Rebirth: Lie down with the system

If Duan Yu had not seen it with his own eyes, he really couldn't describe the shock he felt.

The chaotic gullies in the originally vast Devil City have now been covered by water.

The rocks protruding from the sparkling water now look like small islands, and there are at least thousands of such islands.

The islands are watching each other, and if they are connected, they will form a huge four-sided Ruyi pattern.

Duan Yu couldn't imagine it.

If it was formed naturally, then nature must be very amazing. If it was man-made, Duan Yu simply couldn't imagine how much those people paid to build such a large Thousand Island Lake.

Murong Li, who was beside him, also had some ripples in his eyes.

If he could have everything he wanted, he would be willing to give up all his future wealth and glory and be trapped in this small world for thousands of years!

It was not until Duan Yu calmed down from the shock in his heart that he remembered the purpose of their trip.

Just as he was about to ask Murong Li, he turned around and saw Murong Li standing behind him with a sword in his hand. The sword was surrounded by purple light, and the powerful aura made Murong Li's clothes flutter.

Duan Yu's hair stood on end with fright!

What does this person want to do?

Unable to guess his purpose for a moment, Duan Yu looked at him with secret vigilance.

Murong Li had his eyes tightly closed, with an extremely firm will between his brows, and an aura surging around him, as if even a sudden strong wind could not shake him in the slightest.

With every breath, it seems as if one can hear the purest energy between heaven and earth being absorbed into the body, and then, after being carefully tempered, it turns into an even more powerful force that gushes out.

He held the sword with both hands and thrust it hard into the wind-eroded tower under their feet!

His hands trembled slightly as the power in his body surged, and the power to split mountains and rocks reached the stone tower at his feet.

Suddenly, the surrounding space seemed to be slightly distorted by the agitation of this force, and a sense of oppression filled the air, making people dare not look directly at it.

Duan Yu was completely shocked at this moment!

what the hell?

Seeing that he was unwilling to accept him, was Murong Li planning to bury herself alive with him?

The stone tower under his feet began to shake violently and was about to collapse. Duan Yu panicked and closed his eyes and rushed towards Murong Li.

His face turned pale and he clenched his teeth tightly, as if he was trying to swallow the scream that was about to escape from his mouth.

Murong Li, who had already put away his sword, had just stood up when a flexible body with a familiar aura threw itself into his arms.

With the soft jade and warm fragrance in his arms, Murong Li naturally would not refuse.

An arm as hard as iron immediately wrapped around Duan Yu's waist, pulling him closer.

The ambergris on his body enveloped Duan Yu as if it had life. Listening to each other's heartbeats, Duan Yu had to admit that Murong Li had calmed him down to a large extent...

Murong Li held the person and floated in the air until the wind-eroded tower collapsed completely. Then he and Duan Yu landed steadily on a piece of rubble.

After finally getting his feet on the ground, Duan Yu finally felt completely at ease.

He looked at Murong Li with an angry look and questioned loudly.

"If you want to die, don't take me with you! I haven't lived enough! I don't want to die with you!"

He was so angry that he spoke without thinking.

When he came back to his senses, the person who originally had warm and doting eyes suddenly became cold and dark as he looked at him, with a hint of grievance and hurt, which made him feel inexplicably guilty.

Duan Yu muttered to himself.

This person had gone too far in the first place. Anyone would have had a heart attack if he did this all of a sudden. I just said that to him, and he didn't lose a piece of flesh or bleed, so why do I feel like I have hurt him?

And what is the reason for my guilty conscience?

He should have scolded him with full confidence!

Duan Yu stiffened his neck to make himself look more confident. He couldn't compromise easily...

As if seeing through his thoughts, Murong Li did not do anything extreme even though what Duan Yu said made his heart ache.

"The entrance is under this stone tower."

This sentence successfully made Duan Yu open his clear and lively eyes wide, and he immediately forgot the anger he had just felt from being frightened.

"Is this what it means to be in the dark under the lamp? Why don't I find any clues pointing here?"

Duan Yu looked at Murong Li with suspicion.

He strongly suspected that this person just wanted him to throw himself into his arms!

Murong Li did not make a single argument. He pointed the scabbard in a direction, motioning Duan Yu to look for himself.

The facts clearly made Duan Yu realize that he was wrong in his accusation against Murong Li just now.

The wind-eroded tower, which originally looked like a small hill, cracked and broke apart, exposing the remaining mountain.

Some human traces also appeared.

Some carved murals appeared on the remaining walls, and some were even painted with bright pigments, but they gradually oxidized the moment they were exposed and lost their original colors.

Duan Yu was speechless for a moment, opened his mouth, and finally uttered something.

"Does this count as destroying cultural relics?"

Murong Li:?! ...

Duan Yu followed Murong Li and walked inside through the exposed cave entrance.

Duan Yu walked very slowly.

Although the murals have lost their color, the carvings remain.

It got darker as they walked, but Duan Yu still managed to understand the contents of the mural with his excellent eyesight.

At this time, his archaeological sense became more and more obvious.

He had only watched some TV dramas like "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" on TV before, but he didn't expect that he would be able to experience it personally now.

The content of the mural begins with a special ethnic group.

That is a group of people with human bodies and fish tails!

Duan Yu couldn’t tell from the mural whether it was a mermaid or not, but he had heard Han Mingye talk about the legends and myths of this world, in which there was a species with a human body and a fish tail, which they called - mermaid.

It is a hybrid of a god and a fish.

He remembered that he had sighed at the time that the god was too extreme in taste, actually giving birth to a child with a fish.

But at that time he thought it was just a myth and naturally didn't take it seriously.

And the current discovery obviously gave him a slap in the face.

The mermaids originally lived in the deep sea. Although they were far away from the slaughter of humans, in addition to large carnivorous sharks, underwater volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis caused by crustal movement also threatened their lives, which also led to differences within their group.

Some mermaids want to continue living in the water, while others want to live on land like humans.

What they are exploring now is the group of mermaids that have migrated ashore.

They landed on land under the leadership of a strong male merman named Mo.

Mo has a talent for leadership and learning, and after observing humans for a short time, he learned a lot.

With Mo's leadership, they disguised themselves as foreign fishermen who had been hit by a disaster, migrated a long distance, and then settled down naturally. They slowly came into contact with humans, and their lives gradually stabilized.

But as time went on, some problems were exposed.

It's not just their disguise that's the problem!

What is more important is the issue of their inheritance!

Just like humans, inbreeding has led to many deformities in their offspring.

At first they did not realize it was a bloodline issue, they just thought it was a divine punishment for betraying the sea.

They released the deformed mermaids back into the sea, but this also greatly exposed the risk of the mermaids being discovered.

While they were worried about being exposed, they also began to seek ways to solve the blood problem.

They finally set their sights on humans.

There is no other way!