Chapter 148 Mermaid Cruise
"Mr. Poseidon, I hope you can explain to me what your other personality is after you are unsealed."
As the young man's words echoed in his ears, Bai Jin's pupils shrank slightly, and he almost couldn't maintain his current form.
"How do you know..."
After listening to this, Xu Zhiyan let go of his hand and sat up straight, and said shamelessly: "You guessed it right, I am really a genius."
"You cheated me?"
Bai Jin didn't react until he finished listening. Although Xu Zhiyan had some guesses just now, he didn't have complete evidence. He was just using these words to deceive him. He was even worried that he would react, so he took the initiative to come over and bite his ear to disturb his mind.
"How could that be? You admitted it yourself."
Xu Zhiyan looked innocent.
Bai Jin, whose true identity was revealed, could only hug the mermaid with a frown on his face. He thought over and over again, but still had no idea where he had exposed his identity.
"How did you guess that?"
Having already entered the desperate mode, he sighed and asked.
Anyway, everything has been arranged, so Xu Zhiyan is not in a hurry and starts counting on his fingers.
"Compared to this."
"Actually, the guests are the mermaids, right?"
He looked at Bai Jin's dazed expression again, knowing that he had guessed right again, and couldn't help but laugh softly.
"I used to think that the guests became so handsome and had such a long life because they ate mermaid meat... until you and he told me that eating mermaid meat would not cause any changes to the guests' bodies."
How could humans possess immortality and such stunning beauty?
"So they are not humans at all, they are mermen, at least that was the case many years ago."
The exact date of the Leviathan's existence is unknown.
The people on the shore, even the workers doing the dirtiest and most menial jobs, all knew that there was a mermaid show on the ship.
The news spread so widely that almost everyone knew that there had been mermaids on the ship, but after boarding the ship, he never heard anyone mention the mermaid show.
Not to mention a performance, he didn't even find a single fish hair.
This subtle unreasonableness represents the information gap between the ship and the land.
It is very likely that the Leviathan was no longer a cruise ship that people on land are familiar with many years ago.
After saying that, Xu Zhiyan took out the dagger obtained from the Violator branch quest.
The mermaid in the statue has a painful expression.
"This knife is very old, quite old, and was found in the guest's room."
Although he didn't want to imagine humans as such bad, Xu Zhiyan knew that if humans caught mermaids in the ocean, no one would be surprised at what they would do.
Poseidon wine, mermaid show, sashimi...
It is very likely that the mermaids have been treated unfairly.
Stroking the mermaid statue with his slender fingertips, he lowered his head and said, "Twenty years? Thirty years? In short, it should have been many years. The identities of the mermaid and the guest have been switched. What's next is revenge."
The mermaids gave up their legs and became 'guests'.
"What were you doing at that time?" Xu Zhiyan turned his head to glance at Bai Jin, who had a serious expression on his face.
"Give mermaids power? Punish the humans who harm mermaids? Or do nothing and just stand by and watch."
The room was dreary.
A few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan heard Bai Jin's answer.
"I had them switch identities with those guests."
Xu Zhiyan nodded.
"That makes sense then."
Mermaid Cruise.
The Revenge Cruise, manned by mermaids.
The guests are obsessed with persecuting humans and have a party every year.
"Let me guess, the guests who initially persecuted the mermaid must have been tortured terribly after their identities were swapped."
The mermaids returned all the methods that the guests had used on them.
This corresponds to the content at the party.
Bai Jin took over the topic in a low voice.
"Revenge did not stop after those humans died."
At first, after the perpetrators died, the mermaids' rage was not extinguished and their desire to kill was not satisfied.
They used their bodies, which they had exchanged with the rich, to land on the ground and exterminate the families of the humans who had tortured them...
"Do they find happiness in killing humans?" Xu Zhiyan asked, supporting his chin.
If it was simply revenge on the wealthy man who had tortured the mermaid, the Leviathan should have been sunk years ago.
The ship did not sink, but instead extended the annual party event.
"I have no idea."
"I seem to have unleashed a horde of demons."
When talking about these things, there was no emotion in Bai Jin's voice.
Xu Zhiyan began to feel some sympathy for the unfortunate sea god in front of him.
"So what about you? The unlucky guy that the mermaids found a way to suppress?"
"...You are very smart. I didn't expect you could see their true identities." Bai Jin changed the subject somewhat unnaturally.
When talking about the guests' mermaid identities, Xu Zhiyan shook his head.
"The identities of the guests are easier to guess than yours."
When Xu Zhiyan heard that the guests had found a way to suppress the sea god and that additional sacrifices were required every year to suppress him, he felt that something was wrong.
On one side are humans, on the other side are sea gods.
No matter how strong humans are, how can they really suppress gods? Even if the god in this copy is most likely an unlucky guy.
So the guests must have other identities.
The most important reason that finally made him certain that the guests were mermaids was that after they were transformed into mermaids, this group of people seemed to have a collective decline in intelligence.
The guests were exceptionally gentle towards the mermaid.
Even though they knew that he was transformed from a "lower class of people", no one expressed disgust towards him.
The mermaid statue in the side hall is magnificent. If one did not have a genuine love for mermaids, it would be impossible to draw such a beautiful painting. All this is contrary to the persecution that the previous guests showed towards the mutated humans.
"No wonder everyone is rushing to give me money." Xu Zhiyan felt a little regretful when talking about the guests.
If he had known that this identity was so useful, what excuse would he have thought of! If he had just asked for the props directly, these guests would have given them to him.
"As for you..."
Xu Zhiyan glanced at the silent Bai Jin.
He was actually not sure that Bai Jin in the current copy was the God of the Sea. Although there was no definite evidence, there were many clues.
"If I had any doubts for the first time, it was when I asked you and you said the black fog was called the Wrath of the Sea God. You were stuck at that time, and I suspected that you made up the term."
Xu Zhiyan frowned and laid out the clues he had recorded previously bit by bit.
"None of the other guests can swim, and you said it was a punishment, but you can."
Except for Bai Jin's room, no other room has a swimming pool. The guests are obviously not very interested in the sea water, but they still take a cruise to the sea every year.
They cannot abandon the place where they have lived, even if it is completely unsuitable for their survival and will only bring them fear.
"And at the cannibal banquet, Xavier recognized you."
Thinking of the previous conversation between Xavier and Master Bai, Xu Zhiyan felt a little strange: "So what is that personality all about?"
Xiao Baijin's interaction with the guests was the important reason why he judged that the secondary personality in front of him was the God of the Sea.
Normally, when the main system creates a replica, it will definitely make good use of the slices and maximize the role of the slices to support the replica.
Therefore, the relationship between Bai Jin and his guests will definitely not be a very harmonious one.
"Although the kid always has a stern face towards the guests, they are very respectful to him, which means he can be of great help to the guests."
"Besides, he really knows too little."
Not only did he know very little, but if he said anything carelessly, Xu Zhiyan would be deafened by the main system. How abominable.
"In comparison, you are very... Let me think what word I should use to describe you. Very normal?" He patted his fish tail and found an adjective.
"When we first met you were so talkative and intensive, like a pervert."
That’s right! This is an important clue for Xu Zhiyan to judge Slice’s IQ.
"Although you still acted like a pervert most of the time during the next few meetings, your intelligence improved so quickly in the pool that it was hard to get used to."
This secondary personality knows everything and is very difficult to get anyone to talk to. Although he is a pervert, he is not a brainless pervert.
“You know what to do and when.”
This sea god knew when to act coquettishly and when to stop. If Young Master Bai had half of his intelligence, he wouldn't have been fooled by him with a piece of broken bread.
Looking up, Xu Zhiyan looked directly into Bai Jin's eyes and asked his question.
"What on earth is going on with that strange personality?"
For a glance from him, she would even drown herself...
Although he was very moved, he had to release Poseidon.
He was not sure whether the ghost god could recover all the power if the sea god was still suppressed at the end of the copy.
What if the system included the power of suppression in the copy range...
No! Absolutely not!
Even if he knew that sacrificing himself would be risky, Xu Zhiyan would still take the risk to unlock the Sea God and let the main system take the power of ghosts and gods from him. It would be better to kill him!
“Squeak—”
Before Bai Jin could answer, the door was pushed open. Xavier came in and found that Bai Jin was awake.
But when he met the young man's calm eyes, he instantly realized that the person who woke up was not the Young Master Bai they were looking for.
The next second, a splash of red splashed from Xavier's panicked hands.
It's blood.
Xavier still had a small glass bottle in his hand, which was obviously the prop he used to deal with Poseidon.
The blood seemed to have self-awareness. After falling on the bed, it quickly crawled onto Bai Jin's arm and slowly seeped into his skin.
Before Xu Zhiyan could react, he felt the other person holding his arm exert a little force, and his ear fin was bitten again.
"He is a bait, but I didn't plant it."
Bai Jin spoke quickly and with a complicated tone, and double pupils appeared in his eyes.
Before his consciousness completely sank, he wanted to say something else, but in the end all he could say was an exclamation.
"He was born for you..."
Xavier and his men rushed in, and the originally spacious room became small and cramped.
Xu Zhiyan felt the hand around his waist loosen.
Bai Jin fainted on the bed again.
When he was lifted into the wheelchair, Xu Zhiyan looked at the guest in a doctor's uniform and began to examine Bai Jin in a hurry.
"It's okay, Young Master Bai will wake up in a few minutes." After the ship's doctor said this, all the guests present breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Zhiyan suddenly found it funny as he saw the guests' expressions instantly relaxed and some even cried for joy.
He probably knew why this group of people came to suppress the Sea God every year - in addition to missing their 'home', it was probably more out of selfish motives.
Eternal life and stunning appearance.
Mermaids already possess what humans pursue throughout their lives.
Theoretically speaking, after revenge is completed, the mermaids, with the protection of the sea god, should be able to return to their original form.
But their replaced identities are the wealthy people on the ship.
Money and power.
With these, they enjoy happiness in human society that is unimaginable in the deep sea.
Return to the sea and become a beautiful mermaid with infinite life, or stay on the shore and squander a lot of money to live a short and extravagant life?
They cannot choose.
So why not be a beautiful, rich person with an infinite lifespan?
The mermaids, either actively or passively, obtained the means to suppress the sea god and maintain their own balance.
How greedy.
Xu Zhiyan touched his chin.
Why did he feel that these mermaids were much more greedy than him?
At this time, Xavier discovered the sacrifice that was left aside.
He found a blanket and handed it to Xu Zhiyan, and said carefully: "The ship will speed up soon. Some of the lower people have problems. We must start the ceremony in advance."
Xu Zhiyan nodded and asked, "Mr. Xavier, since the party is cancelled, can everyone come to the deck to watch the ceremony?"
"Everyone? Are you sure?" Xavier was a little surprised, but although he didn't understand the meaning of doing this, he nodded and ordered his men to make arrangements.
The mermaid's request should be met.
Who doesn't like mermaids!
After that, he took out another pearl and placed it in Xu Zhiyan's hand: "This is a symbol of sacrifice."
Only the person wearing this bead is the real sacrifice.
Xu Zhiyan took the pearl with an obedient look on his face.
While others were not paying attention, he discovered that after getting the things, the task seemed to have changed, so he quickly opened the panel.
Suddenly, he seemed to sense something and looked in one direction.
After a fierce battle, the kitchen was a mess.
Enli and Shen Zhen finally succeeded in breaking through the Octopus Chef's attack and knocked the huge monster to the ground.
As the last BOSS before the end, the Octopus Chef has extremely high combat power. His soft skin is hardly damaged and is difficult to break down from the outside.
The two paid a huge price for this.
One of Shen Zhen's tentacles was almost completely cut off, and Enli also took out half of the warehouse's weapons.
Finally, he discovered that his mutated teeth could tear apart the Octopus Chef's shell, so he found a solution, although it was somewhat difficult to implement.
"Why does an octopus chef have such high fighting power?"
Chen Zhen collapsed on the ground, shaking his head constantly, pointing at the Octopus Chef's body that had mutated to the point where only a human head remained, with a sad face.
"Lili, this is only a four-star dungeon and it's already so difficult, and you still want me to go to a five-star dungeon?"
"You have to enter these copies eventually. If suitable S-level items appear, I will give them to you." Enli stood up, took out his glasses from his pocket and put them on.
Unfortunately, in the previous battle, one of the lenses of his glasses was crushed by the Octopus Chef, leaving only one side usable.
Seeing that Chen Zhen didn't answer and seemed to be in a bad mood, Enli didn't say much. He took a breath for a moment, found a towel to wipe his mouth, stood up and walked towards the back kitchen.
His master-seeking prop points backwards.
The guest who ran away holding the mermaid finally hid here after being chased by them for a while. If there was not only one road, they would not have wasted so much time here.
"Bang--"
He kicked the steel door open.
Enli, with a slightly raised corner of his mouth, looked at the scene in front of him, and suddenly he couldn't laugh anymore.
Weller, a handsome fisherman with black curly hair, was sitting on a small stool, opening a can of fish with his left hand and holding a fork in his right hand.
What made Enli tear up was the fish tail wrapped in a curtain on the long metal table next to him.
A giant sea fish as thick as a man's waist was lying on the curtain. It had obviously been dead for some time. There were several square areas on its body that were carved out by a knife. The layered texture of the fish meat could be seen from the cut surface, foreshadowing its deliciousness.
Enli looked away, his expression serious.
He picked up the blue fish scale and looked at it, and had a bad feeling in his heart.
But thinking of the smooth body of this sea fish, Enli still had a little hope in his heart. How could a sea fish have such beautiful scales...
Then, Willer put down the can of fish and broke his last thought.
"It was found." Wei Le scratched his hair, looked at the fish scales in Enli's hand, and pointed at the head of the giant sea fish.
"This fish grows a scale on its head every ten years. The one you are holding in your hand is it."
He even gave Enli some basic knowledge like an encyclopedia.
The next moment, the bullets fired from the thermal weapons were in front of Ville's eyes.
“clang!”
The bullets stopped.
There seemed to be an air wall in front of Wei Le, blocking the players' attacks.
Enli was a little confused at first, then he thought of the main system's protection of the guests and glared at Wei Le fiercely.
"Damn it, I got fooled."
At this point, Enli no longer understood that Xu Zhiyan was actually a mermaid.
He was so angry that he wished he could turn back time and kill that swindler and profiteer, but time did not allow him to do so.
Task panels keep popping up.
[Mission Mermaid's Death Failed]
[It was detected that the mermaid (Xu Zhiyan) is not dead, so the current mission failed. 】
Because it was a task for all, after the failure, the main system simply started a general broadcast.
Perhaps out of fear that another player would be fooled, the main system even wrote Xu Zhiyan's name in the broadcast of the failed mission, and its malice was almost overflowing.
[Main Quest [Part 2]: Seagod's Domain]
[Mission 7: Death of Mermaid (Invalid)]
[Mission 7: Stop the Ritual (Changed)]
[Location: Foredeck]
【Note: Please prevent the mermaid from falling into the water. 】
This time the note was shockingly simple.
The main system almost put the method in the players' faces, just to make everyone use the correct method to stop Xu Zhiyan from sacrificing and successfully unlocking the sea god.
On the other side, Jiang Huaique squatted on the deck, watching the crew members coming and going with a serious expression.
It seems that his teammates' plan has been discovered.
This was the first time he had seen such clear and concise notes and locations. It almost made him think that the main system CPU was smoking.
Moreover, the mission location was marked in advance, it seemed that the system was determined to stop the ritual.
As expected.
In less than three minutes, some players arrived on the deck.
Everyone had met in the side hall before. When they met Jiang Huai Que again this time, although the player was a little dissatisfied, he still walked up to greet him in a friendly tone.
"Don't worry, Mission 7 is over, and we won't harm your teammates anymore." But he didn't tell us how to stop him.
Jiang Huaique paused with his hand holding the weapon and said ambiguously: "That's great." He hoped that this group of people would be so calm when they knew that Xu Zhiyan was going to complete the sacrifice.
Enli and others also came to the deck quickly.
Soon, players arrived in all kinds of numbers and mingled among the crew members who were busy moving items.
Enli glanced at Jiang Huaique, who looked calm and composed, and snorted in his heart.
The main quest is to prevent the mermaid from falling into the water.
If the mermaid dies, there shouldn't be any problem, right?
Time passes by every second.
Jiang Huai Que leaned on the railing and looked at the waves looming in the black fog.
The boat began to speed up.
Gradually, the Leviathan sailed out of the black fog area.
The moment the ship sailed into the target location, the players who had just had strange thoughts were all shocked by the scene before them.
The area in the middle of the black fog seems to have experienced a time distortion.
The sun and the moon were both hanging high in the sky, emitting a soft light that illuminated the underwater waterfall beneath the sea. Although the boat was clearly above the water, one could see the sea water below, falling into the deeper abyss.
The Leviathan stopped.
Everyone's spirits were tense.
The ceremony is about to begin, and the missions continue to fail, making the players realize that if the last mission fails again, everyone will be trapped here.
The ritual skipped the preliminary steps, and the deck was now packed with people.
Starting from the door leading directly to the deck from the party venue to the end of the deck, there is a long red carpet with countless beautiful mermaids painted on it.
Players made their way through the crowd, all waiting for the moment the doors would open.
If they cannot stop the mermaid within this short range of just a few dozen meters, they will be trapped here forever.
Looking at the gap in the door, Enli's eyes darkened.
Being cheated out of 50,000 points was already a huge humiliation, and he had to get back at them in the short time before leaving the copy.
Time is up.
"Squeak--Gah--"
The heavy, old door was slowly pushed open from the inside.
The guests who were high and mighty at that time now all had fanatical expressions on their faces as they surrounded the new sacrifice.
No matter how much I like mermaids.
But compared with the huge benefits...it is of course more cost-effective to sacrifice it.
Among the crowd, the golden-tailed mermaid was held in the arms of a young man.
The young boy Bai Jin was a little panicked.
His previous memory only went as far as the pool. He knew that the mermaid in front of him was looking through him at another person, so he chose to fulfill the other person's wish.
But when he opened his eyes again, he was told that the ceremony was about to begin.
And the mermaid specifically asked him to complete the ritual personally.
Bai Jin subconsciously refused, but his body seemed to be controlled.
Although he was holding the person he loved in his arms, his heart was filled with fear.
Xu Zhiyan felt like he was about to be strangled to death.
"Relax, trust me, everything will be fine." He patted the boy's arm that was holding him and wagged his tail.
It's of no use at all.
The young Bai Jin was still very nervous.
But due to the activation of the forced transaction skill, he couldn't even control his own body and could only complete the ritual stiffly.
Looking at the boy's eyes filled with tears and panic, Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but sigh.
Damn, she actually cried for his death? Although I don’t know what’s going on with this little Bai Jin, this bait is too delicious. Who on earth made this to catch him?
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