naruto-story Chapter 1318 - 651: Native Merfolk
Chapter 1318 - 651: Native Merfolk
In the dark, cold underwater, Liang Yuan looked puzzled.
In less than a few dozen seconds, the spiritual aura he left behind had disappeared.
Could it be that the other party had already discovered it?
"It shouldn’t be."
Liang Yuan shook his head, feeling something was off.
Gu Jianye was already severely injured by him, trying to use the Word Spirit superpower again would probably be like a spent crossbow.
Wouldn’t he use his remaining energy to escape?
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan continued to swim forward.
After swimming forward for just a few dozen meters, his expression suddenly changed slightly.
He saw that at the dark bottom of the water ahead, there was actually a patrol team marching in neat formation.
In that team, everyone was holding weapons like bone forks.
Liang Yuan was shocked: "How could there be a team in the deep sea submerged by the flood?"
His mind stirred, and without bothering to pursue Gu Jianye, he twisted his figure slightly and turned into a shadow, hiding behind a submerged building.
Then he carefully observed the patrol team that was getting closer and closer.
He saw about twelve humanoid creatures in the team.
The bodies of these humanoid creatures were covered with scales, and their hands and feet had structures like webbed feet.
They had fierce faces, pointed mouths, and fangs.
After just one look, Liang Yuan judged that this was a team of Merfolk!
"Merfolk superpower users?"
Liang Yuan immediately had a suspicion, this situation was not the first time he had encountered it.
When he first entered the Mirage Snake Space, Ji Xiaoyu and others had established shelters for the Fishman and Merfolk tribes underwater.
Because of their special body characteristics after transformation, they could adapt to the underwater environment, so they simply lived completely in the water.
This way they could escape the pursuit of Eden.
Liang Yuan suspected that this team might also be similar to Ji Xiaoyu and her group, a force composed of a group of Merfolk transformation ability users.
His gaze swept over and suddenly noticed that two of the Merfolk in the middle were currently holding a person.
This person was none other than Gu Jianye!
At this moment, Gu Jianye was surrounded by a layer of blue energy shield that not only isolated the water but also provided him with some oxygen.
It seemed to be the effect of some kind of rune.
Gu Jianye was currently unconscious, tied up tightly by two Merfolk, who carried him forward.
After Liang Yuan saw them pass in front of the building, he felt a slight movement in his heart.
He immediately followed quietly.
The underwater environment was dark, and the visibility was extremely low.
One could even say it was pitch black.
Relying on his night vision ability, Liang Yuan closely followed behind this Merfolk team.
Swimming along, it didn’t take long before the team suddenly changed direction, swimming deeper downwards.
Seeing this scene, Liang Yuan thought it was strange.
They should know that the deeper they swim, the greater the water pressure. Even the physique of Merfolk would struggle to swim too deep.
Liang Yuan did not hesitate; in his shadow state, he didn’t have to worry about issues like water pressure.
He quickly followed, diving all the way down.
Buildings long submerged by floodwater appeared along his side.
Some of these buildings had collapsed, some were covered in algae, and their original appearance could no longer be recognized.
Others were crawling with various shells, large numbers of shells, sea snails, and other creatures had already gathered here.
Some mutant lobsters and mutant fish scuttled inside these buildings.
Liang Yuan did not pay attention to the conditions of the buildings around him and continued to follow the Merfolk team.
Soon the Merfolk team arrived in front of a ruin.
Outside the ruins, numerous Merfolk appeared, patrolling around as if guarding something.
This inevitably piqued Liang Yuan’s curiosity.
What could be inside these ruins that warranted so many Merfolk gathering here to guard it?
This area was also strange, appearing not to be the ruins of a former city.
Within these ruins, there were many palace-like remains, somewhat resembling ancient buildings like museums.
Liang Yuan did not hesitate and his figure flashed, quickly approaching.
Taking advantage of the shadows, Liang Yuan got close to the ruins.
The surrounding Merfolk couldn’t detect his presence at all.
Liang Yuan swiftly infiltrated the ruins.
As soon as he entered, he immediately spread out his spiritual power, scanning the ruins around him.
Upon seeing this, his expression once again became surprised.
The architecture here looked somewhat like a museum from the outside, but inside there were many relics like stone tools and bone artifacts.
"Could this be a museum from the Stone Age?"
"What are these Merfolk superpower users doing gathered here?"
Liang Yuan was puzzled, what could a Stone Age museum have that was so important to these Merfolk?
He continued walking deeper into the ruins.
The further he went inside, the better-preserved the buildings were.
After crossing through a corridor, the museum hall inside became very orderly.
The rooms on all sides were staggered, with a large number of items piled here, looking as if something lived here.
However, most of what was piled here were bones, appearing more like a beast’s dwelling rather than a human’s.
Liang Yuan frowned: "Could it be that those Merfolk usually reside inside this museum?"
Still puzzled, he continued to walk inward.
Before long, he saw a few Merfolk standing guard at the entrance of a hall.
Through the hall, the faint glow of various runes could be seen flickering.
Liang Yuan sensed a bit, and the energy within these Merfolk was strong.
He immediately took out his spiritual ability glasses to test their strength.
Upon seeing this, his eyebrow involuntarily raised.
"All of them are merfolk with over 90 points? And they’re just guarding the gate?"
Liang Yuan felt a sense of heaviness in his heart, fearing that the things guarded here were not ordinary items.
Thinking this, his figure transformed into a shadow and continued to move closer inside.
Effortlessly avoiding the sight and hearing of these merfolk, Liang Yuan entered the hall.
Inside the hall were many exhibits, most of which were various oracle bones.
On those oracle bones, there were many runes similar to ancient scripts.
At the moment, the runes were emitting a strange glow.
Liang Yuan moved closer to take a look.
Underneath one oracle bone inscription was a stainless steel panel with an introduction.
"This exhibit is an oracle bone for divination rituals, excavated from the Yin Ruins in Linjiang in 1899. The turtle shell’s surface, filled with inscriptions, bears witness to the astounding birth of Chinese characters 3300 years ago..."
Liang Yuan looked at the introduction above and fell into silence.
With his current knowledge, he could immediately recognize that the oracle bone script in front of him was actually Superpower Runes!
"Could it be that the oracle bone script discovered in history is actually superpower runes?"
"Wait, if that’s the case, doesn’t that mean superpowers existed long, long ago?"
Liang Yuan suddenly had a sharp realization, thinking about the great flood, seemingly similar to the apocalyptic flood scenario humans experienced in history.
Could it be that all of this is not a coincidence?
"History is merely a cycle?"
Liang Yuan’s heart pounded wildly, feeling as though he had touched upon some truth!
He manifested from the shadow, reached out to pick up the oracle bone rune, intending to study the differences between this rune and modern superpower runes.
As soon as he held the rune, he suddenly felt the fluctuation of water currents.
Liang Yuan’s expression changed, immediately storing the oracle bone rune and quickly hiding back into the shadows.
From the back of the exhibition hall, two merfolk emerged.
They swam through the hall and soon went outside, returning with Gu Jianye tied up securely.
Witnessing this scene, Liang Yuan’s eyebrows slightly raised, and he silently followed them.
During this process, he heard the two merfolk talking.
However, oddly, Liang Yuan couldn’t understand their conversation.
"What’s going on? Even if transformed into merfolk, can their way of speaking change?"
Liang Yuan had seen merfolk before, Zhang Peng, Ji Xiaoyu, regardless of being in merfolk or fishman state, their language remained human.
Never heard of them having their own communication method.
"Could these two merfolk superpower users be outsiders?"
Liang Yuan had a strange expression, following the two along the way.
Soon, passing through this exhibition hall, the ground ahead suddenly sloped downward.
A huge cavern appeared on the ground.
The two merfolk carried Gu Jianye and directly swam into the cavern.
Liang Yuan saw this and his eyes flashed, following them inside.
Upon entering the cavern, Liang Yuan discovered that the cave system was well-connected, resembling an underground tomb!
"What kind of museum is built atop an ancient tomb?"
Liang Yuan was astonished, closely following the two merfolk, passing through tomb corridors.
Soon reaching a larger burial chamber.
Inside the chamber were many prison cells, and at the moment, four to five people were imprisoned within.
The two merfolk threw Gu Jianye into the cell, then turned and left after mumbling something.
Liang Yuan glanced into the cell and was stunned.
"Zhang Peng!"
Inside the cell was none other than Zhang Peng!
Liang Yuan was utterly shocked, how did Zhang Peng end up here?
For the moment, he was unclear about what was happening, but he knew there was certainly something unusual here.
Thinking this, Liang Yuan didn’t immediately reveal himself to rescue them but quickly followed the two merfolk.
Seeing the two merfolk walk outside the prison cell, Liang Yuan left a spiritual brand in the cell before quickly following them.
Soon, the two merfolk appeared at another cavern entrance.
Passing through the cavern, the area ahead suddenly opened up.
This was a large burial chamber, spacious like a giant stadium.
In the chamber’s center, there was a structure resembling an altar, with a sarcophagus placed on top.
Near the sarcophagus, several giant eggs were neatly arranged.
Some of the giant eggs had already cracked, appearing as though something had crawled out.
While others remained intact, gently rising and falling, as if something was being nurtured inside.
Liang Yuan was filled with amazement, glancing around, seeing no merfolk guarding.
At that moment, he flicked his finger.
Whoosh——!
A deep, piercing sound echoed, and in an instant, a powerful wind obliterated one of the giant eggs.
Splltt!
The egg shattered, and subsequently, a pool of liquid was swept by the surrounding water, spreading murkily.
From within the egg, a small merfolk infant floated out.
Upon seeing this scene, Liang Yuan’s pupils contracted suddenly!
"This... is merfolk!"
"These merfolk hatched from these giant eggs?"
"They are not human superpower users!"
Only now did Liang Yuan realize in shock that the merfolk outside were not humans at all!
And they were born as merfolk!
In a certain sense, these merfolk were actually mutant beasts!