17: Chapter 17 The Unique Reproduction Methods of the Fishmen

The sea breeze caressed gently, and the waves murmured softly.

Chu Xingyang opened his eyes slightly, discovering that it was already the morning of the second day. The morning light pierced through the thin mist, rendering the entire sea surface into a golden hue.

The mermaid mother and daughter beside him seemed to have woken up long ago.

Princess Aisha was all smiles, staring at him intently.

The Queen, Ai, on the other side, scolded her daughter with a coquettish look: "Aisha, how can you look at the Great God like that? It's too rude. Are you not afraid of being punished by the gods?"

Chu Xingyang sat up, looking at the water surface with slight surprise. He thought to himself that becoming the sun really was different; his legs had been soaking in the water all night, yet there wasn't a single abnormality, not even a sign of wrinkling.

The mother and daughter on both sides immediately prostrated themselves in panic.

Ai begged for forgiveness in fear and trepidation: "It must be our voices that disturbed the Great Deity Xingyang. Your servant will accept any punishment from you without a single complaint."

Aisha no longer had the liveliness and playfulness she had while watching him sleep; instead, she was trembling, her graceful body shivering.

Chu Xingyang did not look at them, just gazing into the distance at this sea area, and asked softly: "Have the merfolk started to repair their home?"

Ai immediately responded: "Yes, the incomparably noble Great Deity Xingyang. Your loyal believers have already been rebuilding our town underwater since the dawn, before the darkness had even dissipated."

"We originally wanted to name this new town Xingyang City in the name of the deity, but we ultimately felt it was too presumptuous." Aisha whispered, pleading timidly: "So, please bestow a name upon it."

Chu Xingyang wore a blank expression. Giving names wasn't his strong suit, and naming an underwater capital on top of that!

He pondered for a moment and said indifferently: "Then let's call it Atlantis."

Borrowing a name to save himself the trouble of thinking.

Aisha closed her eyes with relief and pressed her forehead against the back of his hand: "Thank you for the name, Great Deity Xingyang. From now on, this town will be called Atlantis. We merfolk will continue to add bricks and tiles to this city, making it more and more magnificent!"

Just as she was piously thanking him, there seemed to be an incident underwater.

A few merfolk emerged from the water, and one of them shouted in panic: "Oh, glorious Great Deity Xingyang, those Hainosaurus have come again. This time, over a dozen have come."

Although the Hainosaurus were huge, they swam quite fast underwater. In the blink of an eye, they were only a few dozen meters away from the merfolk building the new city in the sea.

Ai was startled by these sudden terrifying creatures, but upon seeing the deity beside her, she immediately calmed down.

Chu Xingyang did not wait for them to pray; he reached out his right hand toward the sea surface.

There were no swordfish in the nearby sea.

He used gravity to gather all the attacking Hainosaurus together.

These carnivorous dinosaurs, which originally maintained a certain distance in the water, were dragged together by an invisible, immense force.

In an instant, they converged into a giant mountain of flesh ten meters high. The dinosaurs in the mountain of flesh were confused and panicked, completely unaware of why they had suddenly been pressed tightly together.

They could only bite and crash into their own kind blindly in their fright, like headless flies.

"Rise!" Chu Xingyang shouted softly.

This ten-meter-high mountain of flesh flew from the water into the high sky! Then it drew a huge parabola in the air and crashed heavily onto the shore.

Rumble!

The earth-shaking roar sent sound waves to the beach, stirring up a wave over a meter high.

The merfolk covered their ears, letting the waves splash on their faces.

Then, they simultaneously let out a heaven-shaking shout.

"Great Deity Xingyang is eternal!"

Ai and Aisha also prostrated themselves at the same time: "Thank you, our only Great God. Your mercy is higher than the sky, and your grace is deeper than the sea."

Chu Xingyang watched the now-disintegrated mountain of flesh.

The few Hainosaurus at the very bottom had been smashed into pulp.

The ones on top, although not yet dead, were severely injured and out of the water, leaving them with only weak gasps.

"Take care of these." He ordered the merfolk indifferently; after all, if they were left to rot, the smell would definitely be overwhelming.

Immediately, over a hundred male merfolk jumped onto the shore and walked slowly toward the mountain of flesh.

Chu Xingyang then realized that the females among the merfolk had evolved into standard mermaids, their fish tails being very soft and unable to support them in walking on land.

But the males still retained the ability to move on the ground, although compared to other races, these merfolk walked quite slowly.

Ai instructed them from the water: "Pick out the best meat, roast it, and present it to the Great Deity Xingyang."

"Yes!" The male merfolk obeyed their Queen.

Aisha snuggled up to the Great Deity Xingyang, saying with lingering fear: "Great God, can you live here? We will use the strength of our entire tribe to build you the most luxurious palace on the shore. That way, we merfolk won't have to worry about the Hainosaurus anymore."

Chu Xingyang turned his face to the north and shook his head: "I cannot live here. A war that is sweeping across the entire continent is happening on the Northern Continent, and I want to go and see."

A moment of dimness flashed across Aisha's face, but she quickly squeezed out a sincere smile: "Yes, Great Deity Xingyang, you are the God of all mankind, not just the God of us merfolk. It was my greed."

The many merfolk in the sea lowered their heads one after another. They were worried that once the God left, those terrifying carnivorous dinosaurs would attack again.

Chu Xingyang waved his hand, dispelling the fear in their hearts: "Don't worry. Before going to the Northern Continent, I will clear or drive away the large carnivorous dinosaurs in this sea area."

"In addition, I will also teach you iron smelting technology, so that whether you are building a city or making weapons, you will have better materials."

Hearing this, the merfolk burst into another chorus of cheers.

"We and our descendants will always remember the grace of the Great Deity Xingyang, and our children and grandchildren will sing of your miracles!"

Ai and Aisha, this mermaid mother and daughter, pressed their heads gently against the knees of the Great Deity Xingyang, tears of happiness spilling from their closed eyes.

Chu Xingyang held their hands, pulled them onto the steps, and sat beside them.

He wanted to enjoy the shimmering, pleasant sea surface with this mother and daughter, and listen to the melodious sound of the waves lapping at the shore.

A flush suddenly appeared on Aisha's delicate face, and she bit her lip, seemingly trying hard to suppress some intense emotion.

But in the end, she couldn't hold it back. Her lips parted slightly, and she let out a faint breath, and suddenly, several shimmering, translucent eggs appeared beneath her.

Chu Xingyang looked confused. He reached his right hand into the water, took out an egg, and played with it curiously in his palm. It was much larger than a chicken egg, soft and bouncy, with plenty of elasticity.

Ai and Aisha widened their eyes, wanting to stop him, but it was clearly a step too late.

Seeing the interested Great Deity Xingyang, Ai reminded him stammeringly: "Great God, that is..."

Chu Xingyang stared at Aisha, seeing that she was also looking ignorant. He couldn't help but smile: "You don't even know what your own things are?"

Then he turned his face to Ai: "What is this?"

Ai lowered her head, not daring to hide anything from the Great God: "This is my daughter's... We merfolk all reproduce by eggs. When a young girl is in a happy mood and meets the person she loves... the person she admires, she will produce her first batch of eggs, also called the 'first eggs'."

Hearing this, Aisha's face turned as red as a ripe apple. Then she slowly slid down the steps and dived into the water, burying her whole body, including her head, under the water surface.

"Then how do you reproduce?" Chu Xingyang asked curiously.

Ai lowered her head, her voice getting smaller and smaller: "This is how we are oviparous... As long as there is sperm entering, if the Great God... if you are willing."

"Mother, what are you saying!" An overly ashamed Aisha surfaced, blushing and gently patting her mother's back: "What virtue do I have, how am I worthy of having the offspring of a God? This is not a blessing I can bear."

Although she said this, the expectation in her eyes was almost overflowing. After all, who could refuse such supreme glory!

Chu Xingyang naturally guessed the little thoughts of the young girl Aisha. However, in front of the mother and daughter, he really couldn't do such a bizarre act of performance art.

For now, he could only helplessly put the "first eggs" back into the water, unable to bear looking at the disappointment the young girl was trying hard to hide.

Then he looked towards the north and said: "I will first teach you the technology of iron smelting. Then I will deal with the dinosaurs in this sea area. After that, I will go to the Northern Continent."