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

Chapter 389 The Bride of the Sea God (48)

More and more mermaids are emerging from the deep sea, responding to the call from the sea god.

The sea was calm and peaceful when suddenly the alarms in the cabins of the ocean-going vessel went off wildly, their sharp sirens echoing throughout the entire ship.

Yan Zhen's expression changed: "What's going on?"

A crew member stumbled out of the cabin: "Miss, a torpedo is approaching this area!"

Yan Zhen reacted quickly and turned to Nolan: "Nolan, hurry!"

Nolan realized what was happening, and his voice became sharp and urgent as he warned the mermaids on the surface of the sea.

Upon receiving the news, the mermaids immediately turned around in a panic and disappeared into the sea.

But they were a step too slow; in just over ten seconds, a muffled sound came from the distant water.

A huge splash erupted on the sea surface, followed by shockwaves that made the ocean-going vessel shudder violently.

The moment Yan Zhen heard the torpedo explode, she gripped the railing tightly. With the help of the bodyguards behind her who rushed over to catch her, she was spared from being thrown off.

But after regaining his balance, Yan Zhen's pupils contracted as he watched the mermaid corpses gradually rise to the surface of the sea.

The torpedoes were not targeting the Si Group's ocean-going vessels, but rather these merfolk.

She instinctively looked at Nolan.

Nolan didn't even have time to take off his clothes before leaping from the third floor of the ship's cabin and quickly disappearing into the sea.

More and more mermaid corpses surfaced, and at first glance, the sea was covered with dead mermaids.

Yan Zhen's heart raced, and he hurriedly ran to the first-floor deck. He entered the cabin, where many crew members were injured.

She pulled up a crew member who had fallen and scraped his forehead: "Quick, use radar to search for any suspicious vessels nearby!"

This radar was most likely launched by another mermaid industry company. Those people followed the ocean-going ship here and took advantage of the Si Group releasing mermaids to attract more mermaids to approach, and then launched this torpedo.

There are as many as five or six hundred mermaid corpses densely packed on the sea surface. With mermaids becoming increasingly difficult to capture, this number of mermaid corpses could almost support a company that makes a living by capturing mermaids for a whole year.

The injured crew member got up and was about to look at the screen in the cabin when he heard the sound of a speedboat outside.

Hearing the noise, Yan Zhen ran out of the cabin and saw a speedboat approaching from afar, arriving at the right side of the ocean-going vessel in the blink of an eye.

There were six people on the speedboat: four bodyguards, one to drive the speedboat, two armed with machine guns, and one carrying a rocket launcher.

The other person Yan Zhen recognized was the young master of the company that had recently proposed to acquire the remaining mermaids from the New Territories Research Institute at a low price. Yan Zhen vaguely remembered that his surname was Chen.

Chen Shao was not yet thirty years old, wearing a floral shirt, with a scantily clad beauty in his arm, looking like he was on vacation.

Seeing Yan Zhen lean out from the deck of the ocean liner, Chen Shao took off his sunglasses and grinned at her, "Miss Si, we meet again."

Yan Zhen cut to the chase: "You did it?"

“That’s right.” Chen Shao shrugged. “I asked you to sell me the mermaid at a low price, but you refused. I have no choice but to buy it for free myself.”

He glanced at the mermaid corpses that had drifted near the speedboat and said with a grin, "Thanks to you, we were able to get so many at once. Even though they're dead, with these mermaids back, my company won't have to worry about raw materials for the next year."

Yan Zhen clenched his fists, his hands trembling slightly.

A few seconds later, she turned back to the cabin, retrieved a musket from the armory, and stormed out.

Upon seeing this, the captain immediately stopped her: "Miss, you mustn't!"

"I know what I'm doing." Yan Zhen brushed him aside and swiftly loaded the bullet.

"They also have guns and rocket launchers. If a real battle breaks out, one shot from them would sink this ship."

Yan Zhen paused in his steps.

Before she could speak, the ship shook again, and then Chen Shao and his female companion screamed in terror.

Yan Zhen and the captain exchanged a glance and rushed to the deck. The seawater around the speedboat was churning violently as if boiling, with countless bubbles surging from the bottom of the water, and the speedboat was shaking violently.

Chen Shao and his female companion trembled with fear, huddled on the speedboat, too scared to move. Several bodyguards raised their guns, warily aiming them at the water, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

Yan Zhen turned his head and searched around for Nolan's figure, his gaze quickly locking onto the sea not far away.

Nolan's upper body was above water, holding a dead little mermaid in his arms, his eyes fixed on the speedboat with grief and indignation.

Beside him stood Asya, equally angry and battered.

At this moment, a crew member on the deck of the ocean liner let out a scream. Yan Zhen snapped out of his daze and followed the crew member's gaze toward the speedboat.

The ocean-going vessel was tall, and standing on the deck, Yan Zhen could clearly see a huge shadow slowly rising from the sea directly below the speedboat, enveloping it.

Chen Shao realized something from the increasingly terrified looks of the people on the ocean liner. He mustered his courage and looked down into the water. When he saw the dark shape, he was so frightened that his voice changed.

"Something's coming up!!! Quick! Shoot it!!! Kill it!!!"

The bodyguard immediately opened fire, firing indiscriminately. Bullets and rockets sank into the seawater, but did nothing to stop it. The dark figure gradually revealed its true form.

With a muffled thud, a giant squid tentacle emerged from the bottom of the speedboat, its suckers firmly adhering to the vessel.

The bodyguard immediately aimed his gun at the tentacle and fired rapidly.

But the bullets pierced the octopus's soft flesh like hitting cotton.

Another muffled thud, and another tentacle climbed onto the speedboat.

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The tentacles kept climbing onto the speedboat, seemingly intending to drag it directly to the seabed.

Chen Shao realized the squid's intention and was almost scared out of his wits. He cried and begged Yan Zhen on the deck of the ocean liner for help: "Si Xia! Si Xia, save me!"

Yan Zhen remained motionless.

The captain, somewhat reluctant, asked Yan Zhen in a low voice, "Miss, should we save her?"

"You want to save him?" Yan Zhen asked back.

Captain: "...There are several lives at stake."

As soon as he finished speaking, a squid tentacle burst out from under the sea surface, heading straight for Chen Shao's face as if it had eyes.

Without even thinking, Chen Shao pushed away the female companion who had been closely following him.

When a squid's tentacles touch something, they quickly pull the person into the sea.

Her female companion disappeared into the sea before she could even utter a scream.

The captain, who witnessed this scene: "..."

He silently took two steps back and no longer mentioned the rescue.

The squid began to exert its strength, dragging the speedboat into the sea, causing the speedboat to shake violently.

At this moment, the bodyguard carrying the rocket launcher saw Nolan and Asaya holding the little mermaid's corpse not far away. He seemed to realize that the squid's abnormal attack was caused by these two mermaids, and decisively aimed the rocket launcher at Nolan and Asaya.

But before he could fire, a sharp gunshot rang out, the bullet pierced through the skull, and the bodyguard's body, along with the rocket launcher, fell into the sea.

Yan Zhen put away her gun and met Chen Shao's angry gaze. She silently mouthed to him, "Go to hell."

Soon, Chen Shao and his three bodyguards were dragged into the sea by the squid along with the speedboat.