Dark clouds gathered, torrential rain raged, and lightning flashed. The sky was a deep black, and the sea was turbulent, its surface stained with dark red blood and the corpses of humans and marine life. Giant sailboats equipped with fishing gear were densely packed across the entire sea.
Yu Ling opened her eyes again in the new world, and what she saw was a scene that looked like the end of the world. She was floating and swimming on the sea, flicking her long silver-blue fish tail, while her tribesmen in the distance were fighting to the death with the humans on the sailboat.
He had transformed into a mermaid, with a human body and a dragon's tail. His waist and tail were covered with flowing, fine fins. His beauty was unparalleled, his skin was like jade, and his deep blue eyes, like aquamarine, shimmered with deathly stillness and indifference, making him look mysterious and dangerous.
"Another crisis of annihilation... I'm not surprised at all by whatever measures humans take, but..." After receiving the memories, Yu Ling remained hidden and did not act rashly.
The original owner was the king of the merfolk, ruling over all intelligent marine creatures in the deep sea. His powerful body was both graceful and resilient, and his sharp claws reflected a luster that represented deadly poison.
The merfolk have long lived in the deep sea, but because ships often sink to the surface, the treasures they pick up are left unspent and pile up like mountains, thus accumulating a considerable fortune.
One day, a human prince accidentally fell into the sea and was rescued by a beautiful merman. The existence of the merman race and the gold coins and treasures scattered around were completely exposed to this human...
The story of a secluded mermaid and a prince who unexpectedly encounters danger should have been a beautiful fairy tale, but the problem lies in the fact that the prince only has eyes for wealth and has no interest in the beautiful mermaid at all.
After the prince became king, he led his troops directly to the tribe of his former saviors and launched a brutal hunt, forcing the captured merfolk to salvage wealth for him from the seabed.
The Mermaid King, who was also the original owner, realized that he couldn't win the battle and was planning to take his remaining cubs to live in another sea area. However, he was trapped by the inescapable net around him and could only hide by this secluded reef.
Currently, he is watching the human rampage with indifference. Being cold-blooded by nature, he will only do his best to keep his race from extinction, but he will not feel sad about the deaths of his own kind, much less risk his life to rescue those of his race who have been domesticated by humans.
And so, Yu Ling arrived.
Humans are skilled at using weapons, numerous, and well-prepared. He currently has no effective way to escape. Once they finish their attack and retract their fishing nets and search the sea, his presence will be exposed sooner or later.
"First, open the system panel and see if there are any suitable items in the shop," Yu Ling said.
[Okay, host!] The system unfolded a semi-transparent panel.
Name: Yu Ling
Gender: Male (variable)
age:? ? ?
Race: Demon
Rank: Intermediate Survivor
Main quest: Survive!
Side quest: Rebuild the Merfolk Kingdom.
System Level: Level 1
Skill slot: Longevity Turtle Breathing Technique
System Backpack: Savior Badge, Blood Clotting Gem*6, Concealing Breath Necklace, 100 cubic meters of storage space (side quest reward, bound to the soul, for personal use only).
System Shop: Now Open
Survival Points: (+46*100-200)
This breakthrough of 40,000 marks another step closer to entering the Main God Space, and Yu Ling is quite satisfied.
[Wow! It's a spatial equipment! The host is so lucky!!!] The system was overjoyed to see the storage space in the backpack. This is a treasure that sells for an astronomical price whenever it appears in the shop!
"Can this space carry items across worlds?" Yu Ling has seen all kinds of treasures. Back when her original body was still alive, she could easily refine some leaves and use them as spatial treasures. Seeing the system like this, she thought this thing was really powerful.
[No, the main god forbids carrying items across worlds, but in every world with spatial elements, this storage space can be used to store things.] After the system finished speaking, it suddenly felt its excitement cool down; this reward didn't seem so useful after all.
"Well, something is better than nothing."
Yu Ling continued browsing products in the system's online store.
There are some items that merfolk can use, such as the ability to transform into human form, the ability to turn tears into pearls, the ancient merfolk's water control techniques, the ancient merfolk's combat skills, as well as merfolk armor, hibernation shell beds, portable and retractable underwater palaces, and other items.
The others are for human use. Besides ordinary weapons such as guns, ammunition, knives, and swords, there are also things like the Tranquil Necklace to ward off merfolk bewitching, seaweed that allows one to breathe underwater after use, antidotes for merfolk poison, water-repelling beads, and so on.
There's nothing that Yu Ling can currently use.
"Is the God of War kidding me? What's the point of this shop?!" Yu Ling couldn't help but complain. "Especially that water-repelling pearl! I'm a fish, the king of the Merfolk, the overlords of the sea! Who is this shop for?"
[The Water-Repelling Bead is probably for the host's human friends, but judging from their transformation and water-controlling skills, it's pretty good~] The system is trying its best to maintain the authority of the main god.
"...Is it possible that I was originally a demon, possessing the transformation technique common to all races, as well as the spell to control water?"
Yu Ling is a long-lived tree spirit who has made friends with all sorts of other types of demons and collected many cultivation techniques. Basically, only the rules of the world restrict him.
In any world with a demon cultivation system, if the person possessed happens to be a demon or a human cultivator, they can easily take shortcuts to reach the pinnacle of combat power without having to suffer any hardship.
[Hehe, having a monster host is so economical...] Before binding with Yu Ling, the system had never seen a host who could both earn and save money, and its favorability towards Yu Ling had already skyrocketed.
After closing the system panel, Yu Ling still concluded that she would have to rely on herself this time. She bought the system the smallest fish-shaped body and threw it out, saying:
"You should be able to use the storage space too. Squeeze through the gaps in the net and pick out all the valuable treasures the original owner had at the bottom of the sea. It's best not to leave any behind."
The system fish, which was still waiting in the space to see the host turn the tables, suddenly fell into the sea, its head buzzing.
[How am I supposed to find my host now? Waaaaah... Don't leave me all alone at the bottom of the sea, it's so dark here...] Despite crying and fussing, the system fish still swam frantically, heading towards the original owner's territory.
"Let me survive first." Yu Ling ruthlessly abandoned the tool system fish, flicked her tail and plunged into the water, swimming towards the bottom of the largest and most luxurious sailboat on the sea. That was the ship that the former drowned prince, now the human king who hunts merfolk, was riding.
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