Talulah, I'm still a child.

Before the little fox could replenish his strength, the group of sea creatures decisively pounced on him and pinned him down.

"Hey, don't push me! It's my tail!"

"Get out of my way! I was here first. Master let me touch you a couple of times!"

A group of sirens jostled and crowded around, successfully startling Mei Xue awake. Gatanothor, who hadn't even touched the tail yet, suddenly felt dizzy and couldn't help but cry.

Meanwhile, on Rhodes Island, Skadi, who had tried several times to connect with Mei Xue's dream world but failed, stared at the "You have been banned from accessing" message and fell into deep thought.

She was actually blocked in her own dream world?!

Chapter 187 Mei Xue is about to begin a new life

Rhodes Island is an organization dedicated to Oripathy research and also provides armed escort or protection. In general, Rhodes Island produces everything from medical drugs to military explosives, so Mei Xue can find almost everything the Sirens need here, including rare materials.

In fact, the little fox didn't even need to bring it up. Kal'tsit had also said that he only needed to provide supplies to Rhodes Island when necessary, because Mei Xue could provide considerable help simply by staying on Rhodes Island. During this period, there had been substantial breakthroughs in the research and development of new inhibitors.

"So all I have to do is do the same things as before?"

Looking at the materials in front of her, Mei Xue hugged her tail and looked at Kal'tsit. The latter nodded firmly. In fact, if she could, she wouldn't want Mei Xue to do these things either. After all... Mei Xue didn't have that kind of obligation. It was just that Rhodes Island needed them.

"Don't you need to join the battle?"

"It's not the right time yet. You haven't been trained, and the battlefield... well, you don't need to go there."

Kal'tsit thought for a moment, and if there was really any need for Mei Xue to go out and fight, either the little fox could use her cute face to kill the opponent, or she could use her unreasonable luck to summon a natural disaster to bury the opponent.

No, if they heard that someone wanted to harm Mei Xue, the Da Yan group and Surtur would probably be the first to grab their knives and chop the other side up.

"Yes, just let me know if you need anything~"

Mei Xue shook his fox ears and stuffed the various materials Kal'tsit had given him into his tail. Actually, helping him was no problem at all, because he just happened to need these materials. The Sirens were busy building their new home, and they would definitely have other needs later. In order to prevent his group of aquatic creatures from not being able to survive in Iberia, the little fox had given him so much red gold and pure Originium that it almost filled three warehouses.

"Thank you, Mei Xue."

Kal'tsit opened her arms and hugged Mei Xue, gently stroking her tail. Her feelings were complicated. The little fox sensed this and reached out to gently pat her back.

"Are you regretting it, Kal'tsit?"

"...Yes, I regret it."

He regretted bringing Mei Xue to the Tower of Babel back then, which led to Mei Xue's later misfortunes. He was originally a very lucky and happy little fox, just as Su Xue'er said, he didn't need to care about anything and could live a carefree life. No one who knew of his existence would harm him.

"Did I ever say I regretted it before?"

Mei Xue twitched her fox ears and affectionately nuzzled Kal'tsit's cheek. Now that no one was around, Kal'tsit no longer needed to force herself to wear that cold mask. In reality, she was a person with rich emotions, a fact that Mei Xue could not hide from her.

"No, you never said that."

"Then I won't regret it, and you don't need to have so much psychological burden."

With her beautiful tail swaying gently, Mei Xue's smile calmed Kal'tsit's thoughts. He gently put his arms around Kal'tsit's neck, stood on tiptoe, and gently kissed her forehead as a comforting gesture.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go see the doctor now."

"Yes, I'll come find you to have dinner together tonight. Remember to wait for me in the cafeteria."

Okay~

Mei Xue nodded, then turned and left with light steps. Yesterday, Amiya and Rosemary had taken him on a tour of Rhodes Island, and the little fox had memorized almost all the facilities here. But after he finished looking for the Doctor, he still needed to take a nap and deliver the materials to the Sirens through his dream.

At first, Mei Xue thought that the environment on Rhodes Island would be a bit difficult, but she didn't expect the place to be so big and the conditions to be so good. Moreover, he was surprisingly familiar with the place. In fact, he didn't even need Amiya and the others to lead the way. The little fox could even know the location of every room in the place perfectly, as if he had personally witnessed Rhodes Island being created.

"Manufacturing stations, trading posts, and power plants..."

Speaking of Rhodes Island's power plant, the sarcophagus we brought back was placed in Rhodes Island's power plant last night. The Doctor suspects that the thing originally came from Rhodes Island because there is a matching mounting base and all the necessary wiring in the central power generation area.

"The doctor's office, um, this is it."

Mei Xue quickly ate the apple from her mouth, wiped her mouth, and then knocked on the door. After waiting for a while without any response, the little fox raised her eyebrows in exasperation.

"PRTS, open this door."

As the words fell, the door in front of Mei Xue opened automatically. As one of the most important members of the Tower of Babel and now the mascot of Rhodes Island, Mei Xue has the same authority as the Doctor and Kal'tsit, and the artificial intelligence PRTS will also obey his commands.

The office was very clean, and all the documents were neatly stacked to the side. Mei Xue immediately noticed that the PhD student was wearing headphones and sitting in a chair, obviously playing games.

"Doctor, you're playing games again. Kal'tsit will definitely scold you if she finds out."

Mei Xue climbed onto the table and peered at the Doctor's communicator screen, discovering that she was playing "Little Fox Battle" by Kroos, a gacha game featuring Mei Xue as the main character. It was currently in closed beta, and the Doctor was trying to draw the limited-edition swimsuit fox from the closed beta.

"Ah, Mei Xue A Meng, you're here! Come help me draw cards."

The doctor took off one of her earphones and put it on Mei Xue, then reached out and hugged the little fox in her arms, rubbing it gently. Her movements were so smooth that people wondered if she had really lost her memory.

"You still have a lot of work to finish, Doctor. You can't rest yet."

While mimicking Amiya's line that made the Doctor feel uncomfortable, Mei Xue took the communicator and used a five-pull gacha to draw all five outfits for her: swimsuit Mei Xue, maid outfit Mei Xue, cheongsam Mei Xue, and pajama Mei Xue.

"Don't say things like Amiya that make people feel uncomfortable."

The doctor subconsciously shivered. Mei Xue's words were quite damaging to her. However, the little fox's amazing luck was still something to be happy about, since gacha pulls were really useful.

"Look at these, it took me two hours to finish processing them, it's normal to take a break, right? So let me pet your tail~"

"Ugh~ Doctor, don't suddenly touch me like that!"

Mei Xue instinctively tried to jump out of the doctor's arms, but she held on too tightly and the little fox struggled in vain. This scene would become a common occurrence in the office from then on.

On the other side of Iberia, on a small island in the far sea off Granfalo, Jody had only one thought: get home as soon as possible.

It wasn't that he had lost interest in the Iberian lighthouse, but rather that the topics the Sirens were discussing had made him realize that these creatures were not human, nor were they as delicate as they appeared.

So what are the Siren Lolis talking about now?

A: How to conquer Iberia.

"I suggest we play it safe and develop our strength for a while. Although we can launch a strong attack, our sisters will inevitably suffer losses. We only have three hundred men."

"Number 92 is right. Besides, we have neither weapons nor logistics right now. Compared to occupying Iberia, we should prioritize development. By the way, why should we fight Iberia?"

Siren No. 54 scratched her head. She didn't remember when this country had any enmity with this place, and it had nothing to do with Mei Xue.

"Because Mei Xue said she would come to Iberia to find us, we can't just leave Master to fish for sea creatures on this island, can we?"

"We can also build sandcastles together!"

"Yeah, I can also teach Meixue to swim, but I don't have a swimsuit, so I don't have to wear one...hehehe..."

"Don't generate electricity here."

Amaya grabbed Number 99 by the collar and threw her out the window. However, this suggestion did indeed tempt the group of Siren lolis who coveted Mei Xue. After all, well, these sirens were all Mei Xue fans.

They had researched this themselves, and it was possible that the evolutionary factor came from Mei Xue. Therefore, the key to the Siren's evolution from Hai Si was recognizing Mei Xue and using him as a template to change themselves. So, the little fox was the best ideal type in the minds of all the Siren, in other words, the best... marriage partner.

"That's true, but we're not strong right now, and we can't stay on land for more than three days. We can't afford to suffer any losses, and our master doesn't want to see any conflict."

Although any member of the Sirens could easily shatter the island beneath their feet into rubble, they also shared Mei Xue's love of life, only being slightly restless and always fond of causing trouble.

"Should we rent a beach then? I'm really looking forward to sunbathing with my owner, and having him scrub my face..."

"You get out too!"

So another siren was mercilessly thrown into the sea by Amaya. She rubbed her temples helplessly, thinking that if these guys were like this now, they would probably put their theories into practice and skip all the dating phase and just be forceful when they actually met Mei Xue.

"Amaya, don't you want to do those things?"

Gatanothor, holding the apple Mei Xue had given her, looked at Amaya curiously. As the earliest evolved Sirens, it was impossible for her not to have those kinds of thoughts about Mei Xue.

“I do want to, but Gatanothor, think about it, what are our goals in life?”

"Marry Mei Xue!"

"...What about the second objective?"

"Hmm...to have a child with my master!"

"You get out too!"

So Gatanothor was also thrown out by Amaya, and the remaining girls all chose to run away, their thoughts were all similar, leaving only Jody alone in the living room.

Amaya took a bite of Gatanothor's apple and looked at Jody. Clearly, even with what he had experienced recently, the topics the Sirens talked about every day were still quite terrifying to him.

"Jordi, you should go back tonight. The Iberian Tribunal will send people over in a while. You can tell them everything that happened here. Oh, and the remains of those who died in battle."

After all, he was just a talented person. It was completely accidental that Jody was involved. With this information, he would at most be interrogated by the Inquisition, and there would be no danger to him. Otherwise, the Inquisition would not have let him go back during the Great Quiet.

"Those ones?"

"Yes, those are the remains of the Iberians who landed on this island several times but died here. I don't know what this lighthouse meant to them, but it's ours now."

Although it was somewhat unethical, Amaya had no intention of reasoning with the Iberians. The court could come after them; at worst, they could fight and then move the land away.

"Oh, right, I need to punch you twice before I go back, otherwise people will suspect you if you go back unharmed."

"...Can I choose to do it myself?"

Recalling how Amaya had single-handedly thrown Gatanothor, that heavy little girl, into the sea, Jody felt that for the sake of his own life, he would rather roll down the stairs.

"Of course, you can go back and pack your things first."

Amaya picked up a book from the table, apple in her mouth, and began to read it carefully. Of course, she had her share of wicked thoughts, such as playing in the bathtub with the little fox, and... No, no, if she thought about it any further, she would have to deal with it herself.

The main reason is that, as the eldest of the Sirens, she needs to focus on the entire clan. The current Sirens can't help Mei Xue much. They need to develop and expand. The strength of the Sirens limits the size of the clan. Amaya estimates that the number of Sirens will be limited to about a thousand, which means they can't follow the same path of quantity as Hai Si.

"I remember there seems to be an Iberian warship around here?"

Amaya suddenly remembered that during the Great Tranquility, Agor's most powerful golden fleet lost contact, but the Sea Heirs knew very well where the fleet's ships had sunk and that their flagship was still floating on the sea.

The flagship and the lighthouse were designed by Obregan, a brilliant scientist from the deep-sea nation of Agor. There are probably many things on that ship that can be of help, and the scientific equipment should still be usable.

"Amaya, amaya! Our master has been sending us more stuff from over there. Besides several truckloads of rare materials, there's something really strange. Our master said it's... to solve our power supply problem?"

"what is that?"

"I don't know, but it looks a lot like what the land dwellers call... uh, a coffin?"

Number 78 wasn't entirely sure either, since the Sirens' knowledge of the land was limited to Iberia and those books, but Mei Xue's gifts were definitely of high quality.

Meanwhile, the little fox on Rhodes Island yawned, got up from the sofa in the Doctor's office, and headed to the cafeteria for food. He remembered that Kal'tsit was going to treat him to a meal.

Since Amaya had mentioned the Sirens' power supply problem before, Mei Xue simply gave them a replica of a sarcophagus. He wasn't worried that the Sirens would do anything bad, since they seemed to be the kind of people who were very well-behaved.

The little fox stretched its stiff limbs and jumped to the ground, yawned, took out an apple and put it in its mouth, wagged its tail and left the doctor's office. It didn't even need to look at the road to know which direction to go, as if it had walked this path countless times before.

Good afternoon, Warfarin!