Please destroy the main timeline.

Chapter 114 The Art Before Escape
Inside a high-end club in Tide City, the Crown Prince and a group of trusted mermaids drank and chatted, discussing matters while enjoying themselves.

"Your Highness, news has come from the Seventh Princess's residence that the human is dead."

"We want his life. He's just a mere human slave, yet he dares to plot against our merfolk. What a pipe dream."

The mermaids chimed in, with one saying, "The Seventh Princess seems very angry."

"It's just the death of a slave. Once she calms down, I'll take some books and offer a few words of comfort. She's just a child." The First Prince said dismissively, then changed the subject, asking, "How's the medicine factory doing?"

"It's going very smoothly. All three production lines are already in operation, and the first batch of goods will be shipped out soon and can be sent to all parts of the country."

"Alright, alright, this matter is finally settled. I will definitely keep my promise to everyone."

The eldest prince was beaming.

The other merfolk enthusiastically raised their glasses to celebrate the successful launch of the project. After a few rounds of drinks, chaos ensued. The Crown Prince, with two merfolk on his left and right, took them to his room to do their business. The other merfolk did the same, some even doing their business right there on the table, creating utter chaos.

Inside the room.

Just as the eldest prince was about to come out and was howling, a sudden, deep male voice appeared.

"Tsk, 3 minutes, that's short."

"Who?!"

The eldest prince was shocked. It was so sudden that he was terrified and scrambled off the mermaid, angrily glaring around. Suddenly, a person appeared on the sofa, dressed in a black trench coat and wearing a diving helmet, obscuring their face.

The eldest prince angrily rebuked:
"Who are you? How did you get in?! Get out!"

"Don't call out. I'm here to say hello and give you a small gift."

The helmeted man answered, standing up and pulling open his trench coat.

The eldest prince's pupils contracted.

The other person was strapped with bombs, and a final 3-second countdown was playing on the screen.

Helmeted Man: "Do you like it?"

boom!
A mushroom cloud rose underwater, the clubhouse building collapsed, and violent water currents surged and spread, carrying building debris and sea creature corpses outwards.

The aftermath of the explosion gradually subsided.

The eldest prince floated amidst the ruins, his face grim. The explosion covered the entire building. As a fifth-stage evolved being, he was not harmed by such ordinary explosives, but the other party's actions were undoubtedly a slap in the face.

The bombs were numerous and instantly dismantled the entire underwater structure. Most of the third-stage evolved beings were injured, the fourth and fifth-stage evolved beings were intact, and the first and second-stage evolved beings were reduced to fragments. Along with the building debris and smoke, a large area of ​​water was polluted.

Moments later, the survivors gathered.

Most of the mermaids survived. Their ability to manipulate liquids allowed them to conjure a water shield at the moment of the explosion, absorbing the damage from the shockwave.

A group of mermaids gathered around the Crown Prince, their faces covered in dust, heads bowed, not daring to speak.

The eldest prince roared, "I need an explanation!"

The security personnel were dragged out and tortured.

Just then, a faint rumbling sound came from afar; something had exploded.

A group of people looked in the direction from which the sound was coming from.

The eldest prince's expression changed; he had a bad feeling.

Explosions continued to occur from all directions of Tide City, and the entire body of water became murky.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Something terrible has happened! The pharmaceutical factory...the pharmaceutical factory has been bombed!"

The eldest prince's vision went black. The project he had worked hard to bring to fruition over the years had just fallen apart like that?
And this was just the beginning of the bad news.

The subordinate, pale-faced, reported:
"Your Highness, the No. 7 tidal power plant has been bombed, and all the generator units are now disabled."

"Your Highness, Factory No. 11 was also bombed. The explosion ignited the stockpiled raw materials, triggering a series of explosions..."

"Your Highness, Wright Street has been attacked by a car bomb; all the luxury shops have been destroyed." "Your Highness, the underground research institute has also been attacked by an explosion; half of the equipment has been irreversibly damaged…Your Highness! Your Highness! Someone come quickly! Call a doctor!"

Thick smoke billowed from Tide City.

Bombing attacks were rampant.

The entire city is under martial law.

In the setting sun, the eldest prince's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the data on the tablet in his hand, trembling with rage.

His painstakingly built businesses, located near Tide City, for a century, including factories, research institutes, various large-scale infrastructure, and shops, were 8% destroyed by the bombing. The loss of life and the economic losses were astronomical.

Infrastructure such as transportation, medical care, electricity, and water supply was completely paralyzed, bringing half of Tide City to a standstill, and even the royal palace was affected to some extent.

The nature of the incident was egregious, alarming various parties involved.

Under the orders of the Siren King, a joint investigation was launched.

Based on various surveillance footage, eyewitness accounts, and evidence at the scene, the attackers were a group of well-trained terrorists dressed in black and wearing diving helmets. What puzzled them was that the bombs were manufactured by themselves and came from a nearby military base.

The target was clear: to attack only the businesses and facilities related to the Crown Prince.

Inside the palace hall.

The atmosphere was somber.

The Siren King sat on the coral throne, staring at the eldest prince below. The other princes and princesses were also present, except for Herobella.

The eldest prince screamed frantically, "Father, I know who did it! It was Seventh Sister! It must be Seventh Sister! I killed... punished her slave this morning, and this happened this afternoon!"

"Big brother, do you mean that Seventh Sister has raised a group of well-trained assassins, and even Father doesn't know about it?" the Third Prince retorted.

The second princess exclaimed, "Oh my, when did my little sister become so amazing?"

The eldest prince said, "I don't know, but this matter is definitely related to my seventh sister! Father, I demand a thorough investigation into my seventh sister..."

"enough!"

The Siren King roared, and everyone present fell silent. His sharp eyes swept over everyone present, but he couldn't determine whose handiwork it was. He could only say, "This matter is extremely serious. I don't care how you fight, but you must never endanger the Empire. This matter has crossed the line, and I will personally investigate it. Disperse."

Everyone bowed and left.

The Siren King left the main hall and went to a special secret room, where there was a giant crystal cage containing a beautiful purple-haired mermaid.

If Herobella were here, she would immediately recognize her aunt.

"Who did this?"

"This is revenge," the older woman sneered. "Moreover, your eldest son is shrouded in dark energy and will soon die."

The Siren King remained silent, then turned to the darkness and commanded, "Go, thoroughly investigate what happened today. That human next to Herobella, I want to see him alive or dead."

"Yes."

A response came from the darkness, accompanied by a stream of water blowing by.

The Siren King wasn't in a hurry to leave. He sat in a chair and chatted with the mature woman, reminiscing about the past.

The subordinate who had left quickly returned and prostrated himself on the ground to report.

"Your Majesty, the Seventh Princess has gone missing."

"Ok?"

"After dinner, she went back to her room to rest. Later, when the maid brought her something, she found that the princess was not in her room. When I arrived, the Imperial Guards were searching the entire Coral Palace. I could not sense the presence of the Seventh Princess. The human's body was also not found. The Seventh Princess herself told me that he was dead, but no one has seen the body."

"Useless! Useless!! Search! Go find her! Everyone, go find her! Don't come back if you don't find her!"

(End of this chapter)