Along with the old Director's voice, a faint stench of rot and blood shattered the basement's stillness.
Yu Ruoli's hands and feet were not bound, but her legs were so weak she could not stand. She could only huddle motionless in a corner, her limbs frozen by fear. In a place like this, even crying for help was meaningless.
"Mermaids... eating their flesh can let you live for a very, very long time. Do you know where mermaids come from?"
The old Director smiled eerily. With unsteady steps, he approached Yu Ruoli, the shadow swaying on the wall resembling a misshapen scythe.
His head drooping, the old Director walked up to the wooden platform with a broad smile and stopped. The look in his eyes as he stared at the half-corpse seemed hopeful, yet also resentful!
"Mermaids... you just have to turn a person into a fish. Very simple, isn't it..."
As he murmured, a fishy stench abruptly filled the air, nearly making Yu Ruoli vomit.
Blood stained every part of the basement. Horrific images she could barely imagine surfaced in her mind, and even breathing had become difficult.
She seemed to faintly hear agonized wails, making her tremble uncontrollably.
That corpse... the old woman's corpse on the wooden platform looked as though he had tortured her to death!
The old Director lowered his head, his gaze unfathomable. A cruel smile stretched his lips. "...There's one crucial step in turning a person into a fish. Before you become a mermaid... I won't eat you."
He turned his head, his terrifying, aged face seeming to writhe!
Yu Ruoli's skin crawled. She was terrified beyond measure, but she had nowhere left to retreat. She struggled to stand, to fight back, yet there was no strength anywhere in her body.
She finally understood