Su Su read through all the posts, useful and useless, and got a lot of information from the chats of these people. He roughly understood that this was a network system built by humans specifically for mermaids. It was a standard configuration for mermaids who came to the human world to get married and play games to kill time.

Many mermaids rejected the human world before they came, but after coming here, they gradually liked the life here. In short, the mermaids here are not as resistant to marriage as the mermaids in the sea. Instead, most of them are very satisfied with the status quo.

Since the people who can marry mermaids are all human nobles, the life of mermaids after marriage is very superior, at least in terms of material. They don't have to worry about food and clothing, and servants are responsible for housework. In addition to having children and accompanying their spouses, they spend their days studying beauty care, baking and cooking, or surfing the Internet, playing games and watching TV series.

After successful differentiation, you can also invite a few mermaid sisters to go shopping and play together.

There are even some people who specifically look for mermen from the same city on the forum to meet up and go shopping, eating, and watching movies together.

At least judging from the situation on the Internet, most mermaids are satisfied with their lives. The occasional trivial complaints are more like a kind of coquettish show-off.

The hosts of the live broadcast section are all mermaids, but most of them are male mermaids and mermaid species who come ashore on their own initiative. They will perform their talents, introduce local customs and practices, or express their opinions on some hot topics. They will also sell some products suitable for mermaids to make money and ask for rewards, using this as a means of making a living in the human world.

Mermaids who marry into noble families are not allowed to do this. Letting their mermaids show up in public and make money through live broadcasts would make them feel like they have lost their status.

Regarding the game and animation areas, Su Su saw a mermaid complaining that the content in the video area had not been updated for a long time, and the game area was always stuck with bugs. The humans at home had already used the game capsule, but they did not have login privileges and could only play RPGs facing the projection.

As soon as this post was published, many mermaids immediately replied, saying that the content in the animation area is boring and was deliberately filmed and produced by humans in order to brainwash mermaids. It is nothing more than some beautiful love stories between mermaids and humans. It is meaningless. The game area is also full of RPG games about how to conquer humans and make partners happy.

But less than a minute later, the post disappeared. Su Su asked in other threads why the post just disappeared, and soon received several replies.

[You're new here, I don't even know this. 】

[The administrator deleted it, what else could it be? 】

[I really thought this was my own home. I dared to say anything. 】

Su Su vaguely felt that these people's attitudes seemed different from usual posts, but when he wanted to ask again, he found that the post was gone.

At the same time, he also received a warning, asking him to be careful about what he said in the forum, and if he violated the rules again, his account would be blocked.

Su Su: ???

He didn't say anything, did he?

This incident made Su Su vaguely feel that the mermaids in this forum might not be what they seemed.

However, this was just a brief episode, and Su Su did not explore it and quickly put it behind him.

Su Su is not interested in live broadcasts, games, and animations. He only likes to hang out in forums. Through the communication with these mermaids, he gradually understands that the human world is different from the one introduced in the previous textbooks.

Although there are still many contents that Su Su cannot understand for the time being, this does not prevent him from becoming an internet-addicted teenager who spends all day in forums.

In order to welcome the upcoming marriage partner, Su Su also did some homework in advance.

I learned a lot of cool posts, such as: "The Complete Guide to How Mermaids Act Coquettishly", "No One Can Resist These Tricks of Mermaids", "A Few Things You Must Know About Mermaids and Humans Getting Along", etc.

However, the opinions in the book are different, and some are even contradictory. The more Su Su reads, the more confused he becomes. For example, in the part about human preferences, the opinions vary. Some say that mermaids only need to look good, and humans are obsessed with appearance.

Some say that no matter how beautiful a face is, it will become aesthetically pleasing, and a good personality is the key to getting along with others. Some say that you should maintain a cool and mysterious temperament. Some say that a beautiful voice is the key.

Finally, a group of mermaids started quarreling with each other.

Alas, the human mind is so hard to guess, even more complicated than the trajectory of a physics ball.

When Su Su was addicted to the Internet, Yi Qing also woke up.

Three days had passed since the marriage, and Su Su had already been sent to the human world. Even if she rushed back now, it would be of no use.

She had no choice but to ask her maid to go back to the palace to find out the news.

The maid returned to the Mermaid Kingdom and found it peaceful and tranquil. So she asked her female companion, "Did anything happen in the palace these two days?"

The female companion was puzzled: "What is it?"

"About marriage."

"Marriage, oh, you mean Princess Yiqing is getting married." The female companion looked at her strangely: "What could be wrong? Aren't you her maid? Even if there is something, I should ask you, right? Come to think of it, I haven't seen you for three days. This is because the princess is getting married, and you guys are on vacation, right? That's great, I haven't been out to play for a long time."

Nothing happened? How is it possible? Did Su Su really go to the human world for the princess? But even if that's the case, it should be revealed after such a long time, right?

But the maids asked a few more people repeatedly, and the information they got was the same: the Mermaid Kingdom was peaceful and calm during these three days, and everyone thought that Yi Qing had gone to get married.

The maids passed the news to Yiqing.

Yi Qing still felt uneasy. Although it was good news that nothing happened for the time being, Su Su had not yet truly transformed into a mermaid. Yi Qing quietly slipped back to the mermaid kingdom and found the high priest.

The high priest was still in his leisurely state, with a chessboard in front of him, playing chess with himself. When he saw Yi Qing, there was no surprise on his face, he just said calmly: "You are here, sit down."

"How come you don't seem surprised at all to see me?" Yi Qing was surprised and puzzled. How did the high priest know that she didn't go for the marriage? Why could she be so calm after knowing that?

The high priest looked up at Yi Qing, smiled and placed a chess piece in the middle of the chessboard: "If you didn't go to marry, you would naturally come here."

"You know?"

“Yes.” The high priest said, “You exchanged identities with Su Su that day and left the Mermaid Kingdom on a shuttle.”

Yi Qing subconsciously looked up at the projection on the wall. She knew that the high priest had a lot of human technology here. Through these things, she could always see everything that happened in the entire mermaid kingdom. But she didn't expect that the other party even saw her sneaking out of the palace.

Then she heard the high priest continue to say: "The last time you came to see me, I saw the signs of differentiation in you. If you leave in the state you were in, you will most likely differentiate in the outside world. You cannot go to this marriage."

"A sign of differentiation?" Yi Qing was confused. "What sign?"

The education she received on mermaid differentiation did not mention that there were any signs of mermaid differentiation.

"The fluctuations of mental power slow down," the high priest said, "and begin to accumulate in the form of energy, which generally reaches its peak at twice the normal time. Your mental energy at that time has already been stored to its peak, which means that your body is ready to catalyze genes and begin differentiation at any time."

Yi Qing: "What does this have to do with mental strength?"

The high priest continued to explain: "Differentiation is achieved through genetic mutation. But genetic mutation is driven by mental power. However, there are very few mermaids who can sense the mental fluctuations of others, so this matter is only known by the high priests of all generations."

Yi Qing couldn't understand: "Since you found out, why didn't you stop me?"

The high priest did not answer but asked: "Do you really want me to stop you?"

"Of course..." Yi Qing wanted to say that she hoped so, but when she thought of the despair she felt when she was forced to marry, she became uncertain. At that time, she even thought about finding a place to die peacefully after the marriage was over.

But she didn't really want to die. Perhaps when she slipped out of the palace, or even when her body was quietly disintegrating, she might have had the idea of ​​escaping the marriage and leaving.

Seeing Yi Qing was silent, the high priest continued, "There were other mermaids that day who wanted to replace you and marry you. If you hadn't run away from the marriage, you would have been replaced by now. In order to cover up the secret of the substitute, the other party would have killed you directly."

"What?" Yi Qing was even more surprised. She couldn't understand why someone would be scrambling to do such a tough job: "Who is it? If she wants to go so badly, she can just go and tell my father. I will definitely give her the opportunity. Why do she have to resort to such means... Is Su Su okay?"

"Su Su will be fine. When the other party finds out that it's not you who is going to marry, they will wonder if there is something wrong with their plan and worry that this is a trap set by someone else. Given their prudence, they will not do anything to Su Su."

"You seem to know those people very well." Yi Qing said cautiously. Although this statement was very offensive, Yi Qing did feel that way.

"I do know them well. I have made an agreement with their leader that they will inform me before taking any action, and I will not directly interfere with them."

Yi Qing: "Who are they?"

High Priest: "They are also mermaids, but they are not the mermaids of the Mermaid Kingdom."

"Mermaid forces outside the Mermaid Kingdom?" Yi Qing tried to sort out the current situation: "They want to pretend to be me to participate in the marriage. Why? Is it against me? Or is it against the Mermaid Kingdom?"

"They are not trying to get close to Qi Hanyi! I heard from my father that the man and his family hold a very important position among humans. We must not offend them lightly, otherwise it may bring disaster to the Mermaid Kingdom."

The more Yi Qing thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and her expression became more anxious.

The high priest smiled faintly and said, "Who knows? Maybe it will bring unexpected changes to the mermaids."

As a princess, Yi Qing still had a natural sense of responsibility for the Mermaid Kingdom even though she had left it. She couldn't help but ask, "Since you knew their plan, why didn't you stop them?"

The high priest's eyes fell on the glued chessboard: "I won't stop them."

"Just for the agreement between you two?" Yi Qing became anxious: "You have to know that this is related to the safety of the entire kingdom. If Su Su hadn't appeared, they would have almost succeeded. Even if you can't intervene, you should at least tell my father..."

"I can't judge, who represents 'right' between them and the king." The high priest raised his head and looked at Yi Qing, whose face was flushed with excitement: "Maybe you can tell me, is this kind of marriage that sacrifices the future of some mermaids really right?

Yi Qing was silenced by the question. She herself was a victim of this incident, so she knew how much those mermaids who didn't want to leave the sea hated marriage.

"Do the people you are talking about have the ability to put an end to all this?"

After asking this question, Yi Qing recalled her previous stance and added: "But no matter what, since they are all mermaids, they shouldn't hurt innocent mermaids."

The mermaid priest looked at Yi Qing deeply, his eyes seemed to be filled with undercurrents from the deep sea: "This is an adventure. Risks and opportunities coexist."

"In that case, why don't you just let them kill me? I'm the princess of the Mermaid Kingdom and I have the responsibility to my people. But why let Su Su get involved in order to save me? He's not even a mermaid now, how can he survive in the human world?" After listening for so long, Yi Qing figured out that Su Su's replacement of herself was completely the intentional indulgence of the high priestess, and maybe she had even started planning it when she gave the strange mermaid medicine.

"He broke into the chess game himself." The high priest placed a chess piece on the chessboard. The originally one-sided fighting situation suddenly became unclear: "It was he who asked to become a mermaid. It was also he who asked to exchange identities with you and help you escape the marriage, wasn't it?"

"But I am indeed happy to see his actions come to fruition." The high priest stared at the unfinished chess game on the board and smiled meaningfully. "Perhaps since I met him, I have begun to expect an unexpected result."

The chessboard didn't decide the winner in the end. Yi Qing wanted to continue asking questions, but the high priest ordered her to leave: "It's time for you to leave. Go and live the life you want. Don't come back, and don't worry too much about your friends."

Facing the guilty look in his granddaughter's eyes, the high priest finally softened his heart and said in a softer tone: "If I remember correctly, Admiral Qi Hanyi might like sharks more than mermaids."

Su Su started living the salted fish life he had longed for. He had three meals a day and could surf the Internet for entertainment. As the pond was too small, he had no place to move around. In just one week, Su Su gained a lot of weight.

But he soon discovered that it was not that he had gained weight, but that his body was gradually changing into that of a shark.

The tightly tied dress could no longer support Su Su's round body. The strings broke, and it fell off Su Su and sank to the bottom of the pool.

On this day, apart from retaining human vocal cords and being able to make sounds, it looked exactly like a shark.

At the same time, Su Su discovered a problem. After turning into a shark, the robot Xiaoyou's recognition system had problems.

Every time he opened his mouth to speak, the other party would just say: "Identity not identified, you do not have access permission."

Su Su tried to seek help online, but found that he could not log in even through the facial recognition network.

Am I going to be hungry again?

Su Su sighed, looked at the pills he had hidden under the water, and counted on his fingers the days until the next time he could take the pills.

A spherical return capsule landed precisely in the center of the island according to the predetermined trajectory.

The cabin door opened and Qi Hanyi walked out from the stairs with his long legs.

He was wearing a tight combat suit with his coat draped over his shoulders. It was rare that he looked less serious than usual.

But it was just because of a shoulder injury that I couldn't put my arm into my sleeve because of the bandage.

Qi Hanyi's eyes were dark. He always paid attention to his appearance, but now he had stubble on his chin. Together with the wounds on his body, they told of the danger and hardship of this business trip.

Only his eyes were still as sharp as a freshly tempered blade. It seemed that no matter how big the problem was, it would not let him back down or hesitate.

The communicator started beeping, and a lot of messages came in.

Qi Hanyi paused, moved his fingertips slightly, and a virtual screen appeared in front of him.

Most of them were work-related requests and notifications, and Qi Hanyi handled them one by one.

The few that came were congratulations and compliments from some of his colleagues who learned that he had successfully handled the problem and had made another contribution, but Qi Hanyi deleted them with one click.

In addition, there was a communication request from a private account.

【Butler Uncle Li】

Qi Hanyi looked at the note that popped up on the communication, and his cold expression softened slightly.

This old butler used to be Qi Hanyi's father's personal assistant. After his father got into an accident, he became Qi Hanyi's butler.

He never married or had children in his life and always treated himself as his own child.

Although Qi Hanyi has a cold personality, he would still put away some of his edges in front of such an elder.

As soon as the call was connected, the loud voice from the other end was transmitted into Qi Hanyi's ears through the electric current.

"Young Master, you are back. You have fought hard, are you not injured?"

"No." Qi Hanyi pressed the bloody bandage on his shoulder. It had already been treated in the treatment cabin of the spaceship. With his physical condition, it should be almost healed by the time he gets home.

Having no wounds on his body means he is not injured, so he is not lying.

"That's good, that's good." Uncle Li let out a long sigh, paused, and then said hesitantly, "By the way, do you know about the marriage?"

"I know. I will discuss this with the head of the family." When Qi Hanyi mentioned mermaids, his brows wrinkled unconsciously. He instinctively resisted this topic: "I will never marry a mermaid."

"But," Uncle Li said hesitantly, "the mermaid has been delivered..."