Rebirth: Wild Survival

Holding the torch in one hand and the oar in the other, Yamang drove the raft safely into the cave along the water flow. As soon as he entered the cave, the surrounding light dimmed, and the warm yellow halo of the torch in his hand lit up the gloomy cave.There was a small exclamation not far away, Yamang followed the sound and walked into the stone platform deep in the cave, where the sharks had been waiting for a long time.Li Yi hugged Zijin in his arms first, then looked at Yamang, and when he saw the bright yellow torch in Yamang's hand, he showed curiosity.

Without waiting for Li Yi to speak, he heard a soft voice behind him whispering in an extremely low volume: "It's shiny, so beautiful." Yamang heard the words and looked over, and saw that the person who said the words was the one who had been hiding behind Li Yi The merman named Li Yun, this extremely inconspicuous merman tried his best to weaken his sense of existence at all times. Seeing Yamang's gaze, he shrank back behind Li Yi in embarrassment.

Compared to Li Yun who only dared to talk, Li Yi's mobility was much stronger, he stood up a little, and wanted to touch the torch in Ya Mang's hand.

"Stop it, it's very dangerous!" Before Li Yi touched the flame, Becky on the side hastily opened his hand and reproached.

"But it's very beautiful." Li Yi said with an aggrieved face as she touched her hand that was hurt.

"The more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are. Haven't you learned enough lessons in the sea?" Looking at Li Yi, Becky reprimanded rarely and severely.Becky's words seemed to evoke some bad memories in Li Yi, and the latter showed a resentful expression upon hearing the words.

"Becky is right. Torches will burn your hands. Just look at them from a distance. Neil heard this, smiled and chimed in. After speaking, he asked Becky suspiciously: "Have you ever seen a torch before?" ? "From Yamang's point of view, compared to the ignorance of Li Yi and Li Yun, Becky is obviously much older.

"No," Becky said with a smile on her lips, "I'm just much older than them and more cautious."

"Becky is already six years old. He is a veteran mermaid, and he is our guide. He knows a lot of things we don't." , his attention was attracted by the fruit brought by Yamang, picked up a bright red fruit from the raft, Liyi tentatively took a bite, the sweet aroma made him squint his eyes happily.Smacking his lips exaggeratedly, Li Yi began to eat the red fruit in his hand with relish.

Seeing Li Yi's actions, Yamang couldn't help laughing, and picked up the fruit on the raft and distributed them to Zijin and the other two mermen. As the number of meetings increased, Yamang Zijin became familiar with these three mermen, because The sharks don't eat animal meat, and every time Yamang comes over, he brings some fruits for them.

The sharks were very satisfied with the delicious food they had never seen in the sea, and they even became much closer to Yamang and Zijin.

While the mermen were eating, Yamang couldn't help but look at the three mermen. This group of strange creatures with human-shaped fish tails all had refreshing blue hair, and Becky's hair had some natural curls. Yun's hair is slightly shorter, while Li Yi's is the softest and most slender. Their beautiful facial features blur their ages, and Yamang can't deduce their age gap from their appearance at all.

"Do you want to practice yards again today?" Yamang asked casually as he sat down next to the sharks.

"Of course, the scaled race's parade is getting closer and closer, we must hurry up." Hearing this, Becky said solemnly.

"What kind of creatures are the scaly people you are talking about?" Seeing that Becky mentioned this group repeatedly, Yamang asked curiously.

"Oh, I didn't make it clear, no wonder you are confused," Becky said with a light smile, "The Scaled Race is what we Mermaids call them. If they are collectively called according to the mainland, they should be called mermaids!"

"It turned out to be a mermaid!" Yamang recalled the simple continental map that Rand had drawn for him, his eyes lit up, and he rushed to say: "I heard that they are the kings of the sea, and the entire endless sea is their territory " Seeing a smile of approval in Becky's eyes, the teeth were greatly encouraged, and couldn't help but continue to ask: "Then the mermaid is the male of your group?"

Seemingly taken aback by Yamang's words, Becky shook her head vigorously and said, "How is it possible, how can we be compared with those with scales?" Looking at Yamang, Becky said seriously: "Mermaids are the darlings of the gods. It is a noble family of gods, and we are just humble gods' creations, just their vassals. Following them is our lifelong destiny, and it is impossible for us to compare with them."

"Does it take so long for a lifetime? What a cruel fate." Hearing this, Yamang couldn't help but gasp.

"It won't be long," Becky shook her head and said, "The mermaids who are not chosen by the mermaids only have a short lifespan of seven years. Once the seventh year is reached, if we haven't been given scales by any mermaid, we will grow old very quickly." , the body turned into foam and dissipated in the water." Becky seemed to be caught in her own emotions, and said without looking at her teeth: "Speaking of which, this is the last time I will participate in the event of the scaly ones , if I am not selected this time, by this time next year, I will be lost in the sea."

When Becky said this, there was a hint of sadness in her eyes, but she was more resigned to her fate.Li Yi and Li Yun at the side also had sad expressions in their eyes when they heard the words.

"Seven years, how could your lifespan be so short?" Yamang said in surprise, "Also, what is the scale? Will having it prolong your lifespan?"

"The lifespan of a mermaid is doomed from the moment 'Yabei' was born." Faced with a series of questions from Yamang, Becky patiently explained: "As for giving scales, that is the most important ritual of the mermaid clan. Mermaids have different shark clothes. Mermaids have finely-knit scales on their tails, so they are called the scaly tribe. Every year, the scaled tribe will cruise the entire endless sea and hold a large-scale grand event. He chooses a merman as his lifelong partner, takes out the third scale of his tail fin and gives it to the merman he chooses, and the merman who gets the scale will break the curse of seven years of life and share his life with him. the long lifespan of a partner."

"The chosen mermaids will always be a minority, right? Your lifespan is so different from that of mermaids. If you die in large numbers, won't it cause inequality in the composition of the group?" Yamang frowned when he heard this.

"How could it be?" Becky showed a slight smile: "The tooth shells that gave birth to us are all over the endless sea. After each tooth shell absorbs enough seawater essence, it will give birth to a mermaid. Countless mermaids are born in the sea area every moment. Speaking of it, we should be the largest population in the entire continent. Unfortunately, compared with us, the number of mermaids is very limited. For thousands of years, their number has hardly increased, and hundreds of mermaids will always be the one chosen in front of the small number of mermaids!" Speaking of this, Becky shrugged a little self-deprecatingly. Shrugged: "God is always so fair. He gave us the easiest way to be born, but at the same time gave us the most delicate body, and a shorter lifespan. In the entire endless sea, the mermaids are almost all the prey. Speaking of it, it is already a gift from the gods that we can sit here and wait for the start of the grand event. I have seen many companions fall into the belly of predators in the sea just after they were born, and some of them fell into the belly of predators in the sea because of lack of resources. Guided by experience, lost in the vast endless sea, ended his life in a very short time..."

"So, Li Yun and I are the luckiest mermaids. We met Becky right after we were born, and we were guided by him to learn the survival skills of mermaids." As soon as Becky finished speaking, Li Yi beside him He couldn't help but interjected again.

Looking at Li Yi reassuringly, Becky continued slowly: "Of course, even in the face of so many survival difficulties and such a high death rate, if you can survive, you must master the common sense of survival and survive until the grand event begins. The number of mermaids still far exceeds that of the few scaled people, so we can only gather around the mermaids and let them choose." At this point, Becky's eyes flashed with sadness and helplessness.The atmosphere in the cave also fell at this moment.

Yamang on the side couldn't help being silent when he heard the words, and was about to speak to comfort the slender shark in front of him, but Li Yi from the side intervened first: "Stop talking about this, I've heard it countless times, and I'm tired of hearing it." Li Yi ignored the calmness of the atmosphere, shook Becky's arm and said coquettishly: "Let's start practicing!"

When Becky heard the words, she brushed off her depression just now, cheered up and said, "Yes, let's start today's practice."

This time Li Yi was the first to start. He took off his shark clothes and stood up tremblingly. The content of this exercise was obviously more than simple walking. After Li Yi stabilized his figure, Li Yi opened his thin lips slightly, The next moment, Yamang only felt that he heard the most beautiful tone in the world.