I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

……

With just one glance, Yun Qingyi knew that the people in the carriage were not easy to deal with.

Fortunately, everything that happened went according to her plan.

Gain the trust of the merfolk, infiltrate their ranks, and investigate how to leave the room.

Yun Qingyi glanced down at the storage bracelet on her hand, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.

Holding the clock was rather conspicuous, so she had already put it into her storage bracelet. Although she was indeed getting a little tired of staying in this place, she could use the clock to go back.

But going back only means returning to the second room; if they want to leave the second room, they still need to gather more crucial information.

Therefore, before coming here, Yun Qingyi and the others had planned everything, including but not limited to using the merfolk's guilt and longing for another faction of merfolk to gain the merfolk's trust and recognition.

In fact, the Mermaid King's attitude towards them, and whether he was willing to listen to their advice and leave the West Sea, were not within the scope of their consideration.

After all, if this timeline is considered the past, then in the relative future, the mermaid princess would have already explained the ending of this story to them.

No one survived the entire Mermaid Palace.

Wait a minute... Thinking of this, Yun Qingyi suddenly paused.

If no mermaids survived in the Mermaid Palace, then what happened to Liangming and their people?

Could they be the legendary merfolk from another faction?

Thinking it over, Yun Qingyi confirmed her guess, since this was the only possibility.

Just as Yun Qingyi averted her gaze from the Mermaid Emperor and lowered her head as her thoughts raced, the Mermaid Emperor, sitting in his carriage, looked in Yun Qingyi's direction with unfathomable eyes.

He shook one of the ropes on the carriage, and soon, melodious bells rang out all around.

Upon hearing the sound, the guards respectfully pulled back the heavy curtains on the carriage. Yun Qingyi also stopped thinking and looked over with him and the others.

Although I only glanced at it casually, I still have to say that this Mermaid Emperor truly lives up to his title as the ruler of the Mermaid race; his appearance alone is flawless.

As Yun Qingyi was sighing, the Mermaid King was already swaying his fish tail and leading his guards toward Yun Qingyi.

As the Mermaid Emperor drew closer, the Mermaid Princess couldn't help but swallow. Although there were her seniors around, she was still a little nervous in front of her father, so she subconsciously leaned closer to Yun Qingyi.

"Your Majesty! You've finally arrived!"

As the Merfolk approached the Merfolk, amidst the admiring and respectful gazes of the crowd, the Merfolk Emperor suddenly heard a heart-wrenching scream.

Ok?

The shark king paused its swimming tail and looked toward the source of the sound.

Liang Wu was seen getting up from the ground and stumbling towards the direction of the Shark Emperor, but he was stopped by the Shark Emperor's guards before he could get close.

He could only cry and shout, "Your Majesty! You must do justice for your people!"

Crying and pointing at Yun Qingyi and the others, she cried out, "These people have cast some kind of spell on Uncle Shang and the others. They've all been bewitched by these demons."

Yun Qingyi: ...How come they turned into monsters the moment I turned my head?

"Oh?" The Mermaid Emperor followed Liang Wu's hand and saw that Yun Qingyi seemed to completely ignore what Liang Wu said. The group remained calm as if the people Liang Wu was referring to were not them.

"Hey! Your Majesty, don't listen to that brat Liang Wu's nonsense. Yi Yi and the others are not some kind of demons. They are the descendants of our loved ones whom we have been longing for day and night."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Yiyi is not some kind of demon. They are merfolk from another faction that was separated from them in the past!"

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, the Mermaid Emperor looked at Yun Qingyi and the others, his interest growing stronger.

Seeing that the Merfolk Emperor had taken an interest in Yun Qingyi and the others, Liang Wu, fearing he might blindly protect them like the other mermaids, cried out in desperation, "What do you mean 'what'! They're demons! I've never seen these people before, and now they've suddenly appeared out of nowhere..."

At this point, Liang Wu changed the subject, looking at the mermaid princess with a fierce expression, and said, "I bet this is Liang Meng's scheme!"