"I'm going to punish her by sending her to mine in the icy wilderness for five years... no, fifteen years, until she's dug out an entire mountain!"

Seeing this, Honglin understood what was going on and sighed.

"You don't need to punish her anymore. Before long, she'll become a mindless monster."

What exactly happened?

The events that occurred in the Dream Coral Sea made Hai Ling temporarily put aside her previous thoughts, and she grabbed Hong Lin and asked in response to the sound.

"You guys...you should find somewhere to hide first, there are so many of you, you'll get spotted."

The group immediately hid inside the tribal territory. The entrance to the cave was sealed off with stones by Red Scale and his men. The light source inside was very bright, so there was no need to worry about it being too dark.

Xin Ke and the others kept watch nearby, while Su Yuan and Hai Ling came to Hong Lin's side.

"You are one of the tribes my mother defeated?"

"yes."

So many years have passed, and Hai Ling has nothing to hide or defend; a defeat is a defeat.

"If you want revenge, it's too late. My mother's mind was accidentally consumed when she fought those monsters not long ago. Now she can only rely on the Blood Awakening Bone to forcibly maintain a sliver of her mind."

When talking about these things, Honglin's face was very calm, but her eyes were full of fatigue and helplessness.

"If you want revenge, you can wait until she has completely lost her mind before killing her. You will have gotten your revenge, and she will not have turned into the monster she hates."

"Alright, what exactly happened here?"

Su Yuan interrupted her, saying that the most important thing now was to figure out what had happened.

"You..." Honglin wanted to say something, but changed her words instead: "This is how it happened..."

A few years ago, a crack appeared in the trench of the Dream Coral Sea, and the rich elemental aura inside attracted everyone's curiosity to come closer.

Some tribes even had their entire members swim down.

However, when the person who went down returned, their eyes had become extremely cold, a state that those who were still relatively clear-headed described as "mental corruption."

They have no mind or emotion. Whether it is their own people or their companions, they will be dragged back to the bottom of the trench, one after another.

Whether it's mermaids or other races, even magical beasts, as long as they are intelligent beings, they will become mindless monsters once they go down there.

Such a scene naturally led to the gathering of all the remaining tribes. Originally, Red Scale's mother had planned to unify the entire Dream Coral Sea because she had obtained something comparable to a divine artifact.

Now that this has happened, she naturally took the lead in organizing the remaining tribes to resist, but with little success.

In recent years, they have gone from resistance to defiance, and now they have gone into hiding, only able to send out a small number of people to find food. Even the leader, Firescale, could not escape.

"Mind-devouring? Such a thing exists down in the trench? And why would those who have lost their minds drag these people down there?"

After learning the whole story, Su Yuan calmed down and thought it over. After a moment, he asked.

"What are those people like? Do they feel hungry? Will they die from fatal wounds?"

The question came out of nowhere, and Honglin paused for a moment before explaining.

"He looked no different from usual, except that his eyes were lifeless and there was a faint blue glow about them."

"As for hunger, those who have lost their minds will also feel hunger and will be killed."

If it can feel hunger and can be killed, then it's not like the Akashi Beast that became some kind of puppet. Instead, it's more like Mu Yue's method, only a little different from Mu Yue's.

At least in terms of methods, they are not as capable as Mu Yue.