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Chapter 64: I Am Not A Merman (I)
System: 【Congratulation to Host for completing the Main Mission—Promote to Senior Colonel within ten years.】
【You have completed a Main Mission, please receive your reward. Constitution +5, Memory +7, Spiritual Power +6, Beauty +5, Life Span +2. You can learn two additional skills.】
“Why did I not receive detain time in this world?” Shang Ke asked, confused.
【The moment you completed your main mission, you died. As long as you have so little as a single breath of life left in you, the System can give more time to perform an additional mission.】
Shang Ke: “…Okay, let me ask again, just what use is the reward of extra time? Is it only for the completion of additional missions?” Like, extending his life span to a hundred years or something to wait for a particular tree to bear fruit.
But reality proved that Shang Ke was overthinking it.
【No. The gift of lifespan is what’s keeping you alive in the real world. The you in the real world is currently in a vegetative state, kept alive only by machines. The life span you obtain during missions is what is supporting it.】
Shang Ke made a soft sound of realization, then immediately was struck with something and asked in fear, “Wait, what would happen to me if I failed the mission from the first world?”
【The you in the real world would naturally die, and your soul would fall into an unlimited cycle of death and reincarnation. Never again would you have had the chance to return to reality.】
Shang Ke erupted in anger, “Why not tell me something so important earlier!”
【If Host’s life value falls to dangerous levels, the System will actively notify you. This is also the reason why the first world gave such preferential treatment. It was to ensure the Host could continue on and complete the following missions.】
“Hehe.” Shang Ke’s lips twitched, thinking back to the ‘mission that can be 100% completed even just by sitting’. It was also the only mission he completed that had satisfied all three additional missions.
Shang Ke grilled the System further before abating. He then clicked open the Skill Catalog, finding that there were two more new skills available, 【Medical Arts】 and 【Planting】. He thought a bit, then chose both of these skills and continued his 【Martial Arts】… after his selection, he walked with large, confident strides into the Hundred Training Space…
After his training, the System once more sent Shang Ke to start a brand new mission.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself floating in water. What was strange about this was that his breathing wasn’t obstructed.
Because he had been turned into a dolphin.
A dolphin? Shang Ke gave himself a once-over. He was approximately two meters long with two triangular fins that were swaying in the water and a slender tail that was following the movement of the waves. He was a light gray with a white underbelly, unmarred but for a Flaming Red Sky Flower tattoo. It was not as bright red as it was before, now a much lighter vermillion It looked kind of cute.
Shang Ke felt a bit baffled. This tattoo seemed to follow him through certain worlds but disappear in others. What pattern does it follow?
System: 【Main Mission—Become human food.】
Shang Ke: “……”
……
……
“And?! The information of this world? The direction of the story line? Some clues on the climax? The ‘Main Character’?”
【There is none. This time the world is a simple one. The System believes that the Host can complete it easily.】
Hehe. Truly, become human food. Such a simple and cruel mission. It really is ‘easy’.
The problem was that the mission must reach the standard of “heroic”! Even by performing 108 extremely difficult dolphin tricks and taking the initiative to run in front of a human fishing boat and have them eat him, it was impossible to become a hero!!! Forget hero, it would be enough if he wasn’t treated as a retarded dolphin.
Could it be that his bodily fluids have a special healing effect, and were capable of saving a group of incurably diseased patients and the mental illness that jeopardizes the world’s population?
Just how much does he have to hate himself to ‘sacrifice himself’ at this level? Shang Ke felt the malice that comes from deep within the System.
Since he couldn’t get any more information from the System, Shang Ke could only depend on himself.
He tried moving his new body, following the wave and heading to the surface, rushing and breaking through waves, splashing as an aftereffect. His line of sight broadened in an instant; the wide sky, the dark blue sea, and that huge island. He could vaguely make out large and tall buildings built in the center of the island. It looked like this was a modernized world.
Shang Ke fell back into the water and he kept his body straight as he began to formulate plans. He decided to run a few rounds around the island that humans resided in to start off with.
Right at that moment, a small dolphin shakingly swam to him from not too far off, a bit unbalanced in the water, then rubbed against his stomach. It let out weak cries, presumably scared and confused.
The little one appeared to be recently born and Shang Ke could tell that it was very hungry.
He looked around and felt that something was off. Dolphins are a pod oriented mammal and they cherished their children very much. Even if it’s mother wasn’t present, the other dolphins would carefully take care of and protect the small dolphin. Why couldn’t he see the figures of any other dolphins around?
Shang Ke attempted to call out with sound waves but received no response.
The small dolphin leaned against Shang Ke, its movement speed growing slower and slower. Even its cries had stopped.
This was the first time Shang Ke had a dolphin so he has no experience. He also didn’t have much of an understanding of this mammal in the first place, so he was really at a bit of a loss about what to do. If the small dolphin continues to not eat, it would die from starvation without a doubt. There’s nothing else to be done about it, he could only lead the small dolphin near to the shore and try to think of something to do.
After he got closer, Shang Ke noticed that straight ahead was a building situated on the coastline. It was mostly white and gave off an eco-friendly aura. Through the glass windows near the ground, he could faintly make out a lawn and pool inside.
But what really made Shang Ke happy was that at the top of the building were a set of words—“Star Record Marine Life Rescue Base”. Truly, the things you need come when you think of them.
Shang Ke poked his head out of the sea and whistled loudly at the building.
Not long after, a couple of people in uniforms walked out from within. When they saw Shang Ke, they all revealed an amazed expression.
“I’m not seeing things right? It’s actually a dolphin?!” A blond man said in disbelief.
“Although dolphins disappeared over two hundred years ago, there was never any direct evidence that they were extinct.” Another man with glasses stared at Shang Ke, his eyes shining brightly.
“How did it get here?” The only woman among them asked in confusion.
As she spoke, Shang Ke flipped over and returned to the water. Without giving the people on the shore a chance to react, he reemerged with the small dolphin lying motionless on his head. Then, he slowly swam toward them.
The group quit their exclamations at the sight and quickly squatted down. They could tell the small dolphin’s situation wasn’t right at first glance.
“Quick, open the water gate, bring them into the base.” quickly the blond man gave the order and a loud rumble came from below the water as a passage appeared from below the base.
Everyone had thought they would need to use some form of lure to lead the dolphins into the base. They didn’t expect that the big dolphin would swim inside of his own volition, with the smaller dolphin following tiredly.
The people gasped in shock: “Isn’t it too smart?”
After a brief diagnosis, the rescuer quickly understood the small dolphin’s situation and had a specialist configure nutritional milk to carefully feed to it.
Shang Ke remained in the pool swimming back and forth, occasionally breaking the surface and using his fins to support him on shore and get next to the rescuer to see how the small dolphin was doing.
This scene was recorded and everyone felt happy as they watched it.
“In the past, we could only learn about this mammal from historical documents. That we now have the chance to see a live one, we’re really too fortunate.” A staff member sighed in bliss.
“If it weren’t for that terrible dolphin epidemic two hundred years ago, these cute creatures would not be so near extinction.”
“Yeah, I saw some documentary on the dolphin epidemic before. The disease rate was high, infectiousness strong, and it was hereditary as well as contagious by physical contact. It didn’t take thirty years for them to be almost completely eradicated. The experts still have not found the source of the epidemic.”
“Pay close attention to the health of these two dolphins, we can’t let such a tragedy happen again.”
“K, send the video to Mr. Qin immediately. The dolphins that disappeared over two hundred years ago have resurfaced. I believe he would be willing to continue funding us once he hears that.” Star Record Marine Life Rescue Base was classified as a non-profit environmental protection organization. They mainly relied on the donation of charities and public environmental protection figures for funds. Their Mr. Qin was their biggest financial supporter.
Because of the dolphins’ arrivals, the base became abnormally lively. They established a dolphin medical group at the fastest speed possible, and a specialist in charge of taking care of the dolphins’ food to take care of their everyday life and health.
Shang Ke only found out afterward that his worries from before were all superfluous. Not only were dolphins not hunted and killed by humans, but they were also set to enjoy the treatment of a national treasure. From Shang Ke’s point of view, dolphins were a very commonly seen animal. This was the reason why he dared to enter human territory.
Shang Ke recalled the mission given by the System—Become human food.
Hehe, the System is really such a scammer! Who the f*ck would treat a national treasure as food! With the current situation, even if he washed himself clean, hopped into a bowl and posed nicely, no one would dare eat him!
Following that, Shang Ke and the small dolphin temporarily made their home at the base. There was a large pool in the base, enough for them to play around in.
Two days later, a private airplane arrived at the base and three men walked out from it. The one in the lead was a man around thirty, with a tall stature and handsome appearance. His face carried a trace of sharp coldness and an unapproachable aura.
“Lead us to the dolphins.” The man did not beat about the bush with his demands.
“Yes Mr. Qin, please follow me.” The supervisor of the base promptly led them to the pool.
“Suuu—” Following the sound of the whistle, two heads popped out from the water, staring at them with four gleaming eyes.
After observing them, Shang Ke led the small dolphin and swam over.
Only after approaching the group on shore did Shang Ke notice that there were new faces today. The one Shang Ke took the most note of was Mr. Qin. The kind of scummy aura that the man emitted was something he could not be more familiar with. If he has a mole on his palm, then he would be his man. If he doesn’t, then he will closely observe him for a period before making his judgment.
Shang Ke raised his head and, with a swish, spurted water at him.
The man subconsciously raised his hand to block his face, revealing his palm. Immediately the small mole made its astonishing appearance.
It really is him! Shang Ke was both happy and distressed. Happy that he found the ‘him’ of this world, but distressed over the race difference that, this time, was a bit more difficult to bypass.
“Pu!” a strange sound came from his side and he looked over. The scene that met him was the small dolphin trying to copy he did just now, working hard at trying to spout water at the people on shore. But unfortunately, he was not too skilled at it yet so despite trying several times, he still couldn’t manage it. He wore a very dispirited expression. It hadn’t occurred to Shang Ke how strange it was that he could make out the expressions of a dolphin.
Shang Ke raised a flipper to pat his head in a comforting gesture.
The small dolphin blew out bubbles and raised his tail to splash a bit before gloomily submerging himself back into the water with a somersault.
The men ashore laughed and only Qin Yuan stayed silent. He towered above the water and stared at Shang Ke for a long while before he turned his head to speak to the supervisor, “I’ll raise the funding to the base by another three million each month. I’ll take care of the security. If there are any problems, report them to me immediately. Continue to take care of them.”
The supervisor wore a face of delight, “No problem! Thank you very much Mr. Qin.”
Qin Yuan squatted down and Shang Ke immediately moved closer, sticking up his dorsal fin and flippers and swimming in a circle as his eyes shone: Look, look, don’t you feel I look familiar?
Qin Yuan: “……”
Someone beside him chuckled out, “Mr. Qin, it seems like this little guy really likes you.”
Qin Yuan now took note of the Flaming Red Sky Flower on Shang Ke’s belly and something stirred in his eyes. He softly spoke, “Flames. We’ll call you ‘Flames’ from now on.”
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Ahh Merman?!? Merman story???? Whaaaat?
We met again my rival in first place comment, ‘XD’ GUY!!!
I SHALL NOT LOSE!!! THIS ISNT OVER!!!
I think he said he isn’t merman…
*thinking of scaly play….mermaid s♡x…*
….how did they do it? Do mermaid also have that hole?
What? ヽ(;^o^ヽ) hoho
(◯Δ◯∥)
This comment… I must say it’s very good question. How can be smth like that possible? My imagination is not THAT creative.
I legitimately looked up gay merman porn because of you guys. It is a thing. I hope you’re happy.
But how? Never mind, now I must check it out. Thanks for your sacrifice.
This… I want to know but I don’t wanna know?!
Just check it out. It’s not THAT bad ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
*Sits in front of tent* I’ve been waiting for this arc since arc 1’s release *stares into sunset* And here I wait
“* stares into sunset* And here I wait”
– Is that you Thanos?! 😀😀😀
haha nice one
Fish biology, if i’m not wrong it should be underneath the belly…
-pats- don’t set your expectations up too high
And suddenly we are all wondering how fish people have secks.
Wowow, so if I’m not a merman, I suppose it’s between a human and merman story!!
The stories get weirder and weirder 😂 he died by a fish and now he becomes one pft. Or does he 🤔
He died by old injuries that relapsed due to fish…hmmmm then again… … hmmmmm…. is this karma? lol the system trolling?
Lol I nearly forgot…what’s the caused of his death again? x,,D
And yeah, I can’t stop laughing when he squish and expect his man to recognize him haha
…..i have a feeling he’d become a drug for this man later….
Hello, Im a camper who always hide in the corner whatching you guys, so i decided to left my dark corner an join you in the campsite 😉
ehehehehehe
come here, come sit here my child and let me tell you erotic bed scenes of mine i’ve conjured up om my mind.(〜￣▽￣)〜
why can’t I read any chapters starting from this one? Please help
Not translated yet 😂
Oh, guys! If there were no your comments here, I would continue to think that the problem is not the lack of translation, but that I live in the ass of a world that does not have the right to read the rest of the novel!.. Emm.. Does anybody know how often chapters come out?
It’s random
I’ve been waiting for this arc forevvvvveeer
so its a good arc? 😀
Yeah, at least I think so, Althpugh I like anything with mermaids
I read a little bit of it on the Raws but only Managed to get the gist of it since my Chinese sucks😭should’ve studied more when I was younger
its never too late!
Everything aside, let’s be happy for Shang Ke because he finally managed to clear his mission. That means no more punishment mission or berserk mode …well, unless he failed another one again :v
I feel like it’s been a long time since this punishment began. Finally the poor person will get the lighter penalty, and the hardest happiness without interruptions. haha
Ummm….Where’s the chapter?
Work in progress
Lol~ You guys made those two comments on my birthday~ XD
I’m imagining it already..*drools*
awww me uno al campamento de espera
Waiting urgently!!! (I’m back)
I feel like I’m kinda numb to the pain from the previous arc since it feels like I’m used to it now…
… and I totally need to do my homework now so I’ll see you guys later ~~~ (*´꒳`*)
😂😂😂
❤ mermen!!! And yay he succeeded in the last one 🎉 Thank you snowy for your translations 💞
I’ve actually read a yaoi manga that had mermen once, and aftermixing that knowledge with google imaging, I can confirm that merman tend to have a slit of skin that conceals their manhood like a natural zipper. Perhaps it’ll be that, or our merman/s will pull a little mermaid and end up with human legs?…we can only wait…
thats very educational thank you very much….i’ll do my own research for now
Like a fish indeed ….He’ll go making discoveries with his fishy friend. I read some manga about that ..The guy freaking “explored” it…(|>◇<)|
can you tell us the name of said manga?( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
っ╥╯﹏╰╥c snowy?
Hello? Waaaaaahhhhhh
_(:з」∠)_
*sets up camp*
x =͟͟͞͞( ∩ ‘ヮ’=͟͟͞͞) ੭ु⁾⁾
*sits down in my folding chair*
(((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))
*makes matcha green tea*
( ˘▽˘)っ_且~
*sips tea and takes deep breathe*
“camping season begins”
（*´▽｀*）
(`•ω•´๑) I brought cookies
(」゜ロ゜)」
COOOKKIEEESS
they better be chocolate chip cookies
Merman , you’ll get eaten (In more ways than one..fufufu…)^(*^*)^
If you eat a mermaid you can be immortal… i have a bad feeling…😨 or the little mermaid…😰😱
You’re actually hitting it close to the prompt lol.
I’m so sorry Snowy, I betrayed you and read ahead in the raw 😭. And maybe I just mention, this is going to be a really good arc. 😏
how….how can this be?! another SE arc is thiswhat u telling me?!!!!
nooooooppppeeeee not today satan
So everyone is trying to figur3 out how a human would have sex with a mermaid. Well here you go! Love this manga. Free! dj – Tadashii Ningyo no Aishikata. It’s on mangago.
I don’t know if my previous comment was posted but check this manga out. Free! dj – Tadashii Ningyo no Aishikata. It’s on mangago. It’s provides detail imagery of how a human and mermaid perform sex.
I wasn’t planning, but since you went to the trouble of giving us the name and where to find, I shall make this sacrifice and read….
Dolphins!! I LOVE DOLPHINS!”!! <3 now this will be a problem…. maybe this arc they will cultivate feelings only?, would be nice for a change…
Wonder if Shang Ke can transform, googled on how two merman having sex and obviously failed with ML being a human. 🤔 Merman is obviously also wrong, cause Shang Ke’s a dolphin!! Dolphin x human, even google find me crazy 😂 I’m already imagining a human flirting with a giant grey fish with plenty of teeth… ouff
I wonder how useful his martial art skills are as a dolphin….
Which brings to mind a dolphin in a yellow jumpsuit holding nunchucks in its mouth. (ala bruce lee) XD
Thank you so much for the chapter!!!! ♥️♥️♥️
I love this story and somehow I seem to have started to get used to the painful endings, I’m already over the last one, so that’s a good thing I guess.
Scum aura lol, SK spoke like a female of an elderly couple. XD
And yeah guys, don’t randomly go debuting as a newbie translator with a chapter of other people current project ah. So many novels in the internet and you just gotta pick people’s ongoing project?
This Banana cannot understand. Is it not common sense?
The person who did wattpad thingo I actually did not care too much after reading their note. It was the email someone sent you lolol
Lol, you mean the ‘door-to-door sell’ ? XD
I kinda feel both of them are either the same person or in the same circle.
Because the wattpad entry was just 1 day ago from the email .
lol, I won’t waste too much thinking about it at least
Thank you for the chapter Snowy!
This story’ angst seems strong…
Thank you for the update!
Thank you for the chapter Snowy-sama
ヾ(❁´▽`❁)ﾉ*✲ﾟ*💕💕💕💕
I got wrong interpret the first comment (i think this is a merman story) but when i read its a dolphin instead a merman, my thumb run to scroll to see where exactly the merman is and then when i read the title i laughed. My imagination already run so far to comeback ah 😂
Thank you snowy!
😂 Everyone interpreted the merman the wrong way
Wow. The secks will be hard…I can’t picture dolphin bestiality. _(:з」∠)_
Shang Ke will probably turn into a human at some point. Hopefully.
Thank you, snowy.
PS. I left a note to that wattpad user asking if they got any permission from you…guess they didn’t…*sighs*
ive seen that wattpad HDS, wow they didn’t even ask for permission *sighs* people just have no conscience
XD
Flames is a cool name even though it is supposed to be hot!
The little dolphin’s cute.
Thanks for the chappie Snowy sama~!
…the title doesn’t lie LMAO
RIP everyone jumping to conclusions.
I’ve been thinking this for a while now but this is so… unique, the author must have one hell of a sense of humour.
Pfft! Describing his lover with a scummy aura…
H3 has to plot heavily to get butchered and eaten. It is really a cruel mission.
Thank you very much for the chapter~!!!
Human food… this will either become a tragedy or a method of euphimism… let there not be technology to transforma a dolphin into a human or I’ll be disappointed at the lack of imagination.
ive been watching on how dolphins have sex before i even read kn HDS and its really….hmm…eye opening, it really made me rethink over if dolphins are fluffy, cute and innocent…
i wonder if this would turn into bestiality or….
ahhh im really itching on reading the raws with google translate but i cannot stand, absolutely cannot stand such grammar and ugh sentences.
but…but…. the curiosity.
(; ____ 😉
hhahahahaahhahahaha snowy-sama rest well and eat delightful foods to replenish ur health and mana then come back to dispel our curiousity.
Waaaa i read everything in less than a week and this arc seems to be so good!! Thank you snowysama i can’t wait to read more! (//∇//)
Dolphins. It’s actually dolphins. RIP everyone who thought it was a mermaid.
This series is enriching our google search histories like nothing else can. lolz 😂🙃
lolol so trueee
He’s a dolphin?!!! 🐬 . . . Heroically become a tofu meal?
“Lead us to the dolphins.” The man did not be
And thats the end of the sentence. “…beat around the bush.” would be appropriate.
…believe …befuddle …bewilder …belate …begrudge …beguile …beleaguer
Lol become human food? as in getting eaten in ‘that’ way then XD
This arc has come off to a great start! That little dolphin is so cute.
hes not a merman hes a goddang dolphin!!!!
Wow, this is such a troll mission… on so many levels.
“The first one Shang Ke took note of was precisely that grave and stern man who emitted the aura of a scum. This kind of scummy aura was something he could not be even more familiar with. If he has a mole on his palm, then he would be his man.” – I died. Hahaha, that’s so perfect.
Shang Ke: Yes, the person I love is a scum. Problem?
Omg the corona killed the dolphins.
This made me cackled. You got a good humor in you. I approve of this d(￣▽￣)b
Omg, I thought shang ke will be a merman lmao but dolphin is so cuteeee omg I love the small dolphin already
Reding this makes me remember that one yaoi manhwa I just finished reading a while ago. It did have a aquatic lovers but the size differences is BIG… I can’t say anything to this.
And his naming sucks! He should learn from my Rimu—- maybe not. Tehe
Little dolphin , are you PuPu? Thank you for the chapter.