VCRMM: Chapter 362

“Yes, we can sign a contract!”

Under Yufeng Zhuimeng’s surprised gaze, the octopus monster happily made the decision.

As he finished speaking, a ball of white light slowly floated out from the giant ship along with the water flow.

Lin Mu hadn’t expected that he could achieve his goal with a bit of guidance. The octopus monster was so active that he signed a contract with Lin Mu immediately after he finished speaking.

As Yufeng Zhuimeng was still in a daze, Lin Mu had already turned back into human form and reached out to catch the ball of light.

The ball of light touched him and merged into his body like water.

Lin Mu vaguely felt that there seemed to be a warm current flowing in his body.

[Ding~ The ancient octopus, Nage, wants to sign a contract with you. He will protect the safety of you and your companions, and can’t harm the sea elves. You will take him to the land of the sea elves in exchange. Do you accept?]

Lin Mu agreed without thinking.

He saw the system notification that the contract was successfully signed, and couldn’t help feeling pleasantly surprised.

Could players really sign a contract with ancient beasts? He didn’t know what the pet gameplay in Starry Sky Age was like…

But what was certain was that his contract shouldn’t be a pet contract.

Being able to have this octopus monster protect the safety of him and his companions was already a very good reward. He hadn’t expected to tame it as a pet right away.

If he could keep this octopus monster in his group as a permanent NPC…

Wang Yang and the others would be so happy that they would go crazy.

Lin Mu was thinking this in his mind, but he had a gentle smile on his face, even though this seabed was dimly lit and it was unlikely that Nage could see him clearly.

The octopus monster was very happy after signing the contract.

“That’s good. Now you can take me to find the sea elves!”

Sea elves were a popular race on the seabed. He ran away from home to find the sea elves, but was abducted by his former owner halfway.

Still, he learned a lot from his previous master. The process was very enjoyable.

Of course, nothing could compare to the happiness of being able to fulfill a long-cherished wish.

“Actually, you don’t have to worry too much. I can’t beat the sea elves.”

The octopus monster retracted one of his tentacles and started mumbling. “Oh, I’m going to see the sea elves~! Nage is finally leaving this place~”

He was so happy that he couldn’t help singing.

Lin Mu felt that the child was probably too depressed to bear it. Yufeng Zhuimeng couldn’t help feeling sympathy for the octopus monster.

Only…

Both of them couldn’t help sighing when seeing the octopus monster trying hard to squeeze himself out of the giant ship.

With this size, how could he fail to beat the sea elves?

Once the octopus monster finally came out of the shipwreck, they found that his size wasn’t much smaller than the shipwreck. If his body wasn’t soft and deformable, he would probably be stuck inside and unable to get out.

Faced with such a huge underwater monster, Lin Mu couldn’t help feeling scared even though he knew this was a simple-minded underage octopus.

This was the human instinct for survival. It couldn’t be overcome by trying to restrain it.

In the end, he turned himself back into a dagger due to his insecurity. Yufeng Zhuimeng also took on the form of a vine and wrapped around him.

“Okay, Senior Nage, let’s set off,” Lin Mu said.

“Just call me Nage!”

The octopus monster waved his eight giant tentacles and moved in the sea, causing turbulent currents in the calm trench.

In fact, he hadn’t come out to stretch his body for a long time. He hid in the trench every day, sleeping and eating. He had spent a hundred years like this.

He now felt particularly comfortable, especially since he just ate a sea beast and his body was full of strength.

However, the octopus monster didn’t leave immediately. Instead, he asked, “By the way, are the sea elves okay? Did the huge disaster affect the sea elves?”

“The sea elves aren’t doing well.”

Lin Mu answered truthfully. Then he told the octopus monster everything he knew.

“Ahhh, this is so tragic, so tragic. How could this happen?”

Before Lin Mu could finish speaking, the octopus monster was so anxious that he almost cried when he heard that the number of sea elves remaining was only a few dozen.

He only became happy again after hearing that the Roland Empire had subdued the sea elves, sent the braves to help the sea elves build a new tribe, and new baby merfolk were born.

“Oh, that’s great! The sea elves didn’t become extinct. They even gave birth to little sea elves!”

The octopus monster danced again.

“Aren’t the sea elf babies super cute? Take me there quickly!”

Lin Mu and Yufeng Zhuimeng never expected that they would encounter an octopus monster who was a merfolk con at the bottom of the sea.

Since the disaster had swept over the entire planet, including the sea, shouldn’t the octopus be worried about his own race?

Yufeng Zhuimeng couldn’t help complaining in the team channel.

Lin Mu knew a bit about octopuses. He responded in the channel, “Octopuses are solitary. If they meet their own kind, they will attack and prey on each other. They don’t have the concept of tribe members.”

“I also heard that after mating, the male octopus might be eaten by the female if he is slow to run away.”

“F*k, so brutal!”

Yufeng Zhuimeng couldn’t help feeling awe in his heart. He never dared to take it lightly just because the octopus monster looked easy to deceive.

After all, this was a really huge sea monster!

What if he really went to the sea elves’ land to eat?

Lin Mu was actually a bit worried. Still, the contract had been signed. He thought that the octopus monster called Nage should keep his promise.

What’s more, the territory of the sea elves had a protective barrier.

Even swarms of sea beasts couldn’t break through this barrier, let alone the octopus monster. If he really dared to attack, Lin Mu would have to call people and treat it as a boss.

Just as Lin Mu and Yufeng Zhuimeng were communicating secretly, the octopus monster was about to set off in excitement from knowing the sea elves were fine, only to suddenly stop.

He turned his gaze toward the sunken ship.

Lin Mu’s heart skipped a beat when he saw this.

He said quickly, “Nage, it is getting late now. We should set off quickly.”

The octopus monster shook his big head. This movement once again caused a huge wave of water, which almost washed away the dagger that Lin Mu had transformed into.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the octopus monster stretched out his tentacles and wrapped them around Lin Mu, avoiding the tragedy in time.

The octopus monster said, “I can’t leave yet. I have to take my home with me.”

He had been in the shipwreck for a hundred years, spending most of his life on this ship.

This ship carried all his memories, happy or sad. It had become very important to him.

Therefore, the Yangfan couldn’t be absent from such a happy event like going to the territory of the sea elves.

Hearing these words, Lin Mu couldn’t help sighing in his heart.

He had been thinking of luring the octopus monster away before notifying Wang Yang and the others to come and take away the ship.

Now it seemed it wouldn’t work.

Then he and Yufeng Zhuimeng could only watch helplessly as the octopus monster wrapped his tentacles around the shipwreck and slowly moved, stuffing the shipwreck into his body bit by bit.

As it sank into his body, the huge magic ship disappeared little by little.

Did this work too?

“This octopus monster’s stomach is so scary! Did he eat the entire ship?”

Yufeng Zhuimeng said in a mysterious voice, “But his size hasn’t increased. Where does he fit everything he eats?”

Lin Mu thought about it and made a guess. “It is probably an ancient beast secret technique like Chamo’s.”

Yufeng Zhuimeng nodded as if this was the only explanation.

However, he couldn’t help feeling depressed when thinking about the loss of such a huge magic ship. The vine he transformed into drooped listlessly.

Lin Mu also felt a bit heartbroken, but he was relieved at the thought of gaining the friendship of the octopus monster in the future. Then he might be able to obtain the ship from the octopus.

The octopus monster had no idea that these two humans were planning to take his precious ship. He put the entire ship into his space before rolling Lin Mu in front of him.

“I’m ready, let’s go!”

He was like a child who had been locked up at home for a long time and couldn’t wait to go out and play.

The coordinates of the trench were no use now that the ship had been taken away. Lin Mu notified Wang Yang while giving directions to the octopus monster.

Perhaps since he hadn’t been outside for so long, but the octopus monster was afraid to go out once he reached the top of the trench. He poked his head out of the trench and observed for a long time, making sure that there were no powerful sea beasts around before he swam out proudly.

“You guys have indeed killed quite a few sea beasts here. I don’t remember it being like this before.”

The octopus monster moved in this relatively peaceful sea water. As he moved forward, he became more and more excited.

“Ahhh, I came here previously. Then I was beaten back to the trench. You guys are so awesome!”

Lin Mu smiled happily and told the octopus monster about the things on the mainland, trying hard to improve the octopus monster’s favorability.

Seeing the favorability increasing, Lin Mu felt that he might be able to get Nage to change the contract after a few days.

However, as they gradually approached the territory of the sea elves’ territory, not yet in the safe area, they saw a figure swimming in the sea from afar.

It was a merman with silver hair and a silver tail.

He swam quietly in the sea, sometimes playing with schools of fish and sometimes diving into the dreamy coral reefs. His figure looked beautiful as he emitted a faint fluorescent light.

Lin Mu and Yufeng Zhuimeng exclaimed at the same time when they saw the merman’s face clearly.

“Isn’t this His Majesty Snow? How did he become a merman?”

The giant octopus, who was wrapped around them, froze for a few seconds. Then he suddenly rushed toward the merman excitedly.

Lin Mu thought he lost control of his emotions after seeing the sea elf. However, he heard the octopus monster shouting as he swam quickly, “Master! Wu wu wu, Master, you finally came to find me!”

Xu Sili, who came here to snorkel out of boredom, “???”

Lin Mu, “???”