Chapter 1229: The Lost Kingdom
The entire venue fell silent the moment the mermaid appeared!
Everyone was stunned!
After all, mermaids were always creatures that existed only in legends and fairy tales!
No one had ever truly discovered a mermaid!
And now, a mermaid was right there, alive, in front of everyone's eyes!
No one expected that the grand finale treasure would be a living mermaid!
The mermaid's body was covered in bruises, her expression haggard!
She looked at the crowd through the crystal tank, her eyes full of panic!
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The next moment, the entire venue erupted into heated discussion!
"Holy crap! A mermaid? Alive? My god, she's so beautiful. This is a first for me!"
"Is this considered human or spirit beast? Boss Pang? Could it be some spirit warrior with beast transformation pretending to be one?"
"Whoa~ She's way too good-looking, right? Drool~ But that fishtail? There's no way to... operate it? All looks, no function!"
"Don't talk nonsense! Doesn't her upper half still have a human form? Why can't you operate it?"
Listening to the crowd's discussion, Jiangnan frowned slightly, but a strong curiosity also flickered in his eyes!
Pang Badi grinned: "If it were just a mermaid, I wouldn't have brought her out as the grand finale auction item!"
"She's wearing spirit-binding steel cuffs. You shouldn't doubt the authenticity of this fish, right?"
Alpha raised a hand and tapped the fish tank!
"This mermaid was caught by a whaling ship while operating at sea a few days ago!"
"After some transfers, she ended up in my Haitang's hands. Facts prove that this mermaid possesses human intelligence and is not low in level!"
"After some questioning, we learned that she comes from the lost kingdom, the ancient nation of Lantis!"
As soon as this was said, the entire audience was shocked!
Haiti's eyes widened as she stared incredulously at the mermaid in the fish tank!
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Craig squinted!
(◞¯ิ～¯ิ) "Bullshit! The ancient nation of Lantis sank to the bottom of the sea a thousand years ago! How could it have been passed down to this day?"
"The ruins of Lantis are right there on the seabed. Is it interesting to drag that into this?"
Pang Badi stood up, took the microphone, and walked slowly to the stage, grinning lightly!
(๑乛ㅂ乛)°⋋ "Oh? Are you so sure the ancient nation of Lantis was truly destroyed? As far as I know, during the Ancient Su era, the ancient nation of Lantis was unprecedentedly powerful!"
"Yet it sank to the seabed overnight! Records in ancient texts are scarce, and the truth has forever sunk into history!"
"But the existence of this mermaid is enough to prove that the ancient nation of Lantis didn't truly vanish but has been passed down to this day!"
"She's not just a mermaid. She carries clues about the location of the ancient nation of Lantis! The treasure that has slumbered for a thousand years!"
Everyone swallowed hard. Rod Tuna and the others stood up, unable to remain calm!
Alpha smiled: "You know, it's been over twenty-two years since the spiritual energy revival began for humanity!"
"In such a short time, humanity has developed such a brilliant civilization—Dao Heaven-level powerhouses who can fly and burrow through the earth!"
"And what about the ancient nation of Lantis? They had already reached their peak during the Ancient Su era, possibly developing for hundreds of years or even longer!"
"If Lantis was not destroyed and has existed until today? Once their treasure is unearthed, it will be enough to shake the world!"
At that moment, everyone got goosebumps!
Craig's expression was uncertain!
Rod frowned: "Since Haitang acquired the mermaid, why haven't they gone to find the treasures of the ancient nation of Lantis themselves?"
"Instead, they put her up for auction? Giving away the opportunity?"
At this point, everyone was suspicious!
Wasn't Haitang just spinning a fantasy?
Just as Pang Badi was about to speak—
The mermaid in the fish tank suddenly fixed her gaze on Haiti, her eyes full of urgency!
She kept pulling on the spirit-binding steel cuffs and banging against the crystal glass!
Making a "bang bang bang" sound!
Her wrists were scraped by the cuffs, and wisps of blue blood flowed from the wounds!
The azure curse mark on her forehead flickered in and out of sight, while Haiti was clutching her heart, and the curse symbol on her forehead also flickered!
The mermaid said urgently!
(☍﹏⁰。) "La Kun Sa Ta Ti Li Gu Nuo Si, Bi Li Sa Fei Tie~"
Everyone was confused...
(´ﾟωﾟ)?
What the heck was that gibberish?
Jiangnan was also baffled!
At that moment!
[Skill triggered! Ancient Lantis Language (Beginner): LV0!]
[Do you want to add skill points?]
Jiangnan was stunned. Was the system this amazing?
He absolutely loved it!
Add! Max it out! He had way too many skill points anyway!
[Confirmed adding skill points: 1,111,100!]
[Skill upgraded! Ancient Lantis Language (Master): MAX!]
A flood of linguistic knowledge poured into his mind. Jiangnan suddenly understood what the mermaid was saying!
"My name is Alice · Atlas. Kinsman! Save me, please! I beg you!"
Jiangnan's pupils contracted sharply. She called Haiti her kinsman? Also named Atlas?
Could it really be a mermaid from the ancient nation of Lantis?
The blue blood and the curse mark on her forehead were enough to explain some things!
Jiangnan suddenly remembered the murals he had seen at the church earlier!
Haiti said that the Fish Kingdom was a descendant of Lantis, and Atlas was their ancestor?
The ancient nation of Lantis was destroyed by a divine wrath...
But Alice's existence seemed to prove that the ancient nation of Lantis had not been completely destroyed by that divine wrath!
Jiangnan's heart burned with excitement. Just how valuable were the treasures of the ancient nation of Lantis?
Even a few broken stone slabs from the ancient Su relics could fetch astronomical prices!
If the treasure of the ancient nation of Lantis was truly discovered, forget about making a fortune—
Even some of the advanced things from the ancient kingdom might propel the entire era forward!
Pang Badi spread his hands: "You heard her too. This fish doesn't speak human language! She speaks some kind of extinct ancient language!"
"We only figured out her origin by looking through ancient texts and records! Most of what she says, we can't understand!"
"Let alone finding the exact location of the ancient nation of Lantis!"
"Rather than spending a lot of effort figuring this out, it's better to sell her for money and let someone who understands this go explore!"
Hearing Pang Badi's explanation, everyone understood a bit!
Buying this mermaid was like opening a blind box!
If lucky, you might get the treasure of the ancient nation of Lantis; if unlucky, you just got a fish!
Might as well use this to trade for money!
The ancient language left everyone puzzled, and Craig was deeply frowning!
Haiti looked confused: (๑•̌.•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Is... is she talking to me?"
Just then, Jiangnan suddenly blurted out a string of ancient language that no one could understand!
(•︠口•︡): "ᐇᗥᘗᐈᑒᑮᒏᑓᓙᘜ?"
(Are you really from the ancient nation of Lantis?)
Alice was taken aback, her gaze instantly falling on Jiangnan. She immediately started crying!
(*꒦ິ口꒦ີ): "ᙀᑮᗥᓙᐈᑓᓙᐈᑮᐇ..."
(Waa~ Finally, someone who speaks fish language! Please, save me! They're all devils! I beg you, I want to go home!)
Alice leaned against the fish tank, her eyes full of pleading, saying something nonstop!
The moment her tears fell, they turned into pearl-like beads the size of beans, shimmering with rainbow light, landing at the bottom of the tank!
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And the bottom of the tank was already covered in a layer of precious pearls!
Jiangnan!!!
A mermaid's tears turn into pearls?
This wasn't a mermaid; this was a Pearl Milk Tea Princess!
For this alone, he had to buy her! Jiangnan's eyes sparkled!
(๑ớ.̫ờ) "I'll try my best! But you need to cry a lot for me and earn back the money I spend to buy you!"
Alice: ???
"As long as you can save me from these devils, anything goes!"
Jiangnan's expression was firm. He had to have this Pearl Milk Tea!
(๑•̀◠•́)و✧ Buy!
But at that moment, everyone was staring at Jiangnan in shock!
Because Jiangnan had just been communicating with the mermaid entirely in ancient language!
Yao Hong was dumbfounded. He could even do this?
Was there anything Jiangnan couldn't do?
Many people looked at Jiangnan with strange expressions, their eyes shifting!
Pang Badi's gaze flickered, then he laughed heartily: "I didn't expect Brother Jiang to have this skill! How about cooperating with my Haitang to explore the Lantis treasure?"
Jiangnan spread his hands: ╮(•́ω•̀)╭ "No, I don't. I was just babbling nonsense to see if she could understand!"
"I have no idea what she's saying!"
Pang Badi's mouth twitched. Bullshit!
You two were already chatting, and you still say you don't know a foreign language?
But... this was an unexpected surprise!
"Haha! Brother Jiang is quite humorous! In that case, the auction officially begins! Starting price: 3 billion dollars!"
Such a terrifyingly high price made everyone in the room gasp!
A starting bid of 3 billion?
How high would this go?
Jiangnan almost spat out a mouthful of old blood!
How many cups of pearl milk tea would he have to sell to earn back that money?
No way! No way! He absolutely couldn't pay this himself!
But just as the starting price was announced, Rod raised his hand: "3.5 billion!"
"This mermaid! I'm very interested!"
Tuna had also just contacted home. After the Sea God found out, he insisted that Tuna must acquire this mermaid at any cost!
"I bid 4 billion! Coincidentally, I'm also quite interested!"
Jiangnan's eyes rolled around. He quickly opened a spatial wormhole!
Directly to Craig's ear!
"Is the bet still valid?"
Craig was stunned: "What bet?"
Jiangnan glared: "Don't go back on your word! Previously, you agreed that the Fish Kingdom royal family would do me one favor that isn't too much to ask!"
Craig was taken aback: "That is indeed the case! Have you thought it over?"
Jiangnan nodded repeatedly: "Help me bid for this fish. That's not too much to ask, right?"
Craig: ???