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

Chapter 343 The Bride of the Sea God (2)

Humans classify mermaids into five levels: DC, BAS, and C, based on their availability.

Grade D mermaids are the most common level. There are many mermaids of this level, but they are not very intelligent. After being caught in large quantities, they are extracted into edible fish oil and skin care products, with each hundred milliliters selling for tens of thousands of yuan.

Grade C mermaids are slightly better than Grade D mermaids. They are not very intelligent either, but their flesh is sweet and delicious and can be eaten raw. It is said that thirty years ago, a wealthy man ate raw mermaid flesh every day and lived to the age of 137 before passing away peacefully.

Most Class B mermaids are beautiful and elegant, with an intelligence equivalent to that of a three- or four-year-old human child. They have a certain probability of developing legs and transforming into humans in a short period of time.

Because of their high aesthetic appeal, B-level mermaids are not simply and brutally killed like DC-level mermaids when captured. Instead, they are captured alive and kept in captivity. Those with docile personalities are selected and trained as pets. Electronic collars are put around their necks, and they can be taken out for walks like dogs.

This novel pet was once all the rage among the wealthy decades ago.

However, due to the high cost of raising them and their long lifespan on land, their lifespan is only six months to two years, making them not cost-effective and gradually leading to their elimination from the market.

The blood of B-grade mermaids has aphrodisiac and virility-enhancing effects. Those B-grade mermaids who are unruly and fierce and cannot be tamed as pets are killed and their blood is used to make expensive aphrodisiacs.

Grade A mermaids are high-level mermaids with an intelligence equivalent to a twelve-year-old human. Mermaids of this grade are fierce and highly aggressive.

Their bones have evolved into enamel, and mermaids of this level are usually skinned and fleshed, with the bones crafted into various expensive jewelry, ornaments, sculptures, exhibits, and even the keys of luxury pianos.

Each high-level mermaid can be worth hundreds of millions, but mermaids that have evolved to this level are very rare, and research institutes can only capture a few each year.

The last type, S-class mermaids, is even rarer, so rare that only one has been captured in the past few hundred years. However, before it could be studied in depth, this mermaid was shot to death after escaping in the middle of the night and killing the researchers.

According to existing records, mermaids are social creatures, and S-class mermaids are the leaders of mermaid groups and the overlords of the seas they inhabit.

Mermaids of this level are highly skilled in combat. Their scales and tail fins are sharp weapons, and unarmed humans are no match for them. They have an intelligence equivalent to that of an adult human, possess strong learning abilities, are adept at camouflage and imitation, and are exceptionally beautiful.

On Si Xia's twentieth birthday, her older sister Si Lan gave her a special birthday gift—a Class B male pet mermaid.

When Si Xia first saw it in the cylindrical fish tank at the research institute, she was stunned by its beautiful shape.

It was an extremely beautiful male mermaid with long, black hair like seaweed, sea-blue eyes, and its upper body skin seemed to glow when submerged in seawater, while its long fish tail shimmered with a pale blue light.

Si Xia looked at it through the glass tank. The beautiful mermaid blinked and pressed her webbed fingers against the tank wall.

As if possessed, Si Xia also placed her palm on the glass tank, imprinting it in the same spot as the fish tank.

Upon seeing this, the beautiful little mermaid gave her a gentle and obedient smile.

Si Xia later described her feelings when she first saw it as if she had spotted the Ragdoll cat that best suited her aesthetic in a pet store.

She named the mermaid Si Yu, took it back to her villa, bought a large fish tank to keep it, and even had a large swimming pool built and filled with seawater. In her spare time, she would put Si Yu into the pool so it could swim and play.

Si Yu is obedient and gentle. Whenever Si Xia is tired from work and looks back at the fish tank, she can always see it gazing at her gently and obediently.

Three months after raising Si Yu, Si Xia discovered one night that it had actually climbed out of the fish tank on its own, split into two legs, and transformed into a naked young man walking around the living room.

At first, she was startled, but later she accepted its form. She bought Si Yu nice clothes, put an electronic collar on it, and took it out to play.

Before she knew it, Si Xia was a junior in college. Because her future career goal was to work at her family's research institute, she began to frequent the New Territories Research Center.

Sometimes, when she was at the research institute for a long time, she was worried about leaving Si Yu alone at home, so she simply brought him with her.

Spring came and autumn went. After raising Si Yu for nearly two years, Si Xia's feelings for it grew deeper and deeper, and she began to worry that it would die like other mermaids.

She began researching a drug that would allow mermaids to live on land for extended periods.

But just as her research was beginning to take shape, an epidemic broke out without warning at a dock in Shengjing on an ordinary summer day.

The plague was highly contagious and had a high mortality rate. It took only a week for the outbreak to spread, and tens of thousands of people died one after another.

Local authorities responded quickly and discovered the source of the plague: an ancient virus that flowed out from the melting of Arctic glaciers.

This rapidly spreading virus spread from Shengjing to the rest of the country at an alarming rate.

Countless people die every day.

Because of her research, Si Xia comes into contact with marine life almost every day. At first, she was worried that she would also get infected with the virus and infect her family.

But as more and more people died outside and bad news kept coming from all over the country, she and her family remained safe and sound.

Not only her, but also the researchers at the marine research center under the Si family's name, who are in close contact with marine life every day, have not been infected.

This made Si Xia both relieved and uneasy.

A month after the outbreak, the death toll worldwide reached tens of millions, and Shengjing, the epicenter of the virus outbreak, was brought to a complete standstill.

The entire city was gripped by immense fear and anxiety, with no one knowing when they would contract this terrible virus and lose their life.

In this oppressive atmosphere, a person claiming to be a staff member of the New Territories Research Institute spoke out anonymously online, claiming that the source of this devastating virus infection was not the pier, but the New Territories Research Institute.

The New Territories Research Center has been engaged in research and development on mermaid resources for decades. They extracted viral antibodies from mermaids, and all employees of the company were injected with the antibodies in advance so that they could launch the business of selling the antibodies after the virus spread.

Since the outbreak of the virus, no one from the New Territories Research Institute or the Si family conglomerate behind it has been infected, which is the best evidence.

This news caused a huge uproar as soon as it was released.

Many angry people stormed into the research institute, vandalizing it and forcing staff to hand over the antibodies.

The institute's staff were unable to defend themselves, and many died or were injured in the ensuing resistance.

At this point, the person claiming to be a staff member of the research institute spoke up again, saying that people who had already been injected with antibodies already had antibodies, and that eating their flesh and blood could also help them resist viral infection.

Because of this message, the Si family members were hunted down.

After their parents were killed one after another, Si Lan fled in panic with Si Xia, and Si Xia did not forget to take Si Yu with her in the rush.

The two sisters boarded the yacht under the escort of bodyguards, but the yacht's engine broke down and could not be started.

Just as the pursuers were about to board the yacht, Si Xia rushed into the cabin, intending to drag out Si Yu, who was hiding inside, and release her back into the sea.

But as soon as she rushed into the cabin, a sharp fish fin pierced her chest.

She stared in disbelief at Si Yu, who had transformed into a mermaid.

The mermaid, who used to look at her docilely and obediently, now looked at her with disdain and sarcasm. She spoke to her in a clear and distinct human voice: "My name is Nolan, and I am not the dead fish you are talking about."

After saying that, it pulled out its fin, ignoring the large amount of blood splattering from her chest, and leaped into the vast sea, disappearing from sight.