Chapter 1: The Burning of July
In July, the heat is not like the world, but like purgatory, but in order to make a living, the coastal fishermen of Haizhou still fish and cast their nets on small fishing boats under the big sun.
Shen Hong is also one of these fishermen, repeating the same work every day, casting and collecting nets.
It's just that today, when the net was cast, Shen Hong's eyes unconsciously went to the north, but he inadvertently saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.
A blue-haired character woman, topless, jumped up from the water, bringing up a little starlight on the water, and the bright starlight embellished the woman even less like a woman in the world.
But in an instant, the woman dived into the water again and disappeared, leaving only a circle of ripples on the water......
Shen Hong just quietly looked at the gradually calming sea, stunned, until his companions around him began to call his name, and he came to his senses.
What was that glimpse just now?
The thought lingered in his mind along with the graceful figure of the woman jumping out of the sea.
He had also told others about the god-like woman he had seen, but the people around him either said that he was dazzled, or that he was fascinated by the spirits in the water.
But he had really seen it, the blue-haired woman, with her turquoise eyes at a glance.
Some people also say that this is like a merman, but the merman lives deep in Lihai and will never appear in a small coastal village like Haizhou.
This was the first time Shen Hong knew about the existence of the merman.
Qi Yue's temperament is not docile, but it is definitely not rebellious, but she is trapped in her room every day as if she is imprisoned by her parents, and she is not very comfortable.
So when Liuhuo told her that she wanted to go to the sea to breathe, she agreed without hesitation.
She wanted to see what her parents called the dangerous sea and the bipeds that walked on their feet without tails.
It was the first time Qi Yue had risen above the surface of the sea after staying at the bottom of the sea for a hundred and fifty years.
The farther you go upstream, the farther you are from the dark seabed, and the closer you are from the bright sea, and even the fish that swim around you to avoid them become much more cute, not as hideous as the fish in the deepest part of the sea.
It was almost to the surface of the sea, and the waves on the sea surface hit layer by layer, and the blue sea surface was flooded with layers of ripples, in Qi Yue's eyes, it was like a huge piece of deep blue glass, but it was very similar to the color of her eyes.
With a moment of joy, she jumped out of the sea, and that was the first time she had seen the scene above the sea, above the sea, at a very high place, there was a large area of light blue, and there were many things that looked white and soft in between.
There were also winged things on the surface of the sea that kept screaming and flying by, arcing in the air.
This place is so wonderful!
Qi Yue thought so, swimming happily on the surface of the water alone.
The flowing fire on the side looked at her quietly like this, looking at this girl who was as clean as a baby, the girl in his heart - although Qi Yue had not yet transformed, he believed that one day, Qi Yue, who was still genderless, would transform for him and become a female merman.
Qi Yue's tail was covered with layers of silver shining scales, which was one of the characteristics of the merman - a huge and beautiful fish tail.
But although this fishtail is a feature, it is also a little too gorgeous, the gorgeous fishtail that shines with dazzling silver light in the sun not only fell in the eyes of the flowing fire who was laughing with Qi Yue on the side, but also fell in the eyes of the helmsman of a ship not far away.
"Boss! Something amazing has been discovered! The bearded helmsman, holding a diora in one hand that had been looted a while ago, walked towards a middle-aged man on the deck.
Although the middle-aged man has begun to develop fine lines at the corners of his eyes and mouth, and the skin on his face has begun to molt and turn red due to the wind and sun on the sea all day long, he can still see his longing for this sea from his radiant eyes, as well as his deep desire.
The middle-aged man, known as the boss, took the diorama from the helmsman's hand and looked in the direction he was pointing.
It was a glittering silver light reflected in the sea, what was there to look at, and when he was about to attack his anger, he finally saw that the silver light, different from the reflection of the sun on the sea, was - a huge fishtail!
If you look closely, there are two figures on the sea, and both of them have blue hair!
The middle-aged man excitedly closed his diorama and shouted at his subordinates: "Go full speed towards those two mermaids!" Be sure to catch it alive! ”
The subordinates around him were stunned for a moment, and then they all shouted back with joy: "Okay! ”
That's a shark, a shark that is rare to see in a hundred years, if they catch one, the price in the ghost market is enough for them to go to land and squander for a few lifetimes!
Qi Yue and Liuhuo probably didn't realize it, but by the time they really noticed, the boat had already approached.
Liuhuo knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly took Qi Yue to start diving.
"What's the matter? Was it a biped on that boat? Qi Yue asked while swinging the fish's tail vigorously to follow the flowing fire.
Liuhuo is holding Qi Yue with one hand, while struggling to dive: "Those are bipedal beasts, if it's just one or two, it's fine, but now there are dozens of them at once, we are not opponents, let's hide if we can!" ”
But before the words of the flowing fire fell, a sharp harpoon broke through the already unquiet sea and stabbed straight at the two people underwater.
Seeing that the harpoon was about to stab Qi Yue, the flowing fire pushed Qi Yue away, and he suffered a fork hard.
"Flowing fire!" Qi Yue watched as the sharp harpoon was inserted into Liuhuo's chest, and the bright red blood gradually spread in the blue water.
"I'm fine, you swim quickly!" Flowing fire hurts and is authentic.
Although it hurts, it is better than Qi Yue's injury, Liuhuo thought so, and just wanted to pull out the harpoon on his chest, but he felt that he was originally struggling to swim forward, but a powerful force behind him pulled his wound and dragged him to the surface of the sea.
The harpoon probably hurt his lungs, and Flowing Fire struggled, but the barbs of the harpoon pierced more and more into the flesh of Flowing Fire, until Flowing Fire spat out a mouthful of thick blood with a "wow" in the water.
"Flowing fire!" Qi Yue shouted anxiously again, and she didn't care about her current situation, so she swam to the side of Liuhuo, who was shackled by the harpoon, and wanted to help him get rid of it.
But in the end, it was in vain.
Her sharp teeth could crush the neck of any creature in the sea, but she couldn't shake it if it was a harpoon made of copper or iron, even with her devilish teeth.
Liuhuo wanted to push Qi Yue away and let her go quickly, but when the words came to her mouth, she was blocked by the fishy sweetness in her throat, and she couldn't make even a sound.
Then there was a "poof-" sound, and the sound of another harpoon breaking through the air.
Liuhuo looked at Qi Yue in despair, Qi Yue's situation was similar to him, his chest was pierced by a steel harpoon, this impact came too suddenly, Qi Yue's throat was filled with blood at once, and then Qi She squirted out mercilessly.
Now the two people were both stuck with a harpoon made of steel bars on the left side of their chests, and the wound was deep into the bones.