Why can't humans do it too?

"...Thank you so much," Su'er said, her emotions condensed into a single sentence, her breath coming in short gasps. "By the way, Xin Ke, have you already found out?"

After finally learning this shocking truth, Suer suddenly realized that Xinke's reaction was a bit too calm.

"Ah, more or less," Xin Ke nodded and continued, "I sensed something from her unusual reaction as an elf after she entered the water, although I also felt that Miss Monster wouldn't just casually grab any sea creature."

Chapter 191 Marine Species Disqualified from Capital

Hey, hey, hey, that huge pit is still there. How can you call this simple?

You'd better apologize to the marine species right now.

To be honest, Suer really didn't want to make such a fuss. The matter of the orcs was still weighing heavily on his mind, making him feel listless no matter what he did. However, with one thing after another happening, he didn't know what expression to make, and even the heaviness and oppression in his heart were diluted.

“As long as they come into contact with seawater, the cheers of those spirits are unmistakable. Even without any deliberate effort, they can bring the sea to life just by instinct. This is something that ordinary marine species cannot do,” Xin Ke calmly explained her reasoning process.

Although she spoke in a very casual manner, Suer remained speechless.

"Hey, don't make that serious face," Jibril said casually, sitting up and kicking the back of Sull's chair. "As the world's most notorious idiots, these guys only know how to eat, sleep, make love, and play. They can't do anything else... To be honest, if they didn't have special abilities, marine species would probably be inferior to humans."

“Eating fish can make people smarter, but fish themselves are quite stupid… So just don’t think of the queen of the marine species as anything special. How about it? Do you feel calmer now?” Jibril cleverly pointed out the key point in the complicated reality, comforting Suer with her insightful words.

"Sigh, that's about right," Suer sighed helplessly, and could only force his dead fish eyes to look at Jasmine outside. "Um, cough, Jasmine? Can I still call you that? Anyway, take us to your house first, and let your compatriots disperse... There's no need for such a grand scene."

"Huh? Really, we don't need it anymore? I thought this was for our allies..." Jasmine seemed a little disappointed.

“Cough, really, that’s not necessary. We just need a quiet place. We have some questions for you… our people,” Suer coughed lightly and spoke slowly. He suddenly felt like he was lying to fools and felt a little guilty.

"Ah~ alright," Jasmine gracefully flipped over and swam towards her people, swaying her beautiful fishtail. She said something to them, and the mermaids, aside from leaving behind some seemingly reluctant and curious glances, obediently left.

To be fair, after these beautiful mermaids with great looks and figures left, Suer did feel much more relaxed. It was impossible not to be flustered, after all, he had learned a lot from Xin Ke and Jibril's explanation that these guys were undoubtedly ruthless and heartless, even if they looked very young and beautiful.

Osander, the name of the largest habitat of the marine species and their capital, sounds beautiful and ethereal. However, based on what Suer personally saw, the primitive, messy, and dilapidated scene was completely unworthy of the name. To be honest, it was even a bit lacking in style to call it a capital.

It's not that it's incomprehensible; after all, it's really too much to ask a bunch of idiots who can't work, don't produce, and only know how to play to build their home into something magnificent and splendid... fishmen.

Layer upon layer of rocky caves, adorned inside and out with corals that emit bright colors, are where marine species live in such a primitive environment. They don't create architecture with their own unique racial style; they simply adapt to the local conditions and find a place to live.

The only things worth praising are the glowing jellyfish and schools of fish; it is only through these special effects that the race's style is barely maintained, and even Jasmine's palace is no exception.

Although it is called a palace, it is actually just a larger underwater cave, which is quite similar to the caves of fishmen or lobster people that Suer saw when playing games in his previous life. Apart from a very large seashell that catches the eye, perhaps only the pearls that serve only a decorative purpose are pretty.

The image of a down-on-her-luck, impoverished, and unassuming queen is immediately apparent. To be honest, it's quite shameful that someone who owns the entire ocean could end up like this.

Stomping hard on the rocks beneath his feet, the lack of air at the bottom of the sea made them slightly slippery, making a crunching sound as they hit his boots. Curiously watching the thin membrane that surrounded him about fifteen centimeters away, Su Er almost reached out and tried to stick his finger through it, but thankfully he resisted the urge.

This is the ocean depths, thousands of kilometers below the surface. Without protection, the water pressure could crush his fragile body into a pulp in an instant. This invisible membrane separates Su Er from the seawater, balances the pressure, and constantly exchanges fresh air into it. It also automatically deforms and moves with his movements.

I don’t know if it was because of the question I asked on the way here, but not only did Xin Ke not use the magic that would allow her to breathe underwater, but she also created a space without water. Even Jibril, whose body is strong enough to withstand the pressure of the seabed, also created a space without seawater for herself.

Suer didn't know either, and Suer didn't dare to ask.

I was quite scared.

In short, my allies are welcome to visit!

Sitting cross-legged... cross-legged on her large seashell, Jasmine opened her arms and spoke in a voice of ownership.

“…Uh, it’s our honor to have you visit.” Seeing that neither Xinke nor Jibril showed any interest in birds, a marine species, Suer could only step forward and say something polite. “I remember you mentioned before that you have a friend who loves to play on the sea, right? Could you help me invite her over?”

To prevent this idiot from steer the conversation toward weird topics again, he got straight to the point.

"Ah~, fun places and places you can't go?"

A shocking event!!

This marine creature actually remembered the question that Suer and the others asked at the very beginning!

Wow, that's amazing! No wonder she's a fish that can be a queen!

"No problem~", Jasmine replied lightly, unaware that the guy she considered an ally was secretly criticizing her.

Jasmine raised her hand and summoned a translucent, water-shaped fish. She opened her mouth as if to speak, but no sound came out. A moment later, the fish made of water swam away quickly.

"Okay~, just wait a moment~, Leila will be here soon~", Jasmine didn't take this little thing to heart. What bothered Jasmine more was something related to the word "ally" - how do the guys on land entertain visiting allies?

Chapter 192 The Ability of Mutation

Treat your allies to the best food and make them as comfortable as possible.

In short, it's about making allies feel like they've come home.

The blue-haired marine creature's tiny brain had already fully comprehended everything.

"Then I'll invite everyone else to come and play together?"

As she spoke, Jasmine made a ring with one hand and kept poking around inside it with the other finger... She had made it very clear what she meant by "playing".

Feeling good means being happy, and you should treat your allies with happiness. She truly is a qualified ally!

The blue-haired marine species is proud of itself.

"No need for thanks at all!!"

Seeing that the marine creature was about to summon the fish that were swimming in the water, Suer quickly raised his voice to stop it.

"Huh? You don't need it?" Jasmine looked troubled. "But we don't have anything else to offer our allies..."

"Hosting allies is not the same as entertaining prostitutes! Remember that!"

"Don't the land-dwelling guys like this?"

I absolutely dislike it!

"Oh~", the blue-haired sea creature responded once again as if it had just realized something, and who knows what strange thing had come up with in its little head this time.

They're categorized as land-dwelling creatures. While such things did exist in my past life… *cough*, surely they don't exist in this world? Probably not, right?

As a sea creature summoned by the Queen, Leila was not overly careless and arrived at Jasmine's cave quickly, effectively relieving Suer's headaches caused by dealing with the endless stream of idiotic remarks from this foolish Queen.

The saying "They can't stop talking about vulgar things" perfectly describes marine species.

"Aha~~, Jasmine~"

"Aha~~~, Leila~, you're here~"

"Hehehe~, yeah, yeah, what's up~"

They didn't seem like subjects summoned by the Queen at all; the relationship between these two marine creatures was more like that of very close friends. From this perspective, the Queen's status was not important to the marine creatures.

Uninterested in delving into the social customs of this marine species, Suer was more concerned with the existence of this marine creature named Leila, whom he was carefully examining.

Her light green hair was very thick, and it swayed with the flow of water, spreading behind her. Her fair skin was flawless, and she wore strings of golden jewelry and pearls on her upper body.

"What? Does Mr. Monkey like this?"

“…It’s not what you think,” Su’er casually explained to Xinke, who had walked up to her, her brows furrowed.

"...What's wrong with this marine creature?" Realizing that Suer wasn't joking, Xinke raised her head and gestured with her eyes to Jibril, who was floating in the water observing the decorations on Jasmine Cave, while bending her palm.

"Ah, no, no," Su'er suddenly realized that her words might have caused some misunderstanding with Xin Ke, and quickly waved her hand in denial. For a moment, she didn't know how to explain, so after thinking for a while, she simply asked Leila, "Have we met somewhere before?"

It was a fairly standard old-fashioned pickup line, but what Sue really wanted to ask was something else entirely—had you ever eaten my flesh and blood?

It wasn't convenient to talk about this with Xinke and the others when outsiders were present. Even though the sea creatures behaved like idiots in every way, Suer still wouldn't do anything that might leave hidden dangers. She could only hint at it indirectly in other ways.

In fact, when the group first arrived at this underwater world, he felt a sense of familiarity among the marine species that came to greet them, just like the feeling he had when he met the vampire monster that had mutated from the one that had devoured his flesh.

It was a tiny point of light, not much larger than a seashell, existing in the ocean of consciousness. Even if it hadn't been so close, Suer wouldn't have noticed its existence in his own sea of ​​consciousness. He hadn't noticed it at all when he was on the surface of the sea.

But now it's completely different. After Suer became aware of its existence, even though he had returned to the abandoned ruins where he had lived on land for more than two years, he could still detect it—the pale green-haired sea creature in front of him.

The one that Suer sensed among those mixed-up marine species was her.

Invisible threads existed between them. Unlike the brutal and forceful control over Asano Shirasu's consciousness and body that he had previously exerted, Suer now felt more like an... bystander.

An observer with the ability to change the script, the so-called script being the mind of this sea creature, yet he can jump to the forefront at any time. This connection is far more robust than the previous one with Asano Shirasu; space and distance are no longer obstacles.

Suer could clearly feel that her abilities were indeed different from the past. At this moment, he was like a hidden hand behind the scenes, subtly controlling the subconscious of this sea creature, which was also the source of her goodwill towards several people.

"Hmm~~~, it seems~~~ yes, right?" Leila, a sea creature, swam around Suer and Xinke a few times before slowly answering, swaying her fishtail.

The thin membrane separating the seawater from the air aroused her strong curiosity. However, several times she tried to touch the membrane and put her hand through it, but she instinctively withdrew her hand as if to resist.

"Let me think~", the sea creature with light green hair said, her index finger resting on her chin as she pondered, digging into her small brain. "It should be in the strait, right? I saw you guys fall into the sea when I went there before~"

Strait?

Inspiration surged through him like an electric current. There was only one place in this world that was collectively referred to as the Strait by all races. In an instant, Suer recalled the moment he jumped into the sea with Xinke in his arms, and the shadowy figure swimming upwards from the deep, dark, bottomless ocean—it was you!

He kept comparing this marine creature with the image stored in his mind. The pale green cat's long hair, constantly undulating in the water, did indeed resemble a twisted monster like a snake ball in the dark.

So, was it an unknown demon species or a marine species at that time?

Terrified, he immediately slashed his arm, hoping the blood would slow down the monster's ascent.

For a moment, Suer was at a loss for words. He found it difficult to judge whether the demon species or the sea creatures he had encountered were better. Based on the information he had so far, falling into the hands of the sea creatures did not seem like a good thing.

Chapter 193 Mang Jir

"Oh~~~, I didn't expect you two had met before," Jasmine said curiously, slapping her tail.

"Hmm~, I heard it was very noisy up there, so I went up to take a look out of curiosity. I didn't expect that most of the strait had collapsed~", Leila recalled, while spreading her arms wide to make a big circle to strengthen her persuasiveness.

As one of the more curious members of the marine species, Leila has a strong curiosity about everything on land, unlike her peers who are limited to capturing males. She can roam anywhere from the ocean to the edge of the land without any problem, and this is exactly the well-informed person that Suer and his group are looking for.

"A dangerous place? Of course, it's where the land creatures fight the fiercest!" The sea creature answered without hesitation after hearing Suer repeat the question.

"Uh, besides those places? Are there any other places you or your friends are curious about but have never been able to go to? Or some island with a long history that hides secrets?" Suer tried his best to describe the question simply, and perhaps because of the blood he had on her, Leila understood the question without any difficulty.

"A secret... I don't think there's anything special about it?" Leila pondered as she easily slapped her head with her fishtail. "Speaking of which, I did see some interesting stories on Leila's channel when I was bored before. They were about things that happened before our creator fell asleep."

"After creating us, the Creator soon got bored again. According to the book, He went to the sea with great enthusiasm, saying He wanted to find His kin to play with. But not long after, He ran back crying... Ah, found them~"

While recalling the stories she had read, Leila searched through Jasmine's palace as if she were at home, eventually finding the storybook she had read years ago among the piles of 'trash' in a corner.

"You bunch of idiots actually managed to write a book?!"

This was a shock to Jibril.

In her mind, they were a bunch of inferior races who only knew how to mate, yet they were doing something as noble as recording history?! Unbelievable!

"It's less like writing a book and more like a diary where I write down whatever comes to mind. The only difference is that it records the history of marine species. Hmm... as expected, it's just some fun history." Xin Ke, who was also curious about the books about marine species, went over to observe and then came to a conclusion.