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The executions in the Deep Blue Kingdom.

They forcibly removed the water-avoiding scales from the prisoner mermaid and nailed it to the lava wall of the active volcano.

Mermaids are incredibly resilient... The seawater there boils intermittently, and highly toxic sulfur and heavy metals wash over the prisoners' scaleless flesh repeatedly with the scalding water until the flesh melts and the bones are scalded.

Carlos's arrogant green hair had lost its vitality, and he opened and closed his lips several times but couldn't utter a single word.

That silly boy...

Grandma Li narrowed her vertical pupils and exhaled a large puff of purple smoke.

Carlos, that big but brainless guy, was bound to die sooner or later if he got caught in that muddy water. She had watched him grow up and intended to protect him, but he insisted on jumping into the pit himself.

That girl Riseben is usually quite clever and shrewd, how could she have gotten herself into this mess?

"No, no, no, no..."

The green-haired mermaid, as if sleepwalking, tugged at her hair:

"I was just bragging, just saying nice things to my mother-in-law! Riesben is the jewel of the siren clan, while I... I'm not even as good as a commoner... Letting me go is just a matter of lax supervision; a few days of confinement will be the end of it..."

Exposure to torture?

That would have to be a serious crime, like overthrowing the Temple of Poseidon or assassinating the king!

Who does he think he is, to deserve such treatment?

"There are thousands of demonic algae in the abyss rift. In such a short time, how can you tell which one is tied to you?" The old lady rolled her eyes.

Carlos was stunned: "So?"

"So that girl just had it all cut off."

Upon hearing this, Renyi exchanged glances with the people beside him.

—The case is solved.

......

The streets of the silent waterway.

The water was cold and murky, and from the tavern built from the skeleton of an abandoned grotesque creature, crude shouts and curses could be heard from time to time.

Carlos was swept along by the current in a daze, as if he had lost his soul, his mind a jumbled mess with no clue whatsoever.

Suddenly, a long, webbed hand patted his shoulder.

"Look ahead when you walk."

Carlos turned his head stiffly, his pupils dilating suddenly.

Several land-dwelling bipeds have now completely transformed into a different species.

The person who patted him on the shoulder was the captain.

Renyi was still wearing that coat, but the hem had been replaced by a long and slightly flat silver tail. It lacked the roundness of a typical mermaid and instead exuded a cold and hard feel. The dorsal fin was a long red strip, and the sharp, swallow-shaped tail fin swayed effortlessly from side to side.

Carlos's calves were cramping a little.

The curve, the scales... how come they're so similar to Granny Li's?

No, the tail of the arbitrary one is obviously longer and flatter.

A shadow loomed over us from the side.

Ivan was already muscular, and now he had grown even larger. His upper body muscles were covered with a layer of grayish-white, and a row of dorsal fins of varying lengths stood upright on his back. The gill slits on both sides of his neck flapped like bellows, and his tail was round and thick.

He clutched his stomach, grinning to reveal a dense array of serrated teeth:

"Boss, I'm a little hungry..."

There was no fighting, and I'm hungry right after eating. It seems to be the effect of the potion.

He casually withdrew his hand and dusted off the webbing between his fingers:

"Don't stare at me, and also, try to control yourself... If you bite any mermaid later, I won't be able to save you."

The commotion on the other side was also quite significant.

Klaus has no tail—

But his face was even more ashen than Newton's.

From its waist down, eight thick, dark red tentacles haphazardly occupied a large area of ​​land, one grabbing a rock on the left and the other nervously rummaging through the nearby seaweed on the right.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it..."

Klaus gritted his teeth, killing his own tentacles with a murderous gaze while trying to give commands to his eight independent nervous systems.

result......

Miserable.

The only one who was overjoyed was Xiao Jiu.

It was no longer sleepy, nor did it stay in the hood of the random hood. Instead, it happily swam around Klaus, occasionally scooping up seashells and stones and shoving them at Klaus's uncontrollable suckers, watching them try to throw them away but couldn't.

"Randomly, boss, captain..."

The engineer's facial muscles twitched violently:

"Can't you do something about it?!"

He now wishes he could turn Newton into a chainsaw and saw off those eight legs, then install tracks on himself!

"You should also restrain yourself a little."

He glanced casually at the tangled mess of legs. "Isn't this exactly your area of ​​expertise—engineering?"

It's bioengineering, so it doesn't matter.

"Think about it... eight legs means you now have four times the flexibility and work efficiency of a human."

"They have their own ideas!"

Klaus, sweating profusely, pressed down on one of the convulsing tentacles with his arm. "Negative four times is more like it!"

Trying to suppress a laugh, I scooped up Xiao Jiu and told it to stop causing trouble.

"How about we think of them as eight independent hydraulic robotic arms?"

"......Too."

Klaus took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and began to try to manipulate them one by one.

Finally...

Renyi breathed a sigh of relief and asked him to see if there were any other problems.

Turning to look at the quiet Aurora and Nathan.

Aurora always had a compassionate yet languid and sharp gaze, and the fluffy 'fins' behind her... or rather thorns, resembled a beautiful, poisonous cloud ready to explode at any moment.

Between tremors.

She meticulously combed her messy hair, which wasn't covered by a hat.

To avoid drawing attention, Aurora took off her nun's habit and put on a regular coat.

"Captain, if you're observing my defense systems,"

Her voice remained soft and gentle, yet it possessed an unexpected touch of elegance.

"I must warn you, don't get too close... my, uh, fins, they're a bit out of control."

The aggressive beauty released after that gentleness is torn apart unconsciously reminds one of the gorgeous and venomous lionfish.

"I just can't suppress my anger."

Aurora rubbed her temples, somewhat annoyed. "I can't help but want to poke something."

By comparison, Nathan was the most adapted.

He flicked his silky, broad, black, thin lateral fins, and his long tail was like a flexible whip, moving almost without making a sound.

"Don't be angry, ma'am."

Nathan gracefully glided past her, offering gentle words of comfort.

"To be honest, the experience of this potion is quite unique. Releasing some primal killing intent isn't a bad thing; it helps relieve stress."

Let's rewind half an hour.

Inside the observation cabin, which was filled with purple smoke.

Carlos's entire body went mad because of the word "exposure torture".

But Ren Yi was completely unaffected by the somber atmosphere—

"Let's put the sentimental part aside for now and get down to business."

Grandma Li, with a pipe in her mouth, glanced at him sideways.

"I need information on mithril, specific details about the Deep Blue Kingdom, and a potion that will allow us to operate underwater and disguise ourselves as residents of the Deep Blue Kingdom... Name your price?"