Chapter 2: The Provocation of the Great White Shark Sisters

The Provocation of the Great White Shark Sisters

A new day, and the beginning of foraging.

After Baini's destruction yesterday, the small fish and shrimp in Chaosheng's area had all fled, and Chaosheng had no choice but to go to other sea areas to forage.

There were many delicious cod in this area; the silvery-white cod swam in shoals, and Chaosheng was drooling with desire, choosing them in a daze. She couldn't eat that much, so catching two or three of the fattest cod would be enough.

She was rubbing her hands together, having just picked out a plump cod and preparing to strike, when she was interrupted by the voices of uninvited guests.

"Yo, isn't this the Mermaid who failed to seduce the Mermaid King and was then exiled here?"

"We didn't know where you were hiding these past few days, so why did you decide to come out today?"

Three female sharks, about two and a half times the size of Chaosheng, appeared behind her. Malicious voices emanated from their wide-open shark mouths, rows of sharp teeth glinting with a keen light, and their rapidly swaying tails were eager to move, ready to pounce on Chaosheng and have a full meal at any moment.

The arrival of the uninvited guests affected Chaosheng's mood for hunting. She did not turn around, and with her back to the female sharks, she said, "I don't know what you are talking about. If you want to hunt, go hunt for yourselves."

Chaosheng did not want to stay any longer; she casually scooped up a small cod and prepared to head back.

"Stop!" the shark on the far left called out to Chaosheng. "You still want to leave? Do you think you can?"

The shark on the far right chimed in, "Haha, exactly. Once you've come to our Polar Sea, you have to follow our rules, you know?"

The malice in their words felt almost like cold blades stabbing at Chaosheng. Chaosheng lowered her eyes, her thick, curled lashes falling to cover the coldness in her gaze, and she replied in a low voice, "I have other things to do."

"What are we saying to you? Can't you understand?" The female shark was successfully provoked into anger by Chaosheng's nonchalant words and said condescendingly, "Don't think that just because you're a Female, I can't deal with you!"

"Back when you were in the Mermaid Clan, you could still be arrogant."

"Now that you've come to the Polar Sea, if you want to survive, you have to please us, you know?"

Chaosheng stood frozen in place, her eyes icy. Even if the original owner was at fault, she had already been punished, hadn't she? Furthermore, neither she nor the original owner had ever provoked the Beastmen of the Polar Sea! By what right did these Beastmen come to lecture her? Dark emotions seeped out bit by bit, her pretty little face hidden behind her thick purple hair, making it impossible for anyone to see her expression at this moment.

"Actually, we didn't mean anything else." The female shark in the middle finally spoke, her voice mature and tinged with a hint of smoothness, her small shark eyes flashing with imperceptible calculation. "We just want to be friends with you; it just depends on whether you are willing or not?"

"Oh? Friends?" Chaosheng turned around abruptly, her thick, gorgeous face revealed, so beautiful it was breathtaking. The three sharks were stunned, their chests tightening, their eyes dark as a trace of jealousy flashed through them all at once.

However, the shark in the middle, Ruyao, calmly maintained a smile, her voice deliberately softened with a hint of seduction. "Yes, be friends with us."

"As a Mermaid Female who has just arrived, once you are friends with us, other Beastmen won't dare to bully you."

Once these words were out, the other two females were not satisfied.

"Sister, how is she worthy of being friends with us?"

"Exactly, we don't want a friend like this!"

Rusui and Rutong completely failed to understand why their sister had suddenly changed her tune. Previously, it was their sister who had told them about the sordid past of this Mermaid, and told them that this Mermaid had a bad reputation and that they must never be like her!

"Heh!" Chaosheng gave a cold laugh, her beautiful eyes carrying a hint of playfulness. "It seems your sisters don't think so highly of me."

"My sisters are young and ignorant; you won't take offense, will you?" Ruyao secretly gave Rusui and Rutong a look, flicking her tail fin to give each of them a heavy slap. Only after Rusui and Rutong had completely quieted down and stopped making noise did she continue the previous topic. "I am sincerely wanting to be friends with you."

"You must have suffered a lot after being exiled here."

"It is not easy for a Female without a Beast Husband to serve her to get by here."

"If you are willing to be friends with me, I can introduce you to the Male Beastmen of our Tribe to be your Beast Husband."

Ruyao looked straight at Chaosheng, trying hard to convey a sense of firmness, but the mature and affectedly gentle voice coming from the giant shark mouth was extremely incongruous and could not move Chaosheng at all.

Chaosheng watched this female shark act with an expressionless face. Of course, she wouldn't believe such a clumsy trick, but she was curious about what their goal was. Was there anything left on her—a notorious, penniless, disgraced Female—that was worth them coveting?

Chaosheng's eyes flickered, and she suddenly smiled, appearing to be moved by Ruyao's words. "That's wonderful."

"You agree?" Ruyao looked at her excitedly, her fish eyes gleaming.

"No." Chaosheng shook her head, a faint smile hanging on her crimson lips.

"What do you mean? Are you playing us?" The pitch-black shark mouth opened wide, revealing sharp teeth in a show of intimidation. Rusui looked at Chaosheng fiercely; a weak little Mermaid Female dared to toy with them?

"I have no intention of making friends, because you also know my reputation now, and I really don't want to drag you down..." Chaosheng spoke unhurriedly, her beautiful eyes calm and waveless, the smile at the corner of her mouth innocent and harmless, coaxing them along. "However, I am truly touched that you are still willing to be friends with me. If there is anything you need my help with, I will certainly help."

"Really?" Ruyao hadn't wanted to be friends with this disreputable outsider Mermaid either—she figured she had at least that much self-awareness. Now, if she could achieve her goal directly, that would naturally be better. Her wide shark mouth opened and closed, emitting a voice that was extremely incongruous. "Then I do have a request."

"I heard that the Mermaids in your Rainbow Sea Area are particularly good at weaving gauze. I would like to ask you to help me weave a gauze dress."

Ruyao had heard from other female Beastmen that the gauze woven by Mermaids was particularly beautiful, shimmering with flowing light. She had a cousin who wore Mermaid gauze and managed to marry eight Beast Husbands at the Treasure Hunt.

"... Weave a gauze dress?"

Chaosheng was stunned, staring at the giant shark body in a daze, blinking her eyes in disbelief. "Weave one this big?"

Imagining it, a shark this big wearing a thin layer of gauze dress swimming in the sea.

The image was too beautiful; she dared not imagine it.

Realizing what Chaosheng was thinking, Ruyao retorted in a fit of shame and anger, "It's to weave for my human form! We Beastmen all have human forms! Don't you know that?"

"..." Chaosheng paused. Of course, she knew that Beastmen could turn into humans; it was just that she hadn't fully integrated into this world yet and hadn't reacted in time.

She looked at these three female sharks blankly, not saying a word.

Ruyao looked at the Mermaid's dazed appearance, a flash of disgust and impatience crossing her eyes. No wonder she was exiled here; she was truly stupid!

The annoyed shark could no longer keep up the pretense; her voice was no longer gentle, but hoarse and tinged with a hint of urgency.

"Are you going to help with this favor or not?"

"That's right, are you going to help us or not?" Rusui also looked at Chaosheng threateningly; she was quick-witted and immediately understood what her sister wanted to do.

The Treasure Hunt was coming soon, and at that time, the Beastmen of this sea area would all participate. One reason was to exchange supplies, and the second was to let the young Females and Males from various Tribes meet so they could marry and reproduce.

If her sister could take a few capable Beast Husbands at the Treasure Hunt, that would be a good thing.

After learning the Great White Sharks' purpose, Chaosheng felt bored. She closed her eyes listlessly and replied lazily, "You've found the wrong person. I've been lazy and gluttonous since I was a child; I don't know how to weave gauze."

"You..." You don't know how? Ruyao looked at Chaosheng in disbelief. How could that be? Wasn't it said that all Mermaids knew how to weave gauze?

"If you didn't want to help, you could have just said so. Why lie to me?!"

"I didn't lie to you." Chaosheng twirled her hair nonchalantly, a cryptic smile tugging at the corner of her mouth. "Mermaids who know how to weave gauze have very high status in our Tribe; how could they be exiled here?"

"This..." Ruyao found it difficult to judge the truth of this statement. She had never left the Polar Sea, and her knowledge of other sea areas was all hearsay, making it hard to distinguish truth from falsehood. Just as she was still thinking it over, Rutong, who had been quiet for a long time on the side, suddenly went crazy as if possessed.

"Since you have no value to be used, you might as well be my food!"

Rutong looked at Chaosheng greedily. She was so tender and delicate; perhaps if she ate her, she could become this beautiful too.

Treasure Hunt! She also wanted to take a capable Beast Husband at the Treasure Hunt; when that time came, the Mad Shark Tribe would have to do as she said!

Her eldest sister was beautiful, her second sister was clever, and only she was stupid and clumsy; she had never been popular with Male Beastmen since she was small, and even now that she was an adult, not a single Male had shown her any favor.

If she could also be this beautiful, once she reached the Treasure Hunt, she wouldn't need any Mermaid Gauze to take the most outstanding Beastman in the Polar Sea!

Ignoring the surprise of her two sisters, she swam on her own toward Chaosheng, flames of madness erupting in her eyes, just like a heretic who had suffered a Qi deviation.

Chaosheng stood there composed and unhurried, not dodging in the slightest; hidden within her calm eyes was an eagerness to try, for she was tired of blindly dodging and yielding, and she now only needed a head-on fight to appease the resentment in her heart.

She watched this great white shark approach her quietly, her fingers rotating in the shadows, gathering Witch Power.

Just as the great white shark swam before her and opened its mouth wide to swallow her, a mysterious force struck Rutong's abdomen, and blood surged forth.

"Ahhhhh!"