Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 371 - 21: This Fishpond’s Cannon Fodder Is Contracted (Part 21)
Ren Yan screamed and cried all the way.
"This is illegal! Jiang Lai, you’re illegally imprisoning me! I’m going to call the police, I’m going to call the police!"
The security personnel ignored her struggle and directly threw her into the secret chamber where the mermaids were held.
The newly captured mermaids were all chained around their necks and were directly thrown into a pool of seawater, meaning they could move freely within the limited space.
When Ren Yan was first thrown in, the enclosed space was eerily silent, not a single mermaid in sight. Before her was only a pool emitting a green glow, with dozens of iron chains stretching from the chamber walls into the water.
She slowly got up, her breath becoming tense.
Through Little Buding’s camera, Jiang Lai watched Ren Yan’s every move, able to sense her tension and fear even across the screen.
Little Buding chuckled mischievously.
"Wasn’t she the one best acquainted with mermaids? What’s she afraid of now?"
"Haven’t you heard of ’a dragon is adored but not really wanted’?"
"Hey, are you sure there’s no problem? She’s the protagonist; she can’t be eaten by a mermaid."
Jiang Lai crossed one leg over the other, propping them on the table, leaned back, sighed wearily, and closed her eyes, no longer watching.
"She’s not going to die."
Little Buding continued to watch, feeling a bit nervous himself. It was amusing to see Ren Yan like this, but heaven forbid if things went awry, it would be unlucky.
Neither the male nor female lead can die.
If they were to die, it must be according to the plot.
At this moment, in the enclosed space, the chains on the pool suddenly shifted. With the rippling of water, one by one, the mermaids slowly surfaced.
Identical azure blue eyes, and unlike human pupils, each blink quickly covered by a white membrane, they stared at Ren Yan, their gaze like a pack of wolves eyeing prey.
Ren Yan’s skin crawled, unable to stop trembling all over.
She had been on the deck at that time, making the gestures taught to her by the Mermaid Clan, a special form of communication indicating she was one of them.
The mermaids who saw the gesture indeed did not attack her, but no one else on the ship escaped.
She watched in shock as the mermaids leaped onto the deck, swiftly and mercilessly dragging the people onboard into the sea. Everyone screamed, struggling in vain against the mermaids.
Red patches of blood quickly surfaced on the water, along with severed limbs, only to be taken by the surrounding sharks.
Ren Yan was petrified by the scene, witnessing for the first time the predatory nature of mermaids, wholly devoid of human traits, pure beasts, terrifyingly brutal, tearing humans apart as prey.
At that moment, Ren Yan’s convictions wavered.
The mermaids she knew were fragile and beautiful sea sprites trapped in glass tanks. Separated by glass, their faces were beautiful, eyes melancholic, their huge tails spreading out in the water like an exquisite painting.
Bearing no resemblance to the ferocious beasts before her.
Ren Yan was panic-stricken.
She never imagined the mermaids she had yearned for could be like this.
But as the mermaids surrounded her, Ren Yan, for her own sake, quickly gestured to show them the location of the base.
She saved her own life.
Yet now, Jiang Lai has tossed her back into the midst of mermaids.
These mermaids had just been defeated by humans, their fins severed, injected with toxins, weak and enraged, glaring at Ren Yan, wanting to tear her apart.
Ren Yan was terrified, desperately curling into a ball, hugging herself, trembling.
Suddenly, a mermaid leaped from the pool, mouth full of fangs, lunging to bite Ren Yan.
"Ah——!!"
A scream filled with gut-wrenching fear, and Little Buding shuddered, about to call Jiang Lai, only to see the lunging mermaid suddenly yanked back by great force, crashing harshly against the pool edge.
It was the chain around its neck preventing it from reaching Ren Yan.
Ren Yan screamed, clutching her head.
Realizing it couldn’t reach the human, the mermaid gave up and returned to the pool, most of its body submerging, leaving only its eyes staring intently at Ren Yan.
Little Buding disdainfully complained.
"Tsk, always saying she shares the same soul with mermaids, but now that she’s really with them she’s scared stiff, boring."
Thought she’d muster up the courage to greet her best friends.
Turns out what she liked were the harmless mermaids locked in glass tanks.
No wonder Jiang Lai, this is more painful for Ren Yan than killing her, unable to die, always in fear, yet still harboring a glimmer of hope and longing for the mermaids.
"Jiang Lai, what do we do now? You’ve caught so many mermaids yet don’t kill them, leaving them is a threat."
If even one mermaid escapes, the entire base is in danger.
But Jiang Lai did not reply. Another glance showed she had fallen asleep, hands clasped over her stomach, breathing steadily, a peaceful sleeping face, without a trace of worry.
Little Buding sighed.
Indeed, what’s there for Jiang Lai to worry about? She’s clever, and these mermaids, in her view, are about as intelligent as ordinary cats or dogs. The little mermaid locked alone is an example.
Not only won’t harm Jiang Lai now but would actively protect her if her life were in danger.
So the first thing Jiang Lai did upon waking was to check on the little mermaid.
He now has space to move independently, a large pool for activity, with a chain around his neck, and no other restraints.
Once Jiang Lai entered, the rest had to wait outside.
The door closed behind her, the little mermaid sat with his back to Jiang Lai by the poolside, his huge tail soaking in the water.
He seemed bored, his tail repeatedly slapping the surface, the splashing sounds echoing in his ears.
Jiang Lai stepped forward and first checked his physical condition.
The little mermaid still had his back to her, his porcelain white dorsal fin almost healed, his slightly thin back looking solitary and forlorn.
"What’s wrong? Not happy because I caught your fellow mermaids?"
The little mermaid still faced away, refusing to speak.
Jiang Lai went forward, sitting beside him, then took a candy from her pocket and offered it to him.
"I can explain."
The little mermaid didn’t react, so Jiang Lai kept her hand extended. After a while, a white, delicate hand slowly reached over and took the candy from her palm.
"I don’t believe you." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
The mermaid’s pronunciation was odd, hoarse, the tone off, but only Jiang Lai could understand what he was saying.
"If I don’t capture them, they will come to kill me, but if I do, I won’t kill them."
