Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 359 - 9: This Fishpond’s Cannon Fodder Is Contracted (Part 9)

Chapter 359: Chapter 9: This Fishpond’s Cannon Fodder Is Contracted (Part 9)

After training the Little Mermaid for half a month, Jiang Lai had almost figured out this mermaid’s habits.

Plus, with skill enhancement, Jiang Lai could clearly understand whatever was on this little creature’s mind, since mermaids knew that humans couldn’t decipher their language system, so they would say whatever they wanted without any scruples in front of humans.

For example, now, after a day’s training ended, while Jiang Lai was making the final recording, a voice came to her ear.

"Ugly woman, bad woman, today’s fish wasn’t tasty at all."

Jiang Lai remained unfazed, and after finishing the recording, arranged to have the Little Mermaid sent back.

It wasn’t until they reached the door that the mermaid’s eyes were still staring at her, and before Jiang Lai realized anything, the Little Mermaid reluctantly and anxiously chanted.

"Ugly woman has such a poor memory, ugly woman really has a poor memory!"

Jiang Lai, belatedly realizing, thought about what she hadn’t done today, and then slowly walked over to the Little Mermaid, reaching out to gently stroke the usual spot.

"Land Dog did really well today, great job."

"What the hell is Land Dog! My name is Hongxing!"

When the mermaid spoke, the tightly closed gills behind its ears would slightly open and close, emitting frequencies humans couldn’t capture to communicate.

Jiang Lai heard its name and nodded.

Hongxing.

Oh well, Land Dog sounds nicer.

This time, Jiang Lai sent the Little Mermaid back to the place where it had been held before, with its clan.

The cameras installed here were basically useless because the mermaids would emit high-frequency sound waves that affected the cameras’ normal operations, and this was when Little Buding would be extremely proud, who else in this world could have such a skill?

Jiang Lai must have secretly laughed when she encountered him at night.

When the heavy doors slowly closed, the communication between the mermaids began.

This thick glass could block the messages emitted by most creatures but couldn’t block the mermaids, so they could communicate at any time even when locked in here.

As soon as the Little Mermaid returned, the other mermaids anxiously asked it.

"What did that woman do to you? Are you hurt?"

The Little Mermaid lay on the glass, its tail curled, listening to its kind with a bored expression on its face.

"She can’t do anything to me, you know that."

"But we fear she might harm you, you are the king’s only child, we cannot let anything happen to you."

Hearing this, Little Buding clapped his hands.

"Sure enough, this Little Mermaid’s status is not simple at all."

He then felt a bit puzzled.

"The king’s child, so he’s a prince, how did those mermaids catch him?"

"Caught during an attack on a cargo ship."

"That’s known, the male lead is a little leader in their clan, so how does the prince end up with him? I think there’s a conspiracy here."

Jiang Lai chuckled lightly.

"Who would have thought, after all this time you’ve finally grown a brain."

"Jiang Lai, don’t bully father too much."

What Little Buding discovered, Jiang Lai had, of course, also discovered.

Moreover, from the very beginning, the original owner had discovered it. She was researching mermaids, and knew better than anyone the strict hierarchical system within the Mermaid Clan, divided into three levels: low, medium, and high.

The male lead was a little leader, a medium-level mermaid.

This Little Mermaid, however, was a high-level mermaid.

The remaining ones were obviously low-level mermaids, in terms of strength and speed far inferior to the previously dissected low-level member.

These mermaids couldn’t have gathered together to hunt humans.

The only explanation is they attacked the ship for another purpose.

No need for Jiang Lai to guess, these mermaids voluntarily confessed.

"The leader was locked away separately, we don’t know how he’s doing."

"The leader is so powerful, he’ll be fine for sure. We must continue to hold on, protect the prince, and wait for our clan’s army to arrive and tear these humans apart."

"Yes! Especially that woman who’s been torturing us! When the time comes, I will definitely tear off her arms and chew her to pieces!"

Several mermaids were filled with righteous indignation.

They revealed all their plans.

Jiang Lai understood that these mermaids intentionally attacked fishing vessels under the leadership of their own leader and allowed themselves to be captured, aiming to have their clan pinpoint their base location.

And their main target for this mission was Jiang Lai.

After all, all human understanding of mermaids came from Jiang Lai, and no one knew the mermaids’ anatomy and living habits better than she did.

To expand their territory and become the lords of the ocean, their first target to eliminate was Jiang Lai.

Killing her would be equivalent to removing the window for humans to the seabed, and no one would be able to replace it in a short time.

Listening to their schemes and considering everything that happened in the plot, those mermaids probably didn’t expect that it wasn’t the most resentful mermaid who would end up killing Jiang Lai, but Ren Yan, a human like her.

Ren Yan, with her love-addled brain, wrote books in her voice, completely unable to see the turbulent undercurrents between mermaids and humans. All she saw was the beauty and fantasy of the Deep Sea Elf.

Jiang Lai removed her glasses and rubbed her brows.

"So they were coming for me."

"Yes."

"The male lead is on the mission, while the rest of these mermaids’ main task is to protect Land Dog."

Then why did Land Dog come?

Forget it, who cares, instead of staying well in the sea, they insisted on walking into the trap, so she’ll play with these sea elves properly then.

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The way mermaids interconnect is through sound.

Ever since Jiang Lai understood the mermaid language, she realized that the male lead locked away alone was constantly calling his companions.

That sound frequency was far higher than their usual communication frequencies, capable of penetrating the base’s thick walls and broadcasting to the ocean.

At this time, if there were any mermaids nearby, they could hear the call and immediately notify the mermaid army.

Checking the date, it was almost time.

Estimated at this moment, some mermaids had already gone back to celebrate, and maybe the mermaid army was rushing over at high speed.

Having heard enough, a knock on the office door resounded from outside.

It was Gao Qingjue who came in.

"What’s the matter?"

"Director, regarding the research report you asked me to write earlier, I found some parts still have big problems, so I want to observe the mermaids again and came to ask you for a pass."

"If you have any questions, ask me directly, no need to waste time."

Hesitation and nervousness flashed in Gao Qingjue’s eyes, but to avoid exposure, he made up a random question to fool Jiang Lai.

After listening, Jiang Lai slowly lifted her gaze to look at him, her tone turning cold.

"Of all the things I taught you before, did you take in a single word?"

"It’s not... Director, I, I asked the wrong question, it’s not this one..."

"I don’t care if you waste your time, don’t waste mine. If you can’t even figure out what question you want to ask, right now, I need to reconsider your capabilities."