Chapter 658: Chapter 657: Friend or Foe

Upon hearing this, Lu Zixun silently calculated in his mind.

So, was it now at least seven hundred years later?

Previously, Hai Lanyue had mentioned that his body carried the scent of a card he left behind, so by rounding off…

Had Hai Lanyue lived for at least one thousand five hundred years?

Thinking of this possibility, Lu Zixun drew a sharp breath,

This damn near meant immortality. How was this possible?

Could it be that a hundred years in this world was actually just ten years?

But that wouldn’t make sense either…

For a moment, Lu Zixun was caught in a contradiction he couldn’t reconcile with himself.

Seeing Lu Zixun looking so distressed, Hai Xin felt a bit relieved and chose not to say anything more.

For a merfolk, maintaining a normal conversation with a sea cat was still somewhat challenging.

After a while, Lu Zixun snapped out of his self-conflict.

As long as he knew humans still existed in this world, that was enough. Thinking too much was useless; he wasn’t some historian who needed to clarify everything.

He stretched out his paw and hooked Hai Xin’s sleeve, Lu Zixun continued to ask, “Elder Hai, why is the relationship between the merfolk and the Deep Divers so bad?”

“Um.”

Looking down at Lu Zixun’s current appearance, Hai Xin felt somewhat helpless.

Did all the Swallowing Sky Cat Demons dislike transforming into humans?

Why must they stick to this form, did they think it made them look cute?

Muttering to himself, Hai Xin slowly began, “Merfolk and Deep Divers are different races, and they inherently have different traits. Merfolk love music and peace, while Deep Divers are fond of slaughter and war.”

“Before the world was connected, Deep Divers constantly slaughtered merfolk, because merfolk could provide energy and wealth until this city appeared.”

“Jerusalem has protected our merfolk, allowing us to live peacefully in this world, but that was until the Divine Position appeared.”

Hearing this, Lu Zixun, like a diligent elementary school student, quietly raised his paw.

“Hmm?”

Seeing this, Hai Xin looked at him with confusion.

“This Divine Position, whose Divine Position is it?”

Hai Xin, not expecting Lu Zixun to ask this question, paused for a moment before answering, “The Sea God.”

“Oh, please continue.”

Nodding his head to show he understood, Lu Zixun closed his mouth.

“Jerusalem could defend against the Deep Divers, but it couldn’t withstand a Deep Diver with a Divine Position. If Hedis succeeds in the Divine Enthronement, then… the current peace will be shattered, and merfolk will become eternal prisoners, never able to rise again.”

Hearing this, Lu Zixun felt something was off, pondering for a moment, “Does that mean you’ve placed all your hopes on Hai Mingzhu, don’t you think that’s quite cruel?”

“We have no other choice.”

When Hai Xin said this, his expression was unusually calm.

Lu Zixun nodded, not saying anything more.

…

Today, Hai Zhuming was busy all day, with the first stage of Divine Enthronement starting the day after tomorrow,

Looking at Hai Mingzhu returning to his room, not even having time for a meal, Lu Zixun sighed silently.

“Lord Cat.”

With Hai Xin’s permission, Lu Zixun could now freely enter and leave the room.

Tonight, however, his destination was still Library City; he needed to understand more about Hedis.

Unfortunately, perhaps due to the peculiarity of yesterday, Hai Lanyue did not appear in Library City today.

Since Hai Lanyue was not present, Lu Zixun had no desire to spend the night reading books here. Shaking his head, he found himself walking the streets of Jerusalem.

The most immediate impression this city gave Lu Zixun was its simplicity.

The residents here all seemed naive about the world, their faces brimming with what is known as happiness.

Today, Hai Zhuming had gone to sleep unusually early,

Having played the part of the silent sea cat all day, Lu Zixun finally had some time to properly observe the city.

If it weren’t for the fact that these were Merfolk, the situation was quite similar to that in the Demon Country. Lu Zixun didn’t dislike this feeling; instead, he quite liked it.

“The frequency of attacks by Deep Divers has decreased lately, it seems because of the holy war. Do you think the Saintess can win?”

“Of course she can win, our Saintess is the best!”

“What is Hedis worth? Once the Saintess makes a move, she can solve anything.”

Unintentionally, Lu Zixun had come to the edges of Jerusalem, near the city walls.

At this moment, a line of the City Defense Army, filled with anxiety, was discussing the oncoming first challenge—the holy war.

But in their minds, Hai Zhuming seemed like an invincible Divine God, feverish and blind.

After squatting and listening for a while, Lu Zixun quietly left.

Unexpectedly, in the hearts of these Merfolk, the identity of Hai Mingzhu was so elevated. Was this something Hai Lanyue had foreseen?

Thinking this, Lu Zixun sighed again, hoping that Hai Mingzhu would emerge victorious the day after tomorrow, otherwise…

That feeling of falling from the clouds to the ground was not terrible.

Terrifying was seeing those who once worshipped you surrounding you.

While walking outside along the corridor, a dark shadow stood at the doorway to Hai Zhuming’s room, a faint smell of blood drifting into Lu Zixun’s nose.

The guard who was supposed to protect Hai Zhuming lay on the ground, apparently dead.

‘Extreme Cold Freeze’.

In the seawater, Lu Zixun’s Spiritual Energy was like a fish in water.

The surrounding seawater instantly froze into ice, trapping the dark shadow within.

“Ding—Killing Intent Value detected from Hedis +240000.”

Huh?

The dark shadow turned out to be Hedis?

A look of confusion appeared in Lu Zixun’s eyes. Wasn’t this guy a Deep Diver? How did he manage to bypass the Sea Spirit’s detection and get in?

“Crack.”

The Sea Energy spread through the seawater, and Lu Zixun was blasted away.

In the seawater, the most powerful force was still the Sea Energy.

The ice that had frozen Hedis shattered back into seawater.

Hedis looked calmly at Lu Zixun, who summoned the Night Evil Sword, “Are you the sea cat from Hai Zhuming’s side? Turns out you’re a Spiritual Ability User, interesting.”

Lu Zixun, who didn’t have the habit of making small talk with enemies, attacked immediately.

‘Ice Hell’

The Bone-shattering Extreme Cold made Hedis’s pupils constrict.

With a wave of his hand producing Sea Energy, he protected Hai Zhuming’s room, then stepped forward and threw a punch, trying to break the frozen seawater around him.

Unfortunately, the fierce effort of Lu Zixun, who was using his full strength, wasn’t shattered easily.

As Hedis frowned trying to deal with the Ice Hell, Lu Zixun was baffled by the act of Hedis protecting Hai Mingzhu’s room—was this guy a foe or a friend?

“Resonance.”

The corners of his mouth twitched, and the surrounding seawater began to vibrate intensely.

The harsh cold summoned by Lu Zixun was directly dissolved into the layers of the seawater.

Meanwhile, Lu Zixun, who was in the seawater, also suffered greatly, feeling as if his organs were shifting places.