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nEditor: SimoB

nIt was the middle of the night. Shi Qing started to examine his memories while playing with his tail.

nActually, there wasn’t much to go over. The original host might have had a tail and resembled the kind mermaid found in fairy tales, but how could such an idealistic creature survive in the dangerous deep sea?

nHe was more like a siren than a mermaid. According to his inherited memories, sirens liked to lounge on reefs and sing to attract ships. Causing said ships to crash into the reefs was one of their favourite pastimes.

nSirens were also notorious for their great fighting strength underwater and their skin, which appeared delicate but couldn’t be cut by even the sharpest object. They were almost invincible in the deep sea.

nIn a sea where the weak were the prey of the strong, it was natural to hunt others for their meat. As long as you have the strength, no one would object even if you clear out the entire area.

nBut the wicked sirens didn’t kill their prey for food, they killed them for the thrill of the hunt.

nCruelty seemed to be engraved in every siren’s bones. They had an innate instinct to provoke anything that wandered into sight. They thrived off the misery of others.

nMany people believed the creatures of the sea to be simple minded beasts that only knew how to swim around, but they too had a strong desire to survive. This was reflected in the way they played dead after catching a glimpse of a siren from afar, if they couldn’t sneak away in time.

nThe shallower areas were a different story. Because the attention of the sirens were focused on humans everytime they surfaced, the schools of pretty little fishes in the shallow areas were not very afraid of them. They would even chase after the sirens’ tails or arms and gently nibble on the appendages, painting a truly beautiful image to behold.

nShi Qing chuckled once he finished checking his memories.

nShi Qing: Tongtong, what kind of protagonist could possibly screw me over now that I’m this strong?

nNo matter if it was on the shore or in the deep sea, a siren could kill whoever they wished just by opening their mouth. And they had even more options if they were underwater.

nThe system offered a cautious reminder: Host, the body you’re in hasn’t matured yet.

nShi Qing: What’s the difference? I can still go wherever I wish in the sea.

nHe stretched his pale arms out to the large and bright moon hanging in the sky. With a slight motion, his originally harmlessly pink and round fingernails split to reveal claws that were sharper than knives beneath.

nHe idly extended and retracted them again and again.

nThe action was reminiscent of felines on land. Their paws might look pink, fuzzy and tender, but there were razor sharp nails hidden within, ready to tear anything or anyone to pieces at will.

nThen Shi Qing turned to look at his tail. The long fish tail was a silvery white that seemed to glitter with a light of its own under the gentle moonlight.

nIt was hard to believe that something as beautiful as a piece of art was actually a deadly weapon.

nFor example, if he were to just swish his tail, he could bludgeon a shark or an orca to death.

nJust think about how much more powerful such an attack would be on land, without water resistance.

nEven if he was in the body of a child, there was basically no one who could beat him.

nEven if the protagonist had the protection of plot armour, killing a siren would be no small feat.

nWith this certainty in mind, Shi Qing began to check the original storyline.

nHe confirmed his suspicions very quickly.

nAs expected, he was the villain who ended up killing the protagonist.

nHe wasn’t surprised at all. If the protagonist could win against someone like him then they would undoubtedly be a monster.

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nThis world had just gone through a Great Cleansing.

nThe gist of the Great Cleansing was that this planet was approaching the point where it could no longer support life, so it started cleaning out the ones at the top of the food chain, humans, to stop their overexploitation of the Earth.

nThe human advantage was nothing more than technology. Therefore, the planet took the most efficient path to save itself and cut off all electricity.

nAt the same time, as humans developed more advanced technologies and gradually encroached into the sea, all kinds of creatures emerged in the Great Purge.

nSirens, for example.

nSirens were solitary creatures, and the original host was no exception. He had always lived alone. However, thanks to his inherited memories, he knew that humans were the most delicious prey. Therefore he swam to the surface right after noticing the planet’s abnormal behaviour.

nIn the process of surfacing, the siren spotted a deep sea beast he had never seen before, not even in his inherited memories.

nIt was very strange looking, at least to the siren.

nIn the deep sea, other than the sirens who evolved delicate features to lure humans, creatures were generally not very good looking.

nAfter all, the deep sea was pitch black. Except for some creatures that could see at night (like the sirens), everything was basically blind.

nTheir appearance generally hovered around “no one will see me anyway so I’ll just grow whatever”.

nThere were oddities aplenty.

nAnything you can think of and more.

nJust not any good looking ones.

nYet the creature the siren had never seen before was more than good looking. It had big and sharp claws, golden scales each bigger than the siren’s face, and a long beard that floated in the dark sea.

nIt was the most beautiful creature the siren has ever seen.

nBut it was also dangerous.

nThe creature resembled a giant sea serpent the siren had seen before, but that snake was like a hatchling in front of this behemoth.

nThe siren had never seen such a giant beast before. It was even larger than the creature called a dinosaur in its inherited memories.

nIf any other creature had stumbled upon such a beast, they would have long since fled. But the siren was different. It was in his nature to toy with his prey, and even if the behemoth was too large for him to play with he still wanted to try.

nSo the siren skulked around and found that the beast’s eyes were shut. He approached its face.

nThe next thing he noticed was the round pearl that was half the size of his body resting in the beast’s mouth. It shined with a lustrous light even in the deep sea.

nThe siren, who loved everything that shone, leaped into the beast’s mouth and ran away with the pearl in his arms.

nAfter hiding the pearl, he went back to the shore to play with the humans.

nThen the beast woke up while he was playing with the protagonist.

nOriginally, the author never intended for the protagonist to die here. The behemoth was supposed to be the protagonist’s unlikely saviour from the brink of death. It would return to the depths of the ocean after killing the siren. In addition, for some (author-given gold finger) reason, the behemoth took a liking to humans and helped the protagonist a few times later on.

nUnfortunately, the storyline fell apart.

nBefore the behemoth could come to the rescue, the protagonist was toyed with to death by the siren.

nHe died a very, very miserable death.

nWith the death of the protagonist, the plot couldn’t go on and the world collapsed.

nShi Qing affirmed: This world’s protagonist definitely isn’t the person I’m looking for.

nThe System was at a loss; How does the Host know that?

nShi Qing: Because the protagonist in this world is a woman.

nSystem: ???

nSystem: ……

nIt looked at the short haired woman with a scarred face and a cigarette in her mouth in the profile and pondered.

nShi Qing: There’s only two other living creatures other than me involved in the plot here. If it’s not the protagonist then it can only be that giant beast.

nThe current timeline was that he’s already stolen the large pearl. He was also starting to seduce the protagonist.

nIn other words, it wasn’t long before that behemoth woke up.

nThe beautiful mermaid dove into the sea and swam deeper.

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nMermaids were able to see at night, so everything was as clear as day to Shi Qing. He saw all kinds of coral bushes, small fish with beautiful patterns, and large crabs holding up pincers.

nHe was very fast and quickly reached the deep sea.

nThe further he descended, the more bizarre the surrounding creatures became.

nHideous and fierce looking with exposed fangs everywhere.

nThey were so ugly that it was almost cute.

nThe siren kept going down. All the creatures with a modicum of intelligence dove out of his way.

nFinally, Shi Qing found the behemoth in his memory.

nHe stopped swimming and looked at the creature in front of him. It was as tall as a building and covered with beautiful light yellow scales.

nIt’s not as big as the original owner remembered it to be. There’s plenty of creatures this big in the deep sea.

nThe System shut down its visual sensors and notified the Host in a wavering voice.

nHost, that’s its d***.

nShi Qing: ???

nHe flicked his big beautiful tail as he looked up.

nDamn… What a stimulating sight!

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