CH 4

TL: Hua

“…”

The patriarch was silent for a moment and struggled to find the outdated mermaid language system.

“Cough, my lord.”

“Huh?”

A slightly hoarse trill sounded suddenly, causing Ji Mingjiang’s hair-covered ears to move slightly. He looked at the front of the whale group and saw a sperm whale that was obviously a bit old.

“Why can I understand what you say?”

Respecting the old and loving the young is an unchanging truth in any world. After thinking about it, Ji Mingjiang still used honorifics.

Mfn: He used 您 [nín]. The honorific title for “you”.

The old patriarch was so frightened that the wrinkles on his face were about to unfold. Just as he was about to say another word out of panic, he suddenly realized something.

This mermaid doesn’t seem to have inherited memory?

…

“Oh, so I’m the first mermaid to appear after fifty years. Our race was cruel, and we picked fights everywhere. No wonder you all were so afraid of me at first.”

After being brought back to the territory of this group of humpback whales, Ji Mingjiang randomly found a rock and sat down, chatting with Ryan enthusiastically.

After discovering that this mermaid was surprisingly gentle, Ryan relaxed his tense nerves. Under Ji Mingjiang’s slightly curious eyes, he began to tell the mermaid, who had no inherited memories, the glorious deeds of his crazy ancestors.

“…They’re even more brutal than killer whales.” mfn: Orca or killer whale. They’re the apex predators in the ocean.

“They eat a lot and have to hunt every day; there is no species in the sea that hasn’t been eaten by them, and they don’t stop when they are full…”

“Every day, they’re either making trouble or on the way to provoke people….They even flip a turtle over when one is passing by.”

“Swarms of sharks will run away when they see them. If they don’t run away, they will be scratched and bleed…”

The more the old patriarch spoke, the sadder he became. His eyes, which became smaller after getting old, overflowed with tears.

He has lived for more than 70 years. At that time, he had witnessed many immoral things done by mermaids. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have started to flinch when he saw Ji Mingjiang.

After he said all of those things, Ji Mingjiang didn’t even dare to shake his tail fins.

Good lord, the race given to him by the system is quite in line with the type of task it gave him before.

Is it possible that his system is a hegemony system? This is outrageous….

“Ah… that sounds pretty wicked.” He laughed dryly twice.

Some even speculate that the killer whale picked up the shady behavior from the mermaid.

After some communication, Ryan agreed with Ji Mingjiang’s idea of wanting to tag along when some small humpback whales went out hunting.

The reason why he made this request was that Ji Mingjiang wanted to familiarize himself with his fighting power and find some food while hunting; on the other hand, he also wanted to take advantage of the humpback whale’s force to go to the surface.

To be honest, he was still a little curious about what era it was now that a legendary creature like a mermaid had actually appeared.

“Then do you need those little guys to learn the mermaid language?”

Ryan, who suddenly remembered the language barrier, asked.

Mermaids do not make an effort to learn the languages of other races; rather, other races learn theirs in order to maintain a good relationship with mermaids.

When the criminal mermaid gang hasn’t appeared in decades, almost no creature would specifically teach their juniors mermaid language. After all, the moral of the story wasn’t good, and they weren’t ready to welcome the return of the group of mermaids at any time.

“No need.” Seeing that the patriarch specifically mentioned his own language, Ji Mingjiang noticed that the tone of what he said now was indeed a bit strange.

If you listen carefully, you can find that his current pronunciation is a bit different from the normal pronunciation of Chinese. All the tones have changed a few degrees, and there is a melodious singing feeling after speaking.

“…” Those monsters bizarrely went missing, and he can’t speak the language anymore. What kind of mermaid buff is this!

“My lord?”

“Ah, there’s no need to teach them. I won’t stay here for that long.” Ji Mingjiang shook his head, his silver-white hair swaying left and right with his movements.

Ji Mingjiang couldn’t do such a wicked thing as make the little whale learn a new language for half a month or even less than half a month of getting along.

Fortunately, not all the little humpback whales are as social as the one he rescued. He only needs to make basic expressions, such as patting the heads of those little whales or making random gestures, to successfully complete an effective communication.

“What a coincidence, it’s you again.”

Ji Mingjiang, who usually patrols the area where the baby whales are hunting, looked at the giant squid that bumped into him and said hello in a good mood.

Although the other party didn’t seem to really want to meet him by chance.

When the frightened squid saw him, the pain of having several tentacles torn off came again.

Wu Mo(the squid) who was just wandering around the nearby sea area, ran away and spit out the black ink in a panic.

Ji Mingjiang was about to grab his tentacles that stretched and retracted, but he looked back at the group of whales that were still eating and regretfully gave up the idea of chasing.

…

“Wuwu, mom, I was really right, that’s a mermaid; I ran into him again today; his nails almost got me!!!”

After fleeing back to the abyss all the way without daring to turn around, Wu Mo was still thankful that he had recovered two consecutive lives from the brutal mermaid, but he was smacked by his mom’s tentacle.

The squid who was suddenly smacked covered his head with his tentacles, crying to his mother in a muffled voice.

The squid with a black body and a body size of 40 to 50 meters smacked him again, directly turning him and all his tentacles into a spinning top.

“But they haven’t been around for a long time.” so long that she was about to rest peacefully in this abyss.

“And then for this guy who came out of nowhere, you told me you ran into him twice, but now you don’t know anything except that he’s a good fighter.”

Looking at her bullied son, Uriel felt her blood pressure rise again.

“That, I do know a little bit. That mermaid seems to be getting along well with the humpback whale now ……”

Carefully moving away the tentacles in front of him, Wu Mo, who had been beaten repeatedly, suggested, “So let’s take the humpback whales out of our diet first.”

“…”

Uriel didn’t say anything. She didn’t really think about changing the diet, but she wondered if she could get any information from the humpback whale.

It’s always kill or be killed in the sea world.

They have no natural enemy relationship or enmity with humpback whales.

Everyone is eating each other, but it’s not like you can’t have a chat if you’re not hungry.

“Then don’t provoke the calves of those humpback whales for now, and stay away from them if you’re so afraid.” Although they’re not enemies, after she made up her mind to ask the humpback whales what happened, it’s a bit outrageous to start eating their calves afterward.

“After meeting your other brothers and sisters, tell them the news; just say it was me.”

After seeing her silly son nod, the old squid slowly sank herself into the crack. There were still a few sleeping old guys there; she had to tell them the news and ask them to restrain their children for a while.

Ji Mingjiang was completely unaware of the undercurrent at the bottom of the sea because of his existence. He was simply surprised to discover that he had been encountering various types of squid in recent days.

After chasing off the squid hiding behind the coral bushes countless times, Ji Mingjiang fell silent.

He could tell that these squids didn’t come to eat, and their attention was more on him than on the little humpback whales.

Is it the group brought in by that squid? Then their relationship is too plastic!

“Hey!” The humpback whale, who was full, didn’t see him around and hurriedly called out to urge his strange partner, who didn’t understand the language, to come back quickly.

Ji Mingjiang swung his fish tail skillfully; his tail fin drew a water pattern glowing with white light in the water, and he swam a distance of several hundred meters in just two to three seconds.

He patted the still-calling humpback whales from behind, signaling that they could swim back.

He has already discussed this with the patriarch. Tomorrow, he plans to take this group of whales to the surface to practice another hunting method. He can also sit on the back of any whale, saving him from having to swim a few thousand meters upstream by himself.

Back in his familiar sea area, Ji Mingjiang was just about to nestle into the shell room he had found earlier that might have been used by a mermaid when he saw Ryan slowly swim up to him.

Ji Mingjiang rested one hand on the edge of the shell, looked at him suspiciously, and asked, “Is something wrong?”

They just talked today. This old whale is not very chatty, so why is he here again?

“I remember the day we met; you were the one who helped the young’un drive away a squid.”

After getting confirmation from Ji Mingjiang, he said: “Today, one of the leaders from the squid side came to me to inquire about your news. I didn’t say much, but I still want to remind you to be careful recently.”

After finishing speaking, feeling that he had nothing to disclose, the unsociable old whale slowly left under Ji Mingjiang’s watchful eyes.

Ji Mingjiang was not surprised by the news, and he also understands the squid’s behavior.

Think about it: isn’t this the equivalent of a criminal gang that has been dormant for decades coming out and operating again? Although the only member so far was himself, and he didn’t cause any harm, it’s right for them to be vigilant.

This also explains why he can always see squids of different sizes around him, probably to observe him or to tail him.

It’s just a few squids that hadn’t learned their lesson and were curious about mermaids.

After thinking clearly that these squid would not pose any threat to the group of brats he looked after, Ji Mingjiang had nothing to worry about.

Anyway, no fish can beat him.

After looking around to confirm that no more whales would come looking for him, Ji Mingjiang yawned a little, closed the shell slightly, and lay down satisfied after the thin tail fin was placed on his stomach.

Sleeping with his belly covered is a habit engraved into his DNA, even if his species has changed, this habit won’t change!

At the same time, several sea snakes who got the news were shuttling around in the surface waters of the ocean.

“Big news! Big news! A mermaid appeared in the deep sea, and according to reliable sources, he will come to the surface tomorrow!”

The great white shark, who had just filled his stomach and was opening his mouth for the pilot fish to floss his teeth, heard the news and directly spewed out the small fish that was still hard at work.

“What did you say?!”