If you count carefully, there are five cultural relics in the "Celestial Empire" series alone!

Xi Xi found a storage box, categorized and packed the cultural relics fragments of the same type, and then carefully put them back into the golden lucky bag.

[Adventurer has been detected to possess the attribute cultural heritage (5/6). Special notification triggered!]

[Game Tip: Obtaining any six pieces of the set will grant an additional bonus.]

The system notification sounded in her ear, and Xi Xi paused in her hand as she sorted through the golden lucky bags, her eyes widening instantly.

Good heavens! There really is a set bonus from the same series! This is so much like an RPG online game!

Xi Xi's collecting desire was suddenly ignited. She opened the light screen and was about to search to see if she could collect all the cultural relics with the Celestial Empire attribute through the trading hall when she received a private message from Liu Yunyan.

Liu Yunyan (flat): "Xi Xi, are you alright? Why aren't you replying to my messages?"

Yoo Yoon-yeon (flat): "Don't scare me! Reply immediately if you receive this!!!"

Almost forgot about this, Xi Xi hurriedly dialed Liu Yunyan's light screen connection, but to her surprise, the call was answered immediately after only one second.

Liu Yunyan's tone was very excited. While eating, she recounted to Xi Xi the various adventures she had experienced over the past few days.

It turned out that after providing enough materials to the NPC, the albino NPC resolutely ventured into the depths of the cave alone to conduct an exploration.

Surprisingly, the strange sound coming from deep inside the cave was not the guqin that Liu Enxi had guessed, but a harp!

“It was a white harp, like the kind that little cherubs in Western sculptures hold!” Liu Yunyan continued her narration.

Liu Enxi, who was standing to the side, couldn't hold back any longer. Her吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments) came through the light screen connection of her sister: "What angel... she's a mermaid!"

That's right, the one playing the harp is a mermaid. But this mermaid isn't the traditional, glamorous, curvaceous beauty; she's a chubby baby mermaid!

Liu Enxi sent Xi Xi a photo via private message —a chubby mermaid baby was sitting in a high chair at the dining table, chewing on sashimi with a fork.

Her movements were a little clumsy, her little face puffed up from chewing, her eyes narrowed into slits, and a few drops of sauce from the fish slices clung to the corners of her mouth.

The restaurant's background looked very familiar. Xi Xi narrowed her eyes and determined the exact location by looking through the floor-to-ceiling window behind the mermaid baby.

"Are you in the restaurant on the fourth floor of Dongli Station?" Xi Xi asked.

Liu Yunyan instantly perked up: "Wow, you actually stayed at Dongli Inn?! That's amazing, sister!!"

She then whispered to Xi Xi through the light screen, "Shh... what do you want to eat? I'll sneak some back to my room later and mail it to you!"

"Wait—hey, you can't eat this!!"

"You should keep an eye on her a bit, she's still so young!"

"I've never taken care of children before..."

The other end of the light screen connection seemed to suddenly become busy. From the few words exchanged, Xi Xi guessed that the mermaid baby had accidentally eaten something, which instantly threw the Liu sisters into a flurry of activity, and the scene became quite chaotic.

Xi Xi switched chat windows again and looked at the photo. The baby mermaid was very beautiful, with long, smooth, emerald-green hair like seaweed, and eyes like the most dazzling gems in the deep sea.

According to Liu Yunyan, the relationship between this mermaid baby and the albino NPC is quite unusual, and just as Xi Xi guessed, the two were separated during a storm.

A massive wave shattered the tranquility, like an invisible hand sweeping the albino NPC and the mermaid into an unknown world—a cave connected to the sea.

When the baby mermaid awoke from her dizziness, everything had changed. She tried to swim, but found that the tide had receded at the cave entrance, and she couldn't go back!

Fear and helplessness surged into her heart instantly, and tears began to fall uncontrollably again. The baby mermaid had also shouted, but due to prolonged lack of food, she was too weak to shout anymore.

With no other option, the baby mermaid could only play the piano day and night, hoping to use her voice to call for help from her kind.

Unfortunately, she seemed unaware that her harp playing would inflict a debuff on adventurers.

Every time she heard footsteps approaching in the distance, Baby would become impatient and increase the intensity of her playing. However, the more intense and high-pitched the originally gentle and melodious music became, the more ferocious the sonic fatigue attack became, causing the adventurers to become hesitant and dare not approach easily, ultimately creating a vicious cycle.

"Where is that white-haired NPC? Why doesn't she get negative buffs?" Xi Xi noticed the key point and asked through the light screen.

Yoo Eun-hee (Gil): "She gradually regained her memories after seeing the mermaid. Her real name is Gye-hwa, and GH, which you mentioned in the magazine, is her stage name."

Liu Yunyan (flat): "Guihua is a friend of the owner of Dongli Inn! She's the one who got us a free place to stay! We made a fortune!! It's such a shame you're not here!"

Xi Xi nodded knowingly. No wonder she said that such expensive accommodation would be a huge waste if there were no discount coupons.

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