The moment before, we were still cursing each other, and suddenly, they vanished without a trace!
There was a few seconds of silence in the darkness, then a mermaid said, "They must have been deceived by that human cultivator! Think about it, we are the legendary mermaids! Exquisite creatures not found anywhere in the wilderness. That guy must have tricked the clan leader and then whisked away those foolish mermaids!"
"Makes sense! If there's no profit, why would a human cultivator help them? They must have been deceived and then sold off."
"Tsk tsk, in that case, it seems we've actually benefited from this misfortune."
"Stop gloating here. What should we do next? We've lost everything!"
"We can't starve to death here. Let's first swim upwards towards the sea. The undersea world doesn't want us; surely, there's a place for us in the wilderness above the sea floor. Let's find a way to survive…"
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