[Target: Marriage Room]

[Resident’s Name: Ariel]

[Race: Merfolk]

[Power: C+]

[Charm Points: Red hair, mermaid, songstress, magical girl, big, cool older‑sister type]

[Beauty: 97]

[Evaluation: This is a real mermaid and she can also take human form. Want to try consummating the marriage in the water?]

Damn!

Such luck today?

An opening win!

Ning Yi’s eyes lit up and without a second thought he opened the door.

Hesitating even a second would be disrespectful to a mermaid with a beauty score of 97.

[You have entered the Marriage Room. You and the Merfolk ‘Ariel’ have become husband and wife. For the prosperity of your nation, please complete the ceremony with ‘Ariel’ as soon as possible!]

Behind the door was a rocky coastline covered in reefs.

A sweet sea breeze blew against his face and the sound of waves striking the rocks drifted to his ears from time to time.

Well now.

These National Fate Game rooms really do have everything. First a forest and a desert and now a coastline.

Who knows what will show up next.

Just then.

Ning Yi suddenly noticed a figure speeding toward him beneath the distant surface.

He could not see clearly, but the swaying silhouette still made his heart speed up a little.

Splash—

A moment later, water sprayed everywhere as dazzling red hair broke the surface, tracing a beautiful arc through the air.

In the sunlight, the scattered droplets shimmered with rainbow light, like a breathtaking painting.

“Want to come down and play together?”

The mermaid lay her upper body over a reef, reached out a hand and asked with a beaming smile.

“Why not?”

Looking at the stunning figure before him, the corners of Ning Yi’s mouth curled up.

Then he stepped forward and took the mermaid’s hand, letting her pull him into the sea without the slightest resistance.

As the water closed over him, he instinctively tried to hold his breath.

But the next second, a transparent bubble formed over his face.

It was a magic bubble made by the mermaid, letting him breathe underwater without hindrance.

Mm…

So this is what it means to consummate in the water?

* * *

A day had passed since the National Fate Game descended.

Kyushu’s authorities had not been idle. They dispatched a dedicated hosting team to broadcast and explain Ning Yi’s daily actions, which also made it easier for citizens to interact via chat.

Today’s hosts were CCTV’s famous presenter Xiao Sa and the rising young host Ma Fanshu.

Xiao Sa: “...We can see that our contestant Ning Yi’s mental state is far better than that of other countries’ contestants.”

Ma Fanshu: “Ning Yi seems to be in a good mood today… huh? It looks like he is about to start exploring.”

Xiao Sa: “I am looking forward to his performance.”

The stream had just begun, yet viewer numbers were shooting up by the second.

In just a few minutes, hundreds of millions had gathered.

All real viewers.

On screen.

After finishing breakfast, Ning Yi opened the door and left the house.

The next second, as the Marriage Room appeared, the chat exploded.

Comments flooded in:

“What’s going on? I remember yesterday’s door was white. Why is it pink today?”

“Did Ning God brave the cold last night to explore?”

“Did I miss something?”

“No, I stayed up. Ning God did not explore last night.”

“Then what is this?”

Seeing the comments, Xiao Sa rubbed his chin and after a moment’s thought said, “Could it be that these rooms refresh daily?”

It was the only explanation.

And the vast majority of viewers accepted it.

Ma Fanshu: “Wait! Is Ning Yi going to enter another Marriage Room? But what if he encounters…”

She did not finish the sentence.

But everyone knew what she meant.

If it was like the Sakura Country and America players’ cases and Ning Yi could not resist, it would be bad, right?

However, Ning Yi opened the door without a second thought.

He gave Kyushu’s viewers no time to react.

The next moment.

Text appeared on screen: [You have entered the Marriage Room. You and the Merfolk ‘Ariel’ have become husband and wife. For the prosperity of your nation, please complete the ceremony with ‘Ariel’ as soon as possible!]

Boom!

All of Kyushu felt their scalps tingle.

Merfolk? A mermaid?

In unison.

They remembered the terrifying scene that the Sakura Country player faced yesterday.

“Damn! A girl with a fish head and a human body?”

“It’s over. What do we do? Can Ning God handle it with his current strength?”

“Don’t panic, there is also the elf lady with him. It will be fine… probably.”

“Why do I feel something is off?”

“This kind of shock first thing in the morning… I was a little sleepy, but now I am wide awake!”

“I believe in Ning God!”

After Ning Yi’s miraculous performance yesterday and with the official promotion.

Kyushu’s people had confidence in him.

Ma Fanshu: “Right, we should believe in Ning Yi.”

She was a little nervous too, but as the official host she had to look relaxed.

She could not let nervousness spread to the audience.

Just then, people from the Sakura Country somehow learned that Ning Yi’s marriage match was a merfolk and swarmed into the stream:

“Bite off this Kyushu man’s head too!”

“I suddenly think the fish‑headed, human‑bodied monster is actually kind of cute.”

“Go, monster lady!”

“Hahaha, this Kyushu guy will be scared half to death and flee in panic!”

“He only shot that kobold yesterday because of luck. He is no match for the monster lady!”

Feeling extremely unbalanced, they were eager to see yesterday’s scene repeat.

“Get out, you lot!”

“So annoying. These dogs are at it again. Did you not drink enough ‘nuclear wastewater’ yesterday?”

“Worry about your own player! He almost froze to death yesterday!”

“Don’t bother with them!”

“Mods, ban them!”

Kyushu’s viewers clapped back.

Meanwhile, as Ning Yi’s view shifted.

The scene beyond the door appeared to the audience.

Sea water, reefs and a swaying figure beneath the surface… Not just similar to the Sakura Country player’s Marriage Room from yesterday, almost identical.

At this sight.

Kyushu’s viewers grew even more nervous.

While the Sakura Country viewers grew even more excited.

But—As that figure burst from the sea.

Everyone who saw the Merfolk ‘Ariel’s’ face froze.

Soft red hair flowing like waves, a stunning fair face, sapphire eyes, a sculpted, perfect figure…

This was a mermaid.

And not just beautiful, breathtaking.

“I get it now. No wonder something felt off. Yesterday the Sakura Country player met the fish‑people tribe, but Ning God met the Merfolk. Those are completely different races!”

As that comment floated by, Kyushu’s viewers snapped out of it, then…

“Ning God awesome!”

Everyone cheered.

As for the Sakura Country viewers, their faces could not have looked worse.

Why!?

Why did their player meet a fish‑headed, human‑bodied monster, while Kyushu’s player met an absolutely gorgeous mermaid?

They fumed in frustration.