I told you to change your skills, and you changed them into a nuclear explosion immortal?

"This little quaint thing is quite something, isn't it?"

"Tell me! What kind of scoundrel are you?"

"Waaaaah... I'm not a salted fish... Waaaaah..."

After kicking for a while, the two were panting heavily and finally stood aside, supporting their knees to rest, too exhausted to continue.

The salted fish stretched out an arm from under its eyes, covering its bruised and swollen face with its little hand and crying pitifully.

Xu Qingmeng and the other two recognized the voice as belonging to a young girl and, feeling compassion, quickly surrounded her.

"Little sister, don't be afraid. They... um... they're just scared, they didn't mean to... um... kick you..."

Upon hearing this, the salted fish seemed to understand Xu Qingmeng's good intentions, and then removed its hand, rubbed its swollen mouth, and said aggrievedly.

"I just came here to fish... I didn't do anything, and damn it, they came up and started punching and kicking me. Look at my face, all slapped like this, sob sob sob..."

Xu Qingmeng and the other two twitched their lips, unsure whether to laugh or not.

Upon hearing this, Li Zian's eyes widened.

"You're nothing but a salted fish, and you're still fishing here? Are you trying to fool the ghosts by burning paper money at their graves?"

"I'm fishing! I'm hungry, can't I even fish for food?"

"Listen to this! What kind of idiot would say this?! Brother Yun! Kick him!"

"Hey?! No, no! Stop kicking me!"

The salted fish was startled and quickly waved its little hands. Seeing this, Xu Qingmeng waved her hand speechlessly.

"Alright, Li Zian, stop scaring her."

As she spoke, Xu Qingmeng said softly with a somewhat solemn expression.

"Who are you? Why can you talk? Are you a monster or an NPC?"

Xu Qingmeng and her two companions wanted to see the encyclopedia, but the prompts indicated a large level difference and were filled with question marks, so they had no idea what this salted fish was.

It's not even clear whether they're in a neutral or hostile camp.

Salty Fish sobbed twice, wiped away his tears, and said...

"I am the seventh princess of the mermaid clan, I am..."

"Pfft!!! Hey, wait a minute???"

Li Zian nearly coughed up blood, and interrupted her with a glare.

"You?! The Little Mermaid???"

"yes?"

Salty Fish stared with suspicious, dead-fish eyes.

"I am the seventh princess of the mermaid clan. I escaped to save my people's lives. Who knew that I would be attacked by you two with fists and kicks after I had only been fishing for less than ten minutes? Waaaaah..."

"..."

Li Zian was numb; his heart was broken.

All those beautiful fantasies about mermaids were shattered in that moment.

Li Zian was heartbroken, clutching his chest, feeling utterly hopeless.

"Mermaid...Princess...My mermaid princess...My beautiful mermaid..."

Salty Fish looked at him suspiciously, then at Xu Qingmeng.

"What's wrong with him? Is he crying because he saw me, the mermaid princess?"

"..."

Lu Yun twitched his lips and asked a very constructive question.

"You say you're fishing? How do you fish?"

The salted fish seemed to have a short memory, and with a whoosh, it lifted its two long legs, which had been hidden in the lake water, out of the water.

"I'll use this to fish."

"Holy crap?! This damn salted fish actually has legs, Yun-ge!!!"

"Bang bang bang!!!"

"Holy crap?! This salted fish has mutated! It's definitely mutated! Holy crap! Holy crap!"

"Bang bang bang!!!"

"Who the hell has such long legs from the side?! I'll show you how to scare me! You scared me! Damn! Damn!"

"Did you drink that floating island water?! You son of a bitch! I'll teach you to come out and scare people! Scare! Scare! Scare!"

Seeing the two of them startled and then furiously kicking the salted fish, with each kick causing the fish to scream in pain and its legs lifting and lowering with each kick, Xu Qingmeng and the other two looked as if they had just eaten a giant intestine.

It's unbearable to look at, truly unbearable to look at.

After kicking for a while, he sat down to rest, panting heavily.

"What does this salted fish eat to grow up like this? It hasn't lost a single drop of blood."

Li Zian muttered something in an annoyed tone, leaving Xu Qingmeng and the other two speechless.

Seeing that the salted fish's face was even more swollen, Xu Qingmeng's face twitched, unsure whether to feel sorry for him or laugh.

"Don't scare them. You... um... can you get up?"

"Oh, really?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, the salted fish remembered that it could stand up.

"Brother Yun! This salted fish must have a serious brain problem."

"I've heard that fish brains aren't very big, that's normal."

"Qingcheng! Why are you joining in this nonsense?"

Xu Qingmeng felt utterly exhausted.

And so, to the bewildered looks of the five people, Salty Fish slowly stretched out a hand from under him and used it to stand up.

only……

Seeing her legs facing them directly, her mouth pointing upwards, but only one side of her upper body was visible, the five of them were at a loss for words.

How can a fish be like this?

"I stood up."

Are you some kind of clown hired by the monkeys?

Lu Yun's face darkened.

"Look us in the eye when you speak!"

The salted fish felt a little wronged.

"I... I'm looking at you all with my eyes on you..."

As she spoke, she blinked and turned to look at the five people through the belly of her fish.

"This is the side view."

"..."

The five of them were also out of ideas.

"never mind."

Getting angry over a salted fish is just asking for trouble.

"Tell me, where did you catch that fish?"

Salty Fish pointed to the west, looking aggrieved.

"My home is over there, but it's been invaded by those wicked demons. They destroyed our home and even threatened to turn my father, mother, and sisters into dried fish, waaaaah..."

"We couldn't defeat them, so my father sent me to secretly run away to ask the Fish-Men and the Sea-Dwellers for help. Who knew, I was just hungry... and I got struck by lightning... Waaaaah... My face is so awful..."

"..."

Li Zian's face darkened, and he gritted his teeth, saying irritably.

"No? Is your merfolk out of people? Did they send you out to ask for help?"

"Who said that? There are many of us mermaids, okay? The reason I was sent out to ask for help is because my father said I am the smartest mermaid princess in the mermaid clan!"

"It's over... the merfolk are doomed..."

Xu Qingmeng and the other three were speechless for a moment, rubbing their foreheads, while Lu Yun frowned slightly.

The demon race, it's the demon race again.

It seems that, like the Elf Forest, the Enchanted Tide has also been invaded. However, based on the experience of the Elf Forest, the Mermaid's Tears should have been obtained from the father of this salted fish. In other words, he still has to do a quest to help clean up the demon race.

I wonder if any other unrelated races like the Titans have invaded the psychedelic tides.

However, finding the mission objective is definitely a good thing, as it can save a lot of time.

"Do you want to save your saltfish clan?"

"It's a mermaid! A mermaid!!!"

"You son of a bitch, you dare look me in the eye!"

"I was using my eyes straight ahead... Waaah... Sister, look at him..."

Lu Yun scratched his head.

"Fine, just tell me if you want to or not."

"Of course I want to."

The salted fish's eyes lit up, and it became noticeably more energetic.

"Can you save us?"

To be honest, Lu Yun was disgusted by her appearance, but he endured it for the sake of the mission.

"What a tragedy..."

"Let's go! Let's hurry to your house."

"Okay, okay!"

The salted fish was clearly very happy and began to walk westward with its long legs.

"I knew I could find reinforcements! I'm such a clever little devil!"

"..."

Lu Yun was speechless.

"You mermaids have so many fish, why did you, a salted fish, have to come out and ask for help?"

"Oh, well, there's nothing we can do about it. They don't have legs and can't walk on land."

"Hmm?"

Li Zian was taken aback, and his eyes lit up.

"You mean, you're the only one with legs, and all the other mermaids have tails?"

"Yes?"

Salty Fish looked at him with the back of its eyes as if he were an idiot, and then spoke in a smug tone.

"They've put all the mermaids' most precious abilities into the most useless human upper body. Even if you're pretty, you can't outrun me with my long legs! And being amphibious is so much smarter!"

"Huh???"

Upon hearing this, Li Zian was overjoyed.

"Holy crap? You mean, your mermaid race has beautiful mermaids?"

"It looks good? Tsk tsk, it looks good, but it's useless."

"Walking like this is too slow, let's get on our mounts."

"hold head high!!!"

Xu Qingmeng and the other two: ? ? ? ? ? ?