Apocalyptic Flood: Sexy Beauty Neighbor's Midnight Plea for Food

Chapter 1172: Chapter 513: Ji Xiaoyu Wants to Make a Deal

Liang Yuan was stunned; Ji Xiaoyu’s words carried a lot of information.

He always thought Ji Xiaoyu was alone.

From what she implied, was she not alone?

Ji Xiaoyu nodded slightly and said softly, "Given the current situation, I can see that you, Mr. Liang, are different from Wu Yaobang and those people, you are good people."

"I’m actually not alone; there is a force behind me as well."

Liang Yuan grew interested, sat down and said, "Tell me in detail."

Ji Xiaoyu also sat down and spoke slowly, "Wu Yaobang wasn’t wrong. About three months ago, actually, we who were trapped in the Fold Space have an alliance organization."

"There are quite a few Genetic Species Level superpower users in the organization, but they were all secretly harmed by Wu Yaobang."

"After Wu Yaobang killed these Genetic Species experts, he started to annex Little Straw Mountain, ruled over the survivors there, and established Eden, delusionally trying to create his own Divine Country."

"At that time, many women were brutalized, captured, and raped by him."

"Those who resisted were brutally killed by him, hung on crosses on Little Straw Mountain to warn others."

"I clearly remember, within that mere half a month, nearly one-tenth of the survivors on Little Straw Mountain died."

"My sister unwilling to be raped also was nailed to the cross by them."

At this point, Ji Xiaoyu’s eyes became red, tears welled up in her eyes, flowing with hatred.

Only then did Liang Yuan understand why Ji Xiaoyu held such hatred towards the people of Eden.

And why she had such enmity against Wu Yaobang.

So there was this past involved.

Considering Wu Yaobang’s cruelty and treachery, it’s not surprising he did such things.

Liang Yuan asked, "And then?"

Ji Xiaoyu said softly, "Among us, some people awakened Merfolk type superpowers, capable of living underwater, so everyone escaped Little Straw Mountain, choosing to survive underwater."

"We built a shelter underwater, only Merfolk Superpower Users who can breathe underwater can enter."

"Wu Yaobang also knows of our existence, but he cannot dive underwater for long battles, so he can’t do anything to us."

Liang Yuan was greatly surprised, a group of Merfolk Superpower Users established an underwater shelter?

"Wait, you call yourselves Merfolk Superpower Users? Not Merfolk?"

Ji Xiaoyu shook her head, "It’s different, Merfolk Superpower Users and Merfolk Superpower Users have many differences."

"Although both can transform into fish-like states and survive underwater, Merfolk Evolvers are more inclined towards physical evolution."

"While we Merfolk Superpower Users are more inclined towards the evolution of spiritual power."

"Moreover, after transforming, Merfolk Superpower Users actually retain most of their human form, whereas Merfolk Superpower Users tend to have more fish-like forms after transforming."

Liang Yuan was amazed, if this is the case, no wonder Ji Xiaoyu’s transformed form was clearly different from Zhang Peng’s transformed Merfolk form.

Originally Liang Yuan thought it was due to gender, but it turns out they are not the same superpower.

Liang Yuan asked, "How many of you are there?"

"A dozen or so."

Ji Xiaoyu didn’t give an exact number, clearly holding back, unwilling to let Liang Yuan fully probe.

Hearing this, Liang Yuan immediately knew Ji Xiaoyu was definitely understating; the number of Merfolk Superpower Users behind her surely exceeds this!

He was extremely surprised and couldn’t help saying, "How are there so many of the same type of superpower users?"

It’s important to know, this isn’t an ordinary superpower like Strength Type or Speed Type.

Merfolk and Merfolk Superpower Users aren’t commonly seen by Liang Yuan outside.

So far, he’s only seen Zhang Peng.

Ji Xiaoyu in front of him counts as the second.

How come suddenly a whole bunch appeared?

Ji Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment, "Our people also analyzed the reasons, everyone agrees that after the Great Flood, human survival instincts would make many long to live in water."

"Awakening superpowers with such thoughts is not uncommon, a significant number are likely to awaken to superpowers like ours."

"Another reason, before the Great Flood, our people lived by the river, our ancestors have been fishermen for generations."

"Even though after the fishing ban in Linjiang, we stopped fishing, the government still arranged fisher-related jobs for us."

"Our families actually still secretly catch some fish to eat."

"Everyone agrees that we probably have fish-related genes from our ancestors, making it easier to awaken Merfolk or Merfolk type superpowers."

Liang Yuan fell into a slight silence.

As early as Meidu Garden, he already discovered that the awakening of human superpowers is greatly related to their spiritual desires during life-threatening crises.

What kind of power they most wish for before death often sways what abilities they might awaken.

This part of the gene prioritizes responding to the spiritual need, manifesting as a superpower.

According to Ji Xiaoyu’s description, the group behind her belongs to families associated with fishery management.

Their ancestors have been fishing for generations, having eaten fish all their lives, their bodies naturally have a rich and diverse array of fish genes.

Under such circumstances, it’s not surprising to prioritize awakening Merfolk or Merfolk genes.

The Great Flood still hasn’t stopped rising up until now.

Humans wanting to survive have to either retreat to higher ground or learn to merge into the flood and become a part of it.

Merfolk and Merfolk are the latter, gradually assimilating into the flood.

The human race has also ventured on different paths of evolution.

Such thoughts flashed through Liang Yuan’s mind.

He looked up at Ji Xiaoyu, asking, "Can you take me to see your underwater shelter?"

Ji Xiaoyu immediately shook her head, becoming cautious: "No way, we absolutely cannot tell you about our underwater shelter."

She instinctively rejected Liang Yuan, but then realized her attitude might not be very good.

She changed her tune and advised, "Besides, even if I told you, you wouldn’t be able to enter."

"The water is too deep, the pressure is immense, even if you are a superpower user, it’s hard to bear."

"Unless you are a merfolk or a superpower user of the merfolk type, able to adjust cell osmosis pressure to adapt to underwater environments."

Her words were reasonable and justified, clearly more tactful than outright rejecting Liang Yuan.

However, Liang Yuan just smiled and asked, "How do you know I’m not a superpower user of the merfolk type?"

"Huh?"

Ji Xiaoyu was astonished, looking at Liang Yuan as if saying, are you taking me for a fool?

Previously, Liang Yuan had already shown powerful Spirit Superpower before her, so she didn’t believe Liang Yuan could be a merfolk superpower user.

Seeing he did not believe, Liang Yuan didn’t waste words and directly stood up, saying: "Let’s go."

"Go where?"

"To the underwater, you’ll naturally find out."

Ji Xiaoyu frowned, followed Liang Yuan up, and went all the way to the flood waters under Little Straw Mountain.

Only to see Liang Yuan leap and jump directly into the water.

Ji Xiaoyu likewise lightly leaped under the water.

Upon entering the water, her body immediately began to transform automatically.

Tiny pink scales spread out, her already attractive face became even whiter and more delicate, her eyes became as clear and bright as gemstones.

Her hands and feet also grew webbed.

Ji Xiaoyu comfortably moved her body, turned to look at Liang Yuan.

At this glance, she suddenly widened her eyes.

But saw not far from Liang Yuan, without any defense measures or water-repelling measures.

He was just standing in the water like that.

His hands also grew webbing, and behind his ears, gills evolved.

His face did not have fish scales, but his cells seemed to change, the keratin layer seemed to thicken.

"You, you... you—"

Ji Xiaoyu opened her mouth wide, her face full of disbelief, even stuttering for a moment.

Liang Yuan smiled and said: "How about it, do I look like a merfolk?"

"This is impossible, this is impossible, you are clearly a Spirit Superpower user, no, not right, you are still an Ice Attribute Superpower user."

"That’s not right either, I’ve seen you release flames, what type of superpower user actually are you?"

Ji Xiaoyu was bewildered, she was completely unable to distinguish, what kind of superpower user is the man before her?

Liang Yuan smiled and said: "All you need to know is, I am now a merfolk, now, can you take me to your shelter?"

Ji Xiaoyu scratched her head, her face was full of confusion.

Liang Yuan laughed: "What, is your shelter this exclusive?"

Ji Xiaoyu shook her head and said: "Everyone is very kind, but they’ve been hurt by people on the shore, so everyone doesn’t want to associate with people from the shore."

Liang Yuan asked: "They never come to shore? Always stay underwater?"

"Not exactly, sometimes when really bored, or miss the food on the shore, they’ll come up to find something to eat."

Liang Yuan laughed: "Do you say I’m a person from the shore, or am I considered one of your underwater people?"

"This..." Ji Xiaoyu didn’t know how to answer.

Liang Yuan said: "I think, whether people on the shore or underwater people, everyone used to be human, right?"

"Those people like Wu Yaobang only represent some people, such bad people exist everywhere."

"Even if you’re all underwater, aren’t there bad people among merfolk or humans with tails?"

Ji Xiaoyu was silent, she was somewhat convinced.

The key was that the one persuading her was also a merfolk.

Well, perhaps.

At least she didn’t feel the same exclusion towards Liang Yuan as she did towards people from the shore.

Liang Yuan said: "Take me to have a look, don’t you want to make a deal with me?"

"You have to let me know what kind of people you have around you so I can feel at ease about sharing half of Little Straw Mountain’s resources with you, right?"

Ji Xiaoyu was immediately persuaded, she thought a bit, and said: "Then you swear, absolutely do not harm them."

"I swear." Liang Yuan smiled and said.

Ji Xiaoyu nodded: "Follow me."

The young girl paddled forward a few times, her superpower’s light flickered, and her two slender white legs suddenly merged together.

Under the wrapping of superpower light, her legs were covered with a streamlined membrane, resembling a fish tail.

As she gently swayed her legs, she shot forward like an arrow!

Seeing this scene, Liang Yuan couldn’t help but be a bit surprised.

He immediately activated the talent of [Genetic Transformation], at his legs, similarly condensed an energy membrane, forming a fish tail-like shape.

Then vigorously flicked the fish tail, and instantly, his speed soared!

Seeing the scene ahead, Ji Xiaoyu was amazed and said: "Aren’t you a merfolk? How can you use our human fish’s tail-swim skills?"

Liang Yuan only then understood, this skill, originally called [Tail Swim], and according to Ji Xiaoyu, this skill is something only superpower users of the human fish type can possess.