Infinitely Criticizing the Villain for Being Like My Ex-Boyfriend

The whale's stomach acid had soaked the entire hall, flooding the entire first floor hall.

Of the several researchers who had collapsed unconscious in the hall, only some charred remains remained, rising and falling slightly in the stomach acid.

"In order to save energy and expand the venue, and also to deal with the troublesome John, they moved the research institute originally located at the bottom of the cabin to here." The fox viciously put Will's head close to the whale's stomach acid and shook it twice.

Jon is the big whale that bit the Siren and prevented it from leaving.

"They chose the stomach sac with the largest space as the center, and radiated various functional rooms in all directions. The shallowest skin surface and barnacle area are some low-level places. They are the first line of defense when entering here."

Zhang Chunliang recalled the time when he saw the laboratory of 08865. The person at that time told him that it was the A1 laboratory, which according to the rules should be the safest laboratory.

But he felt a huge sense of threat there—even more dangerous than Will's mermaid corpse.

He felt that something had invaded the laboratory from the inside out and had somehow transformed the monsters here.

Combined with the observations along the way, the identity of the intruder is very obvious - it is suspected to be Xiao Ai from the Mermaid Island.

Zhang Chunliang gritted his teeth gently. For some reason, he felt a little itchy when he thought of that guy.

"Let me go..." Will's mouth twitched and he tried his best to smile, "I did all this for a reason—"

"I am an orphan. My foster parents adopted me when I was fighting with wild dogs for rotten fish...They, their biggest wish is--" Will's words are extremely infectious. He speaks so sincerely that people can't help but want to listen to him narrate his miserable life.

The fox lightly pressed his head into the stomach acid. In an instant, a large number of bubbles emerged from the sour and pungent liquid, and strange gray smoke rose up.

Will was drowned in the acid without even a scream.

Zhang Chunliang then understood why the fox had tied him up with the meat thread - to prevent him from struggling and escaping in the stomach acid.

Soon, the head was dissolved by gastric juice and turned into a fist-sized charred carbon ball.

"It's okay, Will." The fox comforted him softly, "Your beloved parents are here with you."

In the middle of the hall, the huge mermaid statue began to move. Its limbs were stiff, and it took a long time before it lowered its raised arms. The two dried heads in its palms slammed into the stomach acid on the ground.

"They modified Jon's stomach so that all of his stomach acid was pumped into that pool. This guy was in a lot of pain and kept crying. It was really noisy." Fox explained helplessly to Zhang Chunliang.

"Excuse me, everyone, how do I climb up?" the huge mermaid statue asked vaguely.

"It's alive!?" Zhang Chunliang looked at the mermaid in the middle of the hall in astonishment, his eyes shocked.

"It was once a top researcher in genetics. Will invited it to go on vacation. Later, because it firmly opposed Will's inhumane experiments, it was sent to the fusion experiment operating table by Will."

The mermaid statue stood on tiptoe of its tail, as if trying to wade through the stomach acid.

"It is the only intelligent contaminant on this ship that was transformed through fusion experiments. But ironically, it hates fusion experiments extremely and completely disobeys the orders of Will and others."

"Come over here. If you hesitate any longer, there will be more and more stomach acid!" Zhang Chunliang shouted to it.

In just over ten minutes, the stomach acid in the hall had increased visibly and was about to spread to the stairs to the second floor.

The mermaid sculpture listened to his advice decisively, used the two tips of the fish tail as feet, and twisted itself through the stomach acid.

No one knows what material it is made of, but it is not affected at all by the highly corrosive stomach acid.

"It's a very interesting experience. It seems that turning into stone has its benefits." The mermaid sculpture shook off the acid on its body and laughed heartily. The deep and dull laughter made the walls of the hall vibrate.

"Did you destroy the fountain?" Zhang Chunliang asked.

The Mermaid Pool Fountain is a special container responsible for containing and expelling whale stomach acid. The strong acid secreted by the whale is collected in the fountain and transported out through pipes.

The pain-induced riot Will had just caused had injured the whale's stomach wall, and it began to contract its internal organs painfully, causing the four walls to be shaken and squeezed.

But in theory, the special material like the mermaid pond located in the center of the hall should not be affected.

Unless someone deliberately broke it during the chaos.

“It’s me,” the statue said. “And I’m proud of it.”

It turned its head stiffly and said to the fox, "I admire you, young man, for not listening to Will's nonsense. I was so anxious just now that I wanted to run down and press his head hard into the gastric juice."

The fox gave him a polite, perfunctory smile.

"Why are you... a sculpture here?"

"This is a punishment. To punish me for resisting him, Will used a special glue to fix me in the hall. I had to watch soberly as innocent people were pushed into the laboratory... and no one came out."

It wore a compassionate smile and was silent for a few seconds before continuing, "2562 people. These are the humans that were pushed away from my sight."

Zhang Chunliang changed the subject: "Where are the other researchers? Why can't I see them?"

"Well, they took root," replied the fox.

He hooked his finger, took each person and each stone, and walked up the spiral staircase to the third floor.

"I haven't asked your name yet." The mermaid sculpture started chatting with Zhang Chunliang happily.

"Zhang Chunliang." Zhang Chunliang nodded and asked, "What about you?"

"Oh, I have discarded my real name. Ever since Will tricked me into doing my first surgery, I no longer deserve to use that name. You can call me 023."

The mermaid Stone stood on the tip of her tail and spoke gently.

Zhang Chunliang: "...Ah." So this is the "good guy" that 08865 mentioned? He looks pretty good, but... he seems to be a little more miserable than him.

"In fact, I was able to move a week ago, but I still pretended to be a statue every day." 023 said, "Will once threatened me that if I made trouble, he would throw me into the seabed."

A stone that does not need to eat or sleep, and will live forever awake in the dark seabed, is undoubtedly the most terrifying threat.

"Unfortunately, no fresh humans have been captured here since more than ten days ago. Otherwise, I could still make use of my last bit of value."

023 He kept on talking and chatting with Zhang Chunliang over and over again.

The fox opened the door of an office, and when he saw what was inside, 023's noisy voice stopped abruptly.

There were three researchers in the room, with dense branches growing from their chests and soles, which wrapped around their bodies and firmly rooted into the walls and floor, holding them in place.

The mouths of several people were blocked tightly by branches and they could not make any sound. They could only use their eyes to ask the fox for help.

The whale secretes more and more gastric acid, and when it accumulates to this level, the three men will watch their bodies corroded and dissolved.

"The same is true for the other researchers. Nothing to see." Fox said uninterested. He seemed to have thought of something and added, "There are twenty-three researchers on the first floor. They have been flooded."

Zhang Chunliang: “…”

023 smiled happily and said, "That's good, young men. They deserve this punishment."

If its eyes still had the luster of a human, it would definitely show a look of great appreciation: "I kind of want to introduce you to my daughter..."

Zhang Chunliang: “…”

"Thank you for your kindness, but I already have someone I like." The fox politely declined, then closed the door in the desperate eyes of the three researchers and carefully checked the door lock.

"Is this the young man? He is indeed very good. I believe in my judgment." Mermaid Bones pointed at Zhang Chunliang, but did not notice the twisted tree roots that suddenly emerged under his tail.

It tripped and fell to the ground with a loud bang.

"If he wants to." The fox gave a wicked smile.

Strangely, Zhang Chunliang did not refute him.

The fox raised an eyebrow and looked in his direction.

I saw him standing there silently, with a look of surprise and confusion in his eyes.

He just opened the system task to see how many players were still alive. However, the first thing that caught his eye on the system panel was a huge prompt.

[Main Quest: Find the Mermaid King's Treasure (2/5)]