Signing-In: The Lazy Moon Goddess

Chapter 339: 339: On the Way

The appearance of the pink dolphins is such a stunning sight. No one would have expected to see these creatures here in such a dangerous place and to be powerful enough to defeat a mutated piranha that just put one of their lives in danger. Even the people of the A-country expect to be saved by a pink dolphin. Though it was well known that dolphins are smart creatures, once they mutated their intelligence, they allowed them to stand at the food chain in the Amazon rainforest.

A few more pink dolphins of various sizes surrounded their group, and most of them were swimming around the Yue sisters and Mama Yue. For some reason, they are too friendly to these ladies. The biggest one among them watches the humans and its eyes glint with intelligence, which one cannot see in an ordinary pink dolphin.

Grandma Hialun commented, "This big child seems to understand us. Little one, do you understand human language? You understand what we are saying?"

The huge pink dolphin nods its head and gestures to its members to give something to them. It's a pink shell. Three were given to the Yue family and two to the other group. The pink dolphins made a sound, and those who were holding the dolphins suddenly understood their language.

The huge pink dolphin asked, {Humans, can you hear us now?}

The other pink dolphins talked among themselves but were still heard by the others due to the pink shell given to them.

{Wow~ so many humans.}

{Some of them have nice auras and they smell good.}

{Look at these humans. They look a bit like the Goddess of the Moon!}

{Right! The Moon Goddess, they look a bit like her.}

{Are they her family? No wonder the captain saved them!}

The president was dumbfounded as he could suddenly hear voices in his head. From the Yue family, Yue Ruxia, Yue Jixia, and Papa Yue were also heard. They collectively looked at the pink shell in their hands. Yue Yuya gave the shell in his hand to his father-in-law and also asked his mother-in-law to touch it as well.

Papa Yue said, "Father, you can understand the dolphins if you directly touch the pink shell." He then walked towards his wife and shared the pink shell with her. The last shell was shared by the sisters. 

Upon hearing Yue Yuya's words, those from the A-country side also shared the pink shell and finally heard the voices of the pink dolphins before them. As expected, these pink dolphins had gained sentience and gained intelligence similar to that of a human being.

Senior Xia Lianyu spoke, "You've gained sentience. So you weren't mutated dolphins, but had become spiritual beasts."

{Yes. At first, it was only me who had awakened my intelligence. But after meeting the Moon Goddess and receiving her blessing that night, my tribe had evolved to this state.}

Papa Yue asked, "Is the Moon Goddess you are talking about, a lady that looks like my wife but with silver eyes?"

{Yes. As expected, the goddess is indeed related to you. It is a correct decision to save you.}

{The Goddess, her friends, and the other races on the land had gone to the center of the forest to kill the demons.}

Hearing the word demons made the Yue family frown. As cultivators, demons are beings that shouldn't have existed in the mortal realm. But seeing how pure and thick the natural qi is, this forest can be mistaken as a holy ground. This only means that this place used to have a god protecting it, but they can no longer feel divinity in this place.

Lance looked confused and said, "Wait? Goddess? What are you guys talking about?"

"My eldest daughter. She and her friends went to this forest a few weeks ago. It's a month now. Her standing is the same as her father. She is one of the gods in the Huaxia country. The Moon Goddess of Huaxia," said Yue Yuya.

The president looked like he just realized something and said, "No wonder the senior requested freedom to leave our country. It can be considered that this Amazon rainforest is our territory, at least for now."

He also knew the international laws about the existence of the unique races. If there are truly unique races in this forest, the ownership of this place will definitely become theirs, even though it used to be a part of the A-country.

Senior Xia Lianyu asked, "The demons you are talking about, are they humanoid or not?"

The pink dolphin responded, {No. It's a huge black snake as large as this whole forest. The protector god of this forest had fallen because of it, and the whole forest used to be on the verge of destruction. The Monkey King, the Fae Queen, and the Elf Chief had all gathered under the Goddess' request, and they eliminated the two. The battle ended two days ago.}

"Cutie, do you know where the Goddess and her friends are staying?" asked Mama Yue.

{The last time I heard about them was that they were resting at the Village of the Elves, but my children saw them leaving. They might be on their way out as they finished their business already.}

{With those pink shells, no one in the waters of this forest will bother you unless you start killing indiscriminately. Be careful. There are lots of mutated individuals in this forest.}

The pink dolphins prepared to leave when they were suddenly stopped by Lance. "Please wait. Let me thank you for saving me."

{Don't worry about it. Us dolphins somehow like humans, especially the ones with a kind aura like yourself.}

Splash~ splashes~

The group of pink dolphins finally left the shore after seeing the humans return to the grounds. The people from the A-country were silent the whole time except for Lance, who spoke up in the end. They didn't know that there is a difference between mutated ones and those who gain sentience. So when they started hearing the voices of the pink dolphins in their heads, they were all surprised.

The president asked, "Seniors, is it possible for me to ask what is the difference between a mutated animal and one like the pink dolphin just now?"

Senior Xia nods his head and starts explaining. "Mutated ones are those who only have changes in size, strength, speed, and vitality. In short, it still remains and acts the same as an animal with only a difference in size and some other attacks if possible."

"Sentient ones are beings who have received heaven's acknowledgement. They not only evolve but also gain intelligence that will not be lost to a human. There are those who can directly speak with their mouth or with the use of a medium like this pink shell to communicate. You can't reason with them if they are willing. But for mutated ones, those things act by their instinct alone."

After the explanation, people from the A-country gained knowledge of the changes in the world and were a bit stunned by it.

Papa Yue added, "By the way, to Sentient ones, modern weapons are useless. Nuclear might have a bit of use, but for those who reached godhood, even your nuclear bombs are useless. That's why I think twice if you are going to offend an animal that gains Sentience."

"We will keep your warning in mind. Thank you, Brother Yue," said the A-country president.

Senior Xia Lianyu said, "Let's continue the journey. We might bump into Yue Xuexia on our way as they are about to come out of this forest. Do not poke or destroy anything on the way. This forest had so many kinds of mutated creatures. Be careful!"

"Yes!" Everyone collectively responded as they continued on the way.

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Meanwhile, they had just left the Elven Village, and Elf King Andromeda also came with them. Yue Xuexia, Tan Bingyu, Shen Jueyang, and Taiyang, together with the other representatives, were on their way to visit the land of Fae and the Monkey Village on their way out. This is quite similar to sending the others back to their homes before taking their leave themselves.

Yue Xuexia was talking to the Queen of Fae, Scarlet. "Scarlet, do you think the world tree spirit will be awake when we go to your village?"

"Maybe the lord is awake. After all, the reason he slept was because of the lack of nutrients in the land it was rooted in. Now that the demonic snake and the fallen tree god are gone, nature should return to normal," said Fae Queen Scarlet.

Elf King Andromeda said, "Don't think about it. That one will definitely be asleep. After all, it is just a sapling right now and it needs a lot of time to grow bigger. When it was big enough to cover the world, one could easily take this star away."

"That's also fine. I just recently cured him. It's only right to sleep for complete healing," said Yue Xuexia.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the Fae Village, the World Tree sapling was truly awakened. However, instead of a toddler Yue Xuexia met before, this one is a young man that looks like an adult. The only difference was that he looked a bit like an elf, with those long ponytail ears and emerald green eyes and hair.

{Little Moon! You are back. Thanks to you, the whole forest is no longer a dying one. I also healed enough to keep myself awake for a few hours. I've been waiting for you!} 

The world tree sapling spirit jumps down from the tree to Yue Xuexia's embrace as if forgetting that he had finally grown up a bit after Shen Jueyang gave a way a bit of his blood essence to help the tree grow faster. But before the tree spirit could hug Yue Xuexia, Shen Jueyang slapped the spirit away.

Slap!