Chapter 4: Songs from the Homeland

Although all kinds of doubts about the child's origin had been filling Xiluo's mind, he could not get any direct answers. But as we spent more time together, we finally discovered something incredible.

In fact, this child has remained the same since he first appeared on this small island, and has not continued to grow up like an ordinary child. As for why he spoke the common language of the mainland, it was because at the beginning of their encounter, Silo spoke Lepeilian, and the child immediately mastered this language, as if it was Silo's speech that activated some of his linguistic functions. The reason why Silo was so sure was because one night, when the two of them were lying together on the cliff on the coast looking at the stars, what happened to him suddenly realized.

Xiluo was sent to this nameless island far from the mainland by a sudden storm. Although he was like an arrow, he had to stay here for the time being, as the ship had been damaged by the storm and had to take some time to repair before he could return. The longing for his distant tribesmen and the unknown outcome of the war made him hum the ballad of his hometown in the silence of the night.

There is a power with you,

Help you overcome any obstacles.

There's a familiar melody,

It always reminds you of your hometown.

It is the love that is remembered in the heart,

It is the path to all the mysteries.

With firm faith, you go forward bravely,

Because you know where your heart is and where your body is going.

Fly across the galaxy, through the darkness, and return to the homeland you have missed for a long time.

After listening quietly, the child suddenly said, "Naturally, we are going back to our homeland. ”

Hearing this, Xi Luo sat up, looked at the child with a torch, and said in surprise: "Can you understand?"

The reason why he was so surprised was that he was humming a tune from his homeland, and the lyrics were the same as the Streamer language used by the Streamers, an ancient language that was very different from the Le Peilian language used by the Le Peilian people. Because, the streamer and the Lepeilian people are two completely different races in biology, and the complexity of the pronunciation of the streamer language is something that the vocal organs of the Lepelian people cannot grasp no matter what. Unexpectedly, this child of unknown origin could understand the meaning of the song. This fact made Xiluo have to wonder again, could this child really have some kind of relationship with the Streamer Clan? Although he was already very sure that this child was definitely not a Streamer, the child's breath was not strange, it was really incomprehensible!

It's a pity that the child has been looking at the starry sky intently, and has not heard Xiluo's questions, as if the answer has long been self-evident, and there is no need to answer it at all. Gradually, Silo finally realized that the child no longer seemed to have any reaction to some of the problems he had already identified, as if he had instinctively filtered it out, and was not at the mercy of anyone. So, Xiluo had to ask in a different way: "Are you also a streamer?"

This time, the child finally reacted, but instead of answering directly, he asked rhetorically: "What is a streamer?"

Silo explained: "The streamers are our self-proclaimed, we are different races from the Lepelians, we come from another world. The inhabitants of the island are Lepelian, and the aborigines of the eastern and western continents are also Lepelian. What about you? Do you know what race you are?"

"Aren't we the same? We're all going back to our homeland. The child answered Silo's question with a rhetorical question on his face.

But for Silo, it's as confusing as no answer. He had no way of determining the origin of the child, and he did not understand why the child believed in his own knowledge, but when it came to returning to his homeland, Siloh felt the same way. After all, the streamer came to this world because of an accident, and presumably this child is the same, one day, they will all return to their homeland.

The Streamers call this temporary place of residence "Lepeilian World", because the original ethnic groups of this world call themselves "Lepeilian people". In the Lepelian language, "Lepelian" means "owner of land near the water". The Lepelian people believed that the land by the sea belonged to them, so they called themselves Lepelians. Whether it is the eastern and western continents in the north, or this nameless island in the south, they all belong to the world of Lepeilian. And those streamers who are called aliens by the Lepeilian people actually did not belong to this time and space.

Returning to his heart, Silo had to work hard to repair the broken ship that had been damaged by the storm, after all, this was Lepelian's skill, and he was not a boatman. In fact, this used to be a majestic warship, and it was one of the more advanced warships in the world, but now it is no longer able to see the glory of the past.

Today, the ship's masts are broken, the sails are torn by the storm, and the occasional creepy sound of broken wood grinding against each other in the night breeze. It was brought here by the wind and waves after a terrible battle and the erosion of torrential rains. The most damaged were the masts and decks, there were not many leaks in the holds, the ship's ability to withstand the wind and waves was surprisingly strong, and the actual damage was not as bad as it seemed, and the most fortunate thing was that the keel was not fatally damaged, so there was no need to bother to get the behemoth ashore for repairs.

During the days when Silo was repairing the ship, the child looked inside and out of the ship, looking through the cabin as if it were an adventurer, looking at anything he thought was strange, and asking many questions. This child is extremely intelligent, no matter what he is taught, he can understand it after just one sentence, and even from the limited knowledge he has heard, he can independently acquire more new knowledge than Silo could imagine. Moreover, even the part below the waterline of the warship was successfully repaired thanks to the help of the child, and the progress was much faster than Siloh imagined. It was in this way that Silo was able to discover that this mysterious child was able to breathe freely underwater, without having to surface from time to time to surface for air like Silo.

Once, when they were diving into the water and trying to mend a suspected rupture, the two were so close together that they were almost shoulder to shoulder, so that Silo was surprised to find that there was a pair of gill clefts hidden behind the child's ears, which was why the child did not always need to surface for air like he did.

But these are no ordinary gill slits, they are completely different from those of fish. Because, when the child is on land, there is no trace of gill cleft behind the ear, and only after entering the water will the gill cleft miraculously appear, allowing him to breathe freely underwater, and there is also an instantaneous membrane to protect the eye. It's all just improvised to adapt to the environment!

In fact, there are also two amphibious groups in the Streamer Clan, who are also able to breathe freely in the water, but their respiratory organs have evolved naturally from ancient times, and they are not like this child.

The Streamers have formed a total of twelve different groups, each with its own name. Within the group, they usually refer to each other by their form names, but when they face outward, they all call themselves "streamers". Because they have the same origin, and in terms of biology, they all belong to the same species, so they are collectively called streamers. Silo belongs to the Silwen form of the Streamer family, and the Silven people are a terrestrial group. However, the terrestrial Sirvins are very different from the amphibious Boulders and Wadrien in terms of physical morphology.