Chapter 13 The Mutated Advent

"So she was so sleepy that she fell into a deep sleep!" Lu Baixing said nonchalantly.

The atmosphere around him was too depressing, so Xie Liang walked from the hall to the deck.

Those fish monster sailors put on human skin again, looking like normal busy sailors, as if they were changing the direction of the ship.

Perhaps everyone felt that the hall was too depressing, so they came out one after another and stood around the deck to enjoy the sea breeze.

Xie Liang saw the people who had eaten fish for dinner yesterday. Their faces were bluish-green and their skin was faintly shining with a diamond-shaped luster like fish scales.

He could still smell a strong fishy odor as they passed by him, yet these people themselves were completely unaware of it. Several people in the crowd also noticed their abnormality and avoided them.

Just as Xie Liang was looking at those people, the sailors seemed to have finished their work and walked towards the ship's hall. They went straight to the room where the dead people were and carried away the three bodies.

"Hmm~ah~ Can you really take me back? Can we...really...get back safely?"

When Xie Liang returned to his room, he heard some embarrassing noises in the corridor. He was speechless. These two people were still in the mood to do such sexual things at this time.

"Of course, don't worry! You smell so good, baby..."

It sounded like Lu Baixing's voice. Xie Liang stopped and was about to walk away, thinking of eavesdropping on what the two were talking about.

At this time, he saw Shi Xiaoyin also walking towards this side, so he quickly pretended that he heard nothing and walked along the corridor to the stern.

Xie Liang leaned on the railing at the stern, facing the corridor. The sea breeze blew from behind him, and he suddenly felt as if he was about to spread his wings and fly.

Shi Xiaoyin walked towards him, and Xie Liang thought she was looking for him.

"Miss Silver? What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just out for some fresh air." She leaned against the railing, gazing at the boundless sea in the distance. "Taking advantage of the break from the morning incident, I went to the boathouse on the second floor, hoping to ask the bride, but I found I couldn't get through the door."

"Can't get in? Is it locked or can't be opened?"

"Neither. It's like an external force is pushing me. I can open the door, but I can't get in. There's a barrier at the threshold, like a water curtain."

Shi Xiaoyin thought for a moment and then said, "I secretly saw that the bride's food was brought in by the sailors, and they went in without any obstruction."

Xie Liang felt that she might be looking for a helper and that's why she came to him, so he asked, "Is there anything I can help with?"

"Well, I plan to wait until they shed their skin tonight, steal their skin, and then put it on my body to see if I can get in. If possible, please help me lead them away." Shi Xiaoyin said.

"Well, of course. They shed their skin around midnight yesterday, and it should be around the same time tonight."

Shi Xiaoyin looked at the watch on her wrist and nodded in agreement: "Then I'll wait for you here at twelve o'clock tonight."

"Uh, okay." Xie Liang replied in a low voice facing the endless sea.

The sky was gray and the waves in the distance were surging, as if they could swallow up the world.

"Thank you!" said Shi Xiaoyin.

What is there to thank her for? She is such a simple girl, Xie Liang thought.

"There's nothing to thank me for. We're all in the same boat."

As Xie Liang spoke, he recalled the voices he had heard in the corridor just now, "Lu Baixing..."

Shi Xiaoyin seemed to know what he was going to ask. Disgust flashed in his eyes, and he said disdainfully, "He's just like that. Disgusting. A stud!"

"What kind of organization is the Dark Organization?"

"I'm not too sure about this. The organization generally only recruits people who are capable, wealthy, or have spiritual weapons. People with abilities can profit by bringing in new people. Lu Baixing is wealthy, so the organization let me bring him along this time."

She then continued, "I've only been to two small worlds, so my knowledge is very limited. I can barely protect myself. If the leader hadn't promised to give me some information about other small worlds, I wouldn't have brought anyone with me."

"So, these strange things seem to have been happening for a long time."

"That's probably right. Even if you manage to survive in one of these small worlds, there will be countless more difficult and dangerous ones waiting for you."

At lunch time, everyone sat at the dining table listlessly, but those who had eaten fish yesterday were particularly energetic. They sat around a table, sniffing each other's scent from time to time.

Seeing this, the people around them sat far away from them. The four men and one woman with mutant skin colors gathered around a dining table, chatting and laughing while waiting for the meal to start.

The sailors gradually brought in the food. It was still yellowish, rancid rice, and large iron plates filled with various half-cooked fish, which gave off a strong, fishy odor the moment they were served. Today, there was also a meat dish, a meat paste cooked in a clay pot. It had a distinct meaty aroma and looked well-seasoned, so it must be delicious.

As soon as the fish was served, the table of Adventers whose skin had turned blue-green began to devour it eagerly.

They used their hands and feet to grab the fish on the iron plate, and even stuffed the whole fish into their throats without chewing, making gurgling sounds as they swallowed. In a short while, the fish on the table was swept away by them.

At this time, dense fish-scale-like protrusions grew on their faces, like reverse scales, and the originally lighter blue-green color of their skin also deepened a lot.

Everyone sitting in the hall looked at their changed skin color and their strange behavior in horror.

The woman with scales on her face suddenly ran to Xie Liang's table. She picked up a fish on the table and put it close to Xie Liang's mouth.

"It's so delicious, why don't you eat it? Come on!"

"Uh, thank you, I don't want to eat." Xie Liang moved closer to her.

They chatted with each other and went to eat the fish on other people's tables.

"If you don't eat any of them, they're all mine. They're delicious!"

"Delicious! Delicious food!"

"Yeah! I've never eaten such delicious fish!"

“It’s so delicious, if they don’t eat it, we will!”

Their appearance began to gradually become like a blue-green mermaid, but they themselves were completely unaware that fish fins gradually grew on their hands and necks, and they completely turned into fish-man-like monsters.

Several girls couldn't stand it and vomited, while some people rushed out of the hall in all directions.

The sailors sat at the dining table with strange smiles on their faces. They had not eaten today and there was no fish on the table, but they all seemed to be full and were burping.

They looked seriously at the few invaders who had turned into fishmen, watching them wolf down the fish with their eyes as if they were looking at an object.

"I can't always not eat, and I can't bring food from outside in. This meat paste smells quite delicious." Lu Baixing said as he scooped some meat paste into his bowl, "You want some too?" He was about to scoop it into Shi Xiaoyin's bowl.

"There's something wrong with this meat paste. You'd better not eat it!" Shi Xiaoyin slapped the spoon out of Lu Baixing's hand.

The few people left at the table seemed to be men with big appetites. They wanted to eat but didn't dare. After hearing Shi Xiaoyin's words, their faces became obviously unhappy.

A fat man suddenly yelled at Shi Xiaoyin, "You said you can't eat it, so you can't eat it. Why don't you tell me why you can't eat it?"

"You can't eat it, so you can't eat it. My intuition tells me that you can't eat it. Those of you who have eaten the fish have also seen what they look like." Shi Xiaoyin said as he looked at the mutated people.

They had eaten all the fish on the table, but they seemed unsatisfied and kept licking their blue lips with their long tongues.

"You can't eat this or that. We licked the bowls until they were shiny but still couldn't feel full. Plus, we didn't eat anything last night. If we don't die in this damn place, we will starve to death!" complained the man sitting next to Xie Liang.

They seemed to really want to eat the fragrant meat paste in the clay pot, but when they heard Shi Xiaoyin say that they couldn't eat it, they became hesitant. Perhaps they were afraid that they would really become monsters if they ate it. One man even glared at Shi Xiaoyin with resentment.

"She just expressed her opinion and didn't stop you." Xie Liang finished his rice and stood up and said.

After hearing what Xie Liang said, Shi Xiaoyin stopped talking. He lowered his head and said a few words to Lu Baixing before getting up and leaving.

Those men probably couldn't resist the aroma of meat coming from their noses and the hunger in their stomachs, so they kept staring at the can of meat paste.

After a while, a man finally couldn't bear it anymore and scooped a full spoonful of meat paste into the bowl.

"I'm going to die of either starvation or fright. I'm going to die sooner or later anyway. I don't want to die of starvation!" The man said and started to slurp the food. He looked like he was eating very happily.

Seeing that he was fine after eating it, the few people who were still hesitating also picked up soup spoons to scoop up the meat paste.

They discussed while eating:

"The flavor and texture of this meat are so special. I've never eaten such tender meat!"

“Yes, it’s a little sour, but really delicious!”

"What kind of fish is this?"

"It's delicious. I don't know what kind of fish it is, but it doesn't taste fishy at all."

"Just eat it, no matter what kind of meat it is."

They savored it carefully, as if it were some kind of delicacy. It wasn't until the pot was almost empty that someone screamed.

The man was so frightened that his face turned pale. He stared at the jar with eyes filled with fear and trembled, saying, "This... this is... Ah!! A finger!"

“What we eat is…”

"It's human flesh! Ah! Ugh..."

"It's the flesh of the three skinned people..."

The men who had eaten the meat paste began to break down emotionally. Some were furious, some bent over and vomited, and some rushed out of the deck shouting that they wanted to go home.

The huge, furious man grabbed the large wrench that was on the cupboard and stormed over to the sailors.

"Damn it, what did you feed me? You did it on purpose, I'm going to kill you!" the man yelled.

The sailors said nothing, but stared at him intently, grinning mockingly.

Seeing this, the man became even angrier and swung a wrench to hit one of the sailors on the head.

The sailor's forehead was deeply dented by the wrench, but no blood flowed out.

The people in the cabin were so frightened when they saw this that they forgot to run away for a moment.

The sailors all laughed when they saw the man taking action. They stood up and surrounded him, pulling his limbs and head with their hands, stretching him up into the air.

The man began to struggle frantically, but he could not break free from the restraints. The sailors grabbed the man's limbs and head and pulled them in different directions, just like the prisoners who were executed by being torn apart by five horses in ancient times.

The man screamed in pain, and the sailors exerted their strength together. Soon the man's body was torn into pieces and blood was all over the ground.