“They’re charging!”
The dense horde of monsters, like a giant wave in the sea, pressed towards the manor.
Even through the glass, one could almost hear their ghost-like howls.
Second Miss frowned deeply and suddenly raised her hand.
In front of the manor, rows of stone coffins suddenly rose.
The stone coffins creaked open, releasing a large number of bubbles, and from them emerged steam-powered armors.
They wielded weapons and charged towards the monsters!
However, these armors, designed for land use, could not unleash their full power in the water. Their bulky bodies were attacked from different directions and spun like tops.
“So useless!”
Third Miss was furious, feeling her creations had been defiled.
She took a deep breath and focused her gaze on the battlefield.
The steam cores of those armors were forcibly activated instantly at the bottom of the sea.
The rapidly rising temperature caused dense bubbles to rise around the armors, also forcing back the mermen that were climbing and tearing at them.
The armors seized this opportunity to regain their footing, swinging the chainsaw weapons in their hands, tearing open the mermen's scales, and raising clouds of blood mist underwater.
‘Mechs battling sea monsters...?’
Such a sci-fi scene made Li Andy momentarily think he had walked onto the wrong set.
The armors were powerful, but the sea monsters were numerous.
Continuously, some stragglers broke through the blood mist, heading straight for the manor’s base camp.
Little Six, who had been peeking, was scared and once again shrank back into Fifth Miss's arms.
Fifth Miss frowned slightly, stroking her sister's hair while gazing intently out the window.
The next moment, the space around the manor began to twist and distort.
The originally neat garden path was segmented into countless pieces, like a scattered jigsaw puzzle.
A grotesque merman lunged directly at the window sill, but the next second, he plunged into a ripple. Then he suddenly reappeared in another location, colliding head-on with an approaching teammate, resulting in a bloody mess.
The Five Misses each displayed their unique abilities, temporarily repelling the first wave of the monster horde.
However, these monsters seemed endless, constantly refreshing and replenishing from the surrounding ruins.
The seawater around the manor had turned dark red.
The faces of the five sisters also gradually turned pale.
Li Andy pondered for half a second, then looked at Fifth Miss:
“Send me out, we can help you.”
Fifth Miss was slightly startled, then nodded, raising her hand to point at the window.
The red carpet on the floor rolled out in the direction she pointed, laying a path to the outside.
Li Andy quickly assessed the situation outside, then pulled the two girls through the glass window.
Once outside, the feeling of weightlessness and the discomfort of being soaked in cold seawater returned.
The good news was that they could breathe freely without needing to preheat.
Unlike the efficiency-driven Li Andy, Youxi looked at Sophia's moist lips and felt a slight regret, missing a certain sense of ritual.
“Sophia, focus your mind and listen to my explanation.”
Li Andy looked at the somewhat nervous blonde girl, preparing to teach her how to unleash her mental imagery ability.
In this mental imagery world, an awakened Heart Source was the biggest cheat!
If she wanted to, without interference from other desires, she could even transform the entire world into what she wished.
“That powerful?! Then… am I like a god here?” Sophia was greatly surprised after he explained, and the previously blurred underwater sounds instantly became incredibly clear.
“Not a god!”
Li Andy suddenly frowned, his expression serious,
“You are not a god, you are merely a mortal bound to divine authority! If you operate improperly, it’s not impossible to destroy yourself and the world along with it!”
This was like a non-programmer or other professional modifying a game; if they accidentally touched the underlying code and triggered a small bug, the entire game could crash.
Sophia was instantly a bit timid, but when she saw a merman attempting to sneak attack Li Andy from behind, she instinctively swung her hand.
The next moment, “Boom—!”
The sea monster truly exploded into a mist of blood, just as she had imagined in that instant.
Li Andy did not turn to look at the sea monster, but instead cupped Sophia’s face with both hands, looking into her somewhat flustered eyes, and slowly said:
“Don’t be afraid, Sophia, you can control these things.”
Sophia met his gaze, nodded, and her heartbeat slowly calmed down.
Li Andy continued to guide her, building her psychological resilience:
“Remember, focus your mind, stay rational, don’t be timid, and certainly don’t panic…”
Sophia took a deep breath and began to try to “imagine.”
A thin film appeared out of nowhere, separating the seawater, which had become foul and sticky from monster blood, enveloping the three of them like a safety bubble.
“It worked!”
Sophia excitedly hugged Li Andy.
This feeling of wishes coming true was so magical!
Li Andy nodded gently, then turned to look at the sea monsters closing in menacingly, and said:
“You handle them. Don’t be too exaggerated; start by enhancing your existing abilities.”
Sophia stabilized her mindset, raised her hand towards the monster horde, then gently clenched her fist.
With a “bang,” they all turned into a bloody mist!
Her previously undeveloped blood control ability, inherited from her vampire lineage, now seemed to be maxed out.
Under her will, the blood separated from the seawater, forming a giant ribbon that began to sweep through the monster horde.
Countless blood flowers burst open in the sea, then converged into it. The floating ribbon grew larger and larger, like a red aurora in the sky; the shriveled corpses of the mermen fell like scattered rain.
A bizarre yet magnificent scene was reflected in the eyes of the five sisters, Jasmine. Their mouths slightly agape, they momentarily forgot to breathe.
Little Six tugged at Fifth Miss’s sleeve and asked:
“Sister, is Sophia also a God-chosen like First Miss?”
Fifth Miss pursed her lips and replied uncertainly:
“Probably…”
Above the distant manor, the remaining mermen, seeing such a tragic sight, finally stopped gathering.
They frantically fled, swimming towards the sky, and eventually gradually disappeared.
Sophia dispersed the blood ribbon, feeling an inexplicable sense of comfort, feeling terrifyingly strong now.
Suddenly, she noticed some clothes on the merman corpses, which were common among coastal people.
Those mermen, they were all transformed humans?!
She remembered her previous encounter on the coal ship and felt a wave of revulsion.
She also thought of the missing butler and other maids, which further intensified her aversion.
Even if the people in this world might be fake, she didn't want her friends to turn into monsters!
Suddenly, Li Andy’s voice interrupted her thoughts.
“Sophia, focus your mind!”
Sophia was startled for a moment, and only after Youxi's reminder did she begin to take deep breaths to adjust her mindset.
“Let’s go back first.”
Li Andy said.
Sophia nodded, letting him lead her.
But her mind couldn't help but wander, wanting to return quickly, and as she closed and opened her eyes, the three of them suddenly returned to the manor's meeting hall.
The five sisters at the round table were all startled at the same time.
Sophia was momentarily stunned, then scratched her head apologetically, looking at Li Andy with a bit of guilt.
This ability to make wishes come true was difficult to control, and… it really made one unable to resist using it.