Dragon Raja: Oh no! Lu Mingfei has been diagnosed with depression!

"What else do you have to say now?"

Yuan Zhisheng's voice turned cold. There was nothing left to doubt now. Everything corresponded to the scene in the dream. He retreated step by step, silently trying to find an opportunity to break free from the dream.

Fingel yelled at them to hurry over and take a look. The ugly mermaid looked bad. It looked up several times as if it wanted to say something, but every time it opened its mouth, it would spit out seawater. There were even a few small fish swimming in the seawater.

"Does it mean it can't understand human language?"

Caesar crouched down, observed the humanoid creature, thought for a moment and said hello in English, but the creature did not respond, so he said it again in Italian.

"Looks like a silly fish."

He stood up with a frown.

"Perhaps it's because they've lived underwater for so long that they've become disconnected from terrestrial civilizations."

Chu Zihang said, "They should have their own language. This fish was caught in waters near Japan, so perhaps the Sheqi family has some records about it."

"What if they demand we hand over the fish?"

Caesar offered a different opinion: "The humanoid fish living on the seabed is of great research value to the Academy. We may not be able to catch a second one. My suggestion is to call Norma directly and have her send someone to receive it."

"We are still within Japan's borders."

Chu Zihang hesitated for a moment.

"We are now adrift at sea, surrounded by water on all sides. Besides the crew, there is only one Japanese man on this ship, Genjiro. There are three of us."

Caesar raised an eyebrow. "Lu Mingfei alone can stop Yuan Zhisheng. The two of us just need to protect this fish until the people from the academy arrive."

"Can't you all take a closer look?"

Fingel finally understood. These two guys were actually discussing what to do with the fish? But this looked like a person, didn't it? It had neither a tail nor gills; it just looked like an ordinary person in distress.

Perhaps he accidentally fell into the sea from a fishing boat, stayed in the seawater for a long time before finally encountering a boat, and was finally rescued with great difficulty. However, before he had even finished vomiting the seawater in his stomach, he heard that these guys actually wanted to take him away for research. A normal person would have been scared out of their wits in such a situation, and it would be a miracle if they could even speak!

He couldn't understand where things had gone wrong to make Caesar and Chu Zihang believe it really was a fish. Was it because of his initial comment about an ugly mermaid? When did his words become so convincing? And what was with the "only three people" thing? Weren't there four of us?

Oh, so they excluded me...

Fingel covered his face; there were too many things to complain about, and he didn't know where to start.

He glanced at the guy lying on the ground with his eyes rolled back, sighed, turned him over, took a deep breath, bent down, and pouted as he prepared to give him artificial respiration.

Lu Mingfei met Yuan Zhisheng's eyes, and his eye twitched. He hadn't experienced this side effect when he used Dream Eater on himself. Could it be that the effect of this Word of Power would change depending on the subject?

"You're very smart. Smart people all have one thing in common: they can be self-righteous."

Lu Mingfei said calmly, "You said you wouldn't fall for it a second time, but strictly speaking, this is the second time you've been tricked by the dream beast. The first time was at the kendo dojo."

Yuan Zhisheng remained silent for a few seconds and realized that he could not refute Lu Mingfei's words.

"Don't worry, if I really used the Dream Eater on you, you would never be able to detect it."

Lu Mingfei patted Yuan Zhisheng on the shoulder:

"In the dream world, you will only be in two states. One is denial, where you deny that you are in a dream and feel that everything is no different from usual. The other state is affirmation. When something beyond reality appears in the dream, you can be sure that you are in a dream. Your current doubt just proves that you are living in reality."

Caesar and Chu Zihang had stopped arguing and were staring at Fingel in horror. As their mouths drew closer and closer, they hesitated whether to step in and stop them.

The humanoid creature lying on the ground suddenly opened its eyes, and what it saw was a pair of mouths that looked like sausages. Startled, it instinctively threw a punch:

"A ghost!"

Caesar and Chu Zihang exchanged a glance. Although they didn't understand what had happened, they still stepped forward and took control of the humanoid creature.

"Heroes, spare my life! I'm a penniless wretch, I have nothing of value, and I'm in poor health. The doctor said my kidneys are as weak as a shriveled sponge..."

The humanoid creature felt the immense force coming from his arm and couldn't help but swallow hard. He cautiously glanced back and saw two murderous faces staring at him expressionlessly. So, he shamelessly wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy.

"Damn it! I kindly pulled you out of the water and gave you CPR, and this is how you treat your savior?"

Fingel, clutching his face, kicked his butt hard, clearly furious.

"I was wrong, I was wrong! Please spare my life, my lord! If you let me go, I will repay your kindness even if I am reborn as your ox or your horse in my next life!"

The humanoid creature looked miserable, his arms were held around his waist by Caesar and Chu Zihang, one on each side, so he couldn't exert any strength and could only let Fingel kick him hard.

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment. He had only come to see what was going on, but the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Lu Mingfei squatted down in front of the humanoid creature, brushed the seaweed off its head, and found it to be a typical human, not a mermaid, with drooping black hair, thick eyebrows, and a rather cheerful face.

The humanoid creature froze for a moment, its pupils dilating sharply as it stared at the man before it in disbelief.

"You can't do that, hero! I desperately want to live, but I won't sell my ass! If you insist on forcing me, please be gentle, I'm quite sensitive to pain..."

"Old Tang?"

"You are... Mingming?"

Old Tang squinted for a while before recognizing Lu Mingfei. He opened his mouth wide, wondering why he would run into an acquaintance in a place like this. The next second, he suddenly turned his head to look at the three people behind him, his face full of rage:

"You beasts! You bunch of animals, you even prey on minors! Come at me if you have a problem!"

Caesar and the other two were startled by Old Tang's sudden outburst, and instinctively released their grip and took two steps back.

Old Tang, with a strength he didn't know he found, got up and then aggressively shoved his buttocks towards them:

"Come on, you beast!"

Lu Mingfei fell silent, unsure whether to be moved or to cover Old Tang's mouth:

"Old Tang, tell me the truth, what exactly do you do in America?"