Chapter 111: Notification

Notification

Thick black mist climbed onto the forest-blue and deep-purple tail. Zhuche held Chaosheng's hand, his fingertips still trembling slightly, as if afraid that if he let go, this beautiful dream would shatter.

"I'll go prepare right now!" He suddenly turned around, his snake tail sweeping a blurred shadow across the reef, then he abruptly looked back, "You are not allowed to go back on your word."

Chaosheng was amused by him and shook the Conch Whistle on her wrist: "Mm, I won't."

When Chaosheng returned to the Ice Cave, several Male Beastmen were already awake.

Changye was curled up on the seaweed mat, his eyes opening and closing wearily.

Baini was leaning against the wall of the Ice Cave, his arms crossed over his chest, his head slightly lowered, his black, choppy hair falling mischievously over his forehead.

Yinxu had just returned from fishing, his cold, stern face showing no expression; with one hand, he gutted the fish in his grip.

The smell of blood faintly permeated the seawater.

A black vortex suddenly appeared on the Shell Bed behind the thin gauze, and from within it tumbled a mermaid beautiful enough to be startling.

The three Beastmen's gazes instantly sharpened as they looked toward the area behind the gauze.

Chaosheng lifted her tail, feeling somewhat at a loss; she hadn't expected them to be awake already.

The atmosphere felt strange now.

"I have something..."

"Eat some fish first."

Chaosheng and Yinxu spoke at the same time; Chaosheng looked at Yinxu's cold, frozen brows and eyes, and her heart felt a slight constriction.

"Okay."

Chaosheng swam over in silence, her mind occupied with matters, her expression faint, and her spirits not very high.

"Sigh!" Eating the fish in his mouth, Changye chewed a few times and suddenly sighed.

Chaosheng: "Hm?"

"Nothing, I was just lamenting." A faint weariness rose in Changye's deep black eyes, and the delicious fish in his mouth no longer had much flavor.

"?" Chaosheng gave him a puzzled look, then decided to ignore him.

She ate small bites of the cod Yinxu had painstakingly caught, quietly observing their expressions, her deep purple eyes darkening by two shades.

"I have something I intend to tell you all."

"I intend to let Zhuche become my Beast Husband."

She thought about it and decided to just say it directly; she wasn't the type of person who liked to drag things out.

"What?" Baini lowered his brows and eyes, his surprise mixed with a thin layer of anger, "Sheng, why?"

His dark, moist eyes stared blankly at her, a faint sense of grievance welling up in his black pupils.

"!" The weariness in Changye's eyes vanished; he sat up straight abruptly, looking at Chaosheng in disbelief, his aggrieved voice laced with unwillingness, "Ah? Why..." him.

The movement of Yinxu's hand paused, a trace of loneliness flashing through his deep brown eyes, though his expression didn't change much.

It seemed he had anticipated this matter long ago.

Chaosheng met the three men's varied gazes, her fingertips unconsciously rubbing the scales on her tail fin, her voice calm yet carrying unquestionable firmness: "I have already decided on this matter."

There was no room for negotiation.

She paused, fine light shimmering in the depths of her deep purple eyes, her voice low: "I'm sorry."

Baini clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles turning white: "Sheng..."

"Do you like him very much?"

Chaosheng blinked, her tone softening, "I suppose so."

Changye suddenly let out a low laugh, the laughter wrapped in bitterness: "Then..." what about me?

He lowered his eyelashes, his deep black eyes hidden by shadows.

Only then did Yinxu slowly raise his head, his deep brown eyes reflecting the water light refracted from the cave ceiling, and he asked in a hoarse voice: "Are you doing this for his ability?"

"His ability is very special."

Chaosheng was slightly startled, then nodded: "Yes."

"I need this ability."

Upon hearing this, Baini's fierce brows and eyes softened by a few degrees; he assumed that Sheng saying this meant she didn't love him.

Hmph, it was just for his ability.

Things done for Sheng's benefit were not entirely unacceptable.

As long as Sheng loved him the most, that was enough.

"When do you plan to marry?" Yinxu's voice deepened, "He is also a Beastman without a Tribe."

"It must be very difficult for a single Beastman to handle all of this."

Chaosheng's tail trembled slightly; she hadn't thought of this layer yet.

The Jingju Tribe was Baini's native tribe; since she was marrying another Beastman, she couldn't possibly go and trouble them.

She said somewhat uncertainly: "I haven't asked him yet."

"Tch!" Baini curled the corner of his mouth, lifting his eyelids nonchalantly, "He is very shrewd; he will surely be able to think of these problems himself."

Chaosheng pushed the unfinished fish meat further away, her tail tip lightly sweeping the edge of the Shell Bed: "I'll go ask him when the time comes."

Yinxu pursed his thin lips, his eyes containing fine, shimmering light, "If you need my help, you can say so."

After all, it was Sheng getting married; even if he didn't like that Sea Snake Beastman, he didn't want Sheng to be wronged.

Baini immediately chimed in: "Right, I am familiar with the rituals of the Jingju Tribe. Even though he isn't a member of the Tribe, since you are here, Sheng, it can't be too shabby." As he spoke, he deliberately lifted his chin, as if competing with someone.

Changye didn't speak; listening to their conversation, his heart sank bit by bit.

The female was going to take a new Beast Husband.

And she wasn't taking him.

Chaosheng watched their sudden change in attitude, a trace of complexity flashing through her deep purple eyes.

They had actually accepted it so well.

She knew they felt bad inside, but she still nodded: "Then... I will trouble you all."

In fact, in the Polar Sea and even the entire ocean, it is normal for a female to take multiple Beast Husbands.

Male Beastmen learn from a young age how to face the situation of their Mate taking other Beast Husbands.

In truth, although they felt dissatisfied, they did not reject it.

Taking a Beast Husband with special abilities provides an extra layer of security in this crisis-ridden ocean world, both for the female and for them.

Conversely, a female who is willing to make herself weak for the sake of a lowly Beastman, like Baiqi, is the one who would be held in contempt.

Changye lowered his eyes, listening quietly until they finished speaking before opening his mouth: "Female, didn't you promise me before that you would go to my Tribe to see them?"

"Can we go today?"

Ah, right.

Many Beastmen of the War Shark Tribe had eaten the Sea Spirit Ginseng and were poisoned.

She had promised to accompany Changye to the War Shark Tribe to save those Beastmen.

She paused for a moment, estimated that there should be nothing to do today, and replied, "Alright, then we will go to the War Shark Tribe after eating."

"Then I want to go too."

"I'm going too."

Yinxu and Baini both volunteered.

A trace of displeasure flashed across Changye's cold and handsome face, but in the end, he said nothing.

Yinxu glanced at him twice in secret, with a meaningful look.

War Shark Tribe.

"Why have you come to my place today?"

Aian looked at Chaosheng and the others in surprise, her gaze falling on Changye, who was standing behind Chaosheng to the right, revealing a hint of satisfaction.

Chaosheng looked at the completely exposed sea and sky around them, pondered for a moment, and said: "Leader Aian, can we go inside to talk?"

Aian raised her eyebrows in slight surprise, feeling a bit confused, but still readily agreed: "Alright, that's fine."