"Different? Huh...... I don't think there's much difference between humans and sea tribes. Huang Zheng said as he walked, "You see, except for you mermaid clan, most of the other sea tribes have a human form, not like fish and shrimp at all, but more human beings with more characteristics of marine creatures." Even if you merfolk are of the same upper body, the upper body is almost the same as that of humans.

I myself have an opinion that you sea people are much closer to humans than any other sea creature, and they are all humanoids like elves, dwarves, and orcs. I think maybe it was sometime in ancient times that there was an evolutionary divergence between humans and the Sea Clan, which led to the difference we have now, but after getting along with the Sea Clan these days, I find that the essence of everyone is still the same. ”

"What is the essence?"

"Probably emotional. Love, hate, fear, sympathy, gratitude. ”

"So what?" Mencius wondered.

"That means we can understand each other. Right? You can't communicate these with an animal, like a fish. But we humanoids can understand each other's feelings. Huang Zheng shrugged and said, "In that case, why can't we live on the same island?"

Mencius was a little speechless, the other party's words were very reasonable, all he could think of was some rules of the Sea Clan. But these ancient rules are difficult to refute the truth of the human powerhouse in front of him.

The two of them had walked up the hill for less than ten minutes before they came to a large wooden house, and Mencius looked through the window, and there seemed to be quite a few people inside.

Huang Zheng pushed the door in, and Mencius saw his daughter at first sight.

"Trina!" he looked at her carefully, showing no injuries.

"Father. Trina nodded at her father, but didn't say anything more, and beside her, there were several human men and women. Mencius glanced at it and found that everyone present was under a lot of pressure on him, except for a middle-aged man.

Huang Zheng introduced him to Xiao Chen, Luo Ling, Mao Kai and Jerez, who were all senior members of the China Tower Committee, except for Jerez as an advisor. Mencius was surprised by the large number of archmages on the other side, and thought to himself that it was no wonder that his daughter would be easily defeated.

"I didn't expect the strength of the China Tower to be so strong. Mencius said.

Trina said: "The masters of the Tower of China are far more than that, there are several masters and many high-level masters who have not appeared here. ”

After everyone was seated, Mencius opened his mouth and asked, "Your Excellency Xiao Chen, I have heard the information you want, and in addition, I have prepared a considerable amount of gold. Leave this to you, and I will be able to take my daughter and her men?"

Xiao Chen said: "Of course, my words count, but Huang Zheng should have told you that there are some Sea Clan warriors who have been hired by us, and maybe there are some Sea Clan warriors who still want to recuperate here, they have never been our prisoners, if they are not willing to go with you, it is their own choice." ”

"Okay. Mencius nodded in agreement, he didn't have time to think about that much.

"Now, tell me a little bit about the ghost ship. Xiao Chen said.

"The ghost ship is a terrible legend that has been passed down by the Sea Clan for thousands of years, but for the Sea Clan in most eras, it is still a relatively distant thing, because the ghost ship does not appear every year, and it may be heard every ten years or even decades that the story of it killing pirates and transforming them into ghosts will be heard. Mencius said.

"But...... In the last four or five years, things have changed. Mencius said, "Every year in the past few years, there have been ghost ships attacking pirates. From these two years, not only pirates, but also the warships of our sea clan will be attacked. This year alone, there have been three such incidents, and one of our family's ships has been attacked. What everyone thought was ethereal suddenly became a serious problem. ”

"Do you know who the owner of the ghost ship is?" Luo Ling asked.

"We guess it's supposed to be a necromancer, I don't know the specific name, but someone has seen her and fled, it is said to be a human woman, the magic is very powerful, there was a great mage on the ship that other families lost before, but it was still defeated in her hands. That's why everyone calls her the Queen of the Dead. Mencius said.

"So, ghost ships have become a big problem for the Sea Clan now?"

Mencius nodded, "It's not a ghost ship anymore, it's a ghost fleet. The ships that were captured by the Ghost Queen before have all become members of that fleet, and the dead Sea Clans have also become warriors on the ghost ships. In the past, the legend of ghost ships was that they all acted as one ship, but now they have become more than a dozen ships acting together. There have even been entire fleets of small tribes that have been wiped out by them. The tribes in the southern part of the Pearl Islands are now worried that one day their fleet will become prey to ghost ships. ”

Xiao Chen said suddenly, "Did you describe the appearance of the ghost ship in your past records? I mean, what kind of ship was it?"

"It is said that a ghost ship becomes a ship that eats it, and its appearance is not static. Each time there are eyewitness accounts, the ship looks different. Mencius said.

"Interestingly, I'm wondering if the owner of the ghost ship would only come and loot a new ship as his own when the old ship was about to run out? The so-called ghost ship attack on the pirates is nothing more than the ghost queen looking for a place for herself. Xiao Chen asked.

"This ...... We never thought of it that way. Mencius pondered, "But what you said is also very likely, because the ship can be used for a while. Still, we don't know why the Ghost Queen has changed her habits and is constantly expanding her fleet and plundering everywhere. Is she going to war with us Sea Clan?"

"Perhaps...... Is it the relationship between the gods of nature who are about to wake up?" Luo Ling guessed, "Adriana felt that she had to do something, although there was only a limit to what she could do, she was not ready to sit idly by, this ghost fleet was all weapons she had prepared. ”

"Who is Adriana, and how is it related to the god of nature?" Mencius asked.

"We're guessing she's the Ghost Queen. Xiao Chen explained, "Her other identity is a sage in the Seven Towers Era. ”