A sharp pain came from his fingers, and An Jin subconsciously retracted his hand and jerked his eyes open. The pain behind his head made him frown subconsciously.

“Eh, he’s awake!” The doctor shouted in surprise and excitement.

An Jin’s head was a bit confused. Hadn’t he been killed by a zombie? He looked at the owner of the voice, a man in white with a happy-looking expression on his face, and leaned over after meeting his eyes.

An Jin saw the silver needles flashing in his hands and his pupils and fingers shrank at the same time. He hurriedly moved back, trying to pull away. However, his feet were not controlled, and instead of moving back, they lifted upwards. He froze and looked at his feet, and was surprised to find that his feet were not feet anymore, but a blue fish tail!

The fish tail lifted up and the transparent fins at the end of the tail unfolded like a fan. There was water sliding down from it, and the blue fish scales reflected the light. Beautiful… An Jin was stunned.

“Slap…” he froze, as the fish tail unloaded and fell into the water, stirring up the water, and drenching him.

The doctor next to him likewise didn’t escape the water and was dripping wet. He thought the little mermaid had lost his temper and hastily stopped approaching. He stepped back a little, hiding the silver needle, and held up his hands in a show of weakness.

“Don’t be angry,” he coaxed. “Do you want something to eat?”

An Jin looked at the doctor, his heart beating wildly. He actually did not understand the doctor’s words at all, and the pronunciation was very strange.

After the apocalypse, the international channels collapsed. He had only seen foreigners in his first year, and those people spoke English, while this man’s words were obviously not English. He hesitated for a moment, not venturing to speak, and not understanding why the doctor was holding up his hands and backing away, but it made him less nervous.

He blinked and the droplets of water staining his eyelashes slid down to the ends of his eyes, tickling them. He raised his hand to wipe it off, and only when it touched the end of his eye did he stop moving and stiffly move his hand to his eyes.

His hands were white and slender, but the nails were very long—more than three centimeters. The edges of the nails were silvery, and at first glance, very sharp, with transparent webbing between them.

An Jin froze for a moment, took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions and looked warily at the man in white. “What is this place?”

After saying that, he froze again, his scalp tingling. This was not his voice at all. This voice was soft, like a ball of cotton. His Mandarin was always very good, but when he spoke , it sounded vague and soft, not like a question and more like a pout.

He clearly saw, after he spoke, that the doctor’s eyes instantly clicked on like a bright light, his face glowing, and bla bla bla bla began to speak.

“My God, that is absolutely the best sounding voice I’ve ever heard! Are you calling me? It’s almost like I’m dreaming!” The doctor, conscious of his lack of words and completely unable to express his praise in words, couldn’t help but move closer to the little mermaid, wanting to rub his pretty hair and express his affection.

An Jin couldn’t understand what the man said, and when he reached out, he subconsciously avoided it, but there was resistance behind him, so he couldn’t move back.

Seeing that the hand was almost in front of his eyes, he rolled to his left with a violent force.

“Splash…” After a moment of weightlessness, An Jin landed in the water. He was surrounded by water, which made him feel safe from the inside. He kept his eyes open in the water, not feeling any discomfort, and breathed smoothly, no different from being on the surface. He looked up and saw a chaise lounge in his original position, with the front end slightly raised and the back soaking in the water.

He almost immediately pictured him lying on the seat before, with his tail soaking in the water.

The man in white stood looking at him from the recliner, waving at him, his tone a little urgent, but gentle, with a sense of coaxing and persuasion. “Little mermaid, come here, I haven’t examined you yet!”

An Jin could not understand, and he did not approach. He tried to control the tail, and the body swayed up and down. He felt it, understood the movements, and swung the fish tail forward. His body moved back smoothly, further away from the man.

Between moves, the hair floating in the water swept over his earlobe, and was a little itchy.

He reached out and rubbed it with his fingers. His earlobe was soft, the touch was no different from before, and when he moved away, he touched the edge of his ear. It felt hard and cool, and when he touched it, he realized that a fan-shaped hard fin was wrapped around the outside of his ear.

An Jin dropped his hand with mixed feelings, and as his fingers hooked into his hair, his scalp hurt slightly. He moved around, grabbed a handful of hair, and put it in front of his eyes. It was aqua blue, slightly curly fine silk, smooth and full of shine, beautiful.

An Jin thought he was dreaming.

However, all the sensations were too clear and too real for him to deceive himself. He let go of his hair, closed his eyes, opened them and looked down, taking a closer look at his body.

The upper body was not much different from before, except that the skin was whiter and more delicate, and glowed white and lustrous. The upper body and the tail of the fish overlapped perfectly and harmoniously. Blue scales like small fans overlapped from the waist and belly below the arrangement to the tail of the fish, the very end was transparent glazed tail fins that could be retracted.

He touched the fish scales with his fingertips and they felt cold and smooth. Finally, he touched his face, and could feel that his cheeks were covered with tiny soft scales.

Obviously, he had been reborn as a mermaid.

He turned his back on the man in white and used his water ability. Almost in the blink of an eye, a fist-sized ball of water appeared in front of him. He was slightly relieved that his water ability still existed. Although it was weak, it gave him peace of mind.

After the apocalypse, if he had not awakened his water ability he would have died.

I wonder what kind of existence the mermaid has in this world and whether water ability is useful. He thought for a moment, wanting to test the attitude of the man in white to see if he could get a little information. He turned around, looked up at the man, and for a moment could barely manage his expression.

The man held a black fishing rod in his hand, under which dangled a long, processed fish, which had been skinned to reveal a pinkish flesh with some black spots on the meat.

An Jin watched this scene of ‘fishing with fish’ in silence.

If he wasn’t the one being caught, he might have found it amusing.

The doctor stared at An Jin, saw that he was quiet and did not look angry, and pressed the retractable button, and the fishing rod became longer.

An Jin then saw the fish dangling closer and closer to him.

When his eyes unconsciously fell on the fish, his Adam’s apple rolled uncontrollably, while the words ‘want to eat’ popped up in his head.

An Jin: “……”

This was definitely not an emotion he should have. He did not like to eat raw fish, not to mention that this fish white and pink flesh was interspersed with tiny black spots, and he did not know if it was old.

He had starved and been hungry in the apocalypse, so he did not mind this small flaw, but he would only eat it if he was hungry.

It must be because he became a mermaid and was affected!

He hesitated for a moment but decided to go along with the man’s move, as he wanted to find out more about the man. He first simulated in his head how to control the direction of the fish’s tail, swinging it and moving forward smoothly.

By the time he reached out and could touch the fish, unsurprisingly, the fish moved forward again.

An Jin: “……”

He pretended not to notice and was ‘hooked’ by the fish all the way to the shore and caught the fish without any problem.

The doctor took a black metal disc and said gently, “I’ll give you a checkup, don’t get angry ah.”

An Jin looked at the man. The silver needle in the man’s hand was gone, and sensing the man’s friendly attitude, he blinked and didn’t move.

The doctor opened the virtual display of the intelligent terminal and gently placed the disc on An Jin’s left wrist, carefully checking each line of numbers on the screen. An Jin looked at the display in surprise, and then at the silver bracelet on the doctor’s wrist.

This was the age of advanced technology!

His eyes glowed and he looked at the display with some regret; he didn’t know a single word except the numbers. He watched as the man smiled and removed the metal disc, guessing that the man was perhaps a doctor giving him a physical examination.

He was more reassured that this was good news, as the humans seemed friendly to mermaids.

Of course, no definite conclusions could be drawn yet, after all, he had only seen one person.

The doctor pointed to the fish in An Jin’s hand. “Eat it, your body is fine.”

An Jin didn’t understand what the man meant, but could see that the man wanted him to eat the fish. He hesitated for a moment, but he didn’t know when the next time he got food would be, so it was time to eat more and keep his strength up. He stared at the fish for a moment, raised his right index finger, and crossed his nail on the back of the fish. A thin slice of fish was attached to the surface of the nail.

An Jin was shocked, his nails were actually so sharp!

Then his eyes lit up, this was combat power!

He raised his hand and handed the fish filet to the man in white.

The black spots in this fish did not make him feel very comfortable, so just in case, he had to try the man’s attitude.

The man froze, with an expression between joy and bewilderment at being hit by a big prize. “You… are giving it to me to eat?”

God, he must be dreaming! The ferocious food-protecting mermaid would actually offer him food! He was definitely the happiest Siao person in this world!

When An Jin saw that he was not eating, his heart tightened. Could he really have poisoned it?

The next moment, the man quickly picked up the fish filet, put it in his mouth and swallowed it in one bite, looking intoxicated, like he had eaten some kind of mountainous seafood.

“Thank you, wuu, my life is complete.” The doctor was touched and showed a big smile to the little mermaid again. How could there be such a well-behaved mermaid?!

An Jin couldn’t understand the doctor’s words, but he saw his smile, so he raised the corners of his mouth and returned it.

The doctor was obviously frozen, and his smile froze on his face.

An Jin was embarrassed, remembering the scales on his face, and couldn’t help but raise his hand to cover his face.

Was he too scary looking now? Thinking this, a little apology appeared in his eyes. It was his fault for being ugly and scary.

“Oh, my God!” The doctor came back from his daze and burst into a scream, simply more excited than a star-crossed girl seeing her love bean. “Smiling! You smiled at me!”

An Jin was shocked. The first time he heard a man’s voice so high that it split, he moved his fingers and forced himself not to cover his ears, which was not very polite.

Looking at the man’s excited and happy appearance, he was relieved. It seemed that the man just froze and should not be shocked by his ugliness. Perhaps, he cocked his head to find a reasonable explanation, was this the other man’s first time seeing a mermaid smile?

The doctor was so excited that his fondness for the little mermaid instantly reached its peak. He got up, went to the freezer and got a tub full of different varieties of fish and placed it in front of An Jin.

An Jin saw his act of throwing food and politely said, “Thank you.”

A soft voice rang out, as gentle as a feather brushing against his ear. An Jin was a little uncomfortable, he wasn’t quite used to the current voice.

The doctor, however, was enchanted. It sounded so good! His eyes shone brightly, and were full of doting and fascination.

An Jin touched his gaze and his heart tightened.

Something was not right!

This gaze, why is it so much like how the sister next door used to look at her Persian cat’s eyes? An Jin froze, and a bad feeling came to his mind. He was not a pet, was he?

After Becoming A Mermaid

An Jin thought back on the doctor’s attitude and the act of throwing food, and the more he thought about it, the more he thought that his suspicion might be true. He might have really turned into a pet!

An Jin was frozen in place, wondering what to do.

After a moment of panic, he soon calmed down again. Perhaps he had misunderstood. He had a fantasy and made a fist to cheer himself up silently, but when his fingers were bent, the tip of his nails were pressed against his palm and he couldn’t hold it at all.

An Jin: “……” His courage leaked away. He relaxed his fingers in silence and crossed his fingers tightly opposite each other, making a fist with both hands. It did not matter, he reassured himself. No matter what his identity, he would definitely live well.

Beep— was drumming, a crisp electronic tone came from the right, An Jin looked back and looked over.

Two men walked in through the sliding open door, one in a white coat and one in a black suit. The man in the white coat walked forward with an angry face, and the black suit followed behind him, trying to pull, his forehead sweating with anxiety.

“Professor Jin, I promise the mermaid is fine, really fine.”

Professor Jin spoke with anger, “You actually want to hide! The topic of the attack on the Star Auction House is already a big hit on Starnet.” His tone became more aggravated, as he continued, “I should not have agreed to your Star to undertake this month’s mermaid auction, if the mermaid had any…”

Speaking here, he met An Jin’s gaze, and his voice was instantly mute.

An Jin blinked with a look of bewilderment. Are they arguing?

The man in the suit was quietly relieved to see this, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and gave the doctor a thumbs up. Fortunately, the mermaid woke up, and his anxiety slowly died.

This mermaid was the only high level mermaid in the last a hundred years! Mermaids were ranked according to the color of their hair, eyes, and tail. If these three parts were different colors, they were low level; if two parts were the same color, they were intermediate level; and if all three were the same, they were high level. The higher the mermaid level, the better the effect of singing to heal spiritual riots.

The number of mermaids bred by the research institute was small, and the number of intermediate level and above was even smaller. After a mermaid reached adulthood, the mermaid would be auctioned off and later bred by the buyer.

However, whenever there was an intermediate mermaid coming of age in the research institute, the mermaid auction in that month was bound to be widely popular.

This month was even more unusual, not only was there an intermediate mermaid adult, there was also a high level mermaid—a single pure colored mermaid adult.

Many people, from the birth of this little mermaid, began to count the days waiting for him to come of age. It took a lot of effort for the Star Auction House to get the opportunity to undertake this auction from the fierce competition.

Unexpectedly, at noon, the research institute sent the mermaid to the auction house. The auction house was attacked in the afternoon, and the mermaid was also accidentally injured, becoming unconscious.

It was a good thing he had woken up!

The doctor deduced from the previous situation that Professor Jin was here for accountability, so he hurriedly said, “Professor Jin, the mermaid is fine.”

As he spoke, he opened the test results in his terminal and showed them to Professor Jin.

After Professor Jin looked at them carefully, his face relaxed a bit, but his tone was heavy. He looked at the man in the suit, and said, “Boss Bernie, the scientific research institute only sent the mermaid to Star at noon, and Star was attacked in the afternoon. Your secrecy work is really disappointing.”

Bernie’s face was not good either. “We always focus on secrecy before the propaganda work is launched. I admit that I am responsible for the oversight this time, but the responsibility of leaking the information, I dare not take.”

“What do you mean?” asked Professor Jin angrily, wrinkling his eyebrows. “Are you saying that someone at the research institute leaked the information?”

Bernie did not directly return his words, but said, “Not only the research institute, but all the auction houses participating in the bidding of the research institute, those who have a heart, would know that the mermaid was delivered to Star today.”

Professor Jin was dissatisfied. “This situation has never occurred in the past.”

Bernie was also helpless. Before there was no pure color mermaid ah!

Dare to take the risk to leak the news? Did not the pure color mermaid represent huge benefits?

He could not help but say a fair word for the company’s security team. “If this auction was not in Star, I’m afraid the other side would have already gotten it.”

Professor Jin snorted lightly. “When the bid qualification is identified next month, you see if the appraiser will believe you in this statement.”

Bernie shrugged his shoulders, looking a little helpless, but his heart didn’t care too much.

His goal had never been just a pure color mermaid. After holding this month’s mermaid auction, even if he no longer undertook the auction of the research institute, it did not matter.

Anyway, having auctioned the only pure-colored mermaid in nearly a hundred years, it was already enough to make Star’s reputation.

Professor Jin stopped arguing with Bernie, who noticed that the little mermaid had been very quiet and couldn’t help but worry.

He squatted in front of An Jin. “Why so quiet, is he uncomfortable? Injured?”

An Jin saw him approaching, and his tail wagged and moved back, pulling away.

He sized up Professor Jin, and the middle-aged man looked at him with an expression clearly tinged with concern and anxiety.

He blinked in confusion, not understanding why Professor Jin reacted this way.

Suddenly, his heart tightened. Did it mean that the original mermaid knew Professor Jin?

His backward movement was perverse and made Professor Jin worried?

He thought about it and tentatively went up, grabbed Professor Jin’s sleeve, tilted his little head and looked at Professor Jin, smiling at him.

The next moment, Professor Jin seemed to be nudged in the acupuncture point. The whole person froze, followed by reddened eyes.

An Jin: “……”

He abruptly withdrew his hand and looked at Professor Jin blankly.

Professor Jin looked the same age as his father, and suddenly his eyes were red, so he didn’t know what to do.

Had he done something wrong?

An Jin felt profoundly that the language barrier was just too troublesome.

He must try to learn the language of the humans in this world!

It took Professor Jin a while to come back to his senses, his tone excited as he asked, “Did you guys see that, he just smiled, smiled at me!”

He was definitely the happiest person on Siao Planet!

The doctor looked at the excited Professor Jin and, with difficulty, dejectedly restrained himself from saying that the mermaid had also smiled at him.

He was actually a little worried that the little mermaid, after waking up, seemed a little off.

Too good and too quiet.

Professor Jin quickly stabilized his emotions and also felt that the little mermaid was quietly out of place and personally gave the little mermaid a checkup.

The data on the little mermaid’s body showed that he was very healthy, just…

Professor Jin said angrily, “The back of his head actually suffered injuries! You still dare to hide it!”

Bernie laughed dryly. “It’s just a bump, not even broken skin, in two days it will be fine.”

Professor Jin glared at him, dissatisfied with his attitude. “Can’t you see he’s not even trying to be mean?”

Bernie inwardly felt that the mermaid was perfect this way, the other intermediate mermaid haunted his head.

Of course, he also knew that this could not be said to Professor Jin, and looked to the doctor.

The doctor understood and said to Professor Jin, “It’s probably a little uncomfortable now that it’s so quiet. The bruises on the back of the head were removed with the healing instrument, but the wounds will still be painful.”

He said in a warm voice, “You’ve seen the test results. He is healthy, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

Professor Jin was about to say something else when his and Bernie’s bracelets rang at the same time. Each of them read the message, and unable to hide his anger, Professor Jin’s eyebrows wrinkled.

“How can this work! How can we auction it tonight? It’s too urgent! We should send the mermaid back to the research institute and wait for its body to fully recover before auctioning it.”

Bernie heard him say that, so he knew they had received the same message. Thinking for a moment, he said, “I think the dean is right to consider it.”

“The news of the mermaid had been known all over the network. Pure colored mermaids attract too many people. The longer we stay, the more dangerous. Not to mention those smugglers hiding in the gutter in Siao proper. I’m afraid that many star thieves will be moved.”

Professor Jin was silent for a while, contacted the dean, hung up the communication not long after, and said to Bernie, “I have to keep an eye on the process after that, in case the mermaid has another accident.”

Bernie did not care. “Then it will be hard for Professor Jin.”

Bernie turned on his terminal, set it to photo mode, and said to the rest of them, “You guys back off a little bit, I’ll take his publicity photos.”

The two men backed up to make sure they wouldn’t block the little mermaid. Bernie used his terminal on the little mermaid and was soon done. He then looked at the time and said to the doctor, “Let him eat something and send him to the exhibit room at a quarter to five while I go take pictures of the other one.”

The doctor nodded and glanced toward Bernie’s terminal. “So that’s a good shot?”

Bernie raised an eyebrow. “It’s enough to see that it’s a solid-colored mermaid, not to mention that I got a good shot.”

The doctor looked at the small mermaid that would be auctioned off tonight, full of reluctance. But thinking about his savings, he let out a silent sigh. If he was not a doctor, it would be difficult to see a little mermaid even once, and he could only be satisfied with this.

A minute later, all the Siao people who passed the qualification of the scientific research institute—no bad records and assets of one billion, which was the starting price of a solid-colored mermaid—all received a photo of An Jin.

There was only one photo, but a glance at it made the heart grow fonder.

The little mermaid was floating in the water, his beautiful blue hair falling on his shoulders, making his skin look fairer. The little mermaid’s watery blue eyes looked very gentle, and gave off a quiet air. People who saw the photo could not help but give rise to the same feeling: he was very good.

These people knew the auction houses very well. Even the grumpiest mermaid in their promotional pictures was also loved. But looking at the photo of the blue mermaid, they couldn’t help but think that this one was different, this one was definitely well behaved!

There were also people who didn’t care if they were well behaved or not, but only came for the solid colored mermaid. After all, the higher the level of the mermaid, the more effective the song was for healing spiritual riots. Anyway, the mermaid would sing when he was happy, had good food and was spoiled. They could not hit back and scold, and must always make the mermaid happy!

—

The Royal Patrol returned without incident to the military airport. Norman returned to the palace and gave himself a soothing shot, and the spiritual riot subsided a little. He pressed the corner of his forehead in silence when the communication suddenly rang.

He picked up and the excited voice of his personal physician, Hornád, came through. “Your Majesty, you are finally back! The pure color mermaid auction was early, and you almost missed it.”

Norman’s expression remained unchanged. “Mr. Hornád, I thought you were used to disappointment.”

“This time is different!” Hornád said, “I’ve seen the promotional pictures, this time the mermaid will definitely work, and it will definitely cure your spiritual riots.”

Norman refrained from evaluating the unfounded words and asked, “When is the exhibition?”

His spiritual sea condition was so bad that spiritual riots were almost always present, and manic feelings followed him. He must buy a mermaid.

“Five thirty, at the Star Auction House,” Hornád said with a reminder, “and do not forget to go in using a different identity.”

Norman remembered certain unpleasant memories and was even less hopeful about this auction. But he had to go. He could not miss any hope.

After Becoming A Mermaid

Bernie finished taking pictures of An Jin and left the room.

The doctor knelt down and took out a long, flat fish from the basin containing the fish and handed it to An Jin. “This tastes very good, do you like it?”

An Jin could not understand his words, but understood his meaning, so he smiled at him and reached out to take it. He still used his nails as a knife, holding the fish in his left hand and slicing it with his right. After eating a slice, he stopped and did not continue immediately.

The fish was very tasty, and the beauty was that there was a hint of bitter odor, which he guessed was due to the black spots on the fish. He secretly used his water ability and felt the changes in his body after eating the fish filet. Although the doctor had already eaten the fish filet, he was still a little worried, since after all, the fish was sent by the doctor.

Before the apocalypse, he lived a privileged life and developed a naive and unworldly character; after the apocalypse, he had suffered many losses before he learned to be cautious. His water ability was still very weak, not even to the first level, and he only dared to eat a piece tentatively.

In this way, even if there were substances inside the fish that were harmful to the body, he could purify it with his water ability in time. Soon, he found a black thread in his blood, thinner than a hair. The black color that appeared under the ability was definitely harmful!

The black thread flowed with the blood in the body, and in the blink of an eye, it was attached to the inner wall of the heart.

An Jin was shocked and hurriedly gathered spiritual power to form a tiny stream of water. He was about to purify the black threads when he saw an aqua blue glow on the inner wall.

Suddenly the light dissipated and the black threads disappeared.

An Jin froze, checked carefully, and found that there were no more harmful substances in his body. He withdrew his spiritual power and checked the spiritual sea.

The spiritual sea of those with a water ability consisted of water-blue spiritual silk, and when the spiritual power was sufficient, the spiritual silk was fluorescent and very beautiful. An Jin was surprised to find that some of the spiritual filaments around his spiritual sea were dull in color and had lost their luster.

The spiritual power formed by the water flow he did not use was completely recycled, the equivalent to spiritual power not being used.

Just now he had consumed spiritual force to check his body, and the consumption of spiritual force was very small, so his spiritual sea should not be like this! He remembered just a flash of fluorescence—of the exact same color of his spiritual silk.

Could it mean that his spiritual force was actively eliminating the impurities in the fish? His eyes fell on the black spots in the fish, then looked at the doctor and Professor Jin.

Both of these two people’s spiritual power was not weak, close to two levels according to the standards of the apocalypse. Both people’s spiritual sea was grayish white with no attributes.

The number of such abilities in the apocalypse was the highest, and the direction of mutation was mainly the various abilities of the body: the five senses, physical strength, etc..

But it was a little very strange. The two people’s spiritual silk was not all gray-white, there was a part that was gray and black, with a darker peripheral color.

In Professor Jin’s spiritual sea, the spiritual silk was darker than the doctor’s.

For ability users in the apocalypse, even if the spiritual power was consumed, spiritual silk only dulled, and would not become black.

An Jin previously thought that their spiritual sea was traumatized, but according to his observation, they looked relaxed, not like they were being tortured. To know the spiritual sea was injured, and especially painful, it would be difficult to behave calmly.

An Jin thought for a moment, sliced a piece of fish, raised his hand, and handed it to the doctor.

The doctor did not freeze this time, his eyes showed he was touched, and his heart was wailing. The little mermaid was too good, too likable! His voice was so gentle that he could almost pinch water. “No, you can eat it yourself.”

An Jin raised his hand even higher, and the fish filet was almost next to the doctor’s mouth.

The doctor was happy and helpless, but seeing An Jin’s insistence, he couldn’t bear to let the little mermaid’s kindness go, so he took it and ate it.

An Jin stared at the sea of spirituality above the doctor’s head, a cluster of gray spiritual filaments that quickly turned black after the doctor swallowed the fish filet.

The gray and white spiritual filaments, adjacent to the black, turned gray.

An Jin heart jerked up, the black spot in the fish, had a strong destructive power to the spiritual sea! Or rather, spiritual force would actively resist the damage brought by the black dot to the body. But if this went on for a long time, the spiritual force would definitely be depleted.

Unless there were zombie crystal cores to replenish spiritual force.

But from the people he had seen, everyone looked healthy, this world most likely did not have zombies.

An Jin silently put down the fish in his hand and secretly prayed that the rest of the food was free of impurities.

“No more food?” The doctor was surprised.

An Jin didn’t know what he was talking about and stepped back, sizing up the two men with some unease in his heart. Did they know that harmful substances were present in the fish?

Professor Jin came back from the shock of the little mermaid giving away food voluntarily, he could not hide his excitement and patted the doctor’s shoulder. “Do you think he is very smart?”

The doctor now had a 10,000-meter filter on the little mermaid and was busy nodding in agreement. “Yes, yes, yes. Smart and cute.” He sighed, “How could there be such a cute mermaid? I wish I was rich.”

Professor Jin stared at the little mermaid, his eyes blazing. From the moment he entered this room, he had a feeling that this mermaid was different from the rest of the mermaids. A high leveled mermaid could also have a high IQ?

An Jin’s scalp tingled at the look, although he didn’t feel malicious, he wasn’t used to such a sight. He swung his tail and sank underwater.

The doctor snapped back from the agony of poverty and looked at the time. It was almost five o’clock, and he had to take the little mermaid to the exhibition room. He looked at the barely eaten tub of fish, got up, and smiled at An Jin. “If you don’t eat it, you don’t eat it, you’re probably not hungry yet.”

He walked around the pool, surveyed An Jin’s position, then opened the terminal and pressed the button.

Click… A soft sound came from around An Jin at the same time.

In the blink of an eye, four transparent metal plates popped out from under the water and formed a closed square, surrounding him.

An Jin was surprised when his eyes suddenly shifted upward. He looked down and realized that the four metal plates and the floor of the pool formed a container, which was being manipulated to move from the water to the shore.

In a short time, the container landed on the shore, and the doctor walked to the side, smiled at An Jin, and pushed the container out.

An Jin felt uneasy. Where was he going?

It didn’t take long for him to be pushed by the doctor to another room. On the way he saw many tall bodyguards and received many new and enthusiastic stares. His uneasiness deepened. What kind of existence were mermaids in this world?

At this point, he wished very much that he was an ordinary pet. He crossed his arms and clasped them. Steadying his emotions, he looked around.

This room was much like the one before, with a large part of it occupied by the pool. The doctor pushed the container to the edge of the pool, pressed a button, and the metal plate at the very front of the container popped open. The container opened a mouth and the water inside suddenly gushed towards the pool.

An Jin was looking around, unprepared, and was swept into the pool by the force of the water. He landed with a splash and was shocked. He scrambled up from the water and looked at the doctor.

When the doctor saw his panicked eyes, he looked at Professor Jin with a worried look.

The doctor thought that Professor Jin was originally here to hold him accountable, so he did not pursue the matter any further and silently swallowed the words ‘he seems to be scared and has become less courageous’. He warmly reassured the little mermaid, “Don’t be afraid, you will have a master tonight, and he will treat you well.”

An Jin could not understand his words, but could feel that he did not mean any harm and was slightly relieved.

A security guard came in and said politely, “Gentlemen, our guests will be arriving soon, please leave the exhibition room.”

The doctor and Professor Jin both looked at the little mermaid, and their eyes lingered on him for a while before leaving.

An Jin stared blankly at the closed door, completely confused as to what was going on.

Once again, he made up his mind that he must learn this human language! He stayed where he was for a while and then quickly pulled himself together and swam around to look at the room and all the equipment in it. Just as he tilted his head and surveyed a display on the wall.

Click— There was a sudden soft sound in the room. He immediately looked to the side of the tank, which was the only side of the tank that was not against the wall.

A huge transparent wall rose up and enclosed the pool with three other walls. An Jin frowned— the feeling of being trapped like this made him uneasy. He swam to the edge of the pool and knocked on the transparent wall, the sound was muffled, not like glass. He scratched hard with his nails, and there was only a shallow mark.

Click— An Jin was familiar with the sound by now and immediately looked to the door. The door to the room slid open from both sides and three men walked in.

At the forefront was a tall man in a black shirt and black pants, with short black hair and an ordinary appearance at first glance, but deep, brown eyes and a very strong presence. The two men behind the man said something to him in a respectful manner, pointing toward An Jin in the water as they spoke.

The moment the man entered, the calm atmosphere of the room was immediately shattered, and a strong mood of anger swept through the room.

This emotion was extraordinarily raging, making An Jin very uncomfortable. He pursed his lips and breathed lightly to resist the discomfort caused by the negative emotions brought on by the man. His eyes were fixed on the top of the man’s head, and his eyes were covered with shock.

The man’s spiritual silk was many and dense, but all very deep black, and from time to time there were sparks, like dry grass spontaneously combusting.

When An Jin saw a spark, his eyebrows shook uncontrollably, and even looking at it, he felt pain. He could not help but drop his gaze to the man’s face.

The man’s expression was calm and his eyebrows did not frown. From only his expression, it was completely invisible that he was experiencing unimaginable pain. Suddenly, the man’s eyes met his, and those brown eyes filled with scrutiny, measuring him.

An Jin inexplicably felt the pressure, and a ring of fins at the edge of his ears exploded—biological instincts reacted defensively.

Norman’s eyes flashed with surprise. This mermaid was too calm when facing him. He asked in a hushed voice, “Is there something wrong with his vocal cords?”

“No,” the man behind him replied, “he is healthy, the doctor examined him not long ago. Do you need to see the results of his examination?”

He said this quietly, glancing at the guest in front of him who, despite his ordinary appearance, could not hide his strong strength and aura of superiority. He was prepared to meet the guest’s request as quickly as possible when he said ‘yes’.

“No need,” said Norman.

The mermaid auction process was very strict, requiring absolute disclosure of the quality of the auction items; he was not worried about the receptionist lying. He looked at the small mermaid once again, turned around, and headed out.

Leaving the exhibition room, Norman filled out the bid registration directly, paid the deposit, and got a bid number for tonight’s eight o’clock auction.

This was the usual process for mermaid auctions: see the product first, and if they didn’t like what they saw or were not satisfied, they didn’t have to spend any more of their time.

“Sir,” the receptionist said respectfully, “there’s a mid-grade mermaid up for auction tonight as well, would you like to take a look?”

Norman was ready to leave with a start. “Let’s go and have a look.”

The reaction of the solid-colored mermaid made him suspicious, and he wanted to see if the solid-colored mermaid was just that quiet, or if the auction house had used some method to make the mermaid seem docile for the time being.

The receptionist hastily led the way and brought Norman to the exhibition room of the intermediate mermaid.

As soon as Norman entered, the red-tailed mermaid floating on the surface of the water immediately felt an unpleasant sense of mania. The mermaid made a low growl in his throat, his hands curled up into claws and waved at Norman, and his canine teeth were exposed. His tail snapped to the surface, and the whole thing went up in the air, pouncing on the transparent wall. He glared at Norman menacingly. “Stupid two-legged beast, are you provoking me?” He slapped the wall. “Let me out and show you what I’m made of!”

The human could not understand the mermaid’s words, and to human ears, the roar sounded like a magical sound through the ears.

Norman’s footsteps, as he looked at this familiar scene, did not hesitate to turn around and go out.

He wanted the pure-colored mermaid!

After Becoming A Mermaid