Embrace the light

Zixing and Ziyue met when they were young stars, so it can be said that they didn't know each other.

There are tens of thousands of starfish on the seabed. As two of the most common starfishes, it is an accidental but common thing to meet on the bottom of the sea.

But it was dawn at that time, and after a night of hard searching, the two little ones found a hidden seashell in the crevice of the stone at the same time.

After working hard all night to find such a prey, these two will of course have a big fight.

They are all starfish who grew up alone. As a female, Ziyue is not weak in fighting power, and Ziyue is naturally brave and fearless, and she has no intention of giving in to predators who are bigger than herself.

This prey hunt ended with Ziyue's defeat, but when Ziyue was about to look for the next prey before dawn, she was stopped by Zixing.

Zixing tore off a piece of seashell meat and put it on the open space in front of him, [Recently a group of big guys came, food is hard to find. ]

Ziyue stared at Zixing, looked him up and down, and said, "Now is not the courtship season."

Zixing's head was full of black lines, [Don't?Forget it! ]

Don't be in vain!

[Throw it over, thank you! ] Ziyue patted the sea stone in front of her with her tentacles.

Haixing looked at Ziyue suspiciously, why didn't he come and get it by himself?Are you so defensive?

Ziyue also asked suspiciously [You are hungry and have no strength? ]

In the end, Zixing condescended to throw the piece of seashell meat in front of Ziyue. Ziyue looked at Zixing for a few seconds and found that he had no other actions, so she immediately stepped forward to hug the piece of seashell meat with her arms and legs.

Two of them hid in the seaweed bushes and ate their own food, and the sky was completely bright after eating.

They each found a shelter among the sea rocks, and the two little ones were ready to rest and fall asleep.

Although it was a rest, Ziyue remained vigilant.Although it is not the courtship season, but I heard from some sisters that the male starfish is used to playing hooligans, so it is better to be careful.

Sleeping until dusk, the bottom of the sea looked like still water flowing deep, Ziyue huddled in the crevices of sea rocks, admiring and observing the surrounding movement through the swaying seaweed.

The little male seems to have left?

When the light became a little darker, Ziyue poked her head out to look around, but she didn't see Zixing's figure.

A group of sticklebacks came to the bottom of the sea these days. They were huge and numerous. They devoured almost all the seashells, shrimps, and crabs they went. Even the young ones like Zixing and Ziyue Stars are unfortunately eaten.

She has to carefully avoid these predators, but also has to work hard to find the leftover food. The life is really very difficult.

However, as a deep-sea starfish, it is hard but also lucky to work hard and even precariously in order to survive.Because once caught by natural enemies or swallowed by some foreign creatures, there is no chance to live such a hard life.

Five days later, Ziyue met Zixing again.But this time the prey chosen by the two little ones is not the same, so they just nodded to each other and then went about their own work.

But unfortunately, this time the prey was too smart and moved very quickly, and neither of the two cubs succeeded in preying.

Zixing looked at Ziyue who was looking for food again, and said [How about we cooperate?This will increase your chances of getting food. ]

Ziyue tilted her head and thought for a few seconds, then agreed, "Yes, how will the food be distributed?" ]

Purple Star said [Equally divided in half. ]

[it is good! ]

So the two began to work together, attacking back and forth, which really improved the efficiency of predation. In one night, the two small ones caught a total of three seashells, which were not small in size.

Growing up so big, it is the first time for Ziyue to cooperate with others of the same kind. She sighed and said [I heard from the elders before that there is a saying in human beings that "everyone gathers firewood and a flame is high", I still don't believe it. Why should the hard-earned firewood be piled up with others, but now think about it, only by piled together can we get a bigger flame. ]

Zixing asked [Have you seen Chai?Ever seen fire? ]

Ziyue shook her head [No, that's the analogy.By the way, do you know why these big guys suddenly appeared? ]

Zi Xing nodded [I heard along the way that the Sea-Monster Clan is going to run for a new king, and all the Sea-Monster Clans must send their people to witness. ]

Ziyue Xingxingyan [I heard from my sisters, aunts, and grandmas that all the sea monster kings in the past were very handsome, and their singing can bewitch the soul.It looks so attractive, I really want to see it. ]

Zixing's rational analysis [[-], the holy land of the Sea-Monster Race is very far away from us, and it is difficult for the two of us to catch up before the end.two.There will be a lot of big guys on the road. They will not only eat up our food, but also eat us, and we may die.[-]. Even if we got there by chance and met the Siren King by chance, we are just ordinary starfish. Among so many marine biota, he would not notice us at all, and would not give us a look. ]

Ziyue was a little disappointed when she heard the words [Is that so, then I will never have a chance to see the Sea Demon King in my life...]

Zixing really wanted to answer "yes" in the affirmative, but seeing Ziyue, who was originally lively and lively, suddenly turned depressed and sad, he finally couldn't bear to hit her again.

Ziyue's vitality quickly recovered, and one evening three days later, she crawled out from the cracks in the rocks to find the cracks in the sea where Zixing was, and announced with great vigor, "I've decided!"I'm going to meet the Siren King! ]

Zixing stared at Ziyue sleepily, not knowing why she suddenly became nervous.

[I have analyzed it with you before...]

Ziyue interrupted Zixing's words, [That's right!You have analyzed it!But we females are so emotional and irrational!When I was very young, I heard all kinds of legends about the Siren King, and I always wanted to meet them and see if they were really as powerful and handsome as they were rumored to be!Before, I was only busy to survive, because the Krakens lived alone, no one knew their habitat, but now it is different!Now that they are gathered in the Holy Land, it is a once-in-a-century opportunity!Although I haven't grown up yet and I'm not strong enough, and my life and death will be unclear if I rush all the way, but the opportunity is already in front of me, and I have to try my best to overcome the difficulties and seize it!I know that this journey will be difficult, and I may die, but even if I stay in this sea area, I may still be eaten one day, starve to death without finding food, or be seriously injured and die. Every day of my life is at stake, and I don't want to waste my limited life like this.Brother, I am going to do something big. I, a little starfish, am going to make a pilgrimage to the new Siren King! ]

After Ziyue finished her impassioned speech, she lowered her voice and apologized to Zixing [Sorry, I can no longer accompany you to divide the work and hunt for food, you should find other partners.I have to get ready to go, otherwise by the time I get there, the campaign may have ended, and in that case, I may never have the chance to meet the Siren King in my life. ]

Zixing looked at Ziyue with a mix of shock, helplessness and emotion. He didn't expect Ziyue to be a starfish with ideals and goals.As an ordinary creature under the sea, he knows that he was born to work hard to live, but he doesn't know that there are starfish who are willing to look down on life and death for other goals.

[Goodbye, brother.I'm off now, good luck to you, and good luck to me! ] Ziyue stepped forward and hugged Zixing, then left resolutely.

Zixing stared at her back, she was not sad or afraid, only chic and passionate, she was the unique female starfish he knew well.

[etc. ]

Ziyue turned around and looked back, only to see Zixing walking towards her, [I haven't seen the Sea Demon King either, let's go together. ]

Ziyue swooped and hugged Zixing, [I know you are the best!Welcome to join the Siren Dynasty Holy Squad! ]

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Zixing and Ziyue embarked on the road of pilgrimage to the Sea Demon King together. During the journey, they were in danger several times, but the two helped each other and gritted their teeth. They also met many fish that they had never seen before. Shrimp, crab, shellfish, coral, seaweed, etc., and even met a huge ship and took a "ride".

If she hadn't chosen to leave, Ziyue thought that she would never really feel the vastness of the ocean. She knew the idiom "Hai Na Bai Chuan" and she was more moved by the infinite tolerance of the ocean than the vastness of the Senlan Sea.There are thousands of creatures here, and we all live together in this ocean.

After rushing all the way, Zixing and Ziyue finally arrived at the Holy Land smoothly.

The holy land is quite large, and there are many kinds of marine life gathered there.It is said that the sea water around the Holy Land is unfathomable, and no one except the Kraken can reach the bottom of the sea.

In the center of the holy land is a very large reef, which is called the holy rock, and the holy rock is more than ten meters away from the sea.

Ziyue observed from a distance, and selected a sea creature she liked - dolphins.She swam towards the dolphin group with Zixing, passed water snakes, jellyfish, little turtles, etc., and finally passed by dolphins until she reached the front row.

Dolphins have always been very friendly sea creatures. Seeing that Zixing and Ziyue did not attack, they kindly made way for them to move forward.

[Thank you, thank you. ] Ziyue thanked her all the way, and led Zixing to the front row.

The view here is the best, and you can clearly see many sea monsters on the holy stone.This is the first time Ziyue has seen sea monsters, and she has seen so many sea monsters all at once!

She was so excited that she couldn't speak, she really wanted to cry at this moment!The difficulties and obstacles along the way are all worth it at this moment!

She finally saw the siren!The legendary owner of Sen Lanhai!

Ziyue touched Zixing beside her, and said to him [The sea monsters are so beautiful!Their big tails make them look strong!If you can lie on it for a while, you will almost faint! ]

Although this is already the front row, there is still a long distance from the holy stone. It is said that this is to prevent the candidates from causing accidental damage to the surrounding creatures during the competition.

[Aren't you subordinates of the master? ] A little dolphin asked strangely, [Are you passing by here to see the excitement? ]

Ziyue swam a little closer to the little dolphin, [We came from a long distance to witness the grand campaign of the Kraken clan.May I ask who is the owner you are talking about? ]

The little dolphin nunuzui, [here, it is the siren right in front of us.Behind each siren is his group, and everyone is here to cheer for their master. ]

Ziyue took a closer look, and found that the siren in front of her had long dark blue hair, a strong and slender figure, and his blue-black tail was broad and powerful.Although he couldn't see his face, judging from the aura around him, his strength must be good.

The little dolphin invited Zixing and Ziyue, [If you don't have a faction, you can consider joining our group!Our host is very good, powerful and friendly, I like the host the most. ]

The mother of the little dolphin at the side heard her words, and gently stroked the back of the little dolphin twice with her flippers.

The little dolphin snuggled up, [Is that right, Mom, you were injured before, and the owner helped to heal you. ]

Zixing and Ziyue looked at the mother dolphin curiously, wanting to hear her tell the story of this "master".

[Yes, although the master is cold-faced, he is very kind-hearted. If you haven't chosen a faction, you can consider us as a group. ]

Zixing asked [After becoming the master's subordinate, will there be any difference from us now? ]

The dolphin mother said [Become the master's subordinates, and you will be protected by the master.In the sea area controlled by the master, creatures from other factions dare not harm you at will.If we are accidentally injured and are lucky enough to meet the owner, we will be healed by the owner. ]

Ziyue curiously asked [Then if everyone is in the master's sea area, they can't prey on each other, wouldn't they starve to death? ]

The mother dolphin replied [Don't you two find it?Not all sea creatures communicate with each other the way we do.The master said that we are all spiritually enlightened, and those creatures without spiritual intelligence have no thought or consciousness, and only rely on their survival instincts to live.These unintelligent creatures are our food source. ]

Zixing and Ziyue suddenly realized, no wonder they met so many creatures who ignored them before. It turns out that not all starfish are conscious, and they cannot hear their words.

[What are you talking about?Such a lively look. ]

A round big head stretched out, silently, startled Zixing and Ziyue.

[Brother Island. ] The little dolphin happily rubbed over and kissed the big turtle called the island affectionately.

[Xiao Haifeng, you guys came early today. ]

[Come to cheer for the master. ]

[But the official competition will start in a while, you guys are here so early, aren't you bored? ]

Xiao Haifeng tilted his head, [How can you be bored?Every time I see the owner, I am so happy. ]

Dao patted Xiao Haifeng's head with his front paws, [Master has so many fans. ]

Xiao Haifeng wagged his tail a couple of times in embarrassment, but did not refute.

[I'm going to say hello to the master, you guys chat first. ] After the island finished speaking, it swam forward to the side of the master, and the master also took advantage of the opportunity and sat on the shell of the island.

[Why do you wait so far away, but the island can go to your master? ] Ziyue asked curiously.

Xiao Haifeng explained to Ziyue [Because Brother Dao is the master's personal servant, the kind who has been following closely and serving the master.Didn't you realize that Brother Shima is huge?Have you ever seen any other turtles this huge? ]

Zixing and Ziyue looked at each other and shook their heads.

[The reason why Brother Island can grow so big and strong, mother said that it is because the master gave Brother Island a very magical food, so he became different from ordinary sea turtles.Ordinary sea turtles always move slowly, the largest one is only two or three meters, and the bigger the body, the slower the movement, but Brother Dao is not like this, his shell is five or six meters long, but he moves very fast, and can carry his master around Speed ​​through the sea. ]

Zi Xing said [that is to say, he was also an ordinary sea turtle before?Then why do you win the favor of your master alone? ]

Xiao Haifeng's mother replied, "In fact, each of our subordinates was fed with spirit beads by the master, but the spirit beads did not produce such a great effect in our body. Only Dao experienced a huge change after eating the spirit beads.This can only depend on God's will, not who the master particularly favors.The reason why Dao can follow the master closely is because his speed can keep up. Ordinary dolphins like us can't swim faster than the master, so they can't follow the master's pace at all. ]

Suddenly there was a roar in the Holy Land, which startled Zixing and Ziyue, but Xiao Haifeng patted his flippers excitedly.

[Singing a battle song!The game is about to start! ]

Zixing and Ziyue looked at each other, and then focused their eyes on the holy stone.

Today is the last day of the election competition. After the competition of the previous two days, there are a total of six sea monsters who are going to make the final round.

The Sea Demon King sat in the far east, and the rising sun illuminated the sea area, allowing Zixing and Ziyue to see more clearly the scenes and creatures on and around the holy stone.

The Sea-Monster Clan, bathed in the light of the rising sun, became even more seductive.

Ziyue looked around at the sea monsters on the holy stone. Every sea monster was strong and strong, but their temperaments were not the same.

The owner of Xiao Haifeng has always turned his back to Ziyue, so she has not seen his face yet.Although Ziyue had heard of some of his deeds, Ziyue felt very fond of him, but she still had to do a lot of research on which faction she chose to become.

There are several types of competitions on the holy stone, such as speed, strength, skill, control range and so on.In short, the campaign for the Siren King is very strict and must go through many competitions.

The six sea monsters swam together from all directions to the center of the holy stone and stopped, and various cheers erupted in the holy place, chirping, whistling, whirring, kaka, luueue and other sounds one after another.

This represents the official start of the campaign.

The genus area where Ziyue and Zixing are located is very quiet, Ziyue curiously asked Xiao Haifeng and said, "Why don't you cheer for your master?" ]

Xiao Haifeng replied [Our master likes to be quiet and not noisy. He must be very impatient when he hears the sounds around him. We can't add fuel to the fire. ]

[But if this is the case, wouldn't the momentum be lost to others? ]

Xiao Haifeng waved his flippers, [Hey, the cheering momentum and so on are all imaginary.The campaign for the Siren King is based on the master's own strength. We are just watching the excitement from the outside, and we can't help at all. ]

[Ok. ]

The competition on the holy stone is to throw wooden spears. The six candidates are lined up. When a middle-aged sea monster next to the Siren King said "Let it go!", the six long wooden spears broke through the water with the momentum of thunder, and went straight to the ground. There is a large rock group ahead.

[Mo Qi, Zhan Liu, Lan Liu, Yuan Liu, Meng Wu, Pang Wu. ]

Zixing didn't quite understand the meaning of the voice from afar, so he asked Xiao Haifeng, and Haifeng said, "This is the candidate's name and achievement. Mo is our master, and his spear pierced through seven rocks."Our host is really amazing! ]

On top of the holy stone, other competitions began.

Ziyue continued to watch the excitement beside Xiao Haifeng for a while, then dragged Zixing and slipped away quietly.

After leaving Mo's group, Zixing asked Ziyue, "Don't you want to watch it?" ]

Ziyue replied, "Let's go to other genus groups to see." ]

The two came to Zhan's group. The whale was the leader in his group. Seeing two starfish swimming towards them, a small whale opened its mouth wide at the two, so scared that Ziyue quickly said, "Don't eat us." Yeah, we're here to watch the battle. ]

The little whale turned around mischievously, [I'm just kidding you, I really don't need to be scared. ]

[You know we have psychics? ]

[Nonsense, do you see any other scattered starfish around here?Those who have not opened their minds have long been scared away by us. ]

[oh oh. ] Ziyue asked, [Whose subordinates are you? ]

The little whale said [Our master is Zhan, the most handsome and handsome one on the holy stone. ]

Forehead......

The big whales were all engrossed in watching the competition on the holy stone, only some little guys started to be absent-minded and chatted with Zixing Ziyue.

[Are you here to join our master's group? ] another small whale asked. ,

Zi Xing replied, "This is the first time we have seen the siren clan, and we don't know these siren candidates yet. ]

[oh oh.However, there are no small psychic creatures in our group yet. Those who follow our master are generally huge in the ocean. You can see us blue whales, and fin whales, sei whales, ichthyosaurs and so on behind us.If you want to join, I think it will be very difficult. We belong to a group that advocates force. You can join us when you grow up a bit. ]

[OK, thanks. ] Purple Star said.

After staying in Zhan's group for a while, Zixing and Ziyue had a general understanding of Zhan.

The third one to visit is Yuan. In Yuan's genus, the head creature is the sea turtle, followed by manta rays, squid and so on.These turtles were much smaller than the island, but many times larger than those normally seen by Zixing and Ziyue.They were very gentle. When Zixing and Ziyue came, one of the turtles kindly asked them to sit on his back to watch the battle.

[Thank you, may I ask whose group you belong to?We came to the Holy Land for the first time and saw the Kraken for the first time, so we don't know much about it. ]

Turtle replied, "We are Yuan's group, that black-haired candidate on the sacred stone." ]

Ziyue carefully identified it, [Is it the sea monster standing second from the left? ]

[Yes. ]

[Excuse me, do you recruit people with a small body like us in your genus group? ]

The turtle turned its head and looked behind, [Are you the patriarch? ]

Zixing shook his head, [We are not with the ethnic group, only the two of us live together. ]

[Well, I guess it will be a bit difficult for you to join.We are all joined by the whole clan under the leadership of the patriarch. ]

[Okay, we got it, thank you. ]

[You're welcome, after the election is over, you can contact the master's personal subordinates and try it out. They are responsible for managing the expansion and reduction of the genus group. ]

[Uh-huh. ]

The fourth group went to Pang's group, but this time Zixing and Ziyue failed to enter the head area of ​​the group, and they were driven away.

[Hello, we want to get to know the leader of your group. ]

A megalodon stood in front of Zixing and Ziyue, and he said contemptuously, "Where is the little bastard, get out of here."Just you two little starfish, not enough for me to fit between my teeth, and you still want to join our group?What can you do after you come in?Can the master ride you across the sea?Can you catch delicious big fish for your master?Can you beat the opponent's subordinates when fighting with other subordinate groups?Go, go, don't come to hinder us from admiring the heroic appearance of our master. ]

Although other megalodon sharks did not drive them away verbally or physically, they all watched them coldly.

Zixing had no choice but to pull Ziyue away, and this time the two came to Lan's genus. Lan was the only female mermaid on the holy stone. She had a beautiful face, a charming figure, and strong strength. .

Most of her genus groups are small, including sea hares, sea fish, etc., swimming around, Zixing and Ziyue also saw their own kind!A group of starfish!

It was the first time that Ziyue saw so many intelligent starfish at once, and she swam happily to say hello.

[How are you. ]

These starfish turned their heads to look at Zixing and Ziyue, [Hello. ]

[May I ask whose group you belong to?Can starfish join in? ]

A slightly larger starfish said, "We are the group of Lan, and Lan is the beautiful female siren on the holy stone.Our group is not limited to species, but our masters like colorful and bright creatures.You see, the sea fish, sea hares and so on behind us are all colorful.We are also seven-color starfish, and we can also glow at night. ]

Ziyue originally thought that these starfish were ordinary starfish just like the two of them, but with more colors, but she didn't expect that they had special skills.

[You look pretty good, you can try it, there are no purple starfish in our group yet, maybe the master will like you. ]

[OK, thanks. ]

The last one to come is the fierce genus, and most of this genus is squid, octopus and the like.Seeing Zixing and Ziyue swimming over, the octopuses stretched out their tentacles to frighten them to play.

[Please don't hurt us, we want to get to know your master and see if we can join your group. ]

[Our master is Meng, the one with blue-brown hair and the strongest figure on the holy stone.Our genus group has never joined starfish, will your body become bigger when you grow up?We belong to the group to go out to fight frequently, do you have the strength?Or have any skills?For example, can you spray poison like us? ]

Zixing shook his head, [We are just ordinary starfish, we have neither strength nor venom. In terms of skills, we are very good at finding fresh and tender seashells. ]

[Then can you find the sworn conch?If you can find the sworn conch, it should be easy to join our group. ]

[Sworn conch?What is this? ] Ziyue asked in doubt.

So the octopuses popularized the knowledge of the oath conch for Zixing and Ziyue.

[Well, then let's try to find it.Thank you for telling us so much. ]

[Hi, you're welcome.After chatting for so long, I missed our master's exciting game. Do you want to stay and watch together? ]

[OK, thanks. ]

Zixing and Ziyue came here from dawn to stay until dusk.During this period, they learned about the six best siren groups of the siren tribe, and saw the wonderful competition of the six candidates.Regardless of the attitude of the group, as far as the six sea-monster clans are concerned, they are all very attractive to Ziyue.

Beautiful face, fit body, strong strength, and advanced skills.It is what Ziyue imagined the sea monster clan should look like.

[I declare. ] At the moment when the moon was rising and setting, and the sun and the moon were shining together, the old Siren King got up from his stone seat. He looked around the various groups in the Holy Land, and announced the final election results, [The next Siren King, Mo is competent! ]

Under the announcement of the old Sea Demon King, all the subordinate groups bowed their heads to Mo, and even Zixing and Ziyue bowed down with their heads held down by two tentacles.

[At this moment, I am officially stepping down.From now on, Mo will be responsible for defending Senlanhai!No matter which group you belonged to before, you must obey Mo's dispatch in the future, and jointly guard the safety of our forest blue sea area. ]

[Long live Your Majesty!Long live Sen Lanhai! ] Shrine erupted in cheers.

Infected by the atmosphere, Ziyue also yelled twice, looking very excited and happy.

Although Mo was elected as the next Sea-Monster King and the other five Sea-Monsters lost the election, no one seemed discouraged.The Siren Clan respects the strong. This is the rule of the Siren Clan since ancient times. This rule can ensure that the Siren King is competent enough to defend the Senlan Sea. This is an excellent thing for intelligent marine life .Moreover, the defeated Sea-Monster still has its own genus group, and will still be supported by its subordinates, it just has a different immediate boss.

[We will rest in the sea area around the Holy Land for a few hours, and we will officially return at the climax of the moon. If you want to join our group, you can come to see our master's personal subordinates during this period. ] When parting, an octopus said to Zixing and Ziyue.

[okay, thank you. ]