Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 1 Eternal World
The sky is high and the air is clear, with not a single cloud in sight.

In the peaceful eternal world, suddenly.

Countless meteorites fell from the sky, dragging long tails of flames, and crashed into the vast and boundless eternal world.

Starlight streaked across the plains, mountains, lakes, hills, rivers, glaciers, and deep seas, and countless fluorescent lights were scattered, making the entire eternal world appear extremely gorgeous.

"Ding! The Myriad Races Domination System has been implanted, and the Eternal World's time has resumed!"

"Ding! Congratulations to all Eternal World players! You have entered a world full of infinite future!"

"Here, you can become a glorious lord, a brave general, a counselor capable of decisive battles a thousand miles away, a powerful sorcerer capable of destroying cities, or a lone knight wielding a sword. As long as you are willing, all of this can be achieved in the eternal world.

“Here, countless races and treasures from all over the world gather. You can conquer them and turn them into your helpers to expand your territory and enhance your strength.
You can also destroy them and plunder their wealth and treasures. It is all up to you to decide."

The eternal world welcomes you. Whether you become the best or fail and fall is all your choice.

Now! The Eternal World officially begins to operate!!!"

The sound ended, and there was silence, an eternal world that had been silent for many years.

Suddenly there was a noise: the wind whistled, birds chirped, insects hummed, and beasts roared. The whole world finally came alive at this moment.

"Ding! Please choose your future development direction!"

Meng Zheng came to his senses from his daze. He was playing a strategy game. When he was enjoying the game, a white light flashed and he lost all consciousness.

When I woke up, I was already here.

At the same time, there was a constant ding-ding-ding sound in my head.

"Have I traveled through time? There's no sign at all!" Meng Zheng was a little confused.

"Development direction?" Looking at the bright golden cursor in front of him:
【Territory Construction】

Personal Adventure

"Do I even need to choose? Being the king of the mountain is the way to go. I choose territory construction!" For Meng Zheng, who loves playing strategy games the most, becoming a lord is his dream. Now that it can be realized, there is basically no need to hesitate.

"Ding! Player 'Meng Zheng' has chosen the development direction of [Territory Construction] and the profession automatically selected as [Lord]."

"Ding! Start extracting the race's territory core."

"Ding! Congratulations to Lord Meng Zheng, you have obtained the Mermaid race core!"

"Ding! Player Meng Zheng obtains the [Mermaid] race core, automatically obtaining: Transfiguration [Mermaid Transformation]"

After four consecutive ding sounds, a ball of light shining with blue light and wrapped in a golden shell appeared in front of Meng Zheng's eyes!
This ball of light shines brightly, emitting an incomparably sacred and majestic aura.

Just by looking at it, it feels like being in a sacred and precious place. Even before touching it, you can feel a heart-warming feeling.

"The core of the [Mermaid] territory? A race from Eastern mythology?" The system's prompt slowly dissipated in Meng Zheng's ears.

Looking at the golden shell ball of light in front of him, Meng Zheng muttered to himself.

In the previous series of prompts, the system also instilled a lot of information into Meng Zheng.

As long as you become the lord of the Eternal Continent, you will automatically become the patriarch of a certain race.

These races are all different, and there is no need to say much about the human race.

In the images that quickly flashed through Meng Zheng's mind, he saw the orcs, including the minotaurs, tiger men, elephant men and other races with animal heads and human bodies.

The tall giant and the tiny Ant-Man who is as small as an ant.

Some races were even extremely bizarre, with some having human faces and fish bodies, others having only one head but three bodies, and even quite a few humans who could breathe fire and water and other offensive techniques.

Mixed in the gaps were ugly little dwarfs that looked like greenskins and goblins.

Flying in the sky were large numbers of demons with goat heads and human bodies, lizard-like dragons, and large flocks of flying races in the shape of birds.

Even a few elemental races such as the Skeleton Tribe, Stone Men, and Fire Men can be vaguely seen. It can be said that there is everything and it is bizarre.

This video seems to be a promotional video that the system shows to players, giving them a preliminary introduction. Players can see the picture, but there is no sound.

But even so, it brought great shock to Meng Zheng.

Now that I have become a lord, I didn’t expect that the race I drew is the mermaid, a mythical race unique to the East!
Meng Zheng was no stranger to the 'mermaid', a legendary magical creature in Eastern mythology. Stories about mermaids appeared in countless folk myths and legends, and their popularity was quite high.

Mermaids have appeared in many legendary oriental fantasy novels and are extremely well-known.

It is said that mermaids have human bodies and fish tails, are good at weaving, are good at fighting, have their own civilization system, and are an underwater race with great potential.

Although they are not good at land warfare, they are one of the races with great potential in the vast ocean.

There are many disturbances on land and the competitive pressure is very high. The Eternal World has five major continents and countless islands scattered around.

There are countless meteorites in the world, and no one knows how many of them have fallen into it. Meng Zheng knows how terrifying the scene inside must be just by thinking about it.

Now that we have drawn the mermaid clan, the future development direction is very clear, that is to enter the ocean and develop the endless marine resources. When we have gained power in the future, we will counterattack back to the mainland.

After calming down a little, Meng Zheng opened the light ball panel and a line of text appeared in front of him.

[The core of the merman's territory can be used to build a water-exclusive territory. Mermaid hatching pools can only be built in water.]

A territory core that can only be built in water
Looking at the introduction to the core of the territory, Meng Zheng could understand that according to legend, mermaids lived in deep water.

However, mermaids can also come ashore. As long as they are willing, it will take a few days for the mermaid's fish tail to gradually separate, turn into legs, and transform into a human being.

In many folk legends, there are many mermaids who entered human society in this way, and many touching love stories were spread.

Without thinking too much, he continued to look at the Transfiguration. This was the first supernatural power Meng Zheng had obtained, which made Meng Zheng feel a little excited.

Transfiguration: Mermaid

By performing this technique, one can transform into a royal mermaid. By tapping into the power of one's own bloodline, one can possess all the abilities and combat power of a royal mermaid.

"A royal merman? Looks pretty powerful!"

Looking at the introduction of the transformation technique, Meng Zheng was very satisfied. With the [Mermaid Transformation], he could live freely in the water.

Otherwise, the core of the mermaid territory can only be built in the water, and I, as the lord, can't command it remotely from the shore!
Now that we have the art of transformation, we don't have to worry about this problem. We just need to find a suitable territory.

Open the properties panel:
Name: Meng Zheng
[Race]: Human
[Identity]: None

[Rank]: None

[Exercise]: None

【Talent】: Darling of the Sea

You are the son of the sea. As long as you are in the water, the probability of encountering danger is greatly reduced, favorable factors are greatly increased, the probability of discovering treasures is increased, and the probability of marine disasters is reduced.

Spell: [Transfiguration: Mermaid]

(End of this chapter)