Infinitely Criticizing the Villain for Being Like My Ex-Boyfriend

Zhang Chunliang's body had already started to stiffen. He had clearly become invisible, so why was he still discovered?!

Although his invisibility cloak was an expired item he bought during a system product promotion, the quality shouldn't be so bad...

The major cleanup upstairs had been completed, and several researchers did not find anything strange, so they walked down the stairs cursing.

"I have to go home quickly. Staying here has started to make me suspicious." A crew member grumbled unhappily, "Let's leave quickly. I heard there will be a great snack at noon today. I look forward to it every day."

Zhang Chunliang held his breath and stood there, watching the crew member who seemed to have discovered him leave the swimming pool. It was a long time before he realized what was happening.

Although the man's voice was unclear, the familiar language style was clearly that of the fox guy -!

This guy is getting more and more weird.

How on earth did he discover the existence of Zhang Chunliang? !

Behind him, Mermaid Bones was looking in his direction with his head tilted curiously, poking his waist gently with his finger bones.

Zhang Chunliang came to his senses and took back the invisibility prop.

He thought Big Bone was frightened by the unreasonable things like teleportation and invisibility. When he was about to raise his hand to touch its head, he felt something heavy in his sleeve.

He dug into his sleeve in confusion and pulled out a stone key.

"What is this?" A weak voice came from the pool, "Such a familiar feeling of oppression."

The needle hole on Vio's neck was still bleeding. He lay weakly on the beach, panting softly: "Where did you find it?"

Zhang Chunliang flipped the stone key in his hand for a moment, then suddenly raised his head.

"Xiao Ai, go and take down the stone upstairs that made the sound just now." He said to Mermaid Bones.

This stone key is probably the "reward" that the fox just mentioned.

Its material is very special, and it feels cold and damp when held in the hand, which reminds Zhang Chunliang of the stone that had caused them to be discovered just now.

There seemed to be a small hole on the strangely shaped stone.

The mermaid bones soon dug out the stone from the ruins. Even after the researchers' baptism of fire, it was still very complete.

This is a "book" made of stone.

Although it may sound strange, this stone does have both a book cover and a book spine.

In the middle of the stone, there was a line of strange symbols written, and below the symbols there was a long and narrow hole - the stone key could just fit in.

"Ah, that's it." Vio finally perked up after seeing the stone book clearly. "It's our 'Mermaid Chronicles'!"

"Tell me in detail?" Zhang Chunliang twisted the key inside for a few times, but the stone book didn't move at all.

"The 'Mermaid Chronicle' is a memorial to our tribe. It can only be found in the tombs of successive Merman Kings. It records the life of the deceased Merman King." Vio looked at the book with some curiosity. "I only know that this thing exists, but I have never seen it."

"So, this is an epitaph...or maybe a tombstone." Zhang Chunliang couldn't unlock the stone book, so he knocked on it in frustration.

"How can humans open mermaids' things?" Vio's mouth curled up with a sneer, "Even ordinary mermaids don't have the right to open it. The 'Mermaid Chronicle' and the dead king are one and the same, they can sense each other."

"Hmm." Zhang Chunliang nodded and handed the stone book and the key to Big Bone. "No wonder it suddenly moved around. It turns out it sensed the presence of its owner."

The big bone was curiously swinging its tail, grinding a shallow pit in the sand. It took the stone book and imitated Zhang Chunliang to put the key in.

"Click."

The key broke with a sound, and the part that was broken in the lock merged with the entire stone book. The strange characters on the book flashed a dazzling golden light, and then the whole book shattered with a loud bang.

Lines of tiny words floated in the air, circling around the big bone.

It tried to hold the words in the air in its claws, but failed.

Zhang Chunliang couldn't help but laugh. So far, Shen Xingyi was the most "childish" fragment in this world.

I don’t know if it’s because it has no memories, but it often acts like a newborn baby, curious and eager about everything.

"Will you promise to save me? If you promise that you can save me, I will read these words to you." Vio smiled weakly, "I swear, there are not many fish in the mermaid tribe who know as many words as I do."

"Deal." Zhang Chunliang decisively made way so that Vio could better see the words in the air.

"I'm sorry I can't call the king by his name. You can call him Deep Blue." Vio squinted his eyes and carefully deciphered the words.

"Deep Blue is the greatest and most legendary king of our mermaids. He once expanded our territory and found a huge island for our mermaids to live on, so that the mermaids no longer have to sleep on reefs and on the backs of whales every day. He also brazenly slaughtered the terrifying giant monsters in the deep sea, so that the mermaids no longer have to worry about being swallowed..."

"As an aside... I once heard my grandfather say that Deep Blue is not actually a purebred mermaid. When he was young, he seemed to be a human, and was sent to a mermaid by a dolphin to be adopted."

Zhang Chunliang was stunned and asked, "Then how did he become a mermaid?"

"Heart... It is said that Deep Blue got a heart from somewhere, and this heart allowed his weak human body to evolve into a noble and powerful mermaid." Vio lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "At the same time, he also evolved into the most terrifying and violent king of the mermaids so far."

Zhang Chunliang subconsciously looked at the big bone beside him.

It didn't understand the nonsense that Vio was saying, and was coiling its tail, carefully counting the petals of the rose.

Zhang Chunliang: “…”

"I've heard people say that during the reign of Deep Blue, the mermaids were powerful, but they were always in a state of anxiety - because their king Deep Blue was a terrible madman who would kill his people for no reason. Sometimes he would be gentle and polite one moment, and then slaughter his relatives the next."

"The mermaids did not die in wars or hunting, but their blue blood filled the holy island they swore to protect with their lives because of the cruel and unstable king." Vio sighed bitterly, "Countless mermaids were slaughtered for no reason."

"I have a question." Zhang Chunliang listened patiently to Vio's narration and then interrupted it.

"what?"

"I want to ask, this Deep Blue... is there any pattern when it kills human fish?" Zhang Chunliang organized his words carefully, "For example, it may kill a group of people within seven days, then be quiet for a short time, and then another cycle of slaughter..."

"How could this be?" Vio was obviously a little surprised. "Is there a pattern for the king to kill fish? This is too strange... But these stories were told to me by my grandfather. I don't know the specific circumstances. After you rescue me, I can let my grandfather tell you in detail."

Zhang Chunliang nodded without giving it any further explanation.

After listening to Vio's narration, he seemed to see the familiar plot again.

A great, far-sighted and wise monarch, he led the mermaid tribe to become the overlord in the vast ocean.

But suddenly at a certain time, it began to kill its people for no reason. It slaughtered innocent mermaids wantonly, but refused to tell other mermaids the reason.

Perhaps, this crazy king also has his own unspeakable difficulties.

——It cannot tell its own people that it has discovered that the entire world has been invaded by strange creatures. Some of its people have become minions from another world, acting recklessly in its territory, performing strange tasks, and attempting to invade and devour the world that is devouring them.

This would not only alert the mastermind hiding behind the invaders, but would also cause panic among its subjects, causing those possessed to hide deeper and be more difficult to be discovered.

Therefore, it would rather bear thousands of curses and hatred, and change from a king who was grateful to his people to a cruel and terrifying devil, and silently resist the invasion of foreign enemies in its own way.

Finally, perhaps in the dead of night, its beloved people could no longer endure its brutal rule and killed and dismembered it, burying it deep beneath the island it had sworn to protect with its life, where it rotted into a mutilated skeleton in the dark soil, and finally became a sacred object to deter foreign enemies.

"My grandfather said that Deep Blue used to be a very gentle king. He liked to read human poetry and learn how to cook like humans, and let his subordinates eat the food he made himself." Vio whispered, "My grandfather also said that the food he cooked was extremely unpalatable."

Zhang Chunliang's heart was pounding. This was all just his guess, but he couldn't help but feel an indescribable feeling. He turned his head to look at the mermaid bone, but the moment he saw its face clearly, his whole body froze.

Mermaid Bones had just counted the number of petals and put the rose back into his ribs with satisfaction.

"Have you counted them clearly?" Zhang Chunliang stared at the slightly blooming flower tattoo on its facial bones, his tone gentle.

Mermaid Bones looked at him sideways in confusion, then suddenly twisted her tail and rubbed against him, hugging his thin shoulders tightly.

It was so strange. Even though Zhang Chunliang was smiling, Dagu felt that he seemed very, very sad.