My Days Picking Up Trash at the Bottom of the Sea

[Completed. Thanks for your support! Pre-order: Hide-and-Seek] [This novel has some potential landmines. Please check the warnings!] After Bai Yu accidentally fell into the sea, he woke up to discover that he had become a creature said to live beneath the sea: a merperson. He had thought he would be able to swim freely and explore the undersea world to his heart's content. But the ocean before him was nothing like he had imagined. Everywhere he looked were heaps of trash, big and small, or the rust-covered wrecks of ships overgrown with algae. Worse still, even the sea creatures were covered in trash, and not a single one of his kind was spared. Some were trapped by plastic, others had fishing hooks caught in their tails, and some were tangled in tattered fishing nets, unable to move and left to die. Helpless to do anything about it, Bai Yu unexpectedly discovered that he had a trash-recycling System that could recycle and exchange anything. Ten plastic items could be exchanged for one extra-tasty dried fish. Exchange! Thirty glass items could be exchanged for one specially made dried fish. Exchange, exchange! Two kilograms of metal items could be exchanged for medicine to treat merpeople. Exchange, exchange, exchange! So Bai Yu began picking up trash nonstop, exchanging it for supplies to feed and treat his people. In the process, he became the mate of the leader of this sea... Bai Yu: No, I just want to pick up trash. Warnings: 1. A silly, sweet story. The uke is naive and a bit dim at first. This may be a deal-breaker for some readers! 2. The main characters fall in love quickly and get physical soon after. Read with caution if that bothers you! 3. You don't have to tell me if you drop the novel. The important thing is that you enjoy reading. If you aren't enjoying it, please stop in time! Be kind and civil in the comments! ---- Pre-order divider ---- Completed novel next door: I Rely on Dreaming to Farm Pre-order next door: Hide-and-Seek Shen Lu accidentally entered an escape game: Find the Evil Ghost. The rules were just like hide-and-seek: find the Evil Ghost in hiding, and you earn the right to leave. It looked simple, but was fraught with difficulty. Shen Lu had to find clues, watch out for attacks from ghost NPCs, and be wary of other players' suspicions. "Just look at the way he's dressed. You can tell he's no good." "That ghost came back to life because he touched it. He must be the Evil Ghost!" Shen Lu, who had just found a clue: "..." [Accusation failed. This player is not the Evil Ghost. Please keep looking!] Amid the chorus of disappointed voices, Shen Lu was surprised to discover that his player status had changed to living dead. [The selected player's status has changed. Find the Evil Ghost on your own. Sharing any clues with other players is prohibited.] Shen Lu: ...Let me just say, thank you. Now playing solo, Shen Lu no longer had to worry about other players suspecting him, and his methods grew increasingly simple and direct. Find clues, beat up ghosts. He was swift, decisive, and utterly merciless. Seeing him looting a house with blood dripping from his hands and a blank expression on his face, the other players finally realized they had messed with the wrong person! Theme: Protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility.