The little siren was finally coaxed away by Shaqira. Before she left, she did not forget to look at Lil Pea curiously for a long time. She had never seen such a small "kindred" in her life, and her worldview was probably shaken. Hao Ren did not know much, but he knew that this trip to Nasaton had given him a deeper understanding of the "siren" race...
Soon, they arrived at the Royal District in the center of Nasaton.
In front of Hao Ren was a building complex that had yet to be renovated. There used to be the magnificent palace of the Queen of the Sirens, but during the crisis a few months ago, the palace was greatly damaged by the aftermath of the battle between the sirens and the brain monsters. The main part of the palace was almost razed to the ground, and the surrounding towers collapsed in the explosion. Such a huge damage could not be rebuilt in a short time, and the sirens did not have that much large machinery and the construction technology of the past, so they only did their best to repair the spacecraft control facilities under the palace, then cleaned up the ruins on the surface, and built a few temporary buildings on top to serve as the Queen's residence and government offices. The domed halls in the large open space looked unusually shabby compared to the previous palace, but it was precisely because many of the building ruins had been cleared that large open space was now a new gathering center. Groups of sirens could be seen wandering around. Here, Hao Ren finally saw a few sirens in human form, and his eyes were no longer tormented by the fighting mantis shrimps, giant sea crabs, and deep-sea Oozies...
Shaqira led Hao Ren and the others to the door of the temporary palace. Fortunately, the sirens in the palace had not completely dropped the ball. The combat maids guarding the door still maintained their snake woman appearance. These valiant combat maids with tridents knew Hao Ren — because they were beaten up by Hao Ren and his gang. They immediately swam over happily to greet him, while two guards ran to inform the people inside. Hao Ren followed Shaqira into the palace. As soon as he entered, he found that the sirens in the palace were not that strong...
Apart from the Sirens who had to stand guard at various posts, who still maintained their human appearances, it was also a chaotic scene inside. The mantis shrimps and sea crabs that were running around in an imposing manner could be explained as they were the battle forms of the sirens. However, the buckets and sea urchins that were rolling around on the ground could only be explained as the Queen's Royal Guards who were bored out of their wits. Hao Ren even saw a huge anchor "walking" in the palace corridor. He was stunned. Shaqira kindly explained, "... This is the anchor of the Titanic. She was going to make the whole Titanic, but then she found that the palace could not hold it..."
At this time, the anchor had already jumped in front of Hao Ren. This piece of "steel" swayed on the spot and suddenly turned into another acquaintance: Sorma.
She was also the siren he knew from the last incident …
"Ah, Hao Ren, long time no see!" Sorma greeted Hao Ren happily and solemnly introduced his current situation. "I am now the Queen's Royal Guard. The Queen is inside, but she is busy with the banquet and can't come out. She asked me to bring you there."
Hao Ren followed behind Sorma in confusion. When they came to a hall, he knew what the "banquet" was all about. It turned out that there was also a small-scale celebration here. All kinds of humanoid and non-humanoid sirens (mostly nobles and officials) were happily holding a party here. Nangong Wuyue stretched her neck and looked around for the Queen of the Sirens, but she did not see her for a long time. "Where is the Queen? Has she transformed too? "
Sorma pointed to a corner of the hall and said, "Over there! She's coming! "
Hao Ren looked in the direction where Sorma was pointing. Even in the water, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Because he saw a torpedo wobbling towards him!
"Woof!" Lily was so shocked that she almost jumped out of her tongue. "There's a torpedo!"
Just as she finished her sentence, the torpedo stopped steadily in front of Hao Ren. It shook on the spot and suddenly exploded into a cloud of mist. Out of the mist came the Queen of the Sirens, Katreina. The Queen of the Sirens was also shocked by Lily. She quickly followed and yelled, "Where is it? Where is the torpedo?!"
"Didn't you just transform?!" Hao Ren's cold sweat had just subsided a little, but now it popped up again. "Isn't your transformation a little too much?!"
"Oh, so you're talking about me." Katreina finally reacted. She smiled and shook her long serpent tail. "A Queen has to be different. I want to be more creative than others."
Hao Ren was speechless. "..."
"It's been a long time." Katreina did not feel anything was wrong. She only smiled gently and dignified, her eyes lingering on Hao Ren and the others. "Ayesha has come twice."
Hao Ren looked at the Queen of the Sirens with a strange expression. It was not that there was anything wrong with her. On the contrary, it was too normal. The Queen had become dignified and elegant in the blink of an eye. Her speech and actions were full of elegance and charisma. You would never imagine that she had turned herself into a torpedo just to scare people a minute ago … No one else could change so much, right?
A phrase flashed in his mind: Sirens are indeed made of water …
Katreina saw that Hao Ren did not say anything, so she took the initiative to speak. "You're here all of a sudden. Something big must have happened, right?"
"Oh, yes, we're here for something serious." Hao Ren finally came to his senses. He slapped his forehead. "I'm so confused by your unique festival … Can we find a quiet place to talk?"
Katreina nodded. "Come with me."
Hao Ren followed the Queen of the Sirens, but he soon noticed that Lily's eyes were looking everywhere. Lil Pea was also running around excitedly. He waved at the others. "If you're not interested, you can play outside. Just don't cause any trouble."
With that, everyone except Vivian scurried away. Sure enough, they did not want to go to the meeting …
The Nangong family of four went to communicate with the sirens. Lily went to look for something to add to her "Woof's Treasure". Rollie floated happily in this paradise filled with the smell of fish. Her whole body was full of energy as if she had smelled catnip. The little mermaid, Lil Pea, was running around the hall like a bullet, as if she had returned to her hometown. Hao Ren saw this and called out to Wuyue from afar. "Wuyue! Look after Lil Pea. Don't let her get lost! "
He then turned to Vivian. "Aren't you coming with us?"
Vivian rolled her eyes. "You tend to short-circuit when you talk. I'll go with you."
Hao Ren was speechless again. "…"
The three of them came to a lounge beside the hall. Katreina saw Hao Ren's serious expression and dismissed all the maids and guards. She asked, "What happened?"
"It has something to do with your home planet." Hao Ren nodded. "Uh, don't worry. There's nothing wrong with your planet. It's just a bunch of unlucky exiles. I saved a bunch of people a while ago …"
Hao Ren told Katreina about what happened in the Plane of Dreams, but left out the overly complicated background and the divine artifact. The Queen of the Sirens listened attentively. She only asked a few questions occasionally — about the form and principle of the exiled arks. She seemed very interested. When Hao Ren finished, she blinked. "In other words, there's a group of aliens who, like us, encountered an ecological disaster and fled their home. Their exiled arks are now out of food and ammunition, and they need to find a planet to land on. Io, the home planet of the sirens, is the best place you know of for them to land?"
"To be honest, if you really want to find a planet, I can find an alternative. My drones have found a few planets that are barely habitable, but they're either contaminated by lifeblood or have harsh environments. If the arks try to land there, they'll lose a lot of people." Hao Ren looked into Katreina's eyes. "Io is the only planet that they can live on without any modification. My drones can also protect that place."
Katreina frowned in deep thought.
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