Chapter 64

“Oh no, someone’s dead!” Song Xu nervously looked at the faces around her. But she quickly realized that she was the only one who was nervous.

The tiger mom, now in human form, looked even more impatient and irritable. The killer whale grandma was still fierce, and the old clam was peeking out from under its lid with a sympathetic expression.

“The head got kicked off again. Luckily, jellyfish beastmen’s heads grow back quickly,” he said.

So, they wouldn’t die. Song Xu instantly felt at ease.

“Mom, Wu Mu isn’t with you and is not on the other island either. He might be on the first island. Let’s go find him now!” The little squirrel tugged at the tiger mom, worried that if they delayed any longer, her snake would turn into a wild sea snake.

Could his not-so-bright mind land safely? Maybe he’s still swimming in the water?

Mom was being chased by a jellyfish on land, and he might be chasing jellyfish in the sea.

Hei Sen was a bit frustrated: “The boat is broken!”

She had clung to the boat and was pushed by the wind and waves to the second island. When landing, the boat hit the reef and broke apart. Without a boat, Hei Sen couldn’t go to sea, and she wasn’t good at repairing boats. She was already irritable and was being pestered by two males on the island, so she took out her anger on them.

Song Xu briefly considered having the killer whale grandma take them to the first island but quickly abandoned this overly optimistic idea.

Looking at these two ladies, one a land king and the other a sea king, their gazes at each other seemed ready to start a fight. Poor little squirrel had to act as a buffer between them.

“What about our boat? I’ll see if I can fix it,” Song Xu said.

At this, Hei Sen’s expression worsened. She stopped looking at the fierce killer whale and instinctively searched for the jellyfish in the sea, looking like she wanted to tear him apart again.

“The boat was dragged into the water and hidden by White Box,” she said, unable to find the jellyfish. She grabbed a nearby reef and broke off a large piece in frustration.

Song Xu: “…”

The boat was hidden by the giant jellyfish somewhere. If they couldn’t go into the sea, they were helpless, but they had the killer whale grandma!

Under the little squirrel’s bright gaze, the killer whale grandma stood tall, grabbed the old clam trying to sneak away, and asked him, “Where did our squirrel’s boat go?”

The old clam awkwardly said, “I don’t know…”

His beautiful shell was smashed again, and he quickly changed his tune: “I do know, but White Box is our chief. I can’t help outsiders…”

“You old thing, are you still afraid of him? You weren’t afraid when you stole the previous chief’s mate,” the killer whale said.

Song Xu looked at the jellyfish that had quietly reappeared in the water.

This guy, the chief?

Then she looked at the old clam with a new perspective. You, NTR?

“That was when I was young,” the old clam muttered, closing his lid.

Finally, under the killer whale grandma’s “persuasion,” they learned where White Box had hidden the boat. The killer whale went into the water to find it while the squirrel and the tiger squatted on the edge, watching.
It was in a deep trench on the island. From above, they could see a shadow at a depth of tens of meters, but at a hundred meters, it was invisible. Song Xu squatted on the shore, looking down, feeling like it was a bottomless abyss.

Big jellyfish, you hid it really deep.

White Box gazed at Hei Sen by the water’s edge and slowly descended, chasing after the large orca. As he sank, he saw the orca pushing the wooden raft he had hidden upwards. Hei Sen quickly approached, but a giant clam appeared just as he was about to get close. Hei Sen couldn’t touch the orca and instead stuck to the clam’s lid. Facing a tightly closed giant clam, even if he secreted venom, there was no place to strike.

As the current clan leader, White Box’s venom was far more potent than his brother Blue Ring’s. However, he could control whether to secrete venom and from which part of his body. This lethal venom, which could kill with just a touch, would never be used on his chosen mate. Thus, despite being bitten and looking miserable, he had no choice.

Seeing that he was still trying to chase, the clam clamped him with its lid.

“Why are you stopping me?” the jellyfish angrily turned back and asked.

“Forget it. Those are land beasts; they will leave here sooner or later. We can’t keep them,” the giant clam advised with the wisdom of experience.

The giant jellyfish broke free and surfaced. His chosen mate was holding a small squirrel and walking towards the shore with the large orca carrying a big boat. Their backs were eager and happy.

“Are there beasts on this?” Song Xu sat on Tiger Mommy’s shoulder and arm, watching Orca Grandma remove various snails and shells from the wooden boat and casually throw them into the nearby shallow water.

On the wooden boat, dripping with water, some snail-like beasts, awakened by the commotion, poked their heads out and met Song Xu’s eyes. The next second, they were so frightened that they loosened their mouths and rolled off the boat. After clearing away the snails, shells, and seaweed growing on it, Song Xu examined the wooden boat and felt optimistic. The hull wasn’t too damaged and could be used. She squatted by the sea, first dealing with the parts Tiger Mommy had previously repaired. It was clear that she had tried earnestly to fix the boat but had done so without any method, using violent connections that disrupted the boat’s balance.

Master boat builder Song Xu skillfully reattached those parts and used some shells picked up from the beach to fill in the missing parts. Soon, the boat looked usable. When she straightened up and announced that the boat could be launched, Tiger Mommy was the first to jump into the boat’s hollow eagerly.

“Mom, don’t rush. Let’s push the boat into the water first and see.” Ideally, the boat should be dried before launching, but Song Xu was also impatient. She worried that the snake, with his current state of mind, might not eat even if a stone was placed in front of him.

Since Tiger Mommy didn’t need her rescue, she had to hurry to save Snake Snake!

“Grandma, are you coming with us?” Song Xu asked the orca beside her.

She had realized the benefits of having support. If Grandma couldn’t carry the giant tiger, she could at least help push the boat.

Hei Sen jumped off the boat again to push it into the sea.

“You can’t leave,” a worried voice from behind called out. Song Xu and the tiger turned their heads simultaneously to see a pale figure walking out of the shallow water.

This person was so white it seemed they had no color. His hair was white with a hint of sea blue, and his skin was truly transparent in the sunlight, delicate and fragile. Despite wearing tattered clothes that looked like garbage bags, he appeared graceful. He looked frail, the kind of weakness that seemed unable to bear the weight of clothes, very much in line with the jellyfish species’ temperament. He slowly approached and spoke to stop them, “You can’t leave. You must be my mate.”

Song Xu thought Hei Sen would fly over and kick him, but when she looked up, she saw Hei Sen staring at the giant jellyfish’s face, her expression somewhat shaken.

Song Xu: …Mom, is this the first time you’ve seen someone in their beast form? Did you just realize they match your aesthetic?

But Hei Sen looked at the sea again and fiercely refused, “No, I have something to do. Get out of the way, don’t stop me!”

Compared to a beautiful male, his offspring were more important.

The boat was launched, and Song Xu walked to the bow, pointing towards the outline of the first small island, “Set off! Find Snakey!”

The ripples on the nearby sea surface flowed.

“Slap.” A hand suddenly reached out from the seawater and grabbed Song Xu’s foot.

Just after swimming from the first island to here, Wu Mu, who sensed his mate’s presence, emerged from the water, only to be stepped on the face by the startled and screaming Song Xu.

“Ahhh! Something in the sea is grabbing my foot!!”

Seeing a snake tail in the water, Song Xu hadn’t even seen the other person’s face clearly before her frightened scream turned into a joyful shout, “Ahhh! It’s Wu Mu! Snakey, you found me yourself. You’re amazing!”

Seamlessly, Wu Mu, who had just been stepped on the face, didn’t even react before the squirrel held his head. Just as her kiss was about to land, she suddenly remembered something and stopped abruptly.

Song Xu silently used her furry paw to wipe Wu Mus’s face with water for a while, then resumed her excited expression and kissed him twice on the forehead.

“I missed you so much. Although it’s only been two days, it feels like several chapters have passed! Wait, why does your face look normal again?” Song Xu noticed something was off and looked at Wu Mu’s fair face with surprise and joy.

Wu Mu grabbed her hand and rose from the water. His upper body had returned to its appearance when Song Xu first saw it, still covered with soft snake scales, while his lower body was a snake tail. This was a very standard half-beastman form, and Song Xu wasn’t sure of his current state.

Generally, adult half-beastmen have two forms: beast form and half-beastman form. Adult beastmen also have two forms: beast form and beastman form, which is a fully human form.

“He has already been to the abyss and completed his transformation,” Orca Grandma, who had seen a lot, knew at a glance. “After a successful transformation, half-beastmen have three forms: beastman, half-beastman, and beast form.”

Song Xu’s eyes lit up, and she explored Wu Mu’s body for a while, “Can you transform into beastman form? Quick, quick, transform for me, show me!”

Wu Mu was also looking at her, confirming that the squirrel was uninjured and still full of energy. Hearing her request, he hesitated.

“What’s wrong? Why do you have this expression? Can’t you transform yet?” Song Xu worriedly held up his frowning beautiful face, her heart fluttering a hundred times.

“Beastman form, inconvenient,” Wu Mu said.

Song Xu suddenly joyfully hugged his head, “You can talk again, my snake!”

Because Song Xu was startled several times and often had her attention diverted, it took a while before she saw Wu Mu’s beastman form.

The snake’s tail turned into legs; his figure was as tall as Tiger Mommy’s, even taller than when he stood upright in half-beastman form. His muscles weren’t as exaggerated as the orca beastmen’s but beautifully shaped. More importantly, his snake skin had transformed into clothing—a dark red leather outfit with black patterns.

A tight leather outfit wrapped around his legs and upper body, making him look like a cold and elegant assassin. Black and red, the eternal god!

“Hiss!” Song Xu gasped, “Hot! So hot!”

Hot?

Wu Mu knew that the spicy seasoning Song Xu often used on grilled fish by the coast was hot. But why would she shout hot at this moment?

Seeing his mate’s eyes become dazed, Wu Mu pinched her mouth and looked inside, confirming she wasn’t eating anything. So why did she suddenly shout hot?

Wu Mu didn’t understand, but he knew he needed to find her some water to drink.