Mermaid Throne

Chapter 28

In the intensive pre-competition preparations, with more than 20 days before the national competition, Tao Yiran was injured.

Once the little mermaid returned, his training doubled in intensity.

Before Tao Yiran made rapid progress, a large reason was due to the change of training methods.Once a plateau is reached, however, progress becomes less apparent.

The boy was a little anxious.

Even if he didn't care on the surface, his behavior still showed some abnormalities.When he first suffered a muscle strain due to overtraining, Rong Xuan finally discovered the hidden psychological shadow of this guy.

Successive victories did not give Tao Yiran much sense of security.Only the boxer knows what it feels like to be in the ring.Surrounded by cheers or curses, there is no way out.Once you care too much about winning or losing, you are like standing on the edge of a cliff. Once you fall down, you will never get up again.

Although he doesn't care about other people's comments, Tao Yiran cares about winning or losing.

He cared so much that if he hadn't been forced to do nothing, he wouldn't be willing to return to the boxing ring easily.

Unable to express the anxiety in his heart, the young man simply suppressed his temper with silence.

The reproach that Rong Xuan was about to blurt out was swallowed back when he saw his slightly wrinkled brows and tightly pursed lips.

In contrast, Rong Xuan's progress was so obvious that Tao Yiran was jealous.

In the past, he could barely fight with Rong Xuan for a while, but now he feels more and more reluctant.Maybe in another two years, he won't even be able to get close.

This is the fundamental difference between a mermaid and a human being. No matter how hard you try, a mermaid can easily overtake it with a flick of its tail.

Being dragged to the hospital for treatment, Tao Yiran didn't speak all the way.Rong Xuan wanted to speak several times, but was blocked by the haze emanating from the other party.

It wasn't until the doctor frowned and said "the strain will take two weeks to heal" that Tao Yiran showed obvious mood swings.

"Is there no specific medicine?" The boy stared at the doctor, wishing he could throw the two boxes of money from his home in front of him, "It doesn't matter how expensive it is."

"You are now in the special protection period, the medical expenses are free, and the treatment you are given is the best." The doctor is not angry, and obviously encounters this kind of person often, "Unless you are a mermaid, no matter what special medicine you take, your muscles Self-recovery can only maintain this speed."

One big and one small went out of the hospital in silence.

Tao Yiran's arm was tightly bandaged, and he was even told not to exercise for a week.

The teenager's anxiety finally reached its peak at this moment.

"Damn it!" He kicked an empty glass bottle away, and the bottle hit the wall with a thrilling sound. The fragments flew to both sides, and several pieces even scratched Tao Yiran's skin.

"What are you crazy about!" Rong Xuan, who had been following behind for some reason to break the atmosphere, finally grabbed his hand angrily, preventing him from going any further. Not only one fart left!"

"... Annoying. Get out of here." The young man's tightly pursed lips finally moved.

"You think I'm annoying?" Rong Xuan immediately turned cold.He could tolerate this guy's bad temper, but that didn't mean he could tolerate the other's humiliation.The arrogance of the purebred merman is brought out from the bottom of his heart. Rong Xuan has been obedient for so long, so long that Tao Yiran even forgot how the piranha confronted him back then.

Tao Yiran's neck was stiff, and he didn't intend to bow his head.

The eyebrows drooped unconsciously.

It's a pity that Rong Xuan was too short to notice the subtle changes in the other party's heart at all, and the fire that had been simmering for two days finally ignited.

The child didn't speak, but paused in the footsteps behind him, turned suddenly, and walked in another direction.

Tao Yiran turned around, looked at his back, and slowly followed after a while.

Rong Xuan became more and more angry as he walked.

Obviously, you can leave and never come back.

He didn't like being controlled by others, so when the Mermaid King died, he felt relieved—even though that man taught him a more reasonable way to tap his potential.

If he wants to regroup and return to the Mermaid Clan, he must have his own team, a team that completely obeys him.

But he is too young. At this age, he can only grow by relying on others.

Tao Yiran was not a good object to cling to, he was just an ordinary human being, he didn't even have the right to compete with the mermaid, and he didn't have any real help to Rong Xuan.

If he wants to become the mermaid king, what he should do now is to find more mermaids who are willing to cooperate with him...

"What are you following me for!" The child turned his head and glared.

The boy's eyes drifted to the other side without answering.

The two stalemate for a while before Tao Yiran said slowly, "I'm not bothering you."

This is the biggest concession a scumbag can make.The guy who has never said "I'm sorry" feels that as an older brother, he shouldn't care about a child.

Although he was still very irritable, it really shouldn't happen to a brat.

Rong Xuan waited anxiously for the next three words, but found that the dialogue was gone.

The two looked at each other expressionlessly, and finally Tao Yiran changed the topic uncomfortably: "Go home for dinner."

……Dry!Is it that hard to say sorry?

Rong Xuan didn't move.

He felt that he must insist on waiting for those three words, otherwise this human being would ride on his head sooner or later.

Tao Yiran took two steps and didn't wait for him to catch up. Looking back, the little guy stood stubbornly in place, his face flushed.

"..." He also stopped.

He glared at him.The two stared at each other, and this boring rivalry lasted for several minutes.

In the end, Tao Yiran still turned his head and walked forward. When Rong Xuan was almost yelling at him in anger, the human actually threw out the three words "I'm sorry", then put his hands in his pockets uncomfortably, and stood there, waiting. The little guy came after him.

The little mermaid who knows how to read emotions better than Tao Yiran pressed the corner of her mouth that was about to turn up, and quickly chased after her.

The battle for the gods on the human side came to an end, and the battle for the throne on the mermaid's side also began.

The battle for rights, which all mermaids can participate in, has attracted a full 1 mermaids to sign up this year.Judging from the increasing number of registrations, the expansion of the mermaid race is not slower than that of humans.

It was precisely because the two sides continued to expand their territories that the small-scale mermaid war six years ago had occurred.

That war has been far inferior to the earliest mermaid war.With the birth of a new generation of humans, many new humans who have accepted the existence of mermaids since childhood began to reflect on the possibility of coexistence with mermaids, and the new generation of mermaids also grew up in a comfortable environment. His desire for revenge has also weakened a lot. The biggest gap between the two races today is not the previous blood feud, but the dispute over their evolutionary status.

As for the Battle for the Mermaid Throne, human beings are very wary of it.After this melee, a new mermaid leader will be born, and how this leader will handle the relationship between humans and mermaids in the future will affect the relationship between land and sea for at least a whole year.

The slightest misstep in the delicate balance between sea and land will lead to another round of war.

After more than a month, when Rong Xuan logged into the human library again, he was surprised to find that many humans had more information than expected.

Mermaids rarely turn out to be traitors, and humans will become mermaid slaves, but mermaids will not become human pets, so humans rarely get inside information about mermaids.However, this time even the dark horse of the throne battle was circled out. One wonders how much resources humans have invested in this throne battle.

Rong Xuan didn't recognize the names of these dark horses. Before he was hunted down, he was an out-and-out young master. Apart from purebred mermaids, he only knew some famous double-breed mermaids.

Still, he found a few familiar surnames.

The Rogers royal family in the Mediterranean region, the Rice family in the North Sea, the Viking family in the Gulf of Alaska, the Dragon family in the South Sea...

These families were already famous families among humans before the mermaid gene appeared. When they returned to the ocean with a large amount of resources, they caused the economic collapse of human society for five years.They discarded human banknotes, re-established the social order of mermaids in the ocean, reissued mermaid currency, and used resources as the basis to continue the human currency rules.

Decades have passed, and now the mermaid currency and human currency can be exchanged. If Rong Xuan did not dare to touch his account, otherwise, he would be able to buy all the underground boxing rings in Xiananzhou City just by exchanging a small part of his savings. .

After reading all the news about the Battle of the Throne in half an hour, Rong Xuan was a little disappointed, but he also knew that it was already quite strenuous for human beings to investigate to this extent.

The biggest difference between the Throne Battle and God of War is that it does not take place in a small boxing ring. The Throne Battle is more like a real-time field battle. As long as the two parties confirm their willingness to fight, they can immediately log in to the combat system and start fighting on the spot.

The self-proclaimed mermaid disdains sneak attacks and stabs in the back, so this kind of real-time field battle can better reflect the real fighting level of a mermaid.The battle video will be recorded in the central system in real time. As long as one party's physical function is lower than 20% and is suppressed for more than 20 seconds, it will be judged as a failure.In order to prevent tragedies, mermaids also have protection rules - once death occurs, the attacker will immediately lose the qualification for the competition.

The backstage of Battle of the Throne will select some exciting battles for public broadcast, and set certain viewing rights for other materials. It is not easy for human beings to obtain these video materials.

Rong Xuan thought for a while, took out the mermaid identity card he snatched, and inserted it into the card slot.

He was relieved to find that he hadn't been logged out. He cracked the password through the independent umbrella and quickly entered the mermaid network. Without fingerprint and iris verification, Rong Xuan could only browse some ordinary news, the general content of which was almost the same as that of human libraries, except An inconspicuous news caught his attention.

The North Atlantic Mermaid Sanatorium was severely damaged by the earthquake, and Carl Durant and others were missing.

Rong Xuan stood up abruptly, unable to hide his excitement.

Carl Durant, the former Caribbean mermaid king, was blown blind in one eye during the mermaid war in North America. He couldn't live in a nursing home in peace and stability even if he sent a helping hand.

The Rong family was exterminated overnight, just like the fate of most mermaid kings. The former subordinates either defected or were hunted down. Only Carl Durant, who has not participated in power disputes for many years and has gradually been forgotten, Also had the good fortune to escape the clean-up operation of the Miller family.

Rong Xuan absolutely did not believe that Karl would die in the earthquake. This guy known as the "Pirate Chief" would only take the opportunity to escape instead of dying silently in a nursing home.

But how to contact the missing person?

Rong Xuan's excited brain calmed down a bit.

And, is this missing old man worthy of his trust?

For the first time, Tao Yiran felt the inconvenience of being a celebrity.

Compared with the other three, Tao Yiran, who was the youngest, was very topical. Various newspapers began to dig deeper into this sudden supernova, and various reports and reviews were quickly spread in major local media.

Passers-by are more and more likely to recognize him. When children see him, they will pester him and ask about training methods. Girls will whisper when they see him. High or low... Tao Yiran, who is used to being a homeless person, feels that his scum attributes are about to be melted by these gossip-oriented humans. The young man who really doesn't want to become a star simply hides when he sees everyone, except for training. I don't want to step out of the door.

Tao Zha Zha was forced to become Tao Zhai Zhai.

But he didn't want his dead house to be a secretive attitude in the eyes of others.

After a while, Tao Yiran's failure two years ago was finally revealed.

A photo of Tao Yiran lying at the feet of his opponent like a dead dog was hung on the headlines, with the headline bluntly and gloatingly reading "Supernova's previous life—the exile."

Tao Yiran's tense nerves collapsed after seeing the picture of his fiasco two years ago.

It's not that he hasn't seen this photo before, but when he was most emotionally unstable, the wound was scratched again. Like an enraged wild wolf, the young man picked up the reporter who was guarding the door waiting for an interview, and threatened coldly: "I said I won't accept interviews, whether you like to watch it or not, are you still here looking for a fight?"

The reporter obviously had a lot of battle experience, and said with a hippie smile: "Don't be angry, brother, isn't that your previous life? After suffering a lot, you made a beautiful comeback. How many audiences love to watch this episode? You haven't come out for so many days, didn't you listen What people say about you outside, these are all positive praises, why are you so angry?"

Tao Yiran said with a dark face, "I'm not interested in being your talking point. Whether I win or lose is my own business, so what does it have to do with you?"

The reporter patted his fist: "Brother, you are too young, so I didn't think it through. You are so young, and you have no background. It is a miracle to reach the semi-finals. If you go up, you can win as much as you want." Unless you run away, you have no possibility of losing points. Don't add fire when you are the strongest now. When you lose, go back to Nanzhou City. With this momentum, you can still find a good one. Next time, at that time, the price you can offer is absolutely beyond your imagination." As if feeling that he had helped a lot, the reporter smiled meaningfully: "We didn't give this opportunity to the other top three because they all liked you, Brother Tao."

Tao Yiran let go of his collar.

The reporter straightened his clothes with a smile and asked, "Then can we go in and interview?"

"I'll have an interview with you after I lose." He was answered by a loud slamming door.

Rong Xuan was assembling the newly purchased reaction trainer for him, when he came over with an unhappy expression, he said, "I think what he said is quite right."

"Don't be so wordy," the boy glared at him, "Go to your net when you've set it up, and the hourly fee of fifty gold will be deducted from your coach's fee."

How unreasonable, when did he receive this guy's coaching fee!Rong Xuan snorted coldly: "Why are you so nervous? Now everyone knows that you have lost, and you have improved so much compared to before. Even if you lose this time, your results are still much better than before. Is there still more progress to be made? Isn’t your biggest advantage over others is that you are young? You can play for another dozen or 20 years. If you think about it, maybe you will even have a little hope of reaching the final after 20 years. "

"...Do you know why most of the top ten players in previous years can't even enter the national competition in the second year?" Tao Yiran said with a dark face, "Because they will be regarded as the biggest obstacle by everyone in the second year. In the first few rounds, they will be destroyed by various means and will not be able to enter the knockout round at all."

In order to kill these powerful targets, some gangs will even send human bombs to snipe these seeded players on the stage, causing the seeded players to be seriously injured on the stage together with the human bombs.

Any special protection is fake, and people who become the target of public criticism often don't live long.

Rong Xuan clicked his tongue: "But if you lose again, don't you really want to go back? You have even survived the humiliation of two years ago, wouldn't you get used to it again?"

Tao Yiran was taken aback.

Seeing his expression change, Rong Xuan asked again: "Why are you so afraid of winning or losing? You are simply afraid of being ridiculed by others, right? You say you don't care about other people's opinions, but as long as you lose, your worst side will still be magnified Isn't it?"

"..." Tao Yiran pursed his lips, feeling ashamed to be exposed.

"But now that everyone has seen it, if it happens again, can it be even uglier?"

"...I won't have that chance." He replied bluntly, "I won't be beaten like this again." lambs to the slaughter.

He had a sense of enlightenment.If you lose again, the big deal is to start from scratch like two years ago.

Besides...

"Our money must be saved well. If I lose, I will still have the money left." Tao Yiran hastily went to confirm the location of the passbook.If you have money, you will never be more down and out than before.

Rong Xuan looked at the young man who had completed his spiritual sublimation and looked through his cash box with great interest, the corners of his lips twitching slightly.