Have we met before?

The direct eye contact between their souls gave Xiang Wan a strange sense of familiarity. So many worlds, all the eyes that had looked at her, gradually merged in her mind, and finally, they all transformed into the pair of eyes before her.

The tingling and itching became more and more pronounced, and Xiang Wan couldn't help but want to break free and scratch her entire body, but the restraints around her prevented her from moving.

"Don't move, just bear with it, it'll be alright!"

At first, she could understand what he was saying. But as the itching intensified, Xiang Wan couldn't hear anything anymore; all she wanted to do was scratch her entire body!

His eyes started to lose focus, and all his attention was on how to scratch the itch.

"Yu Xiangwan, wake up! If you can't control yourself, the consequences of the experiment failing will be something you don't want to see!"

Fang Zheng started yelling and grabbed Xiang Wan's head tightly to prevent her from swaying from side to side.

Xiang Wan wasn't the only gambler!

A hint of regret flickered in Fang Zheng's eyes, which he forcibly concealed. He hadn't told Xiang Wan the truth! The drug was immature; the worst-case scenario was far worse than he had imagined, something even he couldn't have predicted. Yet Yu Xiang Wan was still willing to try, willing to trust him! Therefore, even if it meant giving it his all, he had to keep her conscious, at least, he couldn't let her almost harm herself!

"Yu Xiangwan, didn't you want to go outside? I promise you, as long as you pull through, I'll take you out, anywhere is fine!"

The ocean is boundless, and there are ships, airplanes, trains, flowers, birds, trees—everything you want to experience, I'll take you there.

If you can pull through, you'll be able to walk upright like me, and you'll never have to stay in a fish tank and be at the mercy of others again.

You're so smart, how could you not get past this hurdle?

"Yu Xiangwan, Yu Xiangwan!"

Xiang Wan heard everything and knew very well how important it was for her to stay sober, but her body's instincts were beyond her control.

Fang Zheng was anxious and worried for her, and she saw it all. But how could she simply endure the tingling and itching that came from the depths of her heart by just toughing it out?

Xiang Wan began to sweat profusely, the waterproof film gradually disappeared, her body temperature began to rise to an unbelievable level, and even her skin began to turn red.

Fang Zheng hurriedly splashed water on her, but it was no use. Her body temperature was still rising, and the water he had just splashed on evaporated in less than ten seconds.

"Yu Xiangwan, this is just the beginning. You must stay clear-headed!"

Fang Zheng brought over some ice and placed it around her. The sizzling sound was almost like roasting meat; it was a truly horrific sight!

Xiang Wan simply stopped paying attention to the outside world and focused all her attention on practicing the Frostbite Technique.

The ice was disappearing at a visible rate, and the cold air entered her body, so her body temperature stopped rising.

Fang Zheng then brought over a block of ice and covered her entire body with it.

This is a real lifesaver! With this ice, my body temperature can be brought down.

Xiang Wan regained a little clarity, and then a pain came from her tailbone, gradually spreading to the tip of her tail.

The most crucial moment had arrived. Xiang Wan knew all too well how painful it was for the original owner to grow legs. But this time, her pain was even greater than the original owner's.

Not only did the middle of the tail begin to crack, but the scales of the entire tail began to fall off one by one, revealing a bloody and mangled scene.

Fang Zheng dared not touch them, and swept all the fallen scales, along with the unmelted ice, into a bucket.

Where the scales fell off, the flesh began to crack and split, accompanied by blood, which slowly flowed down the lab table like a melting ice cream, a very bloody sight!

Xiang Wan didn't know what Fang Zheng's feelings were when he cleaned all this up for her; she couldn't see it, but the system described it to her in her ear.

She didn't want to stop the system; she just wanted to remember this pain, to remember the harm that had been done to the original owner, to remember her hatred, her helplessness and pain, so that she wouldn't be soft-hearted when she took revenge on those people in the future!

In some ways, Xiang Wan is quite dedicated. Although she sometimes jokes around with the system and acts unseriously, she never forgets her responsibilities when faced with a task.

The pain intensified, and Xiang Wan focused all her attention on cultivation, temporarily forgetting where she was and the pain she was enduring.

Many people, when faced with a major blow, choose to escape, essentially experiencing temporary amnesia, believing they can deceive themselves and forget the pain they suffered. In reality, however, every cell in the body remembers; instead, it encapsulates the memory with special pheromones, hiding it deep within. When the scene reappears, the pheromones completely dissipate, and the painful memory rushes back, delivering a blow even greater than the initial one. Therefore, no experience disappears without a reason, nor does it reappear without cause. Heredity illustrates this principle; genes are the body's memory. The difference between people lies not in individual differences, but in their experiences, their genetic memory sequence, and the inheritance from their parents.

Xiang Wan suddenly thought of the books she had read over the past month, recalling everything about biology. The more she thought about it, the clearer and clearer it became.

She suddenly realized that this body was made from whose cells and what kind of fish, and why the fusion phenomenon had occurred. If she wanted to grow legs, would she have to completely remove and replace the part of the gene sequence belonging to the fish in her body?

In some ways, Xiang Wan is close to the truth.

If her conjecture is correct, then the original owner must have undergone a genetic replacement process from mermaid to human and back to mermaid. The pain of that is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Xiang Wan broke out in a cold sweat. No wonder the original owner hated and resented her so much! In a sense, the original owner was originally a human being, but was forcibly transformed into a mermaid, subjected to inhumane experiments, and never found liberation in her life. She even had to watch helplessly as her children continued to suffer the same torment she had endured! Therefore, those people deserved to be torn to pieces!

When Xiang Wan regained consciousness, she felt a cool sensation all over her body. The heat in her body had long since dissipated, the straps binding her hands and feet had been untied, and a thin cloth had been placed over her body.

She raised her hand, and a pair of large, fair hands waved before her eyes. Xiang Wan was startled and sat up.

Fang Zheng is no longer here. Air blew in through the gaps in the thin cloth, giving a cool feeling.

On the chair beside her, a set of clothes was neatly laid out. Xiang Wan lifted the thin cloth, revealing a pair of legs, like those of a newborn baby, slightly bent before her eyes.

"It worked!"

Xiang Wan gently touched her legs, smiling slightly, and felt a strange yet warm sensation coming from them.

Her legs were thin and long, looking somewhat malnourished, but Xiang Wan was already very satisfied. She not only had legs, but they had also grown considerably. Could this be the side effect Fang Zheng had mentioned?

Growing up isn't a bad thing; it makes it easier to move around.

Han Shiren, Han Yu, and all those who hurt the original owner of this body, are you ready?