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"...Genetic collapse?"

In the quiet laboratory, only the equipment filled with pale blue liquid hummed to maintain a minimum operating level.

Riseben's mutterings were unusually clear.

She raised her hand.

She seemed to want to place her palm on the glass pillar, but gave up halfway, her azure eyes brimming with tears.

The Third Princess, who had always appeared strong, finally revealed a hint of vulnerability.

The other three fish stayed a short distance away.

This somewhat melancholic space was left to the father and daughter.

Renyi didn't have everyone follow him down. One reason was that there was nowhere to stand, and another reason was... he was afraid that if Riseben wasn't there either, no one would be able to keep things in order.

So he only brought Aurora, and also the captain of the Sea Dragon Guard.

But there was something strange about the atmosphere.

Fuck squid.

Every time I hear this name, I feel both offended and amused...

As he pondered this, his gaze unconsciously drifted to the side.

Fakyu's heavy blue armor made him look like a silent statue—

The kind with surveillance cameras.

That scrutinizing gaze almost burned two holes in Ren Yi's body.

He simply couldn't understand... where did the Third Princess find such a strange group of allies!

"Captain Fuck Squid!"

Ren Yi suddenly broke the silence.

"The Sea Dragon Guard seems to only obey the direct bloodline of the royal family?"

He asked casually, as if it were just a casual conversation.

Fuck Squid finally shifted its gaze from his strangely structured tail to his face.

The standard answer is still the same:

"We pledge allegiance to the Deep Blue Kingdom."

Having said that, he immediately retorted, "The Benevolent Society... I've never heard of it. Which sea do you come from?"

"us......"

With a polite smile on his face, he said, "We belong to all seas. Wherever there is a need, we will be there."

Fuck Squid: "..."

That sounds like something a con artist would say.

He decided to approach the issue from a different angle, his gaze returning to the silver tail—its scales were very fine, unlike those of a siren or a mermaid.

"Your tail... is quite unique."

It readily and readily shook its red tail fin, which resembled a horse's mane, as if showing it off.

"Thank you. The captain's scales are also very... traditional."

The squid bit into the cheek.

Tradition?

Does that mean he's old-fashioned?

He had lived for nearly three hundred years and had never had such a difficult time talking to a fish.

A suffocating silence fell over the laboratory once again.

Aurora listened from the side, and suddenly the air she knew so well before she became a mermaid felt deadly...

She glanced at Renyi.

It's perfect in every way, but unfortunately it has a mouth!

She knew the captain simply liked to state the facts as he saw them... but she still felt he was trying to comfort her, which she saw as presumptuous...

These two in front of me.

One is like a condenser, and the other is like a radiator. Put them together and they can produce cold air directly. I strongly suggest that the captain and this guy go back to the ship together, so that the refrigerator he has been longing for can be found on the ship!

After a moment of silence,

Fak Squid gritted its teeth, breaking the awkward silence, "Azure scales are a symbol of our sea dragon bloodline."

"Hmm...I understand."

Renyi's mind was filled with that guy from before, who had dreams but also held grudges.

Thinking of the bones that made outstanding contributions to the evolution of [Deep Sea Shadow], and the [Pseudo-Dragon Heart] in the warehouse that I couldn't use but coveted, I suddenly felt a deep respect for Fak Squid:

"Your bones have excellent strength, toughness, and density."

"Excellent material, very durable!"

Captain Fuck Squid was truly speechless this time.

Aurora silently turned her face to the other side.

--Help.

Just as this awkward silence was about to fill the lab, Resburn's voice broke the deadlock.

She wiped away her tears and transformed back into the decisive Third Prince.

"Mr. Anything, Ms. Aurora,"

She turned around, her eyes filled with hope.

"Do you... have a solution?"

Renyi is not an expert in fish or genetics; even doctors need to specialize in their own fields.

He didn't answer directly, but instead turned his head to look at the nun:

"Go to the emergency room."

Aurora is quite savvy now; what the captain means, translated, is—

Let's keep him alive first.

"...Yes, Captain."

She swam forward and gently placed her hands on the glass.

A gentle white halo rippled from her palm, passing through the pale blue liquid and slowly seeping into Arthur's ashen skin.

"Beep—beep—"

The few red lines that were jumping around on the monitor screen were miraculously flattened into gentle green ripples.

effective.

While its purifying and healing properties cannot solve the problem at the genetic level, it is well-suited for repairing damaged cells and calming raging energy.

Riseben covered his mouth to avoid losing his composure.

Fakyu, however, was not so optimistic.

As the captain of the royal guard who had always been by Arthur's side, he knew better than anyone how bad the king's condition was.

The priest tower does have effective means to heal wounds, but those means are only effective for ordinary injuries and cannot suppress this kind of rapid collapse from the inside out.

A deadly predicament that no high priest in history could resolve...

He didn't believe that the obscure "Renyi Society" was capable of handling it.

really.

After a period of inputting energy, Aurora's forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat. From an angle unseen by the other two fish, she gave Renyi a meaningful glance—

We've done our best, but we can't hold on for long.

Nodding to indicate anything is fine; as long as he can hold on for a while after being awakened, that's enough. Regarding Arthur's targeted treatment plan...

He has made some progress.

"The Deep Blue King's body is now like a scale with a serious imbalance on both sides. The part belonging to the Siren's genes is too heavy and is about to tip the scale over."

Riseben & Fuck Squid: I don't understand!

But this did not stop the Third Princess from nodding repeatedly—

Renyi is now our only lifeline!

"I interrogated... cough, I consulted the high priest, but he doesn't know how to use the equipment here, and we don't have the technology or the means to remove the siren part from the genetic chain."

But this is not Earth.

This is the Ocean Era, a world where swords and magic are mixed together.

So let's do a very simple math problem:

If the left side is 70 and the right side is 30, there are countless ways to make both sides equal.

"Since we can't weaken the strong side, let's find a way to strengthen the weak side."

"How... is this even possible!"

Fakyu found it unbelievable.

"Bloodline is innate; are you trying to force human genes into someone out of thin air?"

Renyi has already started searching for the drain button on the control panel.

Upon hearing this, he naturally retorted with a question.

"Why the fortress gene?"

"Since the goal is balance, the materials don't necessarily have to be homogeneous. Just put a 'weight' on it."