They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 308 Desire
To protect this only place of survival, every Deep One follows the mayor's guidance closely; the mayor's decisions are their decisions.

Now that the mayor says he wants to lock up all the outsiders who come here and use them as guinea pigs, they will definitely follow the mayor's decision.

The mayor hadn't said we couldn't bring the experimental subjects out for a stroll, so Erigana walked carefully alongside Ria in the corridor, intending to leave the building through the emergency exit.

It looked around nervously, seemingly a little guilty.

"You absolutely mustn't be discovered by the other Deep Ones. If they see me letting you out of the house, I'll easily be criticized."

"It's not that exaggerated."

"It's not that exaggerated, but this is my first time supervising a test subject... I don't know what to do."

Emigana walked ahead of Ria with a "patter" sound, clumsily testing whether he would run away, but in fact Ria had no intention of running away.

He now has a special iron ring on his wrist, which prevents him from using his memetic abilities. But the next second, several golden eyes crack open from the surface of his skin. They stare indifferently at the creature in front of him, then quickly disappear back into the skin and return to normal.

These eyes are unaffected by the iron rings, so even if the abilities of other memes are restricted, the main meme [Black Merchant] can still be used normally.

Rather, what remained unaffected was the extraordinary ability of "trade," which made Ria even more curious about her own eyes.

If they are not affected by the mysterious objects that suppress the extraordinary, wouldn't that mean that their status is not within the ordinary realm of the extraordinary, or even surpasses the extraordinary?
"While this isn't bad, completely sealing off meme abilities won't work; it would hinder my future performances."

"Let's test Erigana's attitude a little."

Thinking this, Ria straightened her hand, which wasn't bound by the iron ring, into a knife-like shape, and many tentacles quietly emerged from under her skin, forming inconspicuous "blades."

With a "crack," Ria severed half of his arm, and the iron ring fell to the ground with a "thud."

But the next second, the iron ring automatically appeared on Ria's other wrist, and Emigana turned around and stared at him in disbelief.

Even a group of Deepsea divers with questionable minds would never do something so abnormal.

"what are you doing?"

"I'm trying to cut off my arm to see if I can escape the iron rings."

"Absolutely impossible. This thing is a technological product bound to your DNA. No matter how much you damage your body, you can't get rid of it!"

"That's it."

Emigana watched with some regret as Ria picked up her arm from the ground and reattached it to the wound. Before long, the entire arm was fully restored.

"Don't you feel any pain?"

"It hurts." Ria moved her arms a couple of times without expression, and continued to follow behind Emigana, making the amphibious creature completely uneasy.

Emigana's brows were furrowed so deeply they looked like they could crush a tadpole; compared to Ria, it looked more like the one whose arm had suddenly broken off.

After a long while, it asked, "Can humans just cut off their hands and feet like crabs or salamanders?"

"This should be the norm for superhumans, but it probably wouldn't work for ordinary people."

"Should I feel fortunate?"

"Of course, since I'm the experimental subject you're in charge of, I'll protect you. What's your wish?"

"I'll be happy as long as you behave yourself."

Erigana was on the verge of collapse, fearing that the experimental subject under its care might suddenly kill it.

Normally, it is meticulous in its experiments, even specifying the color of the prepared solutions to three decimal places, and requiring each microorganism to be calculated individually. Now, having met Ria, it is unable to think normally, especially since the experimental subject has been on a hunger strike.

“I should have put you in a nutrient solution tank, but I also have half human blood flowing through my body, so I won’t do that.”

"You can't suddenly lose an arm or a leg again, you know?"

"Ok."

Looking at her fully recovered arm, Ria agreed to Emigana's request; it was indeed very difficult for a medical intern.

Since the other party has not shown any malice, I shouldn't make things too difficult for it.

"It's great that you've figured it out. Humans are indeed smarter than other animals."

Seeing that Ria had agreed, Emigana became happy again. It led Ria around the corridor, and to avoid being discovered by other Deep Ones, they left the building by taking the stairs.

Upon arriving outside, the first thing Ria looked up at the sky. He found that the sun was completely obscured, and the entire sky was grayish-white, like the clouds before a rainstorm, which made him feel very depressed.

"What are you looking at?"

"Emmigana asked."

Ria shook her head: "It's nothing."

He took a few steps forward. All around him was water, and the floodwaters had submerged the ground floors of all the buildings. To get from one building to another, one would have to swim or take a boat.

Speaking of swimming, Lia stood by the water's edge and looked down, vaguely seeing many figures swimming in the deep water.

No wonder Emigana wasn't worried at all about Ria's sudden escape.

"I've found the boat!"

Emigana jumped into the water and swam to one side. A moment later, it swam over from behind another building, pushing a boat. Then, it jumped onto the boat, raised the oar, and looked excited.

Although deep-sea divers can easily swim between buildings, they also have an inexplicable fascination with boats.

These creatures build all sorts of boats and push them back and forth on the water; what seems like a boring activity has become their rare form of entertainment.

Emigana explained this by saying, "Long ago, when we lived outside, our people always liked to follow ships on the sea and take the opportunity to hunt."

The ripples created by the boat as it moves forward can attract fish and may also attract deep-sea divers.

"Hurry up and get on the boat, we're going to the best hospital on this waterway."

Emigana invited Ria aboard, and then began to row leisurely toward their destination.

Along the way, Ria observed the surrounding scenery, seemingly curious about everything, but in reality, he was memorizing the terrain and the distribution characteristics of various buildings.

And one more crucial point—

He was looking for Little Swarth.

Now is not the time to reunite with it. It would be better for the mythical creature to stay elsewhere to be prepared for any eventuality, but traveling by boat is boring anyway, and Ria began to worry whether it would be anxious to leave her.

Little Swarth is only a few months old and has no idea of ​​the dangers of the world. If it encounters Hephaestus along the way, Hephaestus could easily deceive it and leave it with nothing.

"I guess I should find some time to kill this clone."

(End of this chapter)