Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

After a long time, Xia Jiumeng knew the general situation of this mermaid.

This mermaid is called Naya. According to her, she was born in the human world. At that time, her mother fell in love with a human, which was not allowed in Lemuria at that time. So her mother resolutely left the seabed and came to the land to live with her lover.

Unfortunately, human lifespan is very short. Her father died soon after, and her mother fell ill not long after giving birth to her. This is when the human routine of selling oneself to save the mother emerged.

Young Naya didn't understand the rules of the human world very well, and her mother taught her mostly knowledge from Lemuria.

She didn't know how to save her sick mother. She just heard that the neighbors in the small town where she lived would not die if they had money, but she had no money. So when she saw someone selling herself, she thought she could also sell herself for money so that she could go to the hospital for treatment. So the little girl looked everywhere for someone who could buy her.

But unfortunately, the small town she lived in was also a very poor place, with no rich people at all. However, she was lucky. After persisting for more than ten days, a wealthy businessman who passed by took pity on her and gave her some money to let her go and save her mother.

Unfortunately, her mother died before she could be sent to the hospital. She only remembered her mother saying that Lemurians without love would not live long, but she was too young to understand this.

After she was sent to the sea according to her mother's will, she found the rich businessman and expressed her desire to be his servant.

The rich businessman was a well-known kind-hearted man. He did not accept it at first, but seeing how persistent little Naya was, he softened his heart and let her follow him.

From then on, Naya followed the rich businessman. She learned a lot from him and also revealed her identity during a tidal countercurrent.

At that time, the Lemurians were exposed to the human world. In order to divide them up, people captured them in large numbers and commodified them. When she saw her fish tail, she was scared and desperate, and felt that she would definitely die like those "compatriots".

Especially when she was seen by the rich businessman, she was so scared that she almost wanted to commit suicide, but unexpectedly he did not hurt her and even protected her closely.

This protection has lasted for hundreds of years.

According to the normal human lifespan, the rich businessman should have died long ago, but Naya has been using her own flesh and blood to prolong his life.

Until the last time the rich businessman's life was failing, Naya wanted to use her flesh and blood to extend his life again but was rejected by him.

He even told her that he would entrust her to a kind person and let her live a good life in the future.

Naya doesn't understand why the rich businessman doesn't want to live anymore. Don't all humans desire to prolong their lifespan?

But she didn't want him to be unhappy, so she waited here obediently.

"It seems you met a very good person." Xia Jiumeng sighed after listening to Naya's story.

"Of course, I have very good luck." Naya raised her head proudly.

"Aren't you sad?" Xia Jiumeng looked at her and asked.

The rich businessman's time is coming to an end. He is unwilling to prolong his life and has left Naya. He might have died by now. Wouldn't she be sad to have accompanied her for so many years?

Naya propped up her chin and said, "A little bit, but he said he was tired of life, and I respect him."

Xia Jiumeng “...”6.

In fact, sometimes she is a little tired of life.

"You... don't hate humans?"

"When I first learned about Lemuria, I hated it, but he said that not all humans are bad."

"Later, many humans did speak out for the people of Lemuria, but nothing came of it. He told me that the bad guys were too powerful and the good guys couldn't change the status quo, but they wouldn't give up."

"So I think that not all humans are so hateful. Only the bad ones are hateful." Naya said, wagging her tail.

"That makes sense. The bad guys are indeed powerful." Xia Jiumeng nodded in agreement.

"He said you are also very powerful and can defeat the bad guys, so I agreed to wait for you." Naya said as she straightened up and looked at Xia Jiumeng. "But after meeting you, I think I won't despise you even if you can't defeat the bad guys."

"Because I like your looks."

Xia Jiumeng "..."

Thank you for affirming my beauty.

"Don't worry, they won't be able to jump around for long."

"Have you been living in here all the time?" Xia Jiumeng asked, pointing to the huge fish tank.

Naya looked at the fish tank and shook her head "No, I just came in today because I wanted some bubbles."

"Wait a moment." After she finished speaking, she swung her tail and swam upwards in an instant. The school of fish that had originally surrounded her were frightened and scattered in an instant.

And Naya's figure also disappeared in the glass tube.

"Click." A door opened, and Naya, wearing a bohemian-style beige dress, walked out from behind a carved wooden door on the right side of the hall.

"Hello, master~" Naya greeted Xia Jiumeng with a smile.

"Just call me Jiu Meng."

"Okay, Jiumeng." Naya changed her words quickly.

"What are your plans?" Xia Jiumeng gestured to Naya to sit opposite her.

"I'll follow you, boss. But there's one thing. If you want me to help you prolong your life, you can't force me. Otherwise, I don't mind dying together with you." Naya said seriously.

“…”

"Don't worry, it's not necessary." Xia Jiumeng said lightly.

Naya has lived for so long, she doesn't think she is as simple as she seems.

"Naya, I won't restrict your freedom, but if you want to stay, you must follow my rules."

"I believe the master should have told you something about me." Xia Jiumeng looked at Naya indifferently.

When Naya saw Xia Jiumeng like this, she knew that she was not a fool who could be easily fooled, so she immediately put away her indifferent look.

"I've heard a lot."

"Especially since you're aggressively recruiting Lemurians."

"Can I be curious, why are you doing this?" Naya looked at her steadily with her mint blue eyes.

"Yes, I have no ill intention in recruiting the Lemurians. I just promised someone that I would help him rescue the Lemurians and help them return to their hometown." Xia Jiumeng lowered her eyes slightly, with an unknown emotion in her voice.

"Hometown..." Naya said softly.

"Can they still go back?" With such a large tribe being wantonly hunted and toyed with by humans, how many of them could possibly be left alive?

How many lucky people like her are there?

"Do you want them to go back?" Xia Jiumeng looked at Naya.

Naya opened her mouth and uttered the word "want".

"Then they can go back." Xia Jiumeng smiled slightly, "It just requires some prerequisites."

"I wonder if you'd be willing to help?"

"What help?" Naya raised her eyebrows and looked at Xia Jiumeng, not knowing what she wanted to do.

"Be a medium."

"Medium, what do you mean? You want to draw my blood?" Naya's face turned cold instantly when she heard that.

Xia Jiumeng: "Yes, and your scales."

As expected, Naya snorted coldly the next second and stood up, looking at Xia Jiumeng, "Do you really think I'm a gift to you?"

Xia Jiumeng looked at the angry Naya without any surprise and said, "Are you going to stop pretending?"

Naya: ".....What are you talking about?"

"Your story is quite good."

"It's a pity I'm not stupid." Xia Jiumeng pointed at a dark green patterned ring on Naya's hand and said, "It's the Cassi family's patriarch's ring."

"If you are truly a Lemurian who was rescued out of kindness, you are not qualified to wear this ring."

"If I'm not mistaken, you are Cassiana."

Naya, or rather Cassiana, looked down at the inconspicuous ring on her hand and pursed her lips.

"You have good eyesight."

This ring is rarely seen in the outside world, so she overlooked it. She didn't expect that this seemingly young girl could recognize it.

The reason why Xia Jiumeng was able to recognize it was because she had asked Xiaoqi to look up information about Wei Island.

This Wei Island actually belongs to the Cassi family, an ancient noble family with a history of over a hundred years in Country M. The family is rich enough to rival a country, and 70% of the jewelry market share is occupied by the Cassi family.

It’s a pity that this family is mysterious and difficult for ordinary people to see.

"Now that you've seen through me, there's no need to pretend anymore." Cassiana regained her cold and arrogant expression. "Yes, I am Cassiana, the head of the Cassia family. I approached you to see your purpose in recruiting Lemurians."

Xia Jiumeng chuckled, "What I just said still stands. I recruited Lemurians because I wanted to rescue them and let them return to the deep sea or gain freedom. As the head of the Cassi family, you should be able to recruit more Lemurians, so I hope you can be the go-between."

After all, she is a mermaid herself and has incredible financial resources, which gives her many advantages over a novice entrepreneur like her.

Cassiana looked at Xia Jiumeng and was silent for a moment. "How can I trust you?"

Xia Jiumeng touched the sofa nonchalantly. "You approaching me means you trust me, doesn't it? And you don't want to see the Lemurians continue to live in darkness in the human world, right?"

Having lived in the human world for so long and achieved so much, she didn't think Cassiana would be so stupid as to show up and test her without knowing her information.

As for the source of her information, it was obvious that it was those "traitors" in the base.

After all, she never restricted their freedom. Apart from warning them not to reveal anything about the experimental base, she never cared about other matters.

Cassiana was silent for a moment.

Indeed, when she learned that she was collecting mermaids, she began to secretly observe and tentatively approached the fellow mermaids she rescued, but she did not believe it easily. It was not until some time ago that she finally got the exact information.

That's why she used Mr. Da's help to get close to her, but she didn't expect her identity to be discovered so easily.

"What do you want to do? I need to know your plan before I decide..."

"Can....."

Xia Jiumeng sent a message to Dongyun, asking him to wait outside, while she chatted with Cassiana for a long time.

.....

A few hours later.

Cassiana and Xia Jiumeng walked out of the villa together.

"Your plan is interesting, but you have to understand that humans are not an open-minded race." Cassiana knew that humans have always had a saying: 'Those who are not of my race must have different hearts.'

If humans could truly accept other races, how could Lemuria...

But Xia Jiumeng's firm tone inexplicably made her want to believe it.

She had dreamed countless times that one day the Lemurians would no longer be hiding, helpless and terrified that they would be captured by humans and used as experimental subjects at any time.

Instead, it’s about truly standing in the sun, walking on the beach, and living freely and openly.

"Don't worry, they will accept it."

Xia Jiumeng smiled and said that although the value of Lemuria was still very high, those people's attention had long since shifted to Ether.

Moreover, a world that has been in chaos for too long always needs someone to step forward and restore order to it. Otherwise, how can development continue even after the crisis is over?

Besides her own selfish motives, helping the Lemurians was also something she had to do for the sake of necessary progress.

The world's power is gradually recovering, the broken rules and dislocations will slowly return to normal, and the wandering bodies will only become stronger and stronger. If humans are still crazy and do whatever it takes to achieve immortality, the wandering bodies will not even need to take action and they will be able to drive themselves to extinction.

Xia Jiumeng turned to Cassiana and said, "Contact me when you've thought it over. I'll wait for your reply."

"I promised that man to help the Lemurians out of their predicament, and I will do it whether you want to help or not."

"Besides, I have the ability."

When necessary, the truth can be within range.

After saying this, Xia Jiumeng followed Dongyun away. She had delayed too long. It would be troublesome if Xia Yizhuo finished cleaning and came back to find that she was not at home.

Cassiana looked at her back, feeling a little shaken.

She had never met a human being as confident and determined as Xia Jiumeng.

After she returned home, Cassiana quickly summoned the core members of the family and started a private meeting online to inform everyone of Xia Jiumeng's plan, but did not reveal her identity. After all, this was her request.

Over the years, she has been secretly saving her own kind, and now her family is made up of Lemurians.

When everyone heard what Cassiana said, they talked about it. Some people thought it was risky, that humans were greedy and vicious, and they shouldn't be so credulous.

There are only a few members of the tribe left and they cannot afford another defeat.

But Cassiana's sincere guarantee also made those people waver.

They all knew that this was a big gamble, but it could also be an opportunity for the Lemurians to be reborn.

Finally, she made a decision, contacted Xia Jiumeng, and expressed her willingness to cooperate.

Xia Jiumeng, who had just returned home and packed up to rest, was a little surprised when she received a call from Cassiana.

She thought she would need a long time to think, but she didn't expect it to be so quick.

"I hope you don't disappoint me."

"Of course, but the head of the Cassi family must also keep his promise." Xia Jiumeng looked at her with a smile.

Cassiana nodded. "Of course."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Jiumeng replied to Dongyun's message.

After sending himself back to Xia Yizhuo's Wei Island, he went back and did not leave because he still had things to do.

"Boss, I've checked it out. The location here is excellent, very suitable for conversion into an aviation technology base. It's also not far from the designated route, making it convenient for future departures."

Xia Jiumeng looked at the preliminary design drawings sent by Dongyun and nodded. "Okay, then you can renovate this place. Oh, and change the power system. Don't use Tianxing's core power."

To prevent someone from causing trouble in the future.

The pressure of competition from peers is very great, especially on someone else's turf.

Wouldn't it just fall to the ground and break into pieces if it breaks?

"Okay." Dongyun started sliding and clicking on the tablet.

"Boss, if we move Wei Island about 3 kilometers southwest, we'll be near a curved wave point that can be used to build a small teleportation point. Take a look..."

"It's within the private area of ​​Wei Island, so you can do whatever you want."

"Good boss."

[The plot here is to pave the way for Qi Yu's special gift later. What gift do you hope Qi Yu will get?

1. Help the Lemurians obtain human rights, and resurrect those innocent members of the tribe who died through the special inheritance of the mermaids in the heroine's original world.

2. Rescue the last remaining mermaid, help Qi Yu take revenge, and send his people back to their hometown.

3. I want both, hehe~~]