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

After Shen Yao finished speaking, he seemed not to be prepared to explain. He beckoned Jiang Ao and walked away into the distance. Peng Shaoshi was slightly stunned. After thinking about it, he felt something was amiss, so he called out, "Captain!" Upon hearing this, Shen Yao stopped and stood still without turning around.

"Aren't you going to explain?" Peng Shaoshi stared at Shen Yao's back, his mind filled with doubts, even wondering if the Shen Yao in front of him was not the real person.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ao, who was standing next to Shen Yao, immediately turned around and angrily rebuked, "Young Master! Watch your language!"

Peng Shaoshi, however, stared intently at Jiang Ao without any restraint, and said, word by word, "I want a reasonable explanation for why the Healing Stone we seized wasn't real!"

Shen Yao didn't turn around. He casually said to Jiang Ao, "Jiang Ao, go and explain to him. Once you've explained it clearly, you can carry out the punishment for me. I'll wait for you up ahead." After saying that, Shen Yao disappeared into the forest without looking back. Jiang Ao sighed helplessly, went to Peng Shaoshi's side, and explained the whole story from beginning to end.

It turned out that after Peng Shaoshi and the others set off, Shen Yao and Jiang Ao also set off. Their destination was the Tianyun Empire. They originally planned to go north and pass through the Slivia Empire to enter the Tianyun Empire from the east. However, the border between the two countries was heavily guarded and there was no natural cover. They had no choice but to choose to pass through the Lingluo Great Forest and enter the Tianyun Empire from south to north. That's how they met Peng Shaoshi and the others.

As the two approached Peng Shaoshi's group, they sensed a battle. Initially, they thought it was a fight between ferocious beasts in the forest, but based on clues in the forest, Shen Yao quickly deduced that there might be elves active in the area. So he rushed over, firstly to confirm the results of Peng Shaoshi's group's battle, and secondly to see if he could help in any way.

Just as the two approached following the sound, an elf stumbled and ran towards them. He seemed to be carrying something in his arms. Judging from the elf's nervous appearance, Shen Yao knew that the elf must be carrying a treasure. Regardless of whether it was a healing stone or not, as long as it was something good, they had to snatch it. So Jiang Ao killed the elf and took out something that emitted a faint green light from his arms.

Shen Yao took it and examined it carefully. He concluded that it was a healing stone, possibly the one the elven tribe had taken after being attacked by Peng Shaoshi, with some fleeing with the treasure while the rest fought desperately to stop them. To confirm whether it was indeed a healing stone, Shen Yao and his companion came to meet, which led to what happened next.

After hearing Jiang Ao recount the whole story, Peng Shaoshi couldn't help but feel annoyed: "Those damned people actually switched the Healing Stone right under my nose!"

“Alright, it was all by chance, but you really shouldn’t have doubted the captain. The captain didn’t say anything to you. He just ordered me to carry out the punishment, so I’ll just supervise. You can handle the rest yourself.” After Jiang Ao finished speaking, he shouted to the other members of the Insulators, “Everyone, turn your backs! Don’t turn around!”

The team members obediently turned around, and then heard a series of slapping sounds. After being given permission by Jiang Ao to turn back, they saw that Peng Shaoshi's face was red and swollen, obviously having been slapped by someone.

"Alright, you guys go back quickly, don't delay, I have to go meet up with the captain." After Jiang Ao finished speaking, he left in a hurry. Peng Shaoshi and the others also took the healing stones and set off immediately towards the headquarters.

That said, Su Yang and the others waited patiently on the lake shore for a long time before finally seeing the rolling waves again. The waves approached the shore quickly from afar, and in no time, Su Yang saw two heads emerge from the water.

The first to surface was the little mermaid we'd seen earlier, followed closely by what appeared to be the helper she'd called. Judging from their size, the helper was probably an adult mermaid. The little mermaid whispered something in the adult mermaid's ear, then pointed at Su Yang on the shore, presumably relaying his request.

The giant mermaid nodded and swam towards the shore. Only when it got close did Su Yang see its body hidden beneath the water. This giant mermaid was exactly as Su Yang remembered it—the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish. Its thick, powerful tail swung rapidly in the water, and it quickly reached a point several meters from the shore.

The giant mermaid looked at Su Yang and his companions and said, "Hello, I am Dirk. My sister Abby told me that you need some help?"

Seeing the mermaid speaking human language, Su Yang was no longer surprised. He quickly carried Huang Lewei on his back and said, "Yes, my friend is seriously injured and needs treatment."

After hearing this, Dirk swam a little closer to the shore, seemingly wanting to check Huang Lewei's injuries, but the water near the shore was too shallow for him to get close. So he said, "Please put him in the water and push him toward me."

Upon hearing this, Su Yang was stunned for a moment, then became alert again. Why put people in the water? What if these merfolk eat people? Wouldn't that be like lambs to the slaughter? As Su Yang hesitated, Die'er's voice rang in his mind: "Oh dear! My master, what are you hesitating for when things are so urgent? Merfolk don't eat people!"

Su Yang felt a little embarrassed and quickly put those strange thoughts out of his mind. Together with Lin Anlan, he put Huang Lewei into the water, and then he went into the water himself and slowly pulled Huang Lewei toward Dike until he was next to Dike.

Dirk carefully examined Huang Lewei's injuries and then said to Su Yang, "Your friend's injuries are very serious. My hydrotherapy technique can only treat part of the injury and cannot completely cure it."

"Can you bring him back to consciousness?" Su Yang asked.

Dirk nodded: "Regaining consciousness is no problem, but he still needs to see a wood elemental healer afterward."

Su Yang felt much more at ease. As long as Huang Lewei could regain consciousness and was not in immediate danger, that was fine. As for the rest, they could deal with it later. So he asked Dike to start the treatment.

Dirk said, "Please help me submerge him completely in the water."

"His whole body? How does he breathe?"

"I have a way to do this."

Seeing how determined Dirk was, Su Yang, half-believing and half-doubting, pushed Huang Lewei into the water. Just as the water entered his face, a light blue transparent bubble formed on his face, not only isolating him from the surrounding water but also providing him with air to breathe. Su Yang looked at Dirk and realized that the bubble was formed by Dirk using water elements.

After resolving Huang Lewei's breathing problem, Dirk immediately began to manipulate the water element. However, he did not rely on any props such as elemental bracelets, but instead relied on himself. He closed his eyes and kept chanting something. Su Yang suddenly felt countless elemental particles in the water converging towards him and surrounding Dirk.

Slowly, under Dirk's command, the elemental particles enveloped Huang Lewei, flowing over his body like a pale blue stream of water. About twenty minutes later, Dirk opened his eyes. As he stopped moving, the water elemental particles surrounding Huang Lewei vanished, and Huang Lewei's body floated to the surface.

Dirk said weakly, "In another ten minutes or so, your friend should regain consciousness, and you can take him back to shore."

"Thank you!" Su Yang quickly led Huang Lewei to swim towards the shore. After reaching the shore, Su Yang looked back, but there was no trace of the mermaid on the lake.