Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 380 The Bride of the Sea God (39)

Yan Zhen remained silent.

Meeting Nolan's tense and uneasy gaze, she waited a long while before asking, "Do you intend to proceed with the original plan?"

Nolan turned into a saw-mouthed gourd again and stopped talking.

His attitude was clear, and Yan Zhen couldn't get anything out of him, so she had to give up.

Nolan spent most of the day busy in the woods, while Yan Zhen found a shady spot, picked two large banana leaves, spread them on the ground, and lay down to sleep.

After the sun went down, Nolan lit a campfire on the beach and caught a few fish to grill for Yan Zhen.

He was well-prepared, having somehow acquired a complete set of barbecue equipment, including grills, seasonings, and the dipping sauce that Yan Zhen really liked.

The grilled fish tasted pretty good; you can tell Nolan put a lot of thought into it.

As Yan Zhen ate grilled fish while enjoying the sea breeze, several intense and unmissable gazes occasionally fell upon him from the sea not far away—they were from the merfolk who had come to find Nolan.

The mermaids dared not approach, and could only hide in the water, peeking out with half their heads above the surface to stare at them.

After Yan Zhen finished eating the grilled fish, Nolan said, "I'll take you back to the tree."

Yan Zhen asked in surprise, "Why?"

"I need to go back to the sea to take care of some things. I won't be back until tomorrow morning. It's not safe for you to stay under the tree by yourself."

Yan Zhen had a vague premonition that what he called "handling some things" was related to the human world, but he refused to say so, and Yan Zhen had no way of knowing.

"alright."

Yan Zhen let Nolan take him back to that large bird's nest.

Sitting in the nest, Yan Zhen seemed to remember something and said to Nolan, "Find me some vines. I need to make a safety belt, otherwise I'll fall and die if I roll over at night."

Nolan didn't suspect anything, responded, and quickly brought up the vines, along with a bag of fruit.

"Eat this if you're hungry. I'll bring you something delicious tomorrow."

"it is good."

After Nolan left, Yan Zhen sat in the bird's nest and looked up at the moon hanging overhead.

Sitting high up, she had the illusion that the moon was very close to her.

After staring blankly for a while, Yan Zhen tied one end of the vine to the branch supporting the bird's nest, tested its sturdiness, and then climbed down the vine.

She couldn't stay here any longer; she had to find a way to get back to Shengjing as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if humans and merfolk go to war, things will repeat the same mistakes as in the campaign.

Then all the groundwork I've laid over the past few months will be wasted, and the mission will fail.

As the top performer in the Quick Transmigration Division, how could she tolerate such a stain on her mission history?

With visibility poor in the dark, Yan Zhen's dizziness lessened considerably. After struggling for half an hour, he successfully climbed down from the tree, covered in sweat.

Following the general direction she remembered from the daytime, she made her way to the beach. The campfire used for grilling fish was still warm, and Yan Zhen spent some time making a simple torch.

The moment the torch was lit, she sensed a gaze from the sea, staring intently at her.

She immediately turned her head to look.

The sea was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

But he seemed guilty for spying on her, and disappeared after creating a small ripple on the sea.

Yan Zhen frowned. Could it be a mermaid sent by Nolan to keep an eye on her?

Mermaids communicate using sound waves, which can travel very far using seawater as a medium.

If the merman who was stalking her complains, Nolan will soon find out about her little scheme.

Yan Zhen hesitated for a moment, then decided to ignore the distractions and speed up his shipbuilding and escape plan.

She took a torch and went into the forest, where she found the tree trunks that Nolan had cut down during the day to build a house. She carried them one by one to the sea and placed them in the shallow water to test their density.

Some types of wood are denser than water, so they sink to the bottom when placed in seawater.

Some types of wood are less dense than water and can float on the surface of water.

Nolan doesn't pick and choose when logging, and the trees he cuts down are all kinds of miscellaneous species. Yan Zhen picks and chooses, and after testing, less than a third of the wood is usable.

Fortunately, that was enough to build a simple wooden raft.

Yan Zhen then found sturdy vines in the forest and used them to firmly bind the wood together.

As she busied herself on the beach, the gaze that had been watching her from the sea reappeared.

Yan Zhen ignored him.

After a busy night, as dawn broke, the raft was basically complete.

Yan Zhen repeatedly tested the buoyancy and sturdiness, confirming that the raft would not fall apart as long as it did not encounter extreme weather, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After doing all this, Yan Zhen found a sharp stone, cut down a few sections of bamboo from the forest to use as containers, filled them with five days' worth of fresh water and wild fruits, and moved all of these things onto the raft.

He picked a few banana leaves and made a simple hat to prevent himself from getting sunburned. As the first rays of the morning sun rose over the sea, Yan Zhen pushed the raft away from the shore, jumped onto the raft, and set off.

Because she didn't know which country the island belonged to, Yan Zhen didn't have a specific destination when she went out to sea. As long as she could find a place where people lived, she would have a way to return to Shengjing.

As the raft sailed away from the island, Yan Zhen felt like he was being watched again, this time especially intensely.

Something was following her.

Yan Zhen stood on the raft, pretending to look straight ahead, but actually using his sixth sense to carefully identify the direction of the gaze that was staring at him.

Once she confirmed the location was behind her, she turned around abruptly and caught a clear view of a dark shadow that was rapidly disappearing into the sea more than ten meters away.

At just one glance, she couldn't help but gasp.

That thing was huge, much bigger than a mermaid.

Nolan, as a newly adult male mermaid, was about 2.7 meters long when he developed his tail fin, while Asaya was about 3 meters long. The thing in the sea was almost three times the length of Asaya.

Being targeted by something so large, and having been relentlessly stalking him for so long, it would be a lie to say Yan Zhen wasn't afraid.

What is this thing?

Giant shark?

Orca?

Or is it some kind of giant sea creature that humans have not yet discovered?

What is its purpose in following me?

Yan Zhen's mind raced as he searched his memories for the original owner's knowledge about the ocean, and he stopped rowing with the bamboo pole.

Just then, the raft was gently bumped by something, causing it to rock and Yan Zhen to sway, almost falling over.

She quickly steadied herself and stared warily at the sea surface. A dark shadow slowly rose from the depths of the sea, getting closer and closer.

Finally, a black head surfaced.

Upon seeing the true form of that thing, Yan Zhen was stunned.

Orca.

The head of this enormous orca broke the surface of the water, its small eyes on either side curiously observing Yan Zhen.

Yan Zhen was also staring at it.

She noticed a conspicuous white mark on the orca's black head.

Looks familiar?

Not sure, check again.

The man and the whale stared at each other for half a minute before Yan Zhen called out uncertainly, "Rasin?"

The orca seemed to understand, and immediately swam happily to the raft, nuzzling it with its head.

With that slight bump, the raft began to shake violently. Yan Zhen lost his balance and fell onto the raft, saying, "Stop bumping me... Rasin, stay away from me."

She recognized this orca—no, most marine life enthusiasts would recognize it.

It is an internet-famous orca that has appeared in documentaries, known for its adorable appearance, the iconic white markings on its head, its gentle personality, and its friendliness towards humans.