Infinitely Criticizing the Villain for Being Like My Ex-Boyfriend

The ship stopped when it was three or four kilometers away from the island.

The whole ship shook violently for a while, and then sank heavily into the water.

"What's going on?" The mermaids looked at each other in surprise and looked under the boat.

The entire hull of the Siren was covered with mottled strips of rust, as if it had been crawled over by some giant soft-bodied octopus.

What's even more terrifying is that in the blue water under the hull, there is a huge black shadow swimming. It lingered under the Siren for a long time before slowly leaving.

"Maybe it's the reef? Or the refraction of sunlight?" The mermaids speculated in surprise, "Or, maybe those monsters that weren't killed have caught up with us?!"

"Impossible! Under the threat of the Holy Island, they will never dare to come over!" This is a mindless mermaid fan who praises Xiao Ai. He firmly believes that the Holy Island will protect the mermaids.

So, it jumped into the sea first, diving into the clear water, trying to find the shadow.

"It looks like a big fish. I saw its tail and dorsal fin - it may treat this boat as a playmate!" the mermaid reported loudly.

——It was the whale Jon. Zhang Chunliang held the railing and watched the huge shadow under the water leave the sea.

If we go any further, the water is not deep enough and it might run aground, so we sent the boat here and left.

The alarm was lifted, and the mermaids cheered and jumped off the deck as nimbly as dumplings.

They haven't felt the temperature of sea water for a long time.

"Where is the holy object?" Ken Shahua asked behind Zhang Chunliang, "We need to borrow the power of the holy object to open the barrier of the Holy Island. If you rush into the Holy Island rashly, you will be attacked."

"It's a long story..." Zhang Chunliang coughed lightly, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed when he thought of Xiao Ai's bony shell.

After all, that skeleton was the skeleton of a fox... So, he didn't do anything bad to the bones in front of the fox, right?

"Chief Kenshahua - we saw a strange person!" A merman in the sea not far away shouted loudly.

The two looked in the direction of the sound and found a human floating less than 500 meters away from the Siren.

The man had black hair and white clothes, and was carrying a tall white skeleton on his back. He was slowly approaching the boat.

“Should we expel him? He looks dangerous.” asked the mermaids.

"No, don't attack him." Zhang Chunliang hurriedly stopped it, "He is our companion..."

The man was none other than the fox, and on his back he was carrying the remains of his former mermaid self - the bad guy Xiao Ai must have thrown it into the seabed when his soul left his body.

"Holy object! It's a holy object!" The mermaids saw clearly what was on the fox and swam over in a rush.

They carefully carried the corpse and moved towards the island.

The fox watched their actions expressionlessly, with sea water running down his cheeks.

"Who are you?" Kenshahua looked at the fox tenderly on the boat, "You make me feel familiar."

The fox wiped the water stains on his face, looked at it indifferently, turned around and dived into the water.

"He will catch a cold." Kenshahua did not care about the fox's rudeness, but instead paid special attention to him, "Humans can't stay in the sea for too long..."

"Don't worry about him, he needs to be alone for a while." Zhang Chunliang interrupted her gently, "We should go to the island."

Kist stood at the bow, looking in the direction of the island. Its smooth, thick, dark gray tail was full of power and danger in the sun.

"Woo--" A long and rough cry came from its hoarse throat, which seemed to be some kind of signal.

The next second, in the sea area at the edge of the Holy Island, one silent head after another emerged silently. At first glance, the entire sea surface was densely packed with half-floating heads.

Their hair is colorful, emitting a bright and beautiful luster in the sun, and they are staring motionlessly in the direction of the Siren.

"Oh my God - so many, are these all mermaids?" Wang Shaofan's smile was a little forced.

"Yes, they are all our fish." A mermaid who had formed a deep friendship with Wang Shaofan during this period of time smiled and put his arm around his shoulder. "We are the most powerful vanguard. If we all die, our people will use our corpses to find this ship and avenge us."

Wang Shaofan’s face turned pale.

"Don't worry, you helped us and are a good human. I will tell them not to use you to lay eggs or eat you..."

Wang Shaofan's face turned green again.

Kenshahua started to spit bubbles again, and the crystal clear bubbles exploded on the players' foreheads, like a silent shock.

"Don't worry, kids. They will treat you as their own kind," said Kenshahua.

"Can I have one too?" 023 asked unwillingly, "Although they may not be able to chew me..."

The players ignored it and pushed it down the Siren. Mermaids took 023 from the water as if they were delivering cargo.

“Is this a trophy?” The young mermaid looked at the delicate stone outline of 023 curiously and picked it up.

"Ah, no, I'm not a trophy, I'm your future colleague...Does the mermaid know what a colleague is?" 023 started nagging again.

The mermaid's claws went limp and she almost threw it into the water.

Soon, the mermaids and players on the boat gathered on the beach of the Holy Island. Looking around, the sea was full of mermaids, and there were tens of thousands of them visible to the naked eye.

They were surprisingly quiet, huddled together, looking at the Holy Island a hundred meters away with longing and silent eyes.

The beach was right in front of them, but no mermaid dared to go ashore.

"We will die." A mermaid recalled the day when she was expelled and began to tremble all over. She whispered her fear to Zhang Chunliang beside her, "Once the Holy Island gets angry, flowers and plants will grow on every hair, every inch of our skin, and every scale of our fish. They will absorb our flesh and blood for nutrients until they suck us dry..."

Zhang Chunliang listened thoughtfully. Just as he was about to ask a few questions, he saw the mermaid suddenly disappear from the water.

It struggled hard in the water, whimpering for help, but its tail was entangled by something unknown, and it couldn't move at all. It flapped its arms and fell powerlessly into the depths.

Zhang Chunliang was startled and hurried to grab its claws, but he had no strength in the water and the mermaid was slippery, so he couldn't pull it out after trying several times.

Other mermaids came to help and dived into the water to try to tear the plant off its tail. However, the unknown water plant was very flexible and stuck tightly to the unfortunate mermaid's flesh. Even the sharp claws of the mermaids could not tear it off.

Seeing that they were at their wits' end, the mermaids looked at each other and wanted to ask their leader for help, but they were a little scared.

Now is the critical moment to open the Holy Island. Who dares to disturb the leader rashly?

After a few minutes, the mermaid actually floated to the surface of the water by herself.

“…Thank you, everyone.” The mermaid’s face was covered with sea water, and she had a grateful smile.

The other mermaids breathed a sigh of relief and swam away, flicking their tails, without saying anything.

Weird plants and animals often appear around the Holy Island. They treat mermaids as prey, dragging them into the deep sea or eating them on the shore.

But even so, the mermaids had no way of giving up this place. Compared to the unknown vast deep sea, the Holy Island was already a very safe area.

In a sense, the wild mermaids have been tamed by this island.

"You just said that when the Holy Island gets angry it will kill mermaids. Apart from this, will it have other behaviors?" Zhang Chunliang asked.

"The Holy Island is killing fish? How could that be? You must have heard it wrong." The mermaid's eyes were full of sincerity and surprise. "The Holy Island is our most gentle home. It brings us abundant food and a safe breeding ground. We are willing to live here forever!"

Zhang Chunliang looked at its drastically changed temperament, his expression was stunned, and then he narrowed his eyes slightly.

The mermaid stopped talking to Zhang Chunliang and swam away quickly.

The opening of the Holy Island requires preparation for many grand ceremonies, and the idle Vio was expelled from the central area by his grandparents.

It found Zhang Chunliang among the school of fish, swam to him excitedly and whispered to him.

"I always feel that the Holy Island seems to have changed a little."

"What's changed?" Zhang Chunliang was a little curious.

"I can't explain it - the mountains are still the same mountains, the beaches are still the same beaches, but they feel much brighter and gentler than before, making the fish want to jump in and roll around." Vio touched his chin, imitating human movements, "Emmm... I always feel that it's very swaying now..."

Zhang Chunliang burst out laughing. Just as he was about to say something, he heard a sound like glass breaking in the air.

There was a commotion among the mermaids, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense and urgent.

"The barrier is open..." Vio straightened his shoulders and looked in the direction of his grandparents in astonishment. "Didn't they say it would take at least ten hours?"

Kenshahua told it that the mermaids needed to offer sacrifices to the sky, ask the sea, chant incantations to pray for the Holy Island's forgiveness and be grateful for its kindness, and finally offer the sacrifices they hunted, and then wait devoutly for the Holy Island's response.

Ten hours was just a phrase Kenshahua used to comfort Vio. In fact, they might have to wait here for a day, two days, a month, or even a year... and they would have to persevere in performing tedious and solemn rituals every day in order to receive the mercy of that arrogant god.

But - they only stayed here for half an hour, oh, maybe even less than half an hour, and the Holy Island responded to their expectations.

"This is simply a miracle..." Kenshahua murmured.

Kist was the first to react. He raised his strong arms high, bent down reverently, and buried his entire upper body in the water.

All the mermaids behind it followed it and worshiped the island spirit, standing up, bending down, standing up, and bending down one after another.

Although the occasion was very solemn, Zhang Chunliang almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

He could even feel Xiao Ai's collapse firsthand. He must be eager to stretch out his vines and throw these annoying mermaids onto the island one by one.

As expected, the next second, an extremely violent and fierce wave rolled in from afar, threw the mermaids who were saluting into the air, and slammed them fiercely onto the beach.

Suddenly, the school of fish was in chaos, and layers of dried fish were lying in all directions on the golden beach that had been carefully decorated by a certain island.

Vio grimaced in pain and subconsciously touched his surroundings, but only felt a slippery scale.

It was startled and quickly used its tail to sweep away the dizzy mermaid beside it, searching over and over in the sand.

"Zhang Chunliang?! Zhang Chunliang!" Vio screamed in disbelief, "All the fish - get your butts out of the way - my friend is buried in the sand!"

……

"Don't always give me special treatment. Mermaids are not fools. This will make them wary of me." Zhang Chunliang sat helplessly on a big rock and wiped his face.

Just now, in the panic, he was "stolen" by Xiao Ai to this unknown place.

This was a secluded little grassy slope. Except for the stone where he was sitting, it was covered with lovely flowers, a cool breeze, and green grass. It was a good place to relax if he didn't think about the troubles of the outside world.

Zhang Chunliang touched the little white flowers blooming beside him and lazily lay on the stone to bask in the sun.

His nose was filled with a faint floral scent - it was the first time his nose had sensed real fragrance since he came to this copy.

"Xiao Ai?" Zhang Chunliang was a little confused. That guy should have appeared beside him a long time ago, so why was there no movement until now?

He frowned, sat up straight, and looked around carefully, but still found nothing.

He tilted his head suspiciously and began to wonder what tricks this guy was playing.

A gust of warm wind blew and dried Zhang Chunliang's wrinkled clothes. It made him feel warm all over and his bones felt a little soft.

He couldn't help but yawn, fell on the stone, and squinted his eyes comfortably.

Where is Xiao Ai? It has neither turned into a vine nor a flower...

and many more.

Zhang Chunliang paused, then slowly sat up and reached out his hand to touch the large rock beneath him which was not painful at all.

The big rock finally couldn't help but shook twice.

Zhang Chunliang: “…”

"Are you a pervert?" he asked calmly, jumping off the rock.

The stone moved two steps towards him in a sticky manner, and then with a "rustle", it turned into vines and retracted into the ground.

Soon, countless rustling sounds appeared on the quiet grass, making people's scalps tingle.

Where the big rock disappeared, a bunch of dark green vines gradually gathered together. From bottom to top, they slowly formed a strong male figure.

The man's head had no facial features, but his figure was very familiar.

Zhang Chunliang identified it for a moment before he finally determined that Xiao Ai was imitating the appearance of a headless fish corpse...

It probably heard Zhang Chunliang praising the fish corpse for its good figure, so it decisively plagiarized its body.

Zhang Chunliang shook his head helplessly and couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Ai stood there blankly, and the vines under him pushed him a little closer to Zhang Chunliang.

Zhang Chunliang strode forward and hugged Xiao Ai's vine body tightly: "You don't need to imitate other fish. Even if you don't have muscles, handsome features, or a voice, I still like you the most."

"boom."

How could the young island bear such a straightforward confession? It couldn't help it and its whole body began to bloom wildly.

This was an accident that had never happened before, and it could no longer control its body. Xiao Ai looked a little panicked, and tried to cover the flowers on its body, but no matter how hard she tried, the flowers would always pop out from every corner of its body.

Zhang Chunliang was laughing so hard that his whole body was shaking. He took out the beautiful rose from his backpack and carefully inserted it into Xiao Ai's heart.

Xiao Ai touched the flower carefully, then quickly wrapped it in her body, fearing that someone would take it away again.

"Wow."

At this moment, Zhang Chunliang heard a strange sound not far away, which sounded like papers being turned.

He looked in the direction of the sound - it was the place where Xiao Ai pretended to be a stone, and there was a deep pit there.

He walked over and squatted to check.

The pit was not formed naturally, but was a circular stone pit with neat edges dug by humans.

There were many precious jewels and jades inside, and there was a huge gap in the middle, as if something had been taken away.

Zhang Chunliang took out an exquisite crown with a dull color, held it up and looked at it for a moment.

This is probably one of the five pits where the mermaids used to bury the remains of the Mermaid King Deep Blue.

"Rustle." He heard the sound of flipping papers again.

——The mermaids don’t have the habit of using paper to record information, so the appearance of this paper is somewhat strange.

Zhang Chunliang thought for a moment and jumped into the pit.

At the deepest part of the stone pit, there was a yellowed piece of paper placed in a gem box.

It was very fragile, but well preserved. Perhaps Xiao Ai moved too violently when she left and accidentally opened the box.

Xiao Ai followed Zhang Chunliang into the pit. When it found the paper, it was obviously nervous and put it into the box in a panic.

"Is that a secret that I can't know?" Zhang Chunliang looked very disappointed.

Xiao Ai held the box and shook her head. After hesitating for a moment, she opened the box, smoothed out the paper carefully, and handed it to Zhang Chunliang.

Zhang Chunliang was stunned when he saw the contents on the paper.

There was actually a portrait of him on that piece of paper!

It’s not the “Zhang Chunliang” who is only in his teens in this copy, but the young man outside the copy.

He held up the paper in disbelief and flipped it back and forth a few times - this piece of paper was very old and definitely not a product of this period. It might have been from many years ago.

Who painted his portrait? ! And why did it appear in the deep blue tomb? !