Magic: Reincarnate from high-voltage electricity at the start, level up independently.

The entire palace has seven floors, with the magnificent royal library located on the sixth floor.

Amber and Dorria walked briskly and soon arrived at their destination.

The guards at the library entrance recognized the person at a glance, immediately straightened up, and bowed respectfully.

"Your Highness!"

"Miss Amber!"

"Thank you all for your hard work." Doria nodded gently and said to the guards in a soft tone, "Open the door, we're going in to find something."

"Yes, Your Highness!" the head guard replied in a deep voice, his attitude exceptionally respectful.

As soon as he finished speaking, two guards at the door stepped forward in unison and pushed open the heavy library door.

The heavy wooden doors slowly opened to both sides, and the motion-sensor lights inside instantly turned on, filling the entire large book storage space with warm light.

The two girls walked side by side into the library.

The Royal Library is enormous, with rows upon rows of towering bookshelves that seem to stretch endlessly.

Each bookshelf is tens of meters high, with densely packed books neatly arranged. As far as the eye can see, there are thick volumes, filled with a rich literary atmosphere.

Amber withdrew her gaze from the bookshelf, turned to Doria beside her, and asked, "Do you remember roughly which section the hair clip fell in?"

Doria thought about it carefully for several seconds, and finally shook her head slightly, looking somewhat embarrassed.

She looked at Amber and scratched her head sheepishly. "I don't know the exact location either. I explored the entire library yesterday and looked everywhere, so that hair clip could most likely be anywhere."

Hearing this, Amber was somewhat helpless and could only compromise, saying, "I really can't do anything with you. Let's split up and search; searching separately will be twice as fast."

"Okay!" Doria nodded vigorously like a chick pecking at rice.

She quickly pointed to the areas on either side and decisively instructed, "An'an, you search the left area, I'll go search the right!"

After saying that, without waiting for Amber's response, Dorria rushed out towards the area she was responsible for, her movements hurried and looking extremely eager.

Seeing this, Amber didn't delay any longer. She calmed herself down and carefully searched along the bookshelf area she was responsible for.

At this moment, deep within the empty, quiet library, besides Amber and Dorria who were searching for the hair clip separately, there was a third hidden figure.

The white-haired girl reading at the deepest part of the bookshelf had noticed the commotion the moment the two entered.

Hearing footsteps and voices coming from the doorway, her eyes flickered slightly, and she reacted quickly, raising her hand to tidy up the thick stack of books in front of her and placing them into the shelf next to her.

After doing all this, Chu Ge's figure disappeared into the void, his aura completely concealed, leaving no trace.

In the quiet library, only the soft footsteps of the two girls remained for a moment.

Not long after, Doria's voice came from afar, her clear voice breaking the silence: "An'an, have you found the hair clip?"

"not yet."

Amber frowned slightly, her tone tinged with helplessness.

She had thoroughly searched the entire area she was responsible for, checking every nook and cranny, every shelf, and every hidden corner of the floor. She hadn't found a single hair, let alone the star-shaped hair clip.

At this moment, she is starting from the beginning again, carefully searching a second time, afraid of missing any detail.

Upon hearing Amber's reply, Doria on the other end immediately deflated, her tone full of frustration:

"I haven't found anything here either! I've searched every bookshelf drawer, book compartment, and even the cracks in the floor, but I can't find a trace of the hair clip."

The more she searched, the more frustrated and disappointed she became. Doria completely lost patience and blurted out:

"Alright, alright, let's go back first. The banquet is about to start, and if we delay any longer, it will be too late. I'll come back to find you tomorrow."

"Can."

Amber nodded in agreement and glanced at the time.

With only twenty minutes left before the banquet began, they couldn't afford to waste any more time. If they lingered any longer, Doria wouldn't even have time to change into her banquet dress.

She silently considered her options and made a decision in secret.

If Dorya comes tomorrow and still can't find the hair clip, then she'll buy an identical one, pretend she found it, and secretly give it to Dorya.

This way, the other person won't feel disappointed or sad.

Just as Amber made up her mind, Dorria's joyful shout suddenly came from afar.

"An'an! I found it!"

Amber was slightly taken aback, a hint of surprise in her eyes.

Unexpectedly, it was such a coincidence that I found it just when I was about to give up.

However, it would be best if it could actually be found.

After all, if she really tried to fool them with a fake hair clip, given how much Doria cherished this hair clip, she would definitely be able to spot the difference at a glance. Even if she didn't expose her in public, she would still feel extremely disappointed.

The thought flashed through her mind, and Doriya had already run up to her.

The girl held up the blue star hair clip in her hand and gently waved it in front of Amber's eyes, her eyes shining with joy.

"Look! It's not dirty at all, it looks brand new! I've always cherished it!"

Doria stared at the hair clip in her hand with great appreciation, as if she regarded this small ornament as a priceless treasure.

She secretly vowed to herself that she would never lose this hair clip again.

If I carelessly lose it again, I will punish myself by never being able to sing again for the rest of my life.

Amber stared silently at the hair clip that Dorria treasured, her heart filled with helplessness and confusion.

This is actually just an ordinary star hair clip.

She simply bought it from a street stall to tie her hair; it was nothing special.

Last year, when I was preparing a birthday gift for Doriya, I accidentally stuffed it in the gift box and gave it away as a gift by mistake.

Amber herself never expected that a cheap hair clip she casually carried would be valued so much by Dorria.

It was even more precious to her than the exquisite violin that she had carefully selected and painstakingly prepared as a formal birthday gift.

Amber could never understand why.

If she had to find a reason to explain, she guessed that it was probably because the blue of the hair clip was exactly the same as Doria's hair color, making them a perfect match, which was why the other woman liked it so much.

"Now that we've found it, let's go back to the banquet immediately," Amber said, pulling herself out of her thoughts.

"Okay!" Doria nodded obediently, but seeing Amber's calm expression, she felt a little unconvinced and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Aren't you even a little curious about where I found the hair clip?"

"Not curious."

Amber remained calm and said with certainty, "I only know one thing: if we don't leave now, we'll really be late."

Upon hearing this, Doria's little face instantly puffed up with anger, like a hamster with its mouth stuffed full of food, its face full of grievance and dissatisfaction.

Seeing the girl's childish behavior, Amber sighed helplessly and, going along with her wishes, changed her words: "I'm very curious, I really want to know, please tell me where you found it?"

Doria instantly shook off all her gloom, her little face beaming with pride: "Hehe! It just fell from the sky by itself!"

Did it fall from the sky by itself?

This outrageous answer made Amber suspicious, as if something was amiss.

But she didn't delve too deeply into the matter, unwilling to waste any more time.

She reached out and grabbed Doria's wrist, and before the other could say anything more, she pulled her around and walked out quickly, leaving the Royal Library.

After the two left, the heavy library doors slowly closed, and all the lights inside went out in an instant.

The vast library hall instantly fell silent again, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

In this silent void, Chu Ge's concealed figure slowly reappeared, landing once again among the bookshelves.

The hair clip that Doria had just picked up was actually something she had found by chance earlier.

While the two were searching, she quietly dropped the hair clip in a conspicuous place, allowing Doriya to find it easily.

Chu Ge stared silently at the closed library doors, stood there for a moment, then slowly turned around, picked up the ancient book he had just read up to the key point, and continued to study it.

Ten minutes later, she slowly closed the heavy book.

She had thoroughly understood everything recorded in the book, and had completely uncovered the origins and all the hidden truths of this mermaid world.

The history of the mermaid race spans tens of thousands of years.

In the beginning, they were just ordinary humans on the continent of Witch Star, the most common creatures in this world.

The source of all the changes began with an unprovoked disaster.

In ancient times, in the region where the mermaid ancestors lived, someone inadvertently offended a witch with terrifying power.

That witch was cold-hearted and ruthless. In a fit of rage, she unleashed a devastating curse, turning all the humans in the entire area into mermaids with human bodies and fish tails.

Cursed, they completely lost the right to stand on land and could no longer survive on shore.

People with nowhere else to turn are forced to flock to the sea, drifting from place to place, struggling to find a place to settle down and take root.

In the early days, the mermaids lived peacefully, multiplying and thriving in the sea, enjoying a period of tranquility and peace.

But this stability eventually crumbled as human civilization on land developed.

As humanity rapidly developed industry and civilization on the planet Witch, it also brought endless pollution.

Humans have no restraint, dumping all industrial waste and household garbage into the ocean.

Sewage, excrement, waste, animal carcasses, and even hazardous waste containing nuclear radiation are all treated as useless garbage and indiscriminately dumped into the vast ocean.

The ocean has become the cheapest and most convenient natural dumping ground in the eyes of humankind.

As time went on, seawater pollution became increasingly severe, the entire marine ecosystem collapsed completely, and all marine creatures suffered greatly, with the mermaids bearing the brunt of the damage.

The severe pollution eroded the mermaids' bodies, causing them to become diseased, rotten, and deformed, developing all sorts of bizarre and deadly illnesses.

In just a few decades, the once numerous mermaid race suffered heavy casualties, leaving only a small number of people hiding in the crevices of the deep sea, barely surviving.

In order to survive, the surviving mermaids once humbled themselves and went ashore to negotiate with the land humans, pleading with them to stop polluting the ocean and give them a way to live.

But this humble plea was met only with human indifference, plunder, and merciless slaughter.

From the perspective of land-dwelling humans, industrial development is an inevitable part of civilization's progress, and the generation of waste is unavoidable. They would never stop their development for a group of alien creatures from the sea.

Since humans live on land and do not rely on the ocean for survival, even if the ocean is completely polluted or desolate, it will not have any impact on them, so they have no concerns.

After many more years, as land-dwelling humans became more technologically advanced and their waste disposal techniques were constantly upgraded, they finally realized the harm of environmental pollution and began to take the initiative to manage the ecosystem and purify the ocean, no longer wantonly creating pollution.

As the seawater gradually cleared, the surviving mermaids finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that their suffering was finally over and they could finally live in peace.

They swam carefully in the purified waters, quietly surfacing to breathe the long-awaited fresh air, and their hope for the future was rekindled.

But they never expected that the real catastrophe was just beginning.

After the pollution stopped, the greed of land-dwelling humans was fully exposed, and they set their sights on the mermaids in the deep sea.

Humans began to venture out to sea on a large scale, capturing mermaids everywhere.

The reasons for capturing mermaids are varied. Some people are greedy for the fish meat, some treat mermaids as playthings to be played with at will, some want to enslave mermaids for their own use, and some even specifically capture young mermaids to keep as pets.

But behind all these selfish desires, the most core and fundamental reason is humanity's need for scientific research.

Mermaids were originally land-dwelling humans, but were cursed and mutated. Their physical structure, genes, and bloodlines hold too many secrets that humans urgently need to study and break through technological barriers for.

Throughout history, human beings have never been merciful in their internal competition and killings.

These drastically mutated mermaids, who have broken away from human form and now dwell in the deep sea, are no longer considered their own kind in their eyes, but merely alien monsters that can be studied and plundered.

Faced with technologically advanced and exceptionally powerful humans, the mermaids were powerless to resist.

They could only flee, forced to retreat ever deeper into the ocean.

The deeper they went into the sea, the more terrifying the water pressure became, and countless mermaids died at the hands of the high pressure and their pursuers.

The surviving members of the tribe gradually adapted to the pressure of the deep sea under extreme pressure, and their bodies evolved again, eventually escaping to the deepest trench in the entire ocean.

But greedy humans still refused to give up, pursuing them all the way into the deep sea, determined to exterminate them completely.

When all hope seemed lost, a brave mermaid ancestor mustered his courage and led the way into the dark, deep trench.

The remaining surviving mermaids had no choice but to follow suit and jump in.

No one could have predicted that beneath the treacherous deep-sea trench lay a hidden underwater world of wonders.

There is no terrifying high pressure here. It has independent space and a complete ecosystem, where one can not only cultivate normally, but also live and reproduce in peace. It is an excellent place to live.

The endangered mermaid race has finally found a truly safe haven.

The deep sea is dark and fraught with danger. The unknown abyss instills fear in humans who are afraid of death, preventing them from venturing deep into it and forcing them to stop at the top of the trench.

However, humans are well aware of the principle of eliminating all threats and know the dangers of letting a tiger return to the mountains, so they are absolutely unwilling to let these mermaids go easily.

They feared that after the mermaids had recuperated and grown stronger, they would return to land to take revenge on humans.

To eliminate future threats, humanity made the most ruthless decision—to release massive amounts of highly toxic chemicals into the ocean trenches.

The deadly poison spreads along the seawater throughout the entire trench world, penetrating everywhere.

This time, with nowhere to retreat and nowhere to escape, the merfolk were completely trapped in a desperate situation and could only quietly await their death.

Just when the entire race was wiped out and the mermaids were in their most desperate situation, a supreme and mysterious being suddenly descended.

The other party claimed to be the god of music—the Celestial Music, a deity walking among the world and the supreme ruler of this land.

Instead of purifying the highly toxic seawater, the deity used its immense divine power to completely remove and remove all the seawater from the entire trench world.

With supreme divine power, they reshaped heaven and earth, creating a completely new world beneath the dark abyss.

Here you'll find blue skies, white clouds, warm sunshine, and gentle breezes—a beautiful environment just like on land.

At the same time, the gods bestowed divine grace, granting the merfolk the ability to return to land and walk freely.

The celestial deities have long protected and nourished this new underground world, safeguarding the mermaid race who have been reborn from the brink of death.

All He asked for in return was the faith of the merfolk for generations and an unwavering loyalty.

The surviving mermaids worshipped the god of music as their only faith and the only true god in the world.

They built shrines and worshipped them for generations. Everyone studied music and loved music, passing on the blessings of the gods from generation to generation and keeping them in their hearts.

This order and faith have continued to this day without interruption.

In addition, the celestial deities personally descend upon this mermaid world once every hundred years, bestowing endless divine grace, injecting new vitality into the entire world, and nourishing all living things.

For three whole days, the nation rejoiced and all people celebrated during the descent of the deity, a celebration revered by the merfolk as the "Grand Ceremony of the God of Music."

Over these three days, the Mermaid Kingdom will hold a grand music competition, kicking off a nationwide musical carnival.

The competition is officially organized by the kingdom, with layers of selection and rigorous competition. Those who stand out in the final competition and win the championship will receive the exclusive protection and reward of the gods.

The celestial deities will personally remove the racial shackles from the champion, granting him complete human legs, and take him away from this underground world to ascend into the divine realm where the gods reside, thus freeing him from suffering and granting him eternal peace and happiness, free from worry year after year.

Winning the once-in-a-century music festival and ascending to the divine realm with the gods to live a life of eternal happiness is the greatest and most sincere wish of every mermaid.

Now, the century-long timeframe has arrived.

There is less than a month left until the celestial deities descend and the grand ceremony begins.

The entire Mermaid Kingdom was already in a state of excitement, with the whole country busily preparing for the grand ceremony. Everyone was eagerly anticipating the day when the gods would descend and divine grace would shine upon them.

"Ascend to the realm of gods, and be happy and joyful..."

Chu Ge murmured these words softly, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper, a strong sense of unease rising in his heart.

Her intuition told her that this seemingly incredible opportunity, this miracle that everyone longed for, was not as wonderful as it appeared on the surface; on the contrary, something was amiss.

She had already figured out the rules and constraints of this world.

There was originally only one way to completely leave this closed little world—to cultivate diligently day after day, accumulate enough power, and forcefully break through the barriers of the world to break free from the shackles of heaven and earth.

This once-in-a-century music extravaganza is the only way to leave, apart from forcibly breaking boundaries.

Chu Ge was single-mindedly devoted to the Dao, seeking only to reach the pinnacle of cultivation and the ultimate Dao.

For her, it would be best to leave smoothly. If she lacked the opportunity to leave, she could stay quietly in this world and cultivate diligently without affecting her Dao heart in the slightest.

Before this, she had tried countless methods, but none of them could break free from the shackles of the world. She had long been prepared to undergo long and arduous cultivation and slowly break through the boundaries.

But after reading about the tragic past of the mermaid race over tens of thousands of years and uncovering all the secrets of the gods and this world, a chill ran through him.

Chu Ge believes that from beginning to end, all the mermaids and the entire world were trapped in a meticulously woven cage.

The fate of all living beings, the rise and fall of clans, and the opportunities of humankind are all silently controlled, manipulated, and constantly watched by that so-called god of music.

The feeling of being completely controlled and having every move watched by others made Chu Ge extremely uncomfortable, and a strong desire to escape arose in his heart.

She desperately wanted to leave this world dominated by humans, the sooner the better.

Right now, the fastest way to escape is already right in front of us.

That is to participate in the upcoming Music God's Grand Ceremony, win first place in the competition, and ascend to heaven with the gods.

Thinking of this, Chu Ge's originally calm eyes suddenly became incredibly determined.

She has to participate in this competition.

She is determined to win this championship.

She wants to take this opportunity to escape this manipulated prison of heaven and earth.

If ascension is truly a trap, then she will kill the gods.

If the god-slaying attempt fails and he dies, he can simply live a fifth life and become a hero again in eighteen years.