The woman in front of me was no different from the one in my dream. Fear almost rendered me unable to think. "So, what's the solution you mentioned...?"

"The eggs of a third-year fish girl are extremely rare! You actually ate so many at once. What a waste of a precious resource!" Master Qingning's cold voice suddenly changed, and she looked at me with arrogance on her face.

"You lied to me!" I shouted at her.

"I didn't lie to you," she suddenly laughed, as if she was watching a child being stubborn. "To get rid of the embryos in your belly, you must consume the blood of their daughter."

"But fish girls rarely give birth to daughters, haven't you noticed? There are no females in the entire Yu family village." She shrugged lightly and said, "But since it was thanks to you that I found the Yu family village, I can give you a special treatment. Unfertilized fish girl eggs can still be worth a fortune."

A dagger flashed from her sleeve, and she made a move to pounce on me.

"Wait!" I fell to the ground, tears streaming down my face. "Don't you want the fish girl eggs? I'm a fish girl now too. Can you spare my life?"

Master Qingning paused, a playful expression appearing on her face. "Seeing them like this, are you still willing to be a fish girl?"

"I'm willing, as long as I can survive." I tightly gripped the matchstick in my hand.

Help! I beg you! Please...

"Sss..." The sound of a faint spark came from the hole.

I suddenly got up, using both my hands and feet to run towards the hole, where a small figure flashed by.

"Do you think you can escape?!" Accompanied by the sound of the dagger cutting through the air, Master Qingning's furious shout came from behind.

Despair overwhelmed me, and the taste of blood filled my mouth.

"Ah ah..." A sharp and eerie scream came from the hole, urging and commanding at the same time.

There was no excruciating pain from being stabbed by the dagger behind me. Instead, I heard Master Qingning's screams: "Let go! Ah!!!"

I didn't have time to turn back. Just as I rushed out of the hole, a tremendous force threw me out.