CH 60

The seawater was bone-chillingly cold, and the waves roiled in the ocean. Bai Zhi took a deep breath, turned back and glanced back at the crowd that had gathered on the wooden planks, then dived recklessly into the ocean.

Wearing China’s finest protective diving gear, he wasn’t supposed to be afraid of anything in the first place, but this time was different.

He was going to meet a mermaid.

The system had already sent all the detailed information over to Bai Zhi. In the original work, the mermaid who was a victim of the humans’ struggle was identified by the system as the villain because of his extraordinarily high combat ability in the ocean.

Ming Xin and his small group never thought that the mermaid’s singing from the legends really existed. The mermaid had lured them step by step towards the depths of the ocean, after which the huge waves and its minions almost caused the mermaid’s pursuers to sleep forever at the bottom of the ocean. If not for the existence of things such as the protagonists’ halo, the male and female leads would have parted forever at this point in the plot.

“Nephew, telling you this…is to let you be careful.” The system watched Bai Zhi increase his speed more and more, furrowing its brows somewhat worriedly: “Although that person is your target, he doesn’t have his memories each time. Right now he won’t necessarily hold back against you.”

“Although I indeed have the ability to ensure your safety, you must also prepare yourself. Accidental injuries will also hurt.”

“I know.” Bai Zhi said this, yet his speed didn’t slow at all: “I will–”

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of the ocean splitting behind him. Bai Zhi was momentarily startled, he looked back but didn’t even clearly see what it was before he was suddenly pulled down by something, directly falling to even greater depths.

“Beep beep, detected that the safety of the host’s life has been threatened. Turn on protection mode?”

The icy mechanical voice sounded unendingly in his mind. Bai Zhi was somewhat panicked from this sudden attack. Seagrass from who knows where tangled tightly around his ankles and was currently pulling him downwards little by little.

“Turning on protection mode.”

He renewed his struggle, then realized that these seaweeds were quite durable. Panicking inside, he instantly chose help from the system.

“Protection mode already on, automatic killing of the threat currently–”

As soon as it spoke, a bright light materialized, cutting away all the seaweed that had just been entangling Bai Zhi. A certain demon who had recovered his freedom instantly tried to swim away from this sketchy area, but as he turned around, he suddenly froze.

Royal blue eyes, thin lips, phoenix eyes. Slightly curly white hair.

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Scarlet lips parted slightly. Bai Zhi saw his sharp canine teeth, a few bangs casually swept across his forehead. That person gave a slightly shallow smile, yet his tone carried not even a trace of warmth:

“Human, you seek me?”

The mermaid’s voice.

Bai Zhi couldn’t help trembling somewhat.

“I…I…” Bai Zhi wanted to speak to tell him something, but the system hurriedly reminded him in his mind:

“You’re wearing protective gear, the sound of your voice is isolated, he can’t hear you.”

Momentarily panicked, Bai Zhi hurriedly said: “Then I’ll take it off.”

“That’s fine.” The system’s indifferent tone: “As long as you can breathe underwater.”

Bai Zhi froze halfway through the action: “……”

“Then what? He has to listen to what I say first—”

“No need to say.” The system suddenly spoke, interrupting Bai Zhi’s words: “He’s coming.”

The still-confused Bai Zhi understood very soon what this was referring to. That beautiful mermaid flicked his tail, and he was directly flicked in front of the mermaid. Seeing his husband’s beauty in front of him, Bai Zhi couldn’t help being a little nervous. He hiccupped nervously.

A certain mermaid treated like this for the first time by a human: “……”

Bai Zhi: “……”

“Very well.” The originally slight smile on the mermaid’s face deepened: “I have already taken care of ninety-nine people in this area of the ocean, but it’s my first time meeting a human who turns out to be a little amusing.”

“So, how do you want to die? My hundredth guest?”