Hao Ren was completely immersed in the spiritual world. His consciousness continued to sink along with the power of chaos. The oldest historical memory of the sirens emerged from the depths of chaos, and it became clearer and clearer, as if he had experienced it himself.
He saw the dexterous creatures living in the deep sea open their minds. He saw them studying the metal meteorites that occasionally fell from the dark abyss with surprise and awe. They studied how these hard stones were formed. They dug the sand and weaved seaweed, developing their own home in the dim water world that was slightly illuminated by the faint light of algae. They were curious about everything. In the five thousandth year of the Meteoric Iron Age, they finally learned how to separate metal from the deep-sea rocks they dug out. In this place far away from fire, they used the power of water and chemistry.
They used water to break the ore and the elemental method to refine the metal, thus creating alloys that would not rust. The sirens freed themselves from the limited gifts of the meteorites. They used their own hands to create brand-new metal tools, built the oldest dynasty, and carved the first page of history on the alloys that would not decay.
However, while this young civilization was learning to walk in the deep sea, their nurturer, the endless sea of Io, also covered the kingdom. The sirens were full of awe and curiosity about the endless dark water above them. Just like the inevitable stage that all intelligent races had to go through: they also wanted to know what was on the other side of the darkness.
When the first siren became interested and put it into practice, it was already a thousand years after the establishment of the first dynasty.
However, exploring the shallow water was dangerous. The environment of the deep sea was completely different from that of the shallow water. There was a huge water pressure here, which was particularly comfortable for the sirens, but not in the shallow water. The sirens warned the young adventurers in their ancient teachings, telling them that on the other side of the endless dark water was a world of "nothingness". As they approached the "edge of the world", the density of matter would decrease, and everything would separate from each other, including the sirens themselves. Just like the warriors who tried to send the meteorites back to the "edge of the world" in the tribal era, no siren could cross the mysterious dark water.
However, once the heart of exploration was ignited, it would not be extinguished. The young scholars were still studying how to go to the edge of the world. They kept improving their elemental magic, using magic to change their physique, so that they could adapt to the water pressure in shallow waters. They kept sending out batch after batch of explorers, with the determination to die, to attack the dark abyss hanging over their heads again and again.
Explorers who came back alive would bring back incredible things: animals and plants living in the upper waters. This made the scholars believe that there was a realm of survival on the other side of the Dark Sea Abyss. It was another prosperous world.
In the 2000th year after the establishment of the First Dynasty, a young siren led her small expedition team to challenge this limit. It took them a hundred years to change their physique and three days to cast all kinds of protective spells on themselves. Then, they marched into the Dark Sea Abyss. They swam the furthest they could, across waters no one had ever reached before, and left the wonderful shallow-water flora and fauna behind them. As they continued to float upwards, they felt the water elements that made up their bodies become increasingly unstable. Then, an even more unbelievable scene began to appear above their heads:
On the other side of the dark abyss, there was light.
It turned out that the phenomenon of "light" was not unique to the deep sea.
They exchanged their new discoveries in surprise and began to rush to the surface of the sea with even more effort, so much so that they did not care what changes were happening to the water elements in their bodies. They advanced towards the brighter world they had never seen before. They swam hard, swam hard, and finally crossed the "boundary of matter" — at that time, they did not know that this thing was called "water surface".
An extremely vast, bright, and restless world appeared in front of these explorers.
But they only had time to take a look, because in a second, they all collapsed due to the pressure and turned into gas.
Elemental creatures did not have a body in the conventional sense. Without mastering the control skills, they did not know how to maintain their high-density state in the world of air at all.
By the time the sirens knew how to move in the world of air, it was already hundreds of years later.
Hao Ren's spirit was in a wonderful state. He was going through the entire history of the sirens, but he could hardly feel the flow of time. It was as if the memory spanning thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, was spread out in front of him like a flat surface, and he could see everything clearly at a glance. He saw the sirens finally come to the world above the sea level, and began to carefully explore the world of air which was "empty, vast, and unstable" to them. In the process, he seemed to vaguely sense Eva's thoughts, and he understood what the spirit of the sirens was thinking.
The sirens spent thousands of years building stable channels and various observation platforms that could reach the sea surface. The sea of Io covered the entire planet, and they had to work dozens of times harder than other races to see the sky. They adapted to the storms and lightning on the sea surface with patience unimaginable to ordinary races, and even modified their life forms for this. The most outstanding observer among them, Iwenna, had waited on the platform for seven hundred years before there was a clear sky. When the starry sky appeared in front of the sirens, it was so vast that it was shocking. Almost everyone was scared out of their wits.
It was not until 1700 years later that they realized that there was not only a starry sky behind the clouds, but also sunlight: that was the second clear sky.
Understanding the "alternation of day and night" was something even later.
Everything the sirens did had to put in more effort than other races. The special natural environment of the planet made it impossible for them to understand what they were researching and what they were researching like ordinary races. Lightning, oceans, huge waves, and unstable atmosphere made it difficult for any primitive race to move on the sea surface. At the same time, they had to divide more energy to adjust their life forms. The life form of "deep-sea elemental creatures" was a natural limitation for them. They spent more energy on this point than on observing the world.
But they did not stop exploring and continued to move out of the world. Their reason was not so noble and far-sighted. They did not even think of the term "sea of stars".
They just wanted to go out and see if there was a sea like their hometown in other places.
Four thousand years after Iwenna observed the starry sky, the sirens created an aircraft that could pass through Io's storms. It was not easy to develop a flying vehicle in a world where there was no fire, lightning, constant storms, and even the initial aerodynamic research could not be carried out. Of course, it could be said that they were not talented in this area, but so what?
Anyway, they could finally look at the stars, and they were happy about it.
Hao Ren felt his consciousness began to float up. He saw the space age of the sirens, saw these magical creatures try to launch probes to other planets to find the sea, saw them build observation stations in their planet's orbit, and cast their curious eyes into the wider universe. He saw …
A group of space battleships of unknown origin suddenly landed on Io. In an inexplicable and chaotic war, the kingdom of the sirens collapsed. In the end, the entire planet was swept by some kind of energy storm weapon like a global EMP, and the siren civilization was destroyed.
There was no reason for the destruction.
The storm on the sea of Io was getting worse. Huge lightning swept across the sky, and monstrous waves of ice came crashing in. Shaqira and the other three sirens tried to maintain control of a small area of water. She looked at the center of the water and asked, "When is he going to recover? I don't feel any signs of Eva calming down at all! "
Nangong Wuyue quickly dived into the water, checked Hao Ren's status, and came up again. "He's still connected! I've seen him connect with the brain monster a few times. I know this state … It looks like it's going well! "
Sorma muttered, "I don't think it's going well."
Another storm raged, and a mountainous tsunami rushed towards them. The siren queen raised her hands high to block the tsunami. Just when she could not help but want to check on Hao Ren, the latter suddenly emerged from the water.
As soon as Hao Ren opened his eyes, he saw the storm and the monstrous waves outside. He stared blankly at the violent underwater world, and his mind seemed to have been delayed for a century. It was not until Nangong Wuyue swam closer that he muttered to himself, "She's crying."
"What?" Nangong Wuyue did not hear him clearly.
"She's crying." Hao Ren looked up at the sky and the arms reaching into space. "Eva, she's crying. She's just a child."
The sound of the violent storm whistled in his ears, and the world was filled with roaring sounds. Endless anger, vexation, and hatred were mixed in the storm as if they were real, and it seemed as if they were going to destroy anyone who was in it. However, this time, Hao Ren felt something else from these violent sounds and auras: Eva's crying.
For a civilization, Eva was just a child. She was at a loss. She was not prepared for anything. She had just learned about the vastness of the world, but everything came to an abrupt end for no reason.
It took her so long to climb out of the cradle. It took her far more patience and time than other races to see the world above her head. She had to pay dozens of times the price to achieve what other races considered ordinary. Although she may not have realized it, in any case, Io's ten-kilometer-thick ocean, the endless turbulence of the atmosphere, and the clouds that would not dissipate for thousands of years, all these things were not easy to overcome. She climbed out of the deep sea with great difficulty, but everything came to an abrupt end for no reason.
Eva did not even know what happened. She died next to her cradle.
So she refused to accept this fact. The indestructible soul of the siren allowed her to survive the end of the world, and turned into a state similar to "Echo" on this planet. She was like a child whose toy had been taken away. Confused and angry, she attacked everything and cried loudly at the same time.
"I never thought that the consciousness of a race could become like this..." Hao Ren did not know how to explain what he saw and felt. He could only shake his head at Shaqira and the others. "In fact, the phenomenon of premature end of civilization is everywhere, but it is rare to see an individual like Eva. She was at a loss for her own destruction and very sad. She was just venting her dissatisfaction... and maybe it was the last time. "
"Then what should we do?" The siren queen looked at Hao Ren helplessly. "Is there any way to... comfort her?"
At this time, the voice of the MDT suddenly came from the communication channel. "Are you guys ready? I'm not in a good situation here! "
Hao Ren looked at the siren queen and then at Nangong Wuyue. He nodded vigorously and said, "Give me a few more minutes. You two, come here. I need your help. "
The two asked in unison, "What kind of help?"
"Just stay with me," Hao Ren reached out and grabbed the hands of the siren queen and Nangong Wuyue. "Let us connect together and let Eva sense your presence."
After saying this, regardless of the confusion on the faces of the two sirens, Hao Ren established a connection with Eva again.
The feeling of chaos struck again, and this time, Hao Ren could sense Eva's consciousness more clearly. It was a feeling that seemed real and illusory. It was almost impossible to determine whether it was a consciousness or just a biased memory, but Hao Ren was willing to believe that it was the former. He could only vaguely feel Nangong Wuyue and the siren queen beside him in the state of chaos. This was the only problem: the two sirens did not have the ability to communicate mentally. Could Eva, who was in a state of madness, sense them?
"Eva!" Hao Ren concentrated and called out in his mind. But soon he realized that the name "Eva" was also given by the sirens. The spirit of the sirens probably did not even know what it meant: she had not had the time to give herself a name.
But miraculously, the chaotic mental power seemed to respond to the word "Eva". Hao Ren felt that something was watching him.
Perhaps the sirens had heard of the legend of "Eva" before they fled Io, so as the siren spirit of all the sirens, she knew that her name was "Eva".
Hao Ren concentrated again and said, "Eva, I know you can hear me... Don't be afraid, I mean you no harm. I just want to help you. I know what you've been through, and I deeply sympathize with you. Many civilisations can't escape the fate of premature death, you're not... "
A violent thought suddenly struck him, and there was a wave of uneasiness in the chaos.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this..." Hao Ren quickly reorganized his words. "Eva, Eva, calm down. I just want to show you something — in fact, you didn't fail. In a sense, you survived and went further than anyone else. Eva, through me, you should be able to sense the breath of two of your compatriots... "
Hao Ren calmed down and minimized the presence of his thoughts so that Eva could sense the presence of other sirens through him. Due to the madness, Eva had lost the ability to sense other sirens, so Hao Ren had to make himself Eva's temporary sense organ.
He felt that this should work.
Eva's emotions gradually calmed down, and she curiously observed the situation here.
"An ark has successfully escaped from Io and came to another world," Hao Ren said to Eva quietly. "I'm the messenger from there. My duty is to monitor and evaluate the development of civilization. I want to tell you that the siren civilisation still exists, and you have survived in another world. Have you noticed that there's a special siren beside me? She's a siren, but she should have a special breath — she was born in that world, and is proof that you have taken root in another world... "
The call of the MDT came through the communication channel. "Boss! The situation is getting better! The water is slowly receding! "
Hao Ren did not respond, but continued to communicate with Eva. "Eva, don't be sad, don't cry, the bad times are over, everything will be better."
A ray of light shone in the chaotic darkness, and a blurry figure emerged from the light. Hao Ren looked at the illusion in surprise. He heard a voice in his ear. "... Is there a sea there too?"
"Yes, it's big, very beautiful, and we have land — rocks and soil that protrude from the sea. The sirens occasionally go to the land to play, but they spend most of their time in the sea."
"Are they happy?"
"Still aloof and carefree. There was a little trouble recently, but I easily solved the problem. You see, after I solved the problem, I brought them home to see you. "
After what felt like a century of silence, the light slowly dissipated, and a sigh came. "Thank you, I can finally sleep..."
All the illusions receded like the tide. Hao Ren opened his eyes and saw that the storm had stopped, the clouds had dispersed, and Io ushered in the once in a thousand years clear sky, a real clear sky.
The stars hung in the sky, reminding them of the scene many years ago when the Siren named Iwenna stood on the ancient observation platform and looked at the scene in amazement.
These stars must have frightened her.
Trillions of tons of seawater began to return to the surface of Io under the last bit of Eva's power. This spectacular scene was breathtaking in space. Hao Ren could not see this scene on the surface of the planet, but he could still imagine it.
An arch-bridge-like water arc slowly slid in front of Hao Ren and the sirens. Shaqira pointed inside in surprise. "Look! There are living creatures! "
A pale golden fish jumped out of the water arc, flicked its tail in the air, and returned to the sea.
Miraculously, it survived the terrible journey in space and finally returned home.
Hao Ren took a deep breath and looked down at the calm sea under his feet.
"Good night, Eva."
(I can't update at night, so I just merged the two chapters together.)
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