The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

It was as if he were a part of this world; the grass, the flowers, the stones, the water, and so on, were all imprinted in his mind, even more so than he had previously understood through spiritual power.

Therefore, he was able to accurately locate the giant, pillar-like reefs on the seabed, and also to directly identify the weaknesses of these sea monsters and ferocious beasts during battle, thus killing them with a single blow.

Such ferocious methods shocked these sea monsters and ferocious beasts.

Why is this seemingly ordinary human so powerful? He's not even a martial artist!

If they were martial artists, these sea beasts and ferocious beasts could sense the abnormal movement of spiritual energy by relying on their keen perception of spiritual energy, and thus judge the strength of the human martial artist.

But their experience was useless to Gu Ran.

Because there was absolutely no unusual movement of spiritual energy around Gu Ran. The surrounding spiritual energy did not gather around him, and he did not emit any spiritual energy. He was just an ordinary person.

They were able to wipe them out completely with just that one large stone pillar, forcing them to retreat temporarily.

......

Cheng Youmeng's eyes flashed as she looked at the screen.

Gu Ran, the one she knew, appeared.

Immediately, her gaze became extremely complicated.

He glanced at Ariel, who seemed somewhat distracted, and a hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes.

So, the woman you've been unable to forget all this time is her?

You did nothing wrong to her, yet she was one of the first to seek help.

Why are you so good to her, but so cruel to me and my sister?

Why did you lie to me? Why... did you kill my sister?

My sister loves you even more than I do.

When Cheng Youmeng saw what Gu Ran had done in the past, she wondered if there was another reason behind her sister's death.

After all, the Gu Ran shown on the screen was truly impeccable.

But the sword in her hand doesn't lie.

Moreover, after she became Gu Ran's bodyguard, she also witnessed another "evil" Gu Ran, the tyrannical chief regent whom the entire human alliance hated.

The complex emotions made Cheng Youmeng's heart clench; the throbbing pain in her chest was more psychological than physical.

He has always been an insurmountable obstacle in her martial arts journey.

......

In the light screen.

Gu Ran quickly repelled the raging sea monsters and ferocious beasts. When the merfolk mustered the courage to organize a small team to "buy time," they were surprised to find that there was no "big guy" left on the entire sea. Only large areas of the sea dyed red proved that a fierce battle had taken place there.

"Search the surrounding sea for any clues. If you encounter any danger, shout loudly immediately. If it's a danger we can't handle, lure the enemy away. We can't let Her Majesty Ariel's seclusion be disturbed." Alice was in the lead. She assigned all the members of the team, looking worried, but also revealing a hint of determination to die.

Before long, the team members who had been assigned to the field returned with expressions of shock.

Good heavens, what did they see?

Countless large corpses lay on the seabed, their bodies smashed to pieces, their white, red, and green contents spilling into the seawater. While this would be a nutritious feast for the tiny creatures in the ocean, it was rather disgusting for these mermaids with their "lighter palates."

Of course, what they couldn't understand the most was why there were so many corpses at the bottom of the sea.

They knew how terrifying these giant creatures were. If even one attacked the merfolk and the merfolk didn't respond properly, it could lead to the extinction of the entire race, with all of them ending up in the bellies of these giant creatures.

Now all these big guys are lying dead on the seabed. Although they are somewhat confused and scared, they are mostly overjoyed.

The mermaids present couldn't help but cheer loudly.

Only Alice's expression seemed a little off.

"This feeling...is he nearby?"

Alice murmured.

"Could it be that he saved the merfolk?"

Alice swam forward like a madwoman, heading directly in the direction Gu Ran was.

"is that you!"

"Speak up! Did you have some difficulties back then?!"

"If I've misunderstood you, explain it to me!"

Alice cried out hoarsely.

The other mermaids looked at each other, completely bewildered, and had no idea what had happened.

"Alice, what's wrong?"

They chased after Alice.

Alice stared blankly at a rock in the distance, which was completely empty.

"Could it be that I'm mistaken? Otherwise, if it really is you, why don't you come out and explain..." Alice said bitterly. "And Eudora has changed too... She's a stranger to me now. The chieftain has changed too, muttering incomprehensible things all day long. What... has happened?"

The other mermaids said cautiously, "Alice, the chieftain has forbidden us from calling her Eudora. The name Eudora has disappeared. If the chieftain finds out, he will punish you."

Alice seemed not to hear her, and after a while, she silently swam back.

Gu Ran held the conch necklace in her hand, watching Alice and the others slowly leave.

He never expected that Alice would also be able to locate him using the conch necklace.

Although the positioning accuracy and distance were not as good as that of Grandma Little Conch, it almost exposed him.

Fortunately, he discovered that he could use that mysterious state to cut off the positioning function of the conch necklace, otherwise he would have had to leave quickly because he didn't want to see Alice.

What's done is done, and further explanation is useless.

Gu Ran had some guesses about the condition of the little conch.

It's mostly due to issues between the soul and the body; it takes time to adjust.

During this time, she will be incredibly weak.

Wearing the conch necklace again, Gu Ran followed behind Alice and the others.

After returning, Alice and the others told the chieftain what they had seen.

However, to the surprise of the other mermaids, the usually gentle Alice suddenly got into an argument with the clan leader, and the argument was about the human who killed the elder grandmother.

“Alice, you said you saw the human kill the elder with your own eyes, and the ruins were indeed destroyed when we arrived. This proves that the human did indeed have ill intentions towards the merfolk.”

The little conch mother shouted, "Now you say there must be a hidden reason, that you want to bring that damned human back?! What are you really up to? Don't you know that Ariel is at a critical moment and absolutely cannot afford any accidents? How dare you say such a thing? If you hinder the revival of the mermaid race, I will kill you!"

Immediately, the little conch mother, in her capacity as clan leader, decreed that the clan was forbidden from discussing that human, nor from discussing Ariel's former name. From this day forward, there would only be the genius of the mermaid clan, the supreme Queen Ariel, and no longer Eudora who had fallen in love with a human.

This matter concerns the revival of the merfolk, and anyone who dares to disobey will be punished with the most severe tribal rules.

After the order was given, the entire merfolk fell silent, for they had never seen such a terrifying chieftain.

Alice looked like a wilted eggplant, her eyes devoid of their former luster.

The last attack by sea monsters and ferocious beasts was clearly not a coincidence.

Because the little conch's strength grew rapidly, and as her strength increased, the state of the Heart of the Ocean became even more mystical, firmly attracting the large creatures in the ocean.

However, Gu Ran repelled them several times, and the sea beasts and ferocious beasts also deeply imprinted Gu Ran's image in their hearts. They trembled with fear when they saw Gu Ran.

However, as the number of times increased, Alice seemed to become more and more certain that the mysterious person who helped the mermaids was him. At first, she shouted and yelled, wanting him to come out and explain, but later she seemed to have given up her original idea and just talked about the changes in the mermaids and the changes in the little conch shell as if she were talking to thin air.

Gu Ran was somewhat exasperated by Alice's persistence, but Alice's firsthand information about the little conch shell made him stop and listen to her story.

Gradually, Alice's words were no longer limited to the little conch shell, but also included her own situation. The places and times she described were no longer limited to the place where Gu Ran intercepted the sea monsters and ferocious beasts, but were any random place far away from the mermaid tribe's location.

It was as if she knew Gu Ran would be around and would listen to her story.

"Are you still angry with me? I know you must have your reasons and hidden stories, right? You blame me for not understanding you and for misunderstanding you, which led to the entire merfolk misunderstanding you as well."

Alice wanted to laugh and soften her tone, but tears welled up in her eyes.

She forced herself to suppress her emotions and said, "Over the past year, we have been so grateful to you. If it weren't for you, the merfolk would never have been able to withstand these giants."

"Although you have never shown yourself, I know that it is you. Elder Grandmother, Eudora, and I can all sense the location of the conch necklace. Although I am the one with the worst perception, and although I don't know what method you used to cover up my perception of the conch necklace in the end, I clearly sensed it the first time."

"Gu Ran, why don't you come out and explain? Do you know? Eudora has forgotten you! Not only has she forgotten you, she has even forgotten her own name. Instead, she only remembers that she was called Ariel."

“I know you still care about her, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been silently protecting the mermaids for over a year. You want to know how she is doing, don’t you? She’s become a complete stranger to me. She remembers many things from the past, but at the same time, she’s forgotten many things from the past. Oh no, she’s misremembered many things from the past. And now, just like the clan leader, she’s constantly talking about the revival of the mermaids.”

Alice wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, sobbed for a moment, and continued, "I'm not against the revival of the mermaids, but they've become so unfamiliar to me, so frightening. What happened to them?"

"The clan chief has been spreading rumors about the bad things you've done in the clan, saying that you not only killed the elder grandmother, but also have been secretly plotting to continue harming the merfolk, and that Eudora must kill you when she meets you."

"Then the chieftain actually said that those big guys who ate so many of our kin were just like us, some kind of sea creature. The big guys you killed to protect the merfolk were actually trying to harm the sea creatures. Those big guys clearly wanted to attack the merfolk. How could the chieftain say that? You were clearly protecting the merfolk. Those big guys were clearly the enemies of the merfolk."

"I didn't understand, and I really wanted to argue with the chieftain again, but when I looked into her eyes, I knew she was serious and I couldn't persuade her anymore. She swam to a sea line that was completely unfamiliar to me."

"I'm really scared, really regretful, and really lonely..."

At the end of her words, Alice couldn't help but lie down on the smooth rocks and weep.

Suddenly, Alice felt a gentle force on her cheek.

Alice was startled. She looked up and saw a handkerchief fluttering in the wind next to her cheek.

Alice took the handkerchief, smelled it, and her fair cheeks flushed slightly.