For this reason, the population density of the western seas far exceeds that of the rest of the "Golden Sea", which is considered the rear of the merfolk and can be easily spotted in the wild.

Chen Mu had no choice but to stop and slow down, and for the time being, he did not approach any of the Mermaid Clan's strongholds, including those semi-permanent strongholds that were specially built on the sea for human traders to live and use.

There are actually many humans who live in this area, but the management of the merfolk is very strict, and humans are hardly allowed to move outside the designated area.

In other words, if you encounter a human in the wild, and you don't have a permit, and you can't explain it reasonably, then the merfolk patrol can shoot them on the spot, and no matter how bad they are, they will be arrested and imprisoned, and they will be punished very severely.

In this regard, the western sea area is the most strictly enforced, after all, the local military is relatively abundant, and it is the rear of the mermaid clan, and it is normal to have strict management.

For example, the northern seas are much more lax, on the one hand, the military is insufficient, and on the other hand, the humans who come from the "Doom Corner" are mostly smugglers, and the situation is much more troublesome than that of the "East China Sea".

Fortunately, the northern seas are not the focus of the merfolk race, and most of the soldiers stationed in them are professional warriors, and they are concentrated in those underwater fortresses, so they will not be threatened by many humans.

For the time being, Chen Mu can only lurk on the edge of the western sea, and it is a central area, and if he goes further, he will encounter a large number of merfolk patrols, and even if he can fight, it will cause a lot of follow-up trouble.

"Alas, I escaped and picked up an unknown bead, but the price is too great, isn't it?"

Looking at the system interface, Chen Mu was very depressed, the value of "Yuan Neng" turned out to be a question mark, and it was impossible to operate at all.

In other words, the system is equivalent to frozen, because it cannot use the elemental energy, so most of the functions are equivalent to suspending the service.

There is no way to refresh the resurrection coin, there is no way to upgrade the martial arts, and it is naturally not possible to fuse the bloodline, in short, the functions related to the Yuan Energy are all abolished, and I don't know when it will be able to be thawed.

What made Chen Mu cry and laugh even more was that he had studied the mysterious bead with the monkey all the way, but so far, he still had no clue, and he couldn't understand what the use of this thing was.

But what he didn't know was that on the other side, the upper echelons of the mermaid temple were very angry because of this bead.

The merfolk royal city is not in the western seas, but a little west in the center of the eastern seas, where there is a majestic underwater city called "Batuatis", which means "the place of the sea gods".

This is the residence of the merfolk royal family, and it is also the political and military center of the entire "Golden Sea", of course, the economic center is certainly not here, but in the western sea.

To be honest, the eastern seas are a relatively dangerous place, and the location of "Batuatis" is not too close to the front line, but it is definitely not far either.

Of the multiple lines of defense throughout the eastern seas, "Batuatis" is positioned a little west of the center of the 10th line of defense.

The number of defensive lines sounds quite large, and it feels quite safe, but these defensive lines are denser the further east, so the location of the tenth line of defense is almost the central area of the eastern sea.

The royal city of the mermaid clan was built here, instead of hiding in the rear of the western sea, which also shows the attitude of the mermaid royal family, which can be regarded as stabilizing the morale of the army, and it is also for more convenient command of the front-line battle situation.

Correspondingly, the great temple of the mermaid clan was also built in the royal city, and a separate area was also demarcated, and the style of the temple was similar to that of other temples, or it was the same.

It's just that the big temple is much larger, like the one destroyed by Chen Mu, which can only be regarded as the smallest in the temple system of the mermaid clan.

And the great temple of "Batuatis" is naturally the largest one, it is like an undersea volcano, and the entire royal city looks a little small in front of it.

Similarly, the Great Temple is not open to the public, let alone the ordinary mermaids, even the queen of the merfolk tribe comes in person, and without the permission of the high priest, they are still not allowed to enter the Great Temple.

But today, Her Majesty the Queen walked into the Great Temple, of course, the High Priest invited her over, but this news was not made public, it was a private invitation, and few people knew about it.

The High Priest and Her Majesty the Queen met separately in the Grand Temple, for the temples were of different sizes, but the structure inside was the same.

It's just a pool, a circle of mermaid statues, but the pool of the big temple is much larger, but the statues are so big, and the ratio of real people is one to one, so the bigger the pool, the more mermaid statues around.

Like the Great Temple, it doesn't look like a pool at all, but it's a lake, it's too big, and the number of statues around it is amazing.

In addition, there is nothing in the Great Temple, tables, chairs, benches and whatever, there is no place at all, and there are no decorations, not like the golden and beautiful churches of humans, and the temples here are basically simple to the extreme.

The appearance of the high priest was not much different from that of ordinary priests, except that he was older, and his body was almost clumped to the ground.

And the trident in the hands of the high priest is completely different, the degree of gorgeousness is far greater than that of ordinary priests, it seems to be made of pure gold, anyway, it is golden, and it is decorated with all kinds of gems, and the tip of the trident is constantly flashing blue, very blue and blue.

The length of this thing is even more exaggerated, it looks like it is more than ten meters, but it is simply long, and the size does not change with the increase in length, so holding it in your hand is like holding an extra-long bamboo pole, which is a bit funny.

Her Majesty the Queen is really a beautiful mermaid, she can't tell her age at all, anyway, she is 10,000 times more beautiful than the legendary mermaid.

It is no wonder that almost no human has ever seen Her Majesty's true face, and even if they are summoned, they are always communicating through the beaded curtain, and there is no close contact at all.

And at this moment, in front of the high priest, Her Majesty of course showed her face, but her expression was not very awe-inspiring, but it was not completely equal, but a little jealous.

It seems that the relationship between the mermaid royal family and the temple is not as harmonious as the legend outside, but it is not so bad that it wants to turn around.

Come to think of it, as the ruler of any race or power, he would definitely not want his power to be shackled, let alone a divine power that overrides everything.