Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 368 The Bride of the Sea God (27)

Yan Zhen shook his head again: "That won't do either, it will harm you."

Nolan's heart skipped a beat.

Yan Zhen sighed, her gaze softening with pity as she looked at him: "You're not even two years old yet, carrying the hopes of the entire mermaid race as you come to the human world. It must have been very hard for you."

Nolan: "..."

His eyes welled up with tears, and he lowered his head: "...No, it's just that the clan leader is a bit strict."

As a "sea god" born only once every hundred years in the mermaid race, he was the center of attention from birth, and the clan leader took him under his wing to raise and teach him personally.

Mermaids are mammals. Other mermaids are weaned at six months old, stay with their mothers until they are one and a half years old, and leave their parents after they reach adulthood at two years old to find their ideal partner and form their own small family.

But he is different.

He was weaned at one month old. In order to cultivate his independence, he was not allowed to meet his parents or interact with other little mermaids of the same age.

The chieftain isolated him in a secluded area of ​​the sea, where he trained for up to fourteen hours a day.

Mermaids live in the deep sea at depths of three to five thousand meters. In order to maximize their resistance to pressure, they must dive to ten thousand meters every day, enduring the fear of the boundless darkness and the pain of the enormous water pressure crushing their flesh.

To hone his fighting skills, he was thrown into the territory of a giant squid at five months old, which angered the terrifying creature that was as big as a villa. He barely escaped with his life on the line.

While other little mermaids practiced with sea turtles and manta rays, his targets were killer whales and great white sharks, as well as large creatures like lion's mane jellyfish that were either incredibly ferocious or covered in venom. Every time he went through a training session, he narrowly escaped death.

The chieftain said that he should be more vigilant and resilient. He could not eat his fill, sleep too soundly, or have any thoughts of playing. He could only catch a glimpse of his parents from afar on his birthday, when the tribe gathered together to celebrate the birth of the sea god.

"You are the sea god, and it is your mission to save the mermaid race."

This is the sentence the clan chief said to him the most.

After listening, Yan Zhen finally understood why Nolan was so greedy and so easy to coax.

The mission on his shoulders made him suffer a lot in the sea. After coming ashore, he felt the kindness he had shown, and with all sorts of sweet talk, he won him over with little effort.

"Poor little thing." Yan Zhen patted his head. "You've had a tough time."

"...I'm not tired at all." Nolan snorted softly, turning his head away so she wouldn't see the tears welling up in his eyes.

Yan Zhen withdrew his hand and fell into deep thought.

Nolan composed himself, turned to look at her, and said earnestly, "Xiaxia, come with me."

Yan Zhen frowned: "Leave? Where to?"

“I’ll find a deserted island to settle you on.” Nolan pointed to the chickens and ducks in the pen. “Once I learn how to raise chickens and ducks and grow vegetables, I’ll raise you to be very healthy.”

Yan Zhen shook his head: "No."

Nolan panicked: "If you don't leave, you'll die from the virus just like those despicable humans."

“But if I just go with you, it would be like betraying my race,” Yan Zhen said. “I can’t do it.”

Nolan's expression changed slightly: "Are you going to tell on me?"

“No,” Yan Zhen said, “I think the same way you do.”

Nolan was taken aback.

Yan Zhen said, "You're telling me all this just to find a compromise to resolve this matter, aren't you?"

Nolan: "..."

He remained silent, offering no denial.

Yan Zhen's words were a wake-up call—because he knew that once this revenge began, it would be a fight to the death.

If her family and friends were to die in this revenge, given her personality, she would never be able to accept him again.

Subconsciously, he refused to accept this outcome, which is why he made up so many reasons to be honest with her.

Unbeknownst to him, this human had changed his resolve for revenge, making him less determined.

This wavering filled Nolan with a deep sense of guilt.

Yan Zhen moved closer to him and said gently, "Nolan, let's work together to find a way to stop this fighting, okay?"

Nolan felt a surge of anger and embarrassment at having his secret exposed. He stood up and looked down at Yan Zhen.

“This is terrible! At its peak, our mermaid race numbered in the millions. In the past hundred years, you have hunted us down to just over 60,000. Moreover, human pollution of the ocean has made our living environment extremely harsh. Neither I nor my race can forgive humans.”

Yan Zhen listened to the accusation without refuting it or getting angry. She thought for a while, then stood up and said seriously, "Then you can leave."

Nolan was taken aback.

“We have different positions and opinions, and if we continue to stay together, we will eventually become enemies,” Yan Zhen said. “But don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone your secret.”

Nolan: "..."

He poured his heart out to her, telling her such an important secret, but she drove him away!

Nolan was so angry that his eyes turned red. He glared angrily at Yan Zhen, threw all the millet in his hand into the chicken coop, and turned to leave.

"Nolan," Yan Zhen called out to him again.

Nolan paused.

Yan Zhen cautioned, "I don't know your specific plans or how you intend to implement them, but... if you can avoid going ashore in the future, then don't go ashore. It's very dangerous."

Nolan didn't turn around, his neck stiff as he said, "Are you warning me? Do you think I'm afraid of you despicable humans?"

"No, I'm worried about you," Yan Zhen said. "You are very capable, but the merfolk... are too few. Sixty thousand merfolk against hundreds of billions of humans on land, you have no chance of winning."

In his previous life, Nolan spent so much time planning and destroying the Si family, which severely damaged the entire Shengjing. After the virus spread on a large scale, tens of millions of people died, causing huge economic losses to the world.

But it did not shake the very foundations of humanity.

Merfolk were never a match for humans.

"No matter what, I hope you are safe and well," Yan Zhen said.

Nolan froze.

He had his back to Yan Zhen, so Yan Zhen couldn't see his expression, only vaguely seeing his chest heaving violently.

After a while, Nolan suddenly burst into tears, squatting on the ground.

"unacceptable!"

"You despicable and shameless humans!"

"I hate humans, I hate all living things on land!"

Yan Zhen pursed his lips, feeling both secretly pleased that his plan had worked and feeling that it was not very kind of him to have such thoughts at this time.

She walked over, knelt down in front of Nolan, and gently patted his shoulder, trying to comfort him.

But Nolan brushed her off: "Don't touch me! I hate you!"

Yan Zhen: "..."

Nolan buried his head in his arms and cried his heart out.

As he cried, his voice gradually weakened, and his mood changed from sadness to confusion.

What about people?

Why isn't Si Xia comforting him?

Isn't she usually very patient with him when he's being temperamental?

Was she getting impatient and didn't want to talk to him anymore?

Thinking of this, Nolan felt a pang of anxiety and quickly looked up.

However, upon seeing the scene before him, his sobs choked in his throat—Si Xia hadn't left; she was squatting in front of him, picking up the tiny pearls formed from his tears, one by one.

He had already picked up half a handful.

Noticing his gaze, she looked up in surprise and said, "Mermaid tears can actually turn into pearls!"

Nolan: "……………………"