrolling soldiers on the way. But with Shaqira, who was particularly familiar with the place, and Sorma, who was good at covering their breath, leading the way, they finally passed through without any danger. They found the secret passage to the palace area: it was at the bottom of a metal ramp, wider than expected, and there were several small pipes running along the secret passage.
There was a nameplate on its entrance with the words "Seventh Resonance Chamber Maintenance Passage" written on it.
Hao Ren followed Shaqira into the maintenance passage, but after a long distance, Sorma suddenly stopped them with her tail and said, "Wait a minute! There are sentries in front! "
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