Laughing, the host always wants to escape

Seeing that he didn't respond, Sals' eyes darkened a little, and his fingers touched his skin through his clothes, "Tangcuo, tell me, you won't leave me."

The cold touch brought Tangcuo back to his senses. Looking at Sals with a serious expression in front of him, he felt a headache.

As his hands kept moving up and down.

Tangcuo nodded hurriedly, "I know, I won't leave you."

Hearing his response, Sals's gloomy expression instantly disappeared. He picked up Tangcuo with one hand, sat him astride his tail, then leaned over and buried his head in his neck, "I heard you, you can't regret it."

The cool breath hit his skin, causing Tangcuo to flinch a little, "Well, I won't regret it."

In the afternoon, Sals left Tangcuo at the bottom of the abyss and returned to the main hall to deal with some things.

Tangcuo strolled along as if nothing had happened, occasionally lowering his eyes to look at the ring on his finger, with a trace of regret in his eyes.

[Host, please be careful, something is coming towards you.]

"Something?" Tangcuo turned around and looked around. "What is it?"

Suddenly, a red light flashed beside him and rushed towards him. After a moment, Tang Cuo looked down at his body and said in confusion, "I seem to be... okay?"

"Ah!" There was a scream all around, and Hongluo covered her head with her tentacles.

When Tang Cuo heard the sound, he immediately looked to the side and saw that Hongluo's tentacles, which were originally dancing randomly, were now broken by the fire, and the broken limbs were scattered all over the ground.

"Hongluo?" Tangcuo narrowed his eyes slightly, "Isn't she dead?"

[The red-ribbed octopus has a very strong regenerative ability. As long as she leaves behind a tentacle with regenerative cells, she will not die. However, as the body is more seriously injured, her regenerative ability will weaken.]

"He actually gave you even his tail scales. You're just a human. Doesn't he hate humans the most?" Hong Luo roared like a madman.

Hearing her words, Tang Cuo lowered his eyes to look at the ring on his ring finger. The dark blue gem was emitting a faint light. "Was it this that pushed Hongluo out just now?"

[Yes, the tail scales of the mermaids contain the special abilities of the mermaids, so they can protect the host from harm by marine creatures.]

Hong Luo stood up silently, the resentment in her eyes subsided a little, "Human, someone wants to see you, he can fulfill all your wishes, are you willing to go with me?"

It seems that taking him away by force is not feasible, so I can only think of a way to trick him away.

"Someone wants to see me?" Tang Cuo narrowed his eyes, "No."

[Host, you have to go. Hongluo is here to invite you on behalf of Solor. That side quest is still 20% short of completion.]

"Okay, I'll go." Tang Cuo said helplessly.

"Are you... going or not?" Hong Luo looked at him with a nervous look and was a little puzzled.

"Go. Didn't you say that it can make my wish come true? Of course I have to go and see." Tang Cuo looked at her and made up a lie.

"Then just follow me closely." Hong Luo didn't think too much about what he meant, and just walked ahead to lead the way.

"Xiao Ye, if I leave, will Sals find out?" Tang Cuo was a little worried. After all, he really didn't want to go through what happened last night again.

[No, the system has hidden your presence. When the attacker is about to come back, you can use the teleportation symbol.]

"Okay, I suddenly feel that Xiaoye, you seem to have become useful."

[Uh... I'll take that as a compliment.]

After passing through a patch of seaweed, Tangcuo and Hongluo came to the entrance of the Soul-Locking Cave and walked in one after the other.

It was still the familiar darkness. The mermaid was leaning lazily against the stone wall at the back of the cave. When he saw the person coming, his eyes brightened a little.

"I've brought the person to you, but I think you don't have to worry about it. Sals gave all the tail scales to him." Hongluo stood aside and looked at Solor.

"Oh?" Hearing her words, Solor's eyes deepened a little, "Human, are you with him?"

"Yeah." Tang Cuo nodded.

"Did you do it voluntarily? Or was he forced?" Solor asked with interest.

"I volunteered."

"Human, come closer to me..." Solor shone a ray of light, projecting it onto the top of the cave, and the entire cave instantly became brighter.

Looking at his face, Solor narrowed his eyes: blue hair, fair skin, his looks were among the best in the entire mermaid tribe, no wonder Sals would fall in love with him.

"Do you know who I am?" Solor asked.

"You are Solor." Tang Cuo looked at him.

"Heh." Solor chuckled. "I didn't expect Sals would tell you this? Human, since you are here, I believe there is something that Sals cannot satisfy you."

"Then you may be wrong. Sals is very good to me." Tangcuo smiled.

"Sales, haha, I've been dealing with him for so long, I know him better than you do. He has become old-fashioned since he became the leader of the mermaid tribe. It seems that everything is based on rules. You won't be happy with him."

"Oh? What do you want to say?" Tang Cuo looked at him.

"But I'm different. I don't like to follow rules by nature. If you stay with me, I promise you will be happier. I will give you anything you want..."

"It's not a good habit to blatantly steal someone else's talent."

"Among the mermaids, only the strong ones are qualified to choose their mates first. How can this be called poaching?" Solor smiled.

"But it seems that there is no benefit for me to be with you." Tang Cuo waved his wrist, indicating the chain tied on his wrist.

"This is only for now. I will be free soon. By then, Sals will naturally be no match for me."

Hearing his words, Tangcuo narrowed his eyes, as if thinking about something.

"You said you wanted to regain your freedom. As far as I know, in your current condition, you can't get out at all. So the conditions you proposed are not credible to me at all." Tang Cuo said with contempt.

"As I recall, you weren't a member of the Mermaid Research Institute?"

"Yes."

"Don't you want to gain your own title in this field? Don't you want power and fame? I can satisfy you with all these."

Tangcuo didn't say anything, but just looked at him silently.

Seeing him silent, Solor felt that what he said seemed to have worked. "Didn't Salles tell you that humans' life span would be shortened if they stayed under the sea for a long time? He may not care about you at all, it's just a sudden interest. You don't want to rely on him for your whole life, do you?"

[System prompts: The Mermaid side quest in the Soul Locking Cave has been completed by 90%]

"You have to give me something to make me believe you. Such verbal promises are not attractive to me." Tang Cuo curled the corners of his lips.