Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

That was the gentle sound of flowing water.

Unlike ordinary rivers, its sound is clear and crisp, like jade beads rolling into a plate. Every time I hear it, it feels like a bucket of cold water has been poured over my head, which then invigorates me.

Every person and every stage of life is a tributary in a long river.

Following the course of the long river, the guardians tirelessly traverse the land.

Mayumi Haga was once one of those who followed the sounds. However, when that world was about to be destroyed, she could no longer hear anything.

However, if it's only used to find Megaranes who comes from the same world as oneself... perhaps it's possible to observe a faint tributary with the help of magic and the magical rules of this world.

Because, apart from the guardians who have made a pact with the world's consciousness, only wizards with stronger intuition can hear this unique sound of flowing water.

The magic and witchcraft of this world have some similarities. If you enhance your magic power and activate [Shrike], you might be able to hear it.

This method is actually not very reliable. It is not as efficient as tracking magic, and it also has a lot of uncertainty.

Yuga Mayumi drank another bottle of medicine and closed her eyes.

She hadn't heard the sound of that river for countless years. Whenever she closed her eyes and slowly lowered her consciousness, she could only perceive silence.

The Guardian Core, which once belonged to the River of Life and has now crystallized, is still no different from any other soul in the River of Life.

Because we share the same origin, we can perceive each other in this unfamiliar world through this method.

Mayumi Haga felt her vision sinking lower and lower, falling into the darkness below the ground, and then a dark purple stream of light particles appeared in front of her.

The stream stretched into the distance, and her gaze followed the flow of the water, instantly traversing the rain and buildings, passing through walls and pipes.

She finally "saw" a trace of Megrana. In this bright yet unfamiliar world, the dark waterway stood out so conspicuously.

Mayumi Haga's gaze traveled through the damp, dark corridor, ignoring the empty glass tank filled with water, before landing on the aquarium behind her.

Megrana seemed to sense something; she turned around, her gaze meeting the inexplicable stare emanating from the empty space.

Chapter 83 I Prefer You More Before

Megaran was very concerned about Mayumi Haga, the guardian who had suddenly entered their territory.

The aquatic race has a very long lifespan, even longer than the giants who have Titan blood.

For such a long-lived race, reproduction is a difficult thing.

Not to mention, the Shui people have a bloodthirsty tradition that is hard for ordinary people to accept. After mating, they will bite off a piece of flesh from their partner to assert their dominance.

Generally speaking, such rituals are performed by the more dominant party on the weaker party.

People of other races cannot withstand the ferocious aquatic creatures' devouring attack and most perish at this time.

As for aquatic creatures, they don't actually have much interest in continuing their bloodline.

Their lifespan is too long, and their personalities are selfish; they don't desperately want to have children to continue their bloodline like humans with short lifespans... To be honest, it's meaningless.

Of the three ancient races known for their longevity, the elves have long been extinct, the giants are few in number, and only the aquatic race, being far from human settlements, is still relatively well-preserved. However, judging from the current situation, their fertility has greatly declined, and they may not be far from extinction.

But this isn't a big problem for aquariums.

They knew they were descendants of ancient people, and if they didn't change, they would be swept away by the tides of history... just like the dragons of the past.

But they don't want to change.

Change means abandoning one's homeland, one's identity, and everything that can be abandoned, resolutely leading the entire race toward the unknown.

It's like the ancient Elven race, whose last bloodline fled to the Far East to live alongside humans. To this day, no elves exist; no one has the pointed ears of an elf, nor the exceptional perception of rivers that elves possess… Yet, many warriors in the Far East are renowned for their mastery of the bow.

Such a powerful race has now left only these few traces.

Aquatic creatures must also make their own changes in order to survive in this world.

The ferocious aquatic creatures of the swampy realm will become history, but perhaps in the future, a race with different characteristics and fish tails will emerge, living in other waters. That's enough.

But where to move to remained a dilemma for Megrana.

It was at this moment that a stranger broke into the territory.

"...Hello?" The stranger climbed up from the shore with a wooden nail still stuck in her face. Without blinking, she pulled out the nail that had pierced her chin and emerged from her cheek, then let it heal. Finally, she blinked her innocent golden eyes as a group of aquatic creatures watched.

To be honest, it's a bit disgusting that self-healing abilities have reached this level.

Megrana thought so.

She pushed aside the aquatic creatures in front of her and looked down at them: "Are you the Guardian?"

Those golden eyes, so different from ordinary people, coupled with their terrifying self-healing ability, definitely make them a guardian.

I just don't know why they came to the aquatic territory.

Megrana didn't care much about the Guardians' purpose. These little bees that traveled all over the world only appeared when the River gave instructions, and they were basically just doing their jobs, which was quite boring.

This time, however, the other party brought instructions from Changhe.

"This river will dry up completely within three years, and in fifty years, this place will become a fertile plain for human habitation," the guardian said. "You should prepare to move."

The other party will deliver Changhe's instructions but will not provide any other assistance; the aquatic creatures will still have to rely on themselves to migrate.

However, this little bee was the only human to have entered the swamp territory in the last thirty years. Mograine found it rather cute and began to have wicked thoughts.

She tugged at Mayumi Haga and asked, "It's said that guardians all have their own primal blessings, so what's your blessing? High-speed self-healing?"

Ask carefully before you eat it, to avoid any poison in the meat.

"[Self-Destruct]." Yuga Mayumi was very honest and gave the truth, "I don't usually use it, but it's very useful when my body is eaten by a giant beast."

She described how she used her arm, which had been swallowed by the enemy, to blow open the enemy's stomach.

"..." Megrana's smile was a little stiff.

Why is this person's blessing so strange?

Even if I were to eat a piece of her flesh to taste it, there's a risk of my stomach being blown open... It's really not worth it.

It's so awful that we can only look at it but not eat it.

Megrane had always longed for the taste of Mayumi Haga.

After all, this child looks really delicious.

Soft, fluffy black hair, beautiful golden eyes that look like glass, good-looking, and a crazy streak hidden beneath her innocent and well-behaved expression.

Who would use their face to catch such a deadly trap and float directly down the current?

Based on this rather contrasting first impression, Megarane began to approach Mayumi Haga.

She began trying to chat with this strange guardian.

The other person wasn't very talkative, but they were an extremely attentive listener. They listened patiently to whatever the topic was and offered their own insights.

Although he looks young, he has already traveled to many places and is very knowledgeable, knowing the customs and culture of most of the Alamo region like the back of his hand.

Megaran had a slight liking for Mayumi Haga and felt sorry that she couldn't have a bite.

It started as a joke, but I gradually wanted to keep the guardian of my journey with me, just like that.

But this is not possible.

Megarane understood that the Guardians would not stop for anyone, so she would not stop them.

This small, dark thought was amplified and distorted by the constant calamities, turning into this state.

If I could meet that person again, I wouldn't mind dying again; I had to satisfy my desires.

She waited and waited, and finally the day her wish came true arrived.

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Footsteps sounded behind Megrani.

Someone was running towards her, their boots pounding in the puddles, making a soft splashing sound.

She turned her head and saw the white-haired, golden-eyed guardian, as well as the scars on his face.

“What a pity,” Megaran found this cold and wary demeanor both novel and sexy. She licked her lips. “Although you look good now, I still prefer you when you were young and tender.”

Main text: Chapter 84 Midnight Killing Show

“You shouldn’t be here, Megrana.” The white-haired guardian stood under the pale light, her fair skin almost blending into her snow-white hair, her entire body a black and white, with only her sharp golden eyes and thin lips tinged with a hint of blood adding color.

When faced with her former friend, Mayumi Haga's first words were a rebuke.

Megrana's hair was deep blue, like the abyss surging beneath the surface of the sea. Her pupils were long and narrow, almost like the vertical pupils of a snake, and the whites of her eyes were now pitch black, with black cracks running along her eye sockets.

The plump aquatic creature, barely wrapped in a piece of cloth, turned around upon hearing this.

She looked even more vibrant than Mayumi Haga, with a rosy glow on her cheeks and lips so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

This woman could be described as "seductive," like a succubus from a bedtime story that sucks away a person's life force. Considering that the aquatic race also has another name, "water demon," it's not so surprising.

“Mayumi has grown old too.” The words left her mouth, but then she felt it wasn’t quite right. Megaran smiled and said, “No, should I say ‘grown up’? I still prefer the old you, you were so cute.”

Mayumi Haga frowned and warned in a deep voice, "Megrane."

"It's a wonder you still remember my name, Mayumi Haga. What's wrong with you? Such ugly and hideous scars... Don't tell me you can't get rid of them. It's disgusting to see the flesh I'm about to eat turned into such a wretched state." Megarane spoke softly as she spat out venom, slowly approaching Mayumi Haga, unarmed.

“It’s none of your business.” Mayumi Haga stared at the eyes that were getting closer and closer.

Both of them stood in the water that was up to their calves. In this quiet, deserted aquarium, the sound of water splashing up as Megranée moved around was particularly noticeable.

The aquarium was abandoned ten years ago due to the owner's bankruptcy, and later it was sealed off, apparently for reasons that are not convenient to disclose to outsiders.

Strangely, the facilities here seem to be well-maintained, with some equipment still functioning normally, while others have been flooded. Due to the low-lying terrain, almost all the rooms have standing water.

This must have been the former staff break room, with two rows of rusty lockers. Several of them had been forcibly torn open by Megragne, and the cloth used to wrap one's body... or rather, large pieces of towels, were found inside.

The core of the Orange Juice Monster was casually placed into an open locker by Megragne.

Floodwater, shredded iron pieces, and tables and chairs lying haphazardly... Yuga Mayumi and Megaran faced off amidst the chaos, the aquatic creature's face drawing ever closer, its purplish-red vertical pupils almost filling her entire field of vision.

The other person was half a head taller than Mayumi Haga, so when they got too close, Mayumi Haga had to tilt her head back slightly.

A cold, damp hand with long, sharp nails touched Mayumi Haga's cheek.

The other person very lightly brushed against the scar on Yuga Mayumi's face.

"You think these injuries would heal in the blink of an eye?" she scoffed. "What are you staying for? To remind yourself that you're a stray dog?"

Such injuries should be nothing to a guardian like Mayumi Haga, whose self-healing abilities are extraordinary.

But she left behind such ugly marks.

The Mayumi Haga that Megaran knew, the young guardian who had just embarked on her journey, was not so lifeless.

Mayumi Haga responded with silence.

Megrana's statement is actually correct.

Like the old wound below her left rib that always aches faintly on rainy days, these marks are proof that they have been clinging to her in the past.

While other injuries can heal quickly, whether it's a severed limb or a gouged eye, these gruesome marks are impossible to remove.

Those scars seemed to have grown into her soul, appearing within her core, gradually solidifying into a part of the guardian, Mayumi Haga.

“Utterly useless.” Seeing Mayumi Haga’s expression, Megarane understood and sneered, “You reek of a loser.”

Yuga Mayumi was not provoked. She continued to stare at the aquatic creature's vertical pupils, as if confronting a ferocious beast that was snorting defiantly, stalling for time and searching for an opening: "You talk too much."

Ten minutes left.

Mayumi Haga calculated the time.

The other party seemed fixated on reminiscing and had no intention of launching an attack for the time being, and the water poison that had already spread in Miracle City had not yet been triggered.

If he could just stall for another ten minutes, Terasaki Ayasa would be able to complete the reflection space barrier and drag Megaran into it.

Yuga Mayumi checked the positioning device again; when the time came, she could put the stone into Megarane's mouth.

“I’m standing right in front of you.” Megrané’s breath was damp and ambiguous, with a sticky, seductive lilt, “yet you seem to be thinking about other women… Tell me about them too?”

The lips were so close that it created the illusion that they were about to touch.

Mayumi Haga felt uncomfortable at this distance, pursing her lips: "..."

"You seem even less talkative now. Is it because the moment you open your mouth, that loser's embarrassment comes out?" Megaran mocked Mayumi Haga. "Or is it that nobody in this world likes you anymore?"

"..."

"Honestly... if I had known you would turn out like this, I should have just killed you back then and frozen you in your most beautiful moment." Megaran laughed, his fangs, which were faintly visible, were as sharp as daggers. "It's not too late now."

Mayumi Haga's eyes narrowed, and she was about to raise her hand when she heard Megarane's light warning: "Don't move."