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Just as Qin Jing was thinking this, a commotion arose from the side.

"A male trying to sneak in! You sea creature, in heat for everything all year round!"

Amidst screams and groans, a dolphin's long beak was broken by a mother rhinoceros's punch, and then she grabbed its tail and slammed it to the ground, while the surrounding female gorillas, hippos, and tigers cheered.

The ground at the entrance was covered in blood; it looked like a slaughterhouse.

Seeing this, Qin Jing trembled slightly, thinking, 'If I'm exposed now, will I be bitten to death on the spot...?'

Fortunately, Youyou is currently blocking the view of the other monsters, so they haven't been exposed.

Facing this critical juncture of life and death.

"It seems there's no other way..." Qin Jing sighed, remembering the ability she had obtained from Su Jiu.

"Youyou, please sit like this and don't move," Qin Jing instructed.

"Oh!" Although Youyou didn't understand what it meant, she readily agreed since it was Xiaojing's request.

Although he didn't know which bastard monster was trying to trick him, the thought of a mastermind laughing sinisterly behind the scenes made Qin Jing's teeth itch with hatred. However, since the guy had provoked him, he absolutely couldn't let him succeed.

Qin Jing silently chanted "tail, tail," concentrating his mind as he called out, and a little fox tail grew out from behind him.

The power of the tail he obtained from Su Jiu is 'body transformation'.

This is the so-called 'transformation' ability, which allows him to change from a male to a female. He thought it was a useless ability, but now it has unexpectedly come in handy, and it is a life-saving means.

The little reddish-yellow tail flicked gently, emitting a pale golden glow, and a brand new Xiao Jing appeared on the recliner.

His black hair grew longer, and two tufts of hair protruded from his forehead, resembling long, pointed animal ears. His body also underwent subtle adjustments, though they were not obvious.

"Alright, Youyou." A gentler voice came from her mouth than before.

"Oh... Xiao Jing, why is your hair so long? And your chest seems to have gotten bigger too." Youyou stretched out her two little hands and touched the person in front of her up and down, looking at Qin Jing after her transformation, and asked in confusion.

"It's a long story, but in short, this is the ability that Su Jiu gave me." Qin Jing lifted the fox tail behind her, which seemed to have grown a bit larger, and said with a wry smile.

"Oh, here's Su Jiufen's tail for you! It's all fluffy." Youyou excitedly grabbed Qin Jing's fox tail and stroked it.

"Ah! Youyou, don't touch me!" came an irresistible scream.

Qin Jing, whose tail was being grabbed, shuddered and trembled uncontrollably.

"Let go... Yuuyu." Even her tail has become more sensitive since she transformed. What a useless tail, now it's even become her weakness.

"Mmm..." Youyou reluctantly put down the fluffy fox tail.

"Oh, right! Xiaojing, let's go take a bath together! A snow bath is really comfortable!" Youyou pulled Qin Jing and walked towards the door marked "Iceberg Area".

"No, no, I'd freeze to death if I went to a place like that. Let's meet outside the bathhouse. Whoever finishes first, wait at the door and don't wander off. Afterwards, I'll take you to my house."

"Okay! See you later." Youyou waved happily and ran into the ice rink in the room, where there were snow fairies, penguins, and polar bears.

"Then I'll go outside and wait... Waaaaaah..."

As soon as Qin Jing turned around, she saw a large herd of animals rushing over to take a bath. Bison, bears, and elephants were completely caught up in the water and plunged into the pool.

"Hurry! Hurry! Let's get a good spot!"

"Plop..." When Qin Jing swam out of the pool, she found herself swept to the side of the pool, about a hundred meters away from the exit. Not far ahead, there were crocodiles swimming around, their green vertical pupils scanning her.

Qin Jing quickly retreated to the edge of the pool and sat down.

A tigress, a rhinoceros, a hippopotamus, and a crocodile with its mouth wide open; from time to time, long catfish, loaches, and eels swim past between your feet.

This place is basically a zoo, and what's worse, I'm one of the animals here.

Seeing the crocodile swim away, Qin Jing quickly stood up and walked towards the shallow water where she could get ashore. Qin Jing found that not many monsters paid any attention to her.

After all, this is a monster world where the aesthetics of monsters are the standard. Just as he wouldn't give a second glance to a tiger or a hippopotamus taking a bath, no monster would pay attention to a strange monster that has taken human form.

"So... even if I don't transform, they won't notice," Qin Jing thought to herself.

Qin Jing looked down at the reflection of the person in the pool. Apart from the hair being a bit longer and the strange hairstyle that made it look like a pair of fox ears, there wasn't much change. The only difference was that the eyebrows and eyes looked a bit more delicate. If you didn't look closely, you really couldn't see much change.

"Let's go back now while no one's around." Qin Jing stood up, no longer afraid that her transformation would be exposed and attract the attention of monsters. Even if they saw her, they would only think that her chest was rather modestly developed, and that was all.

Qin Jing ignored the female monsters around her who had revealed their true forms, and walked forward with a fearless spirit, letting the water splashing from the wild beasts splashing her face from time to time. She simply picked up a bath towel to cover her lower body and prepared to walk out of the pool and onto the shore.

Until he accidentally tripped over something slippery, and his bath towel fell into the water.

"Ah..." Qin Jing froze.

He noticed a blue-haired girl with half her face sticking out of the pool right in front of him, staring at his lower body in astonishment.

Following the girl's astonished gaze, Qin Jing discovered that her lower body had somehow reverted to its original state, and the tail behind her had disappeared.

Qin Jing silently picked up the bath towel, tied it back on, and calmly said to the girl with tousled hair, "Um... I'm actually from the hyena tribe."

The girl with tousled hair nodded blankly.

But then the fox's tail popped out again, and even though it was wet, it looked completely different from the hyena's long, thin tail.

"Waaaaah... Ahhh!"

The blue-haired girl let out a dolphin-like scream and leaped out of the pool, creating a huge wave that surged upwards, splashing water into the sky like a shower of flowers from a celestial maiden. The girl's upper body was human, but her lower body was that of a fish.

Only then did Qin Jing realize that what had tripped her up earlier was the girl's long, sapphire-colored fish tail. It looked smooth and had a gem-like color. There were only a few gem-like scales on the tail. The girl was flipping her body in the air, as if she were dancing.

The curve of that long tail was a perfect arc he had never seen before. And the girl's beauty was magnified infinitely in this zoo where beasts roamed freely. Reflecting the light in the air, it shimmered with dazzling colors.

The large tail covered in jeweled scales was magnified in Qin Jing's vision... she could clearly see the colorful jeweled scales reflecting the light.

Then... Qin Jing was sent flying. Although he raised his hand to block it, it was all in vain.

"Xiao Jing! Xiao Jing!"

The moment she was sent flying, Qin Jing was so shocked by the shockwave that her vision went black, she vaguely heard some sounds, and then she knew nothing more.

Section 76, Chapter 11: The Mermaid is a Literary Girl

The bright blue of the day, bathed in sunlight, has now turned orange-yellow; time always waits for no one.

When Qin Jing woke up again, she found herself lying on a large white bed. Judging from the surrounding furnishings, this should still be the infirmary.

The situation gradually came back to mind. It seemed that due to the body's instinctive reaction to danger, the tail transformed the moment it was hit. The transformed body did not seem to be just a change of gender.

Much more resilient than usual, Qin Jing sat up in bed and found that she didn't feel any pain in her head.

Judging from the force of the impact, my head should at least be a giant pig's head if it wasn't smashed open like a watermelon.

"Oh, you're awake. How are you feeling? Do you remember how you got here?" A bird-headed monster in a white coat approached and said. Judging from the voice, she was a gentle woman with a black bird's head and a human body, and two red spots above her eyes that resembled eyebrows.

The speaker was Bian Que, the doctor in the health clinic here. She was a bird-like monster who had lived for a very long time. She was mentioned in the Book of Monsters and Strange Things. She was a legendary bird that could cure all diseases and bring the dead back to life. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, there were people who practiced medicine and helped people with their lives under this name. She was recorded in the history books and was regarded as a legendary doctor.

"Speaking of which, before I was knocked unconscious by the impact, I think I heard a soft voice... Ah, was it this child who brought me here?" Qin Jing looked down and saw that the white-haired little girl was sleeping by his bedside.

"Hmm, your memory is clear, and your reactions aren't slow. It seems there's nothing wrong with you. I saw your head was cracked open and covered in blood, with your brains spilling out. You were wrapped in a large bath towel and carried here by a girl."

"You really gave me a fright! Luckily you were brought here in time, otherwise even if your injuries were healed, your memory might have been damaged, and you might have even developed amnesia," Bian Que said.

"Thank you, Dr. Bian Que." Qin Jing chuckled dryly, quickly touching her head to make sure it was unharmed. She was very relieved, thinking, 'So the doctors here can even heal a split head in no time!'

“Since there’s no problem, you can go back now. I’ve notified your homeroom teacher; he’s already found your clothes and put them on your bedside table. I have to go out for a bit. Please take your clothes and go back.” Bian Que said before leaving.

"Thank you so much, doctor." Qin Jing nodded in thanks. He was still wondering how to get back. Now his clothes, keys, and student ID were all back.

"Xiao Jing! You're awake." Youyou jumped up after waking up and hugged Qin Jing.

"Ah, thank you for bringing me here, Youyou." Qin Jing patted the girl's head to express her gratitude.

"Did I help Xiaojing?" Youyou asked, her big, icy blue eyes wide open.

"Yes, it really helped a lot," Qin Jing said with a smile.

"Really?" Youyou smiled proudly.

"Is it okay if we go to my house together now?" Qin Jing asked.

"It's okay, I've already told the teacher that I need to take care of Xiaojing!" Youyou said with a smile.

After leaving the infirmary, Qin Jing noticed that the sun was almost setting. She returned the towel to the public bathhouse and then walked towards the dormitory with Youyou.

Qin Jing thought to herself, 'Although the matter is over for now, which bastard monster brought me to the bathhouse? Was it one of the three tigers' accomplices? Or was there someone else behind it all?'

Not far behind them, a sinister-looking man with long black hair was scribbling something in a notebook, muttering to himself, "No particular reaction, or is he just too young?"

Unaware of this, the boy and girl walked towards the dormitory, when the boy's stomach growled with hunger.

"Speaking of which, I didn't eat lunch..." Qin Jing covered her face in frustration. She had thought that school life would go more smoothly, but she found herself feeling dizzy and lightheaded all day.

"Xiao Jing? What's wrong? Does your head hurt?" Youyou floated up and patted the boy's head to comfort him.

"No, I'm hungry, let's go back quickly," Qin Jing said to the girl with a smile.

"I want to eat something sweet," Youyou said.

"Sure, whatever you want to eat today, I'll buy it for you," Qin Jing replied with a smile.

"Then I want something cold, like Häagen-Dazs!" Youyou shouted, raising her hand.

They returned to their dormitory chatting and laughing. That night, Youyou ate ice cream as her meal, eating more than ten boxes.

............

The next day, when Qin Jing arrived at the classroom, she looked at the blue-haired girl sitting next to her and felt that she looked very familiar.

According to Dr. Bian Que, he was carried over by Youyou and a girl.

Youyou described her as a girl with blue hair, which is pretty much the right word.

This is the mermaid girl who sent herself flying yesterday.

This is a kind of monster that is born with a half-human, half-fish form. In the Tales of Strange Monsters, it is described in three ways: one is the 'fish-man' with a fish head and a human body, one is the 'human-headed fish' with a human head and a fish body, and the last one is the 'mermaid' with a human upper body and a fish lower body.

In Eastern legends, it is like the flesh of Tang Sanzang, which can grant immortality when eaten, and there is a story of eight hundred nuns.

In the West, they are depicted as sea nymphs, with legends of them using their songs to lure sailors into the water. There are also stories of mermaids being descendants of the sea god, who once saved a prince of a certain kingdom before turning into sea foam.

Looking at the blue-haired girl, Qin Jing recalled the fair-skinned sight she had seen yesterday. It seemed to be the third type of mermaid, and not the kind of sea monster that could bewitch people. The girl was quiet and reserved, always engrossed in reading in class. Qin Jing felt a surge of admiration for her love of reading, and even the resentment she felt from being slapped on the tail yesterday dissipated considerably.

The blue-haired girl was reading silently, and when she came across something interesting, a slight smile appeared on her lips.

Qin Jing looked closely and saw four large characters written on the cover of the book in her hand—No Longer Human…

"Eh... Dazai!"

What's going on? This mermaid was reading No Longer Human, and she laughed? And she laughed so sweetly?

What are they laughing at? Is it at the protagonist's youthful depravity? Or at his imprisonment? Or at the fact that his only hope, his only trusted wife, was defiled?

The mermaid girl's smile wasn't the kind of tearful joy that so-called lonely, masked misfits feel when they see this book; rather, it was an evil, dark smile, as if she were mocking the characters in the book.

Osamu Dazai, born in the 00th century, was a representative figure of the Buraiha school of novels. He wrote a biography of Lu Xun called "Farewell". Most of his novels have autobiographical elements, and he was a very sensitive and pessimistic person who attempted suicide multiple times.

The characters he created are mostly down-on-their-luck losers, people who are out of step with reality and have been eliminated by society.

Because his works are mostly autobiographical and depict events that people around him could see, they were easily accepted and resonated with by his generation. Therefore, he quickly became a nationally renowned and influential writer after his debut.

Finally, he died in the Human Disqualification Act, leaving behind the words, "I'm sorry for being born." Then he committed suicide with his female fan.

Suicide was actually quite common among writers of that era. Maupassant slit his throat, Hemingway used a gun, Akutagawa took poison, Mishima committed seppuku, and Kawabata swallowed gas. There were many reasons for their deaths.

Perhaps only Dazai Osamu's writing and life are so similar, which is why his death is so legendary.

'To laugh like that while looking at a work like this, you're quite twisted, aren't you, young lady?' Qin Jing thought to herself.

Section 77, Chapter 12: The Lonely Mermaid Girl

But perhaps that's what mermaids are like. Lonely, stubborn, kind, unable to bear solitude, yet afraid of contact on the open sea, yearning to be loved, yet afraid to love—a very awkward existence.

The story of the Little Mermaid is mentioned in the Book of Yokai and Strange Tales.

It is said that the Danish writer was born in a poor neighborhood in the early 19th century. His father was a sickly shoemaker, and his mother was a washerwoman. His father died when he was a child, and like the ugly duckling, he endured many hardships before finally publishing a popular work at the age of 25, thus escaping poverty. He then began a life of traveling around the world while creating, until his death.

A writer with a certain conviction in his heart is a being favored by monsters. During his travels, he has seen and heard many incredible stories and legends, and adapted them into fairy tales with his own writing, including The Little Mermaid.

In Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, the Little Mermaid never told the prince that she was the one who saved him. She simply endured the excruciating pain of not moving an inch and danced before her beloved.

In the end, she watched helplessly as her beloved prince married the woman who was impersonating her. Even though she would die because of it, she was unwilling to hurt the prince and eventually turned into sea foam.

Even other records in the Book of Monsters and Strange Things portray mermaids as a race that is devoted to love, stubborn, and never listens to advice.