Chapter 197(1/2)
First hearing about Penglai
Before landing on the island, the passengers on the boat had already discovered the mermaids gathered on the edge of the island, singing under the moonlight.
Just like in the legend, from a distance they are all female, with a fish tail, a human body, long hair as thick as seaweed, and delicate facial features.
The upper body without any clothing was whiter and smoother than the finest porcelain. The slender white waist suddenly turned into a huge fish tail under the navel.
Silver, gold, blue, red, cyan. The seven or eight mermaids have different colors.
The same thing is that under the moonlight, the fish tails of various colors shine like bright gems, which is so beautiful that it is dizzying.
“It’s so beautiful!”
"Beautiful songs make people even more beautiful!"
"The scales of this mermaid must be very valuable!"
The hundred or so passengers on board were already immersed in the singing, and they were all dazzled.
In addition to their increasingly strong appetite, their almost crazy greed also made them leave all their past caution and caution behind.
Driven by the sea boat, a group of mermaids fled into a small bay on the edge of the island behind them.
The water here is extremely shallow, extending from the sea to the dark land, forming a pocket shape overall.
After the ship everyone was riding stopped, it happened to block the entrance to this "pocket", leaving those mermaids with no way to escape.
Plop! Plop!
Without the need for anyone else to direct them, the passengers on the ship pulled out the necessary swords, daggers, and even ferocious steel crossbows.
They scrambled to jump into the bay, fearing that they would be left behind. They half ran, half swam, and rushed up with strange screams.
"Quick, quick, quick! Don't let them run away!"
"I want to live forever, and I want to be rich!"
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Most Yanhan people are thorough pragmatists and adhere to extremely simple beliefs and concepts.
When the gods come, I worship the gods. When the Buddha comes, I worship the Buddha. As long as it is beneficial, I will worship you. I don’t care where you come from.
In everyone's eyes, faith is essentially a mutually beneficial transaction.
If one day the status of gods is completely measured by faith, then the God of Wealth must be the well-deserved God King of Yanhan!
Therefore, unlike when the ship boss first promoted [Eel Jun], no one paid any attention to it. This time, their subjective initiative has been mobilized 200%.
At this time, no matter who dares to stand in front of them, they may only be hit with a knife in the head!
However, when everyone broke through a layer of inexplicable mist and saw the scene on the shore clearly, they couldn't help being collectively stunned.
The mermaids did not run away, but were dancing on the shore on an ancient altar half submerged in the water.
Boom, boom, boom.
Accompanied by the beat of tambourines, seven or eight mermaids kept singing and were dancing a very weird Nuo dance around the altar.
Even though these mermaids are extremely beautiful, the dance movements of this Nuo dance are crazy and have no sense of beauty, making people feel like a group of dying insects.
At this time, the hundred or ten passengers couldn't care about that much.
They feel that they will starve to death if they don't eat. How can they care about the fact that the mermaid looks exactly like a human except for a tail?
"shoot!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Someone shouted, and a dozen crossbow arrows were fired from the crowd at once, rushing towards the group of mermaids like lightning.
In this world, there are successive warlocks, and the metallurgical technology is very advanced. They have long mastered the refining method of spring steel and invented a big killing weapon like the steel crossbow.
It also turned the crossbow into an all-weather and all-terrain convenient weapon, completely getting rid of the dilemma of crossbows made of wood and animal tendon, which lost their power once they reached the sea.
There were no surprises.
After just two rounds of arrows, the seven or eight mermaids fell into a pool of blood.
"Eat! I want to eat!"
The traveling businessman rushed to the front, grabbed a mermaid's snow-white arm that was like gelatin, and bit it fiercely.
Others are not too far behind.
At this moment, the fishy smell in their senses was simply sweeter than any delicacies from the mountains and seas.
All of them looked like hair, drank blood, and were dripping with blood after eating.
Compared with these half-human, half-fish mermaids, it seems that they are the real beasts!
"From the moment they heard the singing, they have been 'bewitched' and cannot be saved."
Wang Yuan had a [Move Mountains and Change Scenery Talisman] affixed to his body, completely covering up his figure with the scenery elsewhere, and followed the others to the island.
When the song rang in his ears, Wang Yuan's [Jie Qi] suddenly fluctuated, and he immediately understood that he could never escape what was coming.
Even before he arrived at Akao Island, he was already very "lucky" to run into that weird incident.
In his vision [with cyanotic eyes], the mermaids being devoured by the passengers were not the most beautiful beauties.
A long tail like an eel, without any scales at all, but filled with thick, smelly mucus, and with dorsal fins like spikes.
The beauty's upper body is even more exaggerated.
The whole body is covered with dark green skin, only the belly is milky white, and the head resembles some kind of deep-sea fish, with only a little trace of a human being.
The two eyeballs are as high as dead fish, and on both sides of the neck, there are still slightly trembling gills.
It is clearly [Strange] that has completely alienated the fallen demon!
When these "mermaids" fell down, they also revealed the altar that had been surrounded by them, as well as the strange statue of the god that was half submerged in the water on the altar.
The whole statue looks like a snake ball.
If you look closely, you will find that it is actually behind a huge eel head, dragging dozens or hundreds of things that look like both eel bodies and human intestines.
The name of the god is written at the foot of the statue, which is exactly what the boat boss and the others believe in - Mr. Eel!
Not only Wang Yuan, but also the passengers who were gradually "fed and drunk" soon discovered this statue.
But just after taking a look, I suddenly felt a numbness in my scalp, and even my heart slowed down by half a beat.
There seemed to be a rustling sound in my ears that was getting louder and closer.
Then something tangible, insubstantial, and sticky crawled into their brains little by little, following everyone's gaze.
"Well!"
The next moment, they strangled their necks one by one, their muscles and bones twisted, their legs merged, and they turned into the "mermaids" they had just eaten!
Everyone is a great beauty who captivates the country.
This is simply more terrifying than the ugly inside.
Of course, to be more precise, it should be the lower-level weirdness contaminated by [Eel Jun].
After a while, there was no longer a human being in the bloody bay.
The only exceptions are those boatmen with dead fish eyes, and Wang Yuan, who ate raw fish in advance and was not affected by the [strange].
Staring at the hundreds of mermaids who were singing again, he couldn't help but tighten the [Macartite Conch] in his hand.
[Weird: Mermaid]
[Taboo: Using singing as a medium to inflict the contamination of the superior weirdo Mr. Eel.
When people hear the singing, they will be tricked, their temperament will change, and they will gradually become full of desire for fish, especially mermaid meat.
Only if you eat raw fish in time will you be exempted.
Mermaid meat is a very strong source of pollution and contains the Taoist knowledge of Lord Eel. There is no way for mortals to save it after eating it.】
This [Monster] can be called an artifact when facing strange things, and its value is definitely not inferior to the [Mace·Morality] obtained after killing the [Defender].
Even after the transformation, the effect has not improved much. Only the taboo of "eat the old master and defect to the new master" has been deleted.
It has become: If the conditions for sacrifice are not met, the conch will refuse to continue serving.
Its biggest advantage is that you don't need to subdue the opponent, and you can rely on it to find a chance of survival even if you are absolutely weak.
“The whole idea of ‘eating mermaid meat can lead to immortality’ is fishy in itself.
Just think about it and you will understand that if you are a person who can live forever by eating mermaid meat, how can you be so kind and tell others such a huge secret?
For this legend, countless people rush to the sea every year, but they don’t know that they are actually the mermaid who is being searched for.”
Wang Yuan shook his head, and instead of rushing to kill the demon, he moved quietly and came to the side of the ship boss and a group of ship workers.
"Hey, if you eat mermaid meat, you can turn into new mermaids. This means that your descendants will have endless shortages.
In the future, you will naturally enjoy eternal life in the belly of [Eel Lord].
[Eel Lord] bless you and may you have endless life and blessings!”
To be continued...