Mermaid?

Night falls.

A group of people retrieved quite a few things from the sea, but didn't take too much.

Some of the gold nuggets were too big and heavy for them to lift.

They took only a small portion of the gold and jewelry, and the Golden Mask.

The Golden Mask was extremely strange in appearance, with a ruby inlaid on its forehead and two raised silver hands on either side of its face.

One of them picked up the mask and started playing with it. "Holy crap, this is incredibly well-made. If I gave this to my dad, he'd laugh his teeth out!"

"Speaking of which, it seems like we've been hearing a lot of news lately about people finding treasure in the sea. I thought it was just a joke."

"I've heard about this too, but I was just listening for fun."

"Logically speaking, if there really is some shipwreck treasure in such a shallow place, with so many ships passing by, how could it not have been discovered?"

"Maybe those people are blind?"

"You're quite naive."

"What else could it be? It can't be that these treasures and shipwrecks never existed before and just appeared out of thin air overnight, right?"

As they were talking, a girl picked up the gold, examined it, and then suddenly screamed!

"Ah!!"

"What's wrong?"

"Those gold pieces, those gold pieces look so much like..."

"Like human bones and limbs, right?"

"Who knows? Maybe it was knocked off some statue."

"If it was indeed knocked off the statue, then the craftsmanship of this gold statue would be the pinnacle of human craftsmanship."

"Sculpting with gold can bring human skin, capillaries, and even every single hair to life. I wouldn't have dared to imagine that a few hundred years ago."

"What a pity, if this gold were intact, it would be priceless."

"Oh, never mind that. We're all out having fun anyway. If you're going to fuss over these things, then it's no fun!"

"I don't care about anything else, I want this mask!"

"Take it if you like it. I'm not interested in anything related to dead people."

"Tch, boring."

The group divided the salvaged gold and jewels among themselves and then returned to their respective rooms.

Everything was peaceful until nightfall, when a scream suddenly came from the next room!

The group was jolted awake by the screams and quickly left the room!

"Did you hear anything?"

"It sounds like it's coming from Old Jin's room?"

"Damn, making such a big commotion, anyone who didn't know better would think he's incredibly strong down there."

"Is this girl's first time here?"

"Oh, Lao Jin, that's normal. He changes his girlfriends more often than I change my underwear."

"Shall we take a look?"

"What are you looking at? Watching how they handle things?"

"Let's go, let's go back to sleep."

Just as the group turned their heads, Lao Jin's room was suddenly pushed open.

A man wearing Golden Mask walked out of the room.

Upon seeing the man, the group was taken aback. "Wait, didn't you say you were taking it back for your father? Why are you wearing it?"

The masked man had golden pupils. He approached the group without saying a word and then suddenly grabbed one of them by the face!

Snap!

"Holy crap, what are you doing?!"

"I..."

Click!

The man was speaking when suddenly his face began to transform from flesh and blood into a gleaming gold!

The gold spread extremely quickly, and before anyone could react, the person had already been transformed into an exquisite golden sculpture!

Seeing this, the group was completely stunned.

The person wearing the Golden Mask turned around, and one of them immediately collapsed to his knees, his legs giving way. "Old Jin, no... no!!"

Click!

A man saw this and turned to run without saying a word, but when he ran out of the cabin, all he saw was an endless sea!

Just then, a man wearing Golden Mask came running out!

Hearing the footsteps behind him, the man felt a chill run down his spine!

No!

He gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and plunged headfirst into the sea!

Thump!

Upon seeing the man jump into the sea, the man wearing the Golden Mask turned cold and immediately turned back to the cabin.

After a while, a head emerged from the sea. He looked at the ship getting farther and farther away and his breathing became rapid.

"Turning people into gold, what exactly is that...?"

No, there's something even more critical right now!

What should I do now?

How can he get back on this vast ocean?

In this situation, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will only face two possible outcomes.

Exhausted, they drowned.

Or they might just drown!

As for waiting for rescue, there are far fewer boats going out to sea recently, and it's late at night now, so even if there are boats, they won't notice that there's someone at sea!

It's over...

This is really the end...

The man turned his head in despair and discovered a reef in the distance.

A slender figure sat on the rocks, splashing the waves.

"What is that?"

"One person?"

The man didn't care about anything else. He found the right spot and started swimming desperately toward the reef!

Unfortunately, his leg suddenly cramped up.

The icy seawater engulfed him in an instant. The man's eyes widened as he stretched out his right hand, "Help... glug glug..."

The man sank to the surface of the sea in an instant, his vision began to blur, and a feeling of suffocation washed over him!

Whoosh!

Just then, a figure darted out and grabbed the man's hand.

In the blink of an eye, the figure pulled him out of the sea and brought him to the reef.

"Cough cough!"

The man coughed violently, and a large amount of seawater flowed from his mouth and nose.

He looked up at the person in front of him, and what he saw almost made him fall back into the sea in fright!

What the hell is this?!

Merman?

The man stared wide-eyed at the creature before him, his face filled with disbelief.

She was a girl with a fish tail and a human body, and had long, dark green hair, just like the Merman in the story.

"First, there was the Midas touch... no, the Midas touch that turns people into gold, then there are Merman, what's wrong with this world?"

After catching his breath for a moment, the man awkwardly waved to the Merman.

"Hello?"

The Merman girl looked at the man, then took out a finger and put it to her lips.

"Shhh."

"They're here."

They?

Just as the man was wondering, a pair of large, orange-yellow eyes suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea, standing out conspicuously in the darkness.

The next second, countless Fishman suddenly emerged from beneath the water!

One of the Fishman had female features and held a coral-like scepter.

She approached the girl and slowly bent down.

"The Sea King requests your presence; we hope you will come with us, Siren."

Regarding the Monkey Talisman.

It can alter the physical appearance and internal characteristics of organisms, and theoretically it can indeed kill organisms that are physically immortal.

However, this concept of immortality is ineffective. For example, a person who holds Dog Talisman and possesses the concept of immortality will remain immortal even if they change their inner and outer appearance.

"Death can see the lifeline of all living beings. If he hasn't personally said someone is dead, that being's lifeline must not be broken."