The Mermaid King pointed towards the cabin: "Go inside."

Josh nodded, holding the Heart of the Ocean and walked in.

Yuze couldn’t do anything but follow.

The others, seeing this, had no choice but to follow along.

Under the command of the Mermaid King, Josh carried it deeper inside.

Along the way, various corpses of sea creatures floated in the tanks, giving off a rotten stench.

Josh instinctively looked in the direction of the Mermaid King; these must have been his subjects, right?

He wondered what the Mermaid King was thinking when he saw this.

The Mermaid King led them to the deepest chamber and opened the entrance, "Place me on that platform, and your task will be complete."

Josh, upon hearing this, lowered her head to look at him: "If I place you up there, what will happen to you? Will you disappear?"

She instinctively clenched the Mermaid’s Heart in her hand: "I have so much I want to ask you..."

The Mermaid King raised his head; even in this position, he exuded a kind of sacred authority, but when his gaze fell on Josh’s face, his expression was incredibly gentle: "Don’t worry, as long as you need me, I will always be here."

Seeing the sincerity in his eyes, Josh nodded: "Alright then."

She placed the Heart of the Ocean on the platform.

As soon as the Heart of the Ocean was placed on the platform, a powerful light erupted from it.

[Ding! Congratulations to Golden Shit Stirrer for successfully clearing the ’Deep Sea Horror’ instance, now settling the game.]

Josh instinctively looked towards the direction of the Mermaid King, only to see him continuously infusing the Heart of the Ocean’s power into the platform, with blue light quickly spreading through the lines and engulfing the entire ship.

It was as if she sensed something.

Josh instinctively wanted to step closer to retrieve the Heart of the Ocean, but Yuze beat her to it and pulled her back.

The group quickly vanished from the scene.

In an instant, the entire ship exploded.

Josh returned to the game’s logout room, watching the screen filled with towering flames as a few lines of text appeared on the display.

[A sudden, violent explosion happened on the ship, destroying all research data; the simulated sea on the ship was also blown apart. All creatures from the simulated sea miraculously survived and were released into the deep sea.]

[The seawater has come alive again, though it may take a very long time to purify the pollution and waste left by humanity.]

[But as long as the ocean lives, there’s still time for everything.]

[Perhaps we can prepare now to welcome the birth of a new ocean...]

Josh was anxious: "The Mermaid King hasn’t come out yet."

Yuze reassured her with a pat: "Don’t worry, he won’t die."

A flash of blue light flickered in his eyes.

Josh watched the explosion on the screen, unable to calm down.

What difference was there from last time in Rose Town?

The Mermaid King once again cast them out and resolved everything with a massive explosion.

For all she knew, he might not have escaped from inside at all.

Josh gritted her teeth: "I want to go back!"

Yuze frowned, holding her down: "Josh, calm down."

Josh pushed him away: "It’s all your fault! You said he wouldn’t die, so I believed you, placed him there, and now he’s exploded inside, never coming out."

The atmosphere around Yuze grew colder, "Josh..."

Josh ignored him, turned around, and moved to touch the machine.

She had seen how Yuze manipulated the machine to go back during the Bloody Castle incident. She could do it too!

"Josh!" Yuze shouted to stop her, gripping her shoulder and pulling her back.

Josh summoned the Spider Silk without a word, flinging Yuze away.

The others, seeing this, quickly fled.

Not forgetting to drag Ma Qi and Joyce along.

"What? Why did they start fighting?" Ma Qi was anxious: "Aren’t you going to break it up instead of eavesdropping!"

Rob waved his hand: "Coach, don’t waste your energy. They’re fighting, what can we say? Just be glad we’re not caught in the crossfire, let alone risking our lives to break it up!"

Jiang Can nodded in agreement.

The three teammates pressed their ears to the crack of the door. It seemed like a love triangle, too explosive to miss this gossip.

Inside the room, Josh and Yuze were at each other’s throats.

Every time Yuze tried to speak, Josh would interrupt.

Seeing her so desperate for the Mermaid King made him a bit angry too, his hand heavier: "Josh, calm down!"

Josh dodged to the side, and the machine next to her was sliced to pieces by Yuze’s sharp blade.

She looked coolly at Yuze, her anger becoming more apparent: "Have you had enough? Why do you always harbor such hostility towards the Mermaid King! Deliberately slicing the machine so I can’t go back, do you think this will stop me?"

She darted towards another machine.

Yuze’s face darkened as he chased after her, quickly tossed away by Josh’s Spider Silk, flashed to the corner of the room.

As soon as he landed, he bounced back, moving at an astonishing speed.

At first glance, it even seemed like Josh’s Spider Silk had teleported him to her front.

Josh narrowed her eyes, the silk transforming into steel wire, blocking Yuze as he approached.

Yuze’s hand was instantly cut by the wire.

He looked at Josh incredulously: "You’d really attack me for the Mermaid King?"

Josh pursed her lips, ignoring him, raising her hand to press the teleport key. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

A flash of fury crossed Yuze’s eyes, quickening his pace, pouncing on Josh, and the two of them rolled into a corner.

Josh quickly spun a web, wrapping the Spider Silk around Yuze’s limbs and neck, trying to pull him off herself.

Yuze seemed to have lost his reason in anger, stubbornly grabbing her hands and pressing them above her head with one hand.

Her body had to be fully open to him, an extremely dangerous position.

Josh instinctively tensed her body, looking at the bloody marks on him where the Spider Silk had cut in: "You!"

There was a brewing storm in Yuze’s dark eyes: "He’s that much more important than me? You’d rather hurt me to save him?"

Josh gritted her teeth, "He can’t die!"

Yuze’s voice seemed to be laced with ice: "I said he wouldn’t die, and he won’t die, but you don’t believe me!"

Josh looked at him: "I don’t believe you!"

Yuze felt a string snap in his mind, leaning down, pressing his lips to hers.

Josh hadn’t expected this, instantly stunned.

Yuze’s breath aggressively invaded.

Josh frowned slightly, but didn’t reject his advance.

Inexplicably, she calmed down instead.

The Spider Silk connected her five senses.

Her silk had carved deep wounds on him, he seemed to be deliberately contending with her, despite knowing how sharp the threads were, he didn’t back down, just kept pressing down, seemed to test how far she could harden her heart to hurt him.

Their lips brushed, the unique connection between a Master and a Strong Attacker flowed between them.

Josh faintly sensed from his emotions... grievance?