They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 273 Their Birth

Since a skull cannot be adorned with a necklace, after a moment's thought, Ria simply fastened the necklace to its jawbone.

After doing all this, Ria buried it on the beach, then looked back at the crabs dancing wildly on the sand.

Many of these crabs had already jumped to the point of having broken limbs, with crab legs scattered all over the beach. Some crabs were even foaming at the mouth, seemingly protesting the ruthlessness of the culprit.

"This is the first time I've ever seen crabs dance."

Ria admired her own thought process, then used her tentacles to grab all the crabs, preparing to leave and find a hotel to steam them.

“I’m leaving, Schwarz.”

He looked at the sand mound that Little Swarth had raised and deliberately said something. Sure enough, the next second, Little Swarth popped his head out of the ground and ran desperately toward Ria, hugging him tightly.

It was nearing dusk, and the sunlight wasn't so strong anymore, but the mythical creature was still in a drowsy state.

Ria felt that it really should rest, but he could only wait another day. If the little creature was still in this state after a day, Ria would have no choice but to ask the gods about the specific condition of the mythical creature through a sacrifice.

Nobody here can treat it; nobody can.

The hotel was not far away. After regaining control of the mythical creature, Ria found a place to stay and then used their kitchen to cook crab. After eating her fill, she continued to find a corner to ponder the issue of the diversity of memetic abilities.

Different people have different meme abilities, which is probably due to people's habits and personalities.

Just like how different people can wield the same knife with different techniques, or how some people can hit the bullseye with a single shot while others practice hard but can only accidentally kill the coach next to the target.

"Werewolves are good at hiding and disguising themselves, and then they launch a surprise attack... Maybe I should also start disguising myself, just like I did when I was playing the Guardian."

Unlike the Guardian, the Werewolf doesn't need to protect others, but there must be some crucial issue I haven't considered.

Thinking this, Ria looked at the distant scenery. The moon over the sea was big and bright, and the two silvery crescent moons could coexist, probably thanks to the reflection on the sea surface.

The moonlight cast shapes on the clouds, and although it was night, it wasn't dark. The chirping of insects among the plants created a sense of tranquility.

"La-la-ah-la-ah--"

Just as Ria was starting to get some ideas, a melodious song suddenly rang out. He looked up and saw a mermaid appear on the distant rocks.

It looked up at the moon in the sky, and the song it sang seemed like an ancient call, yet it also inexplicably evoked endless sorrow.

Ria looked at it and met its gaze.

This should be impossible, since it is currently staring at the moon with its back to Ria, but Ria is only now realizing the special nature of this extraordinary creature.

The creature's true face was behind its head, where it was hidden by its hair; it had a face resembling that of an anglerfish, while the human-like face behind it was merely a mimicry—a mimicry used to better confuse its prey.

Upon seeing its prey, it finally noticed this, and its fish face contorted with excitement, showing that sometimes being too muscular isn't a good thing.

And so, the mermaid's song grew louder and louder. Some seabirds, unable to resist the song, woke up in the middle of the night and flew toward it, only to be quickly grabbed and stuffed into its mouth, where it crunched and chewed.

"Shh." In a short while, long, thin fins grew from its ears, and obvious fish-like features appeared on its arms. The fins on both sides of its tail even turned into long, jellyfish-like tentacles. These things were highly poisonous and could help their kind catch prey better.

At that moment, Ria wasn't thinking about attacking or escaping immediately. Instead, he was thinking, "I knew these guys couldn't possibly look normal."

But it was still quite different from what he had imagined. Compared to the mermaid's current appearance, he actually hoped to see a creature with a human head on top and a fish head on the bottom.

The mermaid sang there for a long time, but Ria didn't react at all, which made her start to doubt her existence. With a "plop," the mermaid jumped off the reef into the sea and then quickly rushed towards the shore.

Lia stood on the shore and did not suddenly attack it in the sea. After a few dozen seconds, the extraordinary creature actually swung its tail and, like a snake, went ashore and pounced on Lia.

Its posture is quite strange, like someone with their back to you, but their arms can bend as if they were facing you to attack, and its mouth is wide open, so wide that you can see its long, thin fangs clearly.

"Bang!" Ria fired directly at it. The force of the impact knocked it to the beach, its body covered in sand. But the creature was still alive, charging at Ria relentlessly, even extending its claws—

Without hesitation, Ria let the specially designed bullets explode in the mermaid's heart. Instantly, countless tentacles sprouted from the mermaid's skin and surrounded it, with strong acid seeping out to corrode the flesh of the superhuman creature.

Soon, a unique smell filled the air, somewhat like overcooked shellfish.

"Boom."

The mermaid lay on the beach, and Ria made the tentacles disappear, preparing to collect the corpse of the extraordinary creature.

But then he noticed a light blue, round object on the ground, which looked somewhat like a pearl.

Ria bent down and picked it up, only to find that its appearance was strikingly similar to the item held by the fake mermaid tear.

Suddenly, he realized that these might be real mermaid tears.

Mermaids, these extraordinary creatures, shed tears in the moments before they die. Receiving tears should be a good thing, but Ria suddenly discovers something unusual.

His pupils contracted somewhat unnaturally as he looked at the merman's human-like features, which were used for mimicry.

At that moment, a glittering thing hung from the mouth of that face, emitting specks of white fluorescence under the moonlight.

This was something he had hung on a skull during the day, but he never expected it to appear here now.

necklace--

Suddenly, a bold idea popped into Lia's mind.

These mermaids are all transformed from women who were mistaken for witches, killed, and had their bodies thrown into the sea.

They are dead, but their bodies have still mutated into extraordinary beings, indicating that their resentment was so great that they would rather their souls mutate than find peace.

But these creatures, trapped in the ocean and unable to avenge their real killer, began to lure people on the beach with their songs.

(End of this chapter)