In a giant karst cave along the lake shore—a rare semi-aquatic colorful karst cave where luminous coral grew, making it unnecessary to light candles to illuminate the half-human, half-fish residents—a young female Fish-man Monster half-floated in the water. Beneath her black robe, her entire body was densely covered in tiny fish scales, with only her face largely free of them. She spoke, "The situation is getting more and more serious. In a few months, I'm afraid I'll lose my mind and won't be able to speak. How many bounty teams have gone in... and most of them have never returned."
"I just came back from a human supermarket and bought some egg fried rice. Professor Zhang, I want to ask you, do you really think the secret to saving us exists in that desert? Why don't we just dig a canal straight to that desert ourselves? Can we really rely on those losers who took the money and failed their missions?"
"I already regret taking your money, which turned me into this fish-monster state worse than death. What should I do, what should I do? The fish scales have reached my neck..."
Chapter 225