I set you up on a blind date, and you've managed to overcome all the weirdness?

"..."

As the formation was activated, Lin Yan's left hand trembled, and a burning pain almost made him cry out.

Lin Yan raised his hand and saw that it was the trident rune that was causing the trouble.

Immediately afterwards, the pain subsided, and the blue color on the rune slowly faded away, leaving only an outline.

"Brother! The original rules of the old mudfish have been forcibly stripped away!" Chu Chu screamed through the earpiece.

"That formation has locked onto the mermaid's true form; her power has been drained by that imposter on stage!"

Lin Yan looked at the glowing array plate and subconsciously reached for the pistol at his lower back.

But Lin Yan held back.

Not to mention that there was a faint layer of light around them, which clearly indicated that they were protected by an array.

Moreover, Lin Yan recalled that even though the blocking ore was destroyed in the air-raid shelter, the bishop still allowed Ajiu to absorb energy and complete the descent.

The substitution array has now been activated, and the dummy mermaid on the stage has connected with the faith of the 100,000 paper dolls below the stage.

If a forced attempt fails, the fake mermaid on stage can easily take her place.

Once it completes its transformation and initiates the séance, this troublemaker will definitely be eliminated immediately.

"I can't handle this fake..."

"Can't you handle the main issue yet?"

Since the Bizarre Cult wants to use cause and effect to devour the mermaid's essence, the only way to fight them is for the cult leader himself to personally intervene.

This area is mostly open-air, so they didn't use any anti-repellent paint.

Lin Yan decisively opened the private chat in the matchmaking group.

Not having time to type, Lin Yan pressed the voice button and deliberately spoke in a sarcastic and irritating tone, which was quite infuriating.

[Lin Yan]: "Sister Haixiao! Something terrible has happened! Can you see my location?"

"A bunch of charlatans created a projection that looks exactly like you, and right now it's wearing a bikini, singing and dancing in front of 100,000 people, throwing you flirty glances and blowing kisses!"

"Oh, by the way, Chu Chu accidentally sold the original master tapes you recorded to them."

"They've created some kind of substitution array using the master tape, claiming it's something like exchanging the fake for the real, or summoning a true god or something, but I don't really understand it."

Lin Yan knew exactly how to provoke the mermaid.

"Sister Tsunami, if you don't come soon, your group name will have to be changed to 'Skimmed Little Mermaid' tomorrow!"

send.

Lin Yan received a reply quickly; she hadn't expected that Lin Yan would actually have time to reply.

[The Mermaid in the Sewers]: "I said, no, call me Sister Tsunami!!!"

……

"Chuchu, your true form shouldn't be here, right?" Lin Yan asked, as if he had just thought of something.

"Why are you suddenly asking this, brother? Of course, Chu Chu's true form isn't here..."

Chu Chu was speaking when she felt a series of tremors on the ground.

With a loud "boom," as if the earth were turning over, everyone felt as if something was about to burst out from underground!

The earth shook, and more than a dozen black water columns burst forth from the ground, so thick that it would take ten people to encircle them.

Each jet of water, carrying immense force, reached heights of hundreds of meters, piercing the night sky.

"Lin! Yan!!"

The person in question has arrived; their voice precedes their arrival.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The four officers didn't even have a chance to look up and see who was coming before their protective array shattered instantly.

Suddenly, the four men's knees buckled, as if a mountain had suddenly pressed down on them, and they were all forced to the ground.

Unfortunately, all four of them were kneeling, their spines were being supported there, and they soon couldn't bear the weight and broke in two at the waist.

Water vapor condenses in the sky.

Surrounded by more than a dozen towering water columns, the [Mermaid of the Sewers] finally revealed its true form, no longer just a face sculpted with water.

The fish's tail begins at the waist, its scales a deep blue. As the waistline rises, the skin becomes white with a hint of blue. A thin layer of fine scales extends from the hip bone to the chest, just enough to cover half of the curves, creating a hazy, alluring effect.

Her hair was dark blue, slightly wavy, with a few strands tucked into her collarbone.

Above that was the face Lin Yan had seen before—cold and aloof, with vertical pupils that looked at you as if you were looking behind you, exuding an innate arrogance.

At that moment, she was looking down at the fake on the stage.

"This piece of trash doesn't even deserve to use my face and sing my songs!"

The mermaid's voice was soft, yet the murderous intent within it sent chills down one's spine.

She gracefully raised a finger and gently pointed it toward the stage.

A stream of water shot through the air and instantly enveloped the fake mermaid.

Before Lin Yan could see clearly, the water flow contracted and twisted, turning into a water ball that floated in the air.

Blue streams of light were constantly being drawn into the water spheres around the stage. Lin Yan guessed that these were the original laws that the mermaid had previously had absorbed.

After a while, all the blue light around the stage was absorbed, the water ball flashed, flew back into the air, and disappeared into the mermaid's fingertips.

As the water balloon flew away, the holographic image of the fake mermaid on the stage also disappeared.

With the crisis resolved, Lin Yan was about to claim credit, but he hadn't even taken a step yet.

"Waaaaah..."

"Unforgivable! They actually killed Her Majesty the Queen!!"

"Die, you heretics!"

"That is our light!"

"For the Queen! Kill!"

All 100,000 paper figures stopped moving at that moment.

Their movements were perfectly synchronized as they turned around to look at the mermaid in mid-air.

Seeing that things were not going well, Lin Yan pulled out his gun and fired two shots at each of the four officers, one to the head and one to the heart.

Then he quickly climbed up from the stage lift.

Looking down from the stage, the place seemed to have transformed into a demonic realm.

The paper figures seemed to have been corrupted by something; their facial features were drooping like candle wax, black blood seeped from the corners of their eyes, and their mouths had even fallen down to their chins.

Not only that, Lin Yan also saw that the edges of those paper figures' bodies began to glow red.

As if some mode had been activated, the power of faith on their bodies was becoming viscous, gradually transforming into something familiar to Lin Yan.

Resentment, the resentment emanating from the grotesque.

Lin Yan realized what was happening to these paper figures.

These paper figures are actually low-level, whimsical creations born from the lonely fantasies of modern people.

Although the individuals are small, they are numerous and quite pure.

One hundred thousand die-hard fans watched helplessly as their idol was wiped out right before their eyes...

The resentment from their collapsed faith is transforming them into grotesque, ghost-like beings!

"Slay the monster that destroyed the Queen!"

It's unclear which piece of paper first let out that roar, but it instantly ignited the entire scene.

One hundred thousand paper figures surged toward the mermaid in mid-air, covering the sky!

Standing on the stage, Lin Yan was reminded of the awe he felt when he first watched a Hollywood blockbuster.

Because they couldn't reach the mermaid being lifted up by the water column in mid-air, the paper figures in the front row spontaneously piled up together.

Like ants, they stacked themselves on top of each other, stepping on the shoulders and heads of their companions, and built human ladders!

Those powers that originally only existed in the world of anime and manga have now been manifested in reality!

A knight figure climbed to the top of the human ladder, raised his greatsword, and with an aura of cutting through everything, slashed at the water column protecting the mermaid.

"For the glory of our King!"