Whether players or NPCs, everyone was momentarily silent, watching Gu Lin happily munching on his sausage. Given the current situation, that this little cub could still eat, he really had some nerve. It must be that only a child who had no concept of death could eat without any mental burden.

Lin Xingchi, who was still holding Gu Lin, had no idea where he had gotten the sausage from, or how he had suddenly started eating. He couldn’t help but lower his head to look at him.

Gu Lin, seeing him looking, held the wooden skewer of the sausage in his little hand, which was now clenched into two round little fists. He asked hesitantly, “…Dagege, do you want some?”

Lin Xingchi: “…”

Gu Lin had almost finished one sausage, and he still had another untouched. He was asking if the other person wanted some, but his little fists were clenched tightly, clearly reluctant. He didn’t even have enough for himself. But his gege had taught him that when people were good to him, he should learn to share his good things with them.

Gu Lin furrowed his little brow, hesitating for a while. Considering that Lin Xingchi had carried him, he grudgingly held out the sausage: “Then…”

Lin Xingchi thought he was going to give it to him, and he was instantly touched. He hadn’t thought of taking food from the little cub, but Gu Lin offering to share with him filled his heart with warmth.

Gu Lin finished his sentence: “You can have one bite.”

Lin Xingchi: “…”

After a moment of surprise, Lin Xingchi burst out laughing. But his laughter, like Gu Lin’s eating, was inappropriate for the situation, and he immediately stifled it.

“Dagege doesn’t want any, you eat it yourself,” Lin Xingchi said.

Gu Lin, ever the master of fairness, didn’t forget to ask Su Qiao: “Jiejie, do you want some?”

Su Qiao smiled and shook her head: “Jiejie doesn’t want any either, Linlin, you eat it.”

Hearing that neither of them wanted any, Gu Lin’s smile widened a few degrees, and he quickly stuffed the sausage into his mouth, eating it with relish.

Lin Xingchi and Su Qiao both noticed that when they were with Gu Lin, they would inexplicably lose their sense of fear, as if they were temporarily detached from the terrifying atmosphere. But it wasn’t lasting. Once their attention was drawn back to their surroundings, the fear would return.

Everyone’s attention shifted back from the little dumpling to the mermaid in front of them.

Unlike its rapid movements in the fog, this mermaid was sluggish. Its two halves of a fishtail swung left and right, “swish,” “swish,” slowly sliding closer to the group.

Then, it half-squatted in front of the dead player on the ground, grabbed one of his legs, and tried to drag him away directly.

“…” Was this what the town mayor meant by “dealing with it”?

The players were both frightened and simmering with anger.

So, it wasn’t enough to suck out the brains, they were going to take the rest to go, too?

The town mayor and the four men, however, showed no change in expression, clearly accustomed to this.

At this point, Lin Xingchi couldn’t help but speak up: “Wait a minute.”

The town mayor raised his hand to stop the mermaid’s dragging motion and turned his gaze to Lin Xingchi. Seeing the little cub in his arms, still focused on eating his sausage, his gaze softened imperceptibly.

The mermaid paused, waiting for instructions.

This mermaid was so obedient to the town mayor? Thinking of the monstrous mermaids in the fog earlier, this one could almost be called a pet. This town mayor had some skills.

Lin Xingchi held Gu Lin tighter. He had been nervous, but for some reason, ever since he picked up Gu Lin, he had been calm. He should have been panicked and afraid, but his body was strangely composed.

Meeting the town mayor’s gaze, Lin Xingchi became a little nervous again, forcing himself to say: “Um, I don’t mean anything, I just wanted to ask, where is it taking him?”

The town mayor looked at him silently, a faint, humorless smile on his face, and didn’t speak.

Lin Xingchi gave an awkward laugh and took a step back.

Damn it, he shouldn’t have asked.

Actually, the answer to this question was easy to guess, but the town mayor’s silence made people think that things might not be so simple.

After all, if the mermaid really wanted to eat the corpse, why had it only eaten the brains at first, and why hadn’t it dragged the body away when the fog dispersed earlier?

The mermaids’ movements had been very fast earlier; it wasn’t like they wouldn’t have been able to drag it away.

The town mayor, after a long while, finally said: “That’s not something you should be concerned about.”

Just as the town mayor’s voice fell, a soft chuckle came from behind the players.

Everyone was startled.

Following the sound, they saw a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt at the back of the group of players.

The man was very tall, with the hood pulled over his head. Underneath the hoodie’s hood, he also wore a baseball cap. His head was lowered, revealing only the lower half of his handsome, cold face, making him look aloof and difficult to approach.

The others, seeing him, thought to themselves, Damn, he’s either a poser or a real pro.

This player, who looked like a pro, chuckled again, speaking casually: “Although it’s a ‘humble gift,’ it’s still a gift given with sincerity. Not to mention taking it back to offer it up, just letting this neither-human-nor-fish abomination defile it, that’s a bit disheartening for us guests who have come from afar.”

The town mayor’s smile was chilling: “It’s too early to be disheartened.”

The town mayor was about to wave his hand, letting the mermaid continue to drag the corpse away, when the soft, childish voice that hadn’t spoken for a while rang out again.

“It was him!”

Town Mayor: “…”

Gu Lin pointed an accusing little fist: “It was him who killed our friend, I recognize him! Mayor-yeye, you must uphold justice for us.”

Town Mayor: “…”

No, I never uphold justice.

But looking at Gu Lin’s trusting gaze, the town mayor’s eye twitched, and the lines on his old, bark-like face seemed to deepen.

Gu Lin’s head and face were round, his eyes big and round, like glass beads, his skin white, like a porcelain doll. He was small, with all the cute attributes maximized. He even had an Ultraman backpack on his back, and the Ultraman was even a chibi version.

[Laughing to death, Mayor-yeye never upholds justice]

[Come on, let’s place a bet, will Mayor-yeye uphold justice this time?]

[Oh ho, congratulations to the mermaid town mayor on receiving the title of Mayor-yeye~]

[I didn’t think the town mayor would actually show kindness to a player. Sure enough, the cub is just too cute. No one can resist. [Reward Points x100]]

[Look how hungry the cub is. Let the cub eat first [Reward Points x50]]

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The next second, unable to withstand being attacked by the masses, the system put a mosaic over Gu Lin’s eyes, blurring the mermaid’s ugly tail and head.

Gu Lin let out a small “Eh.”

The next second, probably because the system thought this mosaic method was too much, it removed the mosaic.

Gu Lin let out a small, “Wah.”

System: “…”

After a long stalemate, finally, the town mayor gestured with his eyes to the tattooed man holding the pit bull.

The tattooed man, receiving the signal, walked up to the mermaid and the dead player, carrying the drooling pit bull. He took out a large cleaver from the black cloth bag on his back.

He kicked the mermaid to the ground with one foot and, with practiced ease, used the incredibly sharp cleaver to chop the mermaid into four pieces.

The tattooed man was expressionless from beginning to end, not even blinking an eye.

When the mermaid was chopped open, colorful liquids spilled out, like ink mixed together, mixed with pus and blood, making people feel nauseous.

Several players threw up on the spot.

Was this upholding justice? This was clearly a warning to all the players.

All the players’ faces were extremely ugly.

Except for Gu Lin, whose eyes were completely covered in mosaics.

He blinked hard, but his vision was still filled with mosaics.

After the tattooed man chopped up the mermaid, he pried open the mermaid’s mouth, specifically cut out the tongue, and threw it to the dog he was holding.

The pit bull rolled its tongue and swallowed the fish tongue in one gulp, drool flowing even more profusely from its mouth.

Even the dogs here had become picky, only eating the mermaid’s tongue.

The mermaid town mayor, seeing the players’ terrified faces, smiled again: “Are you satisfied now, my distinguished guests?”

He turned around, facing away from the players: “Alright, now let’s take you to eat first. This little guest has been complaining about his rumbling stomach since earlier.”