After the spaceship vanished into thin air from the bottom of the Blood Lake, the resulting cavity collapse caused a massive backflow. Tons of lake water, combined with the pressure from hundreds of meters of water, slammed violently into the lakebed and triggered a tremendous tremor. The disturbance had surely reached the outside, but since the little green people and the spaceship had already left, Hao Ren no longer had to worry about further trouble—at most, it would leave behind an unsolved mystery in the minds of the locals. In any case, the Blood Lake area was never short on unsolved mysteries.
Nangong May had shielded everyone from the impact of the backflow. By then, everyone swimming at the front of the group was lying sideways. Hao Ren watched the Siren girl swim like a half-dead fish, unconsciously rolling onto her back and floating upward, and could not help worrying. "Are you sure you're all right?"
Nangong May swam ahead at an angle, still stubbornly insisting, "I'm fine! I'm just a little dizzy! Don't underestimate a Siren's ability to survive in water..."
Vivian looked at Nangong May with deep sympathy. "...But you're already floating belly-up..."
Nangong May tried hard to straighten herself out, but failed. She shook her head. "Sometimes looking at the world from a different angle can lead to many discoveries..."
The moment Doudou saw what was happening, she happily followed behind Nangong May and began floating around on her back as well. Hao Ren hurriedly grabbed the little one by the tail and dragged her back. "Learn something good! That posture is inauspicious!"
After being shaken dizzy by the backflow, Nangong May had transformed into her mermaid form just to maintain her balance—though it did not seem to have helped much. At that moment, she suddenly turned