"Please."

I remembered the scene when I fought at the research institute, and I hesitated and asked, "You just mentioned that his growth rate is amazing, I want to know what is going on?" If I'm not mistaken, it would take at least half a year for the merfolk to grow to his form, but in fact, he's only three months old now. "Ben said a month ago that Shi was only four months old, but in fact this does not match Shi's actual age, and Ben, as a professional who studies mermaids, his statement must have a basis, so the problem lies with Shi.

Thomason's expression was surprised: "Oh boy, I thought you, as a caregiver, would know what was going on. Probably seeing my look of surprise, he explained, "Actually, we don't know what the situation is, but when the little one came back three days ago, we almost didn't recognize him. According to our observations, his physical development was not gradual, but sudden. When he is stimulated in a certain situation, his body will grow suddenly, not only to grow taller, but also to gradually appear the physiological characteristics of an adult male, but as you can see, the mental age of the little one does not match the physical development at all, and he is obviously a young child mentally. ”

"Has this ever happened to your merfolk race?" I frowned, a little worried that this abnormal growth situation would cause some kind of damage to Shi's body.

"Unfortunately kid, the answer is no. I'm the oldest in my tribe and have seen a lot of the world, but I swear I've never seen anything like this. The gray beard swayed slightly as Thomas shook his head, "We suspect that he may have some kind of stimulant hormone in his body that prompts him to grow rapidly under certain circumstances, but what this hormone is, we can't detect it with our technology." ”

I fell silent, the merfolk were half-human creatures, but they possessed no worse technology than humans, and it was even safe to say that they were much higher than the impoverished Gosai, and if I didn't even know about them, then I couldn't possibly be able to figure it out.

There is another thing that makes me concerned about the state of Shi during the battle.

As we said, Shak's mental age is still a young child, and under normal circumstances, he should not know things that many adults know, such as driving Burst Dawn - whether he imitates me to drive or learns to drive on his own, these are abilities that he should not have as a young child. But in fact, not only did he fly this high-tech airship perfectly, but he also showed calm determination and amazing leadership skills in battle.

One term immediately popped into my mind: second personality.

I can't think of any other more reasonable explanation other than this, but in order to prevent Shi's identity as a mermaid from being exposed, I won't ask Thomason, I will only secretly observe and look for answers.

"Moda, Moda?" Probably hearing us discussing him, he rolled his eyes curiously, looking at me and at Thomasson, flicking his tail stupidly and making a splash.

"We're complimenting you, little one."

Thomason seemed familiar with Shi's thoughts, and he touched Shi's head lovingly, clapping and laughing happily.

"Niniwa, Niniwa."

To be honest, I sometimes envy this simple little guy who doesn't understand anything.

I don't know if I said what was in my heart, but Thomas said immediately.

"No, child, you are wrong, please don't treat the little guy as an ordinary child, sometimes he even knows more than children of the same age. Maybe you don't know that before he left, he came back to me and asked me what a partner was and how I could be with it. To be honest, I was really shocked, I didn't expect him to ask such a question that was not appropriate for his age, but out of education, I patiently explained to him, and I didn't expect him to make a lot of insightful opinions about his view of love according to my explanation, and said goodbye to me, saying that he was going to find his partner. I just didn't expect ......," Thomas looked at me with an inexplicable smile, "he went through so much and brought you back." ”

I didn't think about the meaning of Thomason's words, so I nodded, and just at this time, the wound was bandaged, and Tomasson packed up the medicine box with the help of Shi, left a few bottles of potions on the side of my head, and advised: "Your wound is very deep, don't move around at will in a short time." These are anti-inflammatory potions, please take them according to the instructions on the potion, during this time, there are more injured people in the clan, please forgive me for not having much time to take care of you, if you need anything, please tell the little guy, he will come to me. ”

"Okay, thank you." I sincerely thank Thomason.

Before he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped and turned back to me, "Oh, and the leader will come back today and will have a banquet in the palace, and he has heard about you, and he said that he wants to see you, and when the evening comes, let the little one take you there, and the leader will be very happy to see you." ”

"Wata." Shi nodded happily and sent Thomas out.

I exhaled and lay back on the slate, quietly watching the faint candlelight.

This kind of day without fighting, without enemies, is so reassuring, I wish I had stayed in this moment for a few more days, but in fact, the storm is coming.

Since I was injured and couldn't soak in the seawater, in the evening, Shi Tui brought a bamboo raft, helped me lie on the bamboo raft, and pushed me forward in the back.

I ignorantly thought that the deep-sea mermaids inhabited all of them were made up of caves, but what I actually saw turned my perception upside down. Out of the cave, there was indeed a stretch of road full of similar caves, but after about □□ twenty minutes, it suddenly opened up.

The sea stops in front of a large stone road, and when you look up the stairs along the stone road, this is simply a sea city. On either side of the gate, which is about three meters high, stand two female mermaid statues, smiling and holding intricately carved kettles in both hands, pouring clear water into the middle of the gate, which, in the words of the Buddha, is only allowed to enter the city after being washed by the water of the Holy Spirit.

Passing through the water of the Holy Spirit and getting off the bamboo raft, I entered the city with Shakti. The mermaids all slid along the stone pavement with the swing of their tails, and on both sides of the road stood shops of all sizes, whose building materials were shells and coral, and the goods sold in the shops were not only food, but also all kinds of ornaments and sculptures, and they traded shellfish and pearls, and I was even more surprised that their communication was expressed in the form of guò singing.

In my previous understanding, mermaids were brutal species, but here I don't see their brutal nature, on the contrary, they are very easy-going, and my wariness is completely unnecessary.

When they saw me coming, they gathered around me in novelty and stared at me, but none of them were hostile to me, nor did they act to attack me or eat me, and even some children came and touched my legs curiously.

I thought it was because I told them my identity so that they were not hostile, but in fact, I denied it, and he told me that only the elders and chiefs knew my identity at the moment.

So why are they so ...... to me? Well, friendly? Yes, they were very friendly, and some of the female mermaids brought me necklaces of flowers and shellfish, and smiled at me beautifully, but the little ones didn't seem to like their behavior, and whenever the female mermaids approached, he would put his arms around my waist and glare at them.

Well, anyway, this is a reversal of my previous perception, and according to our usual opinion, they should have robbed me as a human and given me to the Mermaid Lord, but that wasn't the case.

Just when I was wondering, we arrived at a huge palace. This palace is almost the same shape as our human castle, except that it is made of polished shells and coral, and at the top and four corners of the palace, there are several bean-sized night pearls, highlighting the prosperity and nobility of the palace.

The road leading to the interior of the palace is also made of shells, and in the center of the road there is a mermaid statue inlaid with pearls, and what is even more amazing is that the light reflected by the night pearls in the four corners of the palace falls on this mermaid statue.

According to the commentary, this mermaid is the god of the sea worshipped by the mermaid race, and the god of the sea wants to test whether the person who enters the palace has a pure heart, and if the heart is full of darkness, the god of the sea will expel that person from the temple.

I was deeply struck by the fact that this is the civilization of the mermaids of the deep sea, a wonderful and magical civilization.

They have their own worship and beliefs, architectural knowledge and design, and a unique way of doing business, which is almost indistinguishable from us humans.

For the first time, I felt firsthand that the merfolk were a veritable high-IQ half-human creature.

We were about to enter the palace when we were stopped by mermaid guards guarding the gates. I thought he was going to do something against me as a human, but in fact, he was just asking us for identification.

When I wondered why the guards accepted me so naturally, Shi handed him a translucent pale blue scale, but the guards didn't expect to refuse us entry.