Her feet slammed against the wall, leaving spiderweb-like cracks. Her waist twisted into an incredible arc, and her tentacles narrowly grazed Xia Linyin's side. With a backflip, a blade flashed, and a piece of the tentacle fell into the water.

Xia Linyin's figure kept flashing, almost turning into afterimages, and the blood-red light emanating from her high heels became increasingly eerie.

It felt as if she had walked barefoot through a vast expanse of ice and snow in the dead of winter. Xia Linyin's feet were numb with cold, and a chill ran deep into her bones. Her lips were purple. Gazing at the exit ahead, Xia Linyin told herself, "Almost there! Almost there! Just a little longer! Just a little longer!"

With a loud bang, the ship collided with the cruise ship, followed by deafening explosions, "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The blazing fire surged like a volcanic eruption, the towering flames reddening the pre-dawn sky and the sea.

The ship was blown to pieces, and burning fragments crashed into the sea.

The sea monster roared as its massive body was blasted into countless fragments along with the Argo cruise ship amidst the rolling waves of fire.

John and Trian sped out of the inferno in a motorboat, with raging flames behind them.

Xia Linyin swung her arms, trying to swim to the surface of the sea, but the sea, dyed red with fire, drifted further and further away from her, gradually becoming unreachable.

She had no feeling below her waist. Xia Linyin knew that her legs had been frozen to death and she could not feel the cold of the seawater or the pain of her wounds. They were like rotting flesh.

Seawater rushed into my mouth and nose, bubbles gurgling out.

Charlene prayed in her heart that John could bring Trian to the island quickly, before she drowned.

How much further? How far are John and Trean from the island?

How much longer? How much longer until the game ends?

I can't hold on much longer...

The swinging of her arms gradually diminished, and she slowly closed her eyes, her body sinking down like a withered flower.

Her black hair floated in the seawater, forming a stark contrast with her paper-white face, exuding a deep aura of death.

A blue figure emerged from the depths of the sea, swimming towards Xia Linyin with lightning speed, like a shooting star streaking across the sky.

The azure scales shimmered with a light more beautiful and captivating than the refracted light of a sapphire. The translucent fins were as thin as cicada wings, sparkling as if sprinkled with tiny diamonds. This was a fish tail that one could not bear to look away from once they saw it.

Beautiful, yet full of power and wildness.

Above the fish tail are smooth and beautiful V-lines, firm abdominal muscles, and a broad chest and shoulders.

Her long, flowing blue hair cascaded like ribbons. The mermaid cupped Xia Linyin's face in her hands, which were connected to her fingers by a semi-transparent jade pendant. Her cool, soft lips covered Xia Linyin's lips, and she breathed on her.

With long, flowing whiskers swirling around her sides, the mermaid swayed her tail and swam towards the sea with Xia Linyin in tow.

The dawn's light shone on the sea, "Splash—"

The mermaid emerged from the water carrying the unconscious Xia Linyin.

"Linyin, Linyin, Linyin..."

Who is calling her? What a beautiful voice...

But she's so sleepy, she really wants to sleep, so please don't wake her up anymore, okay?

"Linyin, Linyin..."

It's so noisy, but even though I find it noisy, I can't bring myself to hate it because the sound is just so pleasant.

Hmm? Why aren't you calling anymore?

It feels like I'm about to lose something. But what is it?

No, don't go!

Xia Linyin opened her eyes, and what she saw was a deep and alluring blue that almost drowned her, making her think of the deep sea. Xia Linyin subconsciously struggled for a moment, and her vision gradually focused and became clear. She then realized that she had bumped into a pair of blue eyes.

Xia Linyin's gaze swept over the other person's high nose and beautiful lips, and then, "Leave... Fall?"

"It's me." The two simple and concise words carried a reassuring power.

Xia Linyin looked at him, her eyes gradually filling with tears. She reached out and hugged Li Luo's neck, tears falling. Gone was the composure she had shown when treating her wounds in front of Qiao Yi. Xia Linyin leaned on Li Luo's shoulder and cried like a child, "I thought I was dead."

Unable to grasp anything, unable to do anything, I could only let the salty seawater fill my mouth, and then my consciousness gradually sank into darkness.

Like a drowning person clinging to the only piece of driftwood, Xia Linyin hugged Li Luo tightly, "Li Luo, am I... really that useless?"

"I thought I could live on my own without you, but it turns out that I am just a dodder clinging to you. Without you, I am nothing and cannot survive."

"I am... a piece of trash."

“Linyin…” Li Luo sighed, “You are the best in the world, because I only want the best. You have done a great job, so don’t talk about yourself like that anymore.”

"Dodder twines around the tree, and the tree can live better without dodder, but I cannot live without you."

Li Luo patted her head. "It's me. I'm late."

"By the way, didn't you say you weren't coming?" Xia Linyin sniffed and asked in a muffled voice.

"I can't let go, I can't bear to part with it."

Worried about Xia Linyin but not wanting to be her enemy, he sought a suitable identity to enter this world behind the game's cover, which delayed him and ultimately made him too late.

Xia Linyin leaned on Li Luo's shoulder, and hearing his words, she felt a bittersweet feeling in her heart.

"So, you became a mermaid?"

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