Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Han Zhan had a vague impression of this mermaid. He was a member of Han Zhan's race. He had just grown up and was somewhat related to Han Zhan by blood. Of course, the mermaid didn't care much about this.

Dongkui obviously recognized who the other person was. He swam down and his lips trembled a few times, "Is he dead?"

"yes."

Dongkui was panic-stricken. He couldn't help but get close to the dead mermaid, "Ed is very powerful. Who killed him?"

Suddenly, the mermaid's face moved, as if there was something in its mouth. Han Zhan looked stern, and he grabbed Dongkui, "Don't go over there."

At this moment, the mermaid opened his lips, and an insect as thick as a finger flew out of his mouth and headed straight towards Dongkui.

Han Zhan quickly pinched the black bug. The shell of the bug was very hard. Han Zhan lost his grip for a moment and made it struggle violently. At the same time, a long needle was exposed at its tail.

Dongkui's eyes widened with fear on his face, "What is this?!"

"I don't know." Han Zhan didn't touch the insect's tail needle. The mermaid's face was still moving, and the abdomen was bulging. You could vaguely see dense insects squirming inside. It seemed like there was only one piece left of the entire mermaid corpse.The skin is still intact.Han Zhan cut off the insect's head and said seriously to Dongkui, "Quickly go."

When Han Zhan and Dong Kui swam up, they both looked unhappy, and the little mermaids looked at each other.

Sotu frowned and asked, "Is there anything down there?"

Dongkui's face darkened. He subconsciously looked at Yuan Xi and shook his head.

Han Zhan picked up the winter cub with his big hand and said to a few ignorant little mermaids: "Let's get out of here."

Outside, Ari was so bored that he was vomiting bubbles. As soon as he finished vomiting a bubble, he saw from the corner of his eye the little mermaids hurriedly swimming away from the giant algae forest, as if there were some ferocious beasts behind them. Ari hurriedly swam over with his tail swung, "What's wrong, little darlings?"?”

"Don't come over here." Han Zhan looked back at the giant algae forest that had become eerie due to the loss of sunlight, "We'll talk about it when we get back."

Dongzai's mouth tightened, and he was a little scared and hugged Han Zhan's fingers, "Brother..."

Han Zhan lowered his eyes and said in a gentle tone, "It's okay, don't be afraid, Zaizai, let's go home."

"You all come here, Uncle Ari." Ari opened his arms, hugged several little mermaids, and led them quickly away from the giant algae forest.

Back in the shallow sea area, Han Zhan asked Yuan Xi to take the Dong cub to play near the gorgonians. He asked Ai Rui, "How did Yuan Xi's father die?"

Ari frowned, "I'm not sure about this, what exactly did you find inside."

"A mermaid died there." Han Zhan spread his hands and handed the dead bug to Ari, "This bug flew out of his body."

Ari was solemn, and he identified it, "I have never seen this kind of insect."

"I heard Uncle Lei Zhe mention it before. When Yuan Xi's father was found, only a few parts of his body were left. At that time, everyone suspected that the Dragon Clan did it. But Uncle Lei Zhe said it was not possible. If the Dragon Clan attacked the mermaid, it would definitelyThere won't be any bones left behind." After all, with the dragon's size, it can swallow the mermaid in one gulp.

"Also." Thinking of the scene he saw before, Han Zhan's face turned gloomy, "I guess the mermaid only has a layer of skin left, and it's full of bugs."

After hearing this, Ai Rui almost broke into a cold sweat, "Do you suspect that this kind of bug attacked the mermaid and even ate him?"

Han Zhan nodded, "It's possible."

"This shouldn't be a bug from our sea area. I've never heard of bugs eating mermaids before." Ari's thoughts were confused. "If it came from other sea areas, it would be troublesome."

This will become the natural enemy of their mermaids, even more dangerous than the dragons.

"I'll go ask Long. You can tell Lei Zhe about the situation and tell everyone not to get close to the giant algae forest." After finishing speaking, Ai Rui swam away in a hurry.

Dongkui, who is usually the most active, looked very worried after returning from the giant algae forest. He sat on the gorgonian coral and rested his chin in his hands in a daze.

Sotu swam over, "What did you see down there."

Dongkui hesitated, "I saw a dead mermaid."

"Then what do you think Yuan Xi is doing?"

"I was afraid that Yuan Xi would think of his father, so I didn't say anything." Dongkui added, "There are also terrible bugs emerging from the mermaid's body. Suotu, do you think Yuan Xi's father was really killed by the dragon clan?"

"I don't know." Suotu looked at Yuan Xi. Yuan Xi's father had been missing for several days, and Long Hui only found his broken bones. It was not clear how he died, but other mermaids thought it was the dragon clan who did it..

The mermaid tribe has always been powerful and fierce. If they cannot be beaten, they can still call other mermaids for help. They rarely die silently.

But no one knows what the truth is.

Towards evening, Lei Zhe came back dragging a big sea beast, intending to give Jiali an extra meal.

While Lei Zhe and Jia Li were both there, Han Zhan told them what happened in the giant algae forest today.

Jia Li was stunned, as if he was lost in memories. After a long time, he said: "Three days after Yuan Xi's father disappeared, Long Hui and I went to look for him. When we found him, he only had his head and a fish tail left, and he didn't even look at it.When the insects arrive, they may have eaten and then flew away.”

"You should be careful when you go out recently. It may not only be mermaids, but other sea beasts may also be their prey."

Lei Zhe's expression was serious, "Han Zhan, let's go to the Great Trench tomorrow." He had to find out whether this kind of insect came from other sea areas.

Long came back to pick up Yuan Xi in the evening. He and Ai Rui had gone to the giant algae forest to confirm it before, but they arrived too late. There were only bones left of the dead mermaid and no insects were seen, but the two of them almost believed it.Long Hui urgently needed to go to Dathai Trench. He made an appointment with Lei Zhe and took Yuan Xi back.

Lei Zhe and Jia Li were discussing something in the room and temporarily forgot about the hungry Dong Zai.

Han Zhan thought that the winter cub might be frightened today, so he slaughtered the male bighead fish he had caught before, cut off a few layers of the most tender meat, put it in a shell bowl, and pounded it into a paste.

After finishing it, he swam out the door with the shell bowl and waved to Dong Zai, "Zai Zai, come here."

"Okay~" Dong Zai shook his little tail and landed lightly in Han Zhan's palm.

After feeding Dong Zai a bowl of meat paste, Han Zhan wiped Dong Zai's mouth clean, "My brother is going out tomorrow, so you stay at home, okay?"

Knowing that his brother was going to go out with his father to catch the big guy, Dong Zai didn't make any noise or make any fuss. He said with a serious face, "Zai Zai, be good."

Han Zhan held up the little mermaid and wanted to touch his little head, but when he saw the braid on his head, he paused for a moment but still did not put his hand on it.

Lei Zhe and Han Zhan set off before dawn. Dongzai woke up and could not see his brother, his mouth was flat and he was unhappy.Jiali's father coaxed her for a long time before she made the little mermaid smile.

Ai Rui came over in the morning and said he had to go out for something, leaving Yuan Xi at Jiali's house.

The two little mermaids still didn't know what happened yesterday and were still playing carefree. The only worry was when their brother/father would come back.

Lei Zhe and the others went there for several days. In fact, the condition of the Great Trench was very bad.

At the end of the sea area, there is a mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles. Under the mountain range, there are countless large cracks like spider webs, and it is like a chasm standing in front of them. This is the Great Trench, and each channel leads to a different sea area.

There were corpses all over the ground, with countless black insects clinging to them, gnawing at the flesh and blood on the bones, which was horrifying.

The sea beast that came out of the crack was covered in scars. It gasped and found several live mermaids at the exit. The sea beast's eyes were green.

Seeing that Lei Zhe and Long Hui had no intention of taking action, Han Zhan sharpened his sharp nails. Before the sea creature pounced, Han Zhan swung his tail, swam behind the sea beast, held its dorsal fin and broke it off with force.

"Roar" The sea beast opened its gear-like mouth and roared. It twisted its body and quickly bit Han Zhan's fish tail.

Han Zhan put his hands on the sea beast's back, used the force to jump, and quickly retracted its tail.

The sea creature took a bite and tried to open its mouth again, but its long and pointed upper jaw was tightly held down, and the next moment its sharp claws pierced into its belly.

Confirming that the sea beast was dead, Han Zhan let go of his hand, and the body of the sea beast floated in the water for a while before slowly sinking.

After a long journey, this sea beast was already exhausted and hungry. This was the time when it was at its weakest, otherwise Han Zhan would not have been able to kill it easily.

A black worm emerged from the belly of the sea beast and pounced on Long Hui, who was closest to the crack.

Long Hui was accidentally stung by its tail needle, and his entire arm was quickly paralyzed, unable to move.Long Hui's mind went blank. He wondered in a daze, was this how Yan Sheng died? He watched helplessly as he was being eaten by insects one by one, but he could do nothing.

Long Hui couldn't imagine how painful Yan Sheng must have been at that time.

Some sea beasts came out of other cracks, and some of them had no bugs on them, but the moment they came out of the cracks, they were attacked by bugs without exception.

Lei Zhe slapped the bug off Longhui's arm and said, "Longhui, are you okay?"

Bugs kept coming out of the sea beast's body. Han Zhan caught them as much as possible and crushed them to death one by one. However, there were more and more bugs. Han Zhan's voice was a bit urgent, "There are too many bugs, we can't prevent them."

Long Hui's eyelashes trembled, and it became difficult for him to even open his mouth. He used all his strength to utter only one word, "Let's go..."

Lei Zhe grabbed Long Hui's arm and led him to swim away from the trench.