In no time, everyone had finished their evacuation preparations, and Dox was ready to activate the Plane Corridor at any moment.
After confirming within the Mind Ribbon, Angel killed the last group of human-faced fish in front of him and swiftly retreated. As he dashed away, he took out the External Array Disk from his bracelet.
During the retreat, he had already identified the node locations within the nearby Magical Energy Array that would most greatly affect spatial stability.
Without any hesitation, Angel directly threw the External Array Disk toward the node location.
The square Array Disk drew a parabola in the air, attracting everyone’s attention.
Including those human-faced fish in the sky.
The human-faced fish seemed interested in moving objects, and all the nearby schools of human-faced fish chased after the Array Disk. The entire scene looked like a comet streaking across the sky, dragging a long, glowing tail behind.
Although the human-faced fish were chasing the Array Disk, everyone believed in Angel’s judgment. He dared to throw out the Array Disk, confident it wouldn’t be intercepted.
Dox was also constantly monitoring the direction of the External Array Disk. Once the disk landed, with its magic patterns lighting up, he would activate the Plane Corridor.
Just as the Array Disk was tugging at everyone’s emotions, a voice never heard before suddenly rang in their ears.
"Little mermaid, why are you still playing outside? It’s time to go home."
It was an exceedingly pleasant male voice, possessing both the deep timbre of a bass cannon and the lazy elegance of a dandy man, with a hint of indulgence.
One could say it was a voice many women would swoon over.
However, Angel and the others were all male and couldn’t appreciate this intentionally contrived voice.
Yes, contrived. How could a normal person concoct something so complicated while speaking, both with an irrational hoarse sound yet carrying affectionate emotions within?
Who could achieve that? Everyone could, but only if they force their voice like actors reading a script for a drama. So, if this isn’t intentional, what is?
Though everyone could tell it was a deliberately forced voice, its impact was undeniable.
Because all the human-faced fish present suddenly became motionless, as if time had stopped.
"Ah, O-Ola-Olao sir, why have you come?" The one speaking was the clownfish, normally with a charming and seductive voice, akin to a matchless beauty gently parting red lips. But now, like someone with a thick tongue, the words stumbled out.
"Olao? Is he the guy in the Mirror Demon God..." Vay exclaimed within the Mind Ribbon.
Previously, the Wise Sovereign had mentioned that the man and woman in Mirror Demon God are Olao and Adanis. Ever since meeting Olao a thousand years ago, there had been no news of him, and all contacts were with Adanis.
Why has Olao appeared now?!
"We know who Olao is, no need for you to tell. The key now isn’t Olao but that the Array Disk has landed!" Dox said, "Angel, should we still activate the Plane Corridor?"
Whether to evacuate is indeed the most crucial issue now.
Angel glanced at the Array Disk on the ground, which was already in place, and the magic patterns on it were illuminated. With just a thought, he could activate it and let the spatial node in this area fall into chaos.
Should he activate it? Angel pondered for a moment and ultimately decided not to rush in activating the Array Disk for now.
The voice speaking to him earlier in the arena was indeed the same as this voice, though it was more natural then, whereas now it seemed somewhat squeezed. However, it was essentially the same person.
If the visitor truly is Olao, given his previous display of goodwill, perhaps they could avoid this calamity.
Nonetheless, while Angel decided not to activate the Array Disk immediately, he also didn’t relax.
"We can’t tell if the newcomer is friendly, but since he’s holding up these human-faced fish, we have more time. We’ll observe for now and be ready to activate at any moment," Angel said.
The others had no objections. Because none of those present were willing to leave like this, especially the two from the Noah Clan, being so close to the ancestral Qingkong Poetry Room, abandoning it now would be too regretful. And Kaier didn’t want to lose his "advancing" spirit, wanting to prove he’s different from the residual soul, and shouldn’t stop here.
Dox was the only one indifferent; he had already gained benefits, and whether to go to Qingkong Poetry Room was up to him.
But since Angel made a decision, Dox wouldn’t oppose it.
As everyone prepared for further observation, Olao’s voice rang out again: "As a little mermaid, how could you act so recklessly in reality? You should obediently return."
Although Olao was reprimanding the clownfish, he kept calling it "little mermaid," which embarrassed the clownfish into incoherence, speaking even more stutteringly: "B-but sir, that woman said, doing this would make you happy..."
"No, I wouldn’t be happy because of that," Olao said. "Little mermaids should obey."
"That woman? Clownfish, are you talking about me?" Adanis’s voice also joined the conversation, but like Olao, his true body couldn’t be located.
Clownfish: "I’m not a clownfish! I’m the Mermaid Prin... no, I’m a little mermaid."
"Hmph, you vile woman deceived me, saying if I did this, Lord Olao would be pleased. I won’t believe you again!"
The clownfish kept speaking while beginning to retract the human-faced fish it had released.
Adanis: "That man just provoked you, and what, you let him off? Also, he killed so many of your young fish, aren’t you going to settle that?"
Adanis was naturally referring to Dox and Angel.
This blatant instigation worked well on the clownfish. It started slowing the retraction of human-faced fish, indicating it was indeed hesitating.
"Little mermaid, I once told you, to become a truly elegant Mermaid Princess, you need tolerance and kindness. Of course, treat your enemies with thunderous wrath. But think carefully, was it you who first made enemies of them, or did they first make enemies of you?"
Olao’s voice remained squeezed, and the clownfish seemed particularly fond of this tone. After listening to Olao’s words, it said without hesitation: "Yes, it was all my fault. I need to be tolerant, I can’t keep doing such reckless things."
After speaking, the clownfish suddenly redirected its anger towards Adanis: "But my mistake was believing your lies. You’re the vicious woman!"
"Little mermaid, I just said you need tolerance and kindness. You can forgive these humans, so why hold a grudge over an old friend’s minor mistake?" Olao spoke again, but this time standing by Adanis.
Adanis remained silent.
The clownfish said weakly: "I, I know I was wrong."
"Knowing one’s faults and correcting them makes for a good Mermaid. Go back, and have a good rest," Olao said gently.