After I Dumped 7 Beast Husbands and Ran

”I can’t leave,” Nan Zishi said, flicking her beautiful, seven-colored tail. She swam in front of him and innocently wiggled the waterproof phone in her hand.

”Your soul is trapped inside this little phone of mine, remember? I can’t be more than fifty meters away from you.

If I leave, what will happen to your soul?”

In reality, it was *she* who couldn’t be more than fifty meters away from *him*. But she deliberately used the lie she’d told him before, smiling as she continued to deceive him.

’Oh, she really was a scummy little liar.’

Lanxing looked a little pitiful. ”Please don’t lie to me.”

”Mm, I won’t lie to you.”

Yu Lang and the other male mermaids swam over quickly.

”Prince Lanxing, we can’t wait any longer! The volcano is about to have a major eruption!”

”Princess, please, try to persuade the Prince! We need to leave now!”

Lanxing looked at the mermaids trapped under the rocks on the seafloor. ”No, some of our clan are still trapped!”

”There’s no time, Prince! There’s really no time!”

”I can’t let my people die in front of me.” He used all his strength to control the water and save them.

However, the rocks trapping the mermaids were simply too large and deeply embedded in the seabed. Lanxing couldn’t move them an inch.

’Can’t I save them?’

’Can I really not save them?’

’They all call me ’Prince.’ They’re my people!’

Yu Chen swam over and said from behind Lanxing, ”Prince, they’re just common mermaids. Their lives aren’t worth much. If you can’t save them, just let it go.”

’What does he mean, their lives aren’t worth much?’

For the first time, Lanxing found Yu Chen’s words grating.

”Princess, the volcano has started erupting and will blow any second. It will be extremely dangerous if we don’t leave now.

A male mermaid’s life isn’t worth much, but a female mermaid’s life is a different story.

Princess, please come with us and leave immediately.”

A smile was on Yu Chen’s face, but his gaze was chillingly cold as he watched Lanxing and Nan Zishi’s backs.

Yu Lang also said urgently, ”Prince Lanxing, Princess, what Yu Chen said makes sense. Let’s hurry up and go!”

”No mermaid’s life is worthless!” The young man’s face was filled with determination.

”A female mermaid’s life is valuable, and so is a male mermaid’s! Everyone is equal!”

”Besides, they...” Lanxing strained with all his might, tears welling in his eyes. ”They are all my people!”

Yu Chen swam closer. ”Prince, you’ve done your best. You and the Princess are what’s most important.”

Yu Lang and the other male mermaids said, ”Prince, we’re sorry, but we really can’t stand this heat. We’re about to be cooked alive. We’re leaving first.”

With that, Yu Lang and the others were the first to leave.

Now, deep under the sea, only Lanxing, Nan Zishi, and Yu Chen remained, along with the other trapped mermaids.

The trapped mermaids cried out, ”Prince, Princess, you have to go! Go now! We won’t blame you!”

”We really won’t blame you. Prince, we’re begging you, take the Princess and go!!!”

Nan Zishi looked at Lanxing, too.

He had done his best. He was already exhausted from trying to save them.

’He should have a clear conscience.’

But just then, the volcano erupted again, this time even more violently than before.

The moment the seafloor trembled, Lanxing grabbed Nan Zishi’s wrist.

’This is it. No matter what, I have to protect Nan Zishi!’

However, just as he was about to turn and leave, Yu Chen suddenly blocked his path.

”Prince Lanxing.” The mermaid Yu Chen, with his brown fishtail and dark-red skin, slowly raised his sinister eyes.

Lanxing’s expression changed. ”Yu Chen, go! There’s no time, we have to escape!”

”Escape from what?” Yu Chen suddenly waved his hand, and a massive wave of water surged toward Lanxing.

Lanxing couldn’t react in time. His eyes flew wide open as he and Nan Zishi were swept away by Yu Chen’s wave.

A giant boulder fell, trapping Lanxing and Nan Zishi inside an undersea cave!

”Prince Lanxing, you’ve always been too naive, too easy to fool, overflowing with sympathy.”

”How is a mermaid like you fit to be the Prince of the Mermaid Clan?!”

Lanxing shouted anxiously, ”Yu Chen! You have a superpower?! That’s great! Help me rescue our people!”

”Still thinking about saving your people, even now? You naive Prince.”

Yu Chen swam in front of them, a sudden smile spreading across his face before he turned and left.

Lanxing grew frantic, shouting, ”Yu Chen! If we work together, we can move this rock! What are you doing? Come back!!”

”Lanxing!!!” Nan Zishi’s voice snapped him back to his senses.

”Stop shouting! He’s the one who trapped us! That Yu Chen is a traitor!”

With things having come this far, there was nothing Lanxing couldn’t understand.

Yu Chen, the male mermaid he had trusted for so many years, was actually a bad fish.

His heart instantly grew cold. He turned his head and looked at Nan Zishi, trapped with him under the sea by this huge rock.

The water temperature was becoming scalding. Even he couldn’t bear it, let alone a delicate female.

He was filled with regret. He should have left earlier.

”I didn’t know...” Lanxing placed his hands on Nan Zishi’s shoulders as bluish-purple pearls rolled down his cheeks. ”I really didn’t know...”

”Zishi... Yu Chen left. He pushed us in here, trapped us, and just left!”

”It’s all my fault. I trusted the wrong fish.”

”I don’t know... I don’t understand why Yu Chen would betray me. What do I do? I can’t move this rock on my own. How am I going to get you out...? I’ve doomed you. I’ve doomed you!”

’What a truly naive, kind, soft-hearted, weepy, and gullible mermaid he was.’

Nan Zishi gently patted his face. The seawater’s temperature had skyrocketed, and Lanxing’s face was burning hot.

To be honest, Nan Zishi hadn’t expected this chain of events either.

Living beings were so insignificant in the face of a natural disaster. Even though Nan Zishi had a pocket dimension filled with supplies, not a single item could overcome a cataclysm of this scale.

But, at the very least, she had to let him know.

”This isn’t your fault, Lanxing. You didn’t doom me; Yu Chen did this to us.”

”Zishi...” Bluish-purple pearls continued to stream down his face. ”I don’t want you to die! I really don’t want you to die!”

With that, Lanxing mustered all his strength to move the rock, but it didn’t budge.

Nan Zishi helped, but her Super Strength Ability was useless against the forces of nature.

’How strange.’

’Is this Super Strength Ability the system rewarded me with even useful?’

’It seems like it only worked that first time I fought the Wolf King. It’s been useless ever since!’

’What kind of crappy superpower is this?’

’I knew I couldn’t trust the Childbirth System...’

Nan Zishi’s mind grew fuzzy. This time, she felt like she was truly going to lose to a natural disaster.

’Am I going to die?’

’Is this really the end?’

’On Earth, I never properly honored my parents or took care of my little brother.’

’In the Beast World, I just earned Hu Bai’s forgiveness, and I haven’t even had a chance to make it up to Hu Bai and his son, or Lanxing and his daughter...’

’Is it all over?’

’I can’t accept this. I really can’t accept this.’

Just then, Nan Zishi felt her thoughts cloud over again, and she seemed to arrive once more in a pure white space.

Just like last time, it was an endless expanse of white, seemingly empty.

She climbed up from the ground and spoke directly.

”Beast God? Am I dead? Is that why I’m here to see you?”

”How interesting. I’m a human, but I get to meet the Beast God after I die.”

[Nan Zishi, why are you here again?]

Nan Zishi figured she was about to die anyway, so she spoke a bit impertinently.

”Beast God, after I die, can you take my body back to Earth?”

”Humans have a saying about returning to their roots. After I die, I’d still like to go back to my mom and dad. And my stupid little brother... I hope he can honor our parents for me.”

[How dutiful of you. A filial child sending her corpse to her parents?]

Nan Zishi couldn’t help but laugh. She sat up, crossing her legs.

[You’re quite carefree for someone who’s dying.]

”I’m already dead, so what else can I do? It’s just... my Mermaid Beast Husband. He’s so naive, so easy to trick. A single Yu Chen has him wrapped around his little finger. Oh, but I’ve tricked him too.”

”Forget it. He’s going to die with me anyway.”

”But what about Little Fu? She’s still so young, and she’s about to lose both her parents. And she doesn’t even know that Yu Chen is a bad fish. For all I know, Yu Chen might be the one to lure Little Fu away and put her in danger.”

”And Hu Bai’s health hasn’t fully recovered yet. Little Snake Yang still can’t transform into her human form. And Little Aqi can’t live without me...”

”Sigh...” Nan Zishi’s brows furrowed.

But from the Beast God’s side came a delighted laugh.

”What are you laughing at? I’m about to die, what’s so funny?”

[Nan Zishi, since you still have things tying you to this world, then live.]

”Live? How?” Nan Zishi asked.

[You can try kissing your Beast Husband to activate your Moonlight Starlight Level 2 Superpower...]