Unexpectedly, the origin of the story was revealed by the NPC Lan.
That black gemstone?
The one my mother wore around her neck?
Qi Qi stared blankly, thinking to himself: [So, is this why Mother is so different from humans? What can I do to stop her from eating people? Will the story end if she does? Can I just throw away the gem?]
The system answers all questions: [In the original storyline, the Mermaid King killed humans for three reasons: first, due to uncontrollable plot forces; second, because you died at the hands of humans; and third, because of a long-standing feud.]
System: [The Black Gem is an unstable factor in this world. Because of it, this world has become an advanced and uncontrollable world. Just do your cannon fodder missions well. This involves the power of chaos, and the cannon fodder system is useless. Don't get yourself into trouble. In the end, you're just here to do missions.]
Qi Qi had a sudden inspiration: "If that's the case, then there really are other mission takers in this world! I don't want my merman mother to die; she's doing well. If there's a way to get the mission takers to cure her illness..."
System: [...Their mission is to kill the BOSS, little saint, you need to be more careful.]
Qi Qi: [What does "Holy Mother" mean?]
System: [Don't show kindness to people indiscriminately.]
Qi Qi: [No way! I'll be nice to whoever's nice to me, and I won't pay any attention to whoever's not.]
The system is tired: [...]
How many people do you know?
I miss the robot from three months ago; it was clumsy with words and had no brain. Look at this one now; it can say one thing and then say three, spouting one principle after another.
...
“Qi,”
"Qi?"
Lan bent down to look Qi Qi in the eye and studied his expression.
Qi Qi came to his senses and said, "Ah, Uncle Lan."
Red is a bold and passionate color; whether bright and fiery or dark, it is aggressive. Lan's pupils are a bit thicker, like intoxicating red wine swirling in a glass.
What appears to be romantic is actually fraught with danger.
"What are you thinking about?"
Qi Qi: "What can we do to help our mother recover?"
Lan was very satisfied with his attentive attitude. It was worth telling this little prince, who had never been very sensible before. It seemed that he had indeed grown up.
"Before Wang's condition gets worse, perhaps we can go to the island to see if there's anything we can do. If that doesn't work, we can go to the human world in the distance to investigate."
Qi Qi: "Shouldn't we throw away Mother's black gemstone first?"
Lan: "I've already tried it. If you get close to that gem or try to take it, the king will get angry and sometimes forget a lot of things. Don't try to take it; it's too dangerous."
Qi Qi: "Oh...do you know human writing? Or can you understand their language?"
Lan guided, "So we need a few humans."
Qi Qi clapped his hands: "I understand! Let them teach us to speak human language and to read!"
Lan smiled and tried to pat his head again: "Smart. Those humans are gradually moving to the island. Let's go catch a few. We don't have much time. We need to catch them before the King eats them."
Qi Qi dodged the attack and covered his head, saying, "Your hands were just used to kill fish."
Lan's hand froze in mid-air, looking a little embarrassed.
My hand went up to it without me even realizing it.
...
The mission was in the evening. Qi Qi returned to the Mermaid Palace at noon, intending to visit the Mermaid King. However, she happened to come out of the palace and hurriedly swam towards him: "Mother?"
The Mermaid King smiled gently as soon as he saw Qi Qi: "I happen to have something to tell you."
"What's wrong?"
"I'll be going out for a few days. You and Haiyan and Zhenzhu stay home and don't wander off, okay?"
Qi Qi observed her expression: "Mother, are you going to deal with those humans?"
The Merman King patted his head: "Little boy, don't ask these questions. Did you have your hunting lesson today?"
Qi Qi immediately looked left and right, avoiding her gaze: "Mother, by the way, this black gem of yours is really beautiful, may I take a look?"
The Mermaid Queen glanced at Qi Qi, and whether it was her imagination or not, Qi Qi seemed to see a red line in her eyes, which was slowly spreading outwards.
The next second, her already somewhat hoarse voice became colder and more restrained: "...Alright, I'm leaving now. If you need anything, go find Lan. Don't worry, your mother loves you."
After saying that, she swam away without looking back, swimming so fast it was as if someone was chasing her, and she disappeared in an instant.
Qi Qi called out to her several times, but to no avail. He turned back to look at the palace and saw that the once magnificent coral throne armrest had been severely damaged and had fallen to the ground in a pile of fragments.
Sharp claw marks appeared on the wall and surrounding area, and the marks were deep.
Qi Qi placed his fingernail against it, and it fit almost perfectly.
Lan swam in from outside: "The king has gone to the South China Sea. The sound waves coming from the fish schools there these past two days are not right. It should be that a large sea monster has appeared. The king will go and deal with it alone."
Sea monster?
Qi Qi glanced at the settings again.
Set in medieval Europe, the protagonist goes through many hardships to reach the Mermaid Sea, encountering and fighting many large sea monsters along the way.
After a moment of curiosity, he immediately became serious: "This is our chance! Shall we go and capture humans now?"
Capture humans and complete missions!
Lan: "Mm."
His gaze shifted from Qi Qi's face to his fingertips, landing on the deep marks on the wall. A dark glint flashed in his eyes as he thoughtfully remarked, "The King's strength seems to be growing ever stronger."
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