Chapter 121

Lin Jun was checking his fungal network.

Over and over again, he couldn't find the source of that voice.

If some sound suddenly came from the fog, it would be fine, but appearing directly in the fungal network was a bit creepy.

It was like coming home and hearing a stranger's voice in the next room.

"Go for it?"

Was it said to himself or to Dylan?

It should be to himself, after all, Dylan had fainted.

But who could have said it?

A monster in the fog?

Then this monster's voice was nice enough to rival the sirens in books.

Or perhaps some god, outer god, old god, angel, or demon?

Lin Jun couldn't help but consider all the settings from his past life.

Perhaps this world was a play arranged by some deity, and he was just a clown on the stage?

He sincerely hoped it wouldn't be that kind of development...

The whole night was full of things he couldn't understand; fortunately, he had finally come out of the fog, and it was morning.

Six hours later.

Dylan, who had soaked up enough sunlight to replenish his mana, woke up on the small boat. The first thing he saw was the listless scout...

Dylan soaking up the sun for photosynthesis was a pleasure, but the scout didn't have photosynthesis, nor did it have high-temperature resistance; it was pure torture under the scorching sun.

Not to mention that it had been soaked in seawater before; now Dylan's state was actually much better than the scout's.

Dylan looked around; there was no fog, no giant ship, and of course, no water ghosts.

"This is... we survived?"

"Not yet," Lin Jun poured cold water on him.

Even if the sun could replenish mana, Dylan couldn't survive just by soaking in the sun; half of him was still flesh and blood.

He needed water, he needed food.

Food could perhaps be obtained by catching some fish, but there was no way to get water.

If there were glass bottles or something, he could consider using evaporation to get some fresh water, but the luggage had long since sunk into the sea with the Wind Feather; there were no containers at all.

If there was no turning point within a few days, Dylan and the scout would probably turn into two dried mushroom husks, one big and one small.

The day passed and night fell again; without the sun, the scout finally regained some vitality.

The scout Puji used its mycelial tentacles to catch a strange fish from the sea.

Lin Jun saw on the panel that it wasn't poisonous, so he threw it to Dylan to eat.

Eating it raw, of course; there were no conditions for making a fire on the small boat.

Halfway through the midnight snack, a beautiful sound drifted from afar.

In the middle of the night, on the ocean, singing?

Actually, it was fine; as long as it didn't appear directly in the fungal network again, Lin Jun could accept it.

[Sonic Detection lv6]

Lin Jun immediately locked onto two figures on a reef in the distance.

The upper body of a human girl, and the lower body of a fish.

Siren?

Pulling up the panel.

[Race: Mermaid]

[Level: 21]

[Skill: Voice of Charm lv4]

Alright, this world called them mermaids, that was fine too.

However, Voice of Charm... charm?

How should he put it, it was... so disappointing...

Shouldn't it be that kind of heavenly sound?

But the feeling of this singing to Lin Jun was... ordinary, very ordinary.

Lin Jun couldn't help but wonder if, with the skill bonus, even Fatty could sing with a charming effect?

At least this singing, which sounded average to Lin Jun, worked on the uncle next to him.

"Charmed" had appeared on his status bar.

Dylan's eyes were dazed, and he stretched out his hands to row the boat, wanting to get closer to that reef.

This was, of course, futile; rowing by hand wasn't as fast as the waves pushing them away.

Seeming to realize that there was prey on the hook but it hadn't come over for a long time, a mermaid dived directly into the water and swam over. Before long, a pair of bare arms rested on the edge of the small boat.

A girl with emerald-like shining eyes hummed a song, leaning against the side of the boat and looking at Dylan with affection.

Then, at the first glance, she broke her composure.

Uncle Dylan's face was covered in green, and a bunch of mycelium was growing on it, like some kind of meat that had been left out for too long and gone moldy.

The affection in the mermaid's eyes instantly turned into great shock—she had never seen such a thing in her life!

The expression on her face kept changing, as if she was hesitating whether to eat this thing that might cause diarrhea; for a moment, even the song she was humming became perfunctory.

It was really perfunctory; if it counted as ordinary singing before, now it was already noise pollution.

Anyway, Lin Jun couldn't stand it.

The scout's mycelial tentacles shot out violently, wrapping around her neck the moment the mermaid realized something was wrong.

At the same time, a tentacle lashed out, violently waking up Dylan, who was in a shallow state of charm.

This charm effect couldn't be compared to the Yellow Book's at all; that time, Dylan had been beaten half to death and it still hadn't been dispelled.

"W-w-what's going on?"

Charm didn't mean memory loss; before Lin Jun could answer, Dylan quickly figured out the situation after waking up.

He looked at the mermaid who was being held by Puji's neck and lifted onto the boat, his face solemn.

He wasn't solemn because he had just been charmed; he was solemn because he didn't understand why this thing had to be lifted onto the boat?

He had a bad guess.

"Boss, don't tell me... we're going to eat this guy?"

"If I said yes, would you eat it?"

Dylan frowned and shook his head, then after a moment of silence, nodded with difficulty.

Good fellow, he really had the potential to stop being human.

"Unfortunately, this isn't for eating."

Hearing it wasn't for eating, Dylan was relieved.

Then he asked suspiciously: "Then what is this?"

Dylan didn't understand; if it was just an enemy, wouldn't it be over once it was killed? Why pull it onto the boat?

Lin Jun explained: "This thing has intelligence."

Dylan nodded; mermaids had intelligence, he knew that, but he still didn't understand why.

"Stupid, it has intelligence and can swim! What can you think of?"

Dylan still didn't understand.

Sigh, some people just can't be taught.

Lin Jun simply ordered directly: "Dylan, beat her."

Dylan: ?

Although he didn't understand, since it was the boss's order...

Fists went toward the mermaid, and Dylan didn't hold back.

The thing in front of him was nothing more than a man-eating monster with the appearance of a young girl that had just tried to kill him.

When the sun rose, there was already a bruised and swollen mermaid pulling the boat at the front.

Mycelial tentacles were wrapped around her waist; if she dared to slack off and not swim, the scout would lash her.

It was easy to tame something with intelligence; if it were a big fish, it would definitely swim around randomly, and it would be impossible to control.

Thanks to the mermaid's efforts, the small boat got rid of the state of drifting with the waves.

They chose a direction at random and moved forward at full speed, trying their luck.

If their luck was really bad, there was still reserve food to hold out for a few more days...

The mermaid was quite lucky; before being exhausted to death, she brought the small boat to a small island!

Kicking the mermaid, who only had half a life left, back into the sea, Puji stepped onto the sandy beach of the small island.

"Finally!" Dylan wept with joy over there.

Lin Jun, on the other hand, had no feeling of surviving a disaster; after all, it was only Puji here.

Habitually, he pulled up the panels he could pull up nearby; they were all ordinary things, and he didn't see any monsters for the time being.

[Skill: Delicious]

Hmm?

The fleeting "Delicious" made Lin Jun stop, and he turned back to check the panels he had just closed one by one.

Finally, Puji stood under a tree on the beach, and the tree had several fruits with red shells...