Looking at the strange yet somewhat regular building not far away, Mera showed a surprised expression.
"How is this possible? It looks like some kind of fortress, and also like a beehive!"
Arthur looked at the strange and magnificent building, nodded, and agreed with Mera, "It looks like it's embedded into the rock face at a certain angle!"
"It looks like it crashed in! This wasn't made by those creatures, Curry, this is some kind of underwater submarine!"
Mera quickly swam towards the building, which resembled an underwater submarine.
Arthur also quickly matched her speed and asked Mera, "Is it an alien spaceship?"
While touching the edge of the opening embedded in the rock face, Mera said, "No! I've seen this writing, but these symbols belong to an ancient script, the writing of Atlantis, before it sank."
Hearing her mention Atlantis, a trace of excitement flashed through Arthur's heart: Sure enough, even if she wasn't an Atlantean, she definitely had a close connection to Atlantis.
"This ship has been sunk here for many years; there's damage on its exterior, and…"
Mera hadn't finished speaking when she heard the roar of the Merman monsters coming from inside the opening.
"We have to go in and see."
Before Mera could react, Arthur quickly swam into the dark cavern.
Perhaps sensing some terrifying presence, the fish accompanying Arthur broke free of his mind control and did not follow him in, instead quickly swimming away from the area.
"Their survival instinct overrode my mind control."
Arthur muttered softly as he swam forward in the cavern.
"But, this also means we didn't go wrong; we've stepped into genuine darkness!"
He seemed to be speaking to Mera, and also to himself, "If my guess is correct, these Mermen have already eaten human flesh. Even if it's for survival, I think I must seal off the trench!"
"You're so naive, Arthur Curry!"
A mocking expression appeared on Mera's face, "These things are mindless creatures; keeping them will only bring disaster to the world!"
"So that's how the Atlanteans view humans?"
Arthur's impression of the woman in front of him suddenly worsened a bit.
"You seem to have some opinions about Atlanteans?!"
"No, I'm just more often good at considering problems from different perspectives."
Arthur no longer paid attention to Mera and quickly swam forward.
Whoosh!
A ripple occurred in the water, and a dark presence rapidly charged towards the two from inside the cavern.
Arthur, reacting swiftly, lunged forward and grabbed the charging Merman.
"Are these those monsters?"
"No!"
Arthur looked at the Merman in his hand, which was noticeably smaller, shook his head, and said with a serious expression, "This is their child, and it's already dead!"
Letting the Merman's corpse drift away with the current, Arthur said, "It seems to have undergone some kind of mutation, a mutation caused by inbreeding."
Arthur looked at the end of the cavern in the distance, "This race is heading towards extinction!"
Upon entering the innermost part, the presence that appeared in the spacious area astonished both of them!
A gigantic Merman, with a huge gaping maw and easily twenty meters tall, was located in the very center, surrounded by countless Mermen swimming around.
Merman hatchlings continuously emerged from the giant Merman's abdomen.
After birth, many Merman hatchlings did not survive healthily; a significant portion of them died shortly after being born.
"This…"
Arthur stared dumbfounded at the magnificent sight before him, "This is their king or queen, this is their birthing chamber! But this is probably the last birthing chamber; their queen probably can't maintain her reproductive function anymore!"
"Those cocoons are all hanging from the ceiling!"
Arthur looked up at the ceiling and quickly swam over.
A trail of water appeared behind him, pushing all the surrounding water away.
"No! I don't know how long they can survive here, and we can't release them here either, Mera, help me pull this entire wall up!"
Aquaman shouted towards Mera.
At the same time, he grabbed the wall holding the cocoons and pulled it forward.
"Ugh, ahhh!"
While gripping the wall, Arthur roared, veins bulging on his neck.
Seeing Arthur suddenly appear to snatch their food, countless Mermen instantly pounced.
"Hey, listen, I hope we can communicate, I hope you understand that I won't allow you to treat me as food!"
Arthur dodged their attacks and shouted at the Merman Queen.
"We need food, I need food, for the children!"
The Merman Queen made a sound Arthur could understand.
"Why did you become like this?"
Arthur continued to ask her.
"The Atlanteans, they did it!"
"You are also an Atlantean! I will absorb you!"
The Merman Queen let out an enraged sound, commanding all the Mermen in the birthing chamber to attack him.
"Volcano!"
Arthur, surrounded by attacks, dodged the Mermen's bites and looked towards the nearby volcano.
If he could trigger a volcanic eruption, he could completely stop this group of Mermen.
Gritting his teeth, Arthur swam forward, but countless Mermen blocked his path.
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