Mere transformation is not a big deal among the Kuran tribe.
Because their bodies are constantly changing and imitating other marine ethnic groups, the Kuran naturally cannot rely on external characteristics to identify their companions. The Kuran people are not good at smelling. After all, there are too many debris in the deep sea, and there are also structures related to alienated smells.
They usually rely on the frequency of sound to identify their tribesmen, relying on the vocal organs that remain the same no matter how their appearance changes.
Moreover, there is a rule within the tribe that if overly dangerous biological characteristics are changed or novel and rare marine creatures are analyzed, the Kuran tribe must report the situation to a specialized research team to evaluate the danger and stability to decide whether it can be retained.
If a definite safety result cannot be obtained for the time being, then the Kuran tribe may have to stay with the specialists of the research team and warrior team for ten days and a half, temporarily isolated from other tribesmen for in-depth observation.
——It’s okay to say that the result is positive. If the result is negative, you will be ordered to make corrections on the spot and make dangerous structures one of the optional features. The entire transformation process, no matter how short or long it is, is also completed under the observation of designated personnel from both teams.
Ariel, who has traveled far away for a long time before and is keen on changing various forms, is naturally a frequent visitor to isolation observation.
The more you go and stay together for a longer time, the deeper the relationship will naturally become. Because of this, she has a dozen friends in the research team and the warrior team.
Although among the simple and stubborn Kuran ethnic group, having many friends does not mean that they will not enforce the law impartially when going through the process. But when such a clan member disappeared out of thin air, the team members and friends who were originally the best in the clan were naturally anxious.
People from the Kuran tribe often go missing, and some members of the Kuran tribe unfortunately die in the mouths of beasts in the ocean.
Once something bad happens, the Kuran, who can adapt to the environment by changing forms, can use all available known organs.
They temporarily enhanced their vision, smell, and hearing, and even specially assigned some tribesmen to transform structures that emit bioluminescence, just to illuminate the eternal night world under the deep sea and help their companions better search all corners.
You want to see people when you are alive, and you want to see corpses when you die.
The reconnaissance team searched several well-known dangerous areas, the expedition team went to more rarely visited sea areas, and the members of the warrior team also took the initiative to follow, exploring completely unknown oceans that may contain other dangers.
In the past, when people and horses were deployed to this extent, in the worst case, some wreckage and blood stains could be found. In the current situation, a tribesman left alone without leaving any information, and three full years of searches were completely fruitless. This is an unheard of situation among the Kuran tribe.
Just when they were about to give up hope, a creature with a strange shape that no one had ever seen appeared in the sight of the reconnaissance team.
Strange species are also a threat to the Kuran people, because they have always known everything about the seabed, and most of the research team's work is also to consolidate this purpose. Because of this, this impact immediately attracted the attention and attention of the entire team.
Before being sent to the research team, they must temporarily assess safety to avoid harming vulnerable scholars.
Looking at it one by one, no one can tell which layer of ocean current this creature comes from.
At the beginning of the investigation, the reconnaissance team was so focused that they didn't even notice that this was one of their own tribesmen. However, when the mysterious creature suddenly spoke, a retired tribesman from the warrior team immediately identified it as "Ariel" who had been missing for three years. !
Ecstatic and business-minded came together in a unified and contradictory way. The Kuran people first sent Ariel to isolation.
With the care and company of Ariel's relatives and friends, the backbone of the research team and warrior team entered the venue together.
The most knowledgeable Kuran scholars racked their brains but could not get the answer. In the end, a young member of the warrior team suddenly realized what the familiar feeling in his heart was when he remembered that he had just met Ariel. Where it comes from.
——He once saw a fresh human corpse while hunting on the surface of the deep sea.
Humans who died in the waves often drifted away with the surface currents. They rarely floated to a location and then sank to the bottom. Most of them had already died or even turned into bones. Because of this, the Kuran tribe, who were only interested in living creatures, failed to notice that there was such a strange structure above.
The reason why the existence of land cannot be predicted is because water is as common and ubiquitous to the Kulan people as air is to humans. Due to external threats and terrain restrictions, they cannot reach the end of the "continent" under the sea.
At this moment, Ariel, who had been silent for a long time, revealed the truth.
The tribesmen originally thought that she had been shocked because she had rarely spoken before, but not only did she not stutter at all, she was calm and calm, and what she said also shocked all the tribesmen.
Beyond the sea, there is actually something called "land", and there are even other intelligent civilizations living there!
Before Ariel could leave the observation period, the Kuran people, who were shocked by the news, took the initiative to climb to shallow waters and wanted to observe this brand-new territory. However, they were led by the senior members of the Kuran people who were proficient in risk control awareness. People stop.
The unknown represents danger, and the Kuran people who live in dangerous seas know this situation all too well.
It's just that the human upper body organs obviously don't look dangerous. The hardest teeth are considered by the Kuran people as useless structures that can't even chew kelp. They are tasteless to eat and it would be a pity to discard them.
In addition, three years have also allowed Ariel to upgrade the fusion to a perfect state without any flaws, even for both water and land use.
Novel terrestrial creatures are waiting for the Kuran people who are hungry for novelty. Not only has Ariel herself not been physically traumatized, she even seems to be in good spirits. She is also a living proof that there are few dangerous and important things on the mainland.
No one doubts a companion.
Companions are the only support. As a weak people, they can only rely on team strength to establish a civilized race on the dangerous seabed. They don't even have the concept of currency. Mutual trust and strong friendship are important reasons why the Kuran people can thrive to this day.
The only thing that needs to be prepared now is Ariel after leaving the observation period and the information she brings to everyone.
On the day when the restrictions were lifted, Ariel was surrounded by her tribe in the center, and deconstruction and analysis were carried out all the time.
But because it is another civilization, there is still room for high-level decision-making, and they have to work hard on who should be released to the sea.
Excluding the underage Kuran tribe, we selected candidates who were more talented in adapting to the environment. We also rejected the warrior-type tribesmen who were too hot-tempered and prone to causing disputes for no reason, leaving only one-in-a-million candidates who had both combat prowess and a docile temperament. part as protection.
——If you just want to observe the sea surface, the fish can swim back with a swing of its tail, so it is naturally not that dangerous.
Their predictions were very smart, and the initial progress was very smooth.
The vanguard of the Kuran tribe also saw the situation described by Ariel as they wished. Sunshine, grass, beach, nature, and long-legged creatures. Most of them are fishing and drying their nets. Occasionally, they will find them in turn, and they will react strangely.
The progress of the observation gradually developed, and the restrictions on the candidates were gradually relaxed. Because some people went and came back, not only safe and sound, but also excitedly explained how unique the scenery above the offshore sea was, and how unpredictable and strange the human race they were watching was.
A few months passed, and the changes were full of surprises like the adventure of migrating from the deep sea to the shallow sea, except that there was an additional object to observe from a distance, until a piece of bad news came from the sea.
One day, a group of Kuran people who were climbing in a team swam back to the mainland in panic, asking for help incoherently. Among their companions who went up together, there was a pair of newly grown brothers and sisters who were both fished up with fishing nets and have now disappeared without a trace.
They even forgot the fact that they could not go ashore but the humans could go to sea. They wanted to take the risk and catch up together, but they were soon left behind the ship and the land by the humans who had planned to escape immediately.
Back home, naturally some people asked Ariel about the origin of this abnormal behavior.
"Humans have a desire for beautiful things. They like to obtain and appreciate beautiful things. Some people also want to benefit from them."
When faced with questions, Ariel's voice was clear and beautiful, and her answers were as crisp and clear as ever.
"What, why didn't I explain? They didn't ask me. It seems that I have no obligation to take the initiative to say such things?"
The beauty of the mermaid can fascinate the land dwellers, but among the Kulan tribe, whose aesthetics are complex and diverse, with no restrictions at all, the beauty that can attract human beings is no different from the curvature of the dorsal fin of a sunfish, and even wastes energy for refinement, which is very difficult. Not logical.
However, in order to follow the local customs and take the initiative to get close to strange human races, most of the Kuran people who came ashore worked hard to imitate their appearance. He even heard that humans had different looks, so he took her advice and differentiated them to create more unique looks.
Ariel, who had seen countless human beauties during her research, was naturally able to explain the subtle differences between the facial features.
The situation intensified. Faced with personal interrogation by former friends, the first generation Ariel still did not take it seriously.
"They asked me how to breathe on land and what was so special about the appearance of the human race. I told them, that's all."
The Kuran people do not even have a professional division of labor related to interrogation. Only then did they realize that Ariel's changes were not just in appearance.
Ariel didn't even harbor any ill will towards her people, she just simply didn't care - she had lost her emotions.
The disaster of being snatched away is a fact, and the method of taking her away for research and investigation is within the thinking logic of the Kuran people, but no one has asked her carefully and comprehensively what is the real reason why she has stayed in the mainland for three years. .
Because warning your companions of unknown dangers is an unspoken truth among the Kuran people who should support each other to survive.
Ariel, who has personal experience, knows the content of the crisis very clearly, but she has lost an innate instinct.
That was the instinct that should have followed her throughout her life.
Since no one asked what this kind of beauty meant in the eyes of terrestrial creatures, because this novel form was sought after and gained benefits, she naturally would not take the initiative to speak. The relatives and friends she cherished so much in the past had already become invisible to her. We are strangers.
The senior leaders of the Kuran tribe cut off the channels for the tribesmen to leave and tried to recall the remaining tribesmen, but unfortunately it was too late. Although they have never faced this kind of situation, the intelligence level of the Kulan people is actually not inferior to that of others, and they quickly analyzed the reasons described by Ariel.
At the same time, because not all tribesmen were on a one-day trip, the number of missing tribe members started from two people and increased day by day.
The wise men of the Kuran tribe not only began to study the structure and operation of the legs, preparing for the warrior team to set foot on land as soon as possible to rescue the captured tribesmen, but also accelerated the research on language and language that they had never dabbled in.
Using the intelligence brought secretly by the tribesmen who climbed up in functional form to analyze the human language, they want to find ways to communicate and negotiate with each other before the real tragedy occurs - but the efforts under the sea cannot prevent the events on land from continuing to occur.
Five days later, the young brother of the first brother and sister to be arrested returned, bringing irreversible bad news.
He was bruised and depressed, but he still endured his grief and told the truth that he had witnessed his sister's death.
The initial deaths were not even intentional, but were tragedies caused by unskilled "parenting".
The trapper who was busy looking for customers used fresh water and left the container exposed in the hot sun. The sister, who was hungry and scared, and whose organs had not fully adapted, kept hitting the container because she wanted to escape. After three days of this, she became increasingly weak. Then die.
After that, perhaps because he did not understand the cause of death and could not wait for more professional advice, in order to ensure that the next prey could survive, the hunter tied a rope and shackles to his brother, who was also beginning to slump, and put him in shackles. Put it into the sea temporarily.
With this opportunity, the elder brother can use the sharp teeth remaining from the last transformation to break the rope and escape with deep hatred.
The unknown danger that cannot be determined by the evaluation standards determined by hundreds of generations of Kuran people is called "beauty".
