Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

The ripples in the water were moving incredibly fast, and Su Yang felt a pang of worry. He instinctively shielded Huang Lewei behind him and kept a close eye on the lake, not daring to be careless.

As the ripples gradually approached the shallows by the lake, their speed gradually slowed down until they came to a complete stop about five meters in front of Su Yang. Then, a dense burst of bubbles rose from the lake surface, a pair of horns emerged from the water, and then a head slowly poked its head out of the water.

Seeing this, Die'er reminded him, "Su Yang, don't make any rash moves. Don't scare it away. The mermaid is coming."

Su Yang then slightly lowered his guard and put on an indifferent expression. Gradually, the head emerged completely from the lake surface, and Su Yang was able to see it more clearly. The mermaid had a pair of antlers, like small deer antlers, and its hair was emerald green, topped with some water plants from the shore. Its ears were long and thin, and although its face was very delicate, upon closer inspection, it was not difficult to find that there were gill-like structures on both sides of its broad cheek.

The mermaid glanced at Su Yang, then at the crystal stone in the water near the shore. Her expression betrayed her hesitation. She slowly approached, remaining constantly wary of Su Yang's movements. Finally, she drew near to the shore. The water's refraction was much weaker near the shore, allowing Su Yang to finally see the mermaid's full form.

Contrary to his expectations, this mermaid wasn't the human-bodied, fish-bodied creature he had imagined. Instead, her body was no different from a human's, with hands and feet. Aside from the difference in her head, she had a tail-like appendage growing from her coccyx, and thin membranes between her toes, like webbed feet. Furthermore, her body reflected light under the sunlight, suggesting it was covered in fish-scale-like scales.

At this moment, the mermaid was extremely close to the Crystal Stone, but she did not stand up. Instead, she lay on the shallow water, stretching out her right hand to reach the Crystal Stone. Su Yang watched this scene and couldn't help but feel anxious. He was not worried that the mermaid would not be able to get the Crystal Stone, but that she would not be able to cure Huang Lewei after she took it. Then all his previous efforts in searching would be in vain.

Su Yang instinctively wanted to use his elemental power to stop her, but Die'er noticed the surge of cloud element and immediately stopped him: "Don't move! She will only communicate with you after she gets the Crystal Stone!"

Despite Die'er's attempts to stop her, the mermaid eventually reached the Crystal Stone. After obtaining it, she immediately swam deeper into the lake until she returned to her previous safe distance. Only then did she surface, carefully examining the stone in her hand. Once she was certain it was safe, she finally spoke:

"This stone...did you drop it here?"

Hearing the mermaid's words with his own ears, Su Yang was quite shocked. Although he had thought that mermaids might speak human language, he still felt the wonder of this world after experiencing it firsthand. But just as he was about to speak, he suddenly thought that if mermaids could speak, then what was the difference between them and humans? In an instant, that feeling of not wanting to communicate surged up again, and Su Yang's old habit resurfaced.

However, in order to treat Huang Lewei and learn the techniques he wanted, Su Yang gritted his teeth and answered, "Yes."

"Then, is there anything I can help you with..." The mermaid's voice grew softer and softer until Su Yang could barely hear it. It seemed that the mermaid was quite shy.

“I think I need your help to treat my friend,” Su Yang said, stepping aside and pointing to Huang Lewei lying on the ground.

The mermaid tilted her head, nodded, and said "Okay," before diving into the water and swimming quickly away. This left Su Yang dumbfounded. He immediately felt cheated, having lost both the stone and his time. Overwhelmed with regret, he couldn't help but complain, "Why did she stop me just now? I was worried she wouldn't do her job after taking the stone. What am I going to do now?"

Butterfly was also incredulous at what was happening, but after a moment she comforted her, "She might just be a little mermaid. Maybe she went back to her clan to find help. Although I don't know much about the mermaid clan, I know they always keep their promises."

"So we're just going to sit here and wait? What if she doesn't come back today, or she doesn't come back tomorrow?"

"There's no better way than to wait..." Die'er was at her wit's end.

Soon, Su Yang calmed down. Being anxious was no use, but waiting around was also not an option. What if the mermaid really didn't return? Wouldn't that cost Huang Lewei his life? Su Yang took Huang Lewei back to the tree and, after discussing it with Lin Anlan and Tang Wan, made two plans: one was to continue waiting for the mermaid to return and treat Huang Lewei; the other was that if they didn't see him by tomorrow, they would immediately take Huang Lewei away from the forest and go to a human town to seek help.

While Su Yang and his companions were waiting, a fierce battle was breaking out in several hidden places in the Spiritfall Forest. Perhaps calling it a battle is inappropriate; for the elves who had lived there for generations, it was nothing short of a massacre.

The Isolators, who had previously used Lin Ji as a shield, were now free from external constraints after Su Yang helped them eliminate the army sent by the Demon Kingdom to assist them and they also escaped Lin Anlan's pursuit. Based on the intelligence they had gathered, they quickly found an elven tribe in the forest. Peng Shaoshi didn't waste any words and directed the members of the Earthly Martial Division to carry out an indiscriminate massacre. Although they encountered resistance, it was too weak.

After killing all the elves in the tribe and searching in vain, they moved on to their next target. They visited four elven tribes in succession before finally finding the large elven tribe that hid the Healing Stone. With the blessing of this treasure, the elves of this tribe were significantly stronger than those of the other tribes, causing considerable trouble for the Insulators.

However, the elves, who had been living in seclusion for a long time, were indeed too backward. Perhaps it was due to limited communication or perhaps it was because they had been in seclusion for too long, resulting in a lack of offensive methods and extremely low combat capabilities. Under the full-scale attack of three Insulator Guardians comparable to the sixth rank, the elves gradually fell into a disadvantageous position and ultimately met their demise.

Standing on the corpse of the elven elder, Peng Shaoshi took the Healing Stone, a symbol of healing power, from the scepter in the elder's hand. His eyes gleamed as he admired it for a moment before carefully placing it into the containment device. He then said smugly to the others, "Thanks to the Chief Commander's protection, I, Peng Shaoshi, was able to obtain both the Immovable Stone and the Healing Stone. Such a great achievement deserves a share from you all!"

After saying that, the group left the Elf Tribe in a grand manner. However, after walking only a hundred meters away from the tribe, they saw Shen Yao and Jiang Ao standing in front of them. Peng Shaoshi was both surprised and delighted. He was surprised that his captain would appear here, and delighted that he had made a great contribution and could ask for a reward.

So he scurried forward, bowed, and said, "Captain, what brings you here? I just obtained the Healing Stone and was just about to tell you the good news!"

Shen Yao's face was gloomy. He ignored Peng Shaoshi's request for credit and said in a flat tone, "Is that so? Let me see it."

Shen Yao took the containment device from the ground with the respectful hands of his subordinates, opened it, glanced at it, took out the healing stone inside, and then casually threw it on the ground.

"Captain! What are you doing?!" Peng Shaoshi was shocked and hurriedly reached out to take it, but Jiang Ao stopped him and shook his head slightly, signaling him not to make any rash moves.

Under Peng Shaoshi's puzzled gaze, Shen Yao slowly controlled the elemental power, took out an object from his pocket, and put it into the containment device. This scene shocked Peng Shaoshi, Elijah, and Ralf, because the object Shen Yao took out was exactly the same as the healing stone they had previously seized—the second healing stone!

"Captain, this..."

Shen Yao handed the containment device back to Peng Shaoshi and said calmly, "You've done a good job. Now take this real healing stone back to report to the Chief Commander."