Tales of Foraging for Seafood in the Wasteland

[A cold, taciturn, secretly passionate, devoted and pure-hearted merman pursuer who doesn't cry pearls & a younger, beautiful merman pursuer]

[A brain eaten by a jellyfish, mischievous, wild, and a master flirt & a punk-styled, beautiful merman pursued]

When he woke up, Shi Linyao had transmigrated to a parallel world.

Eleven years after the Great Cataclysm, the world had long since been divided by floodwaters into countless floating islands. Survivors struggled to stay alive on desolate islands shrouded in thick fog, where their homes were also plagued by terrifying, bizarre, and indescribable beings.

The small county town he remembered had been transformed beyond recognition into an island controlled by a corporation. Shi Linyao had no choice but to accept the fact that he was now a member of the island's patrol team.

Patrolling the beaches, foraging along the shore, scavenging for ancient artifacts and pre-cataclysm objects washed up by the waves, and matching wits with grotesque mutants and eerie things... The bizarre post-cataclysm world slowly unfolds through a series of thrilling everyday adventures.

[Shi Linyao's Shore Foraging Diary]

Day 1: Found a brand-new jellyfish brain

Day 3: Found a fresh crop of blue-green tentacle hair & a seed shell covered in Doctor Qiao's saliva

Day 7: Found a Cthulhu and Squidward co-branded dip net

Day 8: Caught an unparalleled hottie merman with my tentacles. Tried to lure him home

Day 15: Saw a bunch of sea hares holding an orgy

Day 40: Found a merman (P.S. Mermaids sure are tall once they're on land!)

[Lighthearted Little Scene]

Once upon a time, on a little island deep in the sea, there lived a beautiful and honest fisherman. One day, he went fishing at the beachside dump, but accidentally dropped his fishing rod into the sea.

Without his rod, he couldn't fish, and without fish, he'd starve. Thinking about it, the fisherman couldn't help bursting into tears. His sobs reached a mermaid in the depths of the ocean.

The mermaid emerged from the sea with a golden fishing rod. "Take it. This is the rod you lost."

The fisherman shook his head. "This isn't my rod."

The mermaid disappeared, then came back a while later with a silver rod. "Take it. This is the rod you lost."

The fisherman shook his head. "This isn't my rod either."

The mermaid disappeared and reappeared once more. This time, he took out an ordinary fishing rod. The fisherman saw it and said gratefully, "Thank you! This is the rod I lost!"

Moved by the fisherman's honesty, the mermaid took out the golden and silver rods. "You're an honest man. I'll give you both of these rods." He turned to return to the sea, but fell over and realized that a fishing line was wrapped around him.

He turned around and saw the fisherman approaching with the rod in hand. The fisherman's beautiful face wore an evil smile as he stole the mermaid's first kiss.

And so, with a kiss and a sincere heart, the fisherman hooked himself a mermaid. He took the mermaid home, sold the golden and silver rods that had been his dowry, and the two got married. They lived happily ever after.

1. Happy ending, both are each other's first, equally matched, scavenger husbands solve mysteries and fight monsters together.

2. The tone is eerie and suspenseful, with tales of a haunted island, grotesque mutations, and indescribable horrors.

3. Entirely fictional. Please don't compare it to real life. The little scene is adapted from the fable The Golden Axe.

(Blurb revised on 2022.6.14)

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[You can check out my upcoming story, The Male Lead Who's a Damsel in Distress Is Causing Trouble Again~]

Theme: To redeem your soul, you must call upon yourself.