125: Yu Chen's Explanation

Yu Chen curled the corner of his mouth, "Friends? Lan Xing, we were never friends. But we are maternal half-brothers."

Lan Xing fell silent.

"The Merfolk Clan gives birth to over a hundred offspring in a single litter. Perhaps because there are simply too many cubs, even though merfolk can sense kinship, the bonds of kinship in the Merfolk Clan are very weak, and they usually do not acknowledge each other."

"Only those who have had an Awakening of their Bloodline will acknowledge each other; those who are good for nothing are treated as strangers."

Yu Chen looked up at the sky.

"Because I did not have an Awakening into a Beast Warrior, I was considered a useless merman by the clan. I experienced being banished and bullied. I became the lowest-ranking merman in the Merfolk Clan."

"To avoid being bullied, I learned to use low-profile protective coloration to protect myself."

"Life was actually not bad living like that. Until one day, I was swimming along the shore sunbathing. A beautiful land-dwelling Female emerged from the jungle..."

"We became mates."

Yu Chen's expression held a smile, yet also a hint of faint sorrow.

"She laid one fish egg and left. I stayed by the seaside, incubating the egg while waiting for her. Two months later, the egg hatched, and it was a Male Little Merman. The Little Merman was so beautiful, so cute."

"If I had always been with my Little Cub, life would have been passable."

"But that day, the Sea God was angry, and a massive tsunami swept across the sea. I held my Little Cub and swam for my life, but a huge wave separated us."

Lan Xing said, "I remember this incident. The tsunami harmed many clansmen in the deep sea; at that time, I was doing everything I could to save people."

Yu Chen said resentfully, "Yes. You saved merfolk, you saved many, many merfolk. But Lan Xing, when faced with the choice between saving my cubs and other merfolk, you did not save my cubs. You abandoned him!"

Upon being reminded of this, Lan Xing thought for a good while before saying, "Was it that disabled Little Merman?"

Yu Chen went almost instantly crazy, "He was not disabled, he was my cub!"

Lan Xing said, "His gills could not open and close properly, making it difficult for him to breathe in the ocean. In that environment, I chose to save the clansmen who were more likely to survive..."

"You abandoned him!!!" Yu Chen roared, "He could have lived! You abandoned him!!!! Lan Xing, you abandoned him!!!"

At that time, Lan Xing and Yu Chen did not know each other; he did not know that Yu Chen had cubs, nor did he know that the disabled cub was Yu Chen's.

Yu Chen looked pained, "In my excessive grief, I actually had an Awakening of my Bloodline. As soon as I Awakened, I became a Beast General. Only then did I discover that I also possessed an Ancient Bloodline, and that I was also a Merfolk Clan member capable of Awakening."

"But I did not want to expose myself. I only wanted to avenge my cub!"

"Lan Xing, I want you to experience the feeling of losing a cub too!"

Facing the hateful Yu Chen, Nan Zhisui spoke up, "Lan Xing had already done his best to save people. In that kind of situation, whoever he chose to save was not a mistake. Yu Chen, you are blaming the wrong person."

"I am blaming the wrong person?" Yu Chen looked up, his eyes scarlet, "Then who should I blame? The ocean? The cub? Myself? Or, should I blame my female master?"

Chi Xiao said, "This kind of thing is an accident. You truly should not blame anyone."

"It wasn't your cub that met with disaster. Of course you don't care!"

"None of this is an excuse for you to commit crimes!"

Yu Chen sneered, "Kill me. Kill me. Anyway, my female master doesn't want me anymore, and my cub is dead! Living in this world alone, muddled and confused, has no meaning at all."

"But I don't understand! Nan Zhisui, you are the same as her; you also have black hair and black eyes, and you also ran away after giving birth to your cubs."

"But why did you come back? Why did you come back to find Lan Xing!! Why didn't she come back? Why?!"

Nan Zhisui was stunned. She grabbed him and asked urgently, "You said your female master has black hair and black eyes?"

Yu Chen glared at her, not speaking.

Nan Zhisui suddenly noticed something at his waist. She signaled to White Fox, who squatted down and took the item from his waist. It was not beast skin, but rather looked like a handkerchief from Earth.

Yu Chen finally struggled wildly. "What are you doing? Give it back to me!!! Give it back to me!!!"

"This is your female master's item, isn't it?"

"Don't touch my things!" Yu Chen said, while tears rolled down his face, "This is the only thing she left for me!!"

Nan Zhisui unfolded the handkerchief.

Written on the handkerchief was a line of text, han characters. This was the second time she had seen han characters in this world.

It was an Earthling, a Chinese person!

【Hello, later arrival. If you can understand this line of text, it proves you come from the same place as I do. If you have also encountered something bad, come to the Eastern Desert Mining Area to find me. I am waiting for you there. — Li Yun.】

Nan Zhisui's pupils constricted, and her heartbeat even skipped a beat.

She stepped back a few paces and sat on a stone stool.

Li Yun, this name was very familiar to her.

According to what Uncle Xiang said, she was Uncle Xiang's female master. After giving birth to a disabled cub, she left. She told Uncle Xiang not to miss her, and she told Uncle Xiang that she would not fall in love with him.

Uncle Xiang said that Li Yun was dead, dead and gone.

Now it seemed that she was also Yu Chen's female master, and she had left after laying one fish egg.

This handkerchief she left for Yu Chen was actually not for Yu Chen, but was used as a message to be passed on to later Transmigration arrivals like her.

What kind of girl was Li Yun, anyway?

And, was she dead or not?

Nan Zhisui stood up and probed him, "Is your female master dead?"

Yu Chen looked up angrily, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Not dead?"

Mates have a connection; if Li Yun had died, Yu Chen should have been able to sense it.

Yu Chen's lower eyelid twitched slightly; he did not want to speak.

"Really not dead? She didn't die, but she didn't come to take you and the cub away? She doesn't love you."

Yu Chen was pushed to the brink of a breakdown by Nan Zhisui. He shouted, "What do you know? What nonsense are you spouting! Nan Zhisui! Don't think just because you are a Female that you can spout nonsense!"

It seemed his female master really did not intend to want him anymore.

The other party was a heinous yet somewhat pitiful beastman.

Nan Zhisui put away the handkerchief and said to Lan Xing, "Lan Xing, I leave Yu Chen to you. Handle him according to your Merfolk Clan's rules."

"Okay, thank you, sister."

Watching as Lan Xing used seaweed to escort Yu Chen back to the ocean, Nan Zhisui leaned against a stone, unfolded the handkerchief, and repeatedly read the content inside.

"Eastern Desert Mining Area?" Nan Zhisui murmured.

White Fox heard her whisper and asked, "Why did you suddenly mention the Eastern Desert Mining Area, female master?"

Chi Xiao said, "Isn't that the Mining Area that the High Priest is actively exploiting? Little Female Master, why do you mention the Mining Area?"

Nan Zhisui asked curiously, "Do you know how to get in there?"

Xuan Jin crossed his arms and said, "The Eastern Desert Mining Area is a penal zone for mining, controlled by the Myriad Beast City High Priest. It is said that there are several Eight-Patterned Priests guarding it; ordinary beastmen cannot get in."

White Fox said, "Why would the female master mention that?"

Nan Zhisui said, "I just suddenly wanted to go and see the scenery of the Eastern Desert Mining Area. Hehe..."

The three Males looked at each other.

Xuan Jin bent down and asked in a low, slightly doting voice, "Little Female, are the sea, the desert, the high mountains, and the jungle not beautiful enough? Why do you want to go to the Eastern Desert Mining Area now?"

"Can I not?" Nan Zhisui asked.

Chi Xiao said, "We can take you wherever you want to go. But this is not a question of whether you can or cannot; the Eastern Desert Mining Area is strictly controlled by Myriad Beast City, and it has become a place to detain beast prisoners. It is very difficult to get in."

"Detaining beast prisoners? Isn't that just a prison Mining Area?"

...

After Yu Chen was captured, Nan Zhisui began to think about the matter of the prison Mining Area.

She still really wanted to meet Li Yun, to meet this girl who came from the same Hometown as her and was bound by System 006.

She still had to make a trip to the Mining Area!

To prevent everyone from supporting the wrong side, Xingxing quickly explains,

The High Priest is not a beast husband.

White Fox, Lan Xing, Xuan Jin, Chi Xiao, Wolf Day, Wolf Night.

There is also one who actually appeared very early on.

Everyone can try to guess.