frightfiction Chapter 442: Paternal and Maternal Lines
Chapter 442: Paternal and Maternal Lines
Tang Yuanyuan was explaining science to Ji Li and the others.
"The mermaid spirit you mentioned is this fishy smell..."
Tang Yuanyuan blinked her icy blue eyes and said, "I smell only spiritual energy."
It’s hard to explain, but at least the group of people ate the unpalatable sea spirit grass.
Qiongqi was directly sucked into Ji Li's spiritual platform from his palm.
The evil man couldn't help himself this time, "Is Xiao Li also a person with spatial ability?"
"No."
"That……"
"Brother, our captain has not yet developed his abilities." Yan Cheng kindly stepped forward and patted the evil man on the shoulder.
Everyone has entered the sea.
What kind of feeling is it? Entering the sea alone without an oxygen mask and breathing in the sea water, the sea water that looks dark on the surface is actually clear inside.
The reason why it is black... is because the sea water is unfathomable.
Manasha and her group of mermaids surrounded Ji Li and others in the sea and moved forward together. Tang Yuanyuan still did not grow a mermaid's tail in the sea, and it was still in the shape of a human foot.
The strange thing is that after eating the sea spirit grass, Ji Li and his companions can understand what the mermaids are saying in their chattering.
Tang Yuanyuan was explaining to Manasa, "I am the child of my mother and mermaid. My mermaid genes are incomplete, and my mother has returned to the sea..."
"Then who raised you?" Manasa said.
"Adoptive father..."
"Oh." Manasa nodded.
It seems like there are no mermaids, all of them have long seaweed-like hair and graceful figures.
Ji Li was listening to Tang Yuanyuan talking to the mermaids. One of the gossipy mermaids came up to Ji Li and whispered, "You humans all have fathers?"
Ji Li: ...
How do you explain different species' reproductive systems to a nosy mermaid?
"Don't you all have a father?" Ji Li asked back.
The mermaid answered calmly, her icy blue eyes still smiling, her light shimmering, "It takes energy for a mother to give birth to us. The birth of a new mermaid is often accompanied by the death of an adult merman."
"This is very similar to a creature on land - the praying mantis. The mother needs energy, and the birth of a baby praying mantis is often accompanied by the birth of a male praying mantis." Ji Li said.
"So what about you humans?" The mermaid was still very curious.
"To reproduce the next generation, the man implants the living body, but before the child is born, it is just an embryo in the woman's body. During this period, the man does not need to be involved. Only after the birth will the man have an additional word of father." Ji Li said truthfully.
“Being a human woman is so difficult,” the little mermaid sighed.
"In fact, the mantis I just mentioned is just a single individual. For most land creatures, it is the female that reproduces the next generation, and the male only participates in the seeding... I mean, on land, most creatures have the same reproduction process as humans." Ji Li rubbed his forehead, "In the sea, only seahorses have a similar reproduction process to you, and the male seahorse has the brood pouch."
"So the seahorse form resembles us. It is the most intelligent creature in the sea." The mermaid laughed.
In the sea, matriarchal society still rules.
The male companions who followed Ji Li felt a little uncomfortable listening to the mermaid and Ji Li chatting about biological development and reproduction as if no one was around.
I always feel like something is wrong.
Can't you consider how their, uh, male compatriots feel when they hear it?
Unfortunately, Ji Li didn't pay enough attention to feel it.