"We would have all said you." She continued, "Now it's less. There are few people who can speak, and there are few words that can be spoken. Very—limited. ”

She finally found a word, and she seemed a little happy.

In this way, she even made comparisons, and Bai Ya didn't feel tired when she listened to it. Sharks seem to have a unique perception that is different from that of humans, and can detect vital signs other than heartbeat and breathing. Although he was almost drowned at that time, the merman girl found the vitality that was still surging in his body.

She had the heart to save people, so she tried to drag the stiff but still alive body here. She understands that this space has air and no seawater, and that humans can live in it. However, Bai Ya had been soaking in the water for a while, choking on a lot of seawater. It wasn't enough to bring this person here, so that this person could live, she helped him drain the fluid from his lungs.

"Stop." Bai Ya struggled to understand her words, and suddenly interrupted, "You thin arms and legs, you still know how to push the water out of people's lungs?" ”

The merman tilted his head to look at him.

"I don't know much about you...... Structure, construction. But just suck the water out and spit it out. ”

"Huh?"

She said it lightly. Bai Ya is not young, he has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, of course, he knows that there are some details that do not need to be tightened. It's just that at first glance, this plain and insipid word is still out of line, and it is simply lingering and hovering, which makes him feel quite inappropriate, and he doesn't know where to start.

How the hell is this done? If there is too much water, how much work does it take?

Bai Ya's eyelids twitched, and he narrowly tightened his calm face, trying to think seriously about the matter. If the merman helps him to drain the stagnant water, it is through the nasal cavity, which seems quite reasonable. Water from the lungs is inhaled from the nose and then sucked out of the nose...... It can be regarded as a natural cycle, which is in line with the way of heaven, but no matter how he thinks about it, he always feels very strange. If the merman controls the water through his mouth...... The human mouth is connected not only to the lungs, but also to the esophagus and intestines, right? If you were to suck something out of your mouth, would you suck out the contents of your stomach as well? Although I must have drunk a lot of water in the sea, the same is true of the water in my stomach and lungs...... But this girl isn't that strong, is she?

His mind was knotted and he couldn't figure it out, and the merman stopped making a sound. She continued to swim leisurely on top of him, leaving her intuition to split. This thought was beyond his usual thoughts, and he didn't know what to think about or what to come up with. Do you need to come up with a way to do this? The children of the rivers and lakes should be informal, and the water discharged does not know where it goes, so don't ask where it comes from, and let it dissipate into the sea.

Bai Ya persuaded himself with difficulty. He gave up the question and decided not to ask any more. The girl didn't seem to notice anything wrong, at most, the look of the man's frown made her a little confused. Bai Ya quietly breathed a sigh of relief, touched his back, and remembered another more important question.

- Where did your knife go? Also, the sword inlaid with blue amber.

It seems that it is not polite to open his mouth to ask for objects when he opens his mouth to the savior. He thought about it for a while, and awkwardly provoked the conversation with a greeting:

"I can't thank you enough for saving my life. Haven't consulted yet...... What is the girl's last name? ”

He felt that if it was Qi Huan, he would definitely come to such a set. It shouldn't hurt to ask this question.

"Name, yes." Hearing this, the merman approached and talked to him through a thin layer of water, "My name...... I don't know how you say it, maybe there are no such words. ”

"Let's talk about it, you can find a homonym, and it's easy to call it."

The girl nodded. Her lips opened slightly, and a strange sound flowed from them. This was beyond Bai Ya's expectations, and he couldn't recognize it at all. Perhaps because she speaks the language of people in a decent way, the contrast between the two is too obvious. Until she finished speaking, Bai Ya was stunned for a while, completely unaware of what she had heard.

“…… Or do you say it again? ”

Unimpressed, she repeated the peculiar way of vocalizing. This time, Bai Ya listened carefully to his ears, and the merman's language was mellow and mellow, with some strange vibrations, like beads with rough surfaces rolling down from his throat. Her name seemed to have more than four syllables, but as soon as he tried to imitate the sounds, he stumbled his teeth with his tongue and fought with his lips, almost biting himself.

Forget it, barely come.

However, it is necessary to find a name. Bai Ya raised his head and looked at this little girl, and he had an idea.

"You...... How old are you this year? ”

The merman flicked his tail and stared down at him:

"You humans, how do you ask a girl's age directly?"

Bai Ya choked. He only knew that it was not polite to ask about the age of a human woman, so why was it the same here for the merman? In this regard, there is a remarkable unity among all ethnic groups and all walks of life.

"I didn't mean anything else. I'll just ...... Just ask. ”

"It's a joke." He was still searching for words, and the merman had already sneered, "Age, sisters are more concerned." I don't care, this year is my 213th birthday. ”

“？” Love Net

How much?

"I've heard of people on land who don't have tails and don't live long." The girl looked at his reaction curiously, "But, two hundred...... Actually, it didn't take long, it was very short, very short. You are not even two hundred years old......

“……”

Racial differences, gulf gaps, insurmountable.

It's not possible to find a title by age. He looked at the "little girl" who was more than 200 years old with a beautiful face, and he really couldn't call his grandmother. Besides, he didn't know if he would be so angry that the other party would throw him back into the water when he shouted it.

He tried to imitate the other party's name a few more times, but the human tongue was difficult to compare with that of the merman. In the end, Bai Ya proposed that the first syllable he could pronounce was very similar to the word "spring". If she didn't mind, he thought it would be appropriate to call her Miss Quan.

The merman girl, a merman girl in her 200s, Izumi, did not object. This inexplicable problem was finally resolved, and the atmosphere eased a little in the light laughs of Miss Quan. Bai Ya took the opportunity to ask the question he was initially concerned about:

"I had two knives on my back, and one of the swords had fallen off and had blue gems. Do you know where they go? ”

"Elsewhere......" Izumi's smile faded a little, but it didn't seem to be because he asked about the weapon, "I'll be safer if I put it somewhere else." A lot of mermaids watched. Because there are ...... Patrolling ...... will steal. So, protect it. ”

In fact, it is also the right thing to do. After all, Bai Ya knew what virtues he had. Even if it is a life-saving benefactor, the moment he recovers consciousness, he must draw his sword against each other. Now he learned that Miss Quan was so clever and lovely, and if she really hurt anything, she wouldn't be able to sleep well for at least two nights.

“…… Patrolled? Is it something that our language doesn't have? Bai Ya didn't understand what she was talking about.

Miss Quan shook her head, secretive.

"It's not. There is a ...... in the words of man I don't dare to say it, I'm afraid of leaking it. ”

She didn't seem to want to say much about this unknown existence, and instead said to him:

"If you want something, come here. Follow me. ”

Although the other party is not human, so far, he has been exuding kindness. Whatever the scheme, if she hadn't saved herself in the first place—by one means or another—he would have been dead. Anyway, at this time in the deep sea, Bai Ya has no other way. Without following her, it would be difficult for him to find the weapons under the merman's care, let alone retrieve them. Before leaving, Bai Ya finally confirmed:

"How far to get there? Out of here......" he pointed to the ground, "how far do you have to swim?" Humans can't hold their breath in the water for too long. ”

What he said was quite practical, and Miss Quan thought about it:

"I'll take you. I swam very fast, and I arrived all at once. There's gas there, you can breathe, you don't have to worry. ”

Bai Ya believed. He followed Miss Quan's gesture and held the other party's hand a little awkwardly. The skin of the mermaid is very different from that of humans, and it is slippery in the palm of the hand, more similar to that of fish. Bai Ya didn't dare to exert his strength, and those who had caught fish knew that force was sometimes ineffective.

Fearing that he would slip halfway, he pulled out a long, sturdy seaweed and wrapped it around the hand where the two were holding each other. Miss Quan waited patiently until Bai Ya was sure that she was tied up tightly enough, and signaled to her:

"Alright, let's go—hmm!"

Tom thumped. With the leap of Miss Quan, Bai Ya's leg slammed into the bottom of the sea. Fortunately, he held his breath in time and did not consume precious oxygen at the beginning of the journey. However, he had already begun to regret it. On weekdays, Miss Quan probably doesn't have the opportunity to take people to swim......

This end of the road is thrilling. It was also very easy for the merman to drag a large living person in the water, and the spring girl seemed to have forgotten his existence, or perhaps it was the rush to bring the human to a place where she could breathe, so she swam so quickly and hurriedly.

She didn't have any scruples, but she worked hard for Bai Ya. As she swam and changed direction, he repeatedly dodged the corals, reefs, swaying aquatic plants, and even careless aquatic creatures that hit her. The breath in his lungs gradually depleted, and this dodge also changed from thrilling to numb, and in the end, Bai Ya almost suspected that his body had formed a new conditioned reflex, and spontaneously avoided obstacles on the way.

Holding it for too long, he was about to lose his breath, and only a trace of consciousness was left to hold on, not to untie the seaweed in his hands. Gradually, his ears were filled with buzzing, and Bai Ya could only pray with difficulty that Miss Izumi would arrive at her destination sooner.

In the haze, he finally heard what Miss Izumi seemed to say. Then there was a thud, and he felt a weight on his body and fell to an open field; The lungs that were almost bursting were light, and before his consciousness could catch up, his instinct had prompted him to gasp for air, and his oxygen-deprived body greedily took in air.

After a while, Bai Ya relieved himself and raised his head. He was just about to talk to Miss Izumi, but he was stunned when his eyes touched the surrounding scene.

It was another place similar to the place where he could breathe, but the sea was not very lively, and he was too busy communicating with the spring girl to pay attention to the scenery. At this moment, it was very different, and the sea of life surrounded him, brilliant and dreamlike. He breathed the air, his feet on the ground, and many indistinguishable fish shuttled around him. Some of them have sharp teeth and strange appearances, and many more are rippling in the waves, shining with colorful brilliance.

The reason why I can see all these colors clearly is probably because there are some wandering things scattered with light in the sparkling waves. Bai Ya couldn't help but lean closer to one of them, carefully examining the somewhat familiar outlines. It's jellyfish, and they're not the same shape as the one in the blue amber, their shimmering whiskers and swimming aimlessly. They illuminate the swimming fish, the colorful corals of the sea, and the seaweed that flutters in the dark light.

It's truly beautiful.